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| -Are the Iranian Election Protests Another U.S. Orchestrated "Color Revolution"? |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 11:13 AM |
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... |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 11:14 AM |
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+1 |
RandomThoughts |
Jun-21-09 11:16 AM |
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I had no idea I was starting this when I posted, I'd be really happy to see it go away. |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 12:35 PM |
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Don't be sorry. It's not your fault some minds are closed N/T |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:43 PM |
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. |
Adelante |
Jun-21-09 12:42 PM |
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+10 |
HughMoran |
Jun-21-09 12:53 PM |
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Its internal. |
RandomThoughts |
Jun-21-09 11:16 AM |
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This article reads like it was found in a padded cell, scrawled on some toilet paper. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jun-21-09 11:18 AM |
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Charming. Anything else you would like to add? n/t |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 11:23 AM |
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Your essay is pure bullshit |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 11:24 AM |
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Pure? |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 11:51 AM |
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The polling cited was taken THREE WEEKS before the elections |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 11:59 AM |
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Meaningless drivel, as are the leaked "results" |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:03 PM |
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I agree about the leaked results |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 12:06 PM |
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The three candidates out of more than 400 were not chosen until late May. |
Aloha Spirit |
Jun-21-09 12:47 PM |
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I suppose it is kinda like |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:00 PM |
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Definitely true that things happen, yes |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:08 PM |
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Now your argument is "who knows?" |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:14 PM |
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Im not throwing out accusations |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:17 PM |
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well then you need to turn |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:20 PM |
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The problem is, which I pointed out... |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:22 PM |
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no |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:26 PM |
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Well power to your Twitter |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:28 PM |
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yes |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:30 PM |
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The results came out in about 3 hours after the polls |
shraby |
Jun-21-09 12:11 PM |
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They may of had idiot savants counting the ballots |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:46 PM |
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Why let criticial thinking get in the way |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:41 PM |
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You can't possibly be overlooking the ridiculous assumptions in that screed |
HughMoran |
Jun-21-09 12:55 PM |
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Haha... |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 01:02 PM |
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Heh |
HughMoran |
Jun-21-09 01:07 PM |
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It is not my essay and thank you for the welcome. I hope I do get to stay, |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 12:03 PM |
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Great question/answer! Well said |
Joe the Revelator |
Jun-21-09 12:14 PM |
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"Leaders of the puppet states of Great Britain and Germany" |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jun-21-09 11:25 AM |
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"Iran" doesn't even exist except as a US propaganda exercise. |
Orrex |
Jun-21-09 11:20 AM |
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another couple of paragraphs from the essay - |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 11:21 AM |
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IT's 100% pure unadulterated BULLSHIT |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 11:24 AM |
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Pure unadulterated bullshit? $400 million to destabilize Iran? |
Flaneur |
Jun-21-09 12:23 PM |
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and if one of those organizations |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:29 PM |
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Just like Iran is one of the US 'boogiemen' - so is the US the big boogieman for Iran |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 11:42 AM |
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OMG |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:04 PM |
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One of us is being played......here's a hint.....its you |
Joe the Revelator |
Jun-21-09 12:16 PM |
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It all started with Flock of Seagulls |
Orrex |
Jun-21-09 11:28 AM |
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"Are you ready for war with a demonized Iran" - that says it |
bhikkhu |
Jun-21-09 11:31 AM |
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And no other country |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:05 PM |
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Roberts is the architect of Reaganomics and a racist pig |
cali |
Jun-21-09 11:33 AM |
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Come on Cali, "racist pig" - that is harsh, along with what "what a bunch of whores..." |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 12:01 PM |
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Can I assume then that you haven't been following the twitters from Iran? |
Aloha Spirit |
Jun-21-09 01:16 PM |
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What a piece of arrogant, ignorant bullshit |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 11:34 AM |
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This article is just dumb. |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 11:36 AM |
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Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com discussed that Washington Post poll last week: |
Towlie |
Jun-21-09 11:40 AM |
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THANK YOU liteworker! |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 11:40 AM |
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The US can fake a tweet, certainly. |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 11:45 AM |
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Thats a silly point |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 11:53 AM |
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The poster I was replying to was implying that the Tweets were faked up by the US |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:03 PM |
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"don't you think that one of the RWer's would have pulled the trigger before now" |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:11 PM |
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Do you know anything about Iranian society? |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:14 PM |
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I think anyone who thinks they know anything substantial about what is happening.. |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:15 PM |
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Yeah, but it's obvious that your knowledge of Iranian society, |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:25 PM |
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I bring the absence of a belief in my omniscience |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:30 PM |
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your lack of knowledge |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:32 PM |
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So your "absence of belief" leads you to believe that this is a US backed operation? |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:39 PM |
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No. Thats a strawman |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:42 PM |
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So I suppose that you would have been against Ghandi's revolt against the British, |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:50 PM |
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To make such a comparison, illustrates you ignorance |
Oregone |
Jun-21-09 12:52 PM |
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Your spelling, your lack of knowledge in this are, |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:54 PM |
