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Officials to Urge Families of Hostages Be Free to Pay Ransoms
WABC New York ^
| 26 Apr 2015
| ABC News
Posted on 04/26/2015 6:27:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It was the taking of Americans for ransom that caused Jefferson to send the Navy and Marines over to squash the Barbary pirates (muslims). He had the Koran that Ellison used for his swearing in to try to understand his foe.
Jefferson had no admiration for muslims.
“to the shores of Tripoli” is in the Marine Corps Hymn because we had to go over there and kill a bunch of them.
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posted on
04/26/2015 7:26:39 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
DANE-GELD
by Rudyard Kipling
It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:
"We invaded you last nightwe are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!
It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say:
"Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."
And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say:
"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that pays it is lost!"
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posted on
04/26/2015 7:32:20 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
if anyone gets killed Obama can Blame it on them
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posted on
04/26/2015 7:47:00 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They will just have to pay a gift tax.
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posted on
04/26/2015 8:14:45 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Another way for Hussein to support America’s enemies and encourage their activities.
his only problem with either ISIS (Daesh) or the Mad Mullahs is that he is convinced that HE is the caliph.
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posted on
04/26/2015 9:10:59 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Okay, everybody, paying ransom to terrorists sucks. I completely agree.
But how about answering the question we ask leftists all the time: what clause of the U.S. Constitution allows the Federal government to prohibit this??
And if you cite the war powers clause you are going to have to show me a declaration of war, and evidence that we are actually fighting a war.
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posted on
04/27/2015 5:00:39 AM PDT
by
Eric Pode of Croydon
(I wish someone would tell me what "diddy wah diddy" means.....)
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