Monday, June 8, 2009
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan protesting outside George Bush’s Dallas home Monday afternoon
DALLAS — Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is as we speak leading a protest outside ex-President George Bush's home in Dallas' Preston Hollow district. The march is sponsored by the Dallas Peace Center. Protesters were said to be gathering at Preston-Royal at about 4:30 p.m.,then walking a mile to John J. Pershing Elementary School, across the street from Daria Place.
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Uh, what exactly are they protesting?
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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They are protesting the fact that Bush is a war criminal that has so far not been arrested for his activities.
zainypagan Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Oh, I see. Hey! There's a squirrel outside my window!
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Or perhaps this is just his penance..he gets the forever grief stricken mother following him around until he keels over..I would settle for his dreams to include at least a couple hundred severed limbs every night. Maybe give Cindy a chance to seek some therapy.
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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If this is his penance...it's not enough!
Rick Yost Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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she needs to move on. There is no way this can be healthy or cathartic for her.
Robert Kelly Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Healthy if you are on a book tour.. http://charlotteaction.blogspot.com/2...
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Oh, so then she's not as crazy as she seems. Just willing to exploit her son's death for profit. Nice.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Cindy is demonstrating for many reasons. The ones I see are that, the sad reality is, we are not one bit safer due to thousands of US lives lost in Iraq and tens of thousands of our wounded men and women. This war was a recruitment bonanza for terrorists. Our honorable men and women of the US military have been abused. They did NOT die without cause as they were doing what they were trained to do, follow orders! They deserve much better treatment than they are now getting as veterans. Our politicians must accept responsibility for the mistakes they made and the information they allegedly "chose" to believe.
Cindy Sheehan has every right to express her opinion about the truths behind the Iraq war injustices. She is not alone! A majority of this nation is on her side about the futility of this created war. Our sons and daughters should never be sent into another war for such fabricated reasons! Their lives are worth much more than that. Our nations reputation is much more valuable than that. The truth of what happened must be investigated and former President Bush must live with ultimate consequences for his actions.
Bill Betzen Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Two things. I actually met La Sheehan in Crawford the Sunday before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans the following morning. There was a huge camp-in down there and I wanted to see what was going on. Martin Shehan was there, Joan Baez. And w/o any warning I was one-on-one with her maybe 5 minutes because someone told her I was with NPR which was a stretch.
In any case, two things: I never doubted that she was truly grieving for her son, etc. But it was clear she was getting used to being 'somebody' and it was not becoming. And the bottom line is that while I was talking to her, close, eye contact, I was both moved and put off BUT: I was also stricken by the thought that she was arguably one of the most one-dimensional intellectual lightweights I had ever met face to face. Read between those lines.
The other PS came off of Trey Garrison's blog where someone posted that the Dallas Morning News Twitter feed sent the following...that Cindy Sheehan was marching toward the former president's 'Park Cities' home. Neither the march route nor the Bush home is anywhere near the Park Cities. Do that math.
Rawlins Gilliland Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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*Just willing to exploit her son's death for profit.*
This.
Her wiki page is absolutely horrible, btw. Didn't her husband divorce her over the whole using-their-son's-death-for-personal-gain ordeal?
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Rawlins - are you just omnipresent or does omniscience come into play somewhere?
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Leave my Bush alone! :(
Jesus Valadez Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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No kidding Jason. We need to hang out with that guy more. Always in the right place at the right time.
We could just stalk him if he resists. Even the fallout from his conversations would prove a wealth of information.
Cindy Sheehan has every right to express her opinion
And I have every right to express mine. The lady clearly has a few screws loose. To be polite.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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When you move King Kong the Ape out of his desert island and bring him to New York,,,he is in the public then and wow....A/T...Town observer of escaped Zoo and Carnival act..Preformers....
alexander troup Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Glad to see most of you are so nonchalant about war criminals going unpunished. Let's hope your apathy and cynicism are as steadfast next time (and you know there'll always be a next time) the US decides to stomp on some Third World country and there's a campaign demonizing its leader as "another Hitler", etc.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Anything to cheer you up.
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Wow people, read a book! If the president is a war criminal then so also are the Congressmen and women who voted to go to war with Iraq - 77 of 100 Senators and 296 of 435 House Members voted to authorize the president to "use the armed forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq." 263 Republicans AND 111 Democrats. If you hate Bush for going to war you better also hate these people. The War Powers Act of 1973 requires an act of Congress to go to War. The President can only commit troops for 90 days without Congressional intervention. In 2002, Congress passed the Iraq Resolution with the vote numbers shown above. Stop smoking weed and learn some American history!
