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"Once a Muslim, always a Muslim" - Robert - 1/19/2007 4:30:10 PM
- re: "Once a Muslim, always a Muslim" - Hank - 1/19/2007 6:43:56 PM
  - Welcome to the United States. - Mary Anne - 1/19/2007 8:53:26 PM
  - Lucky he doesn't have to court the fundamentalist Muslim vote! (n/t) - alcaray - 1/19/2007 6:46:41 PM
- Don't you mean Barack Hussein Obama - Lee - 1/19/2007 5:59:19 PM
  - good example! (n/t) - alcaray - 1/19/2007 6:06:23 PM
    - Well, it's true. - Lee - 1/19/2007 6:12:09 PM
      - It is true... - alcaray - 1/19/2007 6:49:43 PM
      - re: Well, it's true. - Laurie Street - 1/19/2007 6:29:14 PM
        
        Who else.. too early - [blank] - 1/19/2007 7:29:29 PM
        
        Even if Obama loses the nomination... - Mary Anne - 1/19/2007 8:14:43 PM
- re: "Once a Muslim, always a Muslim" - [blank] - 1/19/2007 5:46:11 PM
- re: "Once a Muslim, always a Muslim" - TB - 1/19/2007 5:16:43 PM
  - It's not about that, though - Robert - 1/19/2007 5:45:16 PM
    - re: It's not about that, though - TB - 1/19/2007 6:26:17 PM
      - re: It's not about that, though - [blank] - 1/19/2007 7:52:50 PM
      - It's not about that, though - Robert - 1/19/2007 6:41:35 PM
        
        Remember the guy in Afghanistan? - Lee - 1/19/2007 8:03:02 PM
        
        re: Remember that Obama is an American citizen? - Mary Anne - 1/19/2007 8:36:55 PM
        
        When the day comes - Lee - 1/19/2007 9:10:05 PM
        
        Not all Muslims are Saudis. - Mary Anne - 1/19/2007 9:25:10 PM
        
        skipping down the streets of Mecca - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 9:24:05 PM
        
        Whatever - Lee - 1/19/2007 9:58:00 PM
        
        no time for their Hallelujah club - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 10:19:11 PM
        
        I am an atheist - Lee - 1/19/2007 10:27:56 PM
        
        Hijackers - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 11:12:36 PM
        
        That should be "weren't poor" (n/t) - Lee - 1/19/2007 11:02:38 PM
        
        re: When the day comes - [blank] - 1/19/2007 9:20:30 PM
        
        Was and is...big difference. - Lee - 1/19/2007 10:03:19 PM
        
        Um... the Sultanate went away after WWI. - Mary Anne - 1/19/2007 10:23:58 PM
        
        Makes far more sense than their talk of "Crusaders" - Lee - 1/19/2007 10:41:41 PM
        
        Oh, and btw... - Mary Anne - 1/20/2007 12:10:37 AM
        
        You forget that our fearless leader used the word "crusade"... - Mary Anne - 1/19/2007 11:44:27 PM

Steven Colbert at his best - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 9:15:34 PM
- masterful - Robert - 1/19/2007 11:30:35 PM
  - Colber' 10^42 WackJobs 0 - but who is keeping count... (n/t) - [blank] - 1/19/2007 11:35:14 PM

Fox News survey - TB - 1/19/2007 12:57:20 AM
- re: Fox News survey - [blank] - 1/19/2007 7:42:03 PM
- 21 is a beaut! - alcaray - 1/19/2007 5:22:55 PM
- It does show he's unifying the country, all right. 'Bout time. - Bowser - 1/19/2007 5:27:36 AM
- Wonder what Limbaugh's and Hannity's polls would show? - Bowser - 1/19/2007 3:57:02 AM
  - Okay, I'll put you down as a "no" on #19 (n/t) - TB - 1/19/2007 6:27:55 AM
    - (sigh) Back on the wagon, huh? (n/t) - et - 1/19/2007 7:15:47 AM
      - more like off the wagon, actually. - TB - 1/19/2007 5:56:47 PM
        
