Author Topic: WikiLeaks cables: Jihad? Sorry, I don't want to miss Desperate Housewives  (Read 690 times)

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-cables-letterman-housewives-saudi

Western capitalism: so superior merely being exposed to it on television makes people give up their random crappy violent ideologies.
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Re: WikiLeaks cables: Jihad? Sorry, I don't want to miss Desperate Housewives
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 02:17:11 AM »
I think some of our television being imposed on foreign countries could be considered an act of war
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Re: WikiLeaks cables: Jihad? Sorry, I don't want to miss Desperate Housewives
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 08:03:16 AM »
I think some of our television being imposed on foreign countries could be considered an act of war

The most heinous thing going on at Gitmo is that they make them watch Dancing With the Stars.  When I found that out, I gave thousands to Amnesty International.
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Re: WikiLeaks cables: Jihad? Sorry, I don't want to miss Desperate Housewives
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 10:56:13 AM »
Well, they don't call us The Great Satan for nothing... "Here, Abdul el-Kaboomie. Have a bite of the apple."
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