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Senate Republicans screwing the pooch in immigration - TB - 5/17/2007 6:44:41 PM
- re: Equal Justice - SteveS - 5/19/2007 12:07:34 AM
- What are the chances the Federal Government will confiscate the Crawford ranch and turn it into an immigrent processing Center? - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 8:18:44 PM
  - Yet another trolling post from Scott with no content (n/t) - Yeti - 5/19/2007 5:33:59 PM
- Why this bill is good for America!!! - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:40:46 PM
  - And think what 1 Billion Americans will do for the world's environment!!! - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:53:07 PM
    - Yet another trolling post from Scott with no content (n/t) - Yeti - 5/19/2007 5:34:20 PM
- I don't like it. And both parties are doing nothing to solve he problem. - REB - 5/18/2007 3:50:01 PM
  - But, what *is* the problem? - Fox - 5/20/2007 3:57:50 AM
    - re: But, what *is* the problem? - REB - 5/21/2007 1:17:51 PM
      - And... - REB - 5/21/2007 1:25:26 PM
    - Border control - TB - 5/20/2007 4:37:56 AM
      - Ireland and China are not adjacent countries. - Lee - 5/21/2007 12:42:59 AM
        
        More Mexicans migrating to the US than are dying. - Lee - 5/21/2007 1:56:07 AM
      - Immigrant demands - Mary Anne - 5/20/2007 10:57:56 PM
        
        re: Immigrant demands - TB - 5/21/2007 12:09:58 AM
        
        Ah. Point taken. - Mary Anne - 5/21/2007 2:23:16 AM
        
        Speaking the language - TB - 5/21/2007 2:33:05 AM
      - re: Border control - Fox - 5/20/2007 6:58:34 PM
        
        re: Border control - TB - 5/21/2007 12:05:56 AM
- Within 30 years, the United States will not exist in its current form. - Lee - 5/17/2007 11:06:58 PM
  - You got it backwards... - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:44:44 PM
    - P.S. You underestimate how many of the Amnestied immigrents are from Eastern Europe - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:56:42 PM
  - You worry a lot about that Aztlan movement - FrankC - 5/18/2007 3:13:44 AM
    - The demographics are reaching critical mass. - Lee - 5/18/2007 11:24:53 AM

Yeti's "Do the math" thread moved to Community, where it belongs - Fox, moderating - 5/20/2007 5:08:14 PM
- Too bad. Not politically correct enough, I suppose. - Bowser - 5/20/2007 8:07:47 PM
  - The legitimacy of his complaint, which I don't deny, is *why* it belongs on Community - Fox, unfortunately still moderating - 5/21/2007 12:03:35 AM
    - Well, it was close, but upon reflection there's no doubt. You're right. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/21/2007 1:30:01 AM

New Immigration Bill - TB - 5/21/2007 12:58:30 AM

"Made in China" a problem for foods? - TB - 5/21/2007 12:01:40 AM

Protest opposition TV channel closure - gbaikie - 5/19/2007 10:04:18 PM
- Sad News - Lindy - 5/20/2007 5:09:53 PM
  - re: Sad News - gbaikie - 5/20/2007 11:10:15 PM
  - Speaking of lame... - TB - 5/20/2007 6:30:00 PM

3,422 - Donald - 5/20/2007 2:03:27 PM

The ranks of Global Warming skeptics appears to be growing. - TAFKASE - 5/16/2007 9:42:52 PM
- re: The big problem with global warming - SteveS - 5/19/2007 12:26:36 AM
  - Links and graphs please (n/t) - Skeptic - 5/19/2007 9:22:29 AM
    - re: If you haven't seen a climate graph by now... - SteveS - 5/19/2007 2:22:10 PM
      - Which one? - Skeptic - 5/19/2007 8:36:27 PM
        
