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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:51 PM
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Cheney:"what I'm concerned about..as we get farther and farther from 9/11"
Edited on Mon Dec-19-05 01:54 PM by sabra

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/IraqCoverage/story?id=1419206

Cheney: "And what I'm concerned about, Terry, is that as we get farther and farther from 9/11, we've got — we seem to have people less and less committed to doing everything that's necessary to defend the country. "



No, you are concerned that you won't be able to invoke 9/11 in every speech, and use it as an open excuse for destroying the Constitution...

edit: spelling
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:51 PM
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1. You hit it on the head with your assessment. Which means, a new 9/11
will be necessary.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:56 PM
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5. which they will blame on the Dems who filibustered the
Patriot Act. :-(
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Lyle Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:59 PM
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8. I had the same thought....
....as the wheels are comming off this administration, I wonder when they will orchestrate the next large-scale terrorist attack to regain their power. 9/11 worked well for them (at least initially) - it is only a matter of time until they produce another 'even' to justify their agenda. I am truly frightened at what they might do next.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:01 PM
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11. I've heard a few
keep bringing up the incident in San Francisco so I wonder. I hope not. It would look too suspceious I think. I wonder if they would get away with it. Remember what Cheney said last year. If you vote for the wrong person you'd get attacked again.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:52 PM
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2. What I'm concerned about is that nothing has *really* been done.
It's all lip service and nothing more from the bush administration. Kind of like the guy who keeps promising his kid a pony for Christmas, and one day the kid turns 18 and leaves home and realizes daddy is a frickin' liar.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:41 PM
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18. Stop looking behind that curtain!!
Edited on Mon Dec-19-05 02:41 PM by TahitiNut
Our Savior Big Brother will keep us safe in His "protective custody." After all, only Big Brother knows how we should exercise our liberties ... and he'll tell us when and where. You see, it's those liberties that endanger us!
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:54 PM
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21. Bullseye!
First, there's almost nothing we can do and still be an open society. Secondly, they don't care as long as they have fear as their primary lever. So, we haven't done anything, because we can't, and idiots still think they're safer now!

The Professor
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rd_kent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:53 PM
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3. What he meant to say...
And what I'm concerned about, Terry, is that as we get farther and farther from 9/11, people will start to realize they have been had.
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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:54 PM
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4. People appear to be questioning the speed with which
we command them to push the constitution through a shredder?
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wake.up.america Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:57 PM
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6. convoluted logic. Gee this is so stupid. Invading Iraq certainly...
is not defending America.

Instead of constantly speaking of defending, how about creating an atmosphere, which decreases the probability of one joining the ranks of suicide bombers, etc.?
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 01:58 PM
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7. Perhaps the farther away we get
the more realistic our assessment is of the danger of terror in this country.

I could be wrong..but it is looking more and more like an anomaly.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:00 PM
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9. Exactly
I'm getting tired of them using it for their excuse. Heh, my brother told me yesterday he saw this comic strip where Bush was invoking 9/11 and than it showed other people, average citizen's, invoking 9/11. Like a baseball player did poorly and he blamed it on 9/11 and a husband had an affair and he blamed it on 9/11. It's simply ridiculous how these people invoke 9/11 for every criminal thing they do including spying on average Americans.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:00 PM
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10. What's necessary to defend the country is getting Tinman the hell out of
power.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:03 PM
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12. Just like During Nam, slip-Dick?
Edited on Mon Dec-19-05 02:05 PM by Hubert Flottz
Some people even begged the draft board for five deferments, they were so committed to dodging the draft. They had better more important things to do, like plotting on and spying on American citizens and pulling out a few fingernails back at the fuhrerbunker, underneath of Langley Virginia..
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:10 PM
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13. Is he referring to young Republicans who
are refusing to enlist in the military?

I doubt it . . .
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billybob537 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:18 PM
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14. The truth
is such a bother, It would be much simpler if everyone just believed the lies blindly.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:21 PM
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15. Perhaps Cheney & gang will give us a little reminder....
Perhaps soon. :shrug:
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Cleetus Donating Member (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:24 PM
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16. so true
9/11 is their answer for everything.

I swear, when was the last time the chimp answered a question without saying'-

"I appreciate your question. As you well know, on Sept 11..."

I'm so fucking sick of his bullshit.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:38 PM
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17. The fascist campaign of Fear & Loathing needs new 'blood' per Dickus.
We've always been at war with our enemies and only Our Savior Big Brother can keep us safe ... but we must surrender to his "protective custody" for our own good. "It's hard work" he said from the cross, wearing his crown of thorns.
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:47 PM
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19. Not too much chance of anyone forgetting, DICK...
...not with you and your protege invoking it to blame everything from halitosis to the heartbreak of psoriasis. Maybe what you're really worried about, DICK, is that people are becoming less and less committed to signing over the federal treasury to Halliburton. Is that what you're really concerned about, DICK?
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thecodewarrior Donating Member (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:50 PM
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20. How do you know when the next 9/11 attack will happen?
Simple it will be when Cheney is in DC to run command and control of the whole operation. He'll be there to make sure the 'attack' is largest enuff to get us into Iran.

As long as Cheney is out of the US, our nation is safer. He isn't going to run a attack remotely.
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