Red1980 Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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This is true. Lock them up as well. Hail King Hussein!
ch0 Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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::Lock them up
--- Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar - Mark Twain
The more things change....
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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chriss...Such an opportunist. Any old excuse to throw in the big H name.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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The 1st amendment is a funny thing, it supports all free speech, no matter if you agree or disagree. While I wasnt the biggest fan of bush and his policies, I find sheehan to be a pretty big blowhard when it comes to her views. I find her about as tolerable as a Fred Phelps when it comes to her actions as a whole.
Chris Kidd Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Red1980--I do know American history, thanks. I also happen to know a little something about international law and the Geneva Conventions and you and Cho are absolutely right--the craven, spineless Congressfools who authorized W's Bogus Adventure ought to be tried right along with him and his courtiers--no argument there. Jtmbls--'Twas not I who decided that the Big H would be the lazy person's shorthand for unparalleled evil, even though I admit I've exploited it. And in this case I'm criticizing the practice. If we were a better country, we'd give lots more thought and attention to our own history of genocide, slave labor and racist belief in our "Manifest Destiny" than we would to Other People's Tyrants.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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PS. I only wish I smoked as much weed as you seem to think I do.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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If we were a better country
Says the spoiled little American, still living in America I presume? Having no problem whatsoever living rather well compared to the majority of the world, thanks to this evil country full of evil citizens and leaders. Perhaps, now that you have mastered America's shameful history, you should study the histories of other lands and you might find our progress rather impressive.
As an American, I am more ashamed of attitudes like yours than anything I've ever read in an American history book.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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This thread is making me want to smoke of the tweeds.
BTW, Sheehan has NADA on Fred Phelps. Nadadam.
ch0 Anonymous
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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::Says the spoiled little American
Now, now, Tumbles. Self-loathing invariably finds ready agreement. Doncha think?
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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As I recall, Phelps was a Sadaam Hussein supporter writing him admiring letters and so forth and even travelled to Iraq to protest against the United States. In other words, he has more in common with Cindy Sheehan than George Bush. Phelps is one of those guys that really tests our dedication to the first amendment, does he not?
momzilla Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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We should protest the fact that any culture would elect a sociopath president.
tetsujin28 Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Ha! Find me a politician that doesn’t have sociopathic tendencies or isn’t a complete pacifist. Good luck.
Oh, Rudy...Why hast thou abandoned me?!?!?
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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As long as people don't blame Texas for the Bush years...that will suffice.
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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We should protest the fact that any culture would elect a sociopath president.
Yes, instead of moving forward...we should wallow in self-pity.
Bitch and moan all you want about the past 8 years, I'll be worrying about 2009 and beyond.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Something for ScoDo..
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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I was there on Monday with Cindy.
TomTPlano Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Well that is a shame. Just think of all the really constructive things you could have been doing that day like feeding the homeless, collecting food for the local pantries or mentoring a child.
Instead, you chose to spend your day following around a person who is obviosly not playing with a full deck to the private home of an EX president and accomplished...? In two weeks, no one will even remember you were there. Not even Sheehan, as she will be too busy picking up her blood money. (I guess the administration were not the only people profiting from this war).
So, congratulations! Hope they at least paid for your gas money.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Jt if your not interested in holding Bush accountable for his criminal behavor then that is on you. Cindy Sheehan is not lazy like you are and is not giving up. As for people not playing with a full deck, well that would be anyone who ever supported the Bush empire.
zainypagan Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Me conservative Pa were a staunch Republican for many decades before the reign of King Bush II. Now he sounds more like the peoples of me generation.
ch0 Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Jtmbls--If you had ever traveled anywhere else you might realize that all Americans are spoiled in certain ways. I was born in the US and have paid taxes here since I was old enough to work. Last time I looked that gives me the right to express my opinion about the way this little horrorshow is run without being told "Love it or leave it". I got 3 words for that attitude, and they ain't "God bless America." But you are right, I'd love to give somewhere else a try (like my grandparents and great-grands did and some of my friends have done). This is no longer (if it ever really was) the only place in the world one can live well. In fact, certain countries outrank us as far as standard of living goes. The main reason I'm still here is that I promised to spend the rest of my life with a woman who has a job and a developmentally-challenged sister that she can't leave.
