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cliffside

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7. Thank you! We were right on Vietnam, my Dad served in WW2 and when there was a draft way back when ...
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:12 PM
Sunday

my Dad told my male cousins he would help them to go to Canada if they wanted. I learned that way later from my male cousins after my Dad passed.

War is a racket according to some... thinking Smedley Butler. During my life I've seen this with Iraq, oil reserves, now with Venezuela possibly/most likely oil and other countries with rare earth minerals ... "national interests? Every time I hear that phrase I want someone to ask the question ... what are our national interests?' I spent two summers and one Christmas holiday in Caracas with my best friend in HS, late 60's early 70's. We need to rethink our values and compassion for others who have less than we do, travel is an underrated education. My parents took out a loan from Beneficial Finance at a high rate to buy my ticket when I was invited by my friend.

Appreciate the rec from an old timer.

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Recommended. H2O Man Sunday #1
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Sure you are. H2O Man Monday #32
Thank you! We were right on Vietnam, my Dad served in WW2 and when there was a draft way back when ... cliffside Sunday #7
After coming here H2O Man Monday #17
Thanks ....more tomorrow :) nt cliffside Monday #25
Well, the blame Democrats wing certainly "won". nt LexVegas Sunday #2
It is not about blaming Dems. nt cliffside Sunday #8
One of the best things Biden did as president was to never hire Ben Rhodes. tritsofme Sunday #3
There was a massive and successful "split the Democrats" campaign. usonian Sunday #4
Not needing a bot to know what what is right or wrong, bombing refugee camps, supplying weapons is not right cliffside Sunday #9
I believe that Kamala, more than the progressives, was a moderating influence on Biden usonian Monday #24
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Thank you :) nt cliffside Sunday #10
Excellent article. Thank you for gifting the whole thing. mountain grammy Sunday #11
You're welcome and it my pleasure, I'm thinking we need another DU forum to share articles ... cliffside Sunday #13
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Maybe we should reflect on what others have suffered because of our policies and not just what this asshole has cliffside Monday #15
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Not sure you understand what our policy was, and ALL CAPS does not elevate your position, we helped to kill ... cliffside Monday #22
There are those H2O Man Monday #19
We need to have these discussions amongst ourselves, if we cannot then how can we possibly have a discussion with ... cliffside Monday #23
Biden did a lot right. This was his biggest failure. paulkienitz Monday #14
This was definitely his biggest failure jfz9580m Monday #21
"they try syncretic mixes to figure out how to swindle the populace and destroy the planet best" -- Yup. paulkienitz Monday #29
An excellent article Uncle Joe Monday #20
My pleasure, think we need a sharing forum to pool resources for paid sites ... cliffside Monday #26
When Putin got indicted by ICC, Biden practically did a jig. Xolodno Monday #27
Very thoughtful piece. Thanks for posting Raven123 Monday #28
The same people that got dragged around by the nose by the social media propaganda surrounding this issue... W_HAMILTON Monday #30
Those protests lost funding right after the election in 2024 IbogaProject Tuesday #33
Here is my post from 10/08/23 IbogaProject Tuesday #34
Thanks for that article! nt cliffside Tuesday #35
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