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Obama plays the Generation X card! - TAFKASE - 11/7/2007 9:36:19 PM
- Was there a link that didn't work? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/8/2007 2:23:24 AM
  - Yeah...basically obama said that Hillary and the baby boomers are unable to lead - TAFKASE - 11/8/2007 9:48:58 PM
- And then there is this precious Obama gem - TAFKASE - 11/7/2007 10:44:52 PM

Why oil will soon be WELL OVER $100.00 - TAFKASE - 11/8/2007 9:24:14 PM
- And if that isn't enough reason... - TAFKASE - 11/8/2007 9:45:57 PM

Just curious: anyone vote today? - Fox - 11/7/2007 4:02:19 AM
- I would have loved to. - Eri - 11/8/2007 3:51:54 AM
- Of course! - Mary Anne - 11/8/2007 2:09:58 AM
- I AM Curious------------(Red, white, and Blue) - carl - 11/7/2007 7:42:29 PM
  - Plenty of places - Fox - 11/8/2007 1:06:55 AM
  - RE: One party running the community - TAFKASE - 11/7/2007 8:02:47 PM
    - 24% of vote pop gets these CREEPS re-elected - carl - 11/7/2007 9:07:24 PM
    - P.S. - TAFKASE - 11/7/2007 8:24:26 PM
      - P.S.S. - TAFKASE - 11/7/2007 8:26:46 PM
- I am pleading the 5th. (n/t) - Jody - 11/7/2007 6:42:25 PM
  - No drinking on election day! (n/t) - Eri - 11/8/2007 3:48:59 AM
- Yeap... - TAFKASE - 11/7/2007 2:51:20 PM
- I voted for a Democrat - REB - 11/7/2007 2:46:41 PM
- No election where I live, or I would have. (n/t) - TB - 11/7/2007 5:16:02 AM
  - Same here. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/7/2007 8:16:48 PM
- Yeah. With an hour-and-a-half to go! - Bowser - 11/7/2007 4:41:27 AM

2007 becomes deadliest yet for U.S. in Iraq - algorithms - 11/6/2007 1:34:38 PM
- re: 2007 becomes deadliest yet for U.S. in Iraq - ebnelson - 11/7/2007 1:13:41 PM
  - Just when I thought our quota of sneering would go unmet. - alcaray - 11/7/2007 11:04:42 PM
  - Good grief ...what are you doing back here? - Lindy - 11/7/2007 1:54:59 PM
    - re: Good grief ...what are you doing back here? - ebnelson - 11/7/2007 9:54:17 PM
- "Death tolls for Americans and Iraqis have fallen dramatically in recent months" - TB - 11/6/2007 3:16:28 PM
  - What really matters is we shouldn't be over there (n/t) - Lindy - 11/7/2007 1:35:14 AM

It's Nature's way of telling you something's wrong... - ER - 11/6/2007 11:39:47 PM
- And it's happening in a lot of places. - Laurie Street - 11/7/2007 12:08:56 AM
  - What's actually wrong - TB - 11/7/2007 1:39:16 AM
    - From your link - Laurie Street - 11/7/2007 4:00:38 AM
    - "1-in-100-year drought sends Floridaâ€™s â€˜liquid heartâ€™ to 8.97 feet" - ER - 11/7/2007 2:43:50 AM
      - re: 1-in-100-year drought - TB - 11/7/2007 3:51:51 AM
      - Urban Islands - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/7/2007 3:32:24 AM

Hillary Clinton's space policy - Raoul - 11/6/2007 5:09:47 PM
- Good. - TAFKASE - 11/6/2007 10:00:14 PM
- re: Hillary Clinton's space policy - TB - 11/6/2007 6:24:42 PM
  - If... - Eri - 11/7/2007 12:57:22 AM
    - I hope Hillary gets the chance - McFly - 11/7/2007 1:39:44 AM

Musharrif suspends Consitution and knuckles down the opposition months before election - Lindy - 11/4/2007 7:35:03 PM
- Meanwhile... - TB - 11/6/2007 3:33:42 PM
  - Holy moley... - TB - 11/6/2007 3:35:44 PM
    - Tom, Last I checked... - ARRELL - 11/6/2007 3:45:25 PM
      - re: Last I checked... - TB - 11/6/2007 5:02:19 PM
        
