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The Clinton Legacy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 1:07:34 AM

Billions and billions spent on security, intelligence. - Bowser - 10/9/2007 5:23:48 AM
- Depends on who leaked it. - TB - 10/9/2007 7:22:56 PM
  - "The New York Times is famous for this, but it wasn't them this time." - Robert - 10/10/2007 4:59:18 PM
  - How does it depend on who leaked it? What's "it" in your sentence? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/9/2007 11:33:36 PM
    - The source will tell us where the problem is. - TB - 10/10/2007 12:25:32 AM

Latest Michael Yon dispatch - TB - 10/9/2007 8:55:22 PM

No political solution, either. "Top Iraqis pull back from key U.S. goal" - Bowser - 10/8/2007 7:30:47 PM
- Iraqis being..........well, Iraqis - Lindy - 10/9/2007 5:08:38 AM
  - Completely negates the rationale for the "surge". And occupation. - Bowser - 10/9/2007 5:30:49 AM
    - The Cold Hard Truth - Lindy - 10/9/2007 4:37:51 PM

Pulling 95% of troops out of Iraq NOW - Buck Galaxy - 10/8/2007 5:49:35 AM
- The only way we can pull our troops out is if there is a Palestinian-Israeli piece agreement - E.P. Grondine - 10/8/2007 7:19:49 PM
  - Trying to get a Middle East piece - Buck Galaxy - 10/9/2007 4:44:23 AM
  - try "peace" agreement - who gets which piece - E.P. - 10/8/2007 7:21:01 PM
- I think that argument is pretty much over. - TB - 10/8/2007 6:24:18 AM
  - Pullout defined - Buck Galaxy - 10/9/2007 4:22:05 AM
  - Arguments set aside, have a way of coming back. - alcaray - 10/8/2007 11:57:29 PM

Update on income taxes - TB - 10/8/2007 6:21:36 PM
- Awwww - Eri - 10/8/2007 10:13:16 PM
  - Missed the point entirely. - TB - 10/8/2007 11:44:30 PM
    - I didn't miss the point. - Eri - 10/9/2007 1:12:49 AM
      - That's not actually true. - TB - 10/9/2007 1:44:11 AM
        
        I wish I could... - Eri - 10/9/2007 3:18:40 AM
        
        re: I wish I could... - TB - 10/9/2007 4:01:18 AM
        
        Just so you know, there's no cap on Medicare tax earnings. - TB - 10/9/2007 4:06:38 AM

Ahh, democracy! " Musharraf wins presidential vote " - Bowser - 10/6/2007 10:35:16 PM
- And don't forget - Eri - 10/7/2007 2:48:55 AM
- But how did he do that? - Lindy - 10/7/2007 12:38:16 AM
  - Just yer basic come-from-behind military dictator. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/7/2007 1:06:22 AM
    - re: Just yer basic come-from-behind military dictator. - yep, rings a (loud) bell. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/8/2007 9:21:22 PM

Another evangical Christian institution faces tough times. - Bowser - 10/6/2007 4:31:19 AM
- Leadership tends to attract corruption. - ER - 10/6/2007 11:45:04 AM
  - The ironic part.... - TB - 10/6/2007 8:06:57 PM
    - During my time in Silly Valley, - ER - 10/6/2007 10:02:05 PM
      - "internal decadence." - Lindy - 10/7/2007 12:51:44 AM
      - Managers and more - TB - 10/6/2007 11:07:49 PM
        
        WHy government reform fails - dtb - 10/8/2007 7:15:03 PM
        
        You nailed it. - TB - 10/8/2007 9:16:35 PM
        
        Imagine - ER - 10/7/2007 4:11:52 PM
        
        Just reform the legal system. - Lee - 10/8/2007 12:32:59 AM
        
        re: Imagine - TB - 10/7/2007 9:05:25 PM
        
        Good points. (n/t) - ER - 10/7/2007 10:10:42 PM
  - Wow, I agree completely with that. (n/t) - Lee - 10/6/2007 7:17:23 PM
  - Dey asked me why I robbed banks... - Willy Horton - 10/6/2007 5:46:01 PM
    - Hey, that's MY line! (n/t) - Willie Sutton - 10/6/2007 6:41:14 PM
      - Doh!!!!! (n/t) - Willy Whatsisname - 10/6/2007 8:21:00 PM

