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Did we miss this celebration? - [blank] - 1/24/2007 5:19:32 PM
- Bet their girlfriends won't kiss them. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/25/2007 1:03:16 AM
- Feral manliness - Lindy - 1/25/2007 12:18:24 AM

Won't have John Kerry to kick around any more... - TB - 1/24/2007 6:15:41 PM
- Well, for the most part. - TB - 1/24/2007 9:21:51 PM
- Good news - Robert - 1/24/2007 6:22:49 PM
  - History rewrite again? - TB - 1/24/2007 6:40:27 PM
    - Perceptions. Remember Bush's radio? Couldn't take Cheney with him. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/24/2007 8:01:27 PM
      - I'd forgotten about that meme. Worked well as a moonbat filter here. (n/t) - TB - 1/24/2007 8:42:09 PM
        
        And you don't think Bush lied, either. A True Believer. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/24/2007 9:49:31 PM
    - History rewrite again? - Robert - 1/24/2007 7:33:17 PM
      - re: History rewrite again - TB - 1/24/2007 8:41:32 PM

Hillary and Barack - Bowser - 1/20/2007 3:27:04 PM
- Anyone who seeks... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/21/2007 8:03:44 AM
  - "Greetings. You have been selected for the office of Senator..." - TB - 1/24/2007 6:54:23 PM
  - Criminals - azstrummer - 1/22/2007 9:48:14 PM
    - I don't know... - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 2:53:10 PM
      - re: I don't know... - azstrummer - 1/23/2007 3:25:57 PM
    - Felony crimes seems like a fair filter. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/23/2007 1:01:50 AM
      - Careful what you wish for. - azstrummer - 1/23/2007 4:00:58 PM
        
        re: Careful what you wish for. - TB - 1/24/2007 6:31:51 PM
- Serious question (for everyone) - TB - 1/20/2007 8:41:40 PM
  - I'm telling you term limits would improve the quality of candidates. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 2:50:29 PM
    - Wow, we agree on something - azstrummer - 1/23/2007 6:10:53 PM
    - Jeb will be rolled out near the end - Lindy - 1/23/2007 4:20:30 PM
  - Rush Limbaugh's take on it... - TB - 1/23/2007 12:57:01 AM
    - He might pick the wrong authoritarian candidate... - et - 1/24/2007 5:23:49 AM
    - re: Rush Limbaugh's take on it... - Lindy - 1/23/2007 2:34:26 AM
      - You didn't think his lack of enthusiasm for the Republican stable was interesting? (n/t) - TB - 1/23/2007 2:54:01 AM
        
        Oh.....THAT - Lindy - 1/23/2007 4:25:35 AM
  - re: Serious question (for everyone) - azstrummer - 1/22/2007 6:08:19 PM
  - Mary Anne in a heartbeat - Tony - 1/22/2007 3:45:35 PM
    - Well, personally: - A Yeti'd be GREAT in 2008! - 1/22/2007 4:36:02 PM
      - well you *would* get the 'warm and fuzzy' vote - D. - 1/22/2007 5:10:54 PM
        
        Also the long-haired weirdo vote. (n/t) - TB - 1/23/2007 12:41:52 AM
        
        re: well you *would* get the 'warm and fuzzy' vote - Vote the Crptozoology Ticket in 2008! - 1/22/2007 6:29:41 PM
      - Actually: 'The entire cast of Bloom County' would make an excellent running mate (n/t) - A.S. Yeti for president! - 1/22/2007 4:37:33 PM
        
        Their track record is not good.... (n/t) - Tony - 1/23/2007 6:52:15 PM
  - I really is too early - Robert - 1/21/2007 5:10:46 PM
  - If the elections were held today - SteveS - 1/21/2007 3:57:14 PM
  - Waiting to see if the Dems will field a governor. - Mary Anne - 1/21/2007 5:21:00 AM
    - More on Richardson - TB - 1/21/2007 10:31:45 PM
    - "She's done a good job for New York" - TB - 1/21/2007 10:25:55 PM
  - I'd vote Obama in a heartbeat - McFly - 1/21/2007 3:57:42 AM
  - Did you see that 11 year old kid on Oprah? - Laurie Street - 1/21/2007 2:53:29 AM
    - Never mind runing with Oprah - he's Republican. - Laurie Street - 1/21/2007 2:59:37 AM
  - re: Serious question (for everyone) - ER - 1/21/2007 1:40:45 AM
  - I was hoping Frist would run. - Lee - 1/21/2007 1:20:50 AM
  - Too early to answer - Donald - 1/20/2007 10:48:12 PM
    - True, it's early - TB - 1/21/2007 2:47:10 AM
      - I could vote for most of them, if I had to. - alcaray - 1/22/2007 7:49:10 PM
      - it's shaping up to be McCain-Powell vs. Clinton-Obama - Scott Evil - 1/22/2007 2:59:53 PM
        
