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REAL Surprise! Democrats calling for tax cuts!! - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2001 5:00:19 PM
- We need to be very worried - Gary - 9/10/2001 5:35:54 PM
- back shortly after the Big Bang... - phil - 9/10/2001 5:23:30 PM
  - Remembering Paul "Tax On Gas" - Larry J - 9/10/2001 5:36:11 PM
    - Bad Idea - Agreed! (n/t) (n/t) - phil - 9/10/2001 6:43:40 PM

Surprise! Most farm aid goes to big firms, rich owners. - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2001 4:40:29 PM
- Sam Donaldson - Gentleman Farmer - Larry J - 9/10/2001 4:56:22 PM

The battle is joined...yet again. - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2001 9:25:53 AM
- But which battle this time? - Matt Burley - 9/9/2001 11:47:02 AM
- I saw this coming. . . - Justin Kelly - 9/9/2001 11:33:26 AM
  - Re: I saw this coming. . . - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2001 12:30:17 PM
    - Re: I saw this coming. . .the chart - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2001 4:42:43 PM
    - Stock Market Trends - Matt Burley - 9/9/2001 12:52:21 PM
      - Re: Stock Market Trends - Marcia - 9/10/2001 4:44:15 PM
      - Re: Stock Market Trends - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2001 1:07:12 PM
        
        Click on Linear for the scaling - Matt Burley - 9/9/2001 1:38:58 PM
        
        Didn't notice that feature. Thanks! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2001 3:03:52 PM
    - Re: I saw this coming. . . - Justin Kelly - 9/9/2001 12:49:05 PM
- Could be a bad move - FrankC - 9/9/2001 9:56:19 AM
- One party wants to lead, the dems want to rule. - ebnelson - 9/9/2001 9:44:31 AM

Government takes gun out of Microsoft's mouth - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 4:11:33 PM
- A larger problem for MS - FrankC - 9/7/2001 3:31:50 PM
  - Re: A larger problem for MS - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 5:14:24 PM
    - Certainly - FrankC - 9/7/2001 3:12:53 PM
- Coincidence - Gary - 9/6/2001 5:05:39 PM
  - Not really - Larry J - 9/7/2001 1:44:32 PM
    - Microsoft almost missed the boat - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 3:19:49 PM
      - Microsoft has screwed up many times - Larry J - 9/7/2001 4:18:52 PM
        
        Re: Microsoft has screwed up many times - phil - 9/7/2001 4:33:36 PM
        
        Not true - Larry J - 9/7/2001 5:06:02 PM
        
        I stand corrected (n/t) (n/t) - phil - 9/8/2001 5:19:27 PM
  - Thanks Gary - Buck Galaxy - 9/6/2001 6:10:23 PM
    - Re: Thanks Gary - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 6:50:12 PM
      - Re: Thanks Gary - Buck Galaxy - 9/7/2001 4:02:55 PM
        
        Just goes to show - Larry J - 9/7/2001 4:58:17 PM
        
        Jerry Pournelle write good sci fi - Buck Galaxy - 9/8/2001 6:51:09 PM
        
        How can you claim to understand economics, Buck... - Larry J - 9/9/2001 9:29:03 AM
        
        Re: How can you claim to understand economics, Buck... - Buck Galaxy - 9/10/2001 2:31:57 PM
        
        The market is divided into multiple OSs - Larry J - 9/10/2001 4:08:15 PM
        
        Re: Just goes to show - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 6:28:16 PM
- Re: DOJ - Raoul - 9/6/2001 4:31:52 PM
  - The Department of Justice is in the Executive Branch, Raoul - Larry J - 9/6/2001 5:03:46 PM
    - Larry hit the nail right on the head. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 9:12:10 AM
      - Microsoft plays hardball - Gary - 9/6/2001 5:09:42 PM
    - Executive Branch - Raoul - 9/6/2001 8:08:38 AM

