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“If I were a terrorist” by James Pence. Open Thread below…




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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

We The People-First!

2
Tom Says:

My 2 Year Anniversary on YouTube! RepresentativePress Videos see Excerpt from a 40 minute interview with Noam Chomsky

3
Don Davis Says:

Holy Clown’s Nose: Rumsfeld Advised Bush to Take Up Miniature Golf!

http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1827

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

3 Don Davis Says: Holy Clown’s Nose: Rumsfeld Advised Bush to Take Up Miniature Golf!
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Makes sense. He convinced him to adopt the Miniature Presidency. His stature in History will certainly reflect this.

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Spike Obama Says:

This man speaks the truth.

Bush and the united states government since its inception, have big one of the largest terrorizing forces in the world. But in a democratic republic such as ours, we get the government we deserve and the people who let monsters into power are just as culpable as our leaders who propagate crimes against the world.

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Tequila Says:

Do American buildings suffer the same structural deficiencies as older Chinese buildings? A baby was subpoenaed for a chiropractor bill. The IRS screwed up certain rebates. This just in: video games don’t
cause violence.

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Orangutan. Says:

Great video bluegal. Really gets you thinking about who the real terrorists are in this sick game we are living in. Any research is appreciated.

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

5 Spike Obama Says: This man speaks the truth.

Bush and the united states government since its inception, have big one of the largest terrorizing forces in the world. But in a democratic republic such as ours, we get the government we deserve and the people who let monsters into power are just as culpable as our leaders who propagate crimes against the world.

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I would agree with you entirely if we had an informed populace. If we had an open and impartial media. If the Pentagon did not have people pretending to be impartial on tv telling us bullshit. If this was not the most sophisticatedly manipulated “free” people in the history of the planet.

Otherwise i would agree entirely.

9
Tequila Says:

The House defunds
the war.

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

Let’s not kid ourselves. The Senate will not follow suit.

11
EliteLemming Says:

Living in America today means being under constant psycological attack. Its a wonder we aren’t all squating in a corner somewhere, glassy eyed, rocking back and forth, repeating the phrase “I’m lovin’ it”.

I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish. That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free.

* Of my two “handicaps” being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.

* My God, what do we want? What does any human being want? Take away an accident of pigmentation of a thin layer of our outer skin and there is no difference between me and anyone else. All we want is for that trivial difference to make no difference.

* Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deep seeded, that it is invisible because it is so normal.

* We Americans have a chance to become someday a nation in which all racial stocks and classes can exist in their own selfhoods, but meet on a basis of respect and equality and live together, socially, economically, and politically.

* In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism.

* The United States was said not to be ready to elect a Catholic to the Presidency when Al Smith ran in the 1920’s. But Smith’s nomination may have helped pave the way for the successful campaign John F. Kennedy waged in 1960. Who can tell? What I hope most is that now there will be others who will feel themselves as capable of running for high political office as any wealthy, good-looking white male.

* At present, our country needs women’s idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

* I am, was, and always will be a catalyst for change.

* There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

* One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine. They think she is anti-male; they even whisper that she’s probably a lesbian.

* … rhetoric never won a revolution yet.

* Prejudice against blacks is becoming unacceptable although it will take years to eliminate it. But it is doomed because, slowly, white America is beginning to admit that it exists. Prejudice against women is still acceptable. There is very little understanding yet of the immorality involved in double pay scales and the classification of most of the better jobs as “for men only.” (1969)

* Tremendous amounts of talent are being lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

* Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. (attributed — also attributed to Marian Wright Edelman)

* I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.

* The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It’s a girl.

* When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom profit that loses.

* It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.

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MargeAggedon Says:

Tequila @ 9:

The House defunds
the war.

They tried to add funds for education and the reslugs say they’re playing games. Yeah. Well that makes sense now that I understand I’m living in bizarro world.

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 8:

5 Spike Obama Says: This man speaks the truth.

Bush and the united states government since its inception, have big one of the largest terrorizing forces in the world. But in a democratic republic such as ours, we get the government we deserve and the people who let monsters into power are just as culpable as our leaders who propagate crimes against the world.

