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"Bush: If you don't like my Iraq plan, tell me yours." - Bowser - 1/14/2007 10:31:10 PM
- 'The jihad now is against the Shias, not the Americans' - Lindy - 1/15/2007 4:24:12 AM
- Been there, done that - Donald - 1/15/2007 1:47:31 AM
- Management 101 - Yeti - 1/14/2007 11:24:08 PM

worth watching - Yeti - 1/12/2007 6:16:09 AM
- re: worth watching - TB - 1/12/2007 6:46:38 PM
  - Coulter v. Olbermann - et - 1/13/2007 6:08:58 PM
    - Actually, I did say "The man's a god!" - Robert - 1/14/2007 3:21:34 AM
    - Olbermann Fan Club - TB - 1/13/2007 9:26:03 PM
      - "He does have a lot of fans here, and given the thinking processes...." - Lindy - 1/15/2007 2:03:01 AM
      - "Special Comment" - et - 1/14/2007 12:01:14 AM
        
        "conservative commentator" - TB - 1/14/2007 12:43:01 AM
  - I know you think the "invade Iran" notion is just a leftist delusion - Tony - 1/12/2007 8:24:16 PM
    - Not quite accurate. - TB - 1/12/2007 8:38:46 PM
      - Lots of right wingers want to invade/nuke/bomb Iran - Tony - 1/12/2007 8:57:44 PM
        
        Darn right! - Jasper Sitwell - 1/14/2007 3:37:35 AM
      - So what's more reasonable, then? - alcaray - 1/12/2007 8:57:41 PM
        
        I've never met this man, neither have we discussed this topic. - Tony - 1/12/2007 8:59:04 PM

some resources - Yeti - 1/14/2007 5:24:01 PM
- Isakson, Republican from Georgia - Yeti - 1/14/2007 7:50:00 PM
  - BTW Isakson - Yeti - 1/14/2007 7:57:46 PM
- Link? - Robert - 1/14/2007 6:44:00 PM
  - re: Link? - Yeti - 1/14/2007 6:58:29 PM
- Also, PS - Yeti - 1/14/2007 6:25:52 PM

Rise of the Independent - TB - 1/13/2007 11:47:13 PM
- So could you vote for Jess Ventura? (n/t) - azstrummer - 1/14/2007 12:48:01 AM
  - Probably not. - TB - 1/14/2007 1:25:30 AM
  - oops, Jessie (n/t) - azstrummer - 1/14/2007 12:48:28 AM
    - Try "Jesse" (n/t) - Joshua Kadison - 1/14/2007 2:03:51 PM

Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on President's Address - Eric - 1/13/2007 2:13:14 AM
- Just how do.... - azstrummer - 1/13/2007 8:45:37 PM
  - "How can it be.........." - Lindy - 1/14/2007 4:07:41 AM
- re: This is an american we would rather listen to. - Raoul - 1/13/2007 3:19:52 PM
- Cross-reference to OffTopic - Robert - 1/13/2007 6:56:32 AM
  - "The man's a God!" - Lindy - 1/13/2007 3:03:22 PM
- Wow. Thank God. - Bowser - 1/13/2007 2:53:02 AM
- Outstanding! (n/t) - Fox - 1/13/2007 2:38:51 AM
  - PS: LIsten for the Orwellian reference - you won't be disappointed (n/t) - Fox - 1/13/2007 2:41:39 AM

Bush - Ignore the generals, ignore the statesmen, ignore the Iraqis. Doesn't make sense. - Bowser - 1/13/2007 8:59:28 PM
- Oh, yeah. Ignore the American people, and ignore the rest of the world. - Bowser - 1/13/2007 10:05:11 PM

