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Islamic party wins in Turkish elections - TB - 7/22/2007 11:25:22 PM
- Islamic parties and Islamic parties - dtb - 7/24/2007 12:31:18 AM
- According to one who lives there - Eri - 7/23/2007 1:42:53 AM
  - The Turkish Army has stepped in before, IIRC, for just that reason - Yeti - 7/24/2007 5:54:23 PM
  - I'm getting that reading, too. - TB - 7/23/2007 5:26:23 AM
    - What scares me - Eri - 7/23/2007 1:23:22 PM
      - re: What scares me - TB - 7/23/2007 7:01:37 PM
        
        re: What scares me - Eri - 7/23/2007 7:19:06 PM
        
        re: What scares me - Andrew - 7/23/2007 7:18:49 PM
        
        Chainsaw duel in the dark - ER - 7/23/2007 7:18:42 PM
        
        re: Chainsaw duel in the dark - Yeti - 7/24/2007 6:14:04 PM
        
        re: Chainsaw duel in the dark - Thank you, Mr. Yeti. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/26/2007 2:33:56 AM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - Marcia - 7/23/2007 8:46:32 PM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - gbaikie - 7/23/2007 9:29:43 PM
        
        What is the source of your assertion that... - alcaray - 7/24/2007 12:02:04 AM
        
        and... Lets be clear - Yeti - 7/24/2007 8:44:55 PM
        
        re: and... Lets be clear - Marcia - 7/25/2007 10:43:53 PM
        
        Ther Kurds - REB - 7/26/2007 2:34:02 PM
        
        re: Ther Kurds - No doubt about that. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/27/2007 10:15:14 PM
        
        re: What is the source of your assertion that... - Marcia - 7/24/2007 1:45:05 AM
        
        re: What is the source of your assertion that... - alcaray - 7/24/2007 6:31:41 PM
        
        re: What is the source of your assertion that... - Marcia - 7/25/2007 9:49:01 PM
        
        re: What is the source of your assertion that... - gbaikie - 7/24/2007 2:18:48 AM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - Marcia - 7/23/2007 10:09:29 PM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - gbaikie - 7/24/2007 2:34:33 AM
        
        "kinder" - nick hoffman - 7/24/2007 1:36:39 PM
        
        re: "kinder" - Marcia - 7/25/2007 9:55:39 PM
        
        re: "kinder" - To Nick. - Marcia - 7/25/2007 10:48:45 PM
        
        re: "kinder" - gbaikie - 7/24/2007 7:54:42 PM
        
        Rats - gb - 7/24/2007 2:38:49 AM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - gb - 7/23/2007 9:32:13 PM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - Marcia - 7/23/2007 10:12:20 PM
        
        re: Speaking of chainsaws... the Kurds live in countries that were divided. - gbaikie - 7/24/2007 1:55:25 AM
        
        re: "it's in the Kurds self interest to be part of Iraq" - Yeti - 7/24/2007 8:33:10 PM
        
        re: "it's in the Kurds self interest to be part of Iraq" - gbaikie - 7/25/2007 3:13:01 AM
        
        Don't have to live there to have a clue - Yeti - 7/25/2007 3:17:22 AM
        
        re: Don't have to live there to have a clue - gbaikie - 7/25/2007 4:24:58 AM
        
        "it's in the Kurds self interest to be part of Iraq" - nick hoffman - 7/24/2007 1:43:52 PM
        
        re: "it's in the Kurds self interest to be part of Iraq" - Marcia - 7/25/2007 10:05:27 PM
        
        re: "it's in the Kurds self interest to be part of Iraq" - gbaikie - 7/24/2007 7:17:16 PM
        
        re: Exactly, gb. - Marcia - 7/24/2007 2:22:53 AM
        
        And speaking of soft power. - Lee - 7/25/2007 1:54:31 AM
        
        re: And speaking of soft power. - Marcia - 7/25/2007 10:08:23 PM
        
        I think that Iraq and the Kurds need each other. - Lee - 7/26/2007 1:55:58 AM
        
        re: I think that Iraq and the Kurds need each other. - Marcia - 7/26/2007 2:24:26 AM
        
        re: I think that Iraq and the Kurds need each other. - Marcia - 7/26/2007 2:16:54 AM