        wanna bet? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/22/2007 9:32:05 PM
      - Has ANY politician spent more than ten years in Washington without becoming part of the problem? - Laurie Street - 1/21/2007 3:03:09 AM
    - Yes, it is - Fox - 1/21/2007 2:46:56 AM
  - Mee too? - et - 1/20/2007 10:11:05 PM
- re: Hillary and Barack - Vince - 1/20/2007 8:39:52 PM
  - Nice to see you here again - Lindy - 1/20/2007 11:28:31 PM

Did W endorse the use of MERCENARY SOLDIERS? - carl - 1/24/2007 4:50:09 PM

More GOP expressing doubt about Iraq strategy - Donald - 1/24/2007 3:19:55 PM
- Bunch of TRIBES that don't want DEMOCRATIC GOV!!!!! - carl - 1/24/2007 4:46:53 PM

Iran's top national security adviser appealed to Gulf Arabs to shut down American bases on their soil and instead join Iran in a regional security alliance. - Lindy - 1/24/2007 10:20:07 AM

Any bets on how long before Bush pardons Ol' Scooter? - Bowser - 1/24/2007 7:01:11 AM

Bush legacy - trade, budget deficits, losing to euro, and view of US's global role 'worse' - Bowser - 1/23/2007 7:19:14 AM
- now that you mention it, its almost like Bill Clinton is still the President. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 2:54:18 PM
  - Yeah- Except, the exact opposite! - Yeti - 1/23/2007 4:22:26 PM
    - re: Economy - TB - 1/23/2007 11:03:48 PM
      - re: Economy - Bored Yeti - 1/24/2007 2:36:54 AM

Huffington - Iraq issue not left and right - azstrummer - 1/22/2007 4:27:52 PM
- re: But right or wrong - Raoul - 1/22/2007 5:32:05 PM
- re: left and right - TB - 1/22/2007 4:50:13 PM
  - Individual choices vs ideology - azstrummer - 1/22/2007 6:03:58 PM
    - re: Individual choices vs ideology - TB - 1/22/2007 6:24:15 PM
      - Party leaders - azstrummer - 1/22/2007 9:35:30 PM
        
        re: Party leaders - TB - 1/22/2007 11:27:12 PM
        
        Believe what you want. - azstrummer - 1/23/2007 6:38:04 AM
        
        The numbers in the polls speak for themselves. - TB - 1/23/2007 11:05:23 PM
  - Oops, yes please move it. (n/t) - azstrummer - 1/22/2007 5:16:14 PM
    - We've all done that a few times. - TB - 1/22/2007 5:18:59 PM

Anybody else think it's ironic that Castro is dying from crappy medical care? - TB - 1/18/2007 3:58:53 AM
- re: Anybody else think it's ironic that 41 million citizens of the richest country in the world don't have health insurance? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 1/18/2007 6:38:46 PM
  - Thank you Laurie - Lindy - 1/19/2007 1:39:26 AM
    - Don't need to spit. - TB - 1/19/2007 7:13:57 PM
      - "What's that about?" - Lindy - 1/20/2007 1:00:03 AM
        
        Don't remind me about tax time. - TB - 1/20/2007 3:23:16 AM
  - Are 41 million going without needed medical care? - FrankC - 1/18/2007 7:48:32 PM
    - Nope, but it's not efficient. - azstrummer - 1/18/2007 10:17:50 PM
      - McDonalds is efficient. Would you like Heart bypass surgery with your McChicken Sandwich? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/22/2007 3:04:50 PM
      - Yep. They only get emergency care. Cruel, sort of like war, huh. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/18/2007 11:16:36 PM
      - Inefficient is a word often associated with national health care programs - FrankC - 1/18/2007 11:00:48 PM
        
        re: Inefficient is a word often associated with national health care programs - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 7:39:30 PM
        
