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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:00 PM Original message |
After the fascist coup in Honduras, can anyone STILL defend the School of the Americas? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. The school that launched a hundred Abu Ghraibs. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why is it seemingly impossible to rein in all these intelligence and special op |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Who says the US has something to do with this? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The coup leader is an SoA grad. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Still, it was a decision of the Supreme Court, the Congress and the military of Honduras. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The coup was by people who want Honduras to be right-wing forever. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I guess we disagree on this one. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Why? It's only been left-wing governments in Latin America that ever treated the poor as humans |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Over-ruling term limits in the constitution? |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. For some, as long as the left does it, it's all good. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
137. And for other as long as the Latin American right does it it's all good too. Go figure. nt |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Term limits have only benefited the right. Everywhere. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm sure Cubans wish they had term limits. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Nobody who chose to stay in Cuba wants the Miami exiles running the place again. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Ok... I guess we stand on different sides when it comes to Latin American politics |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. If you back Uribe, a man who has slaughtered tens of thousands of poor people |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I know they oppose the coup, and that's fine with me. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
79. I bet you're just wild about Batista and Galtieri, too. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
95. No. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
105. venezuela: also capitalist. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
126. Yikes! That's a strange thing to say. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
166. Holy crap -- Uribe has Death Squads & mass graves. Chavez has ZERO. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. HUH? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You can't compare Bush losing a third term with what was done to Zelaya |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Not just Bush losing a third term. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The U.S. term limits were imposed by Republicans |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. What the heck? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. EIsenhower was the first affected, but the limits were imposed to punish the poor and the workers |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. You keep saying that. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Our own country's politics since 1952. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
151. "where's your evidence?" |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #72 |
197. Correlation does not always imply causation |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
178. Personally, I'm quite glad W. couldn't run for a 3rd term. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #178 |
216. He did lose in 2004 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
97. "wanted to bypass their national constitution" |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #97 |
142. Their constitution |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
141. I believe the military |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
184. Regardless of Zelaya's actions, military coups are illegal and inappropriate |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Zelaya wanted to abolish the Congress and the Supreme Court, that was his intention |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
99. his "intention," was it? good one. hey, it's obama's "intention" to |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
170. Er, no. He didn't want to do all that. |
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Raine1967 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. 2000. eom. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. The fact that they did it didn't mean they had the right to do it. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. It is written in the Honduran constitution, they have to follow it just like we have to |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I was talking about the 2000 situation. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. In 1998 Honduras suffered greatly with Hurricane Mitch and all the world donated food and money |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Why does it matter if the ballots were printed in Venezuela? |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Because the urns were already stuffed prior to the voting, just like in Iran |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
183. You don't know that. That's simply propaganda from the Honduran upper class |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
149. Technically the US military takes an oath to defend the constitution... |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
153. Constitution? We don't need no steeenkin' Constitution!!! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #153 |
171. Why are you so fixated on the sacredness of the Honduran Constitition |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #171 |
177. Do you defend the U.S. Constitution? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #177 |
180. I don't accept that our Constitution can't be changed |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. The big thing being overlooked in all this |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Good question. Why are the coup supporters here and elsewhere acting as if this referendum |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #181 |
190. Laws are pesky things, aren't they? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 04:43 AM Response to Reply #190 |
226. Their Supreme court is appointed by the Congress. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #190 |
228. it wasn't a referendum. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #177 |
225. You do realize that the Reagan administration produced the Honduran |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Strange how every country on earth says he must be reinstalled. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Whatever is best for Honduras I will support. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. How can a fascist coup EVER be "what's best for Honduras"? |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I hope those don't happen and the restoration of the order is quick and peaceful. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:39 PM Original message |
You sound like LBJ bragging about how the Dominican Republic and South Vietnam were |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Which "fascist coup", though? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Zelaya was democratizing Honduras |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Capitalism is not the problem, and racism in Lat. Am. goes way beyond politics. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. He dramatically reduced it. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
188. You do understand that this is Democratic Underground, not Socialist Underground, right? |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #188 |
193. So any opinion expressed beyond the Democratic Party line is unwelcome? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #193 |
211. I never implied that. In my case, it is unwelcome, but I cannot speak for anyone else or the mods |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 03:52 AM Response to Reply #211 |
224. So basically, you can't handle debating anyone you actually disagree with. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 03:50 AM Response to Reply #188 |
