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Fri Dec-08-06 09:34 PM
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Get HOME DEPOT to BAGHDAD...show them Iraqis how we build/repair |
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Get Lowes too....
and Sears/Macy's as well...
Share our stores to rebuild the area....
Better to rebuild than to destroy...better to give hope than to promote death/misery...
Get Yale and Harvard to open campuses there...share our brains...
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Fri Dec-08-06 09:36 PM
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1. They need at least a million cases of duct tape. n/t |
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Fri Dec-08-06 09:39 PM
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2. And will you vollunteer your time to go help rebuild... when do the |
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soldiers leave, and the civilians arive to repair the damages?
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Fri Dec-08-06 09:45 PM
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3. I have a few skills which could be used there...unlike Bush, I can swing a hammer |
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use a planer, a jointer, a cut off saw, drill press, lathe, and band saw...
I can layouts, pour concrete, grind terrazzo, do water proofing, run tractors and payloaders.
I can spray paint, water proofing shit, and glazes for ceramics. I can set ceramic tiles, hell, I make ceramic tiles and sculptures...
I do design work, planning, and silk screening...
If the Gov't peeps call me...I would gladly go to help...
We need positivity over there....Bush has given them nothing of the sort.
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:13 PM
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8. I am so glad to hear that. It would be a brave move for us to ask |
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the Iraqi officials if they would allow a group of Americans over to help rebuild Iraq. #1. is asking, #2. is doing if wanted.
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:15 PM
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9. The word is POSITIVITY...sumpthin them Bushites know nuthin about |
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The answer is to do things positive....we start from there....
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:49 PM
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12. I know... I love to hear positive people here... some people at DU |
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are such gloom and doomers.. and then there are some that are like rays of sunlight... Thankyou for being sunshine.. it is so beautiful.
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Fri Dec-08-06 09:50 PM
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4. I thought that's why Halliburton was there- |
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And if not, why are they there again, making gazillions?
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Fri Dec-08-06 09:52 PM
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5. I don't see Home Depot there...yet.... |
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:02 PM
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6. They need to fix New Orleans first |
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Then they can take the show on the road!
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:07 PM
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7. We got enough Home Depots, we can do both at once...lol |
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:25 PM
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10. They need to send in Ty Pennington. Ha. |
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Edited on Fri Dec-08-06 10:26 PM by Blue_In_AK
Extreme Makeover - Baghdad Edition.
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Fri Dec-08-06 10:29 PM
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11. Put'm all on SSD and AFDC |
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it'll be cheaper than occupation and everyone'll be happy. Let the Indians open a few casinos and win some back
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Fri Dec-08-06 11:46 PM
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14. And send Martha Stewart too...get them homes built with some Bazzazz |
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air conditioned and energy efficient....nice floors and stunning furniture/elements/curtains/appliances.....why doen't we do this???at least start with a few homes to give the Iraqis Hope and a model....?
Because we are focused on the Negative...not the positive...
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Fri Dec-08-06 11:39 PM
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13. That's be like why I don't like to clean up my house. |
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It starts to feel pointless when it's destroyed again by morning........
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Fri Dec-08-06 11:48 PM
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15. Are you predicting its not gonna work?? and that we should continue Bushs plan? |
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Sat Dec-09-06 11:49 AM
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16. don't be rude - the Iraqis know how to build |
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Sun Dec-10-06 08:08 AM
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18. No one said they don't know how to build...I said show them how we build |
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using....tools/material from places like Home Depot/etc....
I am sure they would wish upgrading their homes if they had the op.
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Sat Dec-09-06 11:52 AM
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17. yep, democracy will explode throughout the Middle East........ |
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Sun Dec-10-06 08:10 AM
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Sun Dec-10-06 10:24 AM
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21. I'm in agreement with you.......... |
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or I misunderstood your post. I read your post as to say that this war is about giving corporate America yet another leg up. I was agreeing, intimating that spreading democracy=corporate whoring. Sorry if I misunderstood your post.
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Sun Dec-10-06 11:45 AM
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22. LOL, I understand....Peace building through positive projects are often |
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misconstrued/misunderstood...its no big thing...
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Sun Dec-10-06 08:29 AM
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20. Don't want to offend anyone, but you better send in thousands |
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of Nepalese and Indian construction workers...
In the Arab world (where I sit anyway, but also elsewhere), even simple DIY is considered very low-class.
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Sun Dec-10-06 11:48 AM
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23. To build ones own homes is low class....? Oh well...the obstacles are higher |
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tahn expected....but we should at the very least try...
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Sun Dec-10-06 01:49 PM
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24. Haven't they suffered enough? |
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I wouldn't wish Home Depot on anyone.
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