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War monger Obama - would consider expanding the war on Terror! - SEN News - 8/1/2007 2:33:24 PM
- Gotta love it - FrankC - 8/3/2007 4:07:36 PM
  - Amen - TAFKASE - 8/3/2007 4:35:38 PM
    - Maybe we should wait until after she's done it... - ER - 8/3/2007 5:12:29 PM
      - re: Maybe we should wait until after she's done it... As most of would say, "You know, it's not funny." - Marcia - 8/3/2007 7:23:14 PM
        
        re: Maybe we should wait until after she's done it... As most of would say, "You know, it's not funny." - Marcia - 8/3/2007 7:46:50 PM
- Now to clarify his status as a peacenick... Obama says he would never use nuclear weapons...Under ANY Circumstances. - TAFKASE - 8/2/2007 5:25:23 PM
  - "Then he tried to back off the statement" - McFly - 8/2/2007 5:32:09 PM
    - you probably won't like President Hillary Clinton then. - TAFKASE - 8/2/2007 5:45:39 PM
- So the conservatives will line up against destroying BinLaden? - alcaray - 8/2/2007 2:24:43 AM
  - Maybe they don't know the difference between... - Buck Galaxy - 8/2/2007 7:01:31 AM
    - Ossama isn't as scary as Obama. - ER - 8/2/2007 2:45:21 PM
- Obama doesn't want to look like another Michael Dukakis - ds - 8/1/2007 7:09:06 PM

Bush Invokes Executive Privilege for Rove in Attorney Firings - Lindy - 8/2/2007 11:33:55 PM
- A procedural question. - ER - 8/3/2007 2:07:08 PM
  - "I'm convinced something really wicked is going on." - Lindy - 8/3/2007 4:31:08 PM

Brookings Institution writers on Iraq - TB (from the wilds of the Black Hills) - 7/30/2007 5:53:19 PM
- Military success yes...political success? (n/t) - Jody - 7/31/2007 12:19:33 PM
  - re: Military success yes...political success? - TB - 7/31/2007 4:42:35 PM
    - The whip's motivations have always been transparent. - alcaray - 7/31/2007 6:49:51 PM
    - For the record - ER - 7/31/2007 5:27:54 PM
- OKAY...Tom...don't be mad - Jody - 7/31/2007 2:21:07 AM
  - A.D.D. digression in above post (sorry)^ (n/t) - Jody - 7/31/2007 12:40:20 PM
    - No problem... - TB - 7/31/2007 4:22:24 PM
- They should have sent in Petraeus from the start. - ER - 7/30/2007 7:59:20 PM
  - "saving Rumsfeld's face" - Buck Galaxy - 8/1/2007 6:16:25 AM
    - "running out the clock" - ER - 8/1/2007 11:41:03 AM
  - The NYT has no axe to grind? - Lee - 7/31/2007 3:57:46 AM
    - Be careful Lee...NYT is owned by a Jew (n/t) - Jody - 7/31/2007 12:22:19 PM
    - It balances out the skinhead media. (n/t) - ER - 7/31/2007 11:21:28 AM
      - Your replies need improvement. - Lee - 8/1/2007 12:22:40 AM
        
        Pull my finger. - ER - 8/1/2007 1:24:39 AM
        
        Pulling your finger would be redundant... - Lee - 8/1/2007 2:14:12 AM
        
        The Iraq War could cost $1 trillion - ds - 8/1/2007 2:04:01 PM
        
        A trillion dollars isn't what it use to be. - Lee - 8/1/2007 8:43:53 PM
        
        $1T a small amount!? - Buck Galaxy - 8/2/2007 6:58:06 AM
        
        Everett Dirksen has been Supersized... - nick hoffman - 8/2/2007 2:00:02 PM
        
        What it could be spent on - Lee - 8/2/2007 11:12:53 AM
        
        Twin Cities Tradgedy / Case in Point!!!! (n/t) - Jody - 8/2/2007 10:49:57 PM

Cheney Favors Attack On Iran - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/31/2007 4:48:07 PM
- Give him a shot gun and "a" beer... - Buck Galaxy - 8/2/2007 7:05:01 AM
- He's GOT to say that... - ER - 7/31/2007 10:54:17 PM
  - You mean - ds - 8/1/2007 1:22:50 PM

