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Our neo-cons liked Batista even without oil.
Our lefties don't mind Castro oppressing, jailing and killing tens of thousands of his own people
ebnelson
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1/12/2005 4:08:18 PM
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Fancy that.
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Castro is in big trouble now - Cuba has oil
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LJ
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1/11/2005 4:53:50 PM
Our neo-cons liked Batista even without oil.
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Bowser
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1/12/2005 5:15:57 AM
Do think that Castro is better than Batista?
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David F Mayer
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1/12/2005 11:42:36 PM
Our lefties don't mind Castro oppressing, jailing and killing tens of thousands of his own people
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ebnelson
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1/12/2005 4:08:18 PM
can you link me to a supporting thread?
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alcaray
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1/13/2005 8:08:27 PM
Really? You seem to be informed, but are going to ask for links showing Castro is a tyrant?
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ebnelson
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1/16/2005 4:45:29 PM
Next: alcaray wants links showing Republicans like tax cuts.
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2005 4:23:01 AM
Perhaps, just perhaps
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Tony
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1/14/2005 3:08:30 PM
No kidding! Just asking for support that would avert my use of the term
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 4:27:23 PM
re: I can think of 'a' good thread... make that actual people/familIES.
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Marcia
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1/14/2005 3:41:59 AM
re: I can think of 'a' good thread... make that actual people/familIES.
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Marcia
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1/14/2005 3:47:06 AM
I took Ed's term: "our lefties" to mean people who post here
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 4:29:09 PM
Given that, your point is more understandable.
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2005 4:54:29 PM
Well then show me support for Castro that comes from some semi-reputable left-wing source
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 5:30:12 PM
Good question.
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2005 6:10:05 PM
If you want to translate admiration of the man's IQ to some kind of support for his policies
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 6:56:04 PM
Assenting to reality
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2005 10:34:20 PM
freedom is a new and separate topic from what we were discussing and what your right-wing spinmeister was pitching
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 11:13:38 PM
No. It isn't.
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2005 1:09:53 AM
Yes it is.
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alcaray
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1/15/2005 5:43:59 PM
re: Alcaray, I understand now...
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Marcia
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1/14/2005 5:40:46 PM
I get defensive about it too...
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 6:42:21 PM
For the record...
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2005 7:00:30 PM
Yeah and I wish we could keep Fallwell from running the RNC
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 7:09:22 PM
Falwell hasn't been within a parsec of the RNC power structure.
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2005 7:42:43 PM
I agree to the limits of Fallwell's powers. I assert that his effect is exactly the same as MM's on the DNC.
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 8:14:14 PM
According to the LEFT, tyranny is only real when right-wing tyrants are involved.
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David F Mayer
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1/12/2005 11:50:32 PM
Show me where I, Tony, Bowser, or anybody showed support for Castro
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 4:30:31 PM
Oh come on
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FrankC
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1/12/2005 6:59:32 AM
Of course there were neocons back then...
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Larry J
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1/12/2005 6:59:51 PM
Ah, a new meme is born
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Tony
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1/12/2005 7:05:26 PM
Hardly a new meme.
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Tom Brosz
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1/12/2005 7:48:07 PM
Did this come about before or after
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Tony
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1/12/2005 8:44:14 PM
Look up "cabal" sometime.
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Tom Brosz
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1/13/2005 1:39:04 AM
re: Look up "cabal" sometime.
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alcaray
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1/14/2005 11:23:32 PM
re: Castro is in big trouble now - Cuba has oil
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gbaikie
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1/11/2005 9:37:52 PM
Old news.
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ebnelson
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1/11/2005 8:02:36 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.