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Saddam's connection with terrorism - TB - 3/15/2008 5:28:37 PM
- IDA - the source - Bowser - 3/16/2008 5:41:49 PM
  - re: the source - TB - 3/16/2008 7:14:19 PM
- FINALLY! They found a connection. - ER - 3/16/2008 5:23:04 PM
  - Finally? - TB - 3/16/2008 7:32:37 PM
    - Yeah, finally. - ER - 3/16/2008 8:06:51 PM
      - re: Yeah, finally. - gbaikie - 3/16/2008 11:52:06 PM

The Bush Legacy Redux - Algorithms - 3/16/2008 11:21:59 PM
- Just a reminder... - TB - 3/16/2008 11:50:41 PM

And now, a few words from John McCain - Robert - 3/12/2008 8:28:30 PM
- Yet another anti-intellectual President? - Socrates II - 3/14/2008 2:50:03 PM
  - If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? - ER - 3/14/2008 6:02:12 PM
    - Or you could reword it slightly... - TB - 3/14/2008 6:57:46 PM
      - Amen... - ER - 3/14/2008 7:40:57 PM
        
        Dang..TB will make a Marxist of you yet! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2008 7:24:20 AM
        
        Huh? Where'd that come from? (n/t) - TB - 3/15/2008 4:30:11 PM
        
        Just sarcasm. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2008 6:26:29 PM
  - Nothing new here. - TB - 3/14/2008 4:03:51 PM
    - Culture war by proxy - Robert - 3/14/2008 7:40:44 PM
      - re: Culture war - TB - 3/14/2008 8:24:10 PM
        
        You'd be lost without straw men - Robert - 3/16/2008 5:39:32 PM
        
        Not even a good try. - TB - 3/16/2008 8:08:54 PM
        
        I disagree, Robert. - Lee - 3/16/2008 7:49:03 PM
        
        I don't see this as a partisan issue. - Lee - 3/15/2008 6:20:11 PM
    - BuhBuhBuh Moooommmy!!!! They did it too!!!! (n/t) - Yeti - 3/14/2008 6:37:49 PM
      - Got anything intelligent to say? - TB - 3/14/2008 7:03:13 PM
        
        Actualy, what I said was significantly more intelligent than you think it was. - Yeti - 3/14/2008 7:53:36 PM
        
        re: Actually, what I said - TB - 3/14/2008 8:20:05 PM
        
        Okay Tom. Thats special. And so unpredictable. - Yeti - 3/14/2008 8:37:49 PM
        
        re: Okay - TB - 3/14/2008 9:22:09 PM
        
        Nope, sorry, you're done. - Yeti - 3/14/2008 9:41:01 PM
        
        You were done at "BuhBuhBuh Moooommmy!!!!" Get over yourself. (n/t) - TB - 3/15/2008 3:48:36 AM
        
        Awww.... How precious - Yeti - 3/15/2008 4:19:35 AM
        
        Oh, and PS - Yeti - 3/15/2008 4:20:53 AM
        
        Hmm. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2008 8:38:47 AM
        
        re: Hmm. - Yeti - 3/15/2008 4:43:46 PM
        
        The Incredible Punk attitude does wear thin fast. (n/t) - Lee - 3/15/2008 2:20:57 PM
        
        Well said! (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 3/15/2008 8:43:24 PM
        
        Silent majority- thats why one person posts with a made up handle. - Yeti - 3/15/2008 9:21:55 PM

BUSH ACKNOWLEDGES Weakning of Economy - carl - 3/15/2008 1:37:27 PM
- BUSH ACKNOWLEDGES SKY IS BLUE - ARRELL - 3/16/2008 5:40:48 PM
- Heckuvajob, Georgie. (n/t) - Yeti - 3/15/2008 5:44:22 PM
- Now, we're really screwed! - Eri - 3/15/2008 2:21:53 PM
  - Yeah, GOOGLE - carl - 3/15/2008 4:19:56 PM
    - Feds won't bail you out. - Yeti - 3/15/2008 5:45:20 PM
      - 94 percent of mortgage holders don't need a bailout. - TB - 3/15/2008 6:16:34 PM
        
        I don't have a very high opnion of those with ARMs - Eri - 3/15/2008 8:29:06 PM
        
        Chicken Quibble - Yeti - 3/15/2008 7:04:01 PM
        
        And news you won't see in the headlines... - TB - 3/15/2008 6:22:34 PM
        
        Great news! 2 legs of the 3-legged stool aren't broken yet. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/16/2008 5:43:25 PM
        