        re: more like off the wagon, actually. - [blank] - 1/19/2007 7:44:40 PM
        
        Oh, heh. Yea that. (n/t) - et - 1/19/2007 7:42:43 PM

More Bush legacy: "Bernanke: Budget strains may hurt economy" - Bowser - 1/18/2007 5:07:28 PM
- re: Bush legacy - TB - 1/18/2007 8:18:35 PM
  - You're pulling my legacy - azstrummer - 1/18/2007 8:59:02 PM
    - The issue was deficits, not morality. - TB - 1/18/2007 10:29:59 PM
      - re: The issue was deficits, not morality. - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 5:04:29 AM
        
        re: The issue was deficits - TB - 1/19/2007 7:05:48 AM
        
        I have no doubt... - azstrummer - 1/19/2007 6:01:12 PM
      - Oil - less than $50 a barrel. Gas - more than$2.70 a gallon. Bush paradise. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/18/2007 11:15:06 PM

These guys give alcoholics a bad name. - Bowser - 1/19/2007 4:11:29 PM

GWB presidential library at SMU? Some say "no". - Fox - 1/18/2007 7:04:09 PM
- Most say, "Whaah? Huuhhh?" (n/t) - et - 1/19/2007 7:17:08 AM

Who does he think he is, George Bush? "Rule by decree passed for Chavez " - Bowser - 1/19/2007 12:42:38 AM
- Thanks, missed that Chavez update. - TB - 1/19/2007 12:51:03 AM

Not in my America - "Pentagon Drafts Rules for Detainee Trials." - Bowser - 1/18/2007 6:53:04 PM
- re: Not in my America - "Pentagon Drafts Rules for Detainee Trials." - [blank] - 1/18/2007 7:03:45 PM
  - re: Not in my America - "Pentagon Drafts Rules for Detainee Trials." - azstrummer - 1/18/2007 8:51:56 PM

Maliki makes a funny. - alcaray - 1/18/2007 6:42:12 PM
- Follow up from Tony Snow - Robert - 1/18/2007 6:59:57 PM
  - You are right. Snow is much more polished. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/18/2007 7:08:32 PM

Protestors Gear up for Conventions? - carl - 1/18/2007 6:33:27 PM

Next few weeks in Iraq will be bloody. - TB - 1/12/2007 6:46:44 AM
- re: Next few weeks in Iraq will be bloody. - [blank] - 1/18/2007 1:33:49 PM
  - I label you welcome (n/t) - alcaray - 1/18/2007 4:32:05 PM
- For sure. And the weeks after those. And the weeks after those. - David F Mayer - 1/17/2007 6:47:53 AM
  - That's twice now David - Lindy - 1/18/2007 2:35:32 PM
  - And then what? - TB - 1/17/2007 7:17:33 AM
- The first correct prediction. And the outcome will still be chaos. - Bowser - 1/12/2007 6:43:03 PM

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists shifts their venue - TB - 1/17/2007 10:48:48 PM
- re: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists shifts their venue - Hans - 1/18/2007 5:59:33 AM

DoD, Department of "Justice". Judges and defense attorneys impede prosections. - Bowser - 1/17/2007 3:30:21 PM
- Plausible deniability - Robert - 1/18/2007 1:03:41 AM
- DoD "Official apologizes to terror suspects' lawyers." - Bowser - 1/17/2007 6:10:12 PM

Vietnam-ization vs. Iraqi-zation.. Any parallels? - carl - 1/16/2007 6:01:11 PM
- You're forgetting something - azstrummer - 1/16/2007 9:46:49 PM
  - Identical as far as the US, there are some differences. - Bowser - 1/17/2007 6:12:29 AM
    - "All because of an illegal, immoral invasion by True Believers for the benefit of Halliburton.". - Lindy - 1/17/2007 10:04:39 PM
    - Some harsh insights, gleamed at personal expense, I gather. Thank you Bowser. (n/t) - McFly - 1/17/2007 2:57:04 PM

Lawmakers Draft Anti-Bush Iraq Resolution - Lindy - 1/17/2007 8:23:04 PM
- I did take notice. LOL! - TB - 1/17/2007 9:32:28 PM

Holy jumpin' up and down Martha! "Libby Seeks Jurors Who Trust Cheney" - Bowser - 1/17/2007 6:23:14 PM