        re: A graph - SteveS - 5/20/2007 1:46:28 PM
        
        re: Which one? - gbaikie - 5/20/2007 9:02:32 AM
        
        I agree - TB - 5/20/2007 2:38:52 AM
- And another study about the Antarctic Ocean shows CO2 is barely being absorbed - Raoul - 5/17/2007 8:15:05 PM
  - If global air tempatures are increasing, wouldn't air pressures also increase? - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 1:46:47 PM
    - Don't you start now. - TB - 5/18/2007 3:58:04 PM
      - Ahh... But what happens if... - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:30:55 PM
    - re: If global air tempatures are increasing, wouldn't air pressures also increase? - REB - 5/18/2007 3:42:16 PM
- Basic science - Jack Herer - 5/17/2007 2:42:15 PM
  - Oh, come on!!!! - Arrell - 5/17/2007 6:55:34 PM
    - It is appreciated. - TB - 5/17/2007 7:04:10 PM
  - And greater air turbulance would cause what? (n/t) - TAFKASE - 5/17/2007 6:02:00 PM
    - Butterfly wings flapping faster. (n/t) - TB - 5/17/2007 6:45:23 PM
      - Yet another trolling post by TB with no content. (n/t) - TB - 5/19/2007 10:12:20 PM
        
        heh heh (n/t) - Fox - 5/20/2007 4:11:47 AM
- ANd don't forget to visit the Mars link... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2007 12:53:38 AM
  - re: ANd don't forget to visit the Mars link... - Johannes - 5/17/2007 4:36:11 AM
    - Cosmic rays - TB - 5/17/2007 5:57:02 PM
      - re: You are rightâ€¦. - Johannes - 5/18/2007 4:14:12 AM
        
        Clarification... - TB - 5/18/2007 4:19:12 AM
    - Hey ModSquad: Can we get a courtesy 'flush' to off-topic? - Yeti - 5/17/2007 5:00:07 AM
      - re: What part did you not understand?? (n/t) - Johannes - 5/17/2007 2:49:01 PM

Iraq is on the Verge of Collapse - Lindy - 5/19/2007 2:25:55 AM
- On Iraq and reconstruction - TB - 5/19/2007 10:21:03 PM
- re: Iraq is on the Verge of Collapse - TB - 5/19/2007 3:29:36 AM
  - wack-a-mole - Donald - 5/19/2007 1:17:37 PM
    - Like I said... - TB - 5/19/2007 10:09:56 PM
      - 120,000? - Lindy - 5/20/2007 3:31:09 AM
    - Make that 3,415 - Donald - 5/19/2007 4:41:15 PM
  - And how influential is the central goverment, the "democracy"? - Bowser - 5/19/2007 4:33:59 AM

Why Wolfowitz had to go - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/19/2007 7:56:38 PM
- re: Why Wolfowitz had to go -LINK - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/19/2007 7:57:55 PM
  - Herr Tech - Lindy - 5/20/2007 3:01:52 AM
  - re: Why Wolfowitz had to go -LINK - gbaikie - 5/19/2007 9:23:18 PM

"Sucker" Update - TB - 5/18/2007 6:27:58 AM
- Its about tax revenue! - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:51:20 PM
  - P.S. with the Gold Membership you are given free healthcare. (n/t) - TAFKASE - 5/18/2007 6:57:34 PM
    - Yet another trolling post from Scott with no content (n/t) - Yeti - 5/19/2007 5:35:42 PM

Universal health care reality check in Illinois - TB - 5/15/2007 12:49:57 AM
- Go figure. Dead Iraqis and Afghanis more a priority than healthy Americans. - Bowser - 5/15/2007 5:16:01 AM
  - "they'd rather kill harmless foreigners than help Americans stay healthy." - Lindy - 5/17/2007 1:39:19 AM
    - Like Muhammed Atta (n/t) - TAFKASE - 5/17/2007 1:44:57 PM
      - Note: A pointless post with no content (n/t) - Yeti - 5/19/2007 5:32:15 PM
  - Figuring. - TB - 5/15/2007 7:10:18 AM
    - Hmmm... health care for 300 million people vs deposing a tinpot dictator? - Laurie Street - 5/15/2007 6:48:27 PM
    - Here, for the reality impaired - Tony - 5/15/2007 4:49:57 PM
      - Incidentally.... - TB - 5/16/2007 12:35:36 AM
      - re: Here, for the reality impaired - TB - 5/16/2007 12:08:04 AM
      - First, do no harm. - ER - 5/15/2007 5:58:55 PM
    - I get it. A healthy American simply isn't a good investment. (n/t) - McFly - 5/15/2007 1:32:38 PM
      - And just how is taxing the economy into a freefall going to help keep people healthy? - TAFKASE - 5/15/2007 2:12:52 PM
        
