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Major Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan - TB - 5/14/2007 12:54:59 AM

DoD - "Bush Outlines Three-Point Iraq Success Plan for 2006" - Bowser - 5/12/2007 5:05:09 PM
- re: DoD - "Bush Outlines Three-Point Iraq Success Plan for 2006" - Lindy - 5/12/2007 11:56:49 PM
- "The United States will focus on political, security and economic elements, Bush said, to further assist Iraqis to establish democracy in their country. " - How about our OWN country? - 5/12/2007 6:43:40 PM
- Oh you mean Pope Bush's new religion?? - Lindy - 5/12/2007 6:42:08 PM
- You do get points for actually looking at a DOD web site. - TB - 5/12/2007 5:19:06 PM

Bush welcomes the Queen with a gaffe - Eric - 5/12/2007 6:07:02 AM
- I was hoping........ - Lindy - 5/12/2007 4:43:44 PM

"VP Cheney in Baghdad" - coming to understand US foreign policy. - Bowser - 5/9/2007 4:01:22 PM
- "Fantasy foreign policy." - Lindy - 5/10/2007 2:57:55 PM
- Democracy? US VP telling Iraqi parliament what to do? - Bowser - 5/10/2007 5:40:08 AM
  - Iraqi parliament 2 month vacation - Lindy - 5/10/2007 3:04:06 PM
- Arcchspgurglesptth! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/10/2007 12:48:06 AM
  - Re: "that would EVER satisfy you and which you would ever support as a good idea or a move in the right direction." - Yeti - 5/11/2007 11:04:50 PM
    - The fatal flaws lay in the premises. - Bowser - 5/12/2007 5:41:34 AM
      - "Afghanistan was ready to fork him over" - TB - 5/12/2007 6:54:01 AM
    - re: Re: "that would EVER satisfy you and which you would ever support as a good idea or a move in the right direction." - gbaikie - 5/12/2007 1:27:16 AM
      - Troll, meet bridge. Bridge, meet Troll. - Yeti - 5/12/2007 6:42:17 AM
  - True believers - Lindy - 5/10/2007 3:15:57 PM
    - The words "true believer" out of your mouth should make your tongue explode. (n/t) - TB - 5/11/2007 2:13:28 AM

Newsweek puts Bush approval at 28% - Yeti - 5/7/2007 3:51:46 PM
- Newsweek also says we need a President like Truman. - Lee - 5/8/2007 11:23:45 AM
  - Because he wasn't afraid to use nukes. (n/t) - Adam Bomber - 5/8/2007 2:00:41 PM
- re: Newsweek puts Bush approval at 28% - TB - 5/7/2007 6:24:09 PM
  - Even 37% isn't 50% - Lindy - 5/7/2007 7:16:30 PM
    - I realize I have to pound some points home with a piledriver... - TB - 5/8/2007 12:27:41 AM
      - Gore probably wouldn't have taken us into Iraq - Lindy - 5/8/2007 12:50:52 AM
        
        Would he have gone into Afghanistan? - TB - 5/8/2007 2:37:04 AM
        
        Freedom - McFly - 5/8/2007 8:36:24 PM
        
        Live free or die? - REB - 5/8/2007 4:07:20 PM
        
        In that, we agree - Fox - 5/9/2007 2:34:07 AM
        
        Sounds good in theory. - TB - 5/10/2007 3:18:12 AM
        
        re: Sounds good in theory. - Lindy - 5/10/2007 4:01:24 PM
        
        Interesting interpretation of the word "consensus." - TB - 5/10/2007 5:41:25 PM
        
        The UN can work, but it needs to change.. - REB - 5/11/2007 1:38:09 PM
        
        You don't get it either. - TB - 5/11/2007 9:20:26 PM
        
        re: You don't get it either. - REB - 5/11/2007 9:48:24 PM
        
        " And approval from the Great Enlightened should be no small thing" - Lindy - 5/11/2007 1:24:40 PM
        
        re: In that, we agree - REB - 5/9/2007 3:37:53 PM
        
        re: In that, we agree - REB - 5/9/2007 3:44:37 PM
        
        The One World Dream - Fox - 5/10/2007 2:09:58 AM
        
        That's another Bush failure. - Bowser - 5/8/2007 4:12:30 AM
        
        That's an amazing statement. - TB - 5/8/2007 11:13:49 PM
        
        "Had Bush wanted to negotiate with the Taliban they would have turned over OBL." - Yeti - 5/8/2007 5:11:43 PM
        
        re: Would he have gone into Afghanistan? - Lindy - 5/8/2007 3:31:14 AM
- Can't hurt - azstrummer - 5/7/2007 5:24:13 PM

