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Rally for free speech in Venezuela - TB - 5/28/2007 4:25:32 AM
- Doing his worst Chavez couldn't screw up the world like Bush & henchmen. - Bowser - 5/28/2007 4:39:16 AM
  - re: Doing his worst Chavez couldn't screw up the world like Bush & henchmen. - Marcia - 5/28/2007 4:36:39 PM
    - re: Doing his worst Chavez ... taking freedom of speach away from his people... - Marcia - 5/28/2007 10:49:47 PM
      - re: spell check: speach = SPEECH (n/t) - Marcia - 5/28/2007 10:51:19 PM
  - Were we talking about Bush? - TB - 5/28/2007 5:20:01 AM
    - Adoration? - Laurie Street - 5/28/2007 5:04:27 PM
      - Well known limitation of black-and-white thinking. - Bowser - 5/28/2007 11:14:22 PM
      - It's not his only post on Chavez. - TB - 5/28/2007 5:21:02 PM
    - BTW... - TB - 5/28/2007 5:25:52 AM

Will Bush leave the Iraqi refugee problem for the Dems? - Bowser - 5/27/2007 11:06:15 PM
- re: Will Bush leave the Iraqi refugee problem for the Dems? - gbaikie - 5/28/2007 5:17:31 AM

US soldiers coming back on M6 (TV program) - Raoul - 5/27/2007 10:20:40 PM
- Thanks Raoul - Lindy - 5/27/2007 11:13:42 PM
  - What is frightening though.... - Lindy - 5/28/2007 2:02:44 AM

"sucker" update - Buck Galaxy - 5/27/2007 7:35:35 AM
- Okay... - TB - 5/27/2007 7:40:45 PM
  - The process of change is rarely "easy" - Buck Galaxy - 5/27/2007 9:27:36 PM
    - Yeah. Spin. - TB - 5/27/2007 10:42:41 PM
- of course... - Donald - 5/27/2007 2:02:54 PM

"Pentagon issues blunt warning to China." Raises the question - - - - Bowser - 5/26/2007 4:31:26 PM
- China's military power - Buck Galaxy - 5/27/2007 7:18:46 AM
- re: China - TB - 5/26/2007 7:11:51 PM
- Good Grief, more Bush Bluster - Lindy - 5/26/2007 5:36:18 PM
  - Ok. Clinton did it. Bush is absolved of all responsibility. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/26/2007 7:39:14 PM
    - I didn't mention Clinton. Why did you? - TB - 5/26/2007 10:16:12 PM
    - Belongs under TB. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/26/2007 7:41:08 PM

Report Says Iraq Problems Were Expected - Donald - 5/26/2007 12:27:55 AM
- "Meanwhile..." - TB - 5/26/2007 2:31:46 AM
  - Meanwhile: 3,452 - Donald - 5/26/2007 9:00:03 PM
  - Starting a war on the basis of beliefs is taking it far too lightly (n/t) - Raoul - 5/26/2007 9:34:11 AM
  - Sane people don't declare war unless sure. - Bowser - 5/26/2007 3:52:33 AM
    - re: Sane people don't declare war unless sure. (n/t) - hakimabia - 5/26/2007 9:41:19 PM
    - re: Sane people don't declare war unless sure. (n/t) - hakimabia - 5/26/2007 9:41:17 PM

Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran - Eric - 5/23/2007 2:59:04 PM
- Amazing how reality has been re-wrapped for some people. - TB - 5/24/2007 1:40:39 AM
- The Dawn was Bleak... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 10:54:37 PM
  - re: The Dawn was Bleak... - Lindy - 5/25/2007 1:09:13 AM
  - MODS Belongs on Off Topic or Flame (n/t) - Lindy - 5/23/2007 11:51:20 PM
    - Be my guest... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 11:59:57 PM
      - re: Be my guest... - Lindy - 5/24/2007 12:22:40 AM
- France to back U.S. complaint against IAEA chief - REB - 5/23/2007 4:43:48 PM
- Well........ - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:34:06 PM
  - I could ask you the same question I asked Bowser... - TB - 5/23/2007 4:39:48 PM
    - Now of course if Iran sneaks people into the US. - Bowser - 5/23/2007 11:13:37 PM
      - Ah, the equivalence bit again. (n/t) - TB - 5/24/2007 1:35:27 AM
        
