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Look out, Congress is back in session. - TB - 9/4/2007 5:33:42 PM
- It wasn't long ago that Hillary was the monster that conservatives frightened their children with. - alcaray - 9/4/2007 11:24:28 PM
  - Maybe it's just me. - TB - 9/5/2007 2:32:05 AM
    - Hillary - Lindy - 9/5/2007 2:39:49 PM
      - When Bill is the 1st Lady, will he be entertaining the spouses of the world leaders who visit the WH? - TAFKASE - 9/6/2007 10:17:31 PM
    - I think you're saying that you are relieved because she seems more beatable than some of her opponents? - alcaray - 9/5/2007 5:39:35 AM
      - Not exactly... - TB - 9/5/2007 2:57:02 PM
    - Remember when Reagan was called "unelectable"? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 9/5/2007 3:18:16 AM
      - Reagan's history wasn't Hillary's. - TB - 9/5/2007 3:26:44 AM
        
        Hillary's baggage floats. The more she has, the less sinkable she is. - TAFKASE - 9/6/2007 10:13:35 PM
        
        Hillary has it wrapped up? Just like Dean before the scream... (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 9/7/2007 8:22:16 PM

Do the Soviets have a real Doomsday Device? - New Age Vapors - 9/6/2007 2:09:50 PM
- A nuclear exchange between superpowers would be close enough to a "doomsday device" to satisfy most Dr. No apostles out there. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/6/2007 6:37:47 PM
- Probably not, but I wouldn't doubt the Islamists would like one. (n/t) - ER - 9/6/2007 2:53:16 PM
  - Alas! We agree! - Adam Bomber - 9/6/2007 3:20:17 PM
- Other than their economic system? (n/t) - TB - 9/6/2007 2:53:10 PM
  - Refreshingly this article has zip to do with the terrorist threat - New Age Vapors - 9/6/2007 5:47:59 PM
    - How much radiation would it take to make life on Earth all but impossible? - Adam Bomber - 9/6/2007 6:02:48 PM
      - A lot more than you would get from a nuclear exchange. (n/t) - TB - 9/6/2007 7:05:30 PM
        
        If two flattened buildings can "change everything"... - alcaray - 9/7/2007 12:20:13 AM
        
        re: If two flattened buildings can "change everything"... - TB - 9/7/2007 5:23:18 PM
        
        back to my theme: that's doomday enough. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/7/2007 6:54:29 PM

This just in: Nuclear weapons were on an Air Force plane! - TB - 9/5/2007 10:13:34 PM
- I used to live under the flight path - Jody - 9/6/2007 7:36:57 AM
- re: This just in: Nuclear weapons were on an Air Force plane! - ER - 9/5/2007 11:21:36 PM
  - Houston we have a problem... - Adam Bomber - 9/6/2007 3:26:49 PM
  - What I heard on the way home... - Eri - 9/6/2007 12:44:00 AM
    - Makes you stop for a moment and say......... - Lindy - 9/6/2007 6:30:58 PM
    - Just to keep it straight... - TB - 9/6/2007 1:50:30 AM
      - Thanks for the clarification - Eri - 9/6/2007 3:32:24 AM
- Another slant on that story. - alcaray - 9/5/2007 11:16:39 PM
  - re: Yet another slant on that story. - Johannes - 9/6/2007 4:27:06 PM
    - The result of... - alcaray - 9/6/2007 6:34:09 PM
      - re: Not taking it seriously - Johannes - 9/7/2007 2:43:05 AM
        
        anything's possible (n/t) - alcaray - 9/7/2007 3:21:03 AM
  - Uh oh. - Adam Bomber - 9/6/2007 3:30:40 PM
  - and still another slant - ER - 9/5/2007 11:28:58 PM
    - ok - you are probably more correct than the BDS type that was linked to above. - Adam Bomber - 9/6/2007 3:33:59 PM
      - BDS? - ER - 9/6/2007 5:27:22 PM
        