===============================

we have an informed populace. they simply choose not to act because they can’t see any benefit. or they’re lazy, or they feel powerless, or they have an 8′ by 5′ confederate flag hanging over the front of their house.
I would agree with you entirely if we had an informed populace. If we had an open and impartial media. If the Pentagon did not have people pretending to be impartial on tv telling us bullshit. If this was not the most sophisticatedly manipulated “free” people in the history of the planet.

Otherwise i would agree entirely.

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fastfeat Says:

Heard about this on Mike Malloy tonight: Postville, IA Kosher meet packing plant raided by ICE–illegals (Guatemalans, Canadian rabbis (!)) plus meth lab seized!!

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iow.....08541.html

Anyone tried Kosher meth? Is it worth the extra $$ for the blessing?

Does it really give you “higher” authority?

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 8:

5 Spike Obama Says: This man speaks the truth.

Bush and the united states government since its inception, have big one of the largest terrorizing forces in the world. But in a democratic republic such as ours, we get the government we deserve and the people who let monsters into power are just as culpable as our leaders who propagate crimes against the world.

===============================

I would agree with you entirely if we had an informed populace. If we had an open and impartial media. If the Pentagon did not have people pretending to be impartial on tv telling us bullshit. If this was not the most sophisticatedly manipulated “free” people in the history of the planet.

Otherwise i would agree entirely.

we have an informed populace. they simply choose not to act because they can’t see any benefit. or they’re lazy, or they feel powerless, or they have an 8′ by 5′ confederate flag hanging over the front of their house.

sorry for the earlier mistake. I’m trying out Firefox. not so likeable.

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Son Says:

Way to go Dad!!!

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L.A. Confidential Says:

“The Democrats are the reason we have high prices at the pumps, and we’re not going to be able to alleviate that until we start producing again in America,” Inhofe added. “And I knew this was happening way back, well 10 years ago, when President Clinton vetoed the bill that would have allowed us to drill in ANWR. I said on the Senate floor that day 10 years ago that in 10 years we would regret this. It’s now 10 years later.”

[Clinton. (Oil Per Barrel) 1998 11.61]

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

I would agree that people feel powerless. That is part of the program.

“You can’t fight City Hall!”

MargeAggedon @ 13:

Tequila @ 9:

The House defunds
the war.

They tried to add funds for education and the reslugs say they’re playing games. Yeah. Well that makes sense now that I understand I’m living in bizarro world.

the repugs actually voted down war funding because the bill contained social benefits. maybe it’s a good thing pelosi made them expose themselves. maybe.

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dadams Says:

with the next terrorist threat to America,the American people should
without condition or hesitation offer up bush and cheney body and soul
immediately to the terrorist to deal with personally.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

L.A. Confidential @ 18:

“The Democrats are the reason we have high prices at the pumps, and we’re not going to be able to alleviate that until we start producing again in America,” Inhofe added. “And I knew this was happening way back, well 10 years ago, when President Clinton vetoed the bill that would have allowed us to drill in ANWR. I said on the Senate floor that day 10 years ago that in 10 years we would regret this. It’s now 10 years later.”

[Clinton. (Oil Per Barrel) 1998 11.61]

Gasoline in 1998 sold for $1.03 per gallon

OK it’s too easy, but who is that in #12. I am offering a genuine round tuit for the correct guess.

L.A. Confidential @ 22:

L.A. Confidential @ 18:

“The Democrats are the reason we have high prices at the pumps, and we’re not going to be able to alleviate that until we start producing again in America,” Inhofe added. “And I knew this was happening way back, well 10 years ago, when President Clinton vetoed the bill that would have allowed us to drill in ANWR. I said on the Senate floor that day 10 years ago that in 10 years we would regret this. It’s now 10 years later.”

[Clinton. (Oil Per Barrel) 1998 11.61]

Gasoline in 1998 sold for $1.03 per gallon

that’s the same guy who says there’s no global warming, right?

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Pat J Says:

Our country is being allowed to implode upon itself. We are losing our way.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 24:

that’s the same guy who says there’s no global warming, right?

Right.

27
dadams Says:

CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 12:

do you have any original thoughts. please just direct us to the article.