        re: Last I checked... - Andrew - 11/6/2007 9:04:48 PM
        
        re: Last I checked... - TB - 11/6/2007 9:31:31 PM
      - Now that you mention it... - TAFKASE - 11/6/2007 3:56:41 PM
- Pervez perverts the words (and deeds) of Lincoln - Fox - 11/6/2007 1:39:30 AM
- There may be a positive side to all this. - ER - 11/4/2007 8:41:57 PM
  - Another positive side... - TB - 11/6/2007 5:14:47 AM
    - Comedy isn't pretty--Jay Leno - ER - 11/6/2007 2:40:16 PM
      - Thank Goodness they don't come after accountants! - TAFKASE - 11/6/2007 3:10:59 PM
  - re: There may be a positive side to all this. - gbaikie - 11/5/2007 2:47:53 AM
    - re: There may be a positive side to all this. - Andrew - 11/5/2007 4:41:31 PM
      - re: There may be a positive side to all this. - gbaikie - 11/6/2007 12:27:36 AM
      - Good Points. - ER - 11/5/2007 8:46:17 PM
    - Russia has ice-free ports - ER - 11/5/2007 3:39:55 AM
      - re: Russia has ice-free ports - gbaikie - 11/5/2007 6:47:15 AM
        
        West of what? - alcaray - 11/6/2007 7:14:43 AM
        
        re: West of what? - gbaikie - 11/6/2007 8:23:21 AM
        
        "West of what?" was just a quip. - alcaray - 11/6/2007 11:23:12 AM
        
        the politburo? - TAFKASE - 11/6/2007 3:08:13 PM
        
        re: "West of what?" was just a quip. - gbaikie - 11/6/2007 12:51:43 PM
        
        Whooa, Tovarisch. - ER - 11/5/2007 12:19:04 PM
  - The problem is that out of chaos come surprises - Eri - 11/5/2007 12:26:25 AM
- The U.S. government will let it happen. - Eri - 11/4/2007 8:34:10 PM
  - What do you propose? (n/t) - TB - 11/5/2007 7:47:38 PM
    - re: What do you propose? - Eri - 11/6/2007 1:02:05 AM
  - re: The U.S. government will let it happen. - Andrew - 11/5/2007 4:26:53 PM
    - That doesn't surprise me - Eri - 11/6/2007 12:54:11 AM

Al-Jazeera claims that it was the USAF that attacked Syria September, 6th, using tactical nukes. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/2/2007 8:39:36 PM
- LOL LOL an Israeli source! - Raoul - 11/4/2007 8:52:34 AM
  - Al Jazeera. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/4/2007 9:43:54 PM
    - re: Al Jazeera. doesn't claim it's the US, well it's Israel (n/t) - Raoul - 11/6/2007 7:05:22 PM
  - Wheels within wheels - ER - 11/4/2007 11:10:01 AM
- Not likely about the tac nukes. - ER - 11/2/2007 9:12:41 PM
  - re: Not likely about the tac nukes. - Hans - 11/3/2007 5:17:42 AM
  - How are tactical nukes used? - alcaray - 11/2/2007 11:10:00 PM
    - re: How are tactical nukes used? - Bowser - 11/3/2007 12:49:24 AM
    - re: How are tactical nukes used? - ER - 11/3/2007 12:31:45 AM
  - Those are two excellent points. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/2/2007 9:15:05 PM

Not current, but comemmorating, and analyzing, an important event - Fox - 11/6/2007 12:23:12 AM

North Korea nuclear update - TB - 11/5/2007 4:33:46 PM
- The trilateral talks seem to have worked. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2007 11:03:23 PM

Iraq refugee update - TB - 11/4/2007 8:57:28 PM

Timing of the attack on Iran. Follow the aircraft carriers. - Bowser - 10/23/2007 12:28:00 AM
- Bird farm boogie-woogie - ER - 10/23/2007 1:11:29 AM
  - PTL - Bowser - 10/23/2007 1:32:51 AM
- re: Follow the aircraft carriers. - TB - 10/23/2007 12:53:15 AM
  - Last time they hadn't prepared the population yet. - Bowser - 10/23/2007 1:28:47 AM
    - BTW - Russia and China have formed a military alliance. Iran an "associate". - Bowser - 10/23/2007 2:25:34 AM
    - You are aware you're just making this up as you go along? (n/t) - TB - 10/23/2007 2:16:04 AM
      - No, I wasn't. Which parts? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/23/2007 2:26:56 AM
        
        re: No, I wasn't. Which parts? - TB - 10/23/2007 2:45:23 AM
        
        BTW - Iran with nuclear power = WW III. Mad. Insanity. Unless - - - - Bowser - 10/23/2007 3:12:19 AM
        