Impeachment post moved to flame (n/t) - FrankC (moderator) - 7/26/2007 4:25:27 PM
- It IS a current event - Lindy - 7/26/2007 6:20:31 PM
  - Not the way it was presented. It was more an opinionated post than a current event one. - REB - 7/26/2007 6:25:34 PM
    - And since when are opinion pieces incorrect for CE? - Yeti - 7/26/2007 7:13:54 PM
      - Excellent point! - TB - 7/27/2007 2:59:39 PM
      - re: And since when are opinion pieces incorrect for CE? - REB - 7/26/2007 7:23:37 PM
        
        re: And since when are opinion pieces incorrect for CE? - Yeti - 7/26/2007 7:35:09 PM
        
        I thought Current Event actually meant Current Event. Silly me for thinking that. - REB - 7/26/2007 8:09:26 PM
        
        Good, because the moved post WAS a current event - Yeti - 7/26/2007 8:20:48 PM
        
        You are still reading too deep into this. - REB - 7/26/2007 8:30:09 PM
    - Like The 'Ima Liberal' and 'Anne Leftleaner' crap we are continually subjected to here? - Yeti - 7/26/2007 7:11:26 PM
      - Juvenile humor and general lampooning are preferable to your acrid bile and personal attacks. - The Silent Majority - 7/27/2007 1:42:36 AM
        
        Again, Last time I checked, posting under a fake handle was against the bylaws, expecially when attacking other posters (n/t) - Yeti - 7/27/2007 3:39:06 AM
        
        Which bylaw? - TAFKASE - 7/27/2007 4:51:11 PM
        
        Again, good point. - TB - 7/27/2007 3:01:39 PM
      - You never have liked me... - Ima Liberal - 7/26/2007 8:36:49 PM

Princeton scientists hacks a Diebold voting machine - Eric - 7/27/2007 2:13:20 AM
- should have went to current events (n/t) - Eric - 7/27/2007 2:14:25 AM
  - and here it is. (n/t) - moderite podrock - 7/27/2007 5:02:38 AM

Gonzales seems to be going down in flames - azstrummer - 7/26/2007 7:37:34 PM
- re: Gonzales seems to be going down in flames - James Brown - 7/27/2007 2:38:18 AM
- Don't hit the link. Try this one. - azstrummer - 7/26/2007 7:39:12 PM
  - FBI director contradicts Gonzales' testimony - Lindy - 7/26/2007 9:19:09 PM
    - Unfortunately - Eri - 7/27/2007 4:17:53 AM

Sabotage at NASA - Raoul - 7/26/2007 10:09:50 PM

After the Fall - ER - 7/24/2007 1:04:32 AM
- re: After the Fall - James Brown - 7/24/2007 4:17:24 PM
- re: After the Fall - Yetster - 7/24/2007 3:50:56 PM
  - Greetings, Hirsute one. - ER - 7/24/2007 7:15:28 PM
    - I hope you are right/other thoughts - C. A. Zandra Yeti, esq. - 7/24/2007 8:27:25 PM
      - Some thoughts on the schizm - ER - 7/24/2007 9:30:56 PM
        
        re: Some thoughts on the schizm - Yeti - 7/24/2007 11:17:15 PM
- Your first assumption that Bush will withdraw the troops from Iraq is flawed - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 12:55:58 PM
  - "Let's get those palefaces out of there." - ER - 7/24/2007 1:04:23 PM
    - Sorry, but the next President will be the one pulling the troops out - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 3:50:16 PM
      - The draft - McFly - 7/24/2007 5:25:32 PM
- re: After the Fall - James Brown - 7/24/2007 5:21:21 AM
  - I don't think it'sa that easy - nick hoffman - 7/24/2007 1:27:53 PM
    - There is much truth in what you say - ER - 7/24/2007 1:59:23 PM
      - re: There is much truth in what you say - TB - 7/24/2007 4:10:20 PM
        
        re: There is much truth in what you say - Thanks, Tom. - Marcia - 7/26/2007 2:27:28 AM
        
        "March, or die!" -- Legionaire's motto - ER - 7/24/2007 6:38:36 PM
        
        What I can't understand... - TB - 7/24/2007 9:19:48 PM
        
        In short, as I predicted - Yeti - 7/24/2007 11:32:59 PM
        
        We haven't seen more positive results. - ER - 7/24/2007 9:50:46 PM
        
        Have you looked? - TB - 7/25/2007 4:58:44 AM
        
        re: Have you looked? - ER - 7/25/2007 12:45:06 PM
      - The future: Stay the course...Is it really so bad? - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 3:56:28 PM
        
        re: Stay the course - TB - 7/24/2007 5:15:25 PM
        
        Then why does your sort hate her so? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/25/2007 2:03:31 AM
        
