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"Pentagon says Cole bombing chief confessed." Bpnus: He says he put the match to the Hindenburg, too. - Bowser - 3/20/2007 1:11:50 AM

The climate's just perfect for a debate - gbaikie - 3/20/2007 12:35:40 AM

Kurdistan update - TB - 3/19/2007 9:46:50 PM

Barring problems, Space X scheduled for launch at 4 PM Pacific - TB - 3/19/2007 9:43:49 PM

Some small updates on Iraq - TB - 3/19/2007 6:29:19 PM
- Revising history: "While it is impossible to judge progress over the course of one month- - - " - Bowser - 3/19/2007 7:05:05 PM

Gonzales cut loose. - Bowser - 3/19/2007 6:04:01 PM

The myth of training Iraqi forces. - Bowser - 3/19/2007 12:40:34 PM
- "Bush to ask for patience in Iraq war." (After consulting the Wile E. Coyote Think Tank.) - Bowser - 3/19/2007 1:14:01 PM
  - "There's been good progress," Bush said. - Bowser - 3/19/2007 5:34:20 PM
    - "Fundamental failures led to current Iraq crisis." - Bowser - 3/19/2007 5:37:39 PM

Not guilty doesn't mean they're innocent. - Lee - 3/19/2007 2:05:42 AM
- I find you guilty of violating copyright law - Alan G. Archer - 3/19/2007 7:02:32 AM
  - LOL - Lee - 3/19/2007 7:08:36 AM
    - He's right, you know... - Mary Anne - 3/19/2007 3:24:53 PM
      - Thanks for the information. - Lee - 3/19/2007 5:05:55 PM

Latest poll from Iraq - TB - 3/18/2007 1:20:00 AM
- Another poll from Iraq - TB - 3/19/2007 2:58:46 PM
- Difficulties in obtaining a sample. - RobVG - 3/18/2007 4:41:45 PM
  - What percentage were in areas NOT occupied by foreigners? - Bowser - 3/18/2007 5:04:48 PM
    - Interesting. - TB - 3/18/2007 5:35:33 PM
      - re: Interesting. - RobVG - 3/18/2007 6:25:15 PM
        
        Any comments at all on the results? (n/t) - TB - 3/18/2007 6:43:55 PM
        
        The results speak for themselves - RobVG - 3/18/2007 9:10:52 PM

This would be BAD NEWS: "Top investor sees U.S. property crash." - Bowser - 3/16/2007 7:38:41 PM
- re: At least he's putting his money where his mouth is and selling his US holdings... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/16/2007 8:28:26 PM
  - Wrong Rogers - FrankC - 3/16/2007 10:03:32 PM
    - My mistake... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/19/2007 1:25:06 PM
    - Probably has a nice "shorting" position set up. (n/t) - TB - 3/16/2007 11:56:39 PM

Chuck Schumer's imaginary friends - TB - 3/19/2007 5:14:42 AM

Another bad day in Iraq - Donald - 3/18/2007 1:28:15 PM
- Now THAT is the latest poll from Iraq. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/18/2007 4:22:46 PM

Iraq in a nutshell. - Bowser - 3/17/2007 7:47:51 PM
- re: Iraq in a nutshell. - Buck Galaxy - 3/18/2007 5:50:09 AM
  - Two problems with that. - Bowser - 3/18/2007 11:34:45 AM
- re: Iraq in a nutshell. - gbaikie - 3/17/2007 10:54:06 PM
- Outside the nutshell... - TB - 3/17/2007 8:00:34 PM
  - Observations from Iraqi blogger - TB - 3/18/2007 5:02:12 AM

Oh, what patriots these jingoists be! - Bowser - 3/17/2007 4:17:58 AM
- Fighting terrorism - Raoul - 3/17/2007 10:40:12 AM
  - You yell pretty good up there in the bleachers. - TB - 3/17/2007 5:55:40 PM
    - You're not exactly on the field of play yourself (n/t) - Tony - 3/17/2007 7:58:44 PM
      - I was speaking on the national level, not personal. - TB - 3/17/2007 8:10:34 PM
        
        re: I was speaking on the national level, not personal. - I Cognito - 3/18/2007 12:51:26 AM
        
