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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:48 PM Original message |
Bush terminated 3 tribes - Abramoff "lobbied" for the same 3 tribes |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. holy crap! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree. Sounds like extortion to me |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. "Bypassing Congress" are the first two words in this article |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. a protection racket |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It is protection - extorting money for protection |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Protection racket - staple of most organized crime families |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "Terminate all the brutes..." |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. That spiteful little sh*t. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And then he sends Abramoff after them |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. i was sorry to hear speaking rock shut down |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Of course it didn't "just happen" |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. The whole Bush team is run like a crime syndicate with nuclear access. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Damn sure is |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. What does that mean? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. One tribe moved to Mexico - or was supposed to |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. yes they lose their independence as nations |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. How is that possible? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I remember when he did it. I literally sputtered |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Your hunch was right on target. This leaves me sputtering too! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Making the tribes pay "tribute" after terminating them |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. It was an April Fools joke |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yeah..I saw that. I asked for this thread to be locked |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. How does that then affect their rights as tribes under FEC regs |
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chat_noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. sent email nominating * for a Worst Person in the World award |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. wait wait wait? |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Old Little Abner comic strip featured Kickapoo Joy Juice |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Well now I've figured out Abramoff's Mafia name |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Good one! |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Got one for Shrub? |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Georgie "The Codpiece" Bushiano? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. LOL! Those work |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Washington Post has a "Name the Scandal" contest going on: |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Isn't a "name the scandal" contest a way to get us all to accept |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Bread and Circuses |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Kick & Recommend |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Same tecnique as with Harken - bankrupt it, become "trustee" |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. WTF |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. How can * unilaterally strip a tribe of it's tribe recognition? Thanks for |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. Locked. |
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