        Go ahead and blame me for Hillary. - Adam Bomber - 9/6/2007 10:07:26 PM
    - re: and still another slant - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2007 11:41:16 PM
      - It's not called "Sabre rattling" unless you actually rattle something. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/6/2007 12:34:30 AM
      - Maybe they're sending the Frogs a message. (n/t) - ER - 9/5/2007 11:46:20 PM
        
        Ribbit. Ribbit. KaBOOM! wibbit. wibbit. (n/t) - Eri - 9/6/2007 12:48:05 AM
- OMG...... it's....... improper! (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/5/2007 10:52:45 PM
- OK! I'm going back to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzz....... ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/5/2007 10:24:45 PM

So much for fairness and the "little guys" - RNE - 9/6/2007 5:00:27 PM
- Leave it to the Dept. of InJustice (n/t) - Eri - 9/6/2007 11:26:53 PM

Did any of you see the PBS TV program, NOVA, last night? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/5/2007 5:15:05 PM
- It's called the Iris Effect. - Lee - 9/6/2007 11:09:11 PM
- If it makes you feel any better... - ER - 9/5/2007 7:33:56 PM
  - That's what I meant by a counterbalance. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/5/2007 10:22:42 PM
    - re: That's what I meant by a counterbalance. - ER - 9/5/2007 11:45:20 PM

APPLE Unveils new improved IPOD - carl - 9/5/2007 6:58:16 PM
- Ouch... - TB - 9/6/2007 5:33:12 AM
  - SUCKERS!!!!!!!!!! - carl - 9/6/2007 6:21:51 PM
- Was a little disappointed... - TB - 9/5/2007 7:50:25 PM
  - However... - TB - 9/6/2007 4:28:30 AM
- Let's see...40,000 songs... - McFly - 9/5/2007 7:36:21 PM

Heard the authors... - azstrummer - 9/5/2007 6:14:52 PM

I'm here to report that Senator Craig was not gay. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/5/2007 4:35:39 PM

Update from Britain... - TB - 9/4/2007 5:36:31 PM
- Good ideas! - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/5/2007 4:47:38 AM
  - And you people claim to hate the idea of a few phone taps. - Lee - 9/5/2007 11:14:05 AM
    - Remember my latest theory of politics... - TB - 9/5/2007 2:54:20 PM
      - Your private health insurance company probably already knows your BMI (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/5/2007 3:47:18 PM
  - correction - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/5/2007 4:51:48 AM
- Well, THAT would be a nightmare to implement & maintain! - Eri - 9/5/2007 2:00:45 AM

GAO report pronounces increased troop levels in Iraq show little effect - Donald - 9/5/2007 1:15:20 PM

Bush in Iraq - gbaikie - 9/3/2007 7:17:18 PM
- Major Summit - James Brown - 9/5/2007 5:29:07 AM
- Is he coming back? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/3/2007 11:51:54 PM
  - Not in 2008 (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 9/4/2007 2:41:18 AM
    - 1/20/09 - The last day of our long national nightmare (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 9/4/2007 11:56:35 PM
      - Depends on what you think of the next Republican president. (n/t) - TB - 9/5/2007 2:32:47 AM
        
        She hasn't been born yet. (n/t) - Fox - 9/5/2007 2:43:12 AM
        
        We'll see. (n/t) - TB - 9/5/2007 3:18:21 AM

The 11th Hour - A letter from Al Gore - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2007 11:51:28 PM
- More importantly...Make Sure your school shows the movie to children!!! - Ima Liberal - 9/4/2007 6:24:41 PM
  - You obviously enjoy scaring children with lies about environementalists' intentions - Buck Galaxy - 9/4/2007 11:53:09 PM
  - Ironic. I have the answer! - Adam Bomber - 9/4/2007 6:27:47 PM
- Climate change is damage to the planet? - Lee - 9/3/2007 1:55:44 AM
  - Not what he said, you liar. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/3/2007 3:40:18 AM
    - Don't you mean heretic, infidel, heathen... - Lee - 9/3/2007 4:11:46 AM
      - No I mean someone who would take: - alcaray - 9/3/2007 5:48:23 AM
        
