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75. Exactly how King George acted after the French and Indian War

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 04:32 PM

Sep 2014

Billed those who stood to gain the most from the "protection" of their interests -- the colonies. Difference is that since corporations are people in our country today, they can't argue they have no representation. They are fully represented. And should do exactly as you say. Underwrite the costs, provide the manpower to wage this war or be nationalized to pay the bill.

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The Isolationist Left Needs to Get Real. And Fast. [View all] MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 OP

Just speak from your normal perspective, please, Manny. MineralMan Sep 2014 #1

Sorry. nt MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #9

Wow your Biggest Fan says you are blowing it Manny! Rex Sep 2014 #47

Tough love. MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #163

You heard him Manny... 99Forever Sep 2014 #114

Are you under 40 yrs of age? I think that is the max for signing up or is it older? randys1 Sep 2014 #128

Blowing it? Hardly. In fact, he's nailed it again. Scuba Sep 2014 #180

I guess when all you have is a crayon the whole world looks like a cartoon/NT DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #2

Check out what this pro-war Third Way cheerleader had to say FrodosPet Sep 2014 #13

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a small mind." DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #19

"little minds" WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #35

quoting Emerson in order to cheer for war TheSarcastinator Sep 2014 #96

Americans are the ultimate innocents Billy Budd Sep 2014 #116

Battered citizen cycle of abuse. L0oniX Sep 2014 #133

Bingo . nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #179

Manny, in the grand scheme of things, you and I are allies. Laelth Sep 2014 #3

Energy - you advocate force over treaties. Whatever n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #4

How could we make a treaty with IS? Laelth Sep 2014 #8

So now IS controls BP, Exxon, Gazprom stocks? n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #11

Sorry. I am not following you, here. Laelth Sep 2014 #27

Let Energy Corporations raise their own armies leftstreet Sep 2014 #70

I'd rather not Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #72

Frontier Services Group JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #177

Wouldn't the working class be in worse shape if energy supplies are interrupted ? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #74

Why would supplies be 'interrupted?' leftstreet Sep 2014 #95

No Going to War for Tax Scofflaws! Demeter Sep 2014 #80

They already have BobbyBoring Sep 2014 #82

They already have BobbyBoring Sep 2014 #88

Ah yes, the coming corporate wars. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2014 #152

War is bad unless it is good ... TBF Sep 2014 #15

Sadly, yes. That's about the size of it. Laelth Sep 2014 #26

I've read it and I give you points TBF Sep 2014 #36

Fair enough. Laelth Sep 2014 #39

Untrue on a few counts... Scootaloo Sep 2014 #66

The Kurds have been shipping oil, not natural gas, through a pipeline amandabeech Sep 2014 #143

If we need to use our military to protect energy resources MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #51

Hmm ... Laelth Sep 2014 #57

Right, but where does that oil and gas go? MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #62

I am a fan of Smedley Butler. Laelth Sep 2014 #65

Allies' energy interests? Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #91

+10000000 nashville_brook Sep 2014 #112

+1 leftstreet Sep 2014 #135

1) Why are you interested in nationalizing what is the Kurds, and 2) when you say "clean out D.C." msanthrope Sep 2014 #63

Exactly how King George acted after the French and Indian War Generic Other Sep 2014 #75

At first I thought you wrote, "you and I are Ailes." - sheesh. Kablooie Sep 2014 #185

Well done! rug Sep 2014 #5

Grenada? that living nightmare? that Red Triangle!? MisterP Sep 2014 #41

I amolst went there when I was serving tazkcmo Sep 2014 #76

LOL n/t Oilwellian Sep 2014 #107

We are lucky that we as a nation survived that threat. rug Sep 2014 #125

what intrigues me is how *little* the script has changed, even as the actors were rotated in MisterP Sep 2014 #127

No, it's the same arguments over and over again, disguised by different flags. rug Sep 2014 #129

"everything I need to know about the Senegalese I learned 7-1-09! NEVAR FORGET!" MisterP Sep 2014 #131

I won't believe any of them unless they're wearing blue paint. rug Sep 2014 #132

ayup--in Belfast the English shot 30 of them in the back; in Edinburgh the English found oil for 'em MisterP Sep 2014 #136

I don't know... christx30 Sep 2014 #147

Because of course the situation is so simplie that one must either geek tragedy Sep 2014 #6

