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Bush's operations against Iran. - Bowser - 1/17/2009 5:16:32 AM

A little more Obama "goalpost movement" - TB - 1/15/2009 5:55:30 AM
- Newsweek on Obama and Cheney - TB - 1/17/2009 1:23:21 AM
- Osama's "sack dance". And remember, Bush is CinC, OBL is loose. - Bowser - 1/15/2009 7:08:00 AM
  - That is not what I derived from that post... - Jody - 1/15/2009 1:23:11 PM
    - For extra credit... - TB - 1/15/2009 5:39:24 PM
      - Didn't have a clue who said what... - Jody - 1/15/2009 7:51:14 PM

A marvelous idea for electric vehicles - azstrummer - 1/16/2009 2:48:54 PM
- It was my idea - RobVG - 1/17/2009 1:23:14 AM
- Get two car manufacturers to agree on it - Eri - 1/16/2009 6:27:38 PM
- re: A marvelous idea for electric vehicles - TB - 1/16/2009 5:58:49 PM

"Wiretapping" update - TB - 1/17/2009 12:59:51 AM
- re: Conservative court releases their conservative opinion. (n/t) - Eric - 1/17/2009 1:03:27 AM

US Airways jet bellyflops into the Hudson River - all safe - Laurie Street - 1/15/2009 10:24:10 PM
- Imagine taking off into something like this - Laurie Street - 1/16/2009 11:44:47 PM
- Airbus A320 picture - Laurie Street - 1/16/2009 11:42:21 PM
- I wonder why a bird strike put it down. - TB - 1/16/2009 7:45:48 PM
  - Lot of difference - RNE - 1/16/2009 10:41:58 PM
  - Digestive enzymes needed? (n/t) - Eri - 1/16/2009 9:54:54 PM
  - re: I wonder why a bird strike put it down. - Laurie Street - 1/16/2009 9:19:29 PM
    - Only 1 and YOUR GOOSE is COOOKED!!!! - carl - 1/16/2009 9:36:14 PM
    - re: I wonder why a bird strike put it down. - TB - 1/16/2009 9:36:11 PM
- Video of CRASH LANDING Site - carl - 1/16/2009 4:07:37 PM
- First Canada sends us... - Eri - 1/16/2009 2:15:57 PM
  - Now now. - Jacob - 1/16/2009 6:48:39 PM
    - Heh - Eri - 1/16/2009 7:59:02 PM
- I'm curious to know if they lowered their landing gear before splashdown - mip - 1/16/2009 2:00:19 AM
  - NOPE, But CLEARED GW Bridge by 900 FT - carl - 1/16/2009 2:49:07 PM
  - On the Airbus, any openings in the fuselage close and become watertight. - Eri - 1/16/2009 2:19:41 PM
    - Makes a LOUSY Boat, though - carl - 1/16/2009 2:44:25 PM
      - Snicker. BUT.... - Eri - 1/16/2009 6:29:03 PM
        
        Crossed the GWB........N to S - carl - 1/16/2009 6:36:49 PM
        
        So the owe a bridge toll? - Eri - 1/16/2009 8:01:12 PM
        
        Wait!!! SALVAGE RIGHTS!!!!! - carl - 1/16/2009 9:38:28 PM
  - Standard procedure is wheels UP and KYA - nick hoffman - 1/16/2009 11:38:21 AM
    - Stalled the Plane, too - carl - 1/16/2009 2:46:18 PM
  - They get wet. (n/t) - Jody channeling alcaray:) - 1/16/2009 2:28:07 AM
  - Wheels up. - Bowser - 1/16/2009 2:12:52 AM
    - Strong PLANE, too - carl - 1/16/2009 2:47:25 PM
      - I don't think gas in a gas tank floats. - Eri - 1/16/2009 6:31:44 PM
        
