Mon Apr 8, 2013, 07:57 AM
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 Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies (Original post) |
Bosonic | Apr 2013 | OP |
| BumRushDaShow | Apr 2013 | #1 | |
| pipoman | Apr 2013 | #2 | |
| Champion Jack | Apr 2013 | #3 | |
| Ghost of Tom Joad | Apr 2013 | #78 | |
| DainBramaged | Apr 2013 | #4 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #5 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #7 | |
| KatyMan | Apr 2013 | #18 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #20 | |
| KatyMan | Apr 2013 | #22 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #24 | |
| KatyMan | Apr 2013 | #25 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #28 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Apr 2013 | #128 | |
| Kelvin Mace | Apr 2013 | #42 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #43 | |
| CreekDog | Apr 2013 | #100 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #110 | |
| CreekDog | Apr 2013 | #121 | |
| In_The_Wind | Apr 2013 | #122 | |
| CreekDog | Apr 2013 | #99 | |
| pangaia | Apr 2013 | #36 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #37 | |
| pangaia | Apr 2013 | #40 | |
| Kelvin Mace | Apr 2013 | #61 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #62 | |
| Kelvin Mace | Apr 2013 | #63 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Apr 2013 | #89 | |
| Kelvin Mace | Apr 2013 | #102 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Apr 2013 | #114 | |
| Kelvin Mace | Apr 2013 | #115 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Apr 2013 | #66 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #79 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Apr 2013 | #85 | |
| Kelvin Mace | Apr 2013 | #82 | |
| LeftishBrit | Apr 2013 | #97 | |
| Post removed | Apr 2013 | #52 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #53 | |
| devilgrrl | Apr 2013 | #54 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #56 | |
| devilgrrl | Apr 2013 | #57 | |
| muriel_volestrangler | Apr 2013 | #64 | |
| LeftishBrit | Apr 2013 | #92 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #59 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #60 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #67 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #81 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #104 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #105 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #109 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Apr 2013 | #88 | |
| PolitFreak | Apr 2013 | #75 | |
| Name removed | Apr 2013 | #113 | |
| LeftishBrit | Apr 2013 | #125 | |
| CreekDog | Apr 2013 | #96 | |
| LeighAnn | Apr 2013 | #116 | |
| Post removed | Apr 2013 | #6 | |
| bigworld | Apr 2013 | #8 | |
| amuse bouche | Apr 2013 | #12 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #118 | |
| amuse bouche | Apr 2013 | #120 | |
| pangaia | Apr 2013 | #38 | |
| iandhr | Apr 2013 | #47 | |
| backscatter712 | Apr 2013 | #91 | |
| LeftishBrit | Apr 2013 | #95 | |
| Ian David | Apr 2013 | #9 | |
| amuse bouche | Apr 2013 | #10 | |
| proud2BlibKansan | Apr 2013 | #11 | |
| muriel_volestrangler | Apr 2013 | #16 | |
| amuse bouche | Apr 2013 | #21 | |
| amuse bouche | Apr 2013 | #30 | |
| RedstDem | Apr 2013 | #13 | |
| Botany | Apr 2013 | #14 | |
| HughBeaumont | Apr 2013 | #15 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #19 | |
| HughBeaumont | Apr 2013 | #31 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #34 | |
| Vinnie From Indy | Apr 2013 | #39 | |
| Adenoid_Hynkel | Apr 2013 | #106 | |
| RevStPatrick | Apr 2013 | #17 | |
| Tom Ripley | Apr 2013 | #23 | |
| leveymg | Apr 2013 | #27 | |
| Arugula Latte | Apr 2013 | #111 | |
| muriel_volestrangler | Apr 2013 | #35 | |
| Kolesar | Apr 2013 | #71 | |
| lastlib | Apr 2013 | #26 | |
| primavera | Apr 2013 | #124 | |
| JanMichael | Apr 2013 | #29 | |
| amuse bouche | Apr 2013 | #32 | |
| HughBeaumont | Apr 2013 | #33 | |
| backscatter712 | Apr 2013 | #48 | |
| DinahMoeHum | Apr 2013 | #41 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #44 | |
| bluedigger | Apr 2013 | #50 | |
| devilgrrl | Apr 2013 | #45 | |
| backscatter712 | Apr 2013 | #46 | |
| Ter | Apr 2013 | #49 | |
| Orrex | Apr 2013 | #51 | |
| Bluenorthwest | Apr 2013 | #90 | |
| Warpy | Apr 2013 | #55 | |
| polly7 | Apr 2013 | #65 | |
| Paladin | Apr 2013 | #58 | |
| polly7 | Apr 2013 | #68 | |
| Paladin | Apr 2013 | #72 | |
| polly7 | Apr 2013 | #76 | |
| Paladin | Apr 2013 | #80 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #119 | |
| Yukari Yakumo | Apr 2013 | #69 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Apr 2013 | #70 | |
