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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:13 PM Original message |
"The Homeland". I fucking hate that phrase! |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. You can tell it's some * phrase. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'm not sure he came up with it, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
106. well his grand daddy was in cahoots with the Nazi party. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is a long list of Bush or GOPisms that bother me - yes, Homeland - also weapons of mass |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I hate all those too; for some reason, "the homeland" really |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
90. Probably because |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. "Enhanced interrogation." Almost a transliteration of verschärfte Vernehmung. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. But apparently, according to some, it's not the same techniques |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent article here on why you hate the phrase so much. . . |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thank you, Journeyman. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. NaziSpeak |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes, it is. It's too bad that Bush has no conscious, or he'd be |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I feel Your pain Neighbor to the North!!! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Great minds do think alike, Parche. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. The first time I heard Homeland in regard to the US, my skin crawled and it still |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. So does mine. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Me too. It brings up S.Africa and nazi feelings indeed. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Dark images fill my mind hearing that phrase. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. Remember when it was the Heartland? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Exactly! |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Department of US Security - let's change the logos and the shields |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I absolutely agree. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. can we have a new logo when Barack/Hillary are in power? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I sure as hell hope so. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
91. YES!!!!!!!!! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. The emphasis in this world has been on war for far too long. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. I, too, fucking hate it. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think you're on to something there, bleev. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Me too. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a secret Nazi worship room |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think it also has the sense that |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Great way to put it, ac |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. perhaps you hate it because |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. That is one of the biggest reasons I hate it. |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. You go SeattleGirl |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I want to throw something at the TV when I hear him say that, which |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. i like the heartland.... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Definitely a better term. |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. So do I for the same reasons as you. n/t |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. always hated the term |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And I think Bush deliberately picked it so he could fill our heads |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. doesnt take much |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I've noticed that. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. Anybondy know where it came from, started "Homeland"? K*R |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. It apparently has not been used much at all in the past. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Many thanks for that and this thread. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You're welcome. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. Homeland Security |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. If Bush were a kid, I'd want to wash his mouth out with soap for |
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Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
118. I want to use lye to wash out his mouth |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Homeland"... yeah right. Probably a direct Bush translation of "Heimat" |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. And he would deny it, of course. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. Oh, I know, I feel like I've been trapped in a Hogan's Heroes rerun for 7 years. nt |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Except that Hogan's Heroes was funny. n/t |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Yeah, come to think of it, nobody ever died, either. nt |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
50. That it is in use today speaks volumes. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. I always wondered about that odious and sinister name |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. I really like that name, Domestic Security. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. "Fatherland" thats what springs to mind, what next, changing bush over to "Chancellor"? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Vatter Reich!! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Good God, I hope not! |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. EVERY time I hear that word |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. I sometimes start yelling, "Shut up! Shut up!" when I hear it. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thank you |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. One of the many signs of the trouble we're in. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
57. I keep on thinking of Babylon 5's Operation "Night Watch" when I hear that word... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Now that's flat creepy. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. Another stinking couple of words when I can't fucking stand either! |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. You just earned the two hearts I've been holding on to :) |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. I agree. Bush, Cheney and the rest of the fear-mongers are the |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. You're very welcome ;) n/t |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. it's supposed to make you think of your mother, like 'connected', 'trust' and 'under control' nt |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. My mother was a wonderful, loving, caring person. |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
88. that's the cultural difference |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I'm very thankful that I had the kind of mother that I had. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. Thank you!! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. You're welcome! |
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MediaBabe (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yeah! What you said! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. And the jack booted thugs (Blackwater) are already marching |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. Europeans living here call their countries their "homelands" |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. They do? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. I didn't know that. n/t |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #67 |
112. Well, I live abroad |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
75. Here's another reason I switched to buying gas ONLY from Costco now! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Homeland Petroleum???? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. That's what I said the first time I saw it! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. That is just so sick. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Another reason I'm considering moving up north to Oregon... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I'm guessing they're thinking of opening another station in Potrero Hills... |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
76. I have always hated that word/term. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Lemme see if I can remember..... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. The Bush bots will say it was "Die Fatherland" or something like that... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I wouldn't doubt it. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
108. Precisely. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
86. Propaganda and mind control are alive and well |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Maybe they're trying to lull us into thinking they'll serve us |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
92. Hear, hear! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Hi Buffy! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. I think you're right |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. And if you notice, he doesn't stumble over his words as much |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. Get rid of the Eagle |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. Interesting. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
94. It has always conjured up images of.... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. I do remember that. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
95. They call this the home land as if |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Another excellent point. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
101. Everything about the republican party has a NAZI ring too it. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Yep, especially with the current crop in office now. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
105. We are not a "homeland" we are the United States of America |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Amen, alyce! |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
109. President of the Homeland - Homeland Congress - Homeland Air Force |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #109 |
132. Hey, don't go giving them ideas! n/t |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
110. Homeland--It's always sounded very nazi/propagandistic to me |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. yes it DOES |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
113. Nazi Germany....BushCo one in the same! |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
114. Canada |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #114 |
133. Just after the "Homeland" bullshit term |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
115. It's not original or anything, but maybe we can give it new |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. Jeebus! |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
116. I prefer "The Motherland." |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
117. I thought being told what to think and say by other people was a bad thing. n/t |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #117 |
125. In our world, yes. But in Bush's world? |
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GreatCaesarsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
119. another word i can't stand is "folks" |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. Did you see Bill Moyers Journal last night? |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
120. Totally agree. First thing that needs to be changed is a name that invokes the Nazi party. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Someone upthread suggested "Domestic" security. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
121. The word "homeland" is meant to inspire more of an us/them attitude. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #121 |
131. I agree. It's an emotional appeal to our sense of home and our |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
122. It's creepy... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
123. Me too. It is VILE!!! I HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT with an utter passion! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. The sad thing is, so many people don't question it at all. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. The MINUTE I heard that word out of *'s mouth, I got a chill down my spine. |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
129. I'll second that. This is not the Vaterland. |
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