Are you saying that because someone lives comfortably, they shouldn't pay any attention to what is being done to produce that comfort? Sounds kind of immoral to me. And I'll thank you not to put words in my mouth. I never said the country as a whole or everybody in it is evil. Or that other countries were necessarily better. If I felt that way, I'd have been gone years ago (during Daddy Bush's Iraq War, specifically). Are you one of these bipolar people who thinks countries are either good or bad and can't be both? Grow up, and read some real history books, not the nationalist mythology that so often passes for history. If you knew anything about this country's history, you'd know that one of the founding principles is that the PEOPLE have the right and duty to send their leaders packing when they do things they shouldn't. You prove my point when I bring up our shameful past and you automatically switch to other countries'.
Scott--next time you get a traffic ticket or any other fine, tell the cop or judge that your offense is in the past and suggest we all move on. Let me know how that works for you.
Cho--ditto. I know lots of conservative older folks who now sound like campus radicals.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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That's an absolutely terrible analogy and people should mock you for it while I move on.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Bummer.
I finally get a blanket "Evil" rating and now he back-pedals on it.
And Chriss of your folks moved to a third-world nation to be a little micro industry to locals working for peanuts like so many "post sin" US retirees do, or to Canada to revel in the 15% "poverty income/US retiree" bracket, then cough that data up, too. If they moved to Switzerland to pay 50% income tax, I'll buy you a beer.
And Tumbles as a "mindless follower" is a stretch, doncha think?
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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JRice..the mindless part was spot on! :D
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Thank heavens I'll never be mistaken for Travis in a lineup. Even the worst sniper can tell us apart.
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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You sure about that?
<img src="http://www.sassquatch.com/images/jrice.jpg">
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Good point
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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LOL ahahaha!!!! Shoot me please, before that ever happens!
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Ditto
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Made me look like some geriatric Predator..bastardo!~
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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--and I'm supposed to what? Thank you for gluing brillo pads to my forehead?
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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It's Chore Boy..not Brillo, stupid head!
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Really...Well thank you for the education chriss. What do I owe you, ten cents?
Forgive me but I thought one would infer from my comment that yes, we are all spoiled Americans. The difference would be is that while some of us appreciate our opportunities and are capable of gratitude, there are those who would rather place blame on others for our lifes circumstance. I really don't need to hear about your personal challenges; we all have them. I'm just sorry they are keeping you from fulfillment.
If you were truly as outraged as you claim, you would be doing something actually effective towards the former administration as opposed to Sheehan style pointless drama. But then it's so much easier to sit back and feel superior now isn't it?
Wish I could say we'll miss you.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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OMG! Somebody please take the photoshop away from Jason and Travis! I think I just pulled a muscle!!
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Anyways...
chriss, I never said we shouldn't hold anybody accountable. I simply don't feel that protesting an entire culture is...sane or productive.
FWIW, populous is arguably quite accountable considering we re-elected that administration. Our country gave 'em the pen twice to make their decisions, and it's not like we were void of signs during the first go-round that Bush is capable of making very poor ones.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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arg! Why is there no copy/paste on the iPhone?!
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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::Why is there no copy/paste
Same reason Apple announced a WHOLE NEW LINE of overpriced gear to incorporate "Shuffle" play - a feature available in the first 4040 microprocessor based sprinkler system in 1971 yet somehow impossible in early generation iPods.
Expect a major release and hardware upgrade.
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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It's coming in the <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/">June 17 3.0 software update</a>, woman.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Damn that Rice!
No new hardware necessary on this one, chief - free software upgrade. Only redeeming quality of the new iPhone hardware will be the compass, imo...somehow doubt the new speed will be significantly higher.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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That's because our iPhones suck jtmbls. A 3rd generation phone is just getting the video function? Good thing I jailbroke mine so I already had copy/paste and video on mine for a while.
Jesus Valadez Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Scott--you're absolutely right. It is a terrible analogy, in that anything you would do to get some ticket is nothing compared to invading a country under false pretenses and the ensuing deaths of thousands upon thousands of people. How 'bout this: if/when we catch Osama, let's do nothing in the name of moving on?
Jason--what I meant was that my forebears came here and left the places they came from, making them not-very-patriotic Russians, Scots, etc. My parents have done what you suggest (3rd World) internally, by leaving high-tax NY for low-tax SC (where they bitch about how ignorant the locals are--that's what happens when you don't fund schools.) Canada has 6 months of winter and they don't speak other languages, so I'll have to forego that beer, sadly. I do have a friend, though, who has spent the last 18 years in Japan and Ireland and paid their high taxes and has no plans to return for anything longer than a visit. Another has lived in Sweden, Russia and was last heard from in Chile. Can't say I know Tumbles well enough to determine whether she is a mindless follower or not. Some people can be very independent in some areas and surprisingly sheeplike in others.
