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Old 08-16-2009, 06:05 AM
 
Location: Columbia, SC
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we have a government that insists on spending american money all around the world while it should be focused on our own rising unemployment and negative GDP growth.
Which is exactly what a lot of us have been saying since 2003.
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Old 08-16-2009, 09:34 AM
 
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I thought with the evil Bush gone and the election of the messiah...we all would be singing kumbaya...
We needed someone with the balls to stand up to the entire right-wing establishment, someone like Gravel, Kucinch or Paul. Unfortunately we got 'let's all just get along' Obama, which was better than 'no-brain' McCain - a little.
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Old 08-16-2009, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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We needed someone with the balls to stand up to the entire right-wing establishment, someone like Gravel, Kucinch or Paul. Unfortunately we got 'let's all just get along' Obama, which was better than 'no-brain' McCain - a little.
Are you tearfully ripping up your "change we can believe in" and "yes we can" posters in your bedroom?
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Old 08-16-2009, 11:12 AM
 
Location: The Woods
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I had higher hopes for Obama - but he seems to be a puppet of the same right wing forces that got us embroiled in Afganistan and Iraq. He is preoccupied with domestic issues, letting the same Bush relics mis-manage the foreign policy.
I have news for you, it's not right-wingers pulling the strings. The right/left thing is a diversion more powerful people use to keep us under their control. Meet the new president, the same as the last one.
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Old 08-16-2009, 03:33 PM
 
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I have news for you, it's not right-wingers pulling the strings. The right/left thing is a diversion more powerful people use to keep us under their control. Meet the new president, the same as the last one.
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'Cept this time, the puppet master is George Soros.
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Old 08-16-2009, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but our troops have been active in Columbia for many years.
So no change with Obama?
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Old 08-16-2009, 04:18 PM
 
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ST.PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Russia and Venezuela on Saturday moved closer to an oil venture deal and discussed arms trade, forging a partnership that may drag Russia into a row over the U.S. military presence in Colombia.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, due in Russia in September, said last week he was prepared to buy dozens of Russian tanks to counter the U.S. intention to increase a military presence in Colombia.

..... so we got that for change.
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Old 08-16-2009, 04:30 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Interesting that there's "oil" involved isn't it ?
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Old 08-16-2009, 04:38 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Interesting that there's "oil" involved isn't it ?
Nope, can't be about that. Just like Afghanistan with Karzai's sweetheart pipeline deal, this is about the PEOPLE of the Middle East and the fight against terrorism.
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Old 08-16-2009, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Some American troops will soon find themselves stationed at military bases scattered across the South American nation of Colombia with a mission to use advanced Predator drone technology to aid in fighting the drug trade and to combat terrorism, according to published reports Saturday.

Raw Story » Deal: United States soldiers will deploy to Colombia (http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/15/deal-united-states-soldiers-will-deploy-to-colombia/ - broken link)
But, but no one in the media is yapping about a timelines for withdrawal, anymore, and Code Pink must be using the 4 year break to become housewives.
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