        Yet another trolling post from Scott with no content (n/t) - Yeti - 5/19/2007 5:32:52 PM
        
        re: Public medicine equals a healthier population equals a better economy - Andrew - 5/16/2007 5:00:48 PM
        
        Scaremongering - McFly - 5/15/2007 4:46:22 PM

Rachida Dati is now the Justice Minister of France! - Raoul - 5/18/2007 8:36:35 PM

Go ahead, it's ok to call Republicans racists. - RobVG - 5/13/2007 7:22:13 PM
- To clarify - Buck Galaxy - 5/14/2007 5:09:36 AM
  - Soft racism - TB - 5/14/2007 6:32:57 PM
  - re: To clarify - Marcia - 5/14/2007 2:00:45 PM
    - I didn't see that. Seeking further clarification. - Bowser - 5/14/2007 3:45:58 PM
      - re: I didn't see that. Seeking further clarification. - Marcia - 5/14/2007 7:16:47 PM
        
        OK. Obama is wrong and no Republican is racist. - Bowser - 5/14/2007 9:28:14 PM
        
        re: OK. Obama is wrong and no Republican is racist. - Just as Colin Powell did and NO Republican is racist. Apparently, you are Bowser. - Marcia - 5/14/2007 9:51:12 PM
        
        re: OK. Obama is wrong and no Republican is racist. - Marcia - 5/14/2007 9:52:35 PM
        
        re: OK. Obama is wrong and no Republican is racist. - Marcia - 5/14/2007 10:14:54 PM
        
        re: OK. Republicans are NOT racists! - Marcia - 5/14/2007 10:40:27 PM
    - Now that--Was Well Said. - TAFKASE - 5/14/2007 2:33:14 PM
  - It ain't all magnolias and mint-julips - ER - 5/14/2007 1:34:28 PM
    - re: It ain't all magnolias and mint-julips - Marcia - 5/14/2007 11:22:57 PM
      - re: It ain't all magnolias and mint-julips - ER - 5/15/2007 12:40:51 AM
        
        re: It ain't all magnolias and mint-julips. Your post means the same and I agree with Buck. - Marcia - 5/15/2007 12:47:24 AM
        
        Being uncomfortable with some of those who share the big tent - Buck Galaxy - 5/15/2007 6:45:55 AM
        
        A little background - TB - 5/16/2007 12:48:12 AM
        
        Wow... just wow - Buck Galaxy - 5/16/2007 6:02:56 AM
        
        Yeah, all of that was made up. - TB - 5/16/2007 6:29:08 AM
        
        Touched a nerve? - Buck Galaxy - 5/16/2007 8:07:14 AM
        
        Clinton and the blacks - TB - 5/16/2007 5:39:52 PM
        
        Work on your reading comprehension - Buck Glaxy - 5/17/2007 5:37:48 AM
        
        And incidentally... - TB - 5/17/2007 3:41:09 PM
        
        About steering a thread - Buck Galaxy - 5/18/2007 8:11:50 AM
        
        re: reading comprehension - TB - 5/17/2007 3:27:17 PM
        
        The numbers, plain and simple - Buck Galaxy - 5/18/2007 8:01:26 AM
  - Well said. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/14/2007 6:06:44 AM

