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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:00 AM Original message |
Do you know why Dr. King was in Memphis? I want you to read this. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have never heard this; how appalling. nt |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
132. I grew up in Memphis |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Right. |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Perhaps that was the reason MLK was there... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
89. I also read that if they worked overtime they still only received |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'd never heard this, either |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's well documented. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I have done a lot of reading about the JFK assassination |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If the same attention |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
93. RFK too |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R n/t |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. I didn't know that. Thanks for posting. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. 1 month pay plus $500??? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So very few people know what caused that strike - and as far as I'm concerned everyone should know. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. I had never heard this, either; only that it was about a strike. |
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AlertLurker (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
11. One other note: |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yep, although my memory of it is slightly different |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yeah it's awful... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Thanks for this |
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LiveLiberally (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks for this post.. I just posted on GD-ED a link to a great editorial on same subject... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. I vaguely remember this from years gone by |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
134. Buncha randy ol' coots in your family, I see! |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. NPR Storycorps: Sanitation Workers Remember King's Last Stand |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. Wow. good post |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. NPR Fresh Air: Martin Luther King's Last Campaign for Equality |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
94. Heard that this am, living history. |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. Thanks for posting this. n/t |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. how awful |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. thanks for this, I really did not know about this. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. Wow. That's sad. k&r n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. Woah, talk about hidden history. nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. This Is the Most Important Thing |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. Thank you for teaching me something important I should have |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. I invite everyone to read this new book on King |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. I had no idea about this fact |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. Thank you. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. I didn't know, but thank you for sharing this. nt |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. As always TWV, thank you for enlightening us |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. they just told this story on CNN - I have to say, CNN has the BEST coverage today |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thank you for posting this - K&R |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Those were evil times |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. Wow. |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. You are lying about the details of that accident! They were TRAVELLING on the way back |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Got a link? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Here...for starters |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. to a kos diary entry? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. How about from the union's own website then |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
147. It's good to have the best possible info on things like this. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Their names were Echol Cole and Robert Walker |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Riding on the outside of a garbage truck is standard procedure everywhere. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You miss the point - what a sad, sad attitude you have |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. What is your evidence about the "elsewhere in the city" claim? I was IN |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. If you were in Memphis at the time, then you weren't paying attention |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. The sewer worker situation had absolutely nothing to do with THIS incident. |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
98. The OP makes sense, otherwise, how could the death of these two men be deemed an accident? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. Yes, you must be right. Some hideous racist band of monsters chased down that truck |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #103 |
119. That's exactly what I though happened. |
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InfiniteNether (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
148. Right on, brother. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. This was about much more than riding in the back in the rain |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I absolutely didn't deny the general conditions...I simply complained about the bogus details |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. When you say "Can't ride in the rain?...get a different job." |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. No, I am saying that riding in the rain is PART OF THE JOB. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. You're ignoring the fact that they were treated like animals |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. The trucks were brand fucking new. State of the Art, as it were. |
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aasleka (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. it is not, heavy rains it is cost effective to wait them out |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. So you believe the municipal bean counters were willing to throw away large amounts of money |
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aasleka (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #84 |
96. i have no idea wtf that is actually replying too nor what it actually means |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
136. Perhaps you are an uneducated white trash KKKlansman, |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Most would have said 'You're right about the deaths but you got the details wrong' |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Most have nominated |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Your OP had no links and you want me to believe you (mis)remembered all those |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Glad the racist assholes have you to stick up for them on the details |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. The OP claimed the victims were locked out of the office and had to take shelter |
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aasleka (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
78. umm asshat, they were riding in a garbage bin, not being allowed in the cab |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Well, whoever hired full-sized people for the job were at fault, then. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #48 |
138. If you're gonna call somebody on DU a "liar" in no uncertain terms, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
135. If you're gonna call someone a "liar" you better be prepared to |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
152. Yesterday on NPR they talked to two |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. Here is what happened: |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
87. Thanks, Patrick! |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #87 |
121. You are welcome! |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
151. Thank you for more of the story! Yikes! I heard nothing about this today |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've read that before |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. "I AM A MAN" -- I was wondering what was really behind those signs, because |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. One of the men's |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. thanks |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. There were interviews this morn on NPR with two of the workers. |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
62. We have no idea unless we lived in that era or study it just how bad it was! |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Golly, you're right...none of them managed to survive. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
99. I just alerted on this poster. |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. So any criticism of a minority is racism? And any exposition of facts that |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. you're horribly lost |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. I have to hope for your sake that ugly obese female specimen isn't your property |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. I wish it was me. |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Any hippopotamus would. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Actually, it's Dawn French |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #108 |
128. Property? |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. shhh....he thinks he's insulted me |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #130 |
137. You said it well below |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #108 |
133. I'd like an explanation for the term 'property,' please. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #108 |
153. I was with you until said "ugly obese female specimen" |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #104 |
117. Now you've made my ignore list. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. this one's a real piece of work |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Okay, I give up...who or what is that hideous image of a fatass "woman"??? |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. You're too daft to know. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #107 |
142. I thought that by it's tenth post. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
105. what is your malfunction? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. I think they had jobs and they were pissed off that the job required them to be out in the rain. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. You can 'think' what you wish. |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Well, several DUers think we all have the right to think what we wish. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. you don't have the right to post racist shit on this board |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #116 |
143. we agree that all people should have their say |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #116 |
144. You call that thinking? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #116 |
149. good-bye and thanks for all the fish! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #112 |
139. Well, why don't you be honest and come right out and call them LAZY |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #112 |
154. WTF |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
124. There is an enormous gulf between 'surviving' and 'thriving' |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yes, at the end of his life, MLK realized poverty was as important, or more so, than racism. |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. To me, his best work was against the VietNam "war". And so where are the Dems |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. I remember this from grade school... |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
68. this was the strike |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. K&R. You're absolutely right. Nobody mentioned that today. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. I never knew that. Thank you. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
73. Great post, ThomWV |
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swimmernsecretsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
74. I remember this story. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. K&R |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
79. Wow... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
80. Thanks for posting this Thom |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
81. And people seriously don't get |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. There's no law against emigrating to another country. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Why are you here? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. What a shame you can't see my previous posts. Must be a software glitch. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #102 |
141. Uh, we want you off DU permanently because you are extremely |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #92 |
109. I think you should emigrate to another board |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #92 |
140. If you don't like the Dems who are going to be running things REAL SOON |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
82. Here is another link |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
83. Sigh! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
85. Son of a bitch! |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. You didn't know it because it didn't happen. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. What's your version? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. I don't have a version, I have the historical record. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Still terrible but not as bad as the op represented. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #91 |
122. Sorry... Citing Your Own Post Is NOT The Historical Record !!! |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. damn, if the History department would let me cite my own shit |
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bear425 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
100. This is why I still read DU - even after all the vitriol of primary season... |
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bear425 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
101. oops - double post |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
125. Thank you. I did not know this. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
126. I did not know this, thank you for posting. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
127. What a horrible story. Thank you for telling me. I never heard that. n/t |
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mcollier (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Don't be Johnny Come Late |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
131. K&R! nt |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
145. Thank-you. I did not know this. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
146. I have a faint recollection of having heard that before, but it was really "faint". |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
150. oh, my. Thank you for telling this. |
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