        Confession. I made up the parts labeled as conjecture. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/23/2007 3:09:52 AM
        
        re: Confession - TB - 10/23/2007 3:30:29 AM
        
        Comparison - azstrummer - 10/23/2007 4:39:21 PM
        
        Sorry. Still loopy. - TB - 10/23/2007 5:02:24 PM
        
        "You want all-consuming lust for political power, take a look at who's going to be busting her ass to take his place." - azstrummer - 10/23/2007 6:31:54 PM
        
        re: intrusions - TB - 10/23/2007 7:01:29 PM
        
        Tom, that's enough - azstrummer - 10/24/2007 5:38:05 AM
        
        re: fully documented his lies - SteveS - 10/24/2007 4:35:50 PM
        
        Just did a Google search - azstrummer - 10/24/2007 6:35:41 PM
        
        re: Geezâ€¦ - SteveS - 10/25/2007 2:12:12 AM
        
        "You post a site that is extremely anti-Bush and call that documenting lies? " - azstrummer - 10/25/2007 4:38:07 AM
        
        re: Geezâ€¦ - azstrummer - 10/25/2007 4:24:52 AM
        
        re: Bummer - SteveS - 10/27/2007 12:43:18 AM
        
        Slippery slopes only apply to the following - Tony - 10/24/2007 2:55:37 PM
        
        re: Slippery slopes - TB - 10/24/2007 3:07:29 PM
        
        A good balanced look - azstrummer - 10/24/2007 7:02:49 PM
        
        Told ya - Tony - 10/24/2007 3:37:54 PM
        
        re: Told ya - TB - 10/24/2007 4:10:50 PM
        
        Got link to work now - Tony - 10/24/2007 5:53:53 PM
        
        No, you missed the point entirely - Tony - 10/24/2007 5:46:51 PM
        
        Comparing Clinton and Bush - Bowser - 10/23/2007 5:02:08 PM
        
        "The only thing crazier than a stark raving mad nut is..." (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2007 5:33:12 AM
        
        re: "The only thing crazier than a stark raving mad nut is..." - Colin - 11/4/2007 12:59:51 AM

Ladies of the Zone!!! - Jody - 11/2/2007 3:41:47 AM
- I've always resented being treated as a sexual object. - ER - 11/3/2007 4:27:31 PM
  - I will never treat you as a sexual object - Eri - 11/3/2007 4:38:09 PM
    - Yah, I know. - ER - 11/3/2007 6:57:17 PM
      - The Hot Babes - Eri - 11/3/2007 10:34:15 PM
- Well... - Eri - 11/3/2007 4:15:32 PM
  - We do seem to import a lot of our sexy guys! (n/t) - Eri - 11/3/2007 4:17:40 PM
- re: Ladies of the Zone!!! - Lindy - 11/3/2007 2:49:54 AM
- re: Ladies of the Zone!!! - ok, ... - Marcia - 11/2/2007 10:36:12 PM
  - Yummy (n/t) - Jody - 11/3/2007 3:04:53 AM
  - Good one, Marcia :) - Fox - 11/3/2007 1:35:19 AM
- I don't know where they got all those photos of me, but I want them back :-) (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 11/2/2007 5:31:37 AM
  - LOL!!!;) (n/t) - Jody - 11/2/2007 5:35:52 AM

Fed lowers interest rate, "prints" another $41 billion. - Bowser - 11/1/2007 4:38:38 PM
- I'm gonna print up some Bucks - carl - 11/1/2007 8:56:57 PM
  - While you're at it, print some does, too. (n/t) - Fox - 11/2/2007 5:36:34 PM
- re: Go figure - SteveS - 11/1/2007 5:44:22 PM
  - So the $$ we've borrowed (budget deficit) - Eri - 11/3/2007 4:45:50 PM

Yeowch! - Eri - 11/2/2007 2:47:34 AM
- Virtual worth - Fox - 11/2/2007 5:35:25 PM
  - That's not how my retirement works - Eri - 11/3/2007 4:34:19 PM
  - re: Virtual worth - Bowser - 11/2/2007 6:13:11 PM
    - Yeah, there's that, too. - Eri - 11/3/2007 4:40:48 PM
    - Yeah, I know... - Fox - 11/3/2007 2:12:19 AM
- DOW's been bobbing back and forth in this range for months now. (n/t) - TB - 11/2/2007 5:35:50 AM

Republican Debate - Eri - 10/22/2007 2:45:56 AM
- I miss Gary Hart. - ER - 10/23/2007 7:22:06 PM
  - Gary Hart. - Laurie Street - 10/23/2007 8:25:09 PM
- re: Republican Debate - REB - 10/23/2007 4:20:21 PM
  - Hillary vs Rudy - Lindy - 10/23/2007 10:39:59 PM
- Ron Paul - azstrummer - 10/22/2007 7:33:13 PM
  - re: Ron Paul - Donovan - 11/3/2007 6:39:03 AM
  - Sigh - Eri - 10/23/2007 2:49:26 AM
- Yup. - RobVG - 10/22/2007 3:09:23 AM
  - Biden's a Dem - Eri - 10/23/2007 2:51:28 AM
    - So what? - RobVG - 10/23/2007 5:31:59 AM