        I'll pass on that - FrankC - 1/19/2007 8:41:05 PM
        
        Gee Frank........... - Lindy - 1/22/2007 12:02:35 AM
        
        If wishes were horses... - FrankC - 1/22/2007 1:48:43 AM
        
        "What I desire..." - TB - 1/19/2007 11:15:05 PM
        
        re: "What I desire..." - gbaikie - 1/21/2007 3:53:13 AM
        
        What happened? - FrankC - 1/20/2007 1:42:39 AM
        
        I think you misread - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 10:04:32 PM
        
        The only ones who understand American healthcare are American conservatives? - alcaray - 1/19/2007 7:11:31 PM
        
        Is that what I said or just the way you perceive what I said? (n/t) - FrankC - 1/19/2007 7:58:48 PM
        
        What you said: - alcaray - 1/19/2007 8:34:58 PM
        
        So everyone in America is a radical leftist dreamer or a conservative? (n/t) - FrankC - 1/19/2007 8:43:24 PM
        
        Were you not refering to the "leftists" in this thread? Or were you bringing an uninvolved group of people into the discussion? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/19/2007 8:47:20 PM
        
        If the shoe fits, anyone is free to wear it but.... - FrankC - 1/19/2007 10:05:03 PM
        
        You responded to Raoul. Can I assume that he was the European you referred to? - alcaray - 1/22/2007 3:28:14 AM
        
        I guess you mean Laurie - FrankC - 1/23/2007 6:38:08 AM
        
        re: I guess you mean Laurie - Laurie Street - 1/23/2007 5:10:08 PM
        
        Anecdotal - FrankC - 1/23/2007 7:18:38 PM
  - Ironic, no. Par for the course, yes. - Fox - 1/18/2007 6:57:05 PM
- 80 years old? Smokes cigars? Drinks like a fish? - Robert - 1/18/2007 5:19:49 AM
  - Seriously, speaking of irony - Robert - 1/18/2007 5:39:52 AM
- I do. Apparently he didn't follow advice. Friends who have visited Cuba - - - - Bowser - 1/18/2007 4:47:16 AM
  - Good ol' Bowser. - TB - 1/18/2007 5:27:08 AM
    - Arles, France, August 3, 1997 - Alan G. Archer - 1/18/2007 3:00:58 PM
      - "Well into her hundreds she drank a glass of port before lunch and another before dinner." - Lindy - 1/18/2007 4:57:36 PM
        
        Reservatrol - azstrummer - 1/18/2007 10:22:41 PM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 1/19/2007 1:43:44 AM

Bush Popularity Tanks Big TIme - Donald - 1/23/2007 2:01:40 AM
- MSNBC Poll - 87% Say Bush's Actions Justifies Impeachment - Jack Herer - 1/23/2007 3:31:55 PM
- Who cares? - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 2:58:04 PM
- Meanwhile: Republican Opposition to Iraq Plan Grows - Donald - 1/23/2007 2:15:57 AM
  - don't mistake anti-McCain sentiment for anti-Bush sentiment. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 2:59:45 PM
  - Define "Grows" - TB - 1/23/2007 3:14:47 AM
    - Gee whiz, TB! No wonder you just see GOOD NEWS. Great filter! (n/t) - Bowser - 1/23/2007 3:47:54 AM
      - Last time I counted there were 49 Republican senators. - TB - 1/23/2007 4:50:00 AM
        
        Ya done good! And more Republicans than ever don't support Bush Iraq policies. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/23/2007 5:15:14 PM
    - You're out of sync Tom - Donald - 1/23/2007 3:19:55 AM

A good debate on Global Warming this morning on CNBC - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 3:20:34 PM
- Faulty Reasoning - Yeti - 1/23/2007 4:37:55 PM
  - re: Faulty Reasoning - Laurie Street - 1/23/2007 4:55:24 PM

Most serious problem in Iraq - TB - 1/22/2007 6:07:01 PM
- PTL - the lesson has been learned, it's CORRUPTION. - Bowser - 1/23/2007 4:03:16 AM
  - I forget... - TB - 1/23/2007 4:54:04 AM
- Is the corruption really worse than in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, etc? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/23/2007 12:23:00 AM
  - Good question. - TB - 1/23/2007 12:40:37 AM
- Not True: Germans and Japanese still ran the trains - dtb - 1/22/2007 9:54:32 PM
  - re: Germans and Japanese still ran the trains - TB - 1/22/2007 11:04:17 PM
- re: Most serious problem in Iraq - gbaikie - 1/22/2007 9:38:21 PM
- re: Exodus - Raoul - 1/22/2007 6:49:53 PM