Can you lose everything if you oppose Bush? - ds - 7/29/2007 2:13:51 AM
- And now for the rest of the story... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 3:38:05 AM
  - re: And now for the rest of the story... - James Brown - 7/29/2007 3:38:58 PM
    - When a 'beancounter' consults with the Sec. of Def & Sec. of State... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 8:51:22 PM
      - re: When a 'beancounter' consults with the Sec. of Def & Sec. of State... - James Brown - 7/30/2007 3:56:57 AM
  - Trademark violation? - TB - 7/29/2007 7:03:57 AM
    - Paul who? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 10:58:20 AM
      - Connie, Tom, and Peter who? (n/t) - TB - 7/31/2007 5:34:11 AM
      - re: Paul who? - Lindy - 7/29/2007 2:26:07 PM
      - re: Paul who? - Eri - 7/29/2007 1:56:02 PM
        
        Remember folks - ds - 7/29/2007 9:10:22 PM
        
        re: Remember folks - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 10:11:06 PM
        
        re: Remember folks - James Brown - 7/30/2007 5:43:00 AM
        
        To quote some old Greek guy - ds - 7/30/2007 4:33:59 PM
        
        You're not an extremist!?! - Lee - 7/31/2007 3:42:39 AM
        
        You're right - ds - 7/31/2007 3:07:58 PM
        
        Slowly the crept, inch by inch... - ds - 8/1/2007 7:39:59 PM
        
        As they should be. - Lee - 8/1/2007 8:49:29 PM

The new Hitler Youth - TAFKASE - 7/30/2007 6:58:39 PM
- And what do you find wrong with this? - Lee - 7/31/2007 2:18:58 AM
  - There are too many people already. - TAFKASE - 7/31/2007 4:29:12 PM
    - re: There are too many people already. - REB - 7/31/2007 4:33:32 PM
      - Blame the Catholic church - ARRELL - 8/1/2007 4:37:53 PM
        
        Catholicism has very little sway in China and India. - Lee - 8/1/2007 8:40:39 PM
- Actually, the new "Young Pioneers" - Fox - 7/31/2007 1:02:07 AM
- re: The new Hitler Youth - alcaray - 7/30/2007 8:37:00 PM
  - re: The new Hitler Youth - Lindy - 7/30/2007 11:13:41 PM
    - Russia's population is on a continuous decline - ds - 7/31/2007 3:09:15 PM
      - With world overpopulation a problem... - REB - 7/31/2007 3:11:19 PM

Huge 7.2 earthquake near Austrialia and New Zealand - REB - 8/1/2007 7:11:49 PM
- It was pretty deep. - podrock - 8/1/2007 7:23:34 PM
  - That's good. No Tsunami - REB - 8/1/2007 7:32:17 PM
- What an active planet we live on. - REB - 8/1/2007 7:16:26 PM

71% support spy cameras - TAFKASE - 7/30/2007 1:33:51 PM
- Oh yes! - Eri - 7/30/2007 7:16:50 PM
- Why not in your own country too? - Raoul - 7/30/2007 3:52:57 PM
  - Don't think so - RNE - 8/1/2007 2:44:42 AM
  - A shiver from what? - Lee - 7/31/2007 3:32:08 AM
    - Should be under Eri's post. (n/t) - Lee - 7/31/2007 11:09:41 AM
- Great for target practice, too. (n/t) - ER - 7/30/2007 3:09:47 PM
- re: 71% support spy cameras - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 7/30/2007 2:06:34 PM
  - re: 71% support spy cameras - James Brown - 7/30/2007 3:46:26 PM
    - re: 71% support spy cameras - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 8/1/2007 12:14:35 PM
    - re: 71% support spy cameras - James Brown - 7/30/2007 3:48:18 PM

Sudan: Profit from Genocide - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2007 9:16:02 PM
- Bernard and Cecilia - Raoul - 7/31/2007 8:37:06 AM
- Th UN can work. - REB - 7/30/2007 9:38:53 PM
  - U.N. Security Council Approves Darfur Peacekeeping Force - REB - 7/31/2007 8:39:02 PM

The Satan worshiping Taliban is at it again in Afganistan - TAFKASE - 7/30/2007 9:55:14 PM
- The Prophet, PBUH, would be proud. (n/t) - Lee - 7/31/2007 2:09:22 AM

Attempted Sabotage of US Shuttle - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 11:06:42 PM
- And about the drunken astronauts - Delbert - 7/30/2007 4:55:52 AM
  - re: And about the drunken astronauts - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2007 7:08:36 AM
    - "Others read books, watch movies or post messages on a bulletin board." - Lindy - 7/31/2007 12:34:55 AM
- re: Attempted Sabotage of US Shuttle - Delbert - 7/29/2007 11:58:07 PM
  - re: Attempted Sabotage of US Shuttle - Marcia - 7/30/2007 1:39:15 AM
  - re: Attempted Sabotage of US Shuttle - Marcia - 7/30/2007 1:33:07 AM
  - I wonder if it was Earth First! or a similar group - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/30/2007 12:39:27 AM