Pre-Teens Trading Fairy Wands for Fishnets - Jody - 11/1/2007 12:19:40 PM
- I was still playing with Barbies in 7th grade. (n/t) - Jody - 11/1/2007 12:37:21 PM
  - shooooot I am still playing with dolls.... (n/t) - DJL - 11/2/2007 6:06:23 PM
  - I was too - sort of - azstrummer - 11/1/2007 3:41:49 PM
    - I wanted to bite you with a real clever zinger - Jody - 11/2/2007 5:32:41 AM
    - "I Dream of Jeanie" - Robert - 11/1/2007 4:41:38 PM
      - I lament - Jody - 11/2/2007 5:30:05 AM
        
        Every little girl wanted to grow up like Brittany Spears - Lindy - 11/3/2007 2:51:59 AM
      - re: "I Dream of Jeanie" - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/2/2007 4:15:47 AM

Jake's post moved to space (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 11/2/2007 11:05:20 PM

Iraqi Islamic Party says, â€œAl Qaeda is Defeated.â€ - SteveS - 11/2/2007 12:17:45 AM
- Sounds like our work there is now done - Buck Galaxy - 11/2/2007 7:43:26 PM
  - re: No way - SteveS - 11/2/2007 11:03:37 PM
  - re: Sounds like our work there is now done - gbaikie - 11/2/2007 9:39:06 PM

Bush sulks, insists on torture OK. - Bowser - 11/1/2007 11:43:52 PM
- At the very same moment, his father was talking to the astronauts! (n/t) - Raoul - 11/2/2007 9:30:53 AM

"Gulf states 'offer Iran uranium'." - Bowser - 11/1/2007 9:27:40 PM

Flip FLOP Hillary - carl - 10/31/2007 2:58:04 PM
- re: Flip FLOP Hillary - JamesBrown - 11/1/2007 5:08:29 AM
  - FLOPPY Hill? - carl - 11/1/2007 8:55:30 PM
  - Flip Flop is here to stay - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 11/1/2007 8:50:22 AM
- She don't represent. She's just playing the numbers - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/31/2007 10:07:55 PM

it looks like Oil is going to $100.00 - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 9:54:45 PM
- They were predicting that a year ago. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/31/2007 10:04:20 PM
  - $100.00 is a big move... $200.00 would be incredible. - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 10:10:43 PM

Happy Halloween, Warren - ER - 10/29/2007 11:16:25 PM
- Nobody stops him from paying more... - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 1:44:23 PM
  - It's taxing when you miss the point - Eri - 10/31/2007 5:44:21 PM
    - Do you own any stock in any company? - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 6:09:50 PM
  - Buffett is actually giving most of his fortune away - TB - 10/31/2007 4:21:08 PM
    - That's great. But he is free to give more to the government if he wants... - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 5:35:48 PM
      - And then we have the Right-Wing fundamentalist Churches - Eri - 10/31/2007 5:41:46 PM
        
        I agree. Take away their tax-free status. - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 6:06:27 PM
- re: Happy Halloween, Warren - TB - 10/30/2007 7:56:00 PM
  - re: Happy Halloween, Warren - Marcia - 10/30/2007 9:37:51 PM
    - Wasn't Warren the one who was against raising the Gas tax on Jet Fuel? - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 1:46:28 PM
      - re: Wait no... It was the landing fees that private jet owners are forced to pay... - TAFKASE - 10/31/2007 2:59:09 PM

Iraqi insurgents' clash with Qaeda kills 16 - Buck Galaxy - 10/27/2007 5:59:57 PM
- "80 Taliban reported killed in U.S.-led battle" - Bowser - 10/28/2007 11:00:39 PM
- This didn't happen all by itself. - TB - 10/28/2007 6:08:22 AM
  - Not sure if that has anythng to do with my point - Buck Galaxy - 10/29/2007 4:16:31 AM
    - do you still believe Al Qaeda would have a foothold in Iraq had we pulled out in 2004? - TAFKASE - 10/29/2007 3:19:02 PM
      - Could of, should of, would of... - Buck Galaxy - 10/31/2007 7:25:34 AM
      - According to most Dems, Iraq has been a stunning success. - Lee - 10/29/2007 10:26:59 PM
        
        That is not true. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/30/2007 3:21:14 AM
        
        Go back and read the articles. - Lee - 10/30/2007 8:39:22 PM
        
        You made an extraordinary claim. Show me your evidence. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/30/2007 9:26:24 PM
    - re: Not sure if that has anythng to do with my point - TB - 10/29/2007 6:00:12 AM
      - So fast with the revisionist history? - Buck Galaxy - 10/30/2007 6:53:32 AM

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