"We urge NO surge" - Robert - 1/12/2007 3:37:42 AM
- You can always move. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/12/2007 10:43:24 PM
  - Obviously coming from... - azstrummer - 1/13/2007 8:51:25 PM
  - The news from Mayberry - Mary Anne - 1/13/2007 12:22:41 AM
    - re: The news from Mayberry - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/13/2007 4:26:11 AM
- Department of Peace - Lindy - 1/12/2007 4:02:24 AM
  - They're here already - Robert - 1/12/2007 4:19:23 AM
    - re: Terminology - hard to avoid - Fox - 1/12/2007 6:40:08 PM
- couldn't load the video - Daniel - 1/12/2007 3:51:29 AM
  - re: couldn't load the video - Robert - 1/12/2007 3:55:51 AM
    - aw geez - Daniel - 1/12/2007 4:03:13 AM
      - re: aw geez - Robert - 1/12/2007 4:11:02 AM
- Our group was out on the corner in our town - TB - 1/12/2007 3:44:37 AM
  - re: Our group was out on the corner in our town - Robert - 1/12/2007 3:52:06 AM
    - There WAS a MOVE-ON demonstration in this city. - Bowser - 1/12/2007 4:17:43 AM
      - The Second-greatest Generation - Fox - 1/12/2007 6:34:12 PM
      - And it's only Thursday night - Robert - 1/12/2007 4:21:22 AM
    - Robert, he'll never believe you. (n/t) - azstrummer - 1/12/2007 4:06:40 AM
      - I know - Robert - 1/12/2007 4:23:35 AM
        
        We'll see. - TB - 1/12/2007 5:08:36 PM
        
        In the latest polls... - azstrummer - 1/12/2007 7:27:41 PM
        
        Two questions - Robert - 1/12/2007 5:56:15 PM
        
        re: Two questions - TB - 1/12/2007 8:14:10 PM
        
        FYI - Robert - 1/12/2007 11:13:22 PM
        
        T you're telling Jehovah's Witnesses... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/12/2007 11:12:11 PM
        
        re: Two questions - Robert - 1/12/2007 10:32:48 PM
        
        Nothing "sinister" about it. - TB - 1/13/2007 12:50:35 AM
        
        Phone trees are so 20th Century - Robert - 1/13/2007 2:51:46 AM
        
        One question - Tony - 1/12/2007 9:00:12 PM
        
        The commies purchase them from ebay. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/12/2007 9:07:26 PM
        
        Those are mostly secondhand - Robert - 1/12/2007 11:19:26 PM
        
        Tune in to C-Span - Lindy - 1/12/2007 6:14:45 AM

Michelle Malkin - Gitmo: "The terrorists are fat and happy, sittin' in La-Z-Boys, watching Harry Potter." - Bowser - 1/13/2007 5:40:39 AM

Michelle Malkin is in Baghdad - TB - 1/12/2007 7:09:15 AM
- Dang! It's obvious we need to cut & run. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/13/2007 5:09:12 AM

Fun begins in Washington - TB - 1/12/2007 6:35:08 PM
- Good news on earmarks... - TB - 1/13/2007 12:59:19 AM
  - We can agree on that - Robert - 1/13/2007 1:16:11 AM
    - You misread the original article. - TB - 1/13/2007 1:47:25 AM
      - Eh? - Robert - 1/13/2007 2:06:56 AM
        
        re: Eh - TB - 1/13/2007 3:03:10 AM
        
        ah, I get it - Robert - 1/13/2007 4:01:13 AM
        
        re: ah, I get it - TB - 1/13/2007 5:03:08 AM
        
        Whoops. - TB - 1/13/2007 5:05:02 AM
- Why was American samoa exempt before? - Tony - 1/12/2007 8:22:10 PM
  - More information - TB - 1/12/2007 8:37:31 PM
    - This is like talking science to Johannes - Toyn - 1/12/2007 8:53:10 PM
      - Please enlighten me. - TB - 1/13/2007 12:38:23 AM

Good news from Missouri on some missing children - TB - 1/13/2007 3:14:58 AM

Budget deficit update - TB - 1/13/2007 3:09:50 AM

Yvonne de Carlo (Lily Munster) Dead at 84 - carl - 1/11/2007 7:38:31 PM
- Always cast early in career - carl - 1/12/2007 4:16:10 PM
- re: Yvonne de Carlo (Lily Munster) Dead at 84 - Laurie Street - 1/11/2007 8:19:31 PM
  - re: Yvonne de Carlo (Lily Munster) Dead at 84 - Marcia - 1/11/2007 8:59:53 PM
    - Just so we don't remember her only as a vampire... - Mary Anne - 1/12/2007 12:07:33 AM
      - Thanks for that MA - FrankC - 1/12/2007 7:04:24 PM

