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Thu Mar-05-09 06:10 PM
Response to Reply #122 |
| 134. They lost the Military, too. |
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By destroying it, and disillusioning those who survived.
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| -DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT? "from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship" |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:17 PM |
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Sheldon Whitehouse to be on next. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:19 PM |
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Smart man. Do you have a link? |
midnight |
Mar-04-09 07:31 PM |
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On now n/t |
malaise |
Mar-04-09 07:37 PM |
#27 |
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Scott Horton wrote about law professors who looked at Yoo memos and others. |
Hissyspit |
Mar-04-09 07:19 PM |
#2 |
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Last November during election night, I was speaking with |
midnight |
Mar-04-09 07:35 PM |
#23 |
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We were not crazy |
malaise |
Mar-04-09 07:19 PM |
#3 |
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No, we were not crazy; |
elleng |
Mar-04-09 07:22 PM |
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I regret i cannot answer that question on the advice from my attorney. |
AlCzervik |
Mar-04-09 07:38 PM |
#28 |
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alot of " I do not recalls" |
bdamomma |
Mar-04-09 07:48 PM |
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"I do not recall" = "I'm obstructing justice" |
SemperEadem |
Mar-05-09 12:17 PM |
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There was a coup and yes, a dictatorship, We knew that. nt |
live love laugh |
Mar-05-09 07:13 AM |
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Yes we did. |
The Hope Mobile |
Mar-05-09 10:38 AM |
#82 |
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Right . . . and we're still using the computers -- and the Supremes are still in play --- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-05-09 03:38 PM |
#111 |
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Yes. the fear and energy level was really high during the elections. We knew. |
glinda |
Mar-05-09 03:43 PM |
#115 |
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and if so the Democratic Party had years to fight it, but did not. nt |
terisan |
Mar-04-09 07:21 PM |
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Complicit n/t |
leftstreet |
Mar-04-09 07:22 PM |
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Yes, that's a problem. |
polichick |
Mar-04-09 07:27 PM |
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The big burning question: If this was a dictatorship... |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:46 PM |
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No kidding, eh. n/t |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:17 PM |
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They didn't let him - the numbers were too large to pull off another steal. |
polichick |
Mar-04-09 11:27 PM |
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I will endorse this theory imho nt |
wroberts189 |
Mar-05-09 11:17 AM |
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What would they be afraid of? People in the streets rioting? |
readmoreoften |
Mar-05-09 01:38 PM |
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U.S. voting is handled by the states - not enough corrupt officials and too many... |
polichick |
Mar-05-09 02:22 PM |
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I believe you are right. nt |
Enthusiast |
Mar-05-09 05:14 PM |
#127 |
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The knew it and want Obama to take the rap. |
sallyseven |
Mar-05-09 11:41 AM |
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I guess we're going to find out why . . . !!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-05-09 03:39 PM |
#112 |
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You got to hold down the three Ms for any dictatorship |
napoleon_in_rags |
Mar-05-09 04:41 PM |
#122 |
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They lost the Military, too. |
Demeter |
Mar-05-09 06:10 PM |
#134 |
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I think the players had |
Enthusiast |
Mar-05-09 05:13 PM |
#126 |
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They Had a Busted Flush at the BFEE |
Demeter |
Mar-05-09 06:08 PM |
#133 |
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they played politics |
iamthebandfanman |
Mar-05-09 01:51 PM |
#103 |
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US may have been in a dictatorship? |
Jeep789 |
Mar-04-09 07:22 PM |
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'we' knew |
spanone |
Mar-04-09 07:30 PM |
#20 |
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Damn straight |
conscious evolution |
Mar-04-09 10:59 PM |
#66 |
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Those of us who weren't watching American Idol or listening 24/7 to |
kestrel91316 |
Mar-04-09 07:48 PM |
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Some of us watched American Idol and still knew... |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:23 PM |
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Personally, I never thought of us as a dictatorship. I thought we were a Kleptocracy. |
Moonwalk |
Mar-05-09 11:31 AM |
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What's the analyst part? |
BuyingThyme |
Mar-04-09 07:22 PM |
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? |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:23 PM |
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I'm MSNBC challenged. |
BuyingThyme |
Mar-04-09 07:24 PM |
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Well, they'll post it on the webs. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:27 PM |
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try this |
JimboDem |
Mar-04-09 08:48 PM |
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I updated the original post with the quote from Scott Horton. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:43 PM |
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Thank you very much. |
BuyingThyme |
Mar-04-09 07:46 PM |
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Why? |
dgibby |
Mar-04-09 10:39 PM |
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Those are questions I've been asking for over a year now. Ever since they kicked Edwards to the curb |
earth mom |
Mar-05-09 02:28 AM |
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But it won't be public. I believe it'll be behind closed doors. |
muntrv |
Mar-04-09 07:24 PM |