Chicago BILLBOARD Reads.."LIFE's Short, Get a DIVORCE" - carl - 5/9/2007 3:31:19 PM
- Make a new plan, Stan. - ER - 5/10/2007 2:05:02 AM
  - Cultural and religious reasons - Lindy - 5/10/2007 2:43:57 PM
- Twice - Fox - 5/10/2007 2:03:11 AM
- That local minister obviously hasn't met my ex-wife... - fr - 5/10/2007 12:57:32 AM
- Life is short, get a divorce - Lindy - 5/9/2007 5:56:03 PM
  - re: Life is short, get a divorce - REB - 5/9/2007 5:59:21 PM
    - re: Life is short, get a divorce - Lindy - 5/9/2007 10:05:45 PM
- re: Chicago BILLBOARD Reads.."LIFE's Short, Get a DIVORCE" - REB - 5/9/2007 3:46:06 PM
- Old joke. - Bowser - 5/9/2007 3:37:33 PM
  - Older JOKE, "TAKE my WIFE...." - carl - 5/9/2007 4:40:23 PM
    - re: PMS.. - a female - 5/9/2007 5:43:17 PM
      - UMS............ - carl - 5/10/2007 4:15:48 PM
        
        re: My son is convinced all women are nuts...and he is only 23 *sigh* - Jody - 5/10/2007 5:42:28 PM
        
        Who are their role models? - Lindy - 5/10/2007 8:35:12 PM
        
        re: His fiance is a Capricorn...he is a Scorpio...need I say more? (n/t) - Jody - 5/10/2007 11:07:39 PM
        
        You've already said enough. (n/t) - ER (Virgo) - 5/11/2007 12:01:14 AM
        
        Bear with me... - Jody - 5/11/2007 3:49:17 AM
        
        I know what you mean. - ER - 5/11/2007 5:11:26 PM
        
        LOL (n/t) - Lindy (Sagittarius) - 5/11/2007 3:26:11 AM
        
        Scorpio here!! (n/t) - Jody - 5/11/2007 3:53:59 AM
        
        re: How many Scrpios does it take to change a light bulb? - Jody - 5/11/2007 3:58:49 AM
        
        re:How many Saggitarians does it take to change a light bulb? - Jody - 5/11/2007 4:02:22 AM
        
        re:How many Virgos does it take to change a light bulb? - Jody - 5/11/2007 4:07:17 AM
        
        ...and another Virgo to climb the ladder (n/t) - Jody - 5/11/2007 3:47:44 PM
        
        re: ...and another Virgo to hand him the light bulb (n/t) - Jody - 5/11/2007 3:48:45 PM
        
        re: etc...etc.:) (n/t) - Jody - 5/11/2007 3:50:03 PM
        
        re: re:How many Virgos does it take to change a light bulb? - Lindy - 5/11/2007 1:18:55 PM
        
        The Simpsons and Madonna and Brit Spears and.... - carl - 5/10/2007 9:42:25 PM

SIX Islamic Radicals Arrested in Terror Plot to Attack Army Base - carl - 5/8/2007 5:11:18 PM
- Do you realize a Christian radical caused the invasion of Iraq? - Bowser - 5/8/2007 8:03:41 PM
  - Clinton saved the Albanian Muslims from a Serbian Genocide. - TAFKASE - 5/8/2007 8:43:43 PM
    - Clinton sided with the wrong people. - Lee - 5/8/2007 10:59:06 PM
- P.S. clearly the VHS evidence is inadmissable. - TAFKASE - 5/8/2007 6:07:58 PM
  - Ummm no.... - ARRELL - 5/8/2007 9:05:01 PM
    - Congress should investigate why this bust was done so early! - TAFKASE - 5/8/2007 9:57:01 PM
      - You are an idiot, Scott - ARRELL - 5/9/2007 5:29:05 AM
      - If you want to bait and be a jerk: do it on flame please! - Yeti - 5/8/2007 10:22:56 PM
        