Trouble for Rosie O'Donnel - Justin Kelly - 9/7/2001 7:37:40 PM
- Serious post about Rosie - Buck Galaxy - 9/9/2001 7:09:53 PM
  - Yay! An excellent Cheap Shot from Buck! (there's hope for him yet) n/t (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2001 7:37:46 PM
- Re: Trouble for Rosie O'Donnel - Marcia - 9/8/2001 8:31:35 AM
  - It is illegal to record voices 3d party - ebnelson - 9/8/2001 2:37:55 PM
  - Bushwhacking - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 10:21:57 AM
    - Re: Bushwhacking - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2001 11:04:13 AM
- Not that I give a rat's ass about Rosie... - Larry J - 9/7/2001 7:51:35 PM
  - Generally: Rats Ass = Rosie - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2001 9:08:48 AM
    - Rats Ass = Rosie - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 9:38:47 AM
      - LMAO .... n/t SDT1 - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2001 10:13:41 AM
    - Re: Generally: Rats Ass = Rosie - SDT1 - 9/7/2001 9:17:01 AM
      - Liberals are thinking SDAI-Tech understands... - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 1:33:24 PM
        
        Rosie O'Donnel is manic depressive? - Justin Kelly - 9/8/2001 3:06:04 PM
        
        Re: Who? - Raoul - 9/9/2001 8:30:35 AM
        
        weeeeeeeeeeeeeellll.................. - Justin Kelly - 9/9/2001 9:53:13 AM
        
        The point was... - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 7:07:42 PM
        
        Re: Rosie O'Donnel is manic depressive? - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2001 4:52:10 PM
        
        Missing the point - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 7:03:10 PM
        
        Easy, there... - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2001 10:00:16 AM
        
        Let's try this again... - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 10:45:42 AM
        
        Clarification - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2001 11:16:46 AM
        
        You mean someone has done a study? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 10:24:17 AM
        
        Black folk I've met while yachting & Hollywood Republicans - phil - 9/8/2001 5:41:10 PM
        
        SDAI understands - AKA mental illness explained - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/8/2001 12:53:21 PM

The art of compromises - Raoul - 9/9/2001 7:36:41 PM
- Anyone remember the Korean War? - Mary Anne - 9/9/2001 12:35:05 PM
- Re: The art of condescension - FrankC - 9/9/2001 10:19:35 AM
- Not so sure - ebnelson - 9/9/2001 9:49:20 AM

Ammunition for Liberals - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 7:20:56 PM
- LOL! - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 11:59:10 AM
  - It didn't take long to convice me... - Larry J - 9/9/2001 9:14:40 AM
    - Nomenclature - Mary Anne - 9/9/2001 12:09:20 PM
      - One other thing - Larry J - 9/9/2001 1:10:39 PM
        
        Democracy statement - Mary Anne - 9/9/2001 2:16:10 PM
      - That was hardly a typo - Larry J - 9/9/2001 1:05:28 PM
        
        Re: That was hardly a typo - Mary Anne - 9/9/2001 1:23:55 PM
        
        Your post wasn't crap - Larry J - 9/9/2001 1:35:40 PM
      - Re: Nomenclature - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2001 1:02:35 PM
  - All right, all right. I didn't read much of his stuff. - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2001 2:30:38 PM
- Re: Ammunition for Liberals - phil - 9/7/2001 12:48:29 PM
  - Discipline - Mary Anne - 9/8/2001 12:10:38 PM
    - As always, a good point, Mary Anne - ebnelson - 9/8/2001 3:11:26 PM
- Re: He certainly didn't do this all alone (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/7/2001 8:55:26 AM

A big reason this slow down is sticking - ebnelson - 9/5/2001 3:32:39 PM
- Re: A big reason this slow down is sticking - Buck Galaxy - 9/5/2001 6:11:01 PM
  - How about some REAL tax cuts? - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 3:55:08 PM
    - Re: How about some REAL tax cuts? - Buck Galaxy - 9/6/2001 6:00:49 PM
      - Re: How about some REAL tax cuts? - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 7:12:06 PM
  - So we need not only tax cuts but some big projects? - ebnelson - 9/6/2001 3:31:35 PM