        Anything else is sociopathic. . - Bowser - 5/24/2007 5:25:33 AM
        
        It's all about perspective. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 7:00:35 PM
    - Communism under Reagan - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:54:08 PM
      - re: Communism under Reagan. Communism wasn't just under Reagan... Kennedy. - Marcia - 5/24/2007 12:38:09 AM
        
        Familiar debate - Lindy - 5/24/2007 1:10:45 AM
      - Well, that explains it. - TB - 5/23/2007 5:02:35 PM
        
        re: Well, that explains it. - McFly - 5/23/2007 6:02:16 PM
        
        No danger - TB - 5/24/2007 1:29:24 AM
        
        LOL - FrankC - 5/23/2007 9:03:24 PM
        
        re: Well, that explains it. - REB - 5/23/2007 6:06:58 PM
        
        US fantasies - Raoul - 5/23/2007 7:26:23 PM
        
        Tell that to the dead Hungarians, Lithuanians, Poles... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 11:32:50 PM
        
        QUICK! Anyone got any pictures of dead Indians?? (n/t) - Lindy - 5/23/2007 11:46:08 PM
        
        Now there's a stain on America - FrankC - 5/23/2007 11:53:24 PM
        
        Go ahead... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 11:53:04 PM
        
        European fantasies - REB - 5/23/2007 8:13:42 PM
        
        Hypothesis - Raoul - 5/23/2007 8:46:09 PM
        
        re: Hypothesis - REB - 5/23/2007 9:43:16 PM
        
        Raoul, you're trying to reason with the irrational. - Bowser - 5/23/2007 9:25:11 PM
        
        Who is being irrational? - REB - 5/23/2007 10:07:57 PM
        
        Don't worry REB - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 12:08:58 AM
        
        re: Hypothesis - FrankC - 5/23/2007 9:24:44 PM
        
        It's not contempt, Frank - McFly - 5/23/2007 10:19:56 PM
        
        Well.. - FrankC - 5/23/2007 11:34:34 PM
        
        On this we can agree - McFly - 5/24/2007 12:28:33 AM
        
        re: On this we can agree - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 12:51:32 AM
        
        Dear gawd, SDAI - McFly - 5/24/2007 1:32:19 AM
        
        Au contraire! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 1:48:11 AM
        
        re: Hypothesis - REB - 5/23/2007 9:52:11 PM
        
        Blame yourself - Raoul - 5/24/2007 5:45:27 AM
        
        Russia was never a threat to Canada - Lindy - 5/23/2007 6:15:06 PM
        
        Because the US was there. - REB - 5/23/2007 6:23:42 PM
        
        Canada protected her borders just fine - Lindy - 5/23/2007 6:39:36 PM
        
        Because the US was there to keep the USSR military from coming across the Bering Strait - REB - 5/23/2007 7:06:17 PM
        
        Maybe the USSR never had intentions to conquer territory. - Fox - 5/25/2007 6:05:24 PM
        
        re: Maybe the USSR never had intentions to conquer territory. - Lindy - 5/25/2007 7:50:11 PM
        
        Some good maps. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:28:44 PM
        
        Some really good maps on that site. If you like history and maps, you'll like that site. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:40:56 PM
        
        Also found this on that site. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:51:55 PM
        
        re: Maybe the USSR never had intentions to conquer territory. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:23:13 PM
        
        "And then we saw Communism spreading across the globe over the decades." - Lindy - 5/25/2007 9:57:17 PM
        
