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Sun Jun-21-09 05:46 AM
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| 32. Where were you when that happened? |
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Did you start threads about the uprising? If so, were they ignored? If ignored, did you re-post and re-post, until a large number of people could see them before they slipped into the ether?
The MSM didn't really push the Iran story down from the top. People pushed it up from the bottom.
Just sayin'...
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| -Where was the global attention when Peru opened fire on protestors? |
L. Coyote |
Jun-20-09 10:21 PM |
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Where was TWITTER? Where were the internet-savvy college kids? |
MADem |
Jun-20-09 10:23 PM |
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I agree. I think it was the lack of technology. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Jun-20-09 10:24 PM |
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Also the whole "push to topple a major regional power" bit (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jun-20-09 11:04 PM |
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Name removed |
Jun-20-09 10:25 PM |
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No convenient boogeyman for the Bomber Libs to rattle their sabers at in Peru. |
billyoc |
Jun-20-09 10:25 PM |
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What is a Bomber Lib? |
aquart |
Jun-20-09 10:28 PM |
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Humanitarian interventionists. |
billyoc |
Jun-20-09 10:48 PM |
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What a great term. |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 10:50 PM |
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Their motto is, "We feel your pain, so the Empire doesn't have to" |
billyoc |
Jun-20-09 10:59 PM |
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. . . |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:01 PM |
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Are you saying we should NOT care about the people in Iran? |
aquart |
Jun-20-09 10:31 PM |
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There is no sneering or demeaning in the OP. None. |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:09 PM |
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Regime? |
elmaji |
Jun-21-09 05:25 AM |
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Regime = govenment in power. n/t |
EFerrari |
Jun-21-09 01:13 PM |
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Yeah, it was sneering. |
aquart |
Jun-21-09 05:21 PM |
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Now I'm saying |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 07:02 AM |
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I was just reading an incredibly interesting article. |
LooseWilly |
Jun-20-09 10:47 PM |
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I remember that story about Iraq. Are you saying, there was a similar |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 10:58 PM |
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Apparently Iran was not only willing to sell oil for Euros, they were also inviting others to do so. |
LooseWilly |
Jun-20-09 11:25 PM |
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Thank you. I know you weren't justifying. It's been a long, |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:51 PM |
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Destroying the Amazon region to send the USA oil, feeding the Empire, justifies killing |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 07:07 AM |
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a million people in one instance , 2000 people in the other. could be the reason. |
robinlynne |
Jun-20-09 11:01 PM |
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In all honestly, I think the attention differential is because the Iranian regime |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:04 PM |
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The US and Latin American countries have never had much of an affinity |
SoCalDem |
Jun-20-09 11:07 PM |
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Iran is where the oil closest to our army is. |
shadowknows69 |
Jun-20-09 11:10 PM |
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Now, why did they put that oil so close to our army? |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:55 PM |
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I was thinking about Sri Lanka earlier. No one even knows how many thousands have died |
ProgressIn2008 |
Jun-20-09 11:10 PM |
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Oil. Nukes. Muslims. Israel. Surely you know the reasons. What about East Timor? |
NYC_SKP |
Jun-20-09 11:35 PM |
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Myamar, chiapas the list is long |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-21-09 12:02 AM |
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internet rate isn't anywhere near our rate in Iran. I just did a report on them |
PretzelWarrior |
Jun-21-09 04:03 AM |
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They were poor people. Where is your sense of priorities? This board |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jun-21-09 03:58 AM |
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Deleted by me. I'm struggling to keep out of geopolitics on here. |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jun-21-09 06:19 AM |
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Oh, god. You're not kidding. Unrecog-bleeping-nizeable. |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 06:48 AM |
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where was the coverage when freakin' 10,000 civilians were slaughtered |
cali |
Jun-21-09 04:24 AM |
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What gave this massacre of Indians in Peru a filthy poignancy was the fact the FTA |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 04:43 AM |
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Another reason may be ... |
ColbertWatcher |
Jun-21-09 04:59 AM |
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Maybe because there were conflicting reports |
elmaji |
Jun-21-09 05:10 AM |
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Where were you when that happened? |
northernlights |
Jun-21-09 05:46 AM |
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The threads started here, and there were many attempts were not well attended |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 06:06 AM |
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A quick search on Google would tell you |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 07:22 AM |
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Indifference, racism. Clowns here STILL reserve the right to regard indigenous people as far less |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 05:49 AM |
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Which country has nuke ambitions and is ran by a crazier government? |
Deja Q |
Jun-21-09 06:35 AM |
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The President of Peru, who ordered this massacre, also ordered massacre |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 06:44 AM |
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The Bush Junta! The FTA with Peru was Bush's doing, Garcia is doing USA bidding. |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 09:34 AM |
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Peru: eyewitness account of Amazon massacre published |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 07:13 AM |
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As a rule, poor non-whites don't count for much |
Kaleva |
Jun-21-09 10:25 AM |
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every regime change in iran since the 50s has been preceded by decline in oil revenues. |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-21-09 01:16 PM |
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Peru story didn't jibe with American "interests" |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:25 PM |
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Furthermore, anybody who claims to be "pro-business" is a hero to the |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-21-09 02:06 PM |
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