Unemployment rate--cooking the stats - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 6:50:48 PM
- D'oh! - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 6:52:30 PM

Latest Developments in a Socialist Paradise - phil - 9/7/2001 4:27:45 PM

Doonesbury author issues "apology." Right. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 9:08:15 AM
- Re: Never cared for Doonesbury - FrankC - 9/6/2001 9:49:40 AM
  - Used to be funny... Not anymore - Gary - 9/6/2001 5:00:59 PM
    - Re: Used to be funny... Not anymore - Larry J - 9/7/2001 1:35:56 PM
  - Re: Never cared for Doonesbury - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 12:18:23 PM

Oh, WE don't need a missile defense. Not us. Nope. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2001 6:41:33 PM
- Re: Oh, WE don't need a missile defense. Not us. Nope. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2001 8:19:53 AM
- Re: Europe on the defensive. - Marcia - 9/6/2001 2:41:00 PM
  - Re: Europe on the defensive. - Marcia - 9/6/2001 2:48:23 PM
    - The DNC leadership will have much to be accounted for - ebnelson - 9/6/2001 5:23:41 PM

PEDA says it is revenge - FrankC - 9/5/2001 9:06:39 AM
- Re: PEDA says it is revenge - phil - 9/5/2001 10:14:47 AM
  - PEDA=early sign of senility (ht) (n/t) - FrankC - 9/6/2001 7:30:36 PM
  - PETA, came here once - RNE - 9/5/2001 11:18:18 AM
    - PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals - Mary Anne - 9/6/2001 2:28:26 PM

Doonesbury author caught by hoax - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2001 1:29:25 PM
- Re: Doonesbury author caught by hoax - Buck Galaxy - 9/3/2001 6:52:12 PM
  - Of COURSE Bush is an idiot. EVERYBODY knows that! - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2001 6:41:07 PM
    - Repeat a lie often enough and many people will come to believe it - Larry J - 9/4/2001 8:21:08 AM
- Consider the source - Larry J - 9/3/2001 2:24:44 PM
  - Yeah, those diploma mills he went to are so lame - ebnelsopn - 9/4/2001 5:02:03 PM
    - Yeah!! You go Ed! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2001 6:19:03 PM
      - Take a chill pill you guys - Buck Galaxy - 9/4/2001 6:07:38 PM
        
        Always seeking symmetry? - ebnelson - 9/5/2001 3:25:29 PM
        
        Re: Take a chill pill you guys - Marcia - 9/5/2001 2:18:12 PM
  - Re: Consider the source - Marcia - 9/4/2001 10:22:55 AM
    - Re: Consider the source - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 7:17:00 PM

UN "Racism" Conference Fiasco - phil - 9/5/2001 3:32:54 PM
- Re: UN - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2001 4:48:06 PM

I am not making this up... - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2001 9:20:48 AM

Boycott of Racism Conference best idea Bush ever had - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2001 5:59:36 PM
- Re: Self determination - Raoul Lannoy - 9/1/2001 10:02:47 AM
  - Did I miss something - FrankC - 9/1/2001 10:59:05 AM
    - Re: Recently - Raoul - 9/2/2001 9:45:45 AM
      - Rwanda etc. - FrankC - 9/2/2001 5:44:29 PM
      - Rawanda - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2001 5:13:06 PM
      - On "Enlightened" European Colonialism - Larry J - 9/2/2001 1:07:45 PM
        
        Re: Two excellent points. - Marcia - 9/4/2001 10:16:40 AM
        
        Europe in Africa - Mary Anne - 9/2/2001 3:37:58 PM
        
        Re: Europe in Africa - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 5:52:41 PM
        
