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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:10 PM Original message |
Dam Inspection Data Withheld From Press Under Patriot Act |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. So... the Government Has Found a Convenient Way to Sweep Problems Under |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. a-yup |
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Bush_MUST_Go (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Way to cover their asses & never be held accountable for anything ever again. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I want it repealed in toto. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I Think They Had To Wipe Out the Federalists |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. You have nailed it! The Patriot Act is a catch-all piece of shit. |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Basically, you can just assume... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That also includes all government political appointees |
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asp64064 (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Bravo! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. thanks for sharing |
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iaviate1 (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. And those people willing to sacrifice freedom, don't deserve it. n/t |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have TWO DAMS (army corp) both within 20 miles of my home. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. So giving info on if a dam has been inspected "aids the terrorists"? |
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That would be one of those known unknowns then. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've always said that the Patriot Act was no damn protection -- apparently not dam protection either |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have a friend of 20 + years who lives in Iowa |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. ACHTUNG MEIN DUMBKOFFEN... YOU HAVE BEEN HAD AGAIN |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. You Can't have a Police State if people know too much. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Yep. The biggest problem at Abu Ghraib was that soldiers had cameras, don'cha know. |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Whistleblowers inside the agency should be openly promised jobs and protection... |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. Now we know. The damn dams have not been inspected for 8 years. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh look, once again |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. We are watching the purposeful destruction of America . . . . |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Damn inspection data, damn patriot act |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh, THERE you are, Patriot Act. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. withhold the information |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. The "Patriot Act" should have been titled the "Ask Me No Questions, |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Beginning to sound like the old Soviet Union. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Perhaps we can have a moment for media-bashers in general |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Indeed there are. E&P does good work. McClatchy. A few others, including |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. The So-Called Patriot Act=You Can't Touch Us ahahaha |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. WTF WTF WTF |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. as of 2005, the US had 3500 "unsafe dams" according to Assn. of Engineers report card |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. I feel so much safer now |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Joe needs to know the difference between of and off |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. "It makes it hard for the public to understand how these dams are maintained." |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. can't let the public know how badly the government is fucking up |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. This will affect each and every one of us... |
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