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11-18-2011, 02:06 PM
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Location: Yellow Brick Road
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Originally Posted by BrianH1970
A good bit? I recall that complaining being loud and clear well before the first air strikes began!
No one moaned then. Good lord...
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I am with you and lowcountry on that one, Brian. I was loudly protesting . . . and further, kept saying . . . Bush I had the sense to get in and get out . . . you would think W would take a page out of Daddy's book. That is what others were saying to me, too.
So I dunno . . . maybe there were some folks not complaining loudly and clearly . . . the voices I heard were pretty damn disgusted.
This OWS thing had potential b/c people were willing to turn out for it (well, had nothing better to do since they were unemployed and/or students, it appears). It had the potential of being as massive as the Viet Nam protests but someone just screwed up somewhere . . . Boomers were organized. This group isn't, wh/ is weird, cause look at the instant communication we have now that we didn't have in the 60s.
On top of that, Charlotte's group seems to be petered out. I don't think they have the heart for it, seeing all the layoffs at BoA (it is disheartening). And, to paraphrase Forrest Gump, That's all I can say about that.
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11-18-2011, 02:09 PM
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Location: Wherever the next boycott is
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Originally Posted by anifani821
I am with you and lowcountry on that one, Brian. I was loudly protesting . . . and further, kept saying . . . Bush I had the sense to get in and get out . . . you would think W would take a page out of Daddy's book. That is what others were saying to me, too.
So I dunno . . . maybe there were some folks not complaining loudly and clearly . . . the voices I heard were pretty damn disgusted.
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Distortion of the truth is an amazing thing, isn't it. |
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11-18-2011, 02:12 PM
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Location: Yellow Brick Road
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Originally Posted by BrianH1970
Distortion of the truth is an amazing thing, isn't it.
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As with so many things I have witnessed in my 1/2 Century of living . . . revisionist history at work.
Like I said - there may have been those who were silent . . . but not anyone I knew, lol. |
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11-18-2011, 02:14 PM
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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Originally Posted by BrianH1970
No one moaned about the Iraq war????????????????????????
I'm speechless....
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No brian that is not what I said...what I said was no-one was moaning that their was no clear directive. baby bush was pissed and wanted to make a point, he sure didn't think it through. But the repubs weren't whining about that. |
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11-18-2011, 02:17 PM
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Location: Yellow Brick Road
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Originally Posted by Chromekitty
No brian that is not what I said...what I said was no-one was moaning that their was no clear directive. baby bush was pissed and wanted to make a point, he sure didn't think it through. But the repubs weren't whining about that.
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Kitty, GOP was screaming about it. Trust me on that one. Everyone thought it was a sucko move and gonna cost folks seats in the next election. |
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11-18-2011, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Chromekitty
No brian that is not what I said...what I said was no-one was moaning that their was no clear directive. baby bush was pissed and wanted to make a point, he sure didn't think it through. But the repubs weren't whining about that.
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Actually there was a clear directive, and it was supported by the Senate 77-23 and by the House 296-133. |
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11-18-2011, 02:18 PM
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Location: Yellow Brick Road
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BTW - did you notice UNC invited Charlotte's occupiers over to their campus but they had to clear out b/c of the holidays and campus closing.
So where are the remaining faithful now? Anyone know? (location)
Last edited by SunnyKayak; 11-18-2011 at 02:37 PM..
Reason: orphan- the referring post deleted
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11-18-2011, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by anifani821
Kitty, GOP was screaming about it. Trust me on that one. Everyone thought it was a sucko move and gonna cost folks seats in the next election.
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GOP didn't start screaming about it until a year or two in. In 02 and 03, you were downright "un-Amuricun" if you were anti-war. |
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11-18-2011, 02:48 PM
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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Originally Posted by coped
GOP didn't start screaming about it until a year or two in. In 02 and 03, you were downright "un-Amuricun" if you were anti-war.
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That was the sentiment exactly. |
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11-18-2011, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by coped
GOP didn't start screaming about it until a year or two in. In 02 and 03, you were downright "un-Amuricun" if you were anti-war.
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But we are getting far of point. This has nothing to do with OWS. |
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