        Re: Timing - Raoul - 9/2/2001 8:52:29 AM

Free Speech Conundrum - phil - 8/30/2001 1:02:53 PM
- This just in from Calcutta - FrankC - 8/31/2001 6:48:15 PM
- Team Names - Buck Galaxy - 8/31/2001 3:53:37 PM
  - Re: Team name changes - E'telekeli - 8/31/2001 4:33:43 PM
- Legal niceties - Mary Anne - 8/31/2001 1:54:15 PM
  - Re: Legal niceties - Robert - 8/31/2001 8:53:11 AM
    - Re: Legal niceties - Justin Kelly - 8/31/2001 11:01:57 AM
      - Philosophical niceties - Robert - 8/31/2001 1:13:05 PM
        
        Re: Philosophical niceties - Justin Kelly - 9/1/2001 5:06:48 PM
        
        Re: Philosophical not-so-niceties - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2001 4:51:34 PM
        
        Re: Philosophical niceties - Robert - 8/31/2001 5:37:09 PM
        
        Spiked over the net... - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2001 7:11:23 PM
        
        Re: Spiked over the net... - Robert - 9/1/2001 5:57:13 PM
        
        Re: Spiked over the net... - Justin Kelly - 9/1/2001 4:04:04 PM
        
        Voting rights in Heinlein - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 4:18:28 PM
        
        Please! We're running out of table of contents! (n/t) (n/t) - Help! I'm Getting Squeezed! - 9/2/2001 4:40:44 PM
        
        A nice, high lob... - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2001 1:12:24 PM
        
        slam-dunk - Robert - 9/1/2001 3:11:13 PM
        
        Airrrrr Ballll....(hey, are we playing tennis, volleyball, or basketball?) - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2001 4:20:06 PM
        
        Nerf ball, I think - Robert - 9/2/2001 6:14:17 PM
        
        Re: Nerf ball, I think - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 12:41:40 PM
        
        Re: Nerf ball, I think - Robert - 9/2/2001 1:26:26 PM
        
        Testing - FrankC - 9/1/2001 8:04:02 AM
        
        Rook takes Queen, Check - Justin Kelly - 9/1/2001 6:22:07 PM
        
        Queen exposed, checkmate - Robert - 9/2/2001 6:23:06 PM
        
        but Robert takes his hand of the peice after he moved it in the wrong direction! - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 11:37:50 AM
        
        what? - Robert - 9/2/2001 12:16:09 PM
        
        Re: what? - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 12:43:32 PM
        
        Re: what? - Robert - 9/2/2001 1:00:17 PM
        
        Re: what? - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 4:14:50 PM
        
        Libertarians - Robert - 9/3/2001 7:23:27 PM
        
        Re: LaRouche a Libertarian?????? - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2001 8:45:06 AM
        
        Re: LaRouche a Libertarian?????? - Robert - 9/3/2001 9:18:56 AM
        
        Re: LaRouche a Libertarian?????? - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2001 12:16:13 PM
        
        Re: what? - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 2:13:23 PM
        
        Re: what? - Robert - 9/2/2001 4:27:28 PM
        
        I said World War One :-) I know WWI and WWII look alike. . . - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 5:23:34 PM
- Re: Free Speech Conundrum - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2001 4:23:29 PM
  - Annoying Rhetoric - Buck Galaxy - 8/31/2001 3:48:31 PM
    - So what has moderation done for YOU lately? - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2001 6:00:11 PM
- Regarding team names - Larry J - 8/30/2001 1:35:33 PM
  - rational perspective - phil - 8/30/2001 2:03:50 PM
    - Spokane Indians - SDG - 8/30/2001 8:37:47 AM
- Re: Free Speech Conundrum - ebnelson - 8/30/2001 9:41:21 AM
- Re: Free Speech Conundrum - ebnelson - 8/30/2001 9:41:19 AM

Federal Service for franchise: Starship Troopers - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 5:34:05 PM
- Re: Federal Service for franchise: Starship Troopers - FrankC - 9/3/2001 5:35:19 PM
- Re: Federal Service for franchise: Starship Troopers - Robert - 9/2/2001 6:31:19 PM
  - Re: Federal Service for franchise: Starship Troopers - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2001 5:09:53 PM
    - Re: Federal Service for franchise: Starship Troopers - Robert - 9/3/2001 7:06:26 PM