        Denying my freedom of expression? - Raoul - 3/17/2007 9:29:14 PM
        
        How soon we forget... - TB - 3/17/2007 11:15:52 PM
        
        re: Indeed! - Raoul - 3/18/2007 9:16:14 AM
        
        re: Denying my freedom of expression? - gbaikie - 3/17/2007 10:40:53 PM
    - The GIGN - Raoul - 3/17/2007 7:38:35 PM

Department of Homeland Security at work, hard. - Bowser - 3/17/2007 11:52:29 PM
- Not sure what your point is. - TB - 3/18/2007 1:28:17 AM
- Should they be allowed to own school buses? - Lindy - 3/18/2007 12:59:14 AM
  - Ah, but "parents and children have nothing to fear." - Bowser - 3/18/2007 4:32:24 AM

Fitzgerald Asked to Testify to Congress - Lindy - 3/18/2007 12:10:52 AM

Warming or cooling - Johannes - 3/17/2007 4:32:51 AM
- Wasn't too many years ago everybody used to call this "weather." - TB - 3/17/2007 5:45:06 PM
  - A lot of us still do - Fox - 3/17/2007 9:37:00 PM

Fascinating reading. - Bowser - 3/16/2007 11:36:04 AM
- Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg Trials - Jack Herer - 3/16/2007 4:39:42 PM
  - Jingoism defined. Lynch mob mentality. - Bowser - 3/17/2007 4:38:38 AM

Warming or cooling - Johannes - 3/17/2007 4:32:49 AM

On conservatives and Republicans - TB - 3/16/2007 5:15:07 PM
- It's gonna be a hoot - FrankC - 3/16/2007 10:09:35 PM
  - What's really going to be bad news, - ER - 3/17/2007 12:18:20 AM
    - I doubt that will happen - FrankC - 3/17/2007 3:00:02 AM

"A chat with an Iraqi journalist shows how hard it will be to win this war." - Bowser - 3/17/2007 1:01:47 AM

It actually gets funnier.... - ARRELL - 3/16/2007 8:22:52 AM
- Come on, TB AND GB, Tell us again how this doesn't matter - ARRELL - 3/16/2007 8:27:03 AM
  - re: Come on, TB AND GB, Tell us again how this doesn't matter - gbaikie - 3/17/2007 12:43:15 AM
  - WHAT does it take for you to say this administration screwed up?!!! - R.L. - 3/16/2007 4:20:41 PM
    - re: What does it take? - TB - 3/16/2007 4:35:30 PM
      - re: What does it take? - Lindy - 3/16/2007 8:24:22 PM
      - An article on this premise... - TB - 3/16/2007 5:36:47 PM
      - But he said he supported Gonzalas - R.L. - 3/16/2007 4:40:58 PM
      - Now, your turn. - TB - 3/16/2007 4:36:58 PM
        
        Unethical / scandalous - dtb - 3/16/2007 7:50:14 PM
        
        re: Unethical / scandalous - TB - 3/17/2007 12:11:25 AM
        
        Probable cause - dtb - 3/16/2007 7:38:32 PM
  - All right. - TB - 3/16/2007 4:19:35 PM

As predicted, even more troops for Iraq sought today. The surge is surging. - Bowser - 3/16/2007 5:02:33 PM

