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And why war seems so attractive to Bush. - Bowser - 1/14/2008 5:35:09 AM
- Recessions are media driven, self-fulfilling prophecies. - RobVG - 1/14/2008 8:04:22 PM
  - US and China and the prospect of a global economic recession. - Yeti - 1/15/2008 4:58:21 PM
    - Pretty good analysis. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 1/15/2008 7:48:22 PM
  - Slow sustainable growth... - alcaray - 1/15/2008 2:07:58 AM
- re: Hermann Goering - Eric - 1/14/2008 5:19:58 PM
- Ahem.. - E.P. - 1/14/2008 5:09:34 PM

Bush will notify Congress on Monday of its intent to sell $20 billion in weapons, including precision-guided bombs, to Saudi Arabia - Lindy - 1/15/2008 6:15:37 AM
- You think this just started? - TB - 1/15/2008 6:26:39 PM
- All in the pursuit of democracy, women's rights, freedom. - Bowser - 1/15/2008 6:25:44 AM

Did Diebold just get busted? - Eric - 1/14/2008 8:31:15 PM
- No - tony - 1/14/2008 8:46:04 PM

Homeland Security TOUTS NATIONAL ID CARD - carl - 1/12/2008 4:55:43 PM
- re: Police Begin Fingerprinting on Traffic Stops - Eric - 1/12/2008 6:32:06 PM
  - Green Bay Wisconsin? - carl - 1/14/2008 7:28:18 PM

Threats to US ships in Gulf may have come from ham radio heckler - Eric - 1/14/2008 4:24:42 PM
- re: Threats to US ships in Gulf may have come from ham radio heckler - Lindy - 1/14/2008 4:34:37 PM

British health care update - TB - 1/13/2008 7:08:51 PM
- Meanwhile in the U.S. - TB - 1/14/2008 12:08:57 AM
  - Great news! - Tony - 1/14/2008 3:13:35 PM
- It makes sense! - Raoul - 1/13/2008 7:38:05 PM

Now we know why Bush went to the Middle East. - Bowser - 1/14/2008 1:08:44 AM
- re: Now we know why Bush went to the Middle East. - Lindy - 1/14/2008 3:46:46 AM
  - Whose State Department? - TB - 1/14/2008 4:15:56 AM

America's credit rating in danger - TB - 1/13/2008 6:31:04 AM
- Because money is spent on wars instead of taking care of home? - Bowser - 1/13/2008 7:31:54 PM
  - Nope. - TB - 1/13/2008 9:15:59 PM
    - The "War on Poverty" is a quagmire! - Lee - 1/14/2008 12:27:57 AM

Scotland Yard working on the Bhutto assassination - TB - 1/13/2008 10:13:08 PM

"Bush condemns Iran boat "bullying"". Yep. Iran bullied the US Navy. - Bowser - 1/11/2008 10:16:11 PM
- You are kidding, right? - ARRELL - 1/12/2008 4:41:41 AM
  - Bingo! - Bowser - 1/12/2008 7:04:12 AM
    - Still makes no sense... - ARRELL - 1/12/2008 9:25:15 AM
      - I fear some miscalculation from one side or another. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2008 8:06:15 PM
      - "Identification" - TB - 1/12/2008 8:39:02 PM
        
        Gee...as if a US Navy destroyer can't fire a warning shot across a bow. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2008 8:18:45 PM
        
        You have got to be kidding. - Bowser - 1/12/2008 9:30:05 PM
        
        And now its time to play.... - ARRELL - 1/13/2008 7:23:31 AM
        
        Cripes...try to focus. - TB - 1/12/2008 9:45:23 PM
- Funny, most people would be happy the Navy exhibited such restraint. (n/t) - RobVG - 1/11/2008 11:12:39 PM
  - Do you believe the DoD report? - Bowser - 1/12/2008 12:04:05 AM
    - "Please explain how 5 very small boats could bully a USN flotilla." - TB - 1/12/2008 1:39:11 AM
      - I do NOT believe a USN flotilla was cowering in the presence of those boats. - Bowser - 1/12/2008 4:49:51 AM
        
        Nice non-sequitur. You think that still works on anyone? - TB - 1/12/2008 8:29:10 PM
        
        Remeber any of the history leading up to the downing of the airliner? - RobVG - 1/12/2008 5:12:12 AM
    - I wouldn't expect you to. - RobVG - 1/12/2008 12:25:15 AM

Kerry endorses Obama?! - TB - 1/10/2008 6:26:00 PM
- Well, they both have that ashen-faced zombified look. - Lee - 1/11/2008 12:11:18 PM
- Kiss of death? - azstrummer - 1/10/2008 7:28:55 PM
  - My first reaction, too - Fox - 1/11/2008 2:08:02 AM
    - I had to laugh - Eri - 1/12/2008 6:09:59 AM
- I dont think edwards was on his speed dial - Tony - 1/10/2008 6:33:23 PM
  - And where the heck was Kerry a week ago when Obama could have used it? (n/t) - TB - 1/10/2008 7:24:34 PM
    - I thought you thought that Kerry was a doofus. - Tony - 1/10/2008 7:40:34 PM
    - Don't ya just love neocons commenting on Democratic politics? - Bowser - 1/10/2008 7:37:27 PM
      - re: Don't ya just love people who think they know what "neocon" means? (n/t) - TB - 1/10/2008 10:51:40 PM
        