        My "sort?" - TB - 7/25/2007 5:02:53 AM
        
        Your sort: conservative Clinton-haters. - alcaray - 7/25/2007 6:26:48 PM
        
        Horseapples. - TB - 7/26/2007 2:37:12 AM
        
        Deep down inside, - ER - 7/25/2007 9:07:00 PM
        
        Except... - McFly - 7/26/2007 5:42:52 PM
  - I like your style. - ER - 7/24/2007 12:43:45 PM
- re: After the Fall - Marcia - 7/24/2007 1:53:17 AM
  - re: After the Fall - ER - 7/24/2007 2:54:53 AM

Terrorism losing ground? - Eri - 7/25/2007 3:37:11 AM
- Economic development is a key. But so is minimizing Iranian influence. - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 7:39:56 PM
- re: Terrorism losing ground? - REB - 7/25/2007 1:40:22 PM

Exec shookdown appointees for political donations? - alcaray - 7/24/2007 7:04:55 PM

Lebanese army destroys Palestinian refugee camp. - TB - 7/22/2007 10:58:22 PM
- re: Lebanese army destroys Palestinian refugee camp. - gbaikie - 7/23/2007 3:42:21 AM
  - re: It has been reported, yes. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/23/2007 10:36:23 PM

Hugh Hewitt interviews General Petraeus - TB - 7/20/2007 1:07:42 AM
- Someone needs to talk to the General. And he needs to read the papers. - Bowser - 7/20/2007 2:50:12 AM
  - History - TB - 7/20/2007 5:00:37 AM
    - vapid - Robert - 7/22/2007 6:37:06 PM
      - Isn't that the question you should be asking? - TB - 7/22/2007 10:20:23 PM
        
        As to: "The Iraqi government and the military leadership over there are asking for more time."... - alcaray - 7/23/2007 1:38:42 AM
        
        You never answered his question......again - azstrummer - 7/22/2007 10:55:00 PM
        
        Good grief, how many times do you think I've explained this stuff? - TB - 7/22/2007 11:08:29 PM
        
        Just 'cuz you explain it a lot doesn't mean everyone has to believe it. (n/t) - ER - 7/23/2007 3:46:33 PM
    - re: History - Buck Galaxy - 7/20/2007 6:22:52 AM
      - Don't disagree with stupid - FrankC - 7/20/2007 4:17:43 PM
        
        "Arrogant" was not a personal opinion. - Buck Galaxy - 7/22/2007 8:06:21 PM
        
        You don't think the fact that they fired all the guys giving good advice is significant? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2007 9:34:45 PM
      - Right. But, the "surge" is not a change in direction. - Bowser - 7/20/2007 1:37:31 PM
        
        "a continued lack of concern for collateral damage." - Lindy - 7/22/2007 4:43:11 AM

Reuters poll: President approval more than twice as high as Congress - gbaikie - 7/18/2007 7:39:37 PM
- Easily remedied - Donald - 7/22/2007 2:25:25 PM
- Voters hate a filibuster-bound congress. - alcaray - 7/20/2007 9:20:00 PM
  - re: Voters hate a filibuster-bound congress. - gbaikie - 7/21/2007 2:21:52 AM
    - Err... did you really say... - alcaray - 7/21/2007 5:17:45 AM
  - Another "hockey stick"? - alcaray - 7/21/2007 12:42:13 AM
- "the Congress that was voted out had about 50% higher approval than current one" - Lindy - 7/19/2007 9:37:24 PM
  - re: "the Congress that was voted out had about 50% higher approval than current one" - gbaikie - 7/20/2007 12:31:05 AM
- re: Great opportunity for the out of power party to adopt Congressional Term Limits as a central theme to their platform. - TAFKASE - 7/19/2007 1:41:09 PM
  - It IS time for some fresh blood in Congress - Lindy - 7/19/2007 9:49:09 PM
    - There's always another pocket where-in you can catch another bribe - TAFKASE - 7/20/2007 1:43:02 PM
- re: Reuters poll: President approval more than twice as high as Congress - Marcia - 7/18/2007 9:20:04 PM
  - There will never be a free and Democratic Iraq - Lindy - 7/19/2007 9:52:10 PM
  - re: Reuters poll: President approval more than twice as high as Congress - gbaikie - 7/19/2007 2:03:16 AM
    - Publishing books is a tough one. - TAFKASE - 7/19/2007 3:05:10 PM
  - Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Bowser - 7/18/2007 9:44:01 PM
    - What have the Democrats in Congress done to save the Planet? - TAFKASE - 7/19/2007 3:03:20 PM
    - Wrong. Again. - TB - 7/19/2007 2:19:04 AM
      - Read your post. You made my point, better than I did. - Bowser - 7/19/2007 4:22:36 PM
        
