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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 07:58 PM Original message |
About the Shehan thing... |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe I jumped to quick |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. The National Anthem, et. al. are NOT political!!! |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My wife? My Mom and Dad... |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Citizen of the world? |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Am I still on the same site |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Back Off |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
64. You are really nasty. why? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
116. If you haven't seen this already |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The national anthem isn't political? |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. If it is political, which party OWNS it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. Polity, nation, oh my. The only purpose of a national anthem |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. No, it's not. It's a tribute to our country, which I happen to love. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
131. Yikes. The national anthem |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. If you no longer pledge allegience to the U.S. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Because nationalism is a must for any citizen? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. You can still love your country and take issue with political decisions made by its leadership |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I have a question... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. If you were born here, that makes you an American. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. This isn't an either/or question... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Well,I'm telling you that here in the USA, you commit no "great crime" |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Its not that I view such feelings as unworthy as I view them as dangerous... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. That feeling of "danger" is more about you, though, than anyone else. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Taking pride from association is a logical fallacy... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #98 |
113. Clearly, your mileage varies. You can say it's a logical fallacy, but then, you don't know what it |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #113 |
132. I'm guessing the Native Americans would have preferred it |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #94 |
111. My other problem with Patriotism is that its exclusionary... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. It's not as exclusionary in the US as it is in other lands, though. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Reread this thread and check out where the intolerance is coming from. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. As far as I can tell, Patriotism breeds intolerance, whether of the "enemy of the week" or those... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
122. Well, that's your opinion. As far as YOU can tell, and YOU don't see the point. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
120. What, it's verboten to note where the slings and arrows are coming from? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. That may well be your big picture. It isn't mine. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. And that's the beauty of America. You're quite free to have a different "big picture." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. That's the beauty of many places although not in China -- |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. North Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Iran.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. And there are quite a few places that are much more democratic |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. And that's fine. You don't have to have any nationalistic bones at all. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. My grandfather was kidnapped by his government and held |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #107 |
133. Good thing for a country named North Korea! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. That would be a really interesting thing to study, how different |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. Pull in to Bandar Abbas in Iran and then get back to me. NT |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Another fan of Google Earth. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. I used to live there...not in Bandar Abbas, but in Iran. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. She Does Not Have to Pledge Allegiance |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. LOL - Pledge Police... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
103. They don't need to swear an oath, they just need to declare themselves however they want, and act |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I hope you DO NOT vote! That would be a felony! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
93. Dude you are just flame baiting |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
106. Why are you so nasty? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Are you kidding? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That's the attitude! Are you just sticking around for...what, then? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I am sticking around because I love the place where I live. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Don't understand how you can fight for your country and not feel love and loyalty for it-- |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. There is a difference between making love and being raped. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That's a pretty hideous analogy. IMO. nt |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
92. As a veteran who also doesn't say the pledge |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Well, my mileage varies. But this is America, you're free to hold that view. NT |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I'm a fan of America, too. I don't happen to like the present leadership, but this |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. love it or leave it, eh? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Why are the two thoughts automatically diametrically opposed in your mind? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Some people feel more loyalty and love towards PEOPLE rather than lines in dirt... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Well, that's your opinion, and you have a right to it. But others do feel differently. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. First I find it rather sad that you have to compare the United States to Iran... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Gee, how about I compare the two because I have LIVED in both of them? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. Well, at least you have a fair comparison, I guess... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. My great-grandfather left Italy, and his wife and children, in the 1910's-- |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Sentimental but not really relevant to my point... |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. What's the ratio of people leaving here vs people wanting to come here? n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Not just sentimental--MUCH more than that--it's the American Dream. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
105. At the time it was probably the political instability and threat of war that made them flee to... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Heil Hitler Y'all |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Do you have pledge allegience to be a citizen? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Yes you do have to pledge allegiance to be a citizen |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. ah part of the problem |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Why is that a problem? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
101. Wrong. You say this if you are BECOMING a citizen, not if you already are one |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
108. If You're Born Here...YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLEDGE A GOD DAMNED THING! |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. You don't have to support Pelosi, blindly or any other way |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Good god |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. We are |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Agree |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. What're you? Some kind of American or something? |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Been here for quite a while... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. k&r...n/t |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. I guess the way we will know... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I agree that Gore should run as an indie... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Yeah, you're right. I forgot she made Chimp stop the war. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
100. Yes, how silly of you... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. The problem, obviously, is that most of us 'pro-peace' types are still ignored |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Obviously, the upside is that most Americans are now against the war... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Nobody despises those lunatics any more than I do. Please believe that. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. If Al Gore runs as anything other than a Dem, then good luck to him-- |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
135. I don't know why anybody thinks that it would even occur to him.. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Pledging "allegiance" to anything is downright medieval. K&R |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good post. I agree. |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Of a thread ever fell off the rails, this was it!!! |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Kicking! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Gee, you might want to review those DU rules, there. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. How easily you take for granted what we have in this country-- |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I served 20 years in our military |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. While my grandfather and great uncle... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Well, I served much longer than you did |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Sorry about the spelling |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Shakespeare. |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Never said it was |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. That's where you and I part company then--I did not serve, but I am married |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Well it was never your ass on the line |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. I happen to think that the military spouses (once called "dependents") also serve. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
115. Thanks for that kind recognition, on behalf of military spouses everywhere! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. You're more than welcome. They have a rough row to hoe, especially lately. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. You're right--I am an active-duty spouse, and it's got to be tougher |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. And so many of them live far from bases--the old two weekends a month, two weeks a year |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
137. Why would you serve in the military? It seems counter to your OP |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Best bumper sticker I've seen in years: |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Arrogance is unbecoming, period... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
102. Wow. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #102 |
125. I said that slaves contributed to the building of this country--willing or not, |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Their experience and suffering is a national tragedy - |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #127 |
138. Plenty of our ancestors came here.. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. I Hope Nancy Wipes The Electoral Floor With Her. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
54. Welcome to DU, or to posting more, and I agree with what you write. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. People have a right to support her running, to oppose her running, |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. public, private |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I don't understand your point. |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. a site like this... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. You have a right to your opinion. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. supporting left wing 3rd parties after 2000 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. You really should read and adhere to the DU rules. It's not "optional" |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. It's not about opposing her running |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. Jean Shehan? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Jean Shaheen, from NH??? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. the spelling the op you know? I like Jean Shean, she's good person. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
99. Its not Cindy running that has me worked up |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #99 |
112. Excuse me? Those radical types who fought for women's suffrage |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Not those kinds of radicals |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Um, this crowd noticed that Nancy backed an anti choice guy |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. There is a mob here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Nancy did not back the pro choice candidate for DNC chair. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #123 |
136. There is no purity in politics... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. She also backed an antichoice one as her whip, but no one had a problem with that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. I will never minimize the situation that Nancy has had to handle. |
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