        "the spread of Americanism" - TB - 5/26/2007 6:09:36 AM
        
        "McDonalds and the gulag as moral equivalents?" - Lindy - 5/26/2007 2:30:36 PM
        
        re: "McDonalds and the gulag as moral equivalents?" - TB - 5/26/2007 5:04:30 PM
        
        Maybe - REB - 5/25/2007 6:32:06 PM
        
        "What would have happened to communism had the USSR achieved its goal of taking over the world?" - Lindy - 5/25/2007 7:53:42 PM
        
        I fear conflicts will get worse unless... - REB - 5/25/2007 8:07:45 PM
- At a time when America wants peace, Bush escalates. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/23/2007 3:38:00 PM
  - "Escalates?" - TB - 5/23/2007 4:35:16 PM
    - re: "Escalates?" - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:44:55 PM
      - "I don't suppose the US doesn't want to take the problem to the UN." - TB - 5/23/2007 5:04:27 PM
        
        TB - Lindy - 5/23/2007 6:17:18 PM

We hold these truths to be self-evident. - Bowser - 5/25/2007 7:57:43 PM
- re: We hold these truths to be self-evident. - TB - 5/25/2007 10:10:19 PM
  - "Last throes" stuff again. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/25/2007 11:13:27 PM
- re: We hold these truths to be self-evident. - that all men are created equal. - Marcia - 5/25/2007 9:14:18 PM
  - How about Turkey and the PKK? - Raoul - 5/25/2007 10:00:56 PM
    - re: How about Turkey and the PKK? - What do you mean by "interfere"? - Marcia - 5/25/2007 10:24:54 PM
      - re: How about Turkey and the PKK? - What do you mean by "interfere"? - Marcia - 5/25/2007 10:38:22 PM
        
        Marie Seurat, widow of Michel Seurat - Raoul - 5/25/2007 11:45:23 PM

Olbermann rips both sides. - Laurie Street - 5/24/2007 6:50:30 PM
- re: Olbermann rips both sides. - Lindy - 5/25/2007 12:32:16 AM
  - re: Olbermann rips both sides. - gbaikie - 5/25/2007 5:01:05 PM
    - Olbermann is NOT a punk - Lindy - 5/25/2007 7:42:31 PM
      - The mere site of Bowser threatening him would make Olberman wet himself. - TAFKASE - 5/25/2007 8:06:19 PM
        
        Uh Scott - Lindy - 5/25/2007 9:51:41 PM

Americans Oppose War, Say Country Off-Track - Donald - 5/25/2007 12:53:27 PM
- One guy who went with his conscience - edgar - 5/25/2007 6:44:58 PM
- NAME Any WAR that's BEEN on Track? - carl - 5/25/2007 5:49:31 PM
- And...."CIA warned the administration of the risk and consequences of a conflict in the Middle East" - Lindy - 5/25/2007 3:31:45 PM
  - Tenet's CIA Proposed Three Weeks Earlier.... - Lindy - 5/25/2007 4:44:13 PM
  - Original document--recommended reading - TB - 5/25/2007 4:40:26 PM
    - On the distribution list... - TB - 5/25/2007 5:00:53 PM
      - So there were fools on both sides - Laurie Street - 5/25/2007 5:27:40 PM
        
        re: So there were fools on both sides - TB - 5/25/2007 5:55:30 PM
    - Thanks (n/t) - McFly - 5/25/2007 4:52:41 PM

And even funnier!! "Bush: If Iraq Says Leave, "We Would Leave."" - Bowser - 5/25/2007 12:06:54 AM
- "Quislings" - TB - 5/25/2007 1:07:43 AM
  - Differences: "Is that going to be the spin from your side?" - Bowser - 5/25/2007 4:28:43 AM
    - You're out there on your own, all right. - TB - 5/25/2007 5:43:44 AM
      - re: You're out there on your own, all right. - Laurie Street - 5/25/2007 5:33:57 PM
        
        re: You're out there on your own, all right. - gbaikie - 5/25/2007 6:28:18 PM

John Bolton calling for "regime change" in Iran - Lindy - 5/24/2007 6:42:15 PM
- Those folks are desperate. And haven't been correct yet. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/24/2007 7:53:41 PM
  - Does anyone get the fact...... - Lindy - 5/25/2007 12:29:36 AM

