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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:36 PM Original message |
I don't live in the "Homeland". |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks |
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HonorTheConstitution (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. If BushCo would read history books, they would know that that word |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. and we all know that * |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Please be assured that they are well aware of that. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. 'Heimat'. Yeah, well, it's very common German so we don't mind, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I think Georgie learned that at Grampa Prescott's knee, don't you? |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. I think they know exactly what |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. To set a people to war you must first place them in camps |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yep it's separate alright! But ,we all know * doesn't play well with others! |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. They're planning to put us into camps, alright |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Homeland, if they like that terminology so much let them move to |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Nope. Germany would charge them with war crimes |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Homeland is just a teeny-weeny step from Fatherland |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. thank you so much |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm going to report you to the HSS |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Exactly!! Bush rammed this Fascist term into our collective discourse. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Right with you. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have objected since the very first day Bushco crammed this FASCIST |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. And it provided the "need" for another bloated bureaucracy |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. I just sent an polite e-mail to the WH Comment line |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. I hate it too, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. These felons have sunk so low, they're dragging out facist talking points. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. When my uncle was serving in the Army during WWII, he was somewhere in England, waiting for D-Day. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. A chill went down my spine the first time I heard that word used to describe my country. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I absolutely LOATHE that term "homeland" |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yeah it just drips |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Happily K & R. The term is anathema to me. |
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Psyop Samurai (873 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nor do I... |
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degreesofgray (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. The first time I heard the term "homeland security" |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I didn't like it either that term has got to just like the same |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Unfortunately, lots of people don't read much these days |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I absolutely DETEST that word. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. And we are called Citizens of the United States, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You know they are dyin' to call us comrades |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. I agree. I hate the term. |
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spirit of wine (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Citizen of the Earth |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. I also agree...the term gives me the creeps, and as another poster |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. kick for those who have not seen this excellent essay |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kicked and recommended. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
40. Wouldn't the term "Department of DOMESTIC Security" have made more sense?? |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
41. Second that. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
42. Thank you! That word has irked me for years. n/t |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
43. I remember a young repub flapping his "oh so proud" gums about this word |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
44. we should e-mail or call our senators and tell them we find |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
45. Exactly. I use the words "country" or "nation" every chance I get. nt |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
46. AMEN! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. I dont live in the Homeland either, its a fascists term IMHO! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. Homeland was originally a term give by Apartheid South Africa to the Black Bantustans it created |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
49. the earth is my homeland. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
50. Yup! That's one of the first things we can get rid of when the Dem's |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. I guess you watched the Fran Townsend... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. "homeland" is the republicon fascist control state - gooey propaganda |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
53. Republicans have a nazi fetish. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. I just frickin hate that word. |
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kma3346 (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hear hear! |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Parallels are frightening |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
57. I don't like the sound of Homeland Security |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
58. Start e-mailing and calling your Reps and Senators |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
59. E Pluribus Unum |
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