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The US did it in 1953, why so far fetched now? The US has been screaming |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 12:11 PM |
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Because there is ZERO evidence that the US is interfering. |
geek tragedy |
Jun-21-09 12:12 PM |
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easy, because we effectively controlled Iran in 1953 |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:16 PM |
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*Sigh* Because back in 1953 Iran was a much more open society than it is now |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:23 PM |
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No offense to you - but what is with the slew of new posters questioning the Iran protests? |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 11:47 AM |
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so you are saying |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 11:58 AM |
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I'm saying it's noticeable there are suddenly a lot of new people posting the same sentiments |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 12:06 PM |
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Yep |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 12:00 PM |
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I don't know about new posters, but anti-war means anti-war to me |
bhikkhu |
Jun-21-09 12:00 PM |
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Nobody is cheering a crowd running into slaughter, |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:08 PM |
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a better solution? |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:09 PM |
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The American Revolution comes to mind. |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 12:15 PM |
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well I'm as patriotic as the next guy |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:19 PM |
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Anti-war crusaders are simply reactionaries. |
anonymous171 |
Jun-21-09 01:05 PM |
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They escaped from the 911 dungeon. |
geek tragedy |
Jun-21-09 12:10 PM |
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That's funny because of the slew of new posters in the "Twitter Brigade" |
JackRiddler |
Jun-21-09 12:12 PM |
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I haven't noticed that - can you elaborate? |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 12:14 PM |
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Tweeters trying to turn someone called Neda into Joan of Arc. Pure propaganda. NT |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:21 PM |
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I did not sign up to DU to write about Iran, I believe I signed in a couple |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 12:32 PM |
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Interesting speculation |
Aloha Spirit |
Jun-21-09 11:47 AM |
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Oh come on |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-21-09 11:47 AM |
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how do you know some of it wasn't photoshopped (or otherwise faked)? |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:04 PM |
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The real question is, how do you know you're not fake? |
Aloha Spirit |
Jun-21-09 12:06 PM |
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You are a hoot. |
Matariki |
Jun-21-09 12:07 PM |
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there is desperation here |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:10 PM |
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You'd catch flack because you're spouting insanity and stupidity. |
geek tragedy |
Jun-21-09 12:09 PM |
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I pretty certain we don't have a hand in this. |
shadowknows69 |
Jun-21-09 11:44 AM |
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They may not have orchestrated it from the beginning |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 11:52 AM |
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I think we'll only be able to pull strings to a smaller extent |
shadowknows69 |
Jun-21-09 12:08 PM |
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This is to liteworker101 and party person: Your speculation is not worth countering |
Aloha Spirit |
Jun-21-09 12:02 PM |
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Paul Craig Roberts feeding the CIA \ Mossad is behind this |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-21-09 12:04 PM |
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Everyone here criticizes the corporate MSM so much |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:09 PM |
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so let me get this straight |
qazplm |
Jun-21-09 12:12 PM |
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Look, people on DU are thoughtful. You provide NOTHING to support your |
Aloha Spirit |
Jun-21-09 12:13 PM |
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And some of those tweets are coming straight from the Iranian government |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-21-09 12:29 PM |
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Paul Craig Roberts |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:19 PM |
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Not at all, answer to the OP |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-21-09 12:31 PM |
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liteworker101, |
cbayer |
Jun-21-09 12:04 PM |
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You have not provided any evidence whatsoever of US government intervention in Iran |
varelse |
Jun-21-09 12:06 PM |
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ABCNEWS provided a report about US intervention in Iran... |
JackRiddler |
Jun-21-09 12:28 PM |
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Yawn; another "95% of the planet can't do anything without the US' involvement" CT (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jun-21-09 12:08 PM |
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And we wonder how we got labled with the "Blame America First" label. |
Joe the Revelator |
Jun-21-09 12:15 PM |
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WTF is this shit? nt |
anonymous171 |
Jun-21-09 12:15 PM |
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Very possible. We are fools if we 100% discount it. |
tom_paine |
Jun-21-09 12:16 PM |
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thank you tom paine |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:25 PM |
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Thank you, a voice of sanity and reason. You said everything I've been |
liteworker101 |
Jun-21-09 12:39 PM |
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Americans have yet to grasp the concepts of remaining silent, |
Karenina |
Jun-21-09 12:41 PM |
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Why wait to find out the real results |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:36 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-21-09 12:16 PM |
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Or maybe you should make your way to David Horowitz's forum. |
JackRiddler |
Jun-21-09 12:29 PM |
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Tweet! Tweet! Tweedle dee tweedle dum monkey see monkey doo |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:33 PM |
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ooh, if it's in counterpunch then it MUST be true. that idiot game works both ways, honey. |
cali |
Jun-21-09 12:43 PM |
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I think you misread my post cali |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:51 PM |
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Question, why are you discounting the many, many video accounts of what's going on |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 12:46 PM |
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Probably some of it is fabricated |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 12:57 PM |
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Dude, I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person |
MadHound |
Jun-21-09 01:09 PM |
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Iran was useful bogeymen to them then |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:16 PM |
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The NeoCons want in there come hell or high water |
libodem |
Jun-21-09 12:20 PM |
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Probably not. But, the CIA and the NeoCons are gleeful about it. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jun-21-09 12:30 PM |
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similar to the bogus "cedar revolution" in Lebanon |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:04 PM |
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Thanks for the Republican viewpoint form Counterpunch |
HughMoran |
Jun-21-09 01:01 PM |
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Paul Craig Roberts |
WeDidIt |
Jun-21-09 01:05 PM |
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They Won't Get Fooled Again |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:12 PM |
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Counterpunch, when umbrage simply isn't enough ~ |
bridgit |
Jun-21-09 01:37 PM |
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Locking |
cbayer |
Jun-21-09 01:41 PM |
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