        Longer wetter growing seasons is harmful to people in what way? (n/t) - Lee - 9/3/2007 6:32:14 PM
        
        Well, since you asked... - Eri - 9/3/2007 8:39:02 PM
        
        Our dispute was about your inaccurate portrayal of what Gore said. - alcaray - 9/3/2007 8:34:28 PM
        
        Gore's inaccurate portrayal of the "hockey stick" is a far bigger concern. - Lee - 9/3/2007 9:47:37 PM
        
        Do you have an argument to bring? - McFly - 9/3/2007 10:51:40 PM

Damn Tree Huggers - Jams Brown - 8/31/2007 9:25:56 PM
- Jobs vs Environment - ER - 9/1/2007 11:10:53 AM
  - Just ask the Swiss - Lee - 9/1/2007 2:53:23 PM
    - Probably because they regulate it very heavily. - ER - 9/1/2007 8:53:39 PM
- Before we pat ourselves on the back... - ER - 9/1/2007 10:57:42 AM
  - Indeed. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/1/2007 4:24:21 PM
- Who said they were cut down? - Lee - 8/31/2007 10:17:58 PM
  - Maybe the last Passenger Pigeon wasn't shot - nick hoffman - 9/2/2007 11:30:01 AM
    - As a matter of fact, it wasn't - Fox - 9/2/2007 3:31:46 PM
    - It's not just human pressure. - ER - 9/2/2007 2:53:14 PM
      - Absolutely. - ER - 9/2/2007 8:50:41 PM
        
        re: Absolutely. - TB - 9/2/2007 9:36:21 PM
        
        re: Absolutely. - nick hoffman - 9/3/2007 12:53:17 PM
        
        Free oxygen? No panic needed. - TB - 9/3/2007 5:05:48 PM
        
        Lothar of the Hill People - ER - 9/3/2007 1:45:43 AM
        
        A few comments - TB - 9/3/2007 2:35:20 AM
        
        re: A few comments - ER - 9/3/2007 3:33:07 AM
        
        Uh, what about the Chinese? - nick hoffman - 9/3/2007 1:08:04 PM
        
        A few more comments - ER - 9/3/2007 4:37:57 AM
        
        A very good question. - TB - 9/3/2007 6:01:12 AM
        
        Egypt - TB - 9/3/2007 4:26:10 AM
        
        re: Egypt - ER - 9/3/2007 4:54:19 AM
        
        Oops... - TB - 9/3/2007 6:02:24 AM
        
        IMO, mammoths being hunted to extinction is nonsense. - Lee - 9/2/2007 10:14:18 PM
        
        Bison - got close... - nick hoffman - 9/3/2007 1:27:29 PM
        
        Not by neolithic hunter gatherers. (n/t) - Lee - 9/3/2007 6:36:35 PM
        
        Controversial, but not nonsense - TB - 9/2/2007 10:21:48 PM
        
        If that's true - Lee - 9/2/2007 11:54:27 PM
        
        One could assume that mammoth's reproduction was equivalent to elephant's. - alcaray - 9/4/2007 11:21:57 PM
      - re: It's not just human pressure. - TB - 9/2/2007 7:48:06 PM
        
        Sorry, my response, "Absolutely", appears above (n/t) - ER - 9/2/2007 8:55:06 PM
  - re: Who said they were cut down? - James Brown - 9/1/2007 12:22:58 AM
    - Perspective - TB - 9/1/2007 1:29:35 AM
      - re: Perspective - James Brown - 9/1/2007 3:23:40 AM

