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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:27 AM Original message |
"Oceans no longer protect us" |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. No kidding... They didn't even protect us during the revolutionary war... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Or the War of 1812 |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. See The Movie, "Idiocracy" |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. aw shit... what did he do to piss of Neptune now? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. well they kept those Soviet Nukes at bay |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. I thought this was gonna be a carbon saturation thread |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. If it was President elect Al Gore saying it... |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. AND you'all forget about the balloon bombs from Japan |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Those bombs were laughable. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Um...throughout our entire history, actually. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. yes but we were still attacked |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Not really. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I see your point about prolonged war |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. 1815-1949. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. 1941 |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Nope. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Yes more or less (I opine). It's all about airways now, rather than seaways. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Actually, something I rather agree with * on there. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And what about the last 50 years? |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yep. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Thank you. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. so all of the sudden... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It's part of the "isolationist" mentality and not a strict physical reality |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Again |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The two concepts are the same. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Thank you. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Geography is history. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. How would they get here? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think he's talking about "American isolationism" |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. The oceans don't protect us? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. Is he talking about the proximity between |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. the oceans certainly didn't protect |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. And neither do our levees and bridges. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. And by "Oceans" he means "I". |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. And unfortunately we don't protect the oceans! |
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