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so you love using radicals to paint all opposition with the same brush
and you believe supporting the troops is to send more of them to die and be maimed.
for the war with the least valid reason of any.
posted by
Xeno-x
on February 3, 2007 at 10:50 AM
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Well Glenn
You do say "YOU PEOPLE" more then not...Now behave yourself this weekend.
posted by
Offy
on February 2, 2007 at 6:34 AM
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Corbin_Dallas,
Stay with the topic! Is that so hard for you? I have no clue what you are talking about with your "you people" rant????
posted by
Glennb
on February 2, 2007 at 6:03 AM
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Glennb...... you sure do like that term "You People"...
unless it's used at you instead of by "you people".......Excuse me if I have a misconception....but it seems to me that the term soldier has men someone trained to KILL???? Since the first ones started training thousands of years ago....
Do you really hear how silly you sound when you talk in this fashion.......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 2, 2007 at 5:24 AM
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Parnell,
The "real" fact of Bush's invasion of Iraq will never be known if we do not act to force him out of his cover: "troops in harms way"! Hey ass you put them in "harms way"! He had them lined up to invade Iraq long before the UN debate had ended!
posted by
Glennb
on February 1, 2007 at 11:35 PM
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Glennb
I couldn't agree with you more!
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 11:08 PM
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Corbin_Dallas,
You people are far more subtle in your disdain for the troops fighting Bush's "war on terror" in Iraq! You people put them in harms way and then proclaim they volunteered so they have no voice or choice about the orders they are given! And you are so far from right! No soldier can be forced to obey an unlawful order! Murdering civilians is a crime against humanity no matter the title they are given!
posted by
Glennb
on February 1, 2007 at 11:01 PM
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I read about these outrageous signs back in 2003
Extremism is present in any belief system, unfortunately. It is a reality that opposing the war+supporting the troops can and does exist in the minds, actions and efforts of many citizens, as does starting/ continuing the war and tragically neglecting the troops, which has been this administration's m.o. from day one.
posted by
Katray2
on February 1, 2007 at 10:19 PM
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Passion
See how stupid works? American's that took care of people and animals and virus aren't counted...just GNP....Yeah that is how stupid brains work..LOL..
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 8:49 PM
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Passion
You're getting paranoid. I wasn't talking about you specifically. I was refering to a set of beliefs that are held by a disturbingly large number of Americans.
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:46 PM
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Passion
The tsunami is a rather bad example. In this case America was roundly condemned by the world for contributing a small proportion of its GDP compared to other advanced nations...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:44 PM
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Parnell, I did say --
IN THIS BLOG, that I have always believed the world would end in my lifetime. But all that other bulls**t you're saying - that I said Jesus was coming back to punish people like you...
IS A COMPLETE LIE!!! And that's the reason why I very nicely asked you not to visit my blogs anymore. Either you cannot READ or you have a problem understanding what people are telling you or you just enjoy lying.
posted by
Passionflower
on February 1, 2007 at 8:42 PM
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All I'm going to say is that when ANY country ANYWHERE
IN THE WORLD:
- Has a famine
- A natural disaster such as earthquake or tsunami
- A slaughter of innocent citizens
- An outbreak of some disease
- or any other need
American stands up, rolls up its sleeves and pitches in to help. We've sent people along with billions of dollars around the world many times.
And this is the thanks we get! We get morons FROM OTHER COUNTRIES trying to tell us how wrong/dumb/mean/viscious/horrible/stupid we are...
I have no idea why we continue to help the other nations at all!
posted by
Passionflower
on February 1, 2007 at 8:36 PM
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Corbin
Talking about the Muslim religion like that must lead to some self-reflection. Most of the Americans that have been commenting on your blog today think that the world is going to end in their lifetime, and that Jesus is going to descend to earth and punish people like me. And that there's going to be a colossal battle between good and evil.
This crazy stuff is believed to different degrees all over the world. But religious countries don't necessarily engage in terrorism. I believe that the Middle East is errupting because they're being shut out of a global economic order that enshrines a very small number of countries into the first world.
In the future - if you stay on the same exclusionary course - America will have to fight these battles with Africans, Chinese, and the rest of the third world...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:36 PM
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Passion
And it is still true...maybe someday they will have a cure...
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 8:34 PM
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You told me this Offbeat when I wuz jus' knee-high to
A grasshopper...
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!
posted by
Passionflower
on February 1, 2007 at 8:31 PM
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I have to check out.....
Feel free to comment further and I will ponder a response in the next light....LOL
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 8:30 PM
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As to being locked out of the economic world.......
You need to do some research on Dubai.......it' s becoming the Western Oasis in the Middle East.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 8:28 PM
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Look you idiot
Go back and read the comments...I never engaged talking with you..I engaged Passion...Oh Gawd I will be so happy when they figure out how to fix stupid for people such as yourself...Nuff said~
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 8:26 PM
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Parnell
They abandoned civilization hundreds of years ago......name one scientific accomplishment, one work of art, epic story...that they have produced in the past 100 years. They are prisoners of their theocratic way of life......even those who may be moderate, fear to speak out....retaliation and death awaits.......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 8:26 PM
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Offbeats
Ermmm, you engaged with
me...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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Corbin
It's not about religion as much as it's about economics. The Muslim world is not inherently agressive, but they are locked out of the world economic order. No civilisation is going to eat a shit sandwich forever.
Surely the role of the USA, as the current world superpower, is not to 'drive a wedge' between different countries, but to create an inclusive, harmonious, and prosperous vision for the future...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:22 PM
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Parnell
I am only going to say this to you once...I do not wish to engage in conversation with you..You lack vision....and you will never "get it" so don't bother talking to you..and if you didn't pick up on the fact I would not engage with you...then YES YOU REALLY ARE DUMB...
