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One reason why Bush & Co. appear ridiculous to the world. - Bowser - 9/23/2007 2:38:51 AM
- You ignored this question the first time I posted it - TB - 9/23/2007 3:24:32 AM
  - I ignored your question? - Bowser - 9/23/2007 5:34:21 AM
    - re: question - TB - 9/23/2007 5:09:33 PM

"U.S. warns of Iranian influence in Afghanistan" - Bowser - 9/22/2007 10:20:55 PM
- re: "U.S. warns of Middle Eastern influence in Middle East" - Lindy - 9/23/2007 4:54:56 PM

Bush threatens to veto $7 billion a year for kids health insurance. - Bowser - 9/21/2007 1:10:25 AM
- Bringing on Bagdom - ER - 9/22/2007 1:19:11 PM
  - re: Bringing on Bagdom - TB - 9/22/2007 3:07:28 PM
    - re: Bringing on Bagdom - ER - 9/22/2007 3:24:58 PM
      - Productivity - TB - 9/22/2007 4:01:27 PM
        
        Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? - ER - 9/22/2007 5:08:09 PM
        
        re: Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? - TB - 9/22/2007 6:29:28 PM
        
        From Charles Dickens, c 1840, actually. - ER - 9/22/2007 7:01:03 PM
        
        There are underlying principles to all of this. - TB - 9/22/2007 7:47:02 PM
        
        Now we're talking, not shouting. - ER - 9/22/2007 8:41:01 PM
        
        And on compromise... - TB - 9/22/2007 11:41:12 PM
        
        You're shouting again. (n/t) - ER - 9/23/2007 12:59:53 AM
        
        I don't think so. - TB - 9/23/2007 1:17:32 AM
        
        re: I don't think so. - ER - 9/23/2007 1:49:41 AM
        
        re: I don't think so. - TB - 9/23/2007 1:55:44 AM
        
        re: Now we're talking - TB - 9/22/2007 11:31:48 PM
        
        Now we're talking - ER - 9/23/2007 12:52:03 AM
        
        re: Now we're talking - TB - 9/23/2007 1:26:46 AM
- And one for the road... - TB - 9/21/2007 2:25:48 AM
  - Black and white as always - azstrummer - 9/21/2007 4:12:32 AM
    - Building a hospital of cards - McFly - 9/21/2007 1:43:04 PM
      - You touch on my main point. - TB - 9/21/2007 4:05:29 PM
    - And on Moveon... - TB - 9/21/2007 4:24:46 AM
    - re: Black and white as always - TB - 9/21/2007 4:22:46 AM
      - "avoid unpleasant facts" - azstrummer - 9/21/2007 4:41:58 AM
        
        re: "avoid unpleasant facts" - TB - 9/21/2007 5:28:20 AM
        
        re: "avoid unpleasant facts" - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2007 10:12:40 AM
- Oh, here's your link - TB - 9/21/2007 2:22:59 AM
- We've already done this one. - TB - 9/21/2007 2:20:02 AM
  - "The motive of those pushing this isn't "health care for kids."" - azstrummer - 9/21/2007 4:26:15 AM
    - re: "The motive of those pushing this isn't "health care for kids."" - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2007 9:39:32 AM
      - Armed rebellion - azstrummer - 9/21/2007 4:26:21 PM
        
        Does that work both ways? - Lee - 9/21/2007 6:15:59 PM
        
        Quite a difference between you and me Lee - azstrummer - 9/21/2007 6:48:05 PM
        
        Must be repressed fantasies then. - Lee - 9/22/2007 1:49:19 AM
        
        Let's get this straight - azstrummer - 9/22/2007 10:47:29 PM
    - Well, that puts it right out there, doesn't it? - TB - 9/21/2007 5:30:44 AM

Ridiculous. "Iranian president denied access to WTC site." - Bowser - 9/20/2007 10:27:29 PM
- Not necessarily ridiculous - ER - 9/22/2007 2:49:03 PM
  - re: ridiculous - TB - 9/22/2007 4:38:35 PM
    - WHOOOA! Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. - ER - 9/22/2007 6:26:26 PM
      - "Moderate" - TB - 9/22/2007 7:54:15 PM
        
        The only good Republican... - ER - 9/22/2007 8:50:16 PM
        
        re: The only good Republican... - azstrummer - 9/22/2007 10:49:40 PM
- re: Ridiculous - TB - 9/21/2007 3:34:39 AM
  - re: Ridiculous - McFly - 9/21/2007 1:47:59 PM
    - Try again. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2007 10:37:38 PM
  - Completely ridiculous - Raoul - 9/21/2007 5:36:11 AM
    - Fair enough. - TB - 9/21/2007 6:22:59 AM
      - re: Fair enough. - nick hoffman - 9/21/2007 6:32:58 PM
        
        re: Fair enough. - TB - 9/21/2007 8:27:33 PM

Ospreys to get first combat deployment - TB - 9/21/2007 10:59:12 PM
- re: Ospreys to get first combat deployment - Bowser - 9/22/2007 10:06:01 PM
  - re: Ospreys to get first combat deployment - TB - 9/22/2007 10:46:53 PM