| Renew Deal | Apr 2013 | #74 | |
| Warpy | Apr 2013 | #77 | |
| Renew Deal | Apr 2013 | #73 | |
| Gregorian | Apr 2013 | #83 | |
| bitchkitty | Apr 2013 | #84 | |
| idwiyo | Apr 2013 | #86 | |
| Arugula Latte | Apr 2013 | #87 | |
| hrmjustin | Apr 2013 | #93 | |
| RetroLounge | Apr 2013 | #94 | |
| alarimer | Apr 2013 | #98 | |
| Beacool | Apr 2013 | #101 | |
| La Lioness Priyanka | Apr 2013 | #103 | |
| Spitfire of ATJ | Apr 2013 | #107 | |
| Adenoid_Hynkel | Apr 2013 | #108 | |
| secondvariety | Apr 2013 | #112 | |
| Aquavit | Apr 2013 | #117 | |
| Liberalynn | Apr 2013 | #123 | |
| GliderGuider | Apr 2013 | #126 | |
| jzodda | Apr 2013 | #127 |
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:06 AM
3. Roger Ebert, Andy Johns, Les Blank.....
Response to Champion Jack (Reply #3)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:00 AM
Ghost of Tom Joad (1,318 posts)
78. Don't forget Milo O'Shea
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:11 AM
5. RIP Mrs Thatcher. Obviously I did not agree with all of her policies,
Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #7)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:49 AM
KatyMan (3,793 posts)
18. Did what she could???
Response to KatyMan (Reply #18)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:51 AM
20. Do you honestly think that was her desire?
Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #28)
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 01:51 PM
BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)
128. ..
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Response to Kelvin Mace (Reply #42)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:32 AM
43. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I truly am sorry for the ones she hurt.
Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #110)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 03:29 PM
121. Look, I understand the need to find some good in a person who has passed away
Response to CreekDog (Reply #121)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 03:32 PM
122. Well, I learned quite a bit today that I honestly didn't know before.
Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #7)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:27 PM
99. to get rid of England's safety net and health care system
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:19 AM
36. Excellent job with the Falklands war! I must disagree.
Response to pangaia (Reply #36)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:22 AM
37. An Argentinian military dictatorship decided to invade British territory,
Response to Kelvin Mace (Reply #61)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:36 AM
62. Should all non-native Americans be forced to leave the USA?
Response to Kelvin Mace (Reply #63)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:25 AM
89. There's no one to pay in regards to the Falklands
Response to Kelvin Mace (Reply #102)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:28 PM
114. Pre-1982 maybe that'd be a reasonable suggestion
Response to ButterflyBlood (Reply #66)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:03 AM
79. The British residents of Las Malvinas wouldn't have even been there
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if Britain hadn't taken the islands from Argentina in the mid 19th century. The British were as bad as the Spanish, vultures that took whatever they wanted due to their military power. Look at how the British treated the people of Ireland and India. They committed genocide with impunity for centuries.
As for the Spaniards, they decimated every native tribe that they found in their path (Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, etc.) A pox on their heads!!!! 
BTW, I'm referring to these countries' governments. I have nothing against the people of Spain (heck, I have family there) or Britain. 
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Response to Beacool (Reply #79)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:17 AM
85. There have been lots of other territory changes in the last 150 years
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #37)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:13 PM
LeftishBrit (40,326 posts)
97. While I have no sympathy for Galtieri et al...
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Response to Post removed (Reply #52)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:06 AM
53. OK. I will self-delete the post.
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Just kidding! Instead, I will post another picture of Billy Bragg's mansion:
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Response to devilgrrl (Reply #54)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:15 AM
56. If she was alive today, I wonder whether she would be advocating "chained CPI" (nt)
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #56)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:01 PM
LeftishBrit (40,326 posts)
92. I daresay. She advocated everything of that nature that she could.
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:21 AM
59. Oh yeah, great job on the Falklands........
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That's one thing that the Pirates of the Sea were always good at, taking over other people's land.
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Response to Beacool (Reply #59)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:25 AM
60. Remember when Hoboken, NJ belonged to the Native Americans?
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #60)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:45 AM
67. The natives got screwed in the whole American continent.
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The Europeans took their lands from Canada in the North to Argentina and Chile in the South.
That still does not excuse colonial powers from taking land from other independent nations. At the time, Argentina was already a sovereign nation and they had a garrison on the islands. The British surrounded them and gave them 24 hrs. to vacate the islands. I attended a high school run by Argentine/Irish nuns in Buenos Aires. Double whammy, they liked the Brits as much as they liked the plague. So I have strong feelings on the subject.  |
Response to Beacool (Reply #67)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:11 AM
81. The Falklands have been British since 1833. Argentina did not exist as a country until 1853. (nt)
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #81)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:46 PM
104. What are you talking about????
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Argentina became one of the first nations in the continent to become independent from Spain. Their independence day was July 9, 1816.
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Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #105)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:00 PM
109. That's the year they approved the Constitution.
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Furthermore, in 1809 and 1810 the British invaded Buenos Aires and tried to take control of the city away from the Spaniards. The population was able to repel the invaders twice. They were so disgusted with the Spaniards' performance during both British invasions, that they declared that from then on they would be governed by "criollos" (people of Spanish ascendancy, but born in the colony). That upheaval became known as the "Revolucion de Mayo". It took place on May 25th, 1810. On July 9, 1816 the Declaration of Independence was finally signed in Tucuman (about 800 miles from Bs. As.).