        Gasoline floats - TB - 1/16/2009 7:55:29 PM
        
        re: Gasoline floats - Eri - 1/16/2009 8:03:52 PM
        
        re: Gasoline floats - TB - 1/16/2009 8:06:39 PM
        
        Kerosene floats Tom, you know that............. - RNE - 1/16/2009 10:44:00 PM
        
        NO Rupture Tanks? - carl - 1/16/2009 6:39:08 PM
- Water landings - Bowser - 1/16/2009 1:02:05 AM
- Watched it on CNN - TB - 1/15/2009 10:28:57 PM
  - Citizen journalism - TB - 1/15/2009 10:58:21 PM
    - Absolutely.... - Lindy - 1/15/2009 11:50:05 PM

"Policy glimpse inside Obama's DoD?" - TB - 1/16/2009 7:29:37 PM

Meanwhile, back in Iran... - TB - 1/16/2009 7:27:47 PM

Well, look who's come crawling back... - TB - 1/15/2009 8:50:27 PM
- re: Well, look who's come crawling back... - Eri - 1/16/2009 2:22:35 PM

"U.S. general: Iraq leaders failed in Anbar" - Bowser - 1/16/2009 5:08:25 AM

There is body language. - FrankC - 1/15/2009 10:18:52 PM
- Says: "Why was I the only one dumb enough to get caught?" (n/t) - TB - 1/15/2009 10:25:42 PM
  - could he purse his lips any tighter...? - Jody - 1/15/2009 10:59:44 PM
    - I'll bet he was a problem child.... - Lindy - 1/15/2009 11:52:03 PM

Europeans taking another look at nuclear power - TB - 1/15/2009 7:45:46 PM

"Ze plane" has departed for the last time - Laurie Street - 1/15/2009 2:58:23 PM
- His luxury Cordoba coffin will have rich Corinthian leather... (n/t) - z - 1/15/2009 5:16:07 PM
  - "I Like what they've DONE TO MY CAR!!!" - carl - 1/15/2009 5:30:17 PM
- re: "Ze plane" has departed for the last time - REB - 1/15/2009 3:16:11 PM
  - TATOO You 2 - carl - 1/15/2009 5:29:13 PM
    - "Boss... boss...the plane!" - REB - 1/15/2009 6:18:50 PM
      - Simon and Simon, WED 9pm - carl - 1/15/2009 7:28:34 PM
        
        re: Simon and Simon, WED 9pm - REB - 1/15/2009 7:37:05 PM
- Khan it be??...This fills me with Wrath! (n/t) - Jody - 1/15/2009 3:05:50 PM
  - SPACE SEED - carl - 1/15/2009 5:33:34 PM

The great healing of our "overseas reputation" continues - TB - 1/13/2009 5:18:45 PM
- When did it become "National Strawman Week"? (n/t) - Tony - 1/13/2009 8:40:27 PM
- We'll still have enemies, but we will also have our traditional friends back. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/13/2009 6:50:40 PM
  - Who? - TB - 1/13/2009 7:48:36 PM
    - You're kidding right? - Buck Galaxy - 1/14/2009 4:30:47 PM
      - Does it? - TB - 1/14/2009 6:37:28 PM
        
        re: Does it? - Laurie Street - 1/15/2009 4:24:45 AM
        
        And you honestly think the USA is respected because of Bush? - Buck Galaxy - 1/14/2009 11:09:56 PM
- The damage done by Bush - Cheney will take generations to overcome. - Bowser - 1/13/2009 5:29:38 PM
  - I may be all wet here... - Jody - 1/14/2009 7:37:12 PM
    - Even then - Raoul - 1/15/2009 5:57:41 PM
      - I *sit* corrected:) - Jody - 1/15/2009 7:36:43 PM
    - Candice Bergen, who married a Frenchman, once remarked that the French behave the same way to everyone, including each other. - Mary Anne - 1/14/2009 11:42:07 PM
      - All I have to go by is personal experience - TB - 1/15/2009 1:02:01 AM
  - Bounced right off, didn't it? (n/t) - TB - 1/13/2009 5:33:32 PM
    - Apparently. Obama is President-elect of America. Get it? The US. Obama represents the US of A. - Bowser - 1/13/2009 5:50:33 PM
      - re: Get it? - TB - 1/13/2009 6:10:53 PM
        
