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RichGirl

(4,119 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:04 PM Oct 2012

Regarding "an act of terror".

You can't know exactly the cause of something right after it happened, but to use the term "act of terror" in the statelment that is only about Benghazi means that President Obama believes that any time Americans are killed abroad it is an act of terror.

Can we please remind FOX NEWS and other conservative nutcases that when President Bush first heard about the WTC being struck he said something to the effect "those were some really bad pilots."

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dogman

(6,073 posts)
2. That is why the War On Terror is a misnomer.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:08 PM
Oct 2012

Or maybe not, it could be never ending, an MIC dream come true.

 

zingrr

(16 posts)
3. FL Gov Rick Scott purging disabled from Medicaid
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:09 PM
Oct 2012

Real terror is losing your Medicaid and you have cancer, or, you have just had open heart surgery or you lose you dialysis, or you have spinal seizures from no medicines.

This is the terror that Republican Gov Rick Scott is placing on the poor, disabled, handicapped, elderly and mentally challenged. This is poor horror and no one is speaking out...........

 

zingrr

(16 posts)
6. Judge Ruled against DCF over Medicaid abuses
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:53 PM
Oct 2012

yes it bizarro..people on Medicaid are on Medicaid as a last resort.. They don't be dependent on the poor quality of health care that Gov Scott has dimenished Medicaid by over the past two years. I am calling on all disabled to revolt over this abuse...It is against the Law, and the Supreme Court has held that States and govt agencies can be held liable for abuse, misuse and discrimination against the poor, disabled, and elderly...

 

jody

(26,624 posts)
5. Please read the White House transcripts of the President's speech to place your OP in context.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:20 PM
Oct 2012
As Americans, let us never, ever forget that our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it, to stand up for it, and in some cases, lay down their lives for it. Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe.

No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for. Today we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done.

But we also know that the lives these Americans led stand in stark contrast to those of their attackers. These four Americans stood up for freedom and human dignity. They should give every American great pride in the country that they served, and the hope that our flag represents to people around the globe who also yearn to live in freedom and with dignity.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/12/remarks-president-deaths-us-embassy-staff-libya
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