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Old 12-15-2005, 10:04 PM   #31
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Capitol Hill Blue is a suspect source. More corroboration is definitely necessary.
While I definitely don't like the current resident of the White House, I also would need a lot more corroboration before I could believe that story.

If it were true, then I'd have a lot to say. I signed up for the National Constitution center on the weekend they opened. I'd have signed up on the day they opened if I could have.

Noone who has taken that oath can say those words, ever, under any circumstances. No excuses accepted.
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Old 12-16-2005, 06:48 PM   #32
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Noone who has taken that oath can say those words, ever, under any circumstances. No excuses accepted.
Oath? Oh, I see.....politicians, having completed the campaign and election, suddenly stop lying.
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Old 12-16-2005, 07:00 PM   #33
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Oath? Oh, I see.....politicians, having completed the campaign and election, suddenly stop lying.
Politicians don't get elected by telling the truth. Problem lies here among us. To paraphrase a Jack Nicholson character, we can't handle the truth. We like to hear lies such as Saddam has WMDs. When people tell us the truth, we tend to vote against them. Among many, reality is too complex - such as why Saddam created fiction that he had WMDs.

Public generally wants sound bytes. That means they prefer lies from Oliver North rather than listen to realities - such as Oliver North saw to it that Marines in Beruit did not even have loaded guns. How many remember why 200+ Marines died in Beriut? Oh. That is too complex - why the guards had no loaded guns to protect that Marine barracks. Better to believe politician propaganda. Better to view everything in terms of black and white. Then we elect people who are better at lying. As a people, we like being lied to. It is why we vote for them.
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Old 06-26-2007, 07:42 AM   #34
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I want to here a lie from LtCol North, with outside corroboration.
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Old 06-26-2007, 08:56 AM   #35
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I shop at Wal-Mart. But never on weekends if I can help it.

. . . and I'm from California.
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:11 AM   #36
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I shop at Wal-Mart. But never on weekends if I can help it.

. . . and I'm from California.
I'm from Capistrano Beach, where you from?
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:28 AM   #37
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I'm a California girl, born and raised in the Bay Area.

but I'm a Texan now. Sort of.
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:40 AM   #38
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Old 06-26-2007, 02:21 PM   #39
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I want to here a lie from LtCol North, with outside corroboration.
Doesn't he have a radio show? You can hear him all the time! And I'm sure Limbaugh will corroborate anything North says.
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Old 06-30-2007, 09:19 PM   #40
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Shopped there today. Love it. Free market forces.
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Old 06-30-2007, 09:43 PM   #41
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April got me a few t-shirts from Wal-Mart earlier this week...and I like them. Someday, I'll be smaller and will be able to buy my clothes from regular stores.
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Old 07-01-2007, 08:14 AM   #42
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Politicians don't get elected by telling the truth. Problem lies here among us. To paraphrase a Jack Nicholson character, we can't handle the truth. We like to hear lies such as Saddam has WMDs. When people tell us the truth, we tend to vote against them. Among many, reality is too complex - such as why Saddam created fiction that he had WMDs.

Public generally wants sound bytes. That means they prefer lies from Oliver North rather than listen to realities - such as Oliver North saw to it that Marines in Beruit did not even have loaded guns. How many remember why 200+ Marines died in Beriut? Oh. That is too complex - why the guards had no loaded guns to protect that Marine barracks. Better to believe politician propaganda. Better to view everything in terms of black and white. Then we elect people who are better at lying. As a people, we like being lied to. It is why we vote for them.
Just in case you're interested LtCol North lost his Senate bid and hasn't Run for any thing since.
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Old 07-01-2007, 02:44 PM   #43
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If Hillary can invest in Wal-Mart, why shouldn't we shop there? Oh I know the Democratic Party generally believes Wal-Mart is "disgraceful" and symbolic of "what's wrong with America." But hey, it would be hypocritical to say that and invest in it at the same time, wouldn't it? How about being on the Board? Nah, I say what's good for Hillary is good for me! I'll keep shopping there, thank you very much.
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Old 07-01-2007, 05:04 PM   #44
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Old 07-01-2007, 06:29 PM   #45
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I never saw the reason of boycotting Walmart to shop at another corporation that would be Walmart if they had the chance...
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