God Bless Her! Condi Rice before the Senate. - Bowser - 1/12/2007 6:00:52 AM
- re: God Bless Her! Condi Rice before the Senate. - Lindy - 1/12/2007 3:26:44 PM

Somalia strike â€˜missed al-Qaeda targetsâ€™ - Bowser - 1/12/2007 6:05:11 AM
- Pay attention. - TB - 1/12/2007 6:29:19 AM

We raided an Iranian (maybe)consulate? - alcaray - 1/11/2007 11:57:55 PM
- They were harboring Yetis. (n/t) - Yeti - 1/12/2007 6:18:11 AM

Bush would veto bill allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies. - Bowser - 1/11/2007 11:56:26 PM
- You must have missed the second part of the article. - TB - 1/12/2007 3:26:58 AM
  - Then why not pass the enabling legislation? - Bowser - 1/12/2007 4:19:49 AM
    - re: Because it limits the drugs available - SteveS - 1/12/2007 4:38:23 AM
    - PS Perfect example of US socialism for multi-national corporations. - Bowser - 1/12/2007 4:21:14 AM
- He doesn't want Medicare stealing his pappy's business - Lindy - 1/12/2007 1:10:11 AM

Stem cells from amniotic fluid - TB - 1/8/2007 5:52:23 PM
- how soon until these can be used to make clones? - Alberto Einstino - 1/9/2007 9:42:23 PM
- Flip side: the first "embryo bank" - Fox - 1/9/2007 4:06:42 AM
- What would get the politics out of the issue... - Yeti - 1/8/2007 6:37:14 PM
  - Get rid of Fundamental Christian politicians who can't separate - Bowser - 1/8/2007 11:54:59 PM
  - re: politics - TB - 1/8/2007 6:51:08 PM
    - re: politics - Yeti - 1/8/2007 10:20:49 PM
      - Far from it. - Lee - 1/9/2007 5:35:07 AM
      - re: politics - gbaikie - 1/9/2007 3:19:22 AM
      - re: politics - TB - 1/9/2007 12:32:01 AM
        
        re: politics - Yeti - 1/10/2007 2:14:28 AM
        
        re: yes, politics - TB - 1/10/2007 3:17:42 AM
        
        BTW... - TB - 1/10/2007 3:19:39 AM
        
        Accountability - Robert - 1/10/2007 7:53:06 PM
        
        In this scenario, only one of these two groups takes my money by force. - TB - 1/11/2007 3:04:21 AM
        
        Nobody takes your money by force. Don't like it here, just leave and never pay them a dime again. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/11/2007 6:07:07 PM
        
        So write your Congressman - Robert - 1/11/2007 4:28:22 PM
        
        My congressman is part of the problem. Remember where I live? - TB - 1/11/2007 6:56:25 PM
        
        Ah statistics, my favorite - Robert - 1/11/2007 7:31:11 PM
        
        And I don't think you quite get the numbers. - TB - 1/12/2007 12:11:22 AM
        
        re: Ah statistics, my favorite - TB - 1/11/2007 11:53:18 PM
        
        does "tax burden" only figure in taxes paid directly by individuals? - alcaray - 1/11/2007 7:21:45 PM
        
        As far as California goes - Robert - 1/11/2007 11:37:29 PM
        
        re: As far as California goes - TB - 1/12/2007 12:30:40 AM
        
        citation - Robert - 1/11/2007 11:39:44 PM
        
        re: Accountability - gbaikie - 1/10/2007 9:31:22 PM
        
        re: Accountability - gbaikie - 1/11/2007 1:57:46 AM
        
        You missed every single point I made - Robert - 1/11/2007 4:38:35 PM
        
        re: You missed every single point I made - gbaikie - 1/11/2007 11:00:27 PM
        
        re: Accountability - Robert - 1/10/2007 10:12:26 PM

Bush's speech, and other information from the White House - TB - 1/11/2007 2:54:41 AM
- that hat on the stick is a diversionary tactic----pure Republican stragey - Publius - 1/11/2007 7:29:44 PM
- Mr. Magoo admits to a slight vision problem. Will get a bigger cane. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/11/2007 4:35:20 AM
- re: Bush's speech, and other information from the White House - Robert - 1/11/2007 3:56:05 AM
  - Bill Roggio has some highlights - TB - 1/11/2007 5:16:09 AM
  - I didn't see it either. - TB - 1/11/2007 4:23:41 AM
    - re: I didn't see it either. - Robert - 1/11/2007 5:26:37 PM
      - re: diplomacy - TB - 1/11/2007 6:20:27 PM
        
