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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:03 PM Original message |
Poll: Isolationism Soars Among Americans |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reaction to Global Trade, Job off-shoring, Military intervention, etc |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Since when is "mind-your-own-businessism" the same as "isolationism"? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Uh...pretty much always has been. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Now if only the oceans provided the same protection they used to |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Y'know, that actually sounds like something House would say. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks! You sure know how to give a compliment |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Ummm, have we been subjected to any large-scale military invasions lately? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. No invasions but they did kill a few thousand people and destroy a major landmark |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Which doesn't really speak to the effectiveness of the two oceans at protecting |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. yep, that's what happens when you realize you're going over a cliff |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Eight years too late |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Isolationism" is a slur that militarists use to describe people who don't think |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Sort of like the isolationists who didn't consult with Afghans before ordaining Surge II. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. "isolationism" is an incredibly loaded term |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. The PTB will not alow us to disengage militarily--there's too much money changing hands. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Isolationism is common sense really. nt |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. isolationism or non-interventionism? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Even a poll using the slur term comes up with that result. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's nice...now who do we vote for? |
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