Blackwater now needs an Air Force - azstrummer - 8/29/2007 3:25:50 PM
- IMO - Jody - 9/1/2007 1:33:07 PM
  - HOWEVER - Jody - 9/4/2007 1:25:38 PM
  - I think that misses the point. - Bowser - 9/2/2007 1:13:02 AM
    - I feel the same way you do Bowz - Lindy - 9/2/2007 2:20:40 PM
- Off in la-la land - azstrummer - 8/30/2007 4:49:26 PM
  - Surely the right to have your own air force is covered by the 2nd amendment? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/1/2007 1:15:04 AM
  - Chilling? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/31/2007 2:43:43 AM
    - Here they are at work in NYC - FrankC - 9/1/2007 2:38:55 AM
    - re: Chilling? - James Brown - 8/31/2007 9:28:38 PM
      - re: Chilling? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/1/2007 1:47:39 AM
        
        Numbingly cold - Lindy - 9/1/2007 2:49:09 AM
      - re: Chilling? - Lindy - 8/31/2007 9:46:57 PM
    - Wow, that is just so wrong - azstrummer - 8/31/2007 2:57:08 AM
      - You're just too sheltered. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/31/2007 3:45:10 AM
        
        As the old axiom says - Lee - 8/31/2007 4:47:56 AM
- Militarizing Private Armies - Lindy - 8/29/2007 5:08:56 PM
  - "Homeland" is a Nazi term - Eric - 8/30/2007 9:16:00 AM
    - oh, please - Fox - 8/31/2007 11:47:49 PM
    - Not true. - TB - 8/30/2007 9:05:17 PM
      - Shhh Tom! Having boogeymen is so much more fun! - Lee - 8/31/2007 1:07:52 AM
    - The Nazis also wore pants. - Lee - 8/30/2007 11:33:49 AM
      - "Homeland" - Lindy - 8/30/2007 12:59:41 PM
        
        So the US isn't your homeland? - Lee - 8/30/2007 2:42:42 PM
        
        Lee, you are a useful "Weather Vane" - nick hoffman - 8/30/2007 4:08:12 PM
        
        So NYC wasn't attacked on 9/11??? - Lee - 8/30/2007 8:01:15 PM

Something I didn't know about Al Gore - azstrummer - 8/30/2007 1:56:43 PM
- Al Gore - Buck Galaxy - 9/1/2007 10:25:08 PM
- The picture they show of Al Gore shows the pain he is witnessing (n/t) - Jody - 8/31/2007 6:04:01 PM
  - Furthermore... - Jody - 9/2/2007 1:37:10 AM
- You know... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/31/2007 4:09:43 AM
  - Your response compared to the others on this thread - Buck Galaxy - 9/1/2007 10:28:09 PM
    - re: Your response compared to the others on this thread - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/1/2007 11:15:57 PM
      - Your premise is that people will want Gore as an independent - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2007 8:29:42 PM
        
        re: Your premise is that people will want Gore as an independent - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/3/2007 2:38:23 AM
        
        I don't think Gore would ever pull a "Nader" on his own party. (n/t) - TB - 9/2/2007 10:22:54 PM
        
        Agreed - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2007 11:37:20 PM
        
        Gore's day will come when someone puts the Clintons in a rocket to Pluto. (n/t) - TB - 9/3/2007 2:27:24 AM
        
        You actually made a smart comment about Gore not pulling a Nader - Buck Galaxy - 9/3/2007 8:44:34 AM
        
        Yeah, I did. - TB - 9/3/2007 8:29:11 PM
      - PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/1/2007 11:42:09 PM
        
        Holy catfish. - TB - 9/2/2007 1:17:53 AM
        
        SS Propaganda = Liberal Propaganda for today. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/2/2007 6:09:56 AM
      - For a real good time, switch on the comments on that Kos article. - TB - 9/1/2007 11:25:09 PM
        
        re: For a real good time, switch on the comments on that Kos article. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/1/2007 11:53:45 PM
        