"Elder Statesman" Update - TB - 10/8/2007 5:22:46 PM
- More - TB - 10/8/2007 5:30:48 PM

(BOOM boom BOOM) "Petraeus: Iran still fueling war" - Bowser - 10/7/2007 6:24:17 PM
- Meanwhile, back at the Hillary Administration - TB - 10/8/2007 4:55:46 AM

The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater - Eric - 10/7/2007 11:35:56 PM
- Explains a lot. A helluva lot. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/8/2007 1:08:43 AM

Hearts and Minds - Bowser - 10/7/2007 11:09:06 PM

Many evangelical Christians advocating war on Iran right now. - Bowser - 10/6/2007 3:13:27 PM
- Guiliani attracting neocons favoring war on Iran. - Bowser - 10/7/2007 3:12:29 AM
- Link - Bowser - 10/6/2007 8:59:34 PM
  - re: Link - TB - 10/6/2007 10:50:53 PM
- re: right now. - TB - 10/6/2007 5:47:37 PM
- I gues they've finally found their Antichrist - ER - 10/6/2007 5:36:19 PM
- Catholics advocating sanctions against Russia - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/6/2007 5:03:28 PM
  - Pope George I - Robert - 10/6/2007 5:31:17 PM
    - You and SDAI running in some kind of Weird Worldview contest? (n/t) - TB - 10/6/2007 7:10:02 PM
      - re: You and SDAI running in some kind of Weird Worldview contest? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2007 6:02:22 AM
        
        As long as you keep the trench knives out of it... (n/t) - TB - 10/7/2007 6:11:12 AM
    - Maybe. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/6/2007 6:00:37 PM
      - re: Maybe. - Robert - 10/6/2007 6:24:41 PM
        
        "the political machine that's manipulating all of us to stay in power. " - Lindy - 10/7/2007 12:47:54 AM

Stirring Up a Shirt-Storm - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/7/2007 4:48:13 AM

GooGoo-Goojoob - ER - 10/7/2007 1:09:16 AM

Bush defends (secret) CIA detentions, says no torture - Bowser - 10/5/2007 6:29:41 PM
- There can only be one valid definition of torture. - ER - 10/6/2007 6:45:37 PM
  - re: There can only be one valid definition of torture. - TB - 10/6/2007 8:47:13 PM
    - Well, I promised myself I'd never say this... - ER - 10/6/2007 10:17:44 PM
      - re: Well - TB - 10/6/2007 11:19:39 PM
- Let's assume the CIA has sophisticated 'interogation methods... - Jacob Samorodin - 10/5/2007 10:10:11 PM
  - The CIA has acknowledged some of what it does. - Bowser - 10/6/2007 12:49:18 AM

Ending US private funding of illegal West Bank settlments - E.P. - 10/5/2007 9:07:36 PM
- Why am I not surprised? - Lindy - 10/5/2007 10:31:31 PM
- Where exactly did you dig up the word "illegal?" - TB - 10/5/2007 10:07:38 PM
  - Forbidden by treaty perhaps does not mean the same as illegal, I guess. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/6/2007 1:49:56 AM
    - Don't bother. Bill Clinton wasn't as good, and was as wrong. - Bowser - 10/6/2007 2:29:59 AM
      - "Ethnic cleansing." I don't think that means what you think it does. - TB - 10/6/2007 2:46:57 AM
        
        No wonder some americans deny Israel achieved ethnic cleansing. - Raoul - 10/6/2007 9:34:23 AM
        
        One thing I know about ethnic cleansing is that it is a gerund. That is... - alcaray - 10/6/2007 9:14:33 AM
    - Which treaty was that? - TB - 10/6/2007 2:18:01 AM
      - Israel has agreed to cease building settlements... - alcaray - 10/6/2007 8:56:38 AM
        
        And now... - TB - 10/6/2007 7:21:44 PM
        
        You asked the basis of the word "illegal". I answered. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/6/2007 8:05:38 PM
  - It's as legal as Iran building an Iranian city in Marin County. - Bowser - 10/6/2007 12:45:36 AM