Chief Justice Roberts Hospitalized - James Brown - 7/31/2007 12:17:43 AM

U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia - Lindy - 7/29/2007 4:26:06 PM
- The Iranian (and Russian) response - TAFKASE - 7/30/2007 8:33:01 PM
- Kt-KB3! check. - ER - 7/29/2007 4:53:40 PM
  - Precisely. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 8:35:40 PM
  - It may not stop short of war. - alcaray - 7/29/2007 6:28:01 PM
    - There already is a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia - Yeti - 7/29/2007 6:56:46 PM
      - re: There already is a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia - James Brown - 7/30/2007 5:50:52 AM
      - Yep. - ER - 7/29/2007 7:57:44 PM
    - Why give the Saudis more when we already have our bases there? - Lindy - 7/29/2007 6:50:47 PM
      - re: Why give the Saudis more when we already have our bases there? - ER - 7/29/2007 8:10:04 PM
        
        re: Why give the Saudis more when we already have our bases there? - Yeti - 7/29/2007 11:09:48 PM
    - No, but if they do, do we want SA to lose? - ER - 7/29/2007 6:48:34 PM
      - No, but on the other hand, do we want to be on the enabling end... - alcaray - 7/30/2007 1:28:24 AM
        
        re: No, but on the other hand, do we want to be on the enabling end... - ER - 7/30/2007 1:56:58 AM
        
        With respect to Ethnic, Religious and Historical schisms in the ME - Yeti - 7/30/2007 6:29:39 AM
        
        The spice must flow - ER - 7/30/2007 1:21:32 PM
        
        re: The spice must flow - Yeti - 7/30/2007 5:29:43 PM
        
        re: The spice must flow - ER - 7/30/2007 6:44:00 PM
        
        oh, also - Yeti - 7/30/2007 10:45:57 PM
        
        re: The spice must flow - Yeti - 7/30/2007 9:56:23 PM
        
        Fear is the mind-killer - ER - 7/30/2007 11:29:50 PM
        
        On the world stage and among Muslims, Shia are a hated minority. - alcaray - 7/30/2007 3:52:16 AM

Pat Tillman Murdered Because He Was About To Become Anti-War Hero? - Lindy - 7/27/2007 9:48:22 PM
- Three bullets, go figure... - RobVG - 7/28/2007 1:09:59 AM
  - re: Three bullets, go figure... - ER - 7/28/2007 3:15:39 AM
    - Good advice.. (n/t) - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:00:30 PM
      - This is why we need a mainstream media - ER - 7/28/2007 3:53:08 PM
        
        If people spawn crazy conspiracy theories about this one, it is the military's own fault. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/28/2007 6:32:57 PM
        
        Yes - ER - 7/28/2007 8:18:45 PM
        
        Good post ER. I am glad you are here. (n/t) - REB - 7/30/2007 9:28:28 PM
        
        re: Yes - Eri - 7/28/2007 10:17:25 PM
        
        "eerily unevolving strategy..." - Lindy - 7/28/2007 8:43:07 PM
- You know Lindy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/27/2007 9:57:25 PM
  - You know SDAI - Lindy - 7/28/2007 7:57:28 PM
  - Are you his psychiatrist? - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:04:18 PM
  - Clark Nuts? - James Brown - 7/28/2007 3:34:44 AM
    - re: Clark Nuts? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/28/2007 5:17:02 AM
      - re: Clark Nuts? - directinator - 7/28/2007 2:28:13 PM
        
        re: Clark Nuts? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 11:09:04 AM
  - I heard on the new this morning... - Eri - 7/28/2007 12:32:27 AM
  - Don't be so quick to judge.... - Lindy - 7/27/2007 10:21:13 PM

Irak veterans witnessing - Raoul - 7/30/2007 4:01:41 PM
- Thank you Raoul..... - Lindy - 7/30/2007 8:48:05 PM