        Have it your way. Bush-Cheney are loved, cherished abroad. Obama is hated. - Bowser - 1/13/2009 6:47:51 PM
        
        You cannot possibly be this dense. (n/t) - TB - 1/13/2009 7:31:00 PM

'Bams CITIZEN BRIEFING BOOK - carl - 1/15/2009 7:30:39 PM

"We did Torture here" - Nick Hoffman - 1/14/2009 10:25:17 PM
- Bush didn't fly them to Poland, Bulgaria, Syria, et al, to make 'em stand up for hours. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/15/2009 3:36:10 PM
  - Nope, seat BELT 'em in a 737 - carl - 1/15/2009 5:31:48 PM
- This is not news. - TB - 1/15/2009 1:23:16 AM
  - it is not news that it happened. It IS news that an Official admits it was Torture (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/15/2009 4:43:36 AM
  - Oh come on - Laurie Street - 1/15/2009 1:27:37 AM
    - You have to understand "Conservative", the failure of which cause many of our problems here. - Bowser - 1/15/2009 2:24:39 AM
    - Yes. - TB - 1/15/2009 1:37:34 AM
      - Meanings - Laurie Street - 1/15/2009 4:19:56 AM
        
        In other words... - TB - 1/15/2009 5:14:18 AM
        
        Irrelevant. Completely meaningless. And foolish. Give it up. - Bowser - 1/15/2009 4:59:21 AM
        
        re: foolish - TB - 1/15/2009 5:29:27 AM

"Palin's media battle raises eyebrows" - speaking of strawmen. - Bowser - 1/15/2009 3:48:25 AM
- I can not possibly know what her intent is... - Jody - 1/15/2009 1:30:49 PM

Children with Nazi names taken from parents - Lindy - 1/14/2009 6:48:05 PM
- So It Does PROVE that - carl - 1/14/2009 8:18:53 PM

The 'duh' dept. - "Pentagon: Gitmo detainees returning to fight" - Bowser - 1/14/2009 3:30:02 AM
- OBL Calls for Jihad for the Gaza Strip - carl - 1/14/2009 8:17:13 PM

Patrick McGoohan dies of" Prisoner " Fame - carl - 1/14/2009 5:51:57 PM
- Another one gone - Laurie Street - 1/14/2009 7:57:17 PM
- re: Patrick McGoohan dies of" Prisoner " Fame - Hans - 1/14/2009 6:57:02 PM
- Sorry to hear that. - TB - 1/14/2009 6:32:50 PM

"Obama: Closing Gitmo More Difficult Than People Realize" - TB - 1/11/2009 9:41:20 PM
- Who said it was going to be easy? - Tony - 1/13/2009 4:52:37 PM
  - Are you asking for intellectual honesty from the Bush apolgists? Silly rabbit... (n/t) - McFly - 1/14/2009 6:31:11 AM
    - Yep Silly me. - Tony - 1/14/2009 2:59:50 PM
- At least Bush's Racist waterboarding will stop. - Viva Obama - 1/12/2009 10:30:57 PM
- Love the hypocrisy - azstrummer - 1/12/2009 5:51:58 PM
  - Too true - McFly - 1/13/2009 2:11:37 AM
    - re: Too true - TB - 1/13/2009 3:47:21 AM
  - That's it, az. There's a lot to love around here. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/13/2009 12:16:40 AM
  - re: Love the hypocrisy - gbaikie - 1/12/2009 11:12:35 PM
  - schadenfreude - Robert - 1/12/2009 6:23:01 PM
    - On November 6 Rush was calling it "The Obama Recession". - Bowser - 1/12/2009 8:44:05 PM
    - Setting *MY* record straight. - Jody - 1/12/2009 7:39:09 PM
      - We never put you in that category Jody. - azstrummer - 1/12/2009 7:41:57 PM
    - I'd forgotten about that. - TB - 1/12/2009 6:33:51 PM
      - "You didn't produce one, did you?" - Robert - 1/13/2009 10:34:02 PM
      - " It's just depressing that so many voters are still this stupid." - azstrummer - 1/12/2009 7:40:10 PM
        