        re: Read your post. You made my point, better than I did. - gbaikie - 7/20/2007 10:06:40 PM
    - re: Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Marcia - 7/18/2007 10:27:29 PM
    - re: Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Marcia - 7/18/2007 10:07:44 PM
    - re: Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Marcia - 7/18/2007 10:01:43 PM
    - re: Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Marcia - 7/18/2007 10:00:12 PM
    - re: Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Apparently, there's something more. - Marcia - 7/18/2007 9:58:14 PM

Deport them now! - Illegals Go Home - 5/3/2007 7:06:36 PM
- re: Deport them now! - REB - 5/4/2007 2:31:36 PM
  - re: Deport them now! - emily - 7/21/2007 4:04:23 AM
  - Torn on the issue - McFly - 5/4/2007 4:58:57 PM
- TAFKASE go home - Tony - 5/3/2007 7:48:05 PM
  - Personally, I like the Illegals. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/4/2007 2:12:10 PM

SURGE RESULTS: Daily attacks in Iraq hit new high - Donald - 7/21/2007 1:36:52 AM
- re: Daily attacks in Iraq hit new high - TB - 7/21/2007 3:38:03 AM

Bushâ€™s latest choice of scapegoat â€” Hillary Clinton â€” boggles the mind - Bowser - 7/20/2007 3:23:53 AM
- Why Bush can't admit he's wrong - Eri - 7/20/2007 11:41:43 PM
- Edelman is right. - TB - 7/20/2007 4:36:15 AM
  - Burden of proof - Raoul - 7/20/2007 7:07:37 AM
    - Only in dictatorships is disagreement considered treason. - Bowser - 7/20/2007 1:42:41 PM

Why Afghanistan is lost - â€˜The Government Cannot Deliverâ€™ - Bowser - 7/13/2007 2:03:48 AM
- Mahmud of Ghazni conquered Afghanistan in the 12th Century. - SDF - 7/13/2007 5:46:33 PM
- So when do we invade Pakistan? - azstrummer - 7/13/2007 3:59:13 PM
  - re: So when do we invade Pakistan? - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:02:44 AM

"Winning", Bush style. "U.S. troops kill 6 Iraqi police in gunbattle" - Bowser - 7/15/2007 12:35:50 AM
- I see there were no comments about this one. - Lindy - 7/20/2007 2:39:08 AM

One very small apple, and lot of bites at it. Education & Iraqi cops. - Bowser - 7/19/2007 6:52:12 PM
- That was brutal Bowz - Lindy - 7/19/2007 9:19:15 PM
  - Petraeus and Crocker say forget September 15th. 'Til November now. - Bowser - 7/20/2007 12:04:15 AM
    - I think November is fair - Lindy - 7/20/2007 2:00:08 AM

Japanese say their Nuke Reator leak is WORSE than First thought - carl - 7/18/2007 7:27:18 PM
- Idiotic news media - TB - 7/19/2007 12:27:33 AM

NIE - Bush has created Iraqi haven for al-Qaeda to attack US. - Bowser - 7/17/2007 3:53:10 PM
- Who do we attack?? - RobVG - 7/18/2007 5:02:28 PM
  - Would it really even be in their interests? - McFly - 7/18/2007 6:28:35 PM
    - I don't see them "taking" iraq. Just increasing their presence there. - RobVG - 7/18/2007 10:43:11 PM
    - Exactly! - Raoul - 7/18/2007 7:57:22 PM
- They're "Bringing it on" - Lindy - 7/18/2007 3:52:44 AM
- Why do you keep reminding us? - Lindy - 7/18/2007 2:14:01 AM
  - Why don't either of you ever read the material? - TB - 7/18/2007 2:54:07 AM
    - And not to put too fine a point on it... - TB - 7/18/2007 2:56:31 AM
      - LOL! Half way through 2007 the cry is still 'its Clintons Fault'!!! - Yeti - 7/18/2007 3:22:21 PM
        
        I was talking about Pakistan. - TB - 7/18/2007 4:15:43 PM
        
        re: that Clinton would pop into your head, though. Why? - Yeti - 7/18/2007 4:30:15 PM
        