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Yep, no cameras allowed, per last few moment on KO... |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:28 PM |
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I'm sick of "behind closed doors". Open the doors! n/t |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:23 PM |
#54 |
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..and let the sunshine in ..no reason for closed doors except lawbreaking. nt |
wroberts189 |
Mar-05-09 11:19 AM |
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We have to demand open hearings on this --- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-05-09 03:40 PM |
#114 |
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Dictatorship? How did that election thingy fit in... |
Buzz Clik |
Mar-04-09 07:26 PM |
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The same way the PAN got it in Mexico |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-04-09 07:30 PM |
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Dictablanda? ok, here is wiki for everyone else who has to look |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:21 PM |
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sounds like a combination of Mike Ditka and George Blanda |
hfojvt |
Mar-05-09 03:28 AM |
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In the original Roman context, it most certainly was a dictatorship. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:34 PM |
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I still worry about the emergency |
malaise |
Mar-04-09 07:49 PM |
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Flase flag operation. I quit visiting the 9/11 forum a long time ago... |
truth2power |
Mar-05-09 01:09 PM |
#100 |
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Bush could do anything he wanted |
hfojvt |
Mar-05-09 03:34 AM |
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Dictatorial governments can be voted in. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Mar-05-09 12:52 PM |
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Is Olberman and Maddow streamed live or only videos? anyone know how to connect? |
peacetalksforall |
Mar-04-09 07:28 PM |
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MSNBC doesn't stream live, only posts videos after the fact and offers a downloadable podcast. |
Berry Cool |
Mar-04-09 08:09 PM |
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MSNBC Stream |
JimboDem |
Mar-04-09 08:47 PM |
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You said it! |
chollybocker |
Mar-04-09 07:28 PM |
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US a dictatorship? NAH, that tinfoil has gone back to the US national supply |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-04-09 07:29 PM |
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In the classical Roman sense of dictator, even overtly... |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:35 PM |
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I know, I want TRIALS |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-04-09 07:36 PM |
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It's beyond that now. Obama quotes Lincoln's house divided speech. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:37 PM |
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Well we crossed the Rubicon in 2003 or so |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-04-09 07:38 PM |
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Read Roman history, the republic died long ago... |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:45 PM |
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Yes, but just like Roman History |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-04-09 08:08 PM |
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And Bush crossed the Rubicon. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 08:09 PM |
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According to Rupert in 2003 |
nadinbrzezinski |
Mar-04-09 08:12 PM |
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I've been listening to my mom talk about it since the early 70's - |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:26 PM |
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Been wearing my tricorner hat since I got to DU in late March 2001 |
tom_paine |
Mar-04-09 11:37 PM |
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Truer words were never written.. |
Fumesucker |
Mar-05-09 11:30 AM |
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Heavy duty thinkin' there, Tom. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-05-09 05:21 PM |
#129 |
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Whaaaaaaat? n/t |
NOW tense |
Mar-04-09 07:46 PM |
#32 |
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Yeeees, dictatorship. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 07:47 PM |
#35 |
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Bush should be put in house arrest this second. n/t |
NOW tense |
Mar-04-09 07:54 PM |
#39 |
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Yes. n/t |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:29 PM |
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Should be but won't be. I wonder why not? |
SammyWinstonJack |
Mar-05-09 12:46 PM |
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So, technically, what stopped it from being a 'dictatorship' 1/19/09? |
leftstreet |
Mar-04-09 08:12 PM |
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And how did Obama get to power without being corrupted? |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 08:16 PM |
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We know from Obama's book (the 2nd one) that he did some meeting |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:19 PM |
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My guess is that there are entities more powerful than the pitiful Republican party |
readmoreoften |
Mar-05-09 01:43 PM |
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Perhaps we just switched dictators. |
hugo_from_TN |
Mar-05-09 05:18 PM |
#128 |
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Late 2001? |
Sebastian Doyle |
Mar-04-09 08:14 PM |
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And what about the CIA? It's not like this shit just started yesterday... |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 08:17 PM |
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The CIA has always been an extension of the Bush Crime Family |
Sebastian Doyle |
Mar-04-09 08:18 PM |
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There's alot about the CIA that has leaked out over the years. |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:27 PM |
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no- it was a dick-tatorship. as in cheney. |
dysfunctional press |
Mar-04-09 08:23 PM |
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Which begs the question, especially given the 2006 election results... |
