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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:17 PM Original message |
DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT? "from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship" |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sheldon Whitehouse to be on next. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Smart man. Do you have a link? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. On now n/t |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Scott Horton wrote about law professors who looked at Yoo memos and others. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Last November during election night, I was speaking with |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. We were not crazy |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No, we were not crazy; |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I regret i cannot answer that question on the advice from my attorney. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. alot of " I do not recalls" |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
94. "I do not recall" = "I'm obstructing justice" |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
80. There was a coup and yes, a dictatorship, We knew that. nt |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Yes we did. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
111. Right . . . and we're still using the computers -- and the Supremes are still in play --- !!! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
115. Yes. the fear and energy level was really high during the elections. We knew. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. and if so the Democratic Party had years to fight it, but did not. nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Complicit n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Yes, that's a problem. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. The big burning question: If this was a dictatorship... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. No kidding, eh. n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
69. They didn't let him - the numbers were too large to pull off another steal. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
84. I will endorse this theory imho nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
101. What would they be afraid of? People in the streets rioting? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. U.S. voting is handled by the states - not enough corrupt officials and too many... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #69 |
127. I believe you are right. nt |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
90. The knew it and want Obama to take the rap. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
112. I guess we're going to find out why . . . !!! |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
122. You got to hold down the three Ms for any dictatorship |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. They lost the Military, too. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
126. I think the players had |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
133. They Had a Busted Flush at the BFEE |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
103. they played politics |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. US may have been in a dictatorship? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. 'we' knew |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
66. Damn straight |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Those of us who weren't watching American Idol or listening 24/7 to |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Some of us watched American Idol and still knew... |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
89. Personally, I never thought of us as a dictatorship. I thought we were a Kleptocracy. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. What's the analyst part? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. ? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm MSNBC challenged. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, they'll post it on the webs. |
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JimboDem (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. try this |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I updated the original post with the quote from Scott Horton. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Thank you very much. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Why? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
74. Those are questions I've been asking for over a year now. Ever since they kicked Edwards to the curb |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. But it won't be public. I believe it'll be behind closed doors. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yep, no cameras allowed, per last few moment on KO... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. I'm sick of "behind closed doors". Open the doors! n/t |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
85. ..and let the sunshine in ..no reason for closed doors except lawbreaking. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
114. We have to demand open hearings on this --- !!! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Dictatorship? How did that election thingy fit in... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. The same way the PAN got it in Mexico |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Dictablanda? ok, here is wiki for everyone else who has to look |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
76. sounds like a combination of Mike Ditka and George Blanda |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. In the original Roman context, it most certainly was a dictatorship. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I still worry about the emergency |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
100. Flase flag operation. I quit visiting the 9/11 forum a long time ago... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
77. Bush could do anything he wanted |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
98. Dictatorial governments can be voted in. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is Olberman and Maddow streamed live or only videos? anyone know how to connect? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. MSNBC doesn't stream live, only posts videos after the fact and offers a downloadable podcast. |
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JimboDem (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
61. MSNBC Stream |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. You said it! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. US a dictatorship? NAH, that tinfoil has gone back to the US national supply |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. In the classical Roman sense of dictator, even overtly... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I know, I want TRIALS |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It's beyond that now. Obama quotes Lincoln's house divided speech. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Well we crossed the Rubicon in 2003 or so |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Read Roman history, the republic died long ago... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Yes, but just like Roman History |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. And Bush crossed the Rubicon. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. According to Rupert in 2003 |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. I've been listening to my mom talk about it since the early 70's - |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Been wearing my tricorner hat since I got to DU in late March 2001 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. Truer words were never written.. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
129. Heavy duty thinkin' there, Tom. |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Whaaaaaaat? n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yeeees, dictatorship. |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Bush should be put in house arrest this second. n/t |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Yes. n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
95. Should be but won't be. I wonder why not? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. So, technically, what stopped it from being a 'dictatorship' 1/19/09? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. And how did Obama get to power without being corrupted? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. We know from Obama's book (the 2nd one) that he did some meeting |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
102. My guess is that there are entities more powerful than the pitiful Republican party |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
128. Perhaps we just switched dictators. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. Late 2001? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And what about the CIA? It's not like this shit just started yesterday... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. The CIA has always been an extension of the Bush Crime Family |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. There's alot about the CIA that has leaked out over the years. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. no- it was a dick-tatorship. as in cheney. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Which begs the question, especially given the 2006 election results... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yeah, a few more subpoenas would be helpful. n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Quite a "few." n/t |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Well...I'll take a venture at a couple more questions... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
116. Uh, huh. Those would be a couple of the others I was thinking of. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. Actually the deal was between Conyers and Obama. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. That and taking money from PACs,,, |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. A dictatorship usually follows a coup d'etat. |
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scubadude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:14 AM Response to Reply #65 |
75. You have the date wrong, it occured earlier. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. The USSC decree made it "legal". |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
131. I remember it well, Scuba. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
71. Bush's (p)residency had all the makings of a dictatorship, absolutely. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
132. Yup. +1 Intech. nt |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
72. are you surprised |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
73. No shit Sherlock. Most of us here on DU knew it was a dictatorship with a complicit Congress. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
78. Just posted this in the Political Videos forum for those who may have missed it. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
81. Why is Yoo still teaching? I wouldn't want him teaching my son. n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
83. Not quite the same things as a dictatorship. |
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RJ Connors (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
86. Yeah, like, you didn't know that? n/t |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
87. Duh... been shouting "Fire!" for some time.... |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #87 |
124. I'd like to know what exactly made them |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #124 |
138. Why have a "formal" public coup when you can accomplish your goals without one? |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. It could have been worse??? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Piewhacket, my opinion is that our democratic institutions have been tested and MAY NOT |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Now is chaos, the future and what will emerge from this is unclear... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
91. May? nt |
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infidel dog (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
92. Dubya, dubya, uber alles... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
93. yeah... and Bush even joked about how much easier it would be if it were a dictatorship, too |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
96. And exactly what rights have been "restored" as of now? |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
97. are we surprised really?? it was obvious * was doing whateverthehell he wanted.. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
99. It still is |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
105. Didn't smeghead Bush say that he wanted a dictatorship? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
106. I was called a tinfoil hatter many times during those eight years and I want an apology. |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. SQUEAK!!!! |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
108. Bullshit. It WAS/IS/HAS BEEN a Corporate Oligarchy. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
109. PROCECUTE!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
110. Rove and Meirs under oath? "A deal . . . ?? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
113. If it had been a dictatorship... |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. What would you call it then? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #113 |
135. Happens all the time. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
118. You had to be told that?? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
119. Yep. |
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2 Much Tribulation (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
120. They ACTED AS DICTATORSHIP, but a memo doesn't suspend the Constitution!!!! nt |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #120 |
139. No, the Patriot Act took care of that. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
121. I got some hanging trees in my back yard... |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
123. of course, it all started with an illigitimate aborted election. Thank Tony "the reign-maker" Skalia |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
125. K & R nt |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
130. what do they mean we didn't realize it? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
136. you don't say? |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
137. Yes I did know that! One third of this country are fascists! |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
141. old news... Heard it on DU in 2001 after 9/11 and every month since. |
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