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    Trial By Fire

    Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence

    Questions And Answers On Health Care, Afghanistan, & International Aid

    Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?

    On Women, War & The Elections In Afghanistan

    Modern Beauty Shop: Winning The War, One Curl At A Time

    "My Husband Is Not Secretary Of State, I Am"

    Heaven's Door

    Purple Heart

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    Image of clockwise contemplates going counter clockwise contemplates going counter
    10/26/09

    In reply to Trial By Fire
    Her banner says "Society for Threatened Peoples" if anyone is wondering. #radovan
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    Image of Cunning_Linguist Cunning_Linguist
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    This probably isn't helping the discussion but Liz Cheney, who are you? Seriously. STFU.
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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    Well, if she really believes that waterboarding is not torture, I don't see why no one has asked to go through it. I think it's a reasonable request.
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    Image of BearDownCBears BearDownCBears
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    True Fact: If you send any one these fuckers a signed letter stating that you don't give a shit whether or not Iran gets a nuke, it kills their sex drive for like 6 weeks. Try it!
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    Image of ides ides
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    I've said it before and I'll say it again: under the Obama administration, we have reached mid-October without a major terrorist attack destroying 3 iconic American buildings or launching a war. How is that weaker? How are we less safe? Your dad's administration left a whole terrorist network in Iraq, where there wasn't one before but Obama makes things less safe?

    What color is the sky in CheneyWorld?
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    Image of schweppes schweppes
    10/13/09

    @ides: Orange, last I checked.
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    If you're going to say that we need to see concrete and distinguishing actions from Obama before we can give him a Nobel prize, then consistency dictates that he must do something concrete and different in the field of foreign policy before you can build up a media complex around his craaazy new ideas. You lose.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    Fighting for peace is like fucking for abstinence.
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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    10/13/09

    @morninggloria: I don't have a car - and even when I did, I didn't put bumper stickers on it - But I might put that on a sticker and glue it to my ass. That's how awesome that quote is.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    10/13/09

    @boobookitteh_is_a_Ranty_Pants: It's not mine! It's a comedian whose name escapes me. Except I'm pretty sure that the comedian said "screwing" instead of "fucking." I just prefer the word "fucking."
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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    If waterboarding isn't torture, then what is the purpose of it? It's either torture or a huge waste of water.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    10/13/09

    @pesematology: Waterboarding is refreshing. Refreshed terrorists are much more likely to cooperate. "Hey," they'll say, "You Americans aren't all that bad at all! Thanks for that refreshing cascade of water! I'll gladly tell you everything you need to know!"
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    10/13/09

    @pesematology: To make us feel safe by generating information of little or no value we can claim was important enough to stop a "potential" terrorist attack. Kind of like the way shining a flashlight at the heavens will keep the Earth-killing asteroids away.
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    Image of AmbivalentAlumna AmbivalentAlumna
    10/13/09

    @morninggloria: Iced tea is refreshing and uses less water so I think waterboarding, at the very least, still qualifies as a waste of water.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    10/13/09

    @AmbivalentAlumna: Not if they use the left over "gray" water from waterboarding to water their gardens.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    Dear Liz Cheney,

    Your amoral view of generating world peace is no longer relevant. I am afraid we will have to let you and your party go. Sorry.

    Signed,

    America
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    Image of cheshirecatfish cheshirecatfish
    10/13/09

    @NefariousNewt a.k.a. General Awesomesauce: Someone made a comment yesterday that I think would be appropriate to paraphrase here:

    I am fucking tired of people using the adjective 'radical' to describe anything they don't agree wtih.
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    NefariousNewt a.k.a. General Awesomesauce promoted this comment cheshirecatfish was starred cheshirecatfish was unstarred
    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    10/13/09

    @cheshirecatfish: After all, by her definition, Obama is "going rogue."
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    10/13/09

    @cheshirecatfish: Exactly. It's not a bad word. Do I want something that's sort of a rebuke to the last eight years? No. I want a total about-face. A RADICAL SHIFT, one might say.
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    Image of wtfox?! wtfox?!
    10/13/09

    @cheshirecatfish: I remember back in the days of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, when "radical" was a good thing.
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    Image of BearDownCBears BearDownCBears
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    This is really just lazy foreign policy.
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    Oh please, the German secret police used waterboarding as a method of interrogation during WWII, that certifies it as torture.
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    Image of frankie22 frankie22
    10/13/09

    In reply to Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe Campaign Is Pro-Violence
    I can only imagine that growing up in the Cheney house involves being punched in the ovaries/nuts every time you have a human feeling.
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    Image of Triana Orpheus Triana Orpheus
    10/13/09

    @frankie22: Can you imagine being the child of a truly evil, heinous human being? Of course her vision of the world is completely warped.
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    Image of futuremouse futuremouse
    09/03/09

    In reply to Questions And Answers On Health Care, Afghanistan, & International Aid
    Pssh. You people and your rational policy questions. Real political discussion goes like this:

    D: Public Option?

    R: Why are you trying to kill my grandma?

    D: So... no Public Option?

    R: Why do you hate freedom?

    D: So yes Public Option?

    R: Barack Obama is not a citizen.

    D: You suck.

    R: Obama is Hitler.

    D: You're Hitler.
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    09/03/09

    @futuremouse: Since I am married to a Republican, I can attest to the veracity of your analysis.
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    Image of sportz.star sportz.star
    09/03/09

    @futuremouse: Based on the fundamental rules of arguing, R lost this one. Everyone knows Rule One of Arguments: First person to invoke Hitler loses.
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    Image of LatoyaPeterson LatoyaPeterson
    08/21/09

    In reply to Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?
    Okay, okay, I know we're all throwing stank eye because it's Cato.

    But that's not the first time I've heard that figure, not by a long shot. And by some estimates, the percentage ranges in the 50%-60% depending on what counts as aid and development.

    I can pull some facts and figures, and I will try to remember where I read the investigative article where I first heard the figure. The article (if, by a long shot, someone else read it) discussed the issues on the ground in Pakistan by exploring a woman's attempts to start a soap business to employ the women of the local area. At almost every step of the way, she encountered aid groups and consultants, but no one ever actually provided her with assistance. It was maddening. But it's also been a while since I've read it, so I am really going to dig deep into the files.

    In addition, Tricia DeGennaro also mentioned the chaos and distribution loops. In a previous conversation, she also mentioned a similar figure.

    At any rate, I'll go grab some of the stats and send them in when I send in Angie's answers.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    08/21/09

    @LatoyaPeterson: Thanks for the extra effort, Latoya.

    It's a serious problem to dedicate these dollars to aid and then waste them. I am not naive--waste and corruption are part of human existence. But let's start with a clearer understanding of what's going on so that we can fix it.

    Even though Malou is from Cato, perhaps there are some grains of truth that we could use.
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    08/21/09

    In reply to Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?
    The whole aid game is why I ended up not going into the international development field, despite that being my undergrad major. I got too disillusioned and confused by the fact that every sort of economic (and military) intervention had unintended consequences that often fostered more dependency and conflict. I am more of a liberal than a realist, but I do oppose meddling on a grand scale for this reason.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    08/21/09

    @Grim Reaper of the Forest: I am truly saddened to read that the realities overwhelmed your intentions. (Maybe the August heat has made me melancholy?)

    The Lone Scout grows grey, but if not for obligations I have accumulated over the years, I think I would pack up today and volunteer to do project management in trouble spots. Your experience with reality shows that perhaps I would be foolish to do so (even if I could).

    So much trouble in the world. And then obstacles are raised for those who want to help.
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 08/21/09 7:58 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
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