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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:45 PM Original message |
About Helen Thomas' Announced Retirement |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think the invasion of Lebanon by Israel... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. People make mistakes. She apologized for what she said |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Being a "Mexican"...... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes, there are consequences |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Most of the people screaming the loudest |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. It is a new law. It criminalizes what is only an administrative violation |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Too funny..... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. And wrong again. The law relies on enforcement on racial profiling |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Except it doesn't stop there. The language and the conversation |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. My comments were stable |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Her apology was weak and perfunctory. She didn't even know what she was apologizing for. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. Deleted message |
CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. who has said that |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. I've heard many individuals say it. some family members. Arizona |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for saying what I feel |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "A lioness among kittens." True. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'd like you to respond to the post I made in response to your accusation. n/t |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Kick. n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very,very well said. I wish that all DU was as reasonable as this post. |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Then again |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. +1 |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Rec'd |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thank you. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. You have raised a very good point. Helen is 89 years old. It is |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Exactly. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Your maturity and understanding on this issue is appreciated |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Me, too. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I agree ~ as a Senior and a fan, I hope she |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. I still haven't forgiven "Kramer" for his "comedy" performance |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "Kramer" wasn't 89. Nor you, I suspect. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. And Bill Frist was also prolific at long-distance diagnoses... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Well Said... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I knew I had to watch my mother a little more carefully when she didn't get over the primaries, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I hope your mom is otherwise okay. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Agreed. n/t |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. oh dear. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The day she said Liz Cheney seemed like a nice young woman |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. oh, dear, oh, dear!!!! |
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Sensitivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. SAD. Helen speak her mind -- badly -- and is considered MENTALLY ILL |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. We've been discussing them for days now. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. No. The tragedy is refusing to examine how aberrant the statement was for HER. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Actually, I'm glad she came out and admitted what this is really about for many folks. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Warren DeMontague, Martin Luther King said it well: |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. With all due respect he was wrong on that. n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. No, but I'm sure it's a great comfort to think so. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. King died in 68. I don't think King would be at all supportive of the notion that |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. "You people" |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:38 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. People who sully King's name by using him to back up your racist argument. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Something here is disgusting |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Yes something here is disgusting. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. * |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. King would not support an apartheid government. Sorry but you're only |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. That is fucking ridiculous!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. The lack of a brake between brain and mouth, |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
70. People who are her age |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
37. Thank you Aquart. May the rigid, rabid Helen haters |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. Yeah, I'm pretty sure she's lost the ability to self-censor |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
42. Two unrecs. How.......cheesy. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 05:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh that reminds me. I forgot to rec this. There. Now there are +2 recs. |
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jazzelle (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
44. well said |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
46. My first thought was to wonder how long before it is announced |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
52. possible, but once she said what she said, there was no way to retract it |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. SoCalDem, with respect to your link's phrasing, Thomas didn't say "politically incorrect" things. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Well, no she didn't. While her statement upset a lot of people |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Thom Hartmann also thought Dachau was only a “labor camp.” |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Thank you for the illustration. Completely over the top. n/t |
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jacksprat (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. You support the illegal siege of Gaza? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
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ampad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. I understand what you are saying |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. No. Israel let the supplies go to Gaza after SEIZING THE WEAPONS ON BOARD. |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. I see the de-reccers are out in force. There used to be 5 recs on this. Still, though, there are 3. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. I was accused of being "ageist" yesterday |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
73. K&R |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
74. Sorry but I don't think Helen Thomas is losing her mind. I think she is sick & tired of seeing |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:32 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. To a Jew? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
78. That ran in my mind too |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
81. I adore Helen |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:35 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Yes, ending your career by insulting a Jew to his face is always right. |
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