Complexity and nuance mute outrage. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #113

good observation treestar Sep 2014 #118

... woo me with science Sep 2014 #7

Axis of Evil. Seemed like that should be shoe-horned in as well. Ed Suspicious Sep 2014 #10

Yep. After our Glorious Triumph over Mighty Grenada, we must "smoke 'em out" again. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #12

El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia, Panama, Liberia, Kuwait - TBF Sep 2014 #14

Uh, sure sub.theory Sep 2014 #16

What would I do? Cut the military TBF Sep 2014 #17

And that solves the issue how? sub.theory Sep 2014 #21

ISIS is only an issue if TBF Sep 2014 #24

If we hadn't invaded Iraq.. sendero Sep 2014 #55

how about only use military force when we are actually being attacked and not get involved in liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #20

That condemns too many innocents to death sub.theory Sep 2014 #23

1,000 children will die from malnutrition today MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #29

"Why not both?" sub.theory Sep 2014 #38

Leaving out the fact that there will always be more bad guys to kill, there will always be leaders liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #43

Much, much, much better at killing! GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #94

So you support clearing out more rainforests to build farms and roads FrodosPet Sep 2014 #170

it wouldn't have started in the first place TBF Sep 2014 #30

PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #33

We can't change the past, we can only deal with the present sub.theory Sep 2014 #42

If only there were countries in the mid east that could fight the evil that is threatening them. Autumn Sep 2014 #48

We gave zillions of dollars of equipment to the Iraqis sub.theory Sep 2014 #69

How would we know of any civilian deaths? former9thward Sep 2014 #105

Then we deal with the present by leaving TBF Sep 2014 #52

Non-action doesn't stop ISIS sub.theory Sep 2014 #60

Tutorial - TBF Sep 2014 #79

President Obama has repeatedly said we will defend, among other things, "American interests," Stardust Sep 2014 #109

Because everything bad that happens in the world is the fault of NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #64

How would ISIS exist? BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #68

My perspective is different - I see capitalism TBF Sep 2014 #83

And I see the problem as watching horrific crimes being committed NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #141

There are horrific crimes all over the world - TBF Sep 2014 #146

Sure. Let's talk about Rwanda and our failure to act. NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #150

What we'll talk about is the refusal to act TBF Sep 2014 #154

What I'm after? I'm after stopping countless thousands of people from being slaughtered. NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #157

Any thoughts about helping out the folks in Detroit - TBF Sep 2014 #160

Stay out of other people's civil wars--a general principle to follow Demeter Sep 2014 #86

Too bad we didn't do that in WWII, right? NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #139

Perhaps you are reading impaired? Demeter Sep 2014 #144

Oh, so if the perpetrators are murdering their own people NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #145

If Isis was in Africa, we couldn't avoid them fast enough. lob1 Sep 2014 #93

strange indeed. liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #169

I do too JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #178

Here is a thought. Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #78

They're not going to like that one - TBF Sep 2014 #85

They are addicted to the money. Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #101

Perhaps we could stop supplying them with weapons n/t Oilwellian Sep 2014 #108

Today is the Chilean coup anniversary arcane1 Sep 2014 #53

Yep. 9-11 was the day of the Chilean coup. Always has made me wonder: navarth Sep 2014 #81

Panama! n2doc Sep 2014 #84

Ah yes! Mustn't forget our invasion of a country without an army. arcane1 Sep 2014 #90

Because it's worked so well before. because....obama! KG Sep 2014 #18

the isolationist left touches the teabagging right to complete the political circle snooper2 Sep 2014 #22

Idiotic whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #130

Nailed it! bobduca Sep 2014 #174

I prefer the term "not murderous." ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #187

Manny hits it out of the park. So very true, they are Autumn Sep 2014 #25

I forget. Are Iraqi lives worth anything? jeff47 Sep 2014 #28

Clearly nothing is worth as much as the oil. nt TBF Sep 2014 #32

Who do you think will be dying in our bombing runs? Leprechauns, perhaps? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #126

Will we be lining them up by the hundreds to shoot them? jeff47 Sep 2014 #142

That's really where you want to set the bar? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #155

So because there may be some UNINTENTIONAL innocent casualties NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #153

Where did I say "DO NOTHING"? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #156

Then let's do something. NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #158