223. It's not your place to say who is and is not welcome in the Democratic Party |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Was he trying to hold a democratic, constitutional convention? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You can't honestly believe a military coup can be progressive or positive. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Uh, the military was backed by congress. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The Chilean military was backed by the Chilean congress in '73 |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. The military then dissolved Congress, in Chile |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. In both cases, the Congress in those countries opposed democracy and backed fascism |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Would you say that includes: |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. The referendum Zelaya wanted wasn't illegal. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Their courts found it illegal. |
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kingofkings (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #77 |
111. The Supreme Court found the referendum illegal |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Our Supreme Court once ruled that African Americans weren't hiuman beings |
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kingofkings (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. And Presidents have ruled that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. You can't be a progressive and trust the military. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Sorry, I'm over 30. Am I not to be trusted? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I. Can't. Believe. You. Asked. That. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. What the heck does that have to do with the military? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
192. Nothing. |
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kingofkings (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #76 |
119. But congress voted to oust the President, and congress is not the military |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
172. the convention would've been democratic. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. You are wrong, since 1982, nearly all Presidents have been Liberal, left-leaning |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. You're the one who's defending the military, when the military only fights for the rich. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Wrong again, I am not defending the military. Zelaya was trying to fire General Romeo Vasquez |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. In a democracy, the civilian leadership must ALWAYS have power over the military |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Yes but the civilian President should not be above the law. The military had no veto, they were |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #69 |
117. A coup is a veto. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
217. a runaway President that was causing social, economic and political chaos in Honduras |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
157. In a democracy, there is no "ordering the military to depose" anyone. Impeachment is the process. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
130. all presidents have been liberal since 1982?? |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #130 |
158. Telltale observation you make |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
144. You call this a fascist coup |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #144 |
159. President Obama disagrees with you. He states the coup is "NOT legal". |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #159 |
205. I don't care |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
191. Prove to us that this is a "fascist coup." |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #191 |
208. A curfew in place. International media blacked out. Teargassing in the streets |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #208 |
220. Funny, Telemundo must not have gotten the memo. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #220 |
221. They're reporting FROM Honduras. You can't watch them IN Honduras |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
179. Why are we "meddling" in Honduras' electoral affairs, and allowing Iran |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'm not attacking Obama, I'm attacking the U.S. foreign policy heritage |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The "rich" against the "poor" is a simplification of the Latin American problem... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's never been about anything else but class. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. That is not the case of Costa Rica at all. There are/were a lot of poor Spanish descent |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Race in Lat. Am. trascends the left wing/right wing battle. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. There has never been a right-wing government anywhere in Latin America that opposed racism |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
160. Deafening crickets... because Ken is right. No LATAM right-wingers ever oppose racism |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
189. The Noriega, Paredes, Torrijos right wing triumverate government in Panama was very anti-racist |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Here we go again!!! |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. Perhaps renaming "School of the Americas" to "School of the Death Squad Overlords" might be easier.. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
140. The School of the Americas was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #140 |
173. And they'd probably get a great logo out of that name, too. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. Manuel Zelaya was a despot and thought that he was above the law. He was oppressing the Honduran |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Excellent post. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. You'd have posted the same thing about Allende in '73 |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. You are totally wrong and off-base. I know about Chile, I have talked to Isabel Allende and I have |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. If you backed Allende, how could you EVER support a military coup anywhere? |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. IT WAS NOT A MILITARY COUP! It was a Constitutional exercise |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. If Micheletti is in power after a coup, he's under the control of the military. |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. You sound ridiculous, insisting that the military is ALWAYS EVIL |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. In Latin America, it is. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #70 |
168. When the FARC drove the invaders into the sea at Playa Giron |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
162. Another Neocon defending use of military instead of civil impeachment |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. The rich are not happy in Honduras. They were getting a pass from Zelaya |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
87. Fidel was racist and right wing? |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Here are over 1000 comments from Hondurans happy to be rid of Zelaya (in Spanish) |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #92 |
148. Wait I thought the rich were supporting him. How many poor people have access to the internet in |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
163. I can find 10,000 comments from anti-Morales right-wing Bolivians looking for a military coup |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #87 |
98. Chavez was elected |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #98 |
109. Both Fidel and Chavez led attempted coups. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #52 |
194. no, Allende was not popular when he was overthrown. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. None of the poor in Honduras are celebrating. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. What's wrong with you people. How do you know that? People in Santa Barbara, Olancho, Intibuca, |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. If you ever defend a military intervention in politics, you've joined the right. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
78. The military in the USA defend the people. They were not happy with Bush and they |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. It would still have to be evil if the U.S. military overthrew the U.S. government |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I'll give you that point. nt |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Thank you for at least supporting democracy HERE. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. The military did not overthrow the Honduran government. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #78 |