Cerridwen |
Mar-04-09 08:35 PM |
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Yeah, a few more subpoenas would be helpful. n/t |
TBF |
Mar-04-09 08:37 PM |
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Quite a "few." n/t |
Cerridwen |
Mar-04-09 11:00 PM |
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Well...I'll take a venture at a couple more questions... |
Adsos Letter |
Mar-04-09 11:02 PM |
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Uh, huh. Those would be a couple of the others I was thinking of. |
Cerridwen |
Mar-05-09 03:46 PM |
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Actually the deal was between Conyers and Obama. |
GeorgeGist |
Mar-04-09 08:37 PM |
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That and taking money from PACs,,, |
originalpckelly |
Mar-04-09 09:28 PM |
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A dictatorship usually follows a coup d'etat. |
baldguy |
Mar-04-09 10:54 PM |
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You have the date wrong, it occured earlier. |
scubadude |
Mar-05-09 03:14 AM |
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The USSC decree made it "legal". |
baldguy |
Mar-05-09 05:40 AM |
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I remember it well, Scuba. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-05-09 05:25 PM |
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Bush's (p)residency had all the makings of a dictatorship, absolutely. |
Initech |
Mar-04-09 11:47 PM |
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Yup. +1 Intech. nt |
Enthusiast |
Mar-05-09 05:26 PM |
#132 |
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are you surprised |
WhiteTara |
Mar-04-09 11:57 PM |
#72 |
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No shit Sherlock. Most of us here on DU knew it was a dictatorship with a complicit Congress. |
earth mom |
Mar-05-09 02:26 AM |
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Just posted this in the Political Videos forum for those who may have missed it. |
Turborama |
Mar-05-09 03:40 AM |
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Why is Yoo still teaching? I wouldn't want him teaching my son. n/t |
dmr |
Mar-05-09 10:36 AM |
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Not quite the same things as a dictatorship. |
Orsino |
Mar-05-09 10:46 AM |
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Yeah, like, you didn't know that? n/t |
RJ Connors |
Mar-05-09 11:27 AM |
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Duh... been shouting "Fire!" for some time.... |
Piewhacket |
Mar-05-09 11:27 AM |
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I'd like to know what exactly made them |
jimshoes |
Mar-05-09 04:49 PM |
#124 |
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Why have a "formal" public coup when you can accomplish your goals without one? |
bertman |
Mar-05-09 08:49 PM |
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It could have been worse??? |
Piewhacket |
Mar-07-09 04:40 AM |
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Piewhacket, my opinion is that our democratic institutions have been tested and MAY NOT |
bertman |
Mar-07-09 01:46 PM |
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Now is chaos, the future and what will emerge from this is unclear... |
Piewhacket |
Mar-08-09 04:48 AM |
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May? nt |
Javaman |
Mar-05-09 11:46 AM |
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Dubya, dubya, uber alles... |
infidel dog |
Mar-05-09 12:15 PM |
#92 |
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yeah... and Bush even joked about how much easier it would be if it were a dictatorship, too |
SemperEadem |
Mar-05-09 12:15 PM |
#93 |
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And exactly what rights have been "restored" as of now? |
Lyric |
Mar-05-09 12:50 PM |
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are we surprised really?? it was obvious * was doing whateverthehell he wanted.. |
windbreeze |
Mar-05-09 12:51 PM |
#97 |
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It still is |
guitar man |
Mar-05-09 01:03 PM |
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Didn't smeghead Bush say that he wanted a dictatorship? |
RoccoR5955 |
Mar-05-09 02:52 PM |
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I was called a tinfoil hatter many times during those eight years and I want an apology. |
sarcasmo |
Mar-05-09 02:54 PM |
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SQUEAK!!!! |
MadrasT |
Mar-05-09 02:56 PM |
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Bullshit. It WAS/IS/HAS BEEN a Corporate Oligarchy. |
Vilis Veritas |
Mar-05-09 03:27 PM |
#108 |
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PROCECUTE!! |
Xenotime |
Mar-05-09 03:29 PM |
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Rove and Meirs under oath? "A deal . . . ?? |
defendandprotect |
Mar-05-09 03:34 PM |
#110 |
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If it had been a dictatorship... |
Fountain79 |
Mar-05-09 03:39 PM |
#113 |
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What would you call it then? |
Towlie |
Mar-05-09 03:59 PM |
#117 |
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Happens all the time. |
BuyingThyme |
Mar-05-09 06:11 PM |
#135 |
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You had to be told that?? |
dkofos |
Mar-05-09 04:00 PM |
#118 |
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Yep. |
Kurovski |
Mar-05-09 04:10 PM |
#119 |
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They ACTED AS DICTATORSHIP, but a memo doesn't suspend the Constitution!!!! nt |
2 Much Tribulation |
Mar-05-09 04:15 PM |
#120 |
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No, the Patriot Act took care of that. |
Initech |
Mar-06-09 12:18 AM |
#139 |
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I got some hanging trees in my back yard... |
RedCloud |
Mar-05-09 04:33 PM |
#121 |
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of course, it all started with an illigitimate aborted election. Thank Tony "the reign-maker" Skalia |
JohnWxy |
Mar-05-09 04:48 PM |
#123 |
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K & R nt |
Christa |
Mar-05-09 05:07 PM |
#125 |
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what do they mean we didn't realize it? |
Generic Other |
Mar-05-09 05:22 PM |
#130 |
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you don't say? |
harmonicon |
Mar-05-09 06:34 PM |
#136 |
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Yes I did know that! One third of this country are fascists! |
santamargarita |
Mar-05-09 07:54 PM |
#137 |
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old news... Heard it on DU in 2001 after 9/11 and every month since. |
Kip Humphrey |
Mar-07-09 06:47 AM |
#141 |
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