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Not Again! The Vast Right Wing Conpiracy is attempting to destroy Hillary's Fund Raising efforts - Ima Liberal - 8/28/2007 2:45:23 PM

Ding dong Al Gonzo's gone! - Robert - 8/27/2007 4:48:56 PM
- re: Ding dong Al Gonzo's gone! - James Brown - 8/28/2007 1:03:02 AM
  - Sick - Eri - 8/28/2007 2:36:57 AM
  - Think of the confirmation hearing. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/28/2007 2:15:04 AM
- Funny line from House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel - alcaray - 8/27/2007 9:52:48 PM
- I heard they might replace him with heck-of-a-job Chertoff. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/27/2007 9:28:32 PM
  - Gag (n/t) - Eri - 8/27/2007 11:32:17 PM
- Not soon enough unfortunately - Lindy - 8/27/2007 5:23:27 PM
  - What a concept - "Democrats: Next attorney general should put law first" - Bowser - 8/27/2007 6:02:56 PM
    - That one came from Ted "the swimer" Kennedy - TAFKASE - 8/27/2007 6:23:25 PM
      - Radical, huh??!! (n/t) - Bowser - 8/27/2007 6:47:12 PM

No, they're not anti-technology...really! - Lee - 8/26/2007 10:42:10 PM
- Hawaii is special and it needs protection. - alcaray - 8/27/2007 12:55:06 AM
  - A non-issue in this case. - Lee - 8/27/2007 9:29:05 AM
    - I don't have the facts to know if what they plan to do with the ferry is a greater or different sort of risk. - alcaray - 8/27/2007 9:33:47 PM
  - True - TB - 8/27/2007 2:17:16 AM
    - Yeh those damn chickens - alcaray - 8/27/2007 9:31:07 PM
    - So that's where we get free range chickens! - Eri - 8/27/2007 2:28:16 AM

Somebody should ask Obama if he still thinks the US should send troops into Pakistan - TAFKASE - 8/27/2007 8:35:16 PM

Is there a God? Mother Teresa wasn't sure... - TAFKASE - 8/23/2007 7:02:14 PM
- "Without doubt, there can be no faith." (n/t) - alcaray - 8/24/2007 7:08:10 AM
- Doubts are natural, even in saints - TB - 8/23/2007 7:24:48 PM
  - "Blessed are those who do not believe in me, yet still do my will." - azstrummer - 8/24/2007 7:14:15 PM
    - Caring about the flock - TB - 8/24/2007 7:34:42 PM
      - re: Caring about the flock - azstrummer - 8/24/2007 8:18:46 PM
        
        Teaching profession - TB - 8/24/2007 10:42:05 PM
  - One can do the good works and not believe - Mary Anne - 8/24/2007 5:14:56 PM
    - Very true. - TB - 8/24/2007 5:47:40 PM
  - There's a difference between hope, faith and knowing. - Bowser - 8/23/2007 10:27:38 PM
    - Mother Teresa should have told the truth - ds - 8/24/2007 2:16:51 PM
      - Kind of unfair... - TB - 8/24/2007 7:39:17 PM
        
        Hitchens on Mother Teresa from 1995 - ds - 8/27/2007 7:16:29 PM

"Mr Maliki's government is visibly falling apart." - Bowser - 8/26/2007 3:09:06 PM
- re: "Iraq's leaders agree on key benchmarks" - TB - 8/26/2007 8:42:22 PM
  - Whicn need to be ratified by the still vacationing Parliament. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/27/2007 5:05:57 AM

IRAQ: The "best case" scenario - Donald - 8/25/2007 3:05:38 PM
- The only issue left in Iraq is "when". - Bowser - 8/25/2007 4:12:22 PM
  - Did either of you actually read the report yourself? (n/t) - TB - 8/25/2007 5:23:58 PM
    - What do you think will happen? - Bowser - 8/26/2007 2:30:46 AM
      - re: What do you think will happen? - TB - 8/26/2007 6:07:18 AM
        
        Again - What do YOU think will happen? - Bowser - 8/26/2007 9:31:25 PM
        
        re: Again - What do YOU think will happen? - TB - 8/26/2007 9:54:01 PM
        
        "no worse and probably much better" - Bowser - 8/26/2007 11:37:34 PM

No Virgins for You - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/26/2007 5:08:40 AM
- re: No Virgins for You - Link - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/26/2007 5:09:45 AM
  - It never was about virgins anyway - Raoul - 8/26/2007 8:46:02 PM
    - Funny... - TB - 8/26/2007 8:54:57 PM
      - The 9/11 19 weren't poor either. - Lee - 8/26/2007 10:11:59 PM
      - Ya screw over people long enough they get mad. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/26/2007 9:30:33 PM

More on al-Maliki's hole card - "Losing U.S. support could make al-Maliki look elsewhere" - Bowser - 8/23/2007 10:49:24 PM
- Warner: Begin troop withdrawal by Christmas - Donald - 8/24/2007 12:48:54 AM
  - Baird: More time - TB - 8/24/2007 11:46:17 PM
    - re: Baird: More time - Donald - 8/25/2007 12:53:22 AM
      - "Worst in the history of the nation?" - TB - 8/25/2007 1:11:18 AM
        
        The worst - Donald - 8/25/2007 1:21:27 AM
        
        re: The worst - TB - 8/25/2007 1:32:31 AM
        
        Bush is the worst because... - Raoul - 8/25/2007 8:42:14 AM
        
        So does that make Kennedy the worst? - Lee - 8/25/2007 10:21:01 PM
        
        re: Bush is the worst because... - TB - 8/25/2007 6:23:18 PM
        
        What Bush should also have done.. - Raoul - 8/26/2007 7:35:41 PM
    - "Our troops have earned more time" (???) Bush hasn't. - Bowser - 8/24/2007 11:59:23 PM
  - It's a moot point, anyway. - ER - 8/24/2007 1:55:18 PM
    - What the surge is actually doing - Donald - 8/24/2007 2:48:55 PM
    - What the surge is successful at. - Bowser - 8/24/2007 2:40:36 PM
  - Despite "surge", political situation worsens. Buying time for what? - Bowser - 8/24/2007 3:05:30 AM
    - Buying time for Bush, of course - Donald - 8/24/2007 4:36:15 AM
      - I think you're right Donald - Lindy - 8/24/2007 4:42:04 AM

The Democrats are too rational to win - ds - 8/24/2007 7:48:13 PM
- Aw, man, now I have to clean coffee out of the keyboard again... (n/t) - TB - 8/24/2007 10:35:38 PM
  - Try drinking vodka while you're here... - McFly - 8/26/2007 3:20:31 AM
    - Sometimes vodka sounds pretty good after too much time here. (n/t) - TB - 8/26/2007 6:08:05 AM
  - Seriously, good article. (n/t) - TB - 8/24/2007 10:50:33 PM
    - Yeah - Robert - 8/25/2007 5:15:37 PM
      - Sometimes emotion moves you to do away with your elected government... - alcaray - 8/26/2007 6:37:03 AM
        
        Very true, but... - TB - 8/26/2007 7:11:04 AM
      - re: Yeah - TB - 8/25/2007 6:06:05 PM

Iraq Body Count Running at Double Pace - Donald - 8/26/2007 4:26:09 AM

Next time by sea? - TB - 8/24/2007 10:49:01 PM
- What, me worry? - ER - 8/25/2007 11:21:21 PM
- Security in this country - Eri - 8/25/2007 2:10:25 PM

The Average American has $9,000 in Credit Card Debt?!? - TAFKASE - 8/24/2007 7:08:00 PM
- Credit card debt update - ER - 8/25/2007 10:59:53 PM
- Close. And most pay only 16% of their bill - with 18.9% average interest! - Bowser - 8/24/2007 9:53:05 PM
  - Good work, Bowz, but should I care? - ER - 8/25/2007 1:12:46 PM
    - Yeah, I think so. A bit. - Bowser - 8/25/2007 4:33:04 PM
      - Home sales slump. - ER - 8/25/2007 11:07:24 PM
    - CC Rider - ER - 8/25/2007 1:30:31 PM
      - Obviously TAFKASE's link didn't make much of an impression. - TB - 8/25/2007 6:13:18 PM
        
        re: Obviously my post didn't make much of an impression. - ER - 8/25/2007 9:35:02 PM

This just makes me sick - Eri - 8/25/2007 2:08:37 PM
- This is what Bush's "war" has done to Americans - Lindy - 8/25/2007 9:47:11 PM
- Interesting - TB - 8/25/2007 5:21:42 PM
- Just another Bush legacy - Donald - 8/25/2007 3:02:56 PM

"Foreign" influence in Iraq. - Bowser - 8/25/2007 9:21:57 PM

Televangelist loses show after muslims complain - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 8/25/2007 5:13:34 AM
- But I thought no one paid attention to CAIR? (n/t) - Lee - 8/25/2007 12:56:00 PM

British analysis of the war in Afghanistan - Bowser - 8/24/2007 5:47:32 PM
- Link - TB - 8/24/2007 5:57:32 PM
  - And for those who don't need their news "decoded" for them... - TB - 8/24/2007 6:10:06 PM
    - Reporting bad news when the news is bad should be unremarkable. - Bowser - 8/24/2007 9:55:29 PM
- And that was before US "Friendly Fire Kills 3 UK soldiers" - Bowser - 8/24/2007 5:53:25 PM

How much pork can Senator Schumer deliver to New York? - TAFKASE - 8/23/2007 8:12:28 PM
- Surprisingly, not that much. - alcaray - 8/24/2007 7:06:24 AM
  - cool app, too. (n/t) - Fox - 8/24/2007 5:21:28 PM

Attempting political blackmail, "Iraq PM hits back at US criticism" - Bowser - 8/22/2007 2:48:26 PM
- "U.S. officials rethink hopes for Iraq democracy" - Bowser - 8/22/2007 6:06:53 PM
  - At least they will always have the purple fingers - ARRELL - 8/23/2007 9:31:11 PM
  - Tell that to Tech1............ - Lindy - 8/22/2007 10:39:55 PM
    - Well, it was regime change, nukes, WMDs, and then democracy. - Bowser - 8/23/2007 2:55:17 AM

Green Energy News - TAFKASE - 8/23/2007 7:53:41 PM

Bill Clinton Mentioned as a questionable stock options grant recipiant? - TAFKASE - 8/23/2007 7:37:49 PM

U.S. report sees precarious Iraqi government - Lindy - 8/23/2007 4:38:35 PM
- Link to the report itself - TB - 8/23/2007 6:33:03 PM

It might be just me - "Foreclosures: No relief in sight" - Bowser - 8/21/2007 7:32:18 PM
- Not everyone who buys a home does so for investment purposes. - alcaray - 8/22/2007 1:42:36 AM
  - That may not be the only reason. - Bowser - 8/22/2007 3:16:19 PM
    - No one ever lowered my rent. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2007 7:25:55 PM
      - Doesn't apply to daily or weekly rentals. :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 8/22/2007 8:15:13 PM
    - Good point on renting - TB - 8/22/2007 3:21:58 PM
  - "...getting killed on their mortgage" - TB - 8/22/2007 2:11:07 AM
    - Do you know who's fault it is? - James Brown - 8/22/2007 3:23:01 AM
      - Try the local politicians who restrict builders - TAFKASE - 8/22/2007 5:05:34 PM
        
        Ask your local politicians why they do that. - Mary Anne - 8/22/2007 5:44:40 PM
        
        Then welcome to urban sprawl. - TAFKASE - 8/22/2007 8:40:36 PM
        
        The sewer problems disappear with lot size because of septic fields. - Mary Anne - 8/22/2007 11:04:37 PM
        
        Regulations - TB - 8/23/2007 12:57:11 AM
- Pennies in the fuse box - TB - 8/21/2007 8:39:33 PM
  - FDIC is an insurance program that FIs are required to pay into. - alcaray - 8/22/2007 1:44:15 AM
    - re: yes but... - TAFKASE - 8/22/2007 3:40:20 PM
      - Do you call it a bailout when your auto insurance fixes your car when you get rear-ended? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2007 7:14:38 PM
        
        Yes if they decide to cover my $5,000.00 deductable... - TAFKASE - 8/22/2007 8:42:13 PM
        
        you get what you pay for (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2007 11:11:22 PM
        
        Gee Scott......... - Lindy - 8/22/2007 10:38:35 PM
        
        Yeah,,, - TAFKASE - 8/23/2007 2:10:16 PM
    - re: FDIC is an insurance program - TB - 8/22/2007 2:13:38 AM
      - FDIC is very healthy. It is flush with cash. And it isn't taxpayers' cash. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2007 3:32:42 AM
  - Will the markets crash? - Lindy - 8/21/2007 11:00:57 PM

"Arctic sea ice expected to hit record low" - McFly - 8/20/2007 5:00:26 PM
- I explained it once before... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2007 10:24:04 PM
  - If your theory was true... - alcaray - 8/21/2007 6:29:47 PM
    - re: If your theory was true... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/21/2007 8:11:30 PM
      - Didn't understand my objection? - alcaray - 8/21/2007 11:02:09 PM
        
        re: Didn't understand my objection? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/22/2007 4:39:23 AM
- "...since the 1970s" (n/t) - TB - 8/20/2007 6:42:39 PM
  - re: "...at least since the 1970s, when satellite measuring efforts began." - Buck Galaxy - 8/20/2007 9:16:40 PM
    - Doesn't change the fact, does it? - TB - 8/20/2007 9:51:04 PM
      - Depends on the interpretation - Buck Galaxy - 8/20/2007 11:03:27 PM
        
        "I just posted an article..." - TB - 8/21/2007 1:45:44 AM
        
        That's because beer making involves the release of CO2! - Ima Liberal - 8/21/2007 4:32:10 PM
        
        So does living! - Lee - 8/22/2007 3:16:41 AM
        
        Are you saying the only people with an agenda are skeptics? - Lee - 8/21/2007 1:07:24 AM
        
        re: Are you saying the only people with an agenda are skeptics? - Buck Galaxy - 8/21/2007 3:03:04 AM
        
        I just can't take any idea seriously - Lee - 8/21/2007 11:17:28 AM
        
        re: I just can't take any idea seriously - Buck Galaxy - 8/22/2007 1:24:32 AM
        
        Last time I checked - Lee - 8/22/2007 2:53:33 AM
        
        "technology is evil" doomsayers - Buck Galaxy - 8/22/2007 10:55:20 PM
        
        The fringes are the ones that drive a movement. - Lee - 8/23/2007 1:49:50 AM
        
        Verdict isn't in on the current hurricane season. - TB - 8/22/2007 3:36:30 AM
        
        Which one's the Church, and which one's Galileo? - TB - 8/21/2007 3:40:14 AM
        
        "Which side's the scientists?", was the same question in both eras. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/21/2007 6:32:18 PM
        
        Scientists on both sides. - TB - 8/21/2007 8:42:57 PM
        
        re: Scientists on both sides. - Buck Galaxy - 8/22/2007 1:31:22 AM
        
        There's that "95" again. (n/t) - TB - 8/22/2007 2:43:27 AM
        
        It's higher than that according to inconvenient truth (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 8/22/2007 10:53:28 PM
        
        LOL...You beat me to it! - Lee - 8/22/2007 2:56:42 AM

New England Journal of Medicine: Healing Our Sicko Healthcare System - Jody - 8/22/2007 11:14:23 PM
- People we should be listening to. - Lee - 8/23/2007 1:30:04 AM

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