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I Heart Bradley Manning
Three Fingers of Politics ^ | 3/11/11 | Blind Blueberry

Posted on 03/11/2011 12:09:59 PM PST by Bumpus2

What can I do to help Bradley Manning? It’s a question I find myself thinking over and over, and no answer comes back. That poor young hero, who did so much to save his comrades from the immorality of their mission and the barbarity of their war crimes, suffers alone.

I must just deal with this black void within me – in the place from which action should spring. I’m unused to this feeling of powerlessness. Usually, I can organize a march against corporatism or against bigotry. I sold organic breads and honey to raise money to hire a lobbyist to petition the government for a grant to stage a transgendered musical production of “A Man for All Seasons.” I started the first-ever Nude Yoga-in for a Nuclear-Free Mali.

(Excerpt) Read more at threefingersofpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: bradleymanning; wikileaks

1 posted on 03/11/2011 12:10:06 PM PST by Bumpus2
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2 posted on 03/11/2011 12:13:14 PM PST by bigheadfred (THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN)
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"What can I do to help Bradley Manning?"

Send him a care package with some shoe laces.

3 posted on 03/11/2011 12:14:06 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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Satire warning...


4 posted on 03/11/2011 12:19:53 PM PST by piytar (Godwin's rule is null and void. If you don't know what I mean, you aren't paying attention...)
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What can I do for Manning?

I’ll donate the bullets for the firing squad.


5 posted on 03/11/2011 12:23:48 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
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I’ll donate a jar of urine.


6 posted on 03/11/2011 12:28:20 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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I’m not sure whether Blind Blueberry is male or female, but he or she should be warned that Bradley Manning only likes to be hearted by gay males. Capiche?


7 posted on 03/11/2011 12:35:53 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Bumpus2; humblegunner

Why excerpt your own material? Why not post the whole thing here and save us from visiting your site??


8 posted on 03/11/2011 12:38:41 PM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts!)
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...and I start giggling. Then I'm laughing. Then I'm rolling on the floor in GALES OF LAUGHTER.

9 posted on 03/11/2011 12:38:41 PM PST by bigheadfred (THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

“What can I do for Manning?

I’ll donate the bullets for the firing squad”

I’ll go halfsies with ya!!!


10 posted on 03/11/2011 12:40:15 PM PST by Leofl (I'm from Texas, we don't dial 9-11)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

I'll cough up the last square.

11 posted on 03/11/2011 12:55:52 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: Bumpus2

Had to have smoked pot before writing that.


12 posted on 03/11/2011 12:59:28 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Bean Counter; Bumpus2

Thanks for the post, Bumpus. I went to your blog and clicked around a bit, just to make sure you recorded some page hits.


13 posted on 03/11/2011 1:16:18 PM PST by Minn
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Well don’t all good leftist know that when the cause is great enough to set themselves on fire?


14 posted on 03/11/2011 3:57:55 PM PST by chris_bdba
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