An appalling disregard for law at White House - Donald - 5/18/2007 4:09:32 AM

Dissent from Belgium - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2007 8:46:42 PM
- French-English-Flemish= multiculturalism - Raoul - 5/16/2007 9:34:18 PM
  - The Muslims in Europe claim the same thing... - Lee - 5/17/2007 2:18:12 AM
    - Do muslims in Europe have their own political party? - Raoul - 5/17/2007 10:02:58 AM
  - The Flemish Inquisition! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2007 11:45:32 PM
    - You need to lay off the Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer (n/t) - alcaray - 5/17/2007 7:37:13 AM
      - Welcome Back Al... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2007 10:17:34 PM
    - I must admit, I wasn't expecting that. (n/t) - TB - 5/17/2007 4:21:51 AM
      - Expect the unexpected... ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2007 10:18:32 PM
    - re: The Flemish Inquisition! (Format corrected hopefully!) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2007 11:50:27 PM

Remembering in Iraq - TB - 5/17/2007 7:12:21 PM

Jerry Falwell died - Laurie Street - 5/15/2007 6:37:08 PM
- Good. Still waiting for Pat Robertson. - Mary Anne - 5/16/2007 10:00:52 PM
  - And I caught grief for flaming this guy. - Lee - 5/17/2007 1:58:09 AM
    - The only person he destroyed was himself. - Mary Anne - 5/17/2007 2:11:21 AM
      - I'd never do that Mary Anne - Lee - 5/17/2007 2:42:09 AM
        
        How many Muslims do you know? - Mary Anne - 5/17/2007 2:40:44 PM
  - And when they're all dead, will you be satisfied? (n/t) - TB - 5/16/2007 10:43:49 PM
    - Depends on who you mean by "all". - Mary Anne - 5/17/2007 1:58:53 AM
    - No, because people like you will still be defending them... - Arrell - 5/16/2007 10:59:33 PM
      - Show me where I have defended, or even mentioned, Jerry Falwell. - TB - 5/16/2007 11:16:59 PM
        
        Read the post again. - TB - 5/17/2007 2:43:41 PM
        
        Show me ONE example where I have defended terrorists - ARRELL - 5/17/2007 6:07:15 AM
- â€œa history of heart challenges.â€ - Bowser - 5/16/2007 2:44:20 PM
  - Oh Please. Are you suggesting only Conservatives have heart attacks. - REB - 5/16/2007 3:02:09 PM
    - Just a minute, there!!! - Bowser - 5/16/2007 10:22:25 PM
    - That is like suggesting coconuts migrate :) - REB - 5/16/2007 6:36:02 PM
- I was not a big fan of his. - REB - 5/16/2007 1:57:24 PM
- Not particularly heartbroken but... - Donald - 5/16/2007 1:14:03 AM
- A quote from him about 9-11 - Arrell - 5/15/2007 9:23:12 PM
  - re: I totally agree! (n/t) - Jody - 5/15/2007 11:43:58 PM
    - re:WITH YOU!!, that is! (n/t) - Jody - 5/15/2007 11:44:34 PM
- Who gives a damn? - ReaLly - 5/15/2007 9:13:21 PM
  - You, apparently ;) - LS - 5/15/2007 9:59:27 PM
    - falwell's death is God's way of telling the conservatives to back off - r - 5/16/2007 1:27:41 PM
      - At least a few folks have the guts to call a spade a spade - TheSheepLookUp - 5/16/2007 9:37:34 PM
        
        Fallwell and Me - TheSheepLookUp - 5/17/2007 3:59:59 PM

Congressional approval ratings - TB - 5/16/2007 12:37:16 AM
- Thank Comrad Pelosi - TAFKASE - 5/16/2007 7:01:32 PM
- Congress needs to throw away that rubber stamp (n/t) - Jack Herer - 5/16/2007 5:07:38 PM
  - Congress needs to throw away their members after a certain number of terms. (n/t) - TB - 5/16/2007 5:45:02 PM
    - I agree with Tom! - Lindy - 5/17/2007 12:01:01 AM
      - Give congressmen and women a maxiumum of 5 Terms - TAFKASE - 5/17/2007 1:43:06 PM
        
        Anybody who thinks term limits are a bad thing... - TAFKASE - 5/17/2007 1:48:26 PM

Latest House surrender bill dies in the Senate - TB - 5/16/2007 5:43:48 PM
- Great spin, like "death" tax. Gotta love it!!! - Bowser - 5/17/2007 3:37:22 AM
  - re: Spin - TB - 5/17/2007 4:33:07 AM