Iran - Raoul - 9/21/2007 9:42:21 PM
- Re the link to the other book in the article - ER - 9/22/2007 6:12:34 PM

1 EURO = 1.41 Dollars !!!! - Raoul - 9/21/2007 4:20:27 PM
- 1 Canadian Dollar = 1 American Dollar - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/22/2007 1:43:25 AM
- That makes no sense... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2007 10:28:08 PM
  - No sir... - Raoul - 9/22/2007 5:47:55 AM
    - You mean you paid taxes twice? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/22/2007 5:51:41 AM
      - No, but close - Raoul - 9/22/2007 5:54:01 AM
        
        Ok.. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/22/2007 6:00:33 AM

Solving the China import problem. - Bowser - 9/20/2007 5:15:48 PM
- Hey, we hit parity today... - nick hoffman - 9/21/2007 6:50:10 PM

Search for Fossett scaled back. - Bowser - 9/18/2007 9:00:08 PM
- I Know where he IS........ - carl - 9/19/2007 6:18:14 PM
  - Hmmmm.... - TB - 9/19/2007 6:42:26 PM
    - This ISLAND EARTH - carl - 9/20/2007 6:37:16 PM
- I wonder... - TB - 9/18/2007 10:19:02 PM
  - Interesting. - Bowser - 9/19/2007 1:46:15 AM
  - re: I wonder... - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/18/2007 10:58:51 PM
    - re: I wonder... - TB - 9/19/2007 2:01:47 AM
      - re: I wonder... - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/19/2007 2:39:54 AM
        
        We're touching on "Conspiracy Theory" here... - nick hoffman - 9/21/2007 6:42:39 PM
        
        Not in Nevada - TB - 9/19/2007 3:49:12 AM
        
        re: Not in Nevada - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/19/2007 4:09:52 AM
        
        re: r Isn't there any radar coverage in that area? - nick hoffman - 9/21/2007 6:45:26 PM

Blackwater security firm banned from Iraq - Jack Herer - 9/17/2007 4:05:05 PM
- Blackwater held â€˜untouchableâ€™ status under State Departmentâ€™s watch - Lindy - 9/20/2007 4:00:38 PM
- Please Explain. - Jody - 9/18/2007 11:14:20 AM
  - They are a para-military organizationin the view of the Conspiracy nuts... - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 1:49:59 PM
    - This was basically my thoughts too... - Jody - 9/18/2007 3:26:05 PM
      - I think Bush made them exempt from all law - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:12:00 PM
      - Consider the sources here. - TB - 9/18/2007 4:16:49 PM
        
        Corporate Hitmen - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:14:32 PM
        
        But...what sources would tell the REAL story? - Jody - 9/18/2007 6:54:01 PM
        
        "How does one truly determine the truth?" - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:15:45 PM
        
        Use your head. - TB - 9/18/2007 7:10:00 PM
        
        Perspective.... - Jody - 9/18/2007 11:17:01 PM
        
        re: Perspective.... - TAFKASE - 9/19/2007 9:21:43 PM
        
        When is a mercenary not a mercenary? - Fox - 9/18/2007 5:28:00 PM
        
        Excellent answer Fox (n/t) - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:34:22 PM
        
        If I hire a security guard does that mean I hired a mercenary? - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 9:40:27 PM
        
        Yup - Fox - 9/19/2007 5:38:31 PM
        
        "The left wants us to lose in Iraq. " - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:36:11 PM
    - Bush cannot maintain presence in Iraq without his private mercenary army - Eric - 9/18/2007 2:43:18 PM
      - "$21.3 million contract to protect Paul Bremer"?? - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:39:50 PM
- Oh cripes! - Eri - 9/18/2007 1:09:40 AM
- â€œTheyâ€™re famous for being very aggressive. They use their machine guns like car horns. But itâ€™s not the goal to kill people.â€ - Lindy - 9/18/2007 12:58:41 AM
- Apologies to the Doobies - ER - 9/17/2007 11:10:59 PM
- Oh great, now they'll be working on OUR soil - Lindy - 9/17/2007 10:43:56 PM
- Well this will be a test - azstrummer - 9/17/2007 6:25:09 PM
  - re: Well this will be a test - James Brown - 9/21/2007 5:49:15 AM
    - " Under any name it has a very good chance of becoming a Praetorian Guard for our next emperor. " - Lindy - 9/21/2007 3:02:20 PM
- Don't eat the yellow snow; don't drink the... - Fox - 9/17/2007 5:19:37 PM