        So? - Yeti - 3/15/2008 7:05:55 PM
        
        re: So? - gbaikie - 3/16/2008 6:00:30 AM
        
        If your perception - Yeti - 3/16/2008 2:27:59 PM

Blogtalk: Pro-Clinton Bloggers Boycott Kos - gbaikie - 3/16/2008 8:07:48 AM

Bear Stearns, "leverage" and subprime mortgages. - Bowser - 3/15/2008 4:08:56 AM
- Bank "HOLIDAYS" in Near Future? - carl - 3/15/2008 12:39:44 PM
  - Bear Stearns did close down a hedge fund. The Feds gave 'em the money to open. - Bowser - 3/15/2008 3:13:51 PM
    - I'm Gonna WALK from my bank Note - carl - 3/15/2008 4:21:34 PM

Louisiana's new governor lands running - TB - 3/15/2008 2:03:35 PM

Spitzer's ASHLEY gets IMMUNITY - carl - 3/15/2008 12:42:10 PM

Ides of March in Iraq? - TB - 3/14/2008 8:46:40 PM
- I hope we're saving something special for the 10th anniversary. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/15/2008 6:01:26 AM
- Oh, for Christ's sake! - Bowser - 3/15/2008 2:12:24 AM
  - You know what? - TB - 3/15/2008 3:23:08 AM
    - Military: Al-Qaida remains deadly, alive in Iraq - Bowser - 3/15/2008 4:11:46 AM
    - Do away with the Green Zone. Have Americans safely wandering everywhere unarmed and without body armor. - Bowser - 3/15/2008 3:57:45 AM
      - Don't forget the open humvees and standard issue tasers (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2008 7:25:32 AM
    - I agree with you on this one. (n/t) - Eri - 3/15/2008 3:32:39 AM

Growing the economy....... - Publius - 3/14/2008 6:31:10 PM
- How little it's changed. More enlightened, maybe. - Bowser - 3/15/2008 1:21:21 AM
  - Ships of oak, men of iron - ER - 3/15/2008 2:43:25 AM
    - Couldn't agree more. - Bowser - 3/15/2008 3:31:27 AM
- Welcome back, Publius. - ER - 3/14/2008 7:27:14 PM

Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan and the trap. - Bowser - 3/15/2008 1:41:24 AM
- Nothing positive to show for it - Lee - 3/15/2008 2:16:56 AM

You can't get there from here - McFly - 3/11/2008 7:25:15 PM
- Thanks for all your responses... - McFly - 3/12/2008 4:09:49 PM
  - World class scientists - Lee - 3/13/2008 1:22:29 AM
    - NO, We mean the overwhelming scientific concensus... not cherry picking - ARRELL - 3/14/2008 5:27:43 PM
      - It's odd how you (or your alter ego) can't ever have a discussion without foaming at the mouth. - Lee - 3/14/2008 5:52:42 PM
        
        It's odd how you didnt address the point - ARRELL - 3/14/2008 6:09:29 PM
        
        I'll let the report, and the hundreds of scientists in it, speak for itself. - Lee - 3/14/2008 6:24:32 PM
        
        Despite the fact that it is cherry-picked, and that the overwhelming scientific consenus is that anthropogenic global warming is established scientific fact... - ARRELL - 3/14/2008 6:53:13 PM
        
        Looks who's unqualified. - Lee - 3/14/2008 7:53:48 PM
        
        LOL - ARRELL - 3/14/2008 9:35:09 PM
        
        Believe what you want. - Lee - 3/14/2008 10:27:28 PM
    - OK. Fine. Be that way. - McFly - 3/14/2008 12:22:45 AM
      - Top to bottom - Lee - 3/14/2008 3:40:45 PM
  - Not sure what you were looking for. - TB - 3/12/2008 8:03:52 PM
  - re: Thanks for all your responses... - gbaikie - 3/12/2008 6:43:47 PM
  - Based on the responses - Tony - 3/12/2008 5:30:39 PM
- Cold tempatures are the real road and bridge detroyers... - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 12:04:46 PM
- re: You can't get there from here - gbaikie - 3/12/2008 7:26:02 AM
- If ever there was an utterly useless agency -TRB is it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 5:28:19 AM
- Global Warming is the new Boogeyman. - Lee - 3/11/2008 10:34:51 PM
  - Yep, just like it. Cept its measurable, understandable ,and very much real. (n/t) - et - 3/12/2008 2:55:44 AM
  - Thank God their in every beer (n/t) - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 12:54:21 AM
    - Your dumb. (n/t) - et - 3/12/2008 2:54:05 AM
- If there is Vladivostok, and here is New York - Tony - 3/11/2008 7:37:58 PM