Jtmbls--you don't owe me a red cent--this is pro bono. Once again, just because I've made some negative comments it doesn't mean I view the whole country negatively. That's as unrealistic as the opposite view of this country as an endless procession of sunshine and orgasms. "...place blame on others for our lifes circumstance (sic)". Isn't that what others are here for ?!?!!?!! And my life is far from unfulfilled. Maybe you'd be good enough to tell me what one does that would be effective, beyond letter-writing, protest actions, etc. Some individuals have attempted citizens' arrests of Cheney and Rumsfeld, but I'm sure you consider that Cindy Sheehan-style drama queening. There are legal people trying to get indictments in the courts of Spain, Belgium and Germany (why not this one???), but of course that's not gonna happen. The point is you can't just give up on justice because the perpetrators seem untouchable. Now, I suppose there are more drastic measures that could be taken, but those would most likely involve things like kidnapping and assassination.
Yes, it is much easier to sit back and feel superior. But I continue to pay taxes to the war machine (and the war machine continues under Obama--Sheehan & Co. should be dogging him) so I'm as guilty as anyone. You won't miss me 'cause I won't be going anywhere for a while.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Jason again--you can still be "Evil", you just have to do it on your own, admittedly harder.
Scott again--how is Sheehan "protesting an entire culture"?? I haven't been following her exploits lately, but doesn't she use such icons as motherhood and her son's military service? Surely you're not so radical you think US culture is just unadulterated militarism? No argument about We the People being culpable, though whether or not we actually voted W in twice (or even once) is the subject of some debate. But we seem to get warmongering no matter who is in office. Detentions, torture and bombing of civilians continue under Obama. And it looks as if we're getting mired in even more countries. So-called liberals like Clinton can often get away with things so-called conservatives can't.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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chriss, apparently you're having trouble following the thread. I was simply responding to <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/jun/08/anti-war-activist-cindy-sheehan-protesting-outside/#c54218">this post</a>. Don't get so uppity.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Wow - You really read all that Doyle?
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Are you kidding? I stopped after the first sentence, found the post I needed, commented w/ link. Not sure how protesting the fact our culture elected Bush will magically land him in jail, but whatevs.
chriss, considering we didn't actively appoint Osama as leader of the U.S. for almost a decade...that is also a piss-poor analogy.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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"Stop smoking weed and learn some American history!" - Whoa there RED, both can be done at the same time.
Rick Yost Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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::both can be done at the same time.
It certainly would make the Jackson and Kennedy administrations more tractable.
Jason Rice Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Needs Likes button so I can rah-rah comments I agree with and not feel pressured to actually type anything.
Maybe I will use that fancy-schmancy Feedback button to suggest it!
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Hey! Where did the Feedback button go?
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Uh..feedback had issues..it wanted you to sign in to some other site instead of automatically logging in the user to leave feedback based on their Peg user name and psw..at least that's how I saw it.
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Oh no! But I loved the random emoticons! Type in how you feel and it makes that very face. :( just doesn't cut it.
Oh well, back to complaining the old fashioned way.
jtmbls Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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No one listens to ornags anyways..
Travis Bush Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Scott-"Uppity" is my middle name. Bush does not and did not represent "the culture" except in the most negative of ways. Protesting Bush is NOT protesting the US. OK, you don't like my analogies (and I'm not allowed to mention that other war criminal who was elected), so let's hear yours. Hint: try one of those insane or brain-damaged Roman emperors like Claudius or Caligula.
Scott and Jtmbls-"You really read 'all' that Doyle?" "Are you kidding? I stopped after the first sentence..." Maybe one of the real problems with "the culture" is that lots of people seem not to be able to focus on anything longer than a fortune-cookie message.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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Ive held off stepping into the frey for long enough
Frankly, George Bush and his friend Dick Cheney are the most public examples of the "ugly american" stereotype that we have. They always reminded me both of spolied children with too much power.I agree with chriss on some of his/her points concerning the past eight years in this country. We've gotten a really bad rap worldwide due to people like the aformentioned party and their cronies.
I deal alot w/ many international clients in my business and they would always ask questions like "How did those two get elected?" or "Do Americans actually care about their elected leaders?" Most people overseas know that the typical American isnt like this, in fact, they still respect our way of life and the freedoms it affords. But, they, like alot of us who actually research our potential leaders before we vote for them, saw our leadership acting more or less like a schoolyard bully, who pushed them around for disagreeing with their view and dishing punishment for taking an different approach. In a way, this country went from being the respectable, quiet neighbor during the original bush and clinton eras and became that inbred jerk neighbor with a mullet, who puts his rusting el camino on blocks, blasts "Freebird" on 8-track and subsists on beef jerkey and tallboys of natural light.
