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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:40 PM Original message |
"It appears that the administration will NOT meet the deadline to close Gitmo" - Meet the Press, |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama has embraced Bush's wars-- he doesn't seem capable... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He's also embraced the RW narratives - that we MUST do evil things to keep the 'good guys' safe. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. All Obama seems capable of is showing his face on TV every damn day |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Has he done anything that meets your approval? |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Let me make it simple , NO . |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, the world needs all-or-nothing curmudgeons, too. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Reality is he can close Gitmo tommorrow. That's the reality. The world would rejoice. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. You're grandstanding. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Your attacking the messenger because your argument does not hold water. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. And you're tempting me to attack you for failing to use an apostrophe |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Im typing on a iPhone! Show me mercy! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Now that's a good point. (Not the part about the iPhone) |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. That's not at all what I said . |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. By declaring that he's done nothing that meets your approval, you showed yourself to be a curmudgeon |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Your entitled to you opinion |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. If it makes you feel any better... |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. yes it does , it makes me feel absolutely great . nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I did support him. The guy owes me money. Or at least his change. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. It is simpler than that Mike... we are an Empire |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. I heard a good answer to this on NPR on Friday |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Here's a good answer - "I have closed Gitmo and put the prisoners on trial" |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You're arguing that they should all be summarily released. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. No, I'm arguing that they have inalienable rights, like the right to a fair and speedy trial, |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. One thing is clear: it's fairly delusional to believe they can be brought to US soil and be denied |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Perhaps you should re-read what you wrote and what I wrote |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. NPR, All things Considered Friday |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thank you--that was it exactly. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. The people of Michigan have rebuffed the admin's attempts to shove Gitmo North down our throats. nt |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. They need time to dissappear prisoners to other secret prisons. nt |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. You lost me at "Meet the Press". |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Stephanopolis said that's what the White House told him. 2 sources. I know, I want to hope, too. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Stephanopoulos takes interview questions from Hannity.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. The is because idiots in Congress screamed about bringing the detainees to the mainland. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yes it is. It's time for him to stand up to the birthers, loonies, corporations, and war whores. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Hell yeah! He should wave his magic wand and make it so. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. He should do what we the people elected him to do - to effect positive change - |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's not his fault that Congress is a bunch of paranoid idiots |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Stupidest commentary ever |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Define fascism. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Define ignore |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. No, he is not a fascist. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. Duh! The congress refused to fund the closing of GITMO |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. Eight years of Bush may have done the most damage to our basic idea of civics |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
43. Do you know WHY there is a delay? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. If you read any of the thread from last night... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. another post shitting on President Obama.... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So how long should these people be held without trial or charges? VIDEO LINK TO NEW AP STORY |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. so they spend weeks screaming about how Obama's going to close it |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'll accept progress and process....and resist the urge for instant gratification. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Well, you are more wise than the |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. same old shit, eh. nt |
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