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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:33 PM Original message |
Stop the Arab Bashing and Look at the Politics of the Port Deal |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I call you on the alleged "Arab Bashing" on DU |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Then why the different response in Britain? |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Because most people didn't know about Britain. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Precisely |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. wrong... not the UAE Government |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
68. And Moscow is a city in Russia... |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
71. Doesn't the UAE Govern Dubai? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
95. In all primate societies, there's a direct relationship |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. This issue is being framed in a racist manner |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Nonsense.. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. If being against people who aid and abet terrorists is racist in your eyes |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
82. It may be in some respects, but not in all. In fact, not in most |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
100. Then maybe stop bringing it up? |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Everytime I see charges of "Islamophobia" I think how hypocritical... |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #72 |
115. Me too. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. which is the ports aren't safe no matter what. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My point was pull away how this issue has been framed |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Your "frame" ellides the questionable history of UAE government w Arabs |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. It is important to note here that the UAE Government is a work in progress |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Understood -- EOM |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
96. A work in progress? All the more reason to not take this gamble. |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
120. Let them change away! |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can you provide examples of arab bashing? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Profoundly untrue... the government has taken extraordinary measures |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Bull. And please learn how to spell the word "lose". |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Wait... "profoundly untrue"? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. these were posted as ongoing events without context |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Arab-bashing"?? Sorry, but you're way off base on this one. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Am I, then why did you respond to that instead of the OP |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
70. Maybe it took that long reading your rubbish |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Xenophobia? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Wasn't just DU I was referring too... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. When Bush and his Flying Monkeys play the race card, we are right to be |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Of course, that was the anti-frame for what was going on |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
158. Not finding many takers, eh? |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Islamophobia is being used by some on the left. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
75. Point Them Out Then |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #75 |
112. What is "them"? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #112 |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. No, really. Explain yourself instead of calling me "stupid." |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #131 |
162. Islamophobia is being used by some on the left. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #162 |
166. Re |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. Well.. You Can't Point it Out |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. So be it... but you're not listenting to what I'm saying at all. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. link to the arab bashing please? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Let's see... Let's link every social problem in the UAE to the ports |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. please provide all these links |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Crikey, I would be up all night... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. if you want to be taken seriously, then DO it |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. here is a typical one |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. i fail to see how this has to do with being "arab"...... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
62. "toiletbowl countries" |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why do you use the Bush Meme of "Racist Americans against Arabs" in |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Because that is how most of the opponents of the Port Deal |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I don't trust the govt of UAE - you and Bush want to equate the govt with |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. No, it's not false... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:24 PM Original message |
all reporting I have seen says DPW is owned/operated by govt of UAE |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. Even reporters get confused... the stake in the company |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. You're back again with your 'racist' rant? How many times do you have |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. so why don't you talk about something else besides the fact it is |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Simply put, we do not have to defend the desire of the American people |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. I don't think it is any easier... largely because I think it is damn |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
89. The UAE is not a race, dude. This refers to a government. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Bush was only able to use that meme because... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Who on the left did this? Thanks in advance EOM |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. From the onsent of the controversy... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. exactly, that's why we should discuss the politics for awhile |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
81. I'm shocked that JCMach1 ran in Florida...as a Candidate NOW is |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #81 |
146. Shilling for Bush? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #81 |
147. Shilling for Bush? hardly... you obviously didn't read my OP |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Good Grief... you don't want to engage the politics of the issue? |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. The United Arab Emirates is to launch an intensive lobbying campaign |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
93. Their one-man lobbying campaign at DU has been going on for days now. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #93 |
119. One of their lobbyists today argued with himsellf but forgot to change |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #119 |
140. Yeah, that was an interesting moment, wasn't it? n/t |
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froshty1960 (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Point is lost with Arab-bashing comment |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That's exactly the point... people cannot see beyond that frame |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have a question. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I am an American living and working in the UAE... |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. If you're an American, why do you think concern for national security... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. The argument is being framed in a racist manner, yes |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Be specific and cite examples. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Shouldn't the British be suspicious then...? |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Dude, you have NO idea what's going on in Britain. You need... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. two things about britain.... they have had dozens of worse terrorist |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