George Bush's Lasting Legacy - Donald - 1/17/2007 3:17:13 PM

Those "thousands of amputees". - RobVG - 1/16/2007 5:26:15 AM
- Why bother? - TB - 1/16/2007 7:00:48 PM
  - WHICH quote are you confident that I didn't read? (n/t) - et - 1/16/2007 7:22:53 PM
    - The one answering the questions you posted. (n/t) - TB - 1/16/2007 7:26:23 PM
      - Cute. Learn that one from a four year old? - et - 1/16/2007 7:32:54 PM
        
        All right. - TB - 1/16/2007 8:00:48 PM
        
        Governments lie, Tom. They misrepresent and equivocate. - et - 1/16/2007 8:20:48 PM
        
        Amazing reversal. - TB - 1/16/2007 9:04:19 PM
        
        Not really. - et - 1/16/2007 9:25:05 PM
  - re: Why bother? - Laurie Street - 1/16/2007 7:08:04 PM
    - U.N. report - TB - 1/16/2007 7:34:53 PM
      - re: U.N. report - Laurie Street - 1/16/2007 9:01:16 PM
        
        You are still trying to shift the conversation. - TB - 1/16/2007 9:12:56 PM
- I'm curious... - et - 1/16/2007 6:21:38 AM
  - No blog. - RobVG - 1/16/2007 6:46:17 AM
    - Ok. - et - 1/16/2007 7:39:05 PM
    - "you'd think the editor of a national magazine ......" - Lindy - 1/16/2007 10:51:48 AM

Bush plan failing even before it begins - Donald - 1/15/2007 4:45:03 PM
- Interesting - Yeti - 1/15/2007 8:03:28 PM
- a couple of good signs here - Tony - 1/15/2007 5:25:25 PM
  - If anyone can do it, Petraeus' methods will. - Bowser - 1/16/2007 2:26:17 AM
    - Petraeus' methods - Robert - 1/16/2007 3:17:24 AM
      - Nothing new - nick hoffman - 1/16/2007 12:47:54 PM
        
        re: Nothing new - Robert - 1/16/2007 4:54:11 PM
      - re: Petraeus' methods - TB - 1/16/2007 4:42:46 AM
        
        I never said that - Robert - 1/16/2007 4:41:40 PM
        
        Actually, you did. - TB - 1/16/2007 7:25:18 PM
        
        That's an incorrect interpretation - Robert - 1/16/2007 8:30:55 PM
        
        Okay, if I look at it again, I can see that. - TB - 1/16/2007 9:17:22 PM
        
        Not at all new, but anathema to Bush & Co. - Bowser - 1/16/2007 4:22:34 PM
        
        P.S. Google Packer New Yorker Kilcullen - Tony - 1/16/2007 3:48:22 PM
        
        Why did they recently release a new counterinsurgency manual? (n/t) - Tony - 1/16/2007 3:47:14 PM
        
        "The idea that the Bush administration or the military suddenly just "discovered" him or his methods is not accurate." - et - 1/16/2007 6:25:54 AM

Cspan watch - Yeti - 1/16/2007 7:03:35 PM
- re: Cspan watch/correction - Yeti - 1/16/2007 7:57:54 PM

Report from the front - alcaray - 1/15/2007 11:13:35 PM
- Bush's "strategerie" just tanked - Donald - 1/16/2007 12:34:23 AM
  - Tikrit Sunnis are pro-Saddam. Saddam's nephew pissed. Film at eleven. (n/t) - TB - 1/16/2007 4:30:04 AM
- Woops! Lindy scooped me on this, I see. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/15/2007 11:21:51 PM

"Casey warns against expecting quick results." Longer'n WWII quick? - Bowser - 1/15/2007 8:06:27 PM
- "- - - a president who is backed into a corner and prone to demagoguery - - - " - Bowser - 1/15/2007 8:13:20 PM
  - Just say NO - Lindy - 1/16/2007 2:35:08 AM

Bush v. Reality - Fact checking the President's speech. - Bowser - 1/15/2007 2:06:03 PM
- Iraq War explanation misses crucial details - Donald - 1/15/2007 4:51:28 PM

I still think we can't leave Iraq - Yeti - 1/15/2007 5:58:06 AM
- re: I still think we can't leave Iraq - gbaikie - 1/15/2007 9:02:28 AM

Something interesting - Yeti - 1/15/2007 5:45:21 AM

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