Euro issue - Raoul - 9/2/2001 11:32:58 AM
- Re: Euro issue - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 5:59:07 PM
  - Re: Euro issue - Raoul - 9/2/2001 8:35:08 AM
- I find it rather funny - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 5:53:07 PM
  - Sacajawea dollar - Gary - 9/2/2001 7:02:02 PM
  - Re: Euros in coins - Raoul - 9/2/2001 8:24:29 AM
    - Re: Euros in coins - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2001 10:12:44 AM
    - debit cards - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 9:40:18 AM
      - Re: debit cards - Raoul - 9/3/2001 8:11:49 AM
      - Fine for the young, supple minds... - Mary Anne - 9/2/2001 10:42:54 AM
        
        Re: Fine for the young, supple minds... - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 2:52:15 PM
- Coins - Mary Anne - 9/2/2001 3:12:18 PM
  - Re: Coins and the feeling you get - RNE - 9/3/2001 1:59:33 PM
    - Bill Cosby - Mary Anne - 9/3/2001 6:45:05 PM
  - Coin collecting - Gary - 9/2/2001 6:51:27 PM
    - Re: Coin collecting - Raoul - 9/2/2001 8:19:15 AM
  - Re: Coins - Raoul - 9/2/2001 8:28:07 AM
    - The Tooth Mouse? - Mary Anne - 9/2/2001 10:45:51 AM

Voting scheme. - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 12:12:39 PM
- One word - FrankC - 9/3/2001 6:18:19 PM
- And what a scheme it is - Robert - 9/2/2001 12:42:20 PM
  - I know ain't it :-) - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 1:29:57 PM
    - That dog don't hunt - Robert - 9/2/2001 4:37:01 PM
      - you aren't being fare about it - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 5:18:04 PM
        
        Sorry, but fairness doesn't change it - Robert - 9/2/2001 6:02:37 PM
        
        Re: Sorry, but fairness doesn't change it - Justin Kelly - 9/3/2001 2:42:00 PM
        
        This dog don't hunt - Robert - 9/3/2001 5:08:02 PM
        
        taking a page out of the normal democratic propaganda book?! - Justin Kelly - 9/3/2001 12:11:38 PM
        
        One word - Robert - 9/3/2001 12:49:02 PM
        
        'fair' (saw that as I hit the post button:-( n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 9/2/2001 5:26:01 PM

UN World Conference Against Israel? - Matt Burley - 9/3/2001 8:13:30 AM
- Re: Touchy issue - Raoul - 9/3/2001 9:33:56 AM
  - A couple points - Matt Burley - 9/3/2001 1:48:18 PM

Comparing the 1969 Ted Kennedy - MJ Kopechne "controversy" with that of the 2001 Condit - Levy intrigue. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/1/2001 3:01:59 PM
- When I was a little girl, at my Nana's house... - Mary Anne - 9/2/2001 7:38:03 PM
  - Re: dissapearance - Raoul - 9/2/2001 8:58:41 AM

Pure democracy - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2001 6:32:08 PM

Sexual Harrassment - Buck Galaxy - 8/31/2001 1:07:37 PM
- Throwing their rhetoric back in their faces - Larry J - 9/1/2001 2:08:38 PM
  - You hit that one on the head - ebnelson - 9/1/2001 5:51:36 PM
    - Huh? - Buck Galaxy - 9/1/2001 6:11:32 PM
      - I apologize for the harshness of my imagery - ebnelson - 9/2/2001 5:52:23 PM
        
        Re: I apologize for the harshness of my imagery - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2001 1:04:46 PM
        
        Almost common ground - ebnelson - 9/2/2001 4:03:14 PM
      - On this post, I agree with Buck on NOW. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2001 7:51:37 PM
- perverted standards - phil - 8/31/2001 1:21:30 PM
  - Re: perverted standards - Buck Galaxy - 8/31/2001 2:49:07 PM
    - Re: perverted standards - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2001 2:59:08 PM

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