More hedgefund torubles - Yeti - 3/14/2008 6:45:14 PM
- And - Yeti - 3/14/2008 8:06:23 PM
- The government needs to act fast - Yeti - 3/14/2008 7:02:59 PM

How dare they??!! - McFly - 3/12/2008 3:44:34 PM
- We've been Bjorked! (n/t) - ER - 3/12/2008 7:17:39 PM
  - So was China - ARRELL - 3/12/2008 8:19:27 PM
- It's not that hard for Iceland. - TB - 3/12/2008 4:03:26 PM
  - re: It's not that hard for Iceland. - REB - 3/13/2008 12:45:52 PM
  - re: It's not that hard for Iceland. - gbaikie - 3/13/2008 12:18:48 AM
  - I will admit, TB... - McFly - 3/12/2008 4:38:54 PM
    - re: I will admit - TB - 3/12/2008 5:21:21 PM
      - re: I will admit- very tiresome - Andrew - 3/13/2008 4:05:22 PM
        
        re: very tiresome - TB - 3/13/2008 6:03:57 PM
        
        re: OK I missed the point - Andrew - 3/14/2008 2:48:14 PM
        
        Bashing - TB - 3/14/2008 4:37:37 PM
      - I haven't heard you say "drill drill drill" lately. Change of heart? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/13/2008 12:11:05 AM
        
        No change of heart. Discussion is just kind of pointless. (n/t) - TB - 3/13/2008 12:38:31 AM
        
        I know the feeling. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/13/2008 1:17:11 AM
      - That's why I hope Bussard's reactor design works. - Lee - 3/12/2008 11:37:52 PM
      - Should've gone into politics, TB - McFly - 3/12/2008 6:56:34 PM
      - minor correction - Tony - 3/12/2008 5:29:13 PM

Little pick-me-up for everyone... - McFly - 3/12/2008 8:28:43 PM
- What really scares me about this one... - ER - 3/13/2008 7:54:00 PM
  - Washington Spends $ like a bunch overpaid Hookers - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 9:06:40 PM
    - It's the johns who are overpaid, they spend their excess money to get what the hookers need to sell to get money. - ER - 3/14/2008 12:29:24 AM
  - It works both ways - TB - 3/13/2008 8:34:05 PM
    - 'Fess up, TB, Would you want the next President's job? (n/t) - ER - 3/14/2008 12:33:46 AM
      - re: Would you want the next President's job? - TB - 3/14/2008 2:12:55 AM
- Oh, and another large Hedge Fund (Drake) hit the wall today. - Yeti - 3/12/2008 9:01:49 PM
  - and now the Carlyle Group is in default on 16 bln of debt. - Yeti - 3/13/2008 3:54:10 PM
    - And if the Big Collapse doesn't happen, do I get to call you on it? - TB - 3/13/2008 4:30:49 PM
      - I'm not predicting a 'big collapse'. - Yeti - 3/13/2008 4:46:23 PM

Ashley Youmans Takes out Her Man SPITZER - carl - 3/13/2008 6:37:53 PM
- She's attempting to cash in her new found fame - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 9:17:58 PM
- Maybe she had a 401-k (n/t) - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 8:41:44 PM

Explain to me again how they arent violating the rights of Americans - ARRELL - 3/13/2008 8:44:05 PM