My suggestion to remedy this problem to my fellow Americans: Become citizens of the world. Go out and get a passport, travel,go see places outside your own backyard and get to know about other cultures, religions and traditions. Even going to places like canada and mexico will immerse people in new experiences that'll make them better as a whole.
Chris Kidd Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Yeah, what he said.
chriss Anonymous
5 months, 1 week ago
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chriss, I don't see a need for an analogy - it was based under false pretense to begin with. Down hiyah we say what needs to be said, anyways...no need to pussyfoot around.
And it's not what I'm able to focus on, it's what I choose to focus on. A random yank ranting usually doesn't make the cut.
Scott Doyle Verified
5 months, 1 week ago
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Is that why the yanks had to come down there and show you that pretending you could own other human beings wasn't a good thing?
chriss Anonymous
5 months ago
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Oh, heck. Let's save some time here, chriss.
So now that you have triumphed over evil, taught us the way of the righteous and vanquished our savage ways, your carpetbag is packed and ready.
Jason Rice Verified
5 months ago
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No worries!
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Travis Bush Verified
5 months ago
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I was there with Cindy Sheehan. Here is the video. While the march was a great opportunity to lose some weight, see a rich neighborhood, and make some important moral points...watching the humor on this Thread also has its benefits.
Here are photos of inside the Bush home. http://cbs11tv.com/slideshows/george.... The bedroom and closets are kind of interesting. George brings Laura coffee early in the mornings. What will she do when he is in prison?
TomTPlano Anonymous
5 months ago
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Ok, Trav trumps. Well played.
Jason Rice Verified
5 months ago
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Jason--Great graphic, but I don't know if it's really accurate. Bad as You-Know-Who was, I don't think he would've backed out of an exchange with the sort of weak-ass copout Scott used. For the record I don't consider youse guys any more savage than the people here and that was an ungracious comment. In my defense, I had more than several cocktails under my belt when I wrote it. As you know, the carpetbaggers only gave lip service to "uplifting" the South; they were really in it to line their pockets--another great analogy to the US in Iraq.
chriss Anonymous
5 months ago
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Truce then chriss!
We've just had a spate of Godwin's Law events and references --- and apparently one more MaiTai and we might-a been there.
::they were really in it to line their pockets--another great analogy to the US in Iraq.
Are you saying we again learned nothing from history?!? Egads! .... (insert witty quip here - that revelation is too depressing to spin)
Jason Rice Verified
5 months ago
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I get a kick out of this 2 minute humor video where Trevor talks to kids about President Bush.
TomTPlano Anonymous
5 months ago
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Truce it shall be then. And they were vodkas with limeade and pineapple juice. If you were present, I'd make us up a batch, but here's a Father's Day peace offering:
Go to YouTube and pull up "Dad, Thanks for Not Pulling Out". I predict it'll become the right-to-lifers' new theme song!
chriss Anonymous
5 months ago
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Ya GOTTA like the way the man negotiates!
Jason Rice Verified
5 months ago
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The Observer, Sunday 21 June 2009
Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/20...
"A confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq, outlining their intention to go to war without a second United Nations resolution, will be an explosive issue for the official inquiry into the UK's role in toppling Saddam Hussein."
"The memo, written on 31 January 2003, almost two months before the invasion and seen by the Observer, confirms that as the two men became increasingly aware UN inspectors would fail to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD) they had to contemplate alternative scenarios that might trigger a second resolution legitimising military action."
"Bush told Blair the US had drawn up a provocative plan "to fly U2 reconnaissance aircraft painted in UN colours over Iraq with fighter cover". Bush said that if Saddam fired at the planes this would put the Iraqi leader in breach of UN resolutions...."
TomTPlano Anonymous
5 months ago
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Even further back was the "worst case scenario" envisioned before Daddy Bush's Gulf War: that Saddam would withdraw from Kuwait and the war couldn't happen.
chriss Anonymous
5 months ago
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If she was really still aching over the loss of her son, perhaps her little group should carry their "Accountability" sign over to Washington. They should ask why 2 former Gitanamo prisoners are happily riding golf carts at an island resort...while our sons and daughters are being brought back in body bags, all the while our troops' own Rules Of Engagement is putting them in harms way; Miranda Rights for terrorists? Where are you on all this Cindy Sheehan?
Genesis Anonymous
2 months ago
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