From your CIA and DoD: "Military: Suspected 9/11 mastermind confessed" - Bowser - 3/15/2007 1:46:01 AM
- I also helped Oswald shoot JFK, if anyone's interested... (n/t) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - 3/16/2007 12:08:45 AM
- Oops! Nabbed and tortured the wrong Mohammed - Eric - 3/15/2007 9:41:19 PM
- A question on torture... - TB - 3/15/2007 6:56:28 PM
  - Answer. - Bowser - 3/15/2007 7:44:45 PM
    - Link. - Bowser - 3/15/2007 7:48:15 PM
  - Good question........but how would you know? I think --redacted-- so there (n/t) - Tony - 3/15/2007 7:15:29 PM
  - re: Good question... he tells us what we want to hear...And he tells us what we don't want to hear... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/15/2007 7:03:46 PM
- He killed 3,000+ people on 9/11. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/15/2007 5:31:19 PM
- After three years of torture he finally signed at the dotted line as requested. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 3/15/2007 12:18:09 PM
  - It IS curious... - McFly - 3/15/2007 4:29:05 PM
    - I think you've lost your mind... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/15/2007 5:35:47 PM
      - Then maybe someday I could become President... - McFly - 3/16/2007 4:36:59 PM
    - Please remember... - TB - 3/15/2007 5:30:43 PM
      - Nobody said he was a nice guy - Tony - 3/15/2007 7:18:41 PM
  - Examples of how the toughest of Americans respond to torture. - Bowser - 3/15/2007 1:47:14 PM
  - Where is it even mentioned that he was tortured at all, let alone for three years? - Daniel - 3/15/2007 1:35:55 PM
    - Now you can apologize. Pretty much have to. - Bowser - 3/15/2007 3:24:05 PM
      - I don't know whether the ABC story is tru or not... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/15/2007 5:41:12 PM
      - OK, and also I'll agree with this much: - Daniel - 3/15/2007 3:41:46 PM
    - Bowser makes it up as he goes along. - REB - 3/15/2007 2:55:04 PM
    - Nice try Daniel (n/t) - Jack Herer - 3/15/2007 1:38:46 PM
      - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sounds very proud whenhe confesses - REB - 3/15/2007 3:02:54 PM
      - Take it to flame if you llike - Daniel - 3/15/2007 1:43:57 PM
        
        You're way out of control, Daniel. - Bowser - 3/15/2007 1:51:40 PM
        
        Please stop with the lies and misrepresentations - Daniel - 3/15/2007 1:59:31 PM
        
        Daniel is right - R.L. - 3/16/2007 3:10:52 PM
- Whereas you, of course, know that it was all an 'inside job' - Daniel - 3/15/2007 4:40:56 AM
  - There is another alternative. - ER - 3/15/2007 11:58:03 AM
    - Good point - Daniel - 3/15/2007 1:04:26 PM
    - re: There is another alternative. - TB - 3/15/2007 12:41:21 PM
    - And an additional wrinkle - Mary Anne - 3/15/2007 12:35:44 PM
      - He could be. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/15/2007 6:13:54 PM
      - Seemling contradiction - Daniel - 3/15/2007 1:13:07 PM
        
        A note on capital punishment in the US - Mary Anne - 3/15/2007 1:59:20 PM
        
        Agreed on capital punishment - Daniel - 3/15/2007 2:11:10 PM
        
        re: Agreed - R.L. - 3/16/2007 12:56:57 PM
        
        So many wrinkles it's aging fast. - ER - 3/15/2007 1:54:28 PM
        
        Amazing stuff - Daniel - 3/15/2007 2:16:37 PM
        
        A couple ways of looking at this: - Mary Anne - 3/15/2007 1:52:47 PM
        
        Fascinating reading - Daniel - 3/15/2007 2:39:12 PM
  - Re: The rationale for torture. - Bowser - 3/15/2007 11:24:18 AM
    - Stop Slandering other posters on these boards - Daniel - 3/15/2007 1:00:35 PM
      - Speaking of slander, show me where Bowser said it was an inside job (n/t) - Tony - 3/15/2007 2:04:06 PM
        
        Sure, no problem at all - Daniel - 3/15/2007 2:35:10 PM
        
        True Believers see conspiracies everywhere. - Bowser - 3/16/2007 1:44:28 AM
        
        After what you posted all over this thread, I'm snide? (n/t) - Tony - 3/15/2007 5:36:49 PM
        
        I think..."I'm sorry, you were correct about Bowser" was supposed to be your response. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/15/2007 6:05:31 PM
        
        OK then - your comment wasn't "snide": - Daniel - 3/15/2007 6:04:46 PM
        
        I stand corrected - Tony - 3/15/2007 6:47:08 PM
        
        Get serious. - TB - 3/15/2007 9:28:24 PM
        
        I always forget - Tony - 3/16/2007 2:04:32 PM
  - Spot on! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/15/2007 6:50:58 AM

Bush & Co. have taken a despicable bastard and created a martyr. - Bowser - 3/16/2007 2:58:18 AM
- No... For him to be a martyr he must first be dead. - Bush Admin - 3/16/2007 1:58:01 PM
- nice try (n/t) - Woof Woof - 3/16/2007 12:55:53 PM

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