        What does 'neocon' mean? - Robert - 1/11/2008 5:53:21 PM
        
        He got you! - Bowser - 1/11/2008 7:44:50 PM
        
        Q.E.D. - TB - 1/11/2008 9:50:22 PM
        
        I'd be willing to bet that your definition of liberal does not coincide with mine. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/12/2008 8:22:33 PM
        
        "Oh, what gift the genie give us, - - - " - Bowser - 1/12/2008 12:06:59 AM
        
        BTW... - TB - 1/11/2008 7:22:51 PM
        
        "How do you define neoconservatism?" Good question. - TB - 1/11/2008 7:18:33 PM
        
        "neoconservative" = "boogerhead" - Robert - 1/11/2008 10:46:30 PM
        
        So FDR was a "neocon"? - Lee - 1/12/2008 2:55:29 PM
        
        pay attention - Robert - 1/12/2008 8:52:49 PM
        
        He was that too. (n/t) - Lee - 1/13/2008 12:52:35 AM
        
        re: "neoconservative" - TB - 1/12/2008 2:03:50 AM
        
        re: "neoconservative" - Robert - 1/12/2008 6:48:40 PM
        
        Do you really believe all that stuff? - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/12/2008 9:14:42 PM
        
        More on this and that - TB - 1/12/2008 9:14:15 PM
        
        this and that - Robert - 1/13/2008 3:25:57 AM
        
        re: this and that - TB - 1/13/2008 6:13:29 AM
        
        re: this and that - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/13/2008 8:52:33 AM
        
        "I'd define neoconservatism............" - Lindy - 1/11/2008 6:35:42 PM
        
        I feel half guilty about Ashcroft - Eri - 1/12/2008 6:22:55 AM

Anti-war Soros funded Iraq study - gbaikie - 1/13/2008 7:48:17 AM

Venezuela update - TB - 1/13/2008 1:44:58 AM
- Meanwhile, in America, - - - - Bowser - 1/13/2008 2:02:51 AM
  - I'm just curious now... - TB - 1/13/2008 5:39:50 AM
    - re: I'm just curious now... - Hans - 1/13/2008 6:01:56 AM

Can someone on the left please tell me... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/13/2008 3:06:13 AM
- Easy. - TB - 1/13/2008 5:46:36 AM

Hillary has died. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/11/2008 12:23:32 AM
- He was as courageous as John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Columbus, Peary, et al. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/12/2008 7:12:16 PM
  - There's a subtle difference. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/12/2008 8:18:20 PM
- (Edmund of Mt. Everest Fame) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/11/2008 12:48:36 AM

Wow. Citicorp to sell more of self to Chinese, Kuwaitis. - Bowser - 1/12/2008 12:21:39 AM
- SUB-Prime mess and Recession LOOMS - carl - 1/12/2008 4:23:07 PM
  - Giving credit to stupid people is like giving a loaded gun to a kid. - Lee - 1/12/2008 4:44:31 PM
    - Backing will Be foreign CONTROLLED - carl - 1/12/2008 4:51:00 PM
      - I do all my banking at a locally owned bank. - Lee - 1/12/2008 4:59:46 PM

Whoa, this is pretty compelling - azstrummer - 1/10/2008 2:36:54 PM
- Isn't this what Libs wanted? - Lee - 1/12/2008 3:37:36 PM
- Yes on Fully Electronic Voting - James Brown - 1/11/2008 5:41:09 PM
  - re: Yes on Fully Electronic Voting - azstrummer - 1/12/2008 4:18:30 AM
    - Fully Electronic Voting - Think about it - James Brown - 1/12/2008 7:48:43 AM
  - Wait until the Feds hire Diebold to do their banks ledgers (n/t) - Lindy - 1/12/2008 2:57:14 AM
- Bulls*$t - dtb - 1/11/2008 2:37:07 AM
- re: Whoa, this is pretty compelling - REB - 1/10/2008 6:29:38 PM
- Compelling, again. - Bowser - 1/10/2008 6:04:17 PM
  - Sure, hand-counted ballots are incorruptible. - TB - 1/10/2008 6:08:32 PM
    - re: Sure, hand-counted ballots are incorruptible. - Lindy - 1/11/2008 5:40:58 AM
      - You can't "rig" this kind of machine. - TB - 1/11/2008 7:28:07 PM
- I covered this in another thread - TB - 1/10/2008 6:01:50 PM
  - Well, Obama isn't that nuts... - TB - 1/11/2008 7:30:28 PM
  - Considering that - azstrummer - 1/10/2008 7:25:51 PM
    - re: Considering that - McFly - 1/10/2008 8:51:23 PM
      - I agree - azstrummer - 1/10/2008 9:28:21 PM
- re: Whoa, this is pretty compelling - tony - 1/10/2008 4:43:21 PM
  - I read others that disputed it too - azstrummer - 1/10/2008 5:36:27 PM
  - My, by no means exhaustive or scientific, survey - Tony - 1/10/2008 5:27:54 PM
    - On the other hand... - TB - 1/10/2008 6:05:50 PM
      - It's the Establishment stupid! - Tony - 1/10/2008 6:20:43 PM
        