more concerns - Yeti - 3/12/2008 4:53:03 PM
- 1 EUR = 1.55 $ !! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/13/2008 5:02:23 PM
  - So? The British Pound is worth $2 US. - Lee - 3/13/2008 6:45:00 PM
    - Yes but... - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 8:39:57 PM
  - and - Yeti - 3/13/2008 5:06:48 PM
- Counterfeiting the IOUs - ER - 3/12/2008 7:47:47 PM
  - "making stuff" is kind of a broad term. - TB - 3/12/2008 8:24:01 PM
    - That's right. - ER - 3/12/2008 9:30:36 PM
      - I agree with you completely. - Lee - 3/12/2008 10:38:24 PM
    - Service vs. Industry. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 9:29:36 PM
- I'm not afraid of the R word - we are in a recession. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 5:50:41 PM
  - "Bring factories home..." - McFly - 3/13/2008 2:06:43 AM
    - re: "Bring factories home..." - TB - 3/13/2008 4:37:36 AM
  - The US economy may be in recession but it is far from in decline... - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 8:06:29 PM
    - What do you Call the Contract to BUILD USAF Tankers - carl - 3/13/2008 7:30:23 PM
      - I believe those tankers are still being built in the USA. - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 8:39:44 PM
  - Solution: more "Green" factories, industry and things to export (n/t) - Raoul - 3/12/2008 7:44:26 PM
    - I'm all for "Green" up until.. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 8:29:08 PM
      - You can't pump water into a desert! - Ima Green - 3/12/2008 8:49:42 PM

It sounds like Elliot Spitzer's political career will end at NY Governor. - TAFKASE - 3/10/2008 7:51:58 PM
- wait; it will be worse (n/t) - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/11/2008 2:16:45 AM
  - Spitzer's or Swallers? (n/t) - It is getting real bad - 3/11/2008 12:45:37 PM
  - Jakim al ahk ma!!! - Alikajji al Terorristijhanikabar - 3/11/2008 5:11:32 AM
- What's WRONG with these people? - TB - 3/10/2008 8:15:08 PM
  - re: What's WRONG with these people? - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2008 3:07:43 PM
    - The irony is - ARRELL - 3/12/2008 4:18:07 PM
    - How'd you get on THAT mailing list? (n/t) - TB - 3/11/2008 9:01:08 PM
      - In all fairness...She could have been discussing international affiars with Jon Spitser - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 12:59:18 AM
    - Nice body on that babe... But not worth $4,500.00 - TAFKASE - 3/11/2008 8:45:56 PM
      - It ain't just looks - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 1:07:12 PM
    - HOOOOKER'S!!!! YEAH!!!!! - carl - 3/11/2008 4:09:45 PM
      - If these women are so educated and refined... - Socrates II - 3/11/2008 11:31:00 PM
        
        Don't know how educated or refined they are..but they are definitely religious. - Jody - 3/12/2008 10:19:39 PM
  - If Bill is Client number 8. - Hillary Clinton - 3/11/2008 1:27:11 AM
    - Democrats don't need to pay for it :-) (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2008 3:09:06 PM
      - The WIVES CLUB! - carl - 3/11/2008 4:12:50 PM
        
        it would be interesting to see what would happen if a Spitzer's wife had been the one frequenting male prostitutes. - TAFKASE - 3/11/2008 6:16:05 PM
  - Bingo! - Bowser - 3/10/2008 8:44:38 PM
    - Maybe - Eri - 3/10/2008 10:36:01 PM
    - If that is true then you should never send your wife or daughter to work. - TAFKASE - 3/10/2008 9:22:00 PM
      - It's a mindset - Eri - 3/10/2008 10:39:15 PM
        
        They are just like everyone else - Jody - 3/11/2008 12:56:30 AM
        
        Did no one on his staff suspect? - ARRELL - 3/12/2008 7:05:29 PM
        
        His "staff" WAS the suspect. (n/t) - Jody - 3/12/2008 8:26:25 PM
        
        No. They're not. - TB - 3/11/2008 3:01:45 AM
        
        Then you are the exception. (n/t) - Jody - 3/11/2008 3:57:11 AM
        
        That is a rather sexist thing to say - ARRELL - 3/11/2008 5:00:39 PM
        
        I don't mean to sound that way... - Jody - 3/11/2008 5:21:40 PM
        
        Not where I come from. - TB - 3/11/2008 4:16:35 AM
        
        You are a good man, TB. - Jody - 3/11/2008 10:54:40 AM
        
        Just average. - TB - 3/11/2008 2:52:12 PM
        
        You self-rightous bible thuspin piece of human waste. - Bill Clinton - 3/11/2008 5:36:41 AM
        
        Nah, there's lots of monogamy out there. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/11/2008 4:13:00 AM
        
        Slow pitch, Slower pitcher. - Yeti - 3/11/2008 7:42:04 PM
        
        Don't go trotting around the bases just yet. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 6:23:31 AM
        
