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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:04 PM
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71 Dead in Iraq Today...Thank God there is Not A Civil War.
Wonder what number of dead per hour or minute would constitute a civil war?
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:05 PM
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1. Yeah, scanning the headlines, it looked like "dozens"
which sound far gentler than, say, 71.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:07 PM
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2. But, but, but
according to Bush this can wait until the new year
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:08 PM
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3. You're right, those 'folks' don't have Christmas anyhow, do they?
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:09 PM
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4. praise Allah the merciful...
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:32 PM
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10. sarcasm needs a simile
like this: : sarcasm : without the spaces.

unless that was serious? why you you praise allah for this?
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:48 PM
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11. i am serious it could have been lot worse... i lived in an Islamic Republic
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 04:34 PM
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12. this particular incident could have been worse?
i suppose, but that's an odd take on it.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 05:03 PM
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13. of course it could have been worse, much worse if Allah hadnt been Merciful
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 08:28 PM
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16. The Quality of Mercy
The Quality of Mercy

The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptered sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute of God himself;
And earthly power doth then show like God's
When mercy seasons justice.

William Shakespeare
1600
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 09:39 PM
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17. you really dont understand how those people think, they dont use reason.. it is all faith and follow
ing the religious leaders politics because they are messengers of gOD
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 12:07 PM
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18. oh i get it
i am from the midwest
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:11 PM
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5. And "conservatives" say no one publishes good news from Iraq
The good "christians" amongst us certainly don't give a fuck about dead "ragheads." bush's base has no doubt lost interest in the deaths of our kids. "Conservatives" don't give a fuck about the deaths of our Troops in Iraq. They are too proud to admit they were totally and completely wrong about the war so our kids must continue to die.

My hate is rational.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:18 PM
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6. I guess the good news is that 72 weren't killed.
I hope mr. bush* has one miserable Christmas, no one deserves it more.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:22 PM
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7. From an Iraqi blogger...
The blogger is now in the U.S. going to school. He received this e-mail message from a cousin in Baghdad:

http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/

Today, while I’m enjoying my time here, I got this email from my cousin in Baghdad:

“As for us, I’m sure you get our news. Everyone is waiting for their turn to die. Life here is getting worse by the day. Tomorrow, we will yield for today. Schools and universities are not working. The government employees are barely making their way to their jobs…. Pray for us maybe God could save us because it is becoming impossible to live anymore. We have no other choice other than waiting for God to notice what is happening to us and help.”
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:24 PM
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8. ... and we're worried about getting to the mall.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 03:25 PM
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9. Better pray - the squatter has a lot xmas parties to attend - you are SOL.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 05:31 PM
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14. 71 Dead in Baghdad
they don't count the rest of Iraqi dead.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-12-06 05:33 PM
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15. Yeah. That's even sadder.
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