107. I have heard no suspicion in Britain at all |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Lord, who have you been talking to in Britain? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. We are talking about the UAE port deal |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
126. But that's my point. The reason why Britain isn't as upset with the... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
133. If it was about security, then the US and British reactions |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #133 |
142. WRT Google, I have 1500+ articles on the American side of things... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #133 |
145. That's ridiculous. No two people's reactions are always the same - why |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
77. Notice He Did Not Cite Examples? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Every person who has claimed Arab bashing has failed to demonstrate |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I Know... That's Why I'm On the Attack |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Oh I know he works for the government he's defending -- something I |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
118. I don't understand. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Who said it implicated him in everything the country does? |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Exactly |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. Thank you for your kind response. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. He's defending the UAE by falsely labeling opposition to it as racism. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Re |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. You may see what you wish to see (and propably do). |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. self delete |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
137. yeah, it's ethically lacking, isn't it... and he claims they can take or |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. He claims it's no big deal for the UAE too. The same UAE that hired Bob |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #77 |
148. There was one question asked in Parliament when this was under |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Give me a break. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. The framing is profoundly racist and has mentioned |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Currently, "Bush speak" is accusing opponents of racism. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #60 |
149. 'Baby Boys' pictures of Saudi Royalty with Bush |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
102. Of course 911 is a factor in considering security. So is Iraq. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. Bush is bad for the world, doh |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. No Arab bashing, American should run American Ports! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Then tell the media and everyone else to stop |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
87. HAHAHAHAHAHA Because after all, DU controls the media. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #87 |
150. You just provided a good example of how the issue is being framed |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. P&O run ports in 18 countries |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. are their ports run as half assed as we allow them to be? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #76 |
113. The money 'came from the UAE' in the same sense that it 'came from' the US |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #113 |
136. how do you know where the money came from, seeing as how |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
59. Most of the posts here have failed to note that I agree with |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. Sounds like you're taking this personally. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. When it impacts your checkbook it gets personal, I'd guess. |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. I think you're right..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
73. Deleted message |
bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. i think so too. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. *ahem* |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Deleted message |
QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Well, that certainly explains a lot. n/t |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. Wow. Wonderful example of an ad hominem circumstantial attack. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Sunshine is a wonderful thing. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. I get plenty, thanks. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #104 |
138. from the neck down? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Exposing conflicts of interest is an ad hominem attack now? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. No. Go look it up. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Please focus on the argument, not the person. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
139. or be careful to consider the source of inflammatory propaganda |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. Re |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I'll look for you to post the same next time it is noted that Cheney |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #143 |
165. OP=Original Poster, not you, works for the UAE royal family... had not |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #79 |
152. Well, this explains the whole thread. Thanks, Lars39. |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:38 AM Response to Reply #79 |
159. Suddenly, it all becomes so clear.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
84. Please cite posts of "Arab bashing" if any exist on DU. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. See post #62 (n/t) |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Countries are not races. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. But they advocate genocide for whole countries |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. Incorrect again. Genocide refers to races, not countries. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Definition of genocide |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. I don't know who every rant is aimed at - you do recognize a rant I |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #123 |
134. It's not the rant that is 'aimed' - it's the genocide |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
86. Ding ding ding |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #86 |
154. Dems should be framing the issue in this manner |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
90. Erecting false bogeymen is a popular sport for politicians. |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Exactly. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #90 |
160. The issue is the CRONYISM, HYPOCRISY and LIHOP mentality. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
109. Deleted message |
Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
110. Call me a Xenophobe if you want, but I believe we should not sell the US |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #110 |
153. You are already subject to that... What happens if you piss off |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #153 |
164. If they really are our friends, they wull understand |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
114. JCMach, I'll answer you. But I don't think you'll like it. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #114 |
151. There are huge connection to Britain and terrorism |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #151 |
156. UAE has been an unreliable ally. Britain hasn't. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #156 |
157. UAE has been an ally since it became a country... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #151 |
161. UK govt. didn't vacation with OBL |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #151 |
163. Not to the Briitish government, pal. And you said yourself the UAE |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
129. yes, Bush needs UAE for its miliary geopolitical signifigance. |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #129 |
169. From what you just said, it appears we may all need the UAE... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
155. Another good take on this with similar conclusions |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #155 |
168. This still doesn't discount your "dog in this hunt" and Dubai Flag as your |
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