Privacy update - TB - 10/4/2007 8:35:10 PM
- Will someone please enlighten me on this. - Jody - 10/5/2007 8:47:50 PM
- This intrusion into a child's home life..... - Lindy - 10/4/2007 9:26:48 PM
- If that happened to my daughter... - TAFKASE - 10/4/2007 8:55:51 PM
  - You think it's bad now... - TB - 10/5/2007 3:29:15 AM
    - Ah, I see - Robert - 10/6/2007 6:02:11 PM
      - No, you don't. - TB - 10/6/2007 7:33:06 PM
    - Ah, I see - azstrummer - 10/5/2007 1:42:22 PM
      - Good Lord, Art, get a grip. - TB - 10/5/2007 4:31:46 PM
        
        Just kidding - azstrummer - 10/5/2007 6:01:24 PM
        
        The issue - TB - 10/5/2007 7:29:24 PM
  - Uh uh - Eri - 10/5/2007 1:52:47 AM

"Clinton may aid Giuliani in race: experts" (What about 'family values'?) - Bowser - 10/5/2007 6:38:45 PM
- I don't particulary like....... - Lindy - 10/5/2007 10:35:26 PM
  - True - Eri - 10/6/2007 4:45:31 AM

Would Syria be justified in lobbing a few missiles at Israel? - Bowser - 10/4/2007 4:09:07 AM
- Yes. Why don't they? - TAFKASE - 10/4/2007 1:58:09 PM
  - Because they don't want to - Raoul - 10/4/2007 3:40:29 PM
    - Re: Proof the governments of Syria and Iran are controling and financing terrorism - TAFKASE - 10/4/2007 4:07:34 PM
      - If I were to live in Southern Lebanon... - Raoul - 10/5/2007 7:58:10 PM
      - re: Re: Proof the governments of Syria and Iran are controling and financing terrorism - Marcia - 10/5/2007 12:56:33 AM
  - P.S. that goes for the cowards in Iran too. - TAFKASE - 10/4/2007 2:00:04 PM
- You mean instead of Syria's Hezbollah flunkies doing it? - TB - 10/4/2007 4:24:44 AM
  - There was a question. Direct, simple, easy. You flunked. - Bowser - 10/4/2007 4:43:18 AM
    - Okay, the answer is yes. - TB - 10/4/2007 4:54:23 AM
      - P.S. - TB - 10/4/2007 5:03:15 AM

Hillary speaks on science and space exploration - Buck Galaxy - 10/5/2007 5:31:12 AM
- Hillary science policy - TB - 10/5/2007 4:16:56 PM
- Links to comments - Buck Galaxy - 10/5/2007 4:06:33 PM

The State Dept's. "first blush" report of the Blackwater Baghdad incident was drafted by a Blackwater consultant. - alcaray - 10/1/2007 9:47:19 PM
- Blackwater's New Contract - Lindy - 10/5/2007 2:59:08 AM
  - "There's a connection between Iraqi corruption and US mercenaries." - Disgusted yet? - 10/5/2007 3:35:38 AM
- Blackwater...a short clip. - Lindy - 10/2/2007 3:21:29 AM
- "In over 80 percent of the cases, Blackwater reports that its forces fired first, according to the staff report." - Bowser - 10/2/2007 1:44:38 AM
  - Blackwater has yet to lose a client. - Lee - 10/2/2007 11:24:04 PM
    - "They have a 100% success rate in protecting the people under their watch" - Lindy - 10/3/2007 1:15:10 AM
      - Never understood where this "illegal" came from. - Lee - 10/3/2007 11:10:29 AM
        
        re: Never understood where this "illegal" came from. - Lindy - 10/3/2007 9:35:42 PM
        
        And they're "only following orders"... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 10/5/2007 3:14:25 PM
  - IRAQ for Sale....Blackwater....the Movie - Lindy - 10/2/2007 3:18:26 AM
    - I am at a loss for words. (n/t) - Jody - 10/2/2007 12:24:55 PM
      - There are many here - Lindy - 10/2/2007 2:52:14 PM
        
        She's got a million of 'em. - TB - 10/2/2007 3:53:50 PM

Sputnik+LEAVE it to BEAVER both Premeired 50 yrs ago - carl - 10/4/2007 10:30:18 PM
- Sputnik Crashed Here - Jack Herer - 10/5/2007 11:40:52 AM

A bit of the history of the North and South Korean reconcilliation. - Bowser - 10/5/2007 2:42:11 AM
- re: A bit of the history - TB - 10/5/2007 2:52:59 AM
  - re: A bit of the history - Hans - 10/5/2007 5:41:24 AM

One of the greatest living people barred from US university. - Bowser - 10/5/2007 5:05:48 AM

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