Forgot to add, there's a big tower in downtown Buenos Aires near a railway station that was given to the Argentines by the British government in 1910 to commemorate the May Revolution of 1810. The tower is called "La Torre de los Ingleses". Here's a link to info. on the tower: http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/01/14/the-english-tower-and-kavanagh-building/ Here's the Wikepedia link on Argentina. Notice the independence date. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina 
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Response to Name removed (Reply #113)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 06:52 PM
LeftishBrit (40,326 posts)
125. A miner? Do you mean a minor? A miner is the last person who could support Maggie!
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:12 PM
96. the problem is not speaking ill of her will help enhance what she did
Response to CreekDog (Reply #96)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:37 PM
116. People need to consider their legacies
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:31 AM
8. right wing, yeah, but intelligent and eloquent
Response to bigworld (Reply #8)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:37 AM
12. The people of Britian truly disliked her
Response to amuse bouche (Reply #12)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:45 PM
118. This just about says it all.
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"She created today's housing crisis, she produced the banking crisis, she created the benefits crisis. It was her government that started putting people on incapacity benefits rather than register them as unemployed because the Britain she inherited was broadly at full employment.
"She decided when she wrote off our manufacturing industry that she could live with two or three million unemployed and the legacy of that, the benefits bill that we are still struggling with today. "In actual fact, every real problem we face today is the legacy of the fact she was fundamentally wrong."  |
Response to bigworld (Reply #8)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:03 PM
LeftishBrit (40,326 posts)
95. Being intelligent and eloquent are gifts not virtues.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:33 AM
10. I was intereseted to see how the Brits were
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #16)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:12 AM
30. I went back to check again
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:41 AM
Botany (68,086 posts)
14. Now do we have to wait for white smoke from Parliament to see who will be the new Baroness?
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Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:42 AM
15. Some poignant words from John Lydon come to mind.
Response to HughBeaumont (Reply #15)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:49 AM
19. These days Mr Lydon is worth $10 million+ and advertises butter in Country Life magazine. nt
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #19)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:15 AM
31. What, is he supposed to "maintain integrity" and live in squalor forever?
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #19)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:27 AM
Vinnie From Indy (10,813 posts)
39. Johnny Rotten selling butter!
Response to Tom Ripley (Reply #23)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:07 AM
27. If you're in the mood today for a slow dance to a fine ballad, here's the tune . . .
Response to Tom Ripley (Reply #23)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:18 AM
35. George Galloway has quoted that on Twitter
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:03 AM
lastlib (20,634 posts)
26. I'm supposed to speak good of the dead.....
Response to JanMichael (Reply #29)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:18 AM
33. I'm quite positive her family has never heard of an American Democratic website such as DU.
Response to JanMichael (Reply #29)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:46 AM
48. Why should I show respect in death for someone I disrespected in life? n/t
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:27 AM
DinahMoeHum (21,275 posts)
41. I have nothing to say about her.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:35 AM
44. Any comment from Billy Bragg?
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Or has he not yet emerged from his mansion?
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Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #44)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:51 AM
bluedigger (16,909 posts)
50. That's what you're using to trash Billy?
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Looks like any McMansion built in the last twenty years here in the States.
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Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:45 AM
46. Half of Britain is singing a dirge for her death...
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 09:53 AM
51. She was in power before I really became politically aware, but...
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:14 AM
Warpy (107,325 posts)
55. Pictures are starting to arrive
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Response to Warpy (Reply #55)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:42 AM
65. I should have expected that .. but I still choked! nt.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:17 AM
Paladin (26,999 posts)
58. Took a look at some right wing sites this morning.
Response to polly7 (Reply #68)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:50 AM
Paladin (26,999 posts)
72. Hey, if you want to check for Mulroney's presence, be my guest.
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I've done all the conservative site lurking I'm going to do, today..... |
Response to Paladin (Reply #72)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:57 AM
76. Agree.. not the most pleasant thing to be doing, by any means. nt.
Response to polly7 (Reply #76)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:07 AM
Paladin (26,999 posts)
80. Gotta take one for the team every once in a while, don't we? (nt)
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:46 AM
69. I guess the Scots are getting to work on the hole straight to Hell then...
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:47 AM
70. Lots of Brits are popping champagne bottles now
Response to ButterflyBlood (Reply #70)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:51 AM
Renew Deal (81,056 posts)
74. I'm sure that "lots of Brits" aren't as classless as you think.
Response to Renew Deal (Reply #74)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:58 AM
Warpy (107,325 posts)
77. You'd be surprised
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:50 AM
Renew Deal (81,056 posts)
73. I'm sorry to hear that.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:14 AM
83. I love George Galloway's tweet- Tramp the dirt down.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:16 AM
84. I might well go to hell for this, but...
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:27 PM
98. She was a pioneer in the art of waging stupid, pointless little wars for fun and profit.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:40 PM
101. I disliked Thatcher as much as I disliked Reagan.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:42 PM
103. margaret thatcher proved that women can be equally agressive, sociopathic and cruel as men.
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Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:43 PM
117. All I can say, is...
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