165. "The military respect & admire Obama" is yet more pablum. Some hate Clinton, Bush, & Obama. SO |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #62 |
143. I wouldn't go that far. The military ended fascism in Portugal and freed its African colonies |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #143 |
196. OMG nuance! We can't have that here! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:33 AM Response to Reply #196 |
203. You're not the only one! |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #203 |
204. The funny thing is that even Hugo Chavez attempted a military coup |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
164. Surprise. "I have family all over Honduras" -- how did I know? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
93. +1. Wish I could rec posts because this is a good one. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
103. QUE ?? |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
161. Words of a Neocon |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #161 |
214. I wish the US had said |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #41 |
198. I'll bet you watch Faux News and listen to Rush Limbaugh to boot! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan ambassadors to Honduras kidnapped |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. AND CHAVEZ HAS SAID THAT HE IS GOING TO INVADE HONDURAS. There is a "toque de queda" |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Chavez is defending the Honduran people from fascism |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. Here you'll see Chavez' vow to invade Honduras to impose a wicked President |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #68 |
96. Allende was a theif and a despot. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. You've just demonstrated which side you're on. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #100 |
110. Makiing poor people poorer = oppession. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #100 |
155. Bingo. Amen. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. WOW. You're AGAINST the moderate left government of Allende? And you blame |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. To use an overused(and unjustly used)phrase from the Israel/Palestine forum |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Big time. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #104 |
114. Yeah, sorry, not a Marxist. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #114 |
116. The Eighties and Nineties have shown that capitalism can never help the poor |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #116 |
122. Your tautology is broken. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Those would be the loans at punitive interest that were given to working class people |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Uh, I take it you didn't surf much. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #127 |
212. You are wasting your time and this is why I hate debating hard core socialists and communists |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #114 |
136. not a Marxist, but the extreme opposite which is just as bad. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #114 |
200. Failed 20th century ideas, such as markets must run free as they please? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #101 |
112. Nationalization of entire industries is moderate? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Nothing short of nationalization would've helped in Chile |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #113 |
121. Yeah, milk. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. No good would've come of paying those debts |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Boat metaphors now? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #128 |
132. I was mocking the right-wing "rising tide lifts all boats" metaphor |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #132 |
218. My favorite Republican metaphor |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #96 |
154. Troll. #1 most ludicrous comment I've ever read on DU. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #96 |
199. So why has the golpista government declared martial law? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #96 |
206. You statement is factually, provably false. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #96 |
207. A: "Allende was a theif and a despot" |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
83. Excellent discussion here! Love it..good night to all of you! |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
94. I'm fascinated by your love affair with leftist governments in Latin America |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #94 |
102. I know who's on the side of the people. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #102 |
108. It's only the left that does that anywhere on earth. And when the leftist is a charlatan |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #102 |
120. You didn't answer my questions |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #120 |
123. I had a lot of friends who worked in Nicaragua |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #120 |
129. BTW, you started a thread where you complained about executive pay caps being taken out |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Thanks for your patience KB. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #120 |
150. Glad you settled that to your satisfaction. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #120 |
219. Whether leftist governments have improved the economic lot of the average |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #94 |
106. I'm fascinated by your assumption that rejecting rightist military and paramilitary coups |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
133. At first I suspected boppers and Supertrooper were CIA plants |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Ooh, which am I!? (I guess I'll find out?) |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #134 |
146. Allende was no perfect saint |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #134 |
156. Lies. The impeachment of Allende failed for lack of votes. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #134 |
210. Chile was a colonialist economy? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #210 |
222. Well, the Aymara, Quechua, Kolla, Rapa Nui, Mapuche, Kavesgar, Yagan, Diaguita, |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #133 |
145. Mudplanet, |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
135. i didn't know anyone still DID defend it, other than the Gordon Liddy-types |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
138. K&R |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
139. Did Hugo Chavez attend the School of the Americas? |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #139 |
167. No, because Chavez does not use Death Squads & mass graves like our "ally" Uribe |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #167 |
169. Did Uribe attend the School of the Americas? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #169 |
174. His generals did. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #169 |
176. Colombian Generals: Gen. Rito Alejo Del Rio, Gen. Pauxelino Latorre. Uribe is a frontman. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #169 |
201. Uribe had his own privately-owned death squads |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #201 |
209. See? I knew Uribe was a "free enterprise" kinda guy. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
147. I never have defended it. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #147 |
175. Glad to hear that. |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
152. Come join us in Columbus Ga. in November |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
185. What was the US Air Force doing in Honduras on the weekend of the coup? |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. Hardly an invasion force. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. On the weekend of the coup? How convenient! |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #187 |
202. We have a humanitarian detachment there as well... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #202 |
229. Maybe they thought the replicants from "Blade Runner" were on the team |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #187 |
213. USAF folks as a cover story? Sorry, that doesnt even come close to working |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #213 |
227. Not cover, just encouragement. And they don't need to be on the ground |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
195. I noticed that as well |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
215. Yes. nt |
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