        "Always going there" - TB - 7/18/2007 4:44:07 PM
      - re: And not to put too fine a point on it... - Lindy - 7/18/2007 3:23:02 AM
        
        Absolutely incapable of being responsible for their actions, Lindy. (n/t) - Bowser - 7/18/2007 5:02:55 AM

Give Democrat John Murtha $7,000 and get a $1 million dollar contract in return. - TAFKASE - 7/18/2007 8:16:24 PM

Border security update - TB - 7/18/2007 6:50:05 AM
- Can't have a fence... Fences are racist. - TAFKASE - 7/18/2007 5:42:52 PM

The perfect matchup: Al Gore versus... - Robert - 7/15/2007 11:00:52 PM
- Hard for me to take either serious - FrankC - 7/17/2007 12:33:13 AM
  - "Al Gore will always be a lightweight " I think not. - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2007 1:11:09 AM
    - re: "Al Gore will always be a lightweight " I think not. - gbaikie - 7/18/2007 5:24:00 AM
      - Because - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2007 8:07:25 AM
        
        re: Because - gbaikie - 7/18/2007 11:14:21 AM
  - re: Hard for me to take either serious - Robert - 7/17/2007 4:47:21 PM
    - Someone might want to tell Gore "debate" needs more than one person. - TB - 7/18/2007 1:51:41 AM
      - Oh No! - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2007 8:14:21 AM
        
        I'll go with Reynolds on this one. - TB - 7/18/2007 4:19:34 PM
        
        I suspect it is more about the Jet fuel it took... - FrankC - 7/18/2007 2:11:00 PM
- re: The perfect matchup: Al Gore versus... - gbaikie - 7/16/2007 11:37:59 AM
  - re: The perfect matchup: Al Gore versus... - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2007 1:02:37 AM
  - Clinton's VP - TB - 7/16/2007 3:47:00 PM
    - Let Gore be Gore - Robert - 7/16/2007 5:37:45 PM
      - re: Let Gore be Gore - Marcia - 7/17/2007 12:57:28 AM
        
        It's not really about Gore - Robert - 7/17/2007 4:24:50 PM
      - Don't think things are broken enough to try to drastically fix them. - TB - 7/16/2007 11:17:23 PM
        
        In the meanwhile... - Robert - 7/17/2007 7:53:50 PM
        
        multiple non sequiters - Robert - 7/17/2007 4:31:40 PM
        
        Interesting. - TB - 7/18/2007 2:11:35 AM
      - re: Let Gore be Gore - gbaikie - 7/16/2007 8:33:27 PM
        
        Gore on the brain - Robert - 7/17/2007 4:37:51 PM
        
        re: Gore the heavyweight thinker - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/17/2007 8:46:11 PM
- Hmmm. Gore and Obama finessing Hillary? - Bowser - 7/16/2007 12:46:20 AM
- re: Four-horse parlay - Fox - 7/16/2007 12:16:46 AM
  - OK, you just gave me a headache--a major one! (n/t) - Eri - 7/16/2007 2:23:57 AM
    - This won't help it. - TB - 7/16/2007 6:14:24 AM
      - Will somebody please... - Eri - 7/17/2007 12:33:06 AM

Another very significant Conservative defection from Bush-Cheney. Damning. - Bowser - 7/16/2007 11:26:17 PM
- And what makes Scaife "significant?" - TB - 7/17/2007 12:53:24 AM
  - re: And what makes YOUR opinion "significant?" - Lindy - 7/18/2007 2:28:20 AM
  - A billionaire hide-bound Conservative publisher is now insignificant? - Bowser - 7/17/2007 1:00:29 AM
    - I would bet you had never heard the name until you read this article (n/t) - TB - 7/17/2007 1:06:00 AM
      - What do you think of the content - Bush "mentally unstable", policy "suicide"? - Bowser - 7/17/2007 2:04:51 AM

"Mirror of Desire" candidates - TB - 7/18/2007 2:24:21 AM

Noted in passing...wasn't Cindy Sheehan going to retire? (n/t) - TB - 7/17/2007 4:21:40 AM
- She suffers from "Bush-osis". - Bowser - 7/17/2007 3:43:00 PM
  - "Sheehan will flame out big-time" - TB - 7/17/2007 4:20:04 PM
    - But Bush needed love from his mother, which she denied him as way to control him - ds - 7/17/2007 5:18:31 PM
    - "Bush - - - does not have a need to be liked and admired" - Bowser - 7/17/2007 5:17:33 PM
      - We are like white mice to him - Lindy - 7/18/2007 2:18:48 AM

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