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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 04:49 PM
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When will the other shoe drop?
There can be little doubt that there are far worse photographs of US troops abusing Iraqis in Abu Ghraib and other prisons. So do you think we'll see these photos soon? Next week? Next month? Why haven't we seen them already?

The whole point of freedom of press is so that if the government does something horrible, the people can be told about it. Yet the pessimist in me worries these photos will never see the light of day. I worry it will be considered classified information (illegally), it will be called criminal evidence and withheld, it will be considered "too graphic" and the FCC will fine news organizations for showing it. And that would be one of the greatest injustices of the whole mess.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 04:50 PM
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1. sooner rather than later
and the problem is a whole lot bigger than this one prison. According to Sy Hersh....stay tuned.
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 04:52 PM
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2. The other shoe?
Remember, this is a millipede administration.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:03 PM
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4. OK the other shoes. By the way who gave these pic to press?
I get it that is was not under the law, from C-span to day.
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Doctor Smith Donating Member (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 04:59 PM
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3. Once Americans discover that there are no WMDs,
and that the war was based on a sham, all hell will break loose.

I'm just sure of it.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:04 PM
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5. Good point. Sigh. (nt)
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:12 PM
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6. Except that they did, and it hasn't.
Nobody cares.
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:13 PM
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8. ?
Edited on Fri May-07-04 05:16 PM by soundgarden1
If Americans don't know by now that there are no WMD's in Iraq I wouldn't be so sure that they will ever know. The assumption you've made is that Joe Sixpack gives a shit about knowledge. Guess what, drum roll. . . .. they don't CARE, they just wanted a higher concentration of "towelheads" to bomb than was offered in Afghanistan.
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Doctor Smith Donating Member (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:28 PM
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13. That was my point.
I was being sarcastic.

If war doesn't bother them, and lying to start a war doesn't bother them, why should a little torture and cover-up bother them?
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 07:03 PM
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14. oh sorry man
i guess im not well rested today, my sarcasm detector is really off- that's the second ive missed and pissed people off with. sorry man.

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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 07:03 PM
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15. oh sorry man
i guess im not well rested today, my sarcasm detector is really off- that's the second ive missed and pissed people off with. sorry man.

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ontheMark Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:12 PM
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7. The next shoe...
..that's bound to fall, and really win the hearts of the Arab world, will be when they find out a US company is stealing their oil money. I can't think of anything worst, so, it's bound to be the next blow to the rightous regime.
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junker Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:15 PM
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9. other shoe drops May 20-23rd.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:23 PM
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12. OK, why then?
What's the significance?
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Malva Zebrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:19 PM
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10. will not matter than much
Americans could care less if there is a one shoe man in charge or not.

As long as they are comfortable, the will support the propaganda , which they will sincerely believe because they are too lazy to investigate futher. And., why should they , when they are so engrossed in providing for themselves and their children all the luxuries that this rich country provides, in order that they may augment their patethically poor self image with the image of the rich person--they will latch on to that--they , after all, if they support Bush and the rich Republicans, can by default, also view themselves as rich--or at the least, the upwardly mobile family, even though the parents are lacking in any education whatsoever and the children think that it is not necessary to have 'learning" in order to become millionaires. It is the striving that has been inaugurated into the children--make a million or more dollars and be assured that your self image will be perfect.

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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 05:21 PM
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11. "Freedom of the press?"
I, kinda, remember that.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 07:05 PM
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16. How many other shoes do these fucking sons of bitches have?
Fuck! It's like being led by a bunch of Imelda Marcoses.
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 07:06 PM
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17. matthews just said it involves the rape of boys
jesus christ get me outta here
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