Disgraced Reporter Dan Rather Sues CBS - TAFKASE - 9/20/2007 2:00:56 PM
- re: Disgraced Reporter Dan Rather Sues CBS - James Brown - 9/21/2007 2:45:41 PM
- Sue Dan Rather for slander? or what are you talking about? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/20/2007 7:06:29 PM

On thin ice - "Musharraf also faces a powerful pro-democracy movement - - - " - Bowser - 9/21/2007 1:18:40 AM
- re: On thin ice - "Musharraf also faces a powerful pro-democracy movement - - - " - James Brown - 9/21/2007 5:27:32 AM
- re: On thin ice - TB - 9/21/2007 2:18:57 AM
  - Ahmed Rashid: Pakistan's Longtime Correspondent - Bowser - 9/21/2007 2:45:15 AM

Is OJ hiding money in offshore accounts? - TAFKASE - 9/20/2007 2:04:58 PM

Some call it "progress - "U.S. halts civilian travel outside Green Zone" - Bowser - 9/18/2007 11:59:26 PM
- US military admits abject failure in Baghdad. - Bowser - 9/20/2007 2:14:14 AM
- re: Some call it propaganda - TB - 9/19/2007 1:22:39 AM
  - "Useful Idiots" - Donald - 9/19/2007 2:51:53 AM
  - "Last throes" - "Sadr, his thugs, and his Iranian pals have been on the ropes for weeks now." - Bowser - 9/19/2007 1:44:22 AM
    - Well, we don't have Sadr himself pinned down. - TB - 9/19/2007 1:55:34 AM
      - They got us cornered in a small section of Baghdad, and WE'RE winning? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2007 2:02:21 AM
        
        Well put - Donald - 9/19/2007 2:55:04 AM
        
        "confined" - TB - 9/19/2007 3:46:43 AM
        
        Classic switch. "Yes, the patients brain is dead. But the liver is a bit better, so's a kidney." - Bowser - 9/19/2007 2:32:23 PM
        
        The subject was "confined" and "cornered." - TB - 9/19/2007 6:38:16 PM
        
        That's a helluva read...thanks Tom (n/t) - McFly - 9/19/2007 4:33:15 AM
- Meanwhile: - Donald - 9/19/2007 1:07:14 AM

Anathema to Conservatives - "Clinton unveils her plan for health care" - Bowser - 9/18/2007 1:09:43 AM
- She'll get it through. - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 9:42:38 PM
  - Not really. I don't think she's going to win. - TB - 9/18/2007 10:12:27 PM
    - Whe will... - TAFKASE - 9/19/2007 3:52:08 PM
- Clinton Health Care Plan - TB - 9/18/2007 3:24:51 AM
  - Details coming out - TB - 9/18/2007 7:05:02 PM
    - Would you cancel your auto insurance if it weren't mandatory? (n/t) - Robert - 9/18/2007 8:25:31 PM
      - What's that got to do with it? - TB - 9/18/2007 9:57:42 PM
        
        Hello... What about the children? - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 10:00:59 PM
        
        Oh my bad... before they enroll in school they'll need to provide an Insurance Certificate. - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 10:04:20 PM
      - Forget liability insurance, Why not just require everyone to have uninsured motorist coverage? - RobVG - 9/18/2007 9:18:41 PM
  - There are some things government can do better than the private sector. - alcaray - 9/18/2007 7:16:08 AM
    - re: some things - TB - 9/18/2007 4:06:01 PM
      - I believe that Nixon's HMOs did solve the problem they were aimed at. - alcaray - 9/18/2007 6:07:28 PM
        
        And you think you'll be able to sue the Government's doctors for malpractice? - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 9:47:10 PM
        
        And what about dentistry? - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 9:49:37 PM
        
        They'll have to opt for the Republican solution. - ER - 9/19/2007 8:25:32 PM
        
        I think the goal for now is to keep people uncrippled and saved from dying. - alcaray - 9/18/2007 10:29:16 PM
  - Seriously. It's a question of principles, values. - Bowser - 9/18/2007 4:12:53 AM
- Boy, you are easily swayed. - Lee - 9/18/2007 1:58:04 AM

And the sky is blue... - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 7:24:20 PM

I'd like to let any business owner who is think of Relocating from Chicago... - TAFKASE - 9/19/2007 1:27:56 PM

So are the gears clicking in place for folks yet? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2007 1:08:49 AM
- The Iraqi Government needs to have public hangings of convicted Al Queda - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 3:39:47 PM
  - Folks like a winner. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2007 12:55:58 AM
    - " a total propaganda victory for Al Qaeda and their Euro sponsors"..... - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:59:13 PM
      - You haven't been paying enough attention to my posts ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2007 4:37:21 AM