Saber-rattling Bush - you have to laugh. - Bowser - 5/24/2007 12:32:14 AM
- More humor. Headline - All Bush has beaten re Iraq is Dems. - Bowser - 5/24/2007 3:51:30 AM

George Bush Loves America and America's Gas Prices - Lindy - 5/23/2007 11:36:51 PM
- Did you read the article? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 12:18:57 AM
  - Article? Read the law. - TB - 5/24/2007 1:21:50 AM
  - re: Did you read the article? - Lindy - 5/24/2007 1:12:46 AM

Anyone read this book by Ronald Kessler? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 2:11:17 AM
- I doubt there will be many - FrankC - 5/23/2007 6:30:52 AM
  - You're probably right. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 12:31:14 AM

The drums again - "Iran's secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq" - Bowser - 5/22/2007 12:55:47 AM
- Iran's secret plan for summer offensive - TB - 5/22/2007 4:24:35 AM
  - How do we stop Iran from making nuclear weapons? - richard - 5/22/2007 4:22:56 PM
    - re: How do we stop Iran from making nuclear weapons? - TB - 5/22/2007 4:45:35 PM
      - Lessee. They are making nuclear fuel, for power. - Bowser - 5/22/2007 11:16:44 PM
        
        Bowser in the "plak tow" of Bush Derangement Syndrome. - TB - 5/23/2007 3:58:47 AM
      - That seems reasonable - McFly - 5/22/2007 5:52:01 PM
        
        Well, so much for that. - TB - 5/23/2007 4:55:09 AM
        
        But Tom... - McFly - 5/23/2007 5:41:24 PM
      - Great idea! - Laurie Street - 5/22/2007 5:32:24 PM
        
        You forget that Sadam modeled his regime based on the movie The Godfather. - TAFKASE - 5/22/2007 7:06:09 PM
        
        re: You forget that Sadam modeled his regime based on the movie The Godfather. - gbaikie - 5/22/2007 11:54:56 PM
        
        There weren't any in Iraq. - TB - 5/22/2007 5:40:03 PM
- re:What is not to believe? - SteveS - 5/22/2007 3:03:51 AM
  - It's not what's believable, it's what is reality. - Bowser - 5/22/2007 3:25:58 AM

Survey of American Muslims - TB - 5/23/2007 5:20:20 PM

Congress seeks missing billions in Iraq - Eric - 5/23/2007 12:09:54 PM
- Good Luck - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:37:04 PM

Carter should look in the mirror before opening his mouth - TedG - 5/23/2007 1:36:24 PM
- Could you pick a moniker (n/t) - and stick with it? - 5/23/2007 4:36:13 PM

ORV "enthusiasts" get a little too enthusiastic in Utah - TedG - 5/23/2007 2:51:19 PM

Who wants the troops funded more? Not GWB, who is planning to beg the UN. - Bowser - 5/23/2007 12:48:14 AM
- Unfortunately - Lindy - 5/23/2007 1:26:38 AM
  - Dems didn't crumble, they're the only ones who cares about the troops. - Bowser - 5/23/2007 4:48:30 AM

Latest Michael Yon dispatch - TB - 5/22/2007 6:17:50 PM

Prince Harry is not going to Iraq because - - - - Bowser - 5/21/2007 2:11:57 AM
- Isn't it time for the English to join the 21st Century? - k - 5/21/2007 8:14:15 PM

Lebanese army moving against terrorists - TB - 5/21/2007 5:40:41 PM
- I was also surprised - REB - 5/21/2007 5:59:04 PM

"Include a large roof." - Bowser - 5/21/2007 1:16:23 PM
- Signs of a Good Democracy (n/t) - wear flak jackets and helmets at all tim - 5/21/2007 5:27:21 PM
  - And that's in the Safe Zone! - Lindy - 5/21/2007 5:28:13 PM

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