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 8:19 PM
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Offbeats
Well, I'm not dumb. But I do disagree with your ideas. It's a real pity that you never respond with rational arguments. They're a very powerful commodity...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:14 PM
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Parnell
You are wrong...I FIRMLY BELIEVE YOU ARE THAT STUPID!!!
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 8:12 PM
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Offbeats
I'm disappointed that you have descended to that level so quickly. I'm not stupid, and I'm sure you don't really believe that...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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Like I said Passion
The shallow end of the gene pool...lol
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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Passion
The reason that I have such an interest in what America does is because it impacts on the rest of the world. As an Aussie that has lived in both Vietnam and Cambodia, I have seen first-hand the carnage that is caused by U.S. militarism in that region.
Also, I just like irritating Yanks!
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 8:08 PM
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Someone has to stand up to the threat...
of radical Islam....It can only make sense that we drive a wedge into the heart of the Islamic world dividing them in two......
As to the blood bath thingy....is this something new?
The last time, we cut and ran in Southeast Asia and the resulting bloodbalth resulted in the loss of millions of lives...the movement then wasn't a religious one...but an evil ideology just the same.
The resulting carnage now if America's left get its "cut and run" way......will one, result in the same kind of numbers, and two.......unlike the Communists in Southeast Asia, who were content to savage their own region.....the Muslin world will be emboldened to carry the fight to us because they will believe they have us in the run......and the fight will be in our streets....instead of on Muslim soil......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:35 PM
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Passion
It's the shallow end of the gene pool syndrome...??????
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 7:34 PM
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What I don't get is why Parnell is so danged interested
IN Why our troops/politicians/war machine, etc does or says anything. She's from another country. She has no idea what it is to be an American. She can't vote here. Homeland Security can't arrest her.
posted by
Passionflower
on February 1, 2007 at 7:32 PM
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Corbin
You're obviously a sane and articulate person. Can you tell me why you're commited to the bloodbath? Why the Republicans want to blast democracy into the third world?
I know Bush's motives, but you're presumably not an oil magnate...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 7:25 PM
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I have always been proud
To be a card carrying member of the party of Reagan...I loved him...
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 7:23 PM
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(sigh)
"emboldened"
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:20 PM
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They sure don't.....
But the true damage comes when the political leaders start positioning themselves based on their own perceived futures....in stead of the country's....
I can accept the Dems doing it...their only emolded to show their true colors......
But the gutless, undedicated, without core beliefs....Republicans that waver, make me sick! You shame the name of the party of Reagan! And shall be remembered come the next round of primaries....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:19 PM
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Corbin
Just remember the troops don't take those things seriously..
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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PArnell...
I'm allowed...I'm a boomer!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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Corbin
Good colourful use of language - but your being cruel. I can't argue with these observations about tokenistic lefties because they're correct...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 7:13 PM
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Sally.....
We both feel the same way......but to urge our troops to shoot their officers...that's straight Viet Nam era signs......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:13 PM
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Hey, Passion.....
It's quiet here now......I have my antivirus protection turned on....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:12 PM
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Parnell...
The left in America likes to believe that they are molded from the Viet Nam Era image....when there were actually millions in the streets fighting for the cause.....
Look at the videos and photos of the very small rallies going on....they ARE from the sixties and in their sixties.....how can they motivate and lead the younger throng. How can the young warriors relate to a crowd that wears depends, and the only thing they are shooting up is botox, and has Hendrix on their iPODS.
They want to think they are making a difference...and they relish in each others praises on there loony blogs of hate. Another round of Starbucks...we got a phone tree to build.......ROTFLMAO.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 7:10 PM
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Passion
Well, here in Australia they can't...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 6:52 PM
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I agree
The mainstream left in America are totally intimidated. They spend most of their time trying to convince everybody that the they love the soldiers and wave the flag. It's comic...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 6:51 PM
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You can not say you support the troops if you do not support the mission!
It's that simple~
posted by
Offy
on February 1, 2007 at 6:50 PM
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Excuse me! But did Parnell say he or she would have no problem
Helping to ARM the Iraqi Militia??? I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that here in the USA if you make a statement like that, Homeland SEcurity can arrest and detain you for as long as they like.
posted by
Passionflower
on February 1, 2007 at 6:49 PM
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No one mentioned sacred....
The point is the hypocrisy of those claiming to support our troops, but oppose the war.
I know you and I are on the far ends of the spectrum here....and what you can do.....I would never do. But we both are from democracies that allow our different views.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 6:45 PM
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Corbin
There's nothing sacred about people supporting the troops of their own nation. If American troops have been dispatched to fight a terrible war, failing in its aspirations and without justification (which most Americans now concede), then its logical to give moral support to the other side.
Australian troops are there also, but I would have no problem if a friend told me that he was helping to equip the Iraqi resistance.
posted by
Antipodean
on February 1, 2007 at 6:40 PM
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What is not funny is allowing this charade to continue..........
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 6:38 PM
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893,000 calls in opposition to the escalation of the war, Corbin, it's not
just the "nutcases' as you're fond of calling lefties. The country is swinging our way.
posted by
blogflogger
on February 1, 2007 at 6:34 PM
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Funny, isn't it?
posted by
blogflogger
on February 1, 2007 at 6:29 PM
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Patty Murray??
She represents Washington, not Oregon?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 6:28 PM
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Corbin, I don't disrespect any soldier. It's an honorable profession and
Bel knows my feelings. It's the policies I'm against, that put them in harm's way. Which reminds me I need to make a phone call to Senator Patty Murray, today's the Virtual March against the escalation of the war. Excuse me.
posted by
blogflogger
on February 1, 2007 at 6:23 PM
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