I'm asking someone to realize that our action is going to kill plenty of people Scootaloo Sep 2014 #161

Hey, Manny, I bet we will be greeted as liberators. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #31

Had to laugh... JimDandy Sep 2014 #40

We were in erbil amerli etc flamingdem Sep 2014 #89

Manny, this needs to be on a T-shirt PADemD Sep 2014 #34

Absolutely right, Manny PatrickforO Sep 2014 #37

Hitler, something something. Rex Sep 2014 #44

Maybe someday they will go to the source AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #45

Yeesss Manny!!!!! Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #46

C'mon, Manny! USA gave Saddam Hussein his first job. Octafish Sep 2014 #49

I tend to distrust people who sell themselves as clear-eyed paragons of Aristus Sep 2014 #50

It's an old problem BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #67

Thread win. MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #121

^^^this^^^ L0oniX Sep 2014 #137

You have earned your moniker with this post. BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #138

... TBF Sep 2014 #148

They wear their pragmatism like a badge of honor. pa28 Sep 2014 #162

You give them way too much credit. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #166

well said. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #167

you forgot to mention ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #54

Warren: Destroying ISIS should be our No. 1 priority. Step up tracking of Americans traveling abroad Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #56

It won't be long now Andy823 Sep 2014 #97

Yes she did say that. I still support her and want her to run for President. Autumn Sep 2014 #102

Insanity: azurnoir Sep 2014 #58

American Psychosis Nailed K&R whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #59

I have a "Mission Accomplished" banner i'm willing to part with... actslikeacarrot Sep 2014 #61

they are getting lazier & lazier with the stuff. By the next war it will be reduced to "yada yada.. yurbud Sep 2014 #71

Gotta give them credit for the eve of 9/11 announcement - TBF Sep 2014 #92

That's just plagiarism from Bush yurbud Sep 2014 #110

It's what we call bi-partisanship TBF Sep 2014 #181

you keep forgetting Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2014 #73

It's a good bet- bleedinglib Sep 2014 #77

Bake sale profits... Earth_First Sep 2014 #87

Sadly, Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #98

Thank you - thank you - thank you SoLeftIAmRight Sep 2014 #99

Maybe you could join the military! TBF Sep 2014 #106

Another pathetic FAIL. Your strawman argument shows the weakness of your attempt at a point. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #100

Cuz killing all those people worked out so good the last war. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #104

Welcome to FailClub MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #119

Hey! Look at the record! 13 years of war, and we're on the cusp of success!!!! grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #120

13 years - you need to look at this TBF Sep 2014 #149

Uh, Manny. Rule one of FailClub Union Scribe Sep 2014 #172

Yet you can't counter it. marmar Sep 2014 #165

You can't handle the truth, can you, Manny? grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #103

I've heard that song before. valerief Sep 2014 #111

Same old warmonger song and dance... 99Forever Sep 2014 #115

We have nuclear weapons DocMac Sep 2014 #117

Let's face it: the 99% IS the enemy!!! blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #122

Word. RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #123

This will be the war to end all wars! I promise! Zorra Sep 2014 #124

we should send those cops from Ferguson and the thousands more just like them whereisjustice Sep 2014 #134

^ now that is an idea with merit. nt TBF Sep 2014 #151

Good to see that Neocon scare-tactic talking points have finally made it to DU. Maedhros Sep 2014 #140

Everyone should have gotten real after the Iraq and Afghanistan wars LibAsHell Sep 2014 #159

My post is sarcasm MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #164

Wait, what? Sarcasm? You? Now I'm confused. And I thought I was getting the rhett o rick Sep 2014 #168

That's just what I tell 'em MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #189

Hahaha, ok LibAsHell Sep 2014 #188

Don't trust him. He has multiple personalities, and you have to be careful who you agree with. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #190

Can't type right now-- eating my peas. /nt Marr Sep 2014 #171

You have to bold *Reality* too bobduca Sep 2014 #173

You forgot the Soviet Union, I mean Russia on your list. nt TeamPooka Sep 2014 #175

LOL! imthevicar Sep 2014 #176

...and for those in my generation... Sancho Sep 2014 #182

scarasm iamthebandfanman Sep 2014 #183

We've always been at war with Middle Eastasia NealK Sep 2014 #184

Indeed, doubleplusgood irony thread. Alkene Sep 2014 #186

shall we dance? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #191