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Another Bridge Collapse - Eric - 8/13/2007 8:03:36 PM
- re: Another Bridge Collapse. - It it was under constronction, which it was, Yes, they should look into into it. - Good grief! - Marcia - 8/13/2007 11:15:58 PM

Bill Richardson what were you thinking! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2007 5:32:43 AM
- SDAI...do you think homosexuality is biological, or choice? (n/t) - Jody - 8/13/2007 10:24:03 AM
  - Don't ask & I will not tell... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/13/2007 4:55:47 PM
    - OY VAY! - Jody - 8/13/2007 7:18:53 PM
      - re: OY VAY! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/13/2007 9:29:49 PM
        
        Man... - Jody - 8/13/2007 10:01:17 PM
        
        Hmmm... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/13/2007 10:52:47 PM
      - my answer: - alcaray - 8/13/2007 7:29:14 PM
        
        I agree!!! - Jody - 8/13/2007 8:22:45 PM
- Gay/lesbos.... - Lindy - 8/11/2007 3:05:30 PM
  - Iraq will be to blame for a loooooooong time. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/12/2007 12:58:34 AM

"Since Thursday, the Fed has added $62 billion in liquidity." - Bowser - 8/13/2007 4:54:26 PM
- I could use a few Billion this month - carl - 8/13/2007 6:53:32 PM

Fox News Shows the Right - James Brown - 8/13/2007 4:05:09 PM
- Motive, means, opportunity--the other side of the story... - ER - 8/13/2007 5:13:57 PM
  - Thanks for the Link... - James Brown - 8/13/2007 6:31:14 PM

Dick Cheney on the Iraq Quagmire 1994 - folcwine - 8/12/2007 10:44:10 PM
- I hope this gets aired on all the major networks - Lindy - 8/13/2007 5:09:59 AM

This could be big - Donald - 8/12/2007 7:28:28 PM
- This won't help - Donald - 8/12/2007 7:55:48 PM
  - It's ironic - ER - 8/12/2007 8:28:45 PM
    - re: It's ironic - Eri - 8/13/2007 1:22:01 AM
    - Which is exactly why.... - Donald - 8/12/2007 11:37:07 PM
- Why Turkey? - Eri - 8/12/2007 7:52:10 PM
  - Speculation... - Donald - 8/12/2007 8:02:06 PM
    - Ahh - Eri - 8/12/2007 10:09:13 PM

It's here! The Censorship Dictatorship! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2007 5:46:18 AM
- You are on quite a whacky, paranoid roll tonight! (n/t) - alcaray - 8/11/2007 7:32:43 AM
  - it might be a result of drinking expired soda - podrock - 8/11/2007 6:41:06 PM
    - Well...all consumables are mind altering to a degree... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2007 7:35:26 PM
      - That's what you get when... - podrock - 8/11/2007 11:25:40 PM
      - But TECHIE...the pitcher walked you... (n/t) - ER - 8/11/2007 8:49:08 PM
        
        It just seems that way... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/12/2007 12:51:33 AM

Oui! The family is back together again! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/12/2007 12:45:46 AM

This is hysterical. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2007 4:50:36 AM

Feds PUMP BILLIONS into Banks for Mortgages? - carl - 8/10/2007 6:55:54 PM
- Corporate welfare. - ER - 8/10/2007 7:26:14 PM
  - US economy is socialistic for corps, capitalistic for unprotected individuals. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/10/2007 11:18:35 PM
  - I don't see it as a failure. - Lee - 8/10/2007 8:33:19 PM
  - Noticed that - carl - 8/10/2007 8:32:48 PM

My, my! "Bush: Other nations delay Guantanamo closure" - Bowser - 8/10/2007 3:56:49 AM
- re: My, my! "Bush: Other nations delay Guantanamo closure" - Apparently, other countries do believe that. - Marcia - 8/10/2007 9:12:15 PM

Slam-dunk prediction: Petraeus will be as upbeat as all the rest of 'em. - Bowser - 8/9/2007 4:53:49 AM
- â€˜So many different enemiesâ€™ confront Americans in Iraq - Lindy - 8/10/2007 3:03:25 PM
  - Its clear (to me at least) - James Brown - 8/10/2007 4:11:42 PM

Another Republican Defector from Iraq - azstrummer - 8/7/2007 3:59:48 PM
- re: Another Republican Defector from Iraq - ER - 8/7/2007 5:26:52 PM
  - re: Another Republican Defector from Iraq - Robert - 8/8/2007 6:15:47 PM
    - Gore, then Gingrich? - Bowser - 8/8/2007 9:49:42 PM
  - re: Another Republican Defector from Iraq - azstrummer - 8/7/2007 7:28:53 PM
    - I think I'd prefer Newt as a drinking buddy, too. - ER - 8/8/2007 7:39:34 PM
      - "But I'd make sure I still had my wallet when I left the place." - azstrummer - 8/8/2007 8:01:13 PM
        
        re: "But I'd make sure I still had my wallet when I left the place." - Lindy - 8/9/2007 4:46:56 AM
        
        re: "But I'd make sure I still had my wallet when I left the place." - azstrummer - 8/9/2007 4:38:47 PM

Global warming and the hazards of cigarette smoking. - Bowser - 8/6/2007 2:56:51 PM
- ... and another point - Fox - 8/6/2007 5:44:42 PM
  - Use marketing techniques - ER - 8/7/2007 3:31:20 PM
    - And the stress on Social Security caused by smoking cessation. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/8/2007 12:14:18 AM
    - Terminology - RobVG - 8/7/2007 7:02:45 PM
    - Revenue projections are one thing, hypocrisy quite another - Fox - 8/7/2007 5:16:13 PM
      - re: Revenue projections are one thing, hypocrisy quite another - Jody - 8/8/2007 10:39:31 AM
        
        Yet another reason to avoid television (n/t) - Fox - 8/8/2007 5:06:37 PM
        
        Yeppers!! (n/t) - Jody - 8/9/2007 3:08:00 PM
      - Exactly my point, just in case you missed my sarcasm. - ER - 8/7/2007 5:47:30 PM
        
        Nope, didn't miss it -- but other readers might have... (n/t) - Fox - 8/8/2007 12:35:12 AM
  - What do you find under glaciers? - Lee - 8/6/2007 8:39:21 PM
    - Scoured bedrock - Fox - 8/7/2007 1:21:39 AM
    - And BTW - Lee - 8/6/2007 9:23:45 PM
  - and still one more point - ER - 8/6/2007 6:32:12 PM
- re: I agree (n/t) - Johannes - 8/6/2007 5:17:54 PM
  - Sunspot abundance linked to heavy rains in East Africa - New Age Vapors - 8/7/2007 1:42:26 AM

Exactly one year to the Opening of the Beijing Olympic Games - Raoul - 8/8/2007 12:08:07 PM

Afghan poppy crop harvest sets another record - Lindy - 8/4/2007 8:39:53 PM
- Well somebody has to grow poppy seeds... - TAFKSE - 8/6/2007 6:51:24 PM
- re: Afghan poppy crop harvest sets another record - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2007 3:55:33 AM
  - Snorting between the lines - ER - 8/6/2007 3:16:21 PM
  - So it goes to Europe? - Lindy - 8/6/2007 2:44:44 PM
    - Why not use it for needed morphine supply. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/6/2007 7:44:30 PM
      - A modest proposal - ER - 8/7/2007 2:06:15 AM
        
        Why not just pay them a higher price for sugar beets. - TAFKASE - 8/7/2007 2:37:08 PM
        
        Nah. The sugar beet lobby would kill it in congress. (n/t) - ER - 8/7/2007 3:08:37 PM
        
        True. it would need to be a black program... - TAFKASE - 8/7/2007 4:00:32 PM
- wingers are pro-business? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/5/2007 4:45:51 AM

We need a new tax - Ima Liberal - 8/6/2007 2:46:48 PM
- re: We need a new tax - Marcia - 8/7/2007 12:24:00 AM
  - Yes but the bottled water tax could be used to fund improvements in infastructure. - Ima Liberal - 8/7/2007 2:27:10 PM
- re: We need a new tax - ER - 8/6/2007 6:37:49 PM
  - re: We need a new tax - Marcia - 8/7/2007 12:18:36 AM
    - re: We need a new tax - ER - 8/7/2007 1:12:00 AM
      - re: We need a new tax - Marcia - 8/7/2007 1:47:42 AM
        
        re: We need a new tax. - Marcia - 8/7/2007 1:51:58 AM
        
        re: We need a new tax. - Marcia - 8/7/2007 2:07:34 AM
        
        What you are seeing on the filter media is called "minerals" - Ima Liberal - 8/7/2007 2:34:06 PM
        
        You need a new system. - RobVG - 8/7/2007 3:30:49 AM

Stuff to make your day - Donald - 8/6/2007 12:40:17 AM
- re: Stuff to make your day - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2007 4:33:18 AM
  - Psst......Tech1 - Lindy - 8/7/2007 2:53:01 AM
  - re: Stuff to make your day - Donald - 8/6/2007 2:30:59 PM

Why our Infrastructure is Collapsing/Twin Cities Tragedy - Jody - 8/2/2007 10:59:04 PM
- Before and After photos - Fox - 8/3/2007 5:19:38 PM
  - I'm just speculating here, - ER - 8/3/2007 8:54:42 PM
    - re: I'm just speculating here, Exactly, it was a late '60's ovation. - Marcia - 8/3/2007 9:11:57 PM
  - Don't look like ALOT of STEEL on that BRIDGE - carl - 8/3/2007 6:17:53 PM
    - Still shouldn't have failed with no warning... - TAFKASE - 8/3/2007 8:27:31 PM
      - re: Still shouldn't have failed with no warning... - TAFKASE - 8/3/2007 8:45:53 PM
- Over 156,000 bridges in US need MAJOR repair (n/t) - Jody - 8/2/2007 11:02:25 PM
  - re: Over 156,000 bridges in US need MAJOR repair - ER - 8/3/2007 2:48:34 PM
    - re A case can be made for blaming this tragedy on the war - TAFKASE - 8/3/2007 4:31:26 PM
      - "A case can be made for blaming this tragedy on the war..." - ER - 8/3/2007 5:28:31 PM
        
        OK - TAFKASE - 8/3/2007 8:17:55 PM
        
        No problem, and thanks for the reply. (n/t) - ER - 8/3/2007 8:25:56 PM
        
        re: "A case can be made for blaming this tragedy on the war..." - Marcia - 8/3/2007 6:03:53 PM
  - re: Over 156,000 bridges in US need MAJOR repair. Unfortunately, it's not just bridges... - Marcia - 8/3/2007 3:23:18 AM
    - You're right, Marcia...However there are related issues. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/4/2007 5:30:33 PM
      - re: You're right, Marcia...However there are related issues. - Marcia - 8/6/2007 6:42:25 PM
    - Ramps, too - cARL - 8/3/2007 6:19:58 PM
  - re: Over 156,000 bridges in US need MAJOR repair - Lindy - 8/2/2007 11:37:01 PM
    - re: Over 156,000 bridges in US need MAJOR repair. I totally agree on that, Lindy. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/3/2007 3:15:53 AM
    - We have a $1 trillion war to pay for first (n/t) - Eric - 8/3/2007 12:41:47 AM
      - re: We have a $1 trillion war to pay for first. We're talking history here. The bridge in MN was only meant as a two-laner... back in '67. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/3/2007 3:14:53 AM

So what do you do when the executive branch converts the DOJ into a partisan goon squad? - alcaray - 8/4/2007 7:55:11 PM
- Even harder to remember... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2007 4:50:30 AM
  - Remember how they assigned special prosecutors to investigate the exec? - alcaray - 8/6/2007 5:51:32 AM
    - Little to none. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2007 6:35:19 AM
      - Occurs to me that you don't sound like you know what my link was about. - alcaray - 8/6/2007 7:52:42 AM
- Cringe, and wait for January 20, 2009 (n/t) - Fox - 8/5/2007 11:51:03 PM

What is it about winger, ex-gay-pornstar, fraudulent, reporters? - alcaray - 8/3/2007 9:34:49 PM
- How is he "fraudulent"? (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 8/4/2007 8:28:33 PM
  - Didn't read it, did you? - alcaray - 8/5/2007 4:18:05 AM
    - Ah, so this is a credibility and source checking issue. - The Silent Majority - 8/5/2007 9:31:16 AM
      - 1) Media matters is about as fair and accurate as you can make an information-bearing website - alcaray - 8/5/2007 6:24:16 PM
        
        LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2007 5:10:40 AM
        
        Icky, McCarthyistic, guilt-by-association hatchet job. - alcaray - 8/6/2007 5:55:58 AM
        
        It's a lot easier remaining ignorant isn't it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2007 6:20:51 AM
        
        Harder to use logic that is not fallacious. Some think it's a good idea anyway. - alcaray - 8/6/2007 7:50:32 AM
  - Because it was under-reported? - Lindy - 8/4/2007 8:40:50 PM
- The perfect couple - Lindy - 8/4/2007 4:05:41 AM
- Rod Majors? You just can't make stuff like this up. (n/t) - ER - 8/3/2007 11:58:33 PM

What real conservatives are now saying about Iraq - azstrummer - 8/1/2007 2:04:04 PM
- More from Mr Lind-- 11 Oct, 2006 - ER - 8/1/2007 8:02:44 PM
- re: What real conservatives are now saying about Iraq - gbaikie - 8/1/2007 7:45:56 PM
- Excellent analysis. - ER - 8/1/2007 2:21:34 PM
  - Where was this guy? - azstrummer - 8/1/2007 6:12:45 PM
    - Looking the other way, with his fingers crossed. - ER - 8/1/2007 6:36:25 PM
      - Notice - azstrummer - 8/4/2007 2:20:55 AM
        
        re: Notice - ER - 8/4/2007 5:15:55 AM
        
        Sorta like........ - Lindy - 8/4/2007 9:38:13 PM
        
        re: Sorta like........ - ER - 8/5/2007 2:37:39 PM

Was Pat Tillman Assasinated? - Eric - 8/4/2007 4:34:02 PM
- Where's the story? - RobVG - 8/5/2007 4:46:04 AM
  - The Pentagon reported a wildly different story to begin with. - alcaray - 8/5/2007 8:00:47 AM

Now there is something you don't see every day. - TAFKASE - 8/3/2007 4:42:20 PM
- Holland outfitted his 1st Sub in NJ - carl - 8/3/2007 8:21:21 PM
  - If his subs had been atomic-powered, would that make them AMBOY NUKES? (n/t) - ER - 8/3/2007 8:34:04 PM
    - Nope, AMBOY DUKES - carl - 8/3/2007 8:46:53 PM
      - Did you know that was Ted Nugent's first band? (n/t) - ER - 8/3/2007 8:57:41 PM
        
        "Journey to the Center of the MInd" - Fox - 8/3/2007 11:28:02 PM
        
        Motor City Madman - ER - 8/3/2007 11:47:53 PM
- re: Now there is something you don't see every day. - Marcia - 8/3/2007 7:45:49 PM
  - What's next, IRONCLADS? - carl - 8/3/2007 8:23:53 PM
    - re: What's next, IRONCLADS? What the heck does that supposed to mean? - Marcia - 8/3/2007 9:03:54 PM
- Bushnell's Turtle? (n/t) - ER - 8/3/2007 5:07:13 PM
  - Ironically, one of the men claims to be the descendent of Mr. Bushnell. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/3/2007 11:29:26 PM
  - It's a shame... - ds - 8/3/2007 9:06:32 PM
    - That's crazy talk - alcaray - 8/3/2007 10:01:35 PM

Yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus - Lindy - 8/2/2007 11:45:46 PM
- re: Yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus - Jack Herer - 8/3/2007 6:42:28 PM
- Something similar happened in Miami last year. - ER - 8/3/2007 2:20:48 PM
  - re: Something similar happened in Miami last year. - Marcia - 8/3/2007 10:07:06 PM

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