The Bush Legacy In Iraq Continues - Donald - 1/22/2007 3:00:22 PM
- re: The Bush Legacy In Iraq Continues - TB - 1/22/2007 4:45:55 PM
  - Look whose talking - Donald - 1/23/2007 3:16:40 AM

Update on "Republican Smear Campaign of Obama" - TB - 1/18/2007 9:47:00 PM
- re: Update on Insight's bogus "Clinton Smear Campaign" - TB - 1/22/2007 5:05:10 PM
- Looks like the GOP's having a two-for-one sale on smears - Robert - 1/19/2007 3:49:06 PM
  - I said I didn't consider this "vindication." - TB - 1/19/2007 5:51:03 PM
    - re: I said I didn't consider this "vindication." - Robert - 1/19/2007 6:24:40 PM
- re: Update on "Republican Smear Campaign of Obama" - [blank] - 1/19/2007 4:55:37 AM
  - Some clarification - TB - 1/19/2007 6:31:30 AM
    - To tell you the truth - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 5:45:13 PM
      - That's a reasonable take on it. (n/t) - TB - 1/19/2007 6:38:05 PM
    - re: Some clarification - [blank] - 1/19/2007 1:39:46 PM

Little Brother is watching you - TB - 1/22/2007 5:23:19 AM

Tracking AP stories in Iraq - TB - 1/22/2007 12:55:25 AM
- Michelle Malkin - Gitmo: "The terrorists are fat and happy, sittin' in La-Z-Boys, watching Harry Potter." - Bowser - 1/22/2007 1:30:42 AM
  - From what I'm finding out... - TB - 1/22/2007 2:37:52 AM

There's got to be a reality show in this somewhere... - TB - 1/22/2007 12:46:36 AM

"Surge" Opposed By Most Americans - Donald - 1/21/2007 3:54:34 PM
- Survey link - TB - 1/21/2007 10:23:54 PM
- And the reason why - Donald - 1/21/2007 5:15:43 PM

Chavez continues taking over Venezuela - TB - 1/20/2007 10:13:08 PM
- re: Chavez continues taking over Venezuela - Alan G. Archer - 1/21/2007 12:03:03 AM
  - Not walking. They're flying into Miami by the thousands. (n/t) - ER - 1/21/2007 1:28:11 AM
    - In airplanes? (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 1/21/2007 5:00:13 AM
      - No Leonardo Wings... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/21/2007 7:39:00 AM
        
        and, boy their arms are tired!! (n/t) - FrankC - 1/21/2007 8:01:12 PM
        
        Perfetto! (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 1/21/2007 8:15:14 AM

From the history of Political Realism - TB - 1/21/2007 5:00:16 AM
- re: From the history of Political Realism - Raoul - 1/21/2007 9:28:51 AM

A couple of new posts from the front lines - TB - 1/20/2007 6:14:07 AM
- A short response to comments - TB - 1/20/2007 8:55:33 PM
- I wish I met more of these optimists - dtb - 1/20/2007 5:12:36 PM
  - Thank you for commenting on this - Donald - 1/20/2007 6:00:18 PM
- I wish I met more of these optimists - dtb - 1/20/2007 5:12:34 PM
- Some folks we won't be hearing from - Donald - 1/20/2007 2:44:17 PM
  - Nor these - Donald - 1/20/2007 4:56:41 PM
    - Nor these - Donald - 1/20/2007 11:13:01 PM
- Oh, my. It's all hearts and flowers. One for all, all for one. - Bowser - 1/20/2007 6:34:37 AM
  - Why does that bother you? - Lee - 1/20/2007 8:43:14 AM
    - Hey, if it's that good it's time to come home! - Bowser - 1/20/2007 3:36:14 PM
      - Excellent point - Donald - 1/20/2007 3:55:47 PM

Possible example of self-interested science? - TB - 1/20/2007 3:58:19 AM
- Mobile phones are new technology. - SDF - 1/20/2007 5:25:37 PM

"No man left behind," indeed. - TB - 1/20/2007 5:37:23 AM

War Monger Cheney Tells America To Expect 40 Years Of War - Jack Herer - 1/19/2007 9:35:12 PM
- re: War Monger Cheney Tells America To Expect 40 Years Of War - [blank] - 1/19/2007 11:42:07 PM
  - And now, the Rest of the Story. - TB - 1/20/2007 3:47:05 AM
  - Funny you should ask........ - Lindy - 1/20/2007 1:01:14 AM

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