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Blair in Baghdad - Bush was afraid to go there, went to Amman. - Bowser - 12/17/2006 4:14:52 PM
- Bush Went To Iraq More Than Once - M.A.E. - 12/18/2006 2:59:31 AM
  - Security risks takes guts - azstrummer - 12/18/2006 11:43:25 PM

Update: Europe and CO2 - TB - 12/18/2006 10:27:27 PM

"Rumsfeld honored - - - " What on Earth for? That's a real stretch. - Bowser - 12/17/2006 2:59:00 AM
- The man DOES deserve a medal... - R.L. - 12/18/2006 4:05:26 AM
- For finally resigning? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 12/18/2006 1:02:16 AM
- Link. - Bowser - 12/17/2006 4:27:05 AM

Sad news, Body of one climber found on mount Hood... - R.L. - 12/18/2006 2:39:23 AM

The best Idea I have heard for trying to resolve the Iraqi issue - Yeti - 12/17/2006 3:51:10 PM
- re: The best Idea I have heard - TB - 12/17/2006 9:36:04 PM
  - re: The best Idea I have heard - Yeti - 12/17/2006 11:03:49 PM

A computer game my kids won't be getting for Christmas - azstrummer - 12/13/2006 4:22:40 PM
- Oops, forgot the link. - azstrummer - 12/13/2006 4:27:31 PM
  - Games - TB - 12/13/2006 6:08:04 PM
    - Reframing once again - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 5:06:32 PM
      - re: Reframing once again - TB - 12/14/2006 6:33:57 PM
    - "When it comes right down to it, Left Behind isn't appropriate for anyone--religious or not. It's hard to imagine RTS gamers sticking with it for long because of its many serious flaws and bugs." -Ga… - Mary Anne - 12/14/2006 3:19:10 PM
    - Ask the indigenous South Americans about "convert or die". - Fox - 12/14/2006 3:32:06 AM
      - I live in this century. So do you. - TB - 12/14/2006 4:34:13 AM
        
        Without learning from prior centuries? - Fox - 12/15/2006 4:54:43 AM
        
        So learn something already. - TB - 12/15/2006 5:33:27 AM
        
        Encouraging religious intolerance is no help. - Mary Anne - 12/14/2006 3:14:55 PM
        
        "The thought precedes the deed." - TB - 12/14/2006 6:37:32 PM
        
        Holocost deniers - azstrummer - 12/15/2006 10:50:04 PM
        
        re: Holocost deniers - TB - 12/15/2006 11:45:07 PM
        
        No Tom - azstrummer - 12/16/2006 12:05:33 AM
        
        Perspective - TB - 12/16/2006 6:19:57 AM
        
        Give me a break - azstrummer - 12/16/2006 5:04:33 PM
        
        A small reality check - TB - 12/16/2006 10:28:29 PM
        
        re: Give me a break - TB - 12/16/2006 10:15:30 PM
        
        The target of their anger - Mary Anne - 12/16/2006 1:22:36 PM
        
        re: The target of their anger - TB - 12/17/2006 2:12:36 AM
        
        Lust for WMD - Mary Anne - 12/17/2006 1:43:36 PM
        
        so do I - R.L. - 12/14/2006 12:29:17 PM
    - Islam - SDF - 12/13/2006 10:27:08 PM

European socialists cheer Democratic rise to power - TB - 12/7/2006 11:57:11 PM
- If footmen tire you, what will horses do? - FrankC - 12/16/2006 7:24:45 PM
- Meanwhile, authoritarian fascists worldwide still love Bush. - et - 12/8/2006 3:04:16 AM
  - Yeah? Name some leaders in that category. (n/t) - TB - 12/8/2006 4:36:21 PM
    - OH YEAH? Did you name any leaders in your post? HUH? - et - 12/8/2006 5:35:29 PM
      - Yeah. - TB - 12/8/2006 5:46:22 PM
        
        Not in YOUR POST Tom. (n/t) - et - 12/8/2006 5:55:46 PM
        
        The secret is to click on the underlined words. - TB - 12/8/2006 6:10:27 PM
        
        In my not so secret reply.... - end transmission - 12/8/2006 6:16:51 PM
        
        Then what the hell are you doing on this thread? (n/t) - TB - 12/8/2006 9:43:02 PM
        
        It's called ... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/8/2006 11:22:21 PM
        
        Word of advice - Yeti - 12/8/2006 9:55:38 PM
        
        re: Word of advice - TB - 12/8/2006 11:04:43 PM
        
        Translation: We don' reed no steenkin' lynx! - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/8/2006 11:02:17 PM
- The US gets what it deserves. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/8/2006 1:01:53 AM
  - "I suspect average intelligence has taken a dramatic hit..." - Alan G. Archer - 12/8/2006 11:51:12 AM
    - You voted for Blair didn't you? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/8/2006 11:05:05 PM
      - Spooky action at a distance? - Alan G. Archer - 12/9/2006 11:54:11 AM
        
        Hmmm... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/9/2006 11:37:33 PM
        
        More proof of your self proclaimed photographic memory? (n/t) - R.L. - 12/15/2006 5:21:51 AM
        
        You DO remember claiming to have a photographic memory, don't you? - R.L. - 12/15/2006 9:01:05 PM
        
        Let's see... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/17/2006 4:10:13 AM
        
        I thought I was the only one who remembered that...... ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 12/15/2006 1:29:48 PM
        
        nah, I actually have a photographic memory.... 8^) - R.L. - 12/15/2006 7:23:10 PM
        
        8^) is Dan Spires photograph.... - R.L. - 12/15/2006 7:29:24 PM
        
        A photographic memory would remember he used the D to smile. - SDAi-Tech1 - 12/15/2006 11:03:59 PM
        
        Do you understand how many times you have shown your claim to be a lie? - R.L. - 12/16/2006 9:40:30 PM
        
        I recall other things. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/17/2006 1:28:50 AM
        
        Your recall sucks... - R.L. - 12/17/2006 1:43:08 AM
        
        it's only a more complex imprint of visual/audial signal cues. - Yeti - 12/16/2006 3:50:06 AM
- Lots of others too (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2006 12:14:09 AM
  - I notice they didn't name any names on that category. - TB - 12/8/2006 1:02:24 AM
    - Back to my point: everyone loves the Democrats right now. Nuff said? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2006 4:39:56 PM

Good news for US stocks? - E.P. - 12/16/2006 5:01:56 PM
- re: Good news for US stocks? - azstrummer - 12/16/2006 5:13:55 PM

If you have more than US$2,200.00 then you are one of the Richest people in the world! - Scott Evil - 12/15/2006 10:38:48 PM
- If you know how to calculate your net worth - FrankC - 12/16/2006 5:05:20 AM

Democratic senator suffers possible stroke - TB - 12/13/2006 10:21:49 PM
- I bet he got "Wellstoned". (n/t) - Jack Herer - 12/15/2006 4:38:56 PM
  - In your odd world.... - R.L. - 12/15/2006 8:14:44 PM
    - I'm sