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Sat Aug-20-05 06:14 PM
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"Why don't they talk about all the good things we're doing in Iraq?!" |
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Waaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
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Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
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Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
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democrat in Tallahassee
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:17 PM
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1. So, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln? |
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:17 PM
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No really; I want to know.
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:18 PM
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4. I was thinking the same thing. |
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:21 PM
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6. We did a GREAT job guarding the Oil Ministry ! eom |
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:28 PM
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Edited on Sat Aug-20-05 06:30 PM by Kali
a couple thousand kids can go to school now. Women can ??? (I can't remember some bullshit about not having to wear burkas anymore) Irrational and untrue "factoids" about how things are now vs. when Saddam was in charge, spewed out with the fantastic wingnut geographical "knowledge" that all Middleastern/SE Asian countries are the same. And that Iraq was not a secular and fairly "liberal" (in terms of education, medicine, women etc - NOT politically) They project EVERYTHING. Their descriptions of how it WAS is much closer to how it IS and vice. It really is a lookingglass universe to these people.
Oh and some soldiers painted a hospital and gave some kids candy and coloring books. The photos of that got sent to me to "prove" it wasn't all bad.:eyes:
edited to add nut to wing
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:24 PM
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17. "... edited to add nut to wing ..." |
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We would have known which wing, I'm sure. :)
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:18 PM
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3. Why don't they name a bunch for us to go "awww" about? |
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Every time a school reopens, they act like it's the kids' first time going, even though they're obviously middle class, cleanly uniformed little "fortunate ones".
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:25 PM
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8. Muggers taking credit for their victims' recovery. |
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As Iraqis rebuild Fallujah, the US will probably claim credit for "urban renewal." It's detestible spin. Despite the opression and hardship in Iraq prior to March 2003, they're STILL worse off than before then. Only 4 hours of electricity each day, lack of functioning water and sewage systems, 50% unemployment (as the US imports labor), and a host of other hardships. Yeah... we sure did CREATE a lot of opportuinty to "do good" (by repairing just some of the destruction we've wrought, or merely standing around while the Iraqis do.)
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:20 PM
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5. Ok, some students are in school in some locations |
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using magic markers. The rest of the country is being blown up with very effective explosives. Ummmm....there is oil in the country as evidenced by the wells that are blown up. Roads and bridges are intact, I think. There was an election, well sort of. And there are people still alive in the green zone who are supposed to be working on a constitution but so far they haven't really done shit.
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:24 PM
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7. We blew up their schools and then re-built them... |
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Wow,thats the way to improve a country and its conditions....
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:26 PM
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:30 PM
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11. Didn't the mayor of Baghdad get kicked out by a group of armed thugs? |
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And aren't there chronic power outages across...ummm Baghdad, and how about a reliable and sanitary supply of water? And isn't it a life risking escapade to travel from the airport into Baghdad? And isn't Baghdad the capitol? Shouldn't things be better there already? I'm just asking?
If this was Washington DC, I don't think Americans would be very happy with the conditions there. I'm just saying.
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:32 PM
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They voted didn't they?
Of course, they didn't know who they were voting FOR, but hey nothing's perfect.
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:33 PM
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I read the soldiers gave some kids some soccer balls.
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:26 PM
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18. They're probably all shot full of holes by now. |
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The balls. And some of the kids. And some of the soldiers. :(
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Sat Aug-20-05 06:59 PM
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14. Geez, I don't know which one to pick. Eeenie, Meenie |
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Tough when you only have two to choose from.
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Sat Aug-20-05 07:09 PM
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15. Shhhh! We don't want the public to know that we support theocracy. |
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That is, we don't until it is so established in the U.S. that what the public thinks won't matter.
So we have to accept Islamic theocracy in Iraq, at least it's theocracy.
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Sat Aug-20-05 07:09 PM
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16. Because the Iraqis keep blowing them up? |
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:35 PM
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19. halliburton, blackwater, other secret black bag ops |
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and with the billions spent, some people got VERY rich!!! if that isn't good news i dont know what is!
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:36 PM
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20. Yeah! Release the rest of the Abu Ghraib Images! |
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Let's talk about all the good things! ALL of 'em!
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:41 PM
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21. OK...let's talk about all the good things... |
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Give us a few examples... They build a school once every 12 months. They kill a GI once every 12 hours. How many times would we need to re-ren the "good" news? They don't have to re-reun the dead GI stories. They are up to the minute.
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:43 PM
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22. Nobody talks about all the cars that DIDN'T blow up today |
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Henny Penny to Rumsfeld: "the sky is still falling."
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Sat Aug-20-05 11:43 PM
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23. Becuause if you are an American with a camera and venture out of the |
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Green Zone, to shoot the "good things" like say, for FOX News,...you have a real good chance of not making it back to the Green Zone to file your story.
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