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

From Wiki Answers (I kid you not!):

Who was the first black female elected to Congress?
In: Famous People

turgood marshell

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Ron Says:

CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 23:

OK it’s too easy, but who is that in #12. I am offering a genuine round tuit for the correct guess.

Yeah, when you get around to it.

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L.A. Confidential Says:

US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

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dadams Says:

Pat J @ 25:

Our country is being allowed to implode upon itself. WeThe GOP are losing ourHAS LOST THEIR way.

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

27 dadams Says: CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 12:

do you have any original thoughts. please just direct us to the article.

Nice.

Was that an original question or was it cut and paste?

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dadams Says:

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 32:

27 dadams Says: CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 12:

do you have any original thoughts. please just direct us to the article.

Nice.

Was that an original question or was it cut and paste?

MAYBE

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

30 L.A. Confidential Says:

US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

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Or what? We won’t borrow any more money?

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Ron Says:

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 34:

30 L.A. Confidential Says:

US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

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Or what? We won’t borrow any more money?

We might be cut off after the earthquakes.

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

No. We will protest their Olympic Torch!

That’s what we’ll do!

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

In case you did not believe me here is the Wiki Answers:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_.....o_Congress

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FilthyHarry Says:

Here’s what I want to know: Is the Media going to question and hound Hillary to reject, renounce and repudiate all the voters, specifically the ones on tape and generally all the others who feel the same, that wouldn’t vote for Obama because he’s black or they think he’s muslim? I want a clip of Hillary saying “If you are voting for me, because my opponent is black, I don’t want your vote.”

Is that too much to ask?

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

As long as you have reasonable requests why don’t you try getting a Mazerati wil a life time bumper to bumper warrenty?

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Ron Says:

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 36:

No. We will protest their Olympic Torch!

That’s what we’ll do!

They will bespending all available money on their “INFRASTRUCTURE.”

41
tr Says:

shirley chisholm??

42
Janet Says:

Sitting behind a white Bronco at traffic light the other day I noticed the vanity plate. It said…NOT OJ

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

Ron, i happened along a National Geographic today. The entire issue was about China. Their entire infrastructure is already screwed and they are spending very little to fix it. The Yellow River is a mess. They built a dam to help it out, it only made things worse. The engineer who built it said the best solution he could come up with was to blow it up.

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Ron Says:

Janet @ 42:

Sitting behind a white Bronco at traffic light the other day I noticed the vanity plate. It said…NOT OJ

I watched a great movie tonight, “The Grear Debaters,” with Denzel Washington. Perhaps it is something like that was the inspiration for Barak Obama.

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Ron Says:

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 43:

Ron, i happened along a National Geographic today. The entire issue was about China. Their entire infrastructure is already screwed and they are spending very little to fix it. The Yellow River is a mess. They built a dam to help it out, it only made things worse. The engineer who built it said the best solution he could come up with was to blow it up.

Might be true, but now they don’t have too many choices.

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xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says:

The Yellow River is the most important river in China.

http://www.china-tour.cn/China.....er_Map.htm

It is a polluted mess. A Republican’s wet dream on unregulated sewage.

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Janet Says:

Ron @ 44:

Janet @ 42:

Sitting behind a white Bronco at traffic light the other day I noticed the vanity plate. It said…NOT OJ

I watched a great movie tonight, “The Grear Debaters,” with Denzel Washington. Perhaps it is something like that was the inspiration for Barak Obama.

We will have to look for it on Netflix. I have seen it advertised a lot lately.

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Krisken Says:

I talk of freedom
You talk of the flag
I talk of revolution
Youd much rather brag
And as the decibels of this disenchanting
Discourse continue to dampen the day

The coin flips again and again, and again,
And again as our santity walks away

All this discussion
Though politically correct
Is dead beyond destruction
Though it leaves me quite erect
And as the final sunset rolls behind the earth
And the clock is finally dead
Ill look at you, youll look at me
And well cray alot
But this will be what we said
This will be what we said

Look where all this talking got us baby.

-Live, White, Discussion

49
Janet Says:

For Whose Freedom? Veterans for Peace not welcome at Armed Forces Day parade.

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Ron Says:

xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 46:

The Yellow River is the most important river in China.