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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:26 PM Original message |
One Lonely Congresswoman Speaks Out on Gaza |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. great comments by Capps |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is what Obama needs to say. Keep it simple. But appeal to basic humanity and desire to find |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kudos to Capps |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lois is my Rep |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. She sounds like a winner, which makes you a winner! |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Didn't her husband hold the office before her? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yes he died and she took over the office then got reelected |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Meanwhile * is on vacation and he won't bother his |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Shouldn't we be relieved about that, though? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. She has courage |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. there`s only a few who have the courage.... |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. How do you determine a "proportionate response" to rockets being fired at you? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. A proportionate response means going after the aggressors but not the innocent civilians. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. But isn't Hamas amongst the civilians? I mean they're not in caves out in the countryside. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Some of them are yes... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. What about the innocent women and children who hold no political power in Hamas? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Well, I think that when 19 Arab men pulled off 9-11 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. And . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Keep in mind, the rockets were a "response" to . . . |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. and why shouldn't this be in the I/P forum for discussion? /nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Does it bother you? This isn't an opinion, it's a fact. nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. yeah it does bother me. There is a I/P section to discuss such things /nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What's to discuss? This is a statement by one Congresswoman. nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It isn't the Congressperson's statement, it is discussing the possible solutions to a very complex |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I/P is for specific news articles |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Israel vows to demolish Hamas brick by brick and Hamas vows |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Of course those views by some wouldn't be considered "genocide", while that word is very freely |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Israel is prohibiting the UN from delivering supplies to Gaza . .. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Yes . . . |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. While I fully empathize with Lois Capps, I do wonder... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Does walling off an area and refusing the bare necessities of life such |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. What's the proportionate response to a deadly embargo? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Good for her. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. Lois Capps is my Congresswoman, and I'm so proud of her. nt |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. AIPAC will get on her for this one. nt |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. They're probably already recruiting a West Coast Denise Majette or Hank Whatsisname. |
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Zaidinit (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. They probably call it the McKinney strategy |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. That's a subject which needs more airing . . . |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Lois has a solid Democratic base here, and as a founding member of ... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. I appreciate her efforts, although she is not the only: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. A truth teller who is very much missed in Congress .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
35. "She is saying in public what most Democrats are saying in private, but fear to say out loud. " |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. a lady congresswoman with balls |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. K |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. k&r |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. our leaders have been woefully silent on this...and i don't mean obama |
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