        I'm reserving judgment on Fred Thompson - TB - 9/2/2007 12:15:01 AM
        
        re: I'm reserving judgment on Fred Thompson - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/2/2007 12:24:36 AM
- I didn't know it, either - Eri - 8/31/2007 3:29:26 AM
- I heard about it soon after the event - TB - 8/30/2007 7:42:12 PM

Re-inactment of Craigs' lewd conduct - Jody - 9/1/2007 1:49:06 PM
- re: Re-inactment of Craigs' lewd conduct - James Brown - 9/2/2007 4:36:38 PM
  - The Imp of the Perverse... - ER - 9/2/2007 6:53:04 PM
    - re: The Imp of the Perverse... - James Brown - 9/3/2007 1:22:24 AM
- Poll for the guys. - Bowser - 9/2/2007 1:06:07 AM
  - Common sense - TB - 9/2/2007 1:29:48 AM
    - The ritual. And the place. - Bowser - 9/2/2007 5:19:26 AM
      - By the mere fact the cop - Jody - 9/2/2007 1:07:02 PM
        
        Sorry... - Fox - 9/2/2007 3:49:13 PM
  - Never - z - 9/2/2007 1:13:32 AM
    - Funny! Cold, but funny. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/2/2007 3:58:45 AM
    - Snort! (n/t) - Eri - 9/2/2007 1:24:07 AM
- Ick - Eri - 9/1/2007 8:19:11 PM

US Troops disillusioned and exhausted in Iraq - Eric - 9/1/2007 4:58:32 PM
- re: US Troops disillusioned and exhausted in Iraq - James Brown - 9/2/2007 4:38:55 PM
- British view of Bush's Baghdad - Bowser - 9/1/2007 7:51:09 PM
  - Yet another from the Coalition - "Fresh UK attack on US Iraq policy" - Bowser - 9/2/2007 12:59:59 AM

surprise surprise surprise - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/1/2007 5:41:05 AM
- re: surprise surprise surprise - alcaray - 9/1/2007 7:04:13 AM

Recent polls have indicated 20% of Americans cannot locate the USA on a map..Why is this? - carl - 8/27/2007 10:18:26 PM
- Cause bein' ghetto'z kool...gnomesayin' ? - Lee - 8/28/2007 3:09:45 PM
- There are 425 hits for the phrase "Miss Teen 2007". - alcaray - 8/28/2007 12:03:49 AM
  - Yes please...what alcaray said. (n/t) - Jody - 8/28/2007 11:29:46 AM
    - LINK - here is the LINK! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/29/2007 11:00:45 AM
      - She sounds like a politician. - alcaray - 8/30/2007 6:36:24 PM
        
        Actually she said she only heard about 2 words of the question. - Jody - 8/30/2007 7:51:58 PM
        
        She did repeat on TODAY SHOW - carl - 8/31/2007 7:53:01 PM
      - And here's a SPOOF to that link! - Lindy - 8/29/2007 7:22:44 PM
      - Well...like - Jody - 8/29/2007 4:15:31 PM
        
        Such as...Uhhh ...USA AMERICANS - carl - 8/29/2007 7:00:52 PM
        
        C'mon...cut the bimbo some slack! - Jody - 8/29/2007 10:21:49 PM
        
        More on the kid - TB - 8/30/2007 12:32:15 AM
      - The show was hosted by an "actor" from Saved By the Bell? - ds - 8/29/2007 1:19:10 PM
        
        When one insults someone's intelligence... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/30/2007 5:04:27 AM
        
        d'oh!...I souhld have seen that! ;) (n/t) - Jody - 8/30/2007 9:46:23 AM
        
        Poor guy was BITING HIS TOUNGE - carl - 8/29/2007 7:05:57 PM
        
        Nope...Mario Lopez.... - Jody - 8/29/2007 10:30:09 PM
- Because the eye cannot see itself? - Bowser - 8/27/2007 10:44:05 PM
  - Probably because they're recent immigrants. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 8/28/2007 3:19:24 AM
    - Speaking as an immigrant... - McFly - 8/28/2007 4:52:44 PM
    - Yer all wrong - Pinky - 8/28/2007 1:54:14 PM

