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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 09:59 PM
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7. Or, in lieu of Bono having visited the country...
Madonna or Angelina Jolie has to have adopted a baby from the country.
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  -Wheres the DU outrage over the Ivory Coast? patrick t. cakes  Mar-21-11 09:54 PM   #0 
  - The 440 people who have been killed did not ask the UN for help, apparently  Rage for Order   Mar-21-11 09:56 PM   #1 
  - K&R  DeSwiss   Mar-21-11 09:56 PM   #2 
  - ivory just ain't worth what it once was n/t  patrick t. cakes   Mar-21-11 09:58 PM   #3 
  - The two DU requirements for a justified intervention....  Davis_X_Machina   Mar-21-11 09:58 PM   #4 
     - Or, in lieu of Bono having visited the country...  Rage for Order   Mar-21-11 09:59 PM   #7 
  - Cocoa is not oil  malaise   Mar-21-11 09:58 PM   #5 
  - They export coffee, too...  warren pease   Mar-21-11 10:15 PM   #28 
  - for me, my empathy is for the whole world. I don't know what to do  roguevalley   Mar-21-11 10:34 PM   #36 
     - It's a mess  malaise   Mar-22-11 05:12 PM   #40 
        - your screen name is appropo. :) But I know that there are heroes  roguevalley   Mar-22-11 08:39 PM   #45 
  - Ivory Coast doesn't have the same ring that Libya does  Hugabear   Mar-21-11 09:59 PM   #6 
  - Anything below the Sahara is apperantly....  patrick t. cakes   Mar-21-11 10:01 PM   #14 
     - Nobody gives a shit about sub-Saharan Africa  Hugabear   Mar-21-11 10:05 PM   #19 
  - DU only has enough outrage for 3 subjects at a time, maximum.  undeterred   Mar-21-11 10:00 PM   #8 
  - That don't have a beloved strongman/boogeyman leader  Stinky The Clown   Mar-21-11 10:00 PM   #9 
  - And who is also a snappy dresser....  DeSwiss   Mar-21-11 10:23 PM   #33 
  - Right behind the outrage over Rwanda.  Night Crawler   Mar-21-11 10:00 PM   #10 
  - Ivory Coast youths rush to enlist with Gbagbo forces  oberliner   Mar-21-11 10:00 PM   #11 
  - I don't think the Ivory Coast has Oil, I may be wrong. Rwanda does  akbacchus_BC   Mar-21-11 10:01 PM   #12 
  - Not to mention North Korea  quinnox   Mar-21-11 10:01 PM   #13 
  - That's different; they have nukes and an army  Rage for Order   Mar-21-11 10:03 PM   #16 
     - That is what it looks like  quinnox   Mar-21-11 10:06 PM   #21 
     - No shit. That's why Russia and China can brutally repress their rebels  Hugabear   Mar-21-11 10:06 PM   #22 
        - Imagine if we had the balls to enact a trade embargo with China  Rage for Order   Mar-21-11 10:15 PM   #29 
           - You mean, have integrity on dealing with Communist nations?  texastoast   Mar-21-11 10:24 PM   #34 
  - The Ivory Coast needs a no fly zone?  Swede   Mar-21-11 10:01 PM   #15 
  - Not sexy enough, I guess.  LiberalAndProud   Mar-21-11 10:03 PM   #17 
  - Thanks for posting...  patrick t. cakes   Mar-21-11 10:13 PM   #27 
  - is twitter not available in the area?...  patrick t. cakes   Mar-21-11 10:17 PM   #30 
  - What actions can we take to help?  killbotfactory   Mar-21-11 10:03 PM   #18 
  - Have all peaceful options failed?  patrick t. cakes   Mar-21-11 10:05 PM   #20 
     - From the article:  killbotfactory   Mar-21-11 10:11 PM   #25 
  - Outrage fatigue I suspect  ProgressiveProfessor   Mar-21-11 10:07 PM   #23 
  - the planes heve flown...  patrick t. cakes   Mar-21-11 10:10 PM   #24 
  - So this proves that DU is imperfectly inconsistent in it's outrage.  elocs   Mar-21-11 10:13 PM   #26 
  - Not just DU; the UN and the rest of the world n/t  Rage for Order   Mar-21-11 10:19 PM   #31 
  - A lot of cake is being had, and eaten....  Davis_X_Machina   Mar-21-11 10:32 PM   #35 
  - It's not on TV  MedleyMisty   Mar-21-11 10:21 PM   #32 
  - You've nailed it.  joe_sixpack   Mar-22-11 05:49 PM   #44 
  - No oil there. nt  Vanje   Mar-21-11 10:42 PM   #37 
  - The media is not creating the drama over it  treestar   Mar-21-11 11:04 PM   #38 
  - Maybe you should start a fund drive to get them twitter and facebook accounts  killbotfactory   Mar-21-11 11:08 PM   #39 
     - The Libya rebellion was not generated by Facebook activity, but long-running power struggle  Distant Observer   Mar-22-11 05:17 PM   #42 
  - Libya has oil. Halliburton does not have a chocolate subsidiary.  DFW   Mar-22-11 05:15 PM   #41 
  - In the upper right you can search DU for ivory coast  Johonny   Mar-22-11 05:45 PM   #43 
  - Not enough people on Twitter and/or Facebook? /nt  Recovered Repug   Mar-22-11 08:53 PM   #46 
 

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