        Hey Mr. Snooty Liberal - TAFKASE - 5/9/2007 2:59:51 PM
        
        The pont isn't liberal or conservative- its being annoyed at trolls - Yeti - 5/9/2007 6:38:43 PM
        
        Your correct. I am a mean and nasty Wepubwicken. - The True Artist Formerly Known as SE - 5/9/2007 6:55:08 PM
        
        Dammit TAFKASE...I just got that!... - Jody - 5/10/2007 10:10:53 PM
        
        No, just a Troll with nothing to say (n/t) - Yeti - 5/10/2007 3:06:35 PM
- I'm sure they were framed by the Department of Homeland Security. - TAFKASE - 5/8/2007 6:06:23 PM
  - Sorry to rain on your 'Uninformed Sarcasm' party - Yeti - 5/8/2007 7:28:53 PM
  - And the Dems had a HAND in it - carl - 5/8/2007 6:08:05 PM
- Sounds more like a bid for a Darwin Award than a 'terror' plot (n/t) - Fox - 5/8/2007 5:28:51 PM
  - Very Funny. (n/t) - TAFKASE - 5/9/2007 6:56:07 PM

Economy update - TB - 5/10/2007 6:44:05 PM
- The great thing about all those entitlements is... - TAFKASE - 5/10/2007 8:17:30 PM
  - P.S. on the coming takeover. - TAFKASE - 5/10/2007 8:18:52 PM

Riots in France - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/9/2007 4:31:00 AM
- Well, Americans DO know a lot about violence... - McFly - 5/10/2007 3:21:38 AM
  - Apparently you forgot... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/10/2007 6:04:24 AM
    - Not for a minute - McFly - 5/10/2007 3:55:03 PM
- P.S. on "the Journalists" - TAFKASE - 5/9/2007 7:01:37 PM
  - LOL LOL LOL !!!! - Raoul - 5/9/2007 8:14:15 PM
- There have been many cases of hooligans filming their own violence - Raoul - 5/9/2007 3:55:16 PM
  - I agree with the law 100% - FrankC - 5/9/2007 7:59:34 PM
  - Yes it happened here recently with the Fort Dix Six. - TAFKASE - 5/9/2007 6:59:11 PM
  - Is SOCIAL DISCORD Ignited by OUTSIDERS in France? - carl - 5/9/2007 4:46:12 PM
    - re:Hmmm - Raoul - 5/9/2007 5:47:01 PM
- Let 'em EAT CAKE!!!!! - Carl - 5/9/2007 3:22:28 PM
- only news journalists - FrankC - 5/9/2007 5:35:19 AM

I thought the Bush administration was spiking NASA's global warming research - TAFKASE - 5/10/2007 2:01:17 PM

This is humorous. "War deadline emerges." - Bowser - 5/8/2007 4:37:09 PM
- 'Nam, Korea and WWII - carl - 5/9/2007 3:26:12 PM
- And then there's you. - TB - 5/8/2007 5:35:07 PM

Gas Station Owner Ordered to Raise Prices - Eric - 5/9/2007 9:42:47 AM

When "winning" is not an option. - Bowser - 5/7/2007 8:13:56 PM
- re: When "winning" is not an option. - TB - 5/8/2007 12:35:15 AM
  - "Gimme that ol' black-and-white thinkin', gimme that ol' - - - " - Bowser - 5/8/2007 1:56:32 AM
    - That's boilerplate, too. (n/t) - TB - 5/8/2007 2:30:23 AM
      - Let me understand you. - Bowser - 5/8/2007 4:10:59 AM
        
        re: Let me understand you. - TB - 5/8/2007 5:57:01 PM

Nicolas Sarkozy is the next french President: 53% (n/t) - Raoul - 5/6/2007 6:01:36 PM
- Sarkozy's victory and broader French thinking - fr - 5/8/2007 4:30:08 AM
  - His secret weapon: his spokeswoman - Raoul - 5/8/2007 3:44:13 PM
    - French is such a sexy language - Lindy - 5/8/2007 4:13:45 PM
- So how do YOU feel about it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/7/2007 4:04:18 AM
  - Back to work - Raoul - 5/7/2007 5:40:40 AM
- Cool! (n/t) - gb - 5/6/2007 8:20:08 PM

