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216 comments on DrumBeat: August 17, 2006

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tom deplume on August 17, 2006 - 11:02am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
If we 'transfered' our troops fron Iraq to Venezuela they could fly home for the weekends.
If we invaded Venezuela would Catholic and Protestant militias start fighting each other.
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Mad Maxout on August 17, 2006 - 9:30pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Invading Venezuela could create Hispanist terrorism, a new breed. We already have the Moslem world hating us. A radicalised Hispanic movement sprouting suicide bombers would be a disaster, given the open border with Mexico, and Hispanics working in landscaping and having easy access to ammonium nitrate.

Bush! Stop making enemies!

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Eskribage on August 17, 2006 - 9:51pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I can't tell if you're joking or not. I kinda hope so.
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oilmanbob on August 17, 2006 - 10:47pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
And not just fertilizer, but leaf blowers!

Hispanic is a term invented by the US Census so we can be more racist. Latino is more proper and more accurate.
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And maybe I just don't watch enough Fox and CNN..I have a hard time understanding why bombing civilians and shooting drones is legitimate warfare while fighting foreign invaders with an improvised explosive device set off by a cell phone is terrorism. Terrorism is an inflamatory word, and I resent this use of the term. If you would like to use an inflamitory term, then look in a mirror and use the term "racist".

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avalon on August 17, 2006 - 11:28pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hey you know what? I've been engineering for 30 years. Using the available tools, and not "specing pie in the sky" always worked for me.

When you are oppressed you use the available tools.

Probably the most important peak tool.

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SelfAggrandized... on August 18, 2006 - 8:41am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
How, exactly, is a leaf blower the most important, "peak tool?"
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