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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:33 PM Original message |
Conspiracies only exist in the minds of crazy people |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. And what is the government's version of what happened on |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. They didn't use a Lone Gunman this time out, breaking with tradition. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. DId Ya See That Thread Yesterday |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I didn't see the thread you mention. What thread was that? nt |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Somebody Posted a Poll |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Here It Is |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. What's funny is that you look at the responses and only a small |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Holocaust |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yes. It's amazing what real conspiracies look like (the Holocaust) |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
87. But now there's a conspiracy theory |
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HR_Pufnstuf (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree. Abramoff, damn conspiracist. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. The "spir" in conspiracy means "breath" |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Really? Where did you find that definition? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They are connected. The "spire" in a church is symbolic |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Sure, that's what it's about. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. This group in power projects everything |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You are so right. It gets tiring looking at lie after lie....you wonder |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Right. They are calling the people who do not trust Rove & al - crazies, |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
61. Boy. That Just About Says It All, Nite Owl. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Washington, D.C. is constructed of conspiracies made by....... |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Right now I'm reading |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Start a list of proven past conspiracys here: |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Teapot Dome. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The JFK and RFK and MLK,JR. assassinations.... |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I'll go ahead and say Paul Wellstone's death too.... |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Suspected by many. Considered not proven by most. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. I'd give this the nod. Some might not. |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. 9/11 |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Gotta apply tinfoil here. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. iran/contra |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Bingo. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Voter Fraud from 2000 to today. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Again, gotta apply tinfoil. |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Nothing's been proven from he 2000 election? Votes weren't |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Oh, I'm with ya. But the courts aren't. |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Somebody mentioned the Holocaust earlier. nt |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Dual conspiracies, I think. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. What's your definition of proven? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. 2000 election going to someone other than the person elected is well |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. All of it are theories... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Patterns of behaviour are proof. All the ones I say have good evidence |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. GOP not proven accountable for turning the 2000 election into a race |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. And who has been held accountable for that? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. There could be a conspiracy to get the election even when they didn't have |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. but this sub thread was asking for "proven" conspiracy theories. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Yep |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. I agree, hard to say. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Allende |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Iraq-gate |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Not sure exactly what action/era you are refering to. |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. That's Rummy shaking Saddam's hand in (IIRC) 1983 |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Thanks for the info. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
76. Operation Gladio |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
77. Operation Mockingbird |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
78. COINTELPRO |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. My difficulties with the above 3 items... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Gladio is considered "clandestine" - not just covert, |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. I forgot to include Gladio. |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
80. Enron price gouging. WTC air quality EPA cover up. Tobacco & Asbestos |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Some good ones in there. n/t |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 06:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
81. Wikipedia's list pf proven conspiracies. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. that's almost worthy of a thread on its own |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Very good. But how do they skip from Ceasar to GHW Bush? |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
82. The shootdown of KAL 007 (nt) |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Certainly a theory. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
88. Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. That sounds like a good one. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. researchers and detectives connect the dots |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. A word about the word "conspiracy": |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. another opponent of shame-based reasoning |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. Police detectives deal with conspiracy theories everyday... |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Hi wildbilln864!! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why black & white? Some conspiracies are plausible |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Nicely reasoned response. nt |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. i notice you left out 911... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I dont believe BushCo made it happen or let it happen. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. i do respect your honesty and so do the 'fucking crazies' |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Isn't one of the characteristics of conspiracies |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Conspiracy implies multiple people, acting in secret. |
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StraightDope (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
52. Well, an awful lot of people must be crazy... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. How about the take out of the democratically elected leader of Zaire |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
59. From Wikipedia - must meet several of the criteria. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. the bashers are excellent generalist on DU but when it comes to a specific |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. We never have to fear the truth. The scientific, fact based truth. They |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. as i always say... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. You too! We shall overcome - as long as we do it as adults with might, |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. thats what makes DU great |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Happy New Year! |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. 2005 DU New Year Slide Show |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Al Gore, adult, looks like he could have punched out an African elephant |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. It got me to look up deduction and induction. |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. Funny, but isn't Faux News based on a Conspiracy |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:23 AM Response to Reply #60 |
79. the RW just loves the moon landing hoax CT |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
71. Besides, the Proper Term is "Coincidence Theory" |
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