New York Times to end paid Internet service - gbaikie - 9/18/2007 12:53:38 PM
- Cool! - Eri - 9/19/2007 1:47:03 AM
- re: New York Times to end paid Internet service - Hans - 9/18/2007 2:44:32 PM
  - No, they built it and nobody came. - TB - 9/18/2007 3:56:44 PM

Guess which European country maybe heading for possible breakup? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/18/2007 4:52:23 PM
- re: Guess which European country maybe heading for possible breakup? - Eri - 9/19/2007 1:45:32 AM
- Ouais, ouais, je sais! C'est complique ! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/18/2007 5:25:04 PM

Baghdad hospitals - TB - 9/18/2007 5:09:00 AM
- Several of the reasons Baghdad hospitals can be relatively empty. - Bowser - 9/18/2007 2:51:27 PM
  - re: Baghdad hospitals - TB - 9/18/2007 4:04:42 PM
  - And another reason... - ER - 9/18/2007 3:39:23 PM

Authors of "Freakonomics" talk about nuclear power - TB - 9/16/2007 1:47:02 AM
- Maybe it's time to take the nuclear-power issue to the voters. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/17/2007 7:16:32 PM
  - There is no way your gonna get Nevada to take Nuclear waste. - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 7:56:39 PM
- re: Authors of "Freakonomics" talk about nuclear power - ER - 9/16/2007 2:57:35 AM
  - Interesting. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/16/2007 5:01:43 PM
  - Nuclear power - TB - 9/16/2007 3:08:02 AM
    - Conflict of interst - ER - 9/16/2007 1:29:24 PM
      - Don't blame the capitalistic tendency of the suits...Chenobal happened without capitalism... - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 3:28:29 PM
        
        I don't. I blame the suits. - ER - 9/17/2007 5:55:51 PM
      - re: Conflict of interest - TB - 9/16/2007 8:29:19 PM
        
        Conflict of interest - ER - 9/16/2007 9:29:47 PM
        
        re: Conflict of interest - TB - 9/16/2007 9:42:35 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 9/16/2007 9:45:08 PM

"Michael Mukasey 'knows what it takes to fight' terror, Bush says - Bowser - 9/17/2007 6:02:12 PM

Greenspan bashes Bush policies in memoir - Donald - 9/15/2007 9:20:14 PM
- Bush's side of the argument - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 3:54:56 PM
- And he says Hillary Clinton would be a pretty good President! - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 2:55:38 PM
- Greenspan:"the Iraq war is largely about oil" - Eric - 9/16/2007 1:37:45 AM
  - So, was that ever in doubt? - ER - 9/17/2007 2:31:07 PM
    - Well Said... - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 2:57:56 PM
- Greenspan had high praise for Bill Clinton... (n/t) - ER - 9/15/2007 10:35:41 PM
- Don't see much to disagree with on Bush's spending policy. (n/t) - TB - 9/15/2007 9:23:52 PM
  - Don't see much to disagree with *Greenspan*, of course. (n/t) - TB - 9/15/2007 9:36:13 PM
    - Greenspan praises Bill Clinton - Donald - 9/15/2007 10:43:05 PM
      - I can't wait for the winger response. - ER - 9/16/2007 4:43:47 PM
        
        Clinton was, is, and will always be a drunkard. - Winger - 9/17/2007 3:03:15 PM
        
        Nah, he tasted alcohol, but did not swallow. (n/t) - ER - 9/17/2007 3:21:01 PM
        
        re: I can't wait for the winger response. - TB - 9/16/2007 8:40:08 PM

Deficit update - TB - 9/13/2007 11:12:36 PM
- Trillions of dollars are missing from the US government - Eric - 9/16/2007 1:26:00 AM
  - Trough Feeding Corporate Bonanza - Lindy - 9/17/2007 3:25:14 AM
- Think we will hit a surplus with Bush in office? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/14/2007 11:56:51 PM
  - re: Think we will hit a surplus with Bush in office? - TB - 9/15/2007 1:49:04 AM
    - Actually, now that I look at it... - TB - 9/15/2007 4:56:06 AM
      - The improvements have come since the Dems took Congress - Buck Galaxy - 9/15/2007 6:43:22 AM
        
        Actually, I agree! - TAFKASE - 9/17/2007 3:44:01 PM
        
        Believe it or not, I've heard people seriously try to pull that. (n/t) - TB - 9/15/2007 3:35:42 PM
        
        That would be you, trying to give credit for Clinton's surplus to the Republican congress. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/15/2007 5:36:17 PM
        
        I think it's a combination - TB - 9/15/2007 6:28:44 PM
- Shhhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell congress. They'll only try to spend more. - TAFKASE - 9/14/2007 1:24:59 PM

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