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Old 06-20-2007, 12:01 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by roachboy
......the question is not how you would deal with a tank, but what politics would prompt you to put yourself in that position. on this, there is no coherent answer. pointing this out seems to me the point of the thread. but it has not been addressed.....
....The "answer", for me...roachboy...can be distilled to political reaction to the points made in this video....(<b>Watch it all</b>....tell me when, since....we've enjoyed a US Senator who has said anything even vaguely close to what you view on the video.....)
......supported by this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commiss...rial_Relations

It's 90 years later....and no improvement to the depth of wealth distribution in the US....maybe it's even worse....now, since the "have nots" had access to cheaper medical care and weren't able to obtain credit card debt and no downpayment mortgages on property plummeting in value......

.....and this:
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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014707.php
(June 20, 2007 -- 09:58 AM EDT)

Today's Must Read: was there ever such a coy witness as CIA general counsel-designate John Rizzo? With lawyerly exactitude, Rizzo spent two long hours yesterday evading senators' questions on what interrogation techniques the agency permits, whether the CIA can detain U.S. citizens overseas, and much more.
.....and of course.....this:
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http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...49&postcount=1
.....the reason that the President cannot consign al-Marri to a military prison with no trial is because doing so is against the law.
....so "the politics" could be a reaction to a government bought off to do the bidding of the rich, suppress the popular vote, and totally corrupt the constitution and the system of checks and balances by refusing to provide legally mandated reports, executive directives, and correspondence of the executive branch, to congress......

Would all of that be any excuse for a willingness for bloodletting and bloodshedding.....?
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