        re: diplomacy - Raoul - 1/11/2007 8:04:50 PM
        
        re: diplomacy - TB - 1/11/2007 11:22:29 PM
  - While Bush finally admits his mistakes... - Donald - 1/11/2007 4:09:48 AM
    - I know, Donald - Robert - 1/11/2007 5:35:21 PM
- The best part of his speech.... - Donald - 1/11/2007 3:10:23 AM

Michael Yon is blogging from Iraq again - TB - 1/11/2007 6:47:16 AM
- Thanks, Tom. Yon is an amazing writer. - McFly - 1/11/2007 6:20:52 PM

David Hicks - terrorist. - Daniel - 1/10/2007 4:57:17 PM
- I hope the evidence supports the allegations (n/t) - alcaray - 1/10/2007 6:24:09 PM
  - shouldn't be difficult - Daniel - 1/10/2007 11:10:37 PM
    - That is an allegation. It is not evidence. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/10/2007 11:52:49 PM
      - yeah - and his own admissions that he trained with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, are just forced confessions (n/t) - Daniel - 1/11/2007 12:42:21 AM
        
        Are they? The details will come out in trial, if so. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/11/2007 5:04:59 PM
        
        People admit to all sorts of things, and not always forced. - Mary Anne - 1/11/2007 3:56:49 PM
        
        agreed: a completely fair trial is necessary - Daniel - 1/11/2007 5:18:26 PM
- audio interview with prosecutor - Daniel - 1/10/2007 5:03:08 PM

The last way forward - Donald - 1/11/2007 2:18:29 PM
- Petraeus - He knows the only way to "win". Deserves support. - Bowser - 1/11/2007 5:02:45 PM
- Mr. Bush's Strategy - Donald - 1/11/2007 2:30:30 PM
- A Change in Tactics, Not Strategy - Donald - 1/11/2007 2:27:25 PM

Quote of the day... - TB - 1/11/2007 5:27:49 AM
- shouldnt that be "President who lacks ANY plan for achieving victory" - Tony - 1/11/2007 3:15:30 PM
  - That's not accurate and you know it. - TB - 1/11/2007 3:34:36 PM
    - Really? - Tony - 1/11/2007 4:57:41 PM
- A lessin: when you start a war, you run the risk of losing it - Raoul - 1/11/2007 6:46:36 AM

The Real Disaster - Donald - 1/11/2007 5:04:45 AM
- Bush has carefully crafted a no-win situation. - Bowser - 1/11/2007 6:18:58 AM
  - re: Bush has carefully crafted a no-win situation. - Lindy - 1/11/2007 4:16:55 PM
- re: The Real Disaster - TB - 1/11/2007 5:22:23 AM
  - re: The Real Disaster - Donald - 1/11/2007 5:51:45 AM

The "Lonely Kerry" flap debunked - TB - 1/5/2007 9:08:53 PM
- re: The "Lonely Kerry" flap debunked - azstrummer - 1/6/2007 4:42:10 PM
  - re: The "Lonely Kerry" flap debunked - TB - 1/6/2007 8:43:22 PM
    - Look Tom - azstrummer - 1/6/2007 10:26:40 PM
- re: Kerry in Lebanon - Raoul - 1/6/2007 3:01:35 PM
  - Typical. - TB - 1/6/2007 9:17:24 PM
- And where was Bush when Vietnam was being fought? - Bowser - 1/6/2007 2:29:53 AM
- Doesn't surprise me - Donald - 1/6/2007 1:18:10 AM
  - No. It isn't. - TB - 1/6/2007 6:31:52 AM
    - The collective blogosphere is self correcting - Tony - 1/10/2007 5:15:41 PM
      - Incidentally... - TB - 1/11/2007 3:20:44 AM
      - re: The collective data cloud - TB - 1/11/2007 3:11:57 AM
        
        All true, but I think you misunderestimate the number of coneheads and boobs..... (n/t) - Tony - 1/11/2007 4:09:49 AM

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