        They have the same skeletons in their closet. - Lindy - 1/11/2008 5:44:30 AM
- Who is Brad, (of BradBlog.com) you ask? - Lindy - 1/10/2008 4:09:42 PM
  - Man of the year 2006? - tony - 1/10/2008 4:28:25 PM
- Terrible News - Lindy - 1/10/2008 3:46:05 PM
  - If this is true...watch the story die a sudden death - Jody - 1/10/2008 4:32:39 PM

A First! Snow Falls in Baghdad - gbaikie - 1/11/2008 8:21:03 PM
- Or to put it another way: Hell just froze over. (n/t) - Eri - 1/12/2008 6:04:10 AM
  - Well said, Eri - Lindy - 1/12/2008 6:15:26 AM
    - re: Well said, Eri - gbaikie - 1/12/2008 7:42:38 AM

What's the reason for Bush's Middle East trip? - Bowser - 1/12/2008 6:46:57 AM

This could get ugly... - TAFKASE - 1/11/2008 11:03:34 PM
- Don't ya just love neocons commenting on Democratic politics? - Bowser - 1/12/2008 12:08:24 AM

Hostages released in Colombia, after more than 6 years! - Raoul - 1/11/2008 7:20:33 PM

ALERT: Obama will be the POTUS - SEN News - 1/4/2008 7:23:48 AM
- re: ALERT: Obama will be the POTUSA (n/t) - Eric - 1/5/2008 2:19:01 PM
- Never fly in MID AMERICA and SOUTH - carl - 1/4/2008 3:57:47 PM
- re: ALERT: Obama will be the POTUS - Mighty Dawg - 1/4/2008 2:15:28 PM
  - Yeah, but... - ds - 1/4/2008 2:20:10 PM
    - Not sure where you've been... - TB - 1/4/2008 4:48:14 PM
      - I would vote for either Powell or Rice. - REB - 1/7/2008 2:38:31 PM
      - I figured it out - Lindy - 1/5/2008 10:38:53 PM
        
        Won't need the Diebold excuse this year - TB - 1/5/2008 11:10:21 PM
        
        Election fraud - azstrummer - 1/10/2008 5:42:20 PM
        
        LOL - TB - 1/10/2008 6:23:02 PM
        
        3 million votes? - tony - 1/10/2008 6:35:40 PM
        
        Don't look at me. - TB - 1/10/2008 11:26:36 PM
        
        Oh really? Spoke too soon - tony - 1/9/2008 9:15:15 PM
        
        re: pauloons and obamaloons - Yeti - 1/10/2008 2:52:58 PM
        
        Loons is right - TB - 1/10/2008 1:35:22 AM
        
        re: don't worry... The Republicans won't win. - TAFKASE - 1/7/2008 2:20:19 PM
      - They count as black but they do not count as contenders (since they didn't). (n/t) - alcaray - 1/5/2008 1:51:19 AM
        
        Indeed, they were trotted out as black every time they could be. - Bowser - 1/5/2008 2:03:21 AM
        
        Is that a fact. - TB - 1/5/2008 6:00:53 PM
        
        re: They count as black - TB - 1/5/2008 1:56:43 AM
        
        Wouldn't the "first time" be Jesse Jackson? - alcaray - 1/5/2008 5:45:05 AM
        
        Dick Gregory, 1968 , and Shirley Chisolm, 1972 (n/t) - Fox - 1/5/2008 8:39:41 PM
        
        Dick Gregory. I was trying to remember his name. - alcaray - 1/5/2008 11:31:57 PM
        
        Maybe - TB - 1/5/2008 5:55:09 PM
        
        re: Jackson, Sharpton, and the rest of the "official" black political movers and shakers are none too happy about Obama. - TAFKASE - 1/7/2008 2:28:08 PM
      - re: Not sure where you've been... - ds - 1/4/2008 7:45:29 PM

When in a hole, it's usually wise to stop digging. - Bowser - 1/10/2008 9:08:49 PM

TATA's NANO new World Car - carl - 1/10/2008 7:02:57 PM

151,000 - Algorithms - 1/10/2008 1:35:10 PM
- Bush would say they've found paradise through a drastic regime change. PTL (n/t) - Bowser - 1/10/2008 6:05:32 PM

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