FBI says Organized Gangs in the Military - folcwine - 7/29/2007 1:39:03 AM
- re: FBI says Organized Gangs in the Military - Lindy - 7/29/2007 2:31:00 PM
- re: FBI says Organized Gangs in the Military - gbaikie - 7/29/2007 9:05:49 AM
  - re: FBI says Organized Gangs in the Military - ER - 7/29/2007 12:25:20 PM
    - re: FBI says Organized Gangs in the Military - gbaikie - 7/29/2007 9:25:55 PM
      - Well, I'm not answering you specifically... - ER - 7/29/2007 11:15:30 PM
        
        re: Well, I'm not answering you specifically... - gbaikie - 7/30/2007 1:05:13 AM
        
        Eugene McGovern? - ER - 7/30/2007 1:32:31 AM
        
        re: Eugene McGovern? - gbaikie - 7/30/2007 4:10:24 AM
        
        re: Eugene McGovern? - ER - 7/30/2007 11:20:46 AM

GORDON Brown last night praised George Bush - gbaikie - 7/30/2007 5:57:44 AM

Halliburton second-quarter net income more than doubled to $1.5 billion - Lindy - 7/27/2007 9:58:51 PM
- re: Halliburton second-quarter net income more than doubled to $1.5 billion - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/27/2007 10:30:31 PM
  - Furious Francophobe Fights Foreign Firms - ER - 7/29/2007 12:34:53 PM
    - Purloined Previous Posting Provided Pertinent Pagelink - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 1:15:46 PM
      - Bonjour, Monsieur Tech - ER - 7/29/2007 1:50:22 PM
        
        Profit is the name of the game for modern day Nazis - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 9:15:21 PM
  - re: Halliburton second-quarter net income more than doubled to $1.5 billion - Eri - 7/28/2007 2:56:10 PM
    - So what happened to the "France versus US in Iraq" post? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2007 10:55:10 AM
  - re: Halliburton second-quarter net income more than doubled to $1.5 billion - Marcia - 7/27/2007 10:48:37 PM

What have the Democrats Done For Us? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/27/2007 9:43:35 PM
- What have the two Party System Done For Us? - REB - 7/27/2007 9:51:18 PM
  - I think a four party system would be better. - Lee - 7/28/2007 2:23:09 PM
  - Not much - Robert - 7/28/2007 12:41:57 AM
    - Newtered Gingrich - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:11:30 PM
      - The independent's advantage - Robert - 7/28/2007 6:04:04 PM
        
        re: The independent's advantage - Eri - 7/28/2007 10:22:38 PM
  - What Two Party System? - Lindy - 7/27/2007 10:24:29 PM
  - re: What have the two Party System Done For Us? - Marcia - 7/27/2007 10:20:22 PM
    - re: What have the two Party System Done For Us? Whether that a good thing.... - Marcia - 7/27/2007 10:42:44 PM
      - Have you watched "Jaywalking" lately on the Tonight Show? - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:17:25 PM
        
        I like the nervous giggles when they don't know the answer to a question. - ER - 7/28/2007 4:30:54 PM
        
        Fear of intelligence - Eri - 7/28/2007 5:24:02 PM
        
        But why should today's kids feel the need to be smart to suceed in life? - ds - 7/29/2007 9:13:53 PM

"There is no jihad. We are just instruments of death" - Lindy - 7/29/2007 2:18:24 PM

Stop the impeachment stupidity - FrankC - 7/27/2007 6:58:17 PM
- Strategically, the Republican party might gain from an impeachment. - alcaray - 7/28/2007 6:48:08 PM
- re: Stop the impeachment because - Buck Galaxy - 7/28/2007 6:11:23 AM
- Just as an aside... - ER - 7/27/2007 8:00:14 PM
  - Ah heck, I can dream, though, can't I? - Eri - 7/28/2007 12:35:37 AM
  - re: Just as an aside... - Marcia - 7/27/2007 8:51:42 PM

Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney - Lindy - 7/27/2007 4:13:10 PM
- Can't the Democratioc Party get a faster Server... - TAFKASE - 7/27/2007 4:46:28 PM
  - They probably spent all their money on Union Organizing. - TAFKASE - 7/27/2007 4:47:47 PM
- A stupid post - FrankC - 7/27/2007 4:29:30 PM
  - It's one thing to say it's stupid... - Buck Galaxy - 7/28/2007 5:25:49 PM
  - Since you (sort of) asked... - Fox - 7/27/2007 5:38:21 PM

Save the Earth from Warming! - Ima Liberal - 7/25/2007 7:29:30 PM
- Freedom of Choice - ER - 7/25/2007 8:50:03 PM
  - Anyone with a black roof is a evil person. - Ima Liberal - 7/26/2007 6:55:14 PM
    - re: Anyone with a white roof is a commie. - ER - 7/26/2007 7:57:41 PM
      - White roofs are a great idea - REB - 7/26/2007 9:00:46 PM
        