And Free Enterprise takes it in the butt again. - Bowser - 5/7/2007 10:29:42 PM
- If the prescription drug market is so lucrative. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/8/2007 1:56:04 PM
- "Why can't everybody get the limited discount?" - TB - 5/8/2007 12:20:56 AM
  - Discriminating against Americans at gunpoint. - Bowser - 5/8/2007 3:55:51 PM
  - Saving people as "industry" - Lindy - 5/8/2007 12:28:53 AM
    - Why would the insurance industry support such a "Conspiracy"? - Dr. Kevorkian has the answer - 5/8/2007 1:57:44 PM

Clearly it's all about personal power, not the mission. - Bowser - 5/7/2007 8:07:59 PM
- The problem here - Lindy - 5/7/2007 11:54:45 PM

GOP Senator [Mr. Trent Lott]: Patience on Iraq is limited - folcwine - 5/7/2007 11:46:49 PM

Potential warming of french relations - Yeti - 5/7/2007 4:07:12 PM

"NRA against ban on gun sales to terror suspects" - Bowser - 5/5/2007 2:30:08 AM
- NRA's position letter - TB - 5/6/2007 3:50:05 AM
  - Did you notice the fatal flaw in the letter? - Bowser - 5/6/2007 4:25:47 AM
    - You were working on a pretty good point before you went nuts again. (n/t) - TB - 5/6/2007 6:45:54 AM
- The NRA is your buddy - just like the veep and his lawyer! - McFly - 5/5/2007 5:10:21 AM
  - re: The NRA is your buddy - Lindy - 5/5/2007 4:05:56 PM

Man are Iranians Rude... - TAFKASE - 5/4/2007 9:01:04 PM
- Condi looks downright.......... - Lindy - 5/5/2007 1:09:59 AM
  - Condi, The Stars and I - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/5/2007 10:56:55 PM
    - Don't stop now.... - Lindy - 5/5/2007 11:14:10 PM
      - Left you hanging, did I? That's just my arrested development... (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/5/2007 11:27:48 PM
        
        "Arrested development"... - Mary Anne - 5/6/2007 12:13:00 AM
        
        "Conservatis interruptus"? - Lindy - 5/6/2007 4:39:55 AM
        
        Sort of the equivalent of the left's rhythm method? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2007 1:15:11 AM
  - Hmmm. - Bowser - 5/5/2007 5:04:12 AM
    - re: Hmmm. - Lindy - 5/5/2007 3:11:03 PM
  - Sorry - Lindy - 5/5/2007 1:17:35 AM

First shot across Fred Thompson's bow... - TB - 5/4/2007 11:47:37 PM
- Remember "Bedtime for Bonzo"? - Bowser - 5/5/2007 9:00:40 PM
  - Remember, all he has to do is beat what the Democrats are going to put forward. - TB - 5/5/2007 9:37:57 PM
    - Remember, there are some advantages the Conservatives have. - Bowser - 5/5/2007 10:06:41 PM
      - Now who's reaching? - TB - 5/5/2007 10:14:04 PM
- Fred's the Second Coming of Reagan. - Lee - 5/5/2007 1:31:00 AM

Bush's standing with the American people is moving. - Bowser - 5/5/2007 9:10:05 PM
- Has it ever occured to you....... - Lindy - 5/5/2007 9:37:46 PM
  - Yep. The link. - Bowser - 5/5/2007 10:02:17 PM

Price Tag for War in Iraq on track to top $500 Billion - folcwine - 5/1/2007 10:13:17 PM
- Missing Trillions - S - 5/2/2007 7:27:13 PM
  - The War on Waste - Lindy - 5/4/2007 5:11:58 AM
    - re: The War on Waste - Lindy - 5/5/2007 1:01:04 AM
  - Oh, please- spare us the 9/11 conspiracy crud. (n/t) - Yeti - 5/3/2007 10:11:09 PM
    - And more....a challange - S - 5/3/2007 11:32:21 PM
      - Your the one pushing the absurd claims- Its not my place to prove anything- but rather it is yours - Yeti - 5/4/2007 1:42:59 AM
        