        Sorry SDAI...I can not let you walk on this one. - Jody - 3/12/2008 8:34:07 PM
        
        Nixon was a character. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2008 2:10:15 AM
        
        re: Nixon was a character. - REB - 3/13/2008 12:53:13 PM
        
        I rembember being upset that the hearings were on all 3 channels - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 3:26:28 PM
        
        Wow, how original - Yeti - 3/12/2008 2:35:45 PM
        
        Is it a North-East thing? - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 12:10:58 PM
        
        SCOTT EVIL!!!! - Jody - 3/12/2008 8:28:26 PM
        
        Hitler and Pol Pot didn't cheat on their wives - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 1:05:16 PM
        
        That's what I love... - ASDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2008 12:57:48 AM
        
        Good post!...and my sentiments...exactly. - Jody - 3/12/2008 9:45:21 PM
        
        I hope Dr. Laura's husband doesn't ever cheat on her... - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 3:09:00 PM
        
        What I want to know is... - Socrates II - 3/11/2008 2:10:37 AM
        
        For that price she almost certainly brings blow... - TAFKASE - 3/11/2008 12:40:22 PM
        
        Opps. I intended used the wrong name for the last post - Dr. Suess - 3/11/2008 12:44:22 PM
        
        Since Hillary is out on the campaign trail...I can let you in on a secret! - Bill Clinton - 3/11/2008 5:44:42 AM
        
        Hey!... - Jody - 3/11/2008 3:58:09 AM

NY Gov. Spitzer to STEP DOWN - carl - 3/12/2008 2:21:05 PM
- GOOD BYE by March 17 - carl - 3/12/2008 3:09:46 PM
  - Quote from Abrahamm Lincoln - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 5:44:15 PM
    - Naw, tempt him with HOOKERS - carl - 3/13/2008 3:18:44 PM

Hooker's black book found, more heads will roll. - Eric - 3/13/2008 8:37:59 AM
- HOOKERS a LOOKER but no Dummy - carl - 3/13/2008 3:17:51 PM

Global warming causing tensions in Canada - TAFKASE - 3/13/2008 1:17:51 PM

The Lowest Common Denominator - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 11:23:18 PM

Who was President in 1985, what was the fiscal policy? - Bowser - 3/6/2008 4:01:00 PM
- The curve - TB - 3/6/2008 4:56:20 PM
  - The Physics of Politics - Bowser - 3/6/2008 5:50:44 PM
  - The Physics of Politics - Bowser - 3/6/2008 5:50:18 PM
    - Uh...okay. - TB - 3/6/2008 5:58:39 PM
      - re: Uh...okay. - Hans - 3/7/2008 12:29:03 AM
  - Housing WAYYYY Overpriced and Bubble BUST - carl - 3/6/2008 5:18:16 PM
    - Speculators ruin everything. - Lee - 3/6/2008 6:57:17 PM
      - re: Speculators ruin everything. - Hans - 3/7/2008 12:30:41 AM
      - Do you think there is an oil bubble? - TAFKASE - 3/6/2008 7:40:51 PM
        
        re: Do you think there is an oil bubble? - Jim - 3/12/2008 4:03:04 PM
        
        re: Do you think there is an oil bubble? - Rainbo - 3/12/2008 9:35:01 PM
        
        A good deal of the price is due to speculation. - Lee - 3/6/2008 9:00:57 PM
        
        Sort of. - TB - 3/6/2008 8:48:59 PM
        
        Today 3/6/2008 we blew through the old (inflation adjusted) high from Dec 1979... - TAFKASE - 3/6/2008 9:14:43 PM
        
        NOT OIL, Energy - carl - 3/6/2008 8:46:07 PM

So, don't drink the water! - Eri - 3/10/2008 6:42:45 PM
- Don't panic - TB - 3/10/2008 7:45:41 PM
  - Mine never get flushed - Eri - 3/10/2008 10:33:38 PM
    - I like to feed mine to my pet piranahs. - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 1:01:35 AM
      - Great Scott! (as in Scott Evil) (n/t) - Eri - 3/12/2008 1:32:51 AM
    - The medications are excreted through our urine, too...I would think. (n/t) - Jody - 3/11/2008 1:01:35 AM
      - Thus the urine drug test for job applicants. (n/t) - Jody - 3/11/2008 1:02:50 AM
        
        re: Thus the urine drug test for job applicants. - Unfortunately, - Marcia - 3/11/2008 1:26:49 AM
        
        Our bottled water may not be immune to the pharms, either - Eri - 3/12/2008 1:35:07 AM

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