        Seriously... - TAFKASE - 7/27/2007 3:11:07 AM
        
        re: White roofs are a great idea - ER - 7/26/2007 10:30:54 PM
        
        HOA = Home Owner's Association. - REB - 7/27/2007 1:11:46 PM
        
        Tulip trees grow fast as do Amur Maples. (n/t) - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:30:34 PM
        
        re: HOA = Home Owner's Association. - ER - 7/27/2007 3:44:33 PM
  - Well to a point - azstrummer - 7/25/2007 9:24:01 PM
    - You can't be allowed to be stupid if it destroys the Earth's climate. - Ima Liberal - 7/26/2007 7:01:47 PM
      - You confuse environmentalists with white supremacists. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/27/2007 1:15:16 AM
        
        LOL! (n/t) - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:31:44 PM
    - They fear the slippery slope. - ER - 7/26/2007 12:49:47 AM
      - Synchronicity! (n/t) - ER - 7/26/2007 12:51:49 AM
    - re: Well to a point - gbaikie - 7/26/2007 12:48:24 AM

Why I support the death penalty - Lee - 7/25/2007 1:30:18 AM
- Why I don't - ER - 7/25/2007 12:38:04 PM
  - If the Criminal justice system is broken, how can we fix it? - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 8:31:13 PM
    - "First, we kill all the lawyers." (n/t) - ER - 7/25/2007 8:54:49 PM
      - LOL! - Eri - 7/26/2007 3:14:34 AM
    - What is more broken: College Education or the Criminal Justice system? - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 8:32:54 PM
      - re: What is more broken: College Education or the Criminal Justice system? - ER - 7/25/2007 9:01:49 PM
        
        Yep! Too many educated idiots graduating! - Eri - 7/26/2007 3:16:36 AM
        
        Not educated. - ER - 7/26/2007 3:41:38 AM
  - We could always make an exception... - ER - 7/25/2007 2:03:13 PM
- Well - Jody - 7/25/2007 10:07:59 AM
  - Yoo Hoo, Raoul - Jody - 7/26/2007 2:30:37 AM
    - countries wishing to become members of the EU must first ban CP - Raoul - 7/26/2007 7:20:10 AM
      - Banning Cerebral Palsy would be a good thing, yes? (n/t) - Eri - 7/28/2007 3:57:35 AM
  - re: Well - REB - 7/25/2007 1:26:57 PM
- No reason for it to be a fantasy - FrankC - 7/25/2007 6:21:46 AM
- re: Why I support the death penalty - James Brown - 7/25/2007 4:45:41 AM
  - re: Why I support the death penalty - REB - 7/25/2007 1:18:52 PM
  - That's the way I see it. - Lee - 7/25/2007 11:24:57 AM
    - re: That's the way I see it. - James Brown - 7/25/2007 5:08:16 PM
      - No. - Lee - 7/25/2007 9:13:06 PM
        
        Take a deep breath - James Brown - 7/25/2007 11:42:15 PM
        
        The answer is still no. - Lee - 7/26/2007 1:36:04 AM
        
        re: The answer is still no. - James Brown - 7/26/2007 1:46:27 AM
        
        Yes it does. - Lee - 7/26/2007 2:07:05 AM
- A tragedy. But why do you think capital punishment would have prevented it? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/25/2007 1:59:09 AM
  - Because they are career criminals. - Lee - 7/25/2007 2:21:18 AM
    - Death penalty for burglers? You are a member of a very small minority, so to speak. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/25/2007 3:27:46 AM
      - Better them than us. - Lee - 7/25/2007 3:58:41 AM
    - Well, I'm not a bleeding heart about criminals - Eri - 7/25/2007 3:22:09 AM
      - Innocent people are condemned to die everyday - Lee - 7/25/2007 3:53:44 AM
        
        State sanctioned murder won't solve that problem! - Eri - 7/26/2007 3:26:56 AM
        
        These people can't even agree on border security. - Lee - 7/26/2007 11:21:41 AM
        
        So you just want to gripe, not do anything - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:24:43 AM

Brainless civil servant amazes doctors - gbaikie - 7/27/2007 4:38:03 AM
- Brainless civil servants don't surprise me... - ER - 7/27/2007 5:29:35 PM
  - re: Brainless civil servants don't surprise me... - gbaikie - 7/28/2007 12:25:17 AM

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