Iran nuke update - TB - 5/15/2007 7:20:18 AM
- No big deal. - Adam Bomber - 5/15/2007 1:56:51 PM
  - Not any more, I don't think. - TB - 5/16/2007 12:30:27 AM
    - Well if they won't defend themselves why should we bother trying to defend them. - Adam Bomber - 5/16/2007 9:51:56 PM
- How come we're not worried about Pakistan? - TheSheepLookUp - 5/15/2007 1:56:45 PM
  - Good points. - ER - 5/15/2007 6:05:12 PM
  - I like your thinking. - Adam Bomber - 5/15/2007 1:59:10 PM

Learning enlightened foreign policy from France - TB - 5/16/2007 6:31:23 PM

American Troops Behaving Badly - Lindy - 5/13/2007 12:16:50 AM
- Another reason to get them out - Lindy - 5/14/2007 3:58:52 PM
  - This is why we should use robots in war - TheSheepLookUp - 5/15/2007 1:59:44 PM

Michael Yon's latest dispatch: "Values Message" - TB - 5/14/2007 2:40:50 PM

A modest proposal - ER - 5/12/2007 2:22:03 AM
- Isn't that exactly what I said? (n/t) - ER - 5/12/2007 3:02:41 AM
  - Was that a response to me? (n/t) - TB - 5/12/2007 6:41:22 AM
    - es, I mistakenly put it in the wrong place. - ER - 5/12/2007 1:57:30 PM
      - Might have misread you. - TB - 5/12/2007 5:16:04 PM
      - Something wrong in the US. - Raoul - 5/12/2007 5:03:07 PM
        
        Congressmen and Coongresswomen are by nature cowards. - TAFKASE - 5/14/2007 2:04:25 PM
        
        "What are congressmen afraid of?" - TB - 5/12/2007 5:17:20 PM
        
        re: "What are congressmen afraid of?" - ER - 5/12/2007 11:28:39 PM
        
        re: "What are congressmen afraid of?" - TB - 5/13/2007 4:10:06 AM
        
        "Wonder why?" - ER - 5/13/2007 2:09:53 PM
        
        re:"Droves?" - TB - 5/13/2007 6:23:17 PM
        
        re: re:"Droves?" - ER - 5/13/2007 8:50:49 PM
        
        I'm sorry, were we discussing "virtue?" - TB - 5/14/2007 12:03:41 AM
- What was passed by Congress - TB - 5/12/2007 2:48:06 AM
  - Ah, but that was before Bush was exposed as a complete liar. - Bowser - 5/12/2007 3:47:46 AM
    - Q.E.D. (n/t) - TB - 5/12/2007 6:39:04 AM

Sucker Update - TB - 5/12/2007 6:58:24 AM
- Term Limits... I know I'm a broken record, but... - TAFKASE - 5/14/2007 1:57:28 PM
- What would be fun - Eri - 5/12/2007 2:35:23 PM
- Another Sucker Update - Donald - 5/12/2007 1:21:59 PM
  - re: Another Sucker Update - TB - 5/12/2007 5:08:23 PM
    - Lobbying Reform vs Iraq - Donald - 5/13/2007 1:02:15 PM
      - No. - TB - 5/13/2007 6:09:20 PM
        
        That was brutal Tom - Lindy - 5/13/2007 9:32:09 PM
        
        No, again. - TB - 5/14/2007 12:01:40 AM
        
        Here's another clue - TB - 5/14/2007 12:14:41 AM
        
        " constant headlines prior to the 2006 election--corruption, lobbying, ethics, immorality, K-Street, etc..." - Lindy - 5/14/2007 1:04:51 AM
    - "My point was that the "new broom" Democrats lied to get into office." - ROTFLMAO - 5/12/2007 6:45:08 PM
      - Not even a good try. - TB - 5/13/2007 4:06:38 AM
        
        Simple brains - Lindy - 5/13/2007 4:32:23 AM
        
        re: Simple brains - TB - 5/13/2007 8:34:33 AM

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