        Specify the absurd claim - S - 5/4/2007 3:22:39 AM
        
        Oh, don't play cute with me - Yeti - 5/4/2007 5:20:26 AM
        
        You can't have it both ways (format corrections) - S - 5/4/2007 9:58:20 PM
        
        re: Indeed, you can't - Yeti - 5/5/2007 5:45:56 PM
        
        Says more about academia than about anything else. - TB - 5/4/2007 11:58:15 PM
        
        You can't have it both ways - S - 5/4/2007 9:51:21 PM
    - Oh please, address point or be still (n/t) (n/t) - S - 5/3/2007 11:25:31 PM
      - What point. Make one- not point out a 'gee, spooooky coinky-dink' (n/t) - Yeti - 5/4/2007 1:43:59 AM
  - Link, &c - S - 5/2/2007 8:57:00 PM
    - Just last week - Lindy - 5/3/2007 1:08:30 AM
- "- - - a number that's something under $50 billion - - - " - Donald Rumsfeld - 5/2/2007 2:08:19 AM
  - Ahhh- that excellent source: The DOD and its head, the Scty of Defense (n/t) - Yeti - 5/2/2007 7:51:43 PM

If his name was Caesar, I might be worried. - REB - 5/4/2007 6:17:38 PM
- Cool - Robert - 5/5/2007 5:37:35 PM
- Ok... But if he commits a felony, don't let him vote. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/4/2007 6:38:29 PM

The big debate going on right now!!! Sarko-Sego - Raoul - 5/2/2007 7:34:35 PM
- More sophisticated and intelligent debate and discourse - TB - 5/4/2007 5:28:56 PM
  - Role reversal during the last debate - Raoul - 5/4/2007 9:32:39 PM
  - Pride comes before the fall. - REB - 5/4/2007 7:07:50 PM
  - Coming to an election near you: Leftists threaten violence if their candidate loses. - The Pessimist formerly known as Scott - 5/4/2007 6:30:50 PM
    - Don't hold your breath. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 8:05:07 PM
      - You are not the type of leftist I was talking about! - TAFKASE - 5/4/2007 8:35:53 PM
- Sarko est un peu mechant mais il gagnera quand meme - fr - 5/2/2007 11:25:28 PM
  - re: Sarko est un peu mechant mais il gagnera quand meme - Andrew - 5/3/2007 5:37:13 AM
    - Voila une grande difference entre l'Europe et l'Amerique... - fr - 5/3/2007 12:41:12 PM
      - Now Now... Don't you know that the conventional wisdom is that ALL AMERICANS are dumb cowboys? - Clint Eastwood - 5/3/2007 1:43:16 PM
        
        Cowboy here, and proud of it. - REB - 5/3/2007 3:43:38 PM
        
        Re 'Dumb Part' - Yeti - 5/3/2007 5:30:21 PM
        
        We all see things our own way- every one of us. - REB - 5/3/2007 5:51:13 PM
        
        Reality ain't a matter of opinion (n/t) - Yeti - 5/3/2007 8:45:44 PM
        
        You do it to. - REB - 5/4/2007 12:49:08 PM
        
        Yeah, sure, I just don't demand that wars that kill tens of thousands be waged off my opinions that I was too gullible and lazy to look into when it mattered - Yeti - 5/4/2007 4:25:07 PM
        
        And this war was not started on opinions. - REB - 5/4/2007 4:33:08 PM
        
        The Yeti is a liberal who thinks everyone is a fool but him. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/4/2007 6:35:18 PM
        
        re: The Yeti is a liberal who thinks everyone is a fool but him. - REB - 5/4/2007 6:49:12 PM
        
        re: He does have a flaw where he thinks he is always right and those who disagree with him must be wrong no matter what. - Yeti - 5/5/2007 5:28:35 PM
        
        And also, you don't justify tens of thousands of dead with 'well, it was my opinion....' (n/t) - Yeti - 5/3/2007 10:08:57 PM
        
        Sarkozy and Royal arguing about issues, are light-years ahead of your current president - Raoul - 5/3/2007 4:12:42 PM
        
        The Smug is getting a bit thick around your neighborhood... - TB - 5/4/2007 5:20:48 AM
        
        Pride comes before the fall. - REB - 5/4/2007 12:51:19 PM
        
        Don't count on it. - The Pessimist formerly known as Scott - 5/4/2007 1:45:20 PM
        
        re: Don't count on it. - REB - 5/4/2007 2:03:05 PM
        
        And in the meantime... - The Pessimist formerly known as Scott - 5/4/2007 2:10:52 PM
        
        You are certainly entitled to your opinion - REB - 5/3/2007 5:36:12 PM
        
        re: From those debates,truth does emerge - Raoul - 5/3/2007 6:34:41 PM

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