        re: voters are still this stupid - TB - 1/12/2009 8:20:18 PM
  - How long before the election was the current crisis obvious? - TB - 1/12/2009 6:13:16 PM
- There's more! - TB - 1/12/2009 6:12:04 AM
  - You really are very desperate for him to fail. - Doug Ellison - 1/14/2009 1:10:14 AM
    - Who said anything about failure? - TB - 1/14/2009 7:52:32 PM
  - ...and it begins... (n/t) - Jody tongue in cheek - 1/12/2009 1:01:06 PM
    - 'Bam Read RIOT ACT - carl - 1/12/2009 5:51:13 PM
      - "Wonder who got to him and talked him to see it their way?" - TB - 1/12/2009 6:01:16 PM
        
        DID Obama get Vetted? - carl - 1/12/2009 6:37:43 PM
  - "I want to be realistic." Not quite as catchy as a campaign slogan. (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 1/12/2009 6:54:36 AM
- Gee...imagine that. (n/t) - Jody - 1/12/2009 12:33:42 AM
- Things that are hard to do. By the way, you're starting to figure it out. - Bowser - 1/11/2009 10:02:02 PM

Bank ROBBERIES, A local View - carl - 1/12/2009 7:58:57 PM
- I think Wall Street has you beat - Nick Hoffman - 1/13/2009 11:02:49 PM
  - Yeah, CEO's BONUSES!!!! - carl - 1/14/2009 5:53:36 PM
- re: Bank ROBBERIES, A local View - Lindy - 1/13/2009 1:41:31 AM

"Countries that will miss George Bush " - Hint: Very few, and a long, long ways off. - Bowser - 1/14/2009 3:16:47 AM

"Obama: Deceiver, Cheat, Swindler, Liar, Fraudster, Con Artist " - Bowser - 1/11/2009 4:35:45 PM
- re: Pravda means "Truth" in Russian: Here's an article for you to digest!!! - Viva Obama - 1/12/2009 10:37:35 PM
- Of course I may be wrong... - Jody - 1/12/2009 3:13:13 AM
- The creative writing of a communist - mip - 1/11/2009 9:46:22 PM
  - Same question for you. How is this guy different from, say, Limbaugh or Coulter? (n/t) - Bowser - 1/12/2009 12:23:59 AM
    - The "level" at which they attack - mip - 1/13/2009 1:06:47 AM
- Is there any particular reason you've developed an attraction to Pravda as an information source? (n/t) - TB - 1/11/2009 8:26:53 PM
  - Tell me how this guy differs from Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Hannity. - Bowser - 1/11/2009 10:04:12 PM
  - My most fervent HZ wish would be you could understand that. - Bowser - 1/11/2009 8:56:07 PM
  - The Pravda article is interesting for one reason. - Eri - 1/11/2009 8:34:34 PM
    - Or... - TB - 1/11/2009 8:44:01 PM
      - Nah - Eri - 1/12/2009 3:06:34 AM
        
        Controlled? - TB - 1/12/2009 5:02:47 AM
        
        That doesn't mean it's content is not controlled by the state. (n/t) - Eri - 1/13/2009 3:35:18 AM
        
        "This is not your father's Pravda" - TB - 1/13/2009 4:15:55 AM
        
        yup - podrock - 1/13/2009 7:55:31 PM
- So...no matter if he is a good president... - Jody - 1/11/2009 7:04:47 PM
- Whoever dug up this guy up... - Eri - 1/11/2009 4:41:28 PM

A short self-examination by the media - TB - 1/13/2009 5:37:28 PM

Burris is in. - TB - 1/13/2009 1:31:50 AM
- As he should be. - Bowser - 1/13/2009 7:24:24 AM
- Good. Voter outrage should put the state in play next election. (n/t) - Lee - 1/13/2009 3:50:00 AM

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