Energy beam weapon could be used in Iraq - Lindy - 8/30/2007 12:56:36 PM

Crossing the Anbar - gbaikie - 8/29/2007 9:44:52 PM

Greece under fire - Raoul - 8/27/2007 7:28:55 PM
- The NASA pic didn't show. - Eri - 8/27/2007 9:07:24 PM
  - Never fight a Greece fire with WATER! - carl - 8/27/2007 10:30:45 PM
    - re: Never fight a Greece fire with WATER! - Eri - 8/27/2007 11:29:35 PM
    - That's funny. I like it. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/27/2007 10:55:37 PM
      - Not funny to Victims - carl - 8/28/2007 6:22:15 PM
        
        Yup, it's TRUE - carl - 8/29/2007 7:02:26 PM
        
        If that is true - Lindy - 8/29/2007 5:12:30 PM
        
        re: Not funny to Victims - Eri - 8/29/2007 3:38:56 AM

Amazing piece in the Times today. Bad news from Iraq. - alcaray - 8/19/2007 9:29:13 PM
- A response from some other vets - TB - 8/25/2007 1:38:59 AM
  - And as always - azstrummer - 8/28/2007 8:40:43 PM
    - LOL!!! EXCELLENT work.... - R.L. - 8/29/2007 2:57:58 PM
- Who wrote it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 1:25:42 AM
  - On being a "Surrender Monkey" - Lindy - 8/20/2007 5:06:21 PM
    - re: On being a "Surrender Monkey" - Marcia - 8/20/2007 7:14:26 PM
      - "That sounds like Saddam and his allies to me" - Lindy - 8/20/2007 9:06:04 PM
      - "coked" = strung out on cocaine - TB - 8/20/2007 7:20:05 PM
        
        re: "coked" = strung out on cocaine - Marcia - 8/20/2007 8:25:45 PM
  - a) too well-written to be the words of non-coms, and b) soldiers are too unsophisticated to match Tech's godly world-view. - alcaray - 8/20/2007 2:13:58 AM
    - I'm with SDAI-Tech1 on this one. - TAFKASE - 8/21/2007 4:47:11 PM
    - I'm with alcaray on this one. - TB - 8/20/2007 3:35:12 AM
      - re: I'm with alcaray on this one. - gbaikie - 8/21/2007 12:06:38 AM
        
        It is not a story it is an editorial. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/21/2007 11:04:53 PM
      - Well... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 4:13:16 AM
        
        Ah, to heck with it.... here's a freebie. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 6:29:38 AM
        
        Ummm...correct me if I'm wrong here, but... - TB - 8/20/2007 4:04:27 PM
        
        re: Ummm...correct me if I'm wrong here, but... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 9:51:42 PM
        
        re: Ummm...correct me if I'm wrong here, but... - Lindy - 8/20/2007 11:27:47 PM
        
        Everything Lindy, Everything. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 11:30:56 PM
        
        re: Ah, to heck with it.... here's a freebie. - It's futile, SDAI. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/20/2007 2:27:27 PM
        
        re: Ah, to heck with it.... here's a freebie. - It's futile, SDAI. - Marcia - 8/20/2007 2:56:05 PM
        
        Marcia... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 11:41:48 PM
        
        re: Marcia.. Thanks, SDAI - Marcia - 8/28/2007 3:07:01 AM
- The NYT has a vested interest in seeing us fail. - Lee - 8/19/2007 10:54:32 PM
  - NYT shouldn't have published it. - alcaray - 8/20/2007 2:15:23 AM

No good deed goes unpunished in the Bush Regime - ds - 8/29/2007 1:47:49 PM

"Afghanistan opium at record high" - up more than a third. - Bowser - 8/27/2007 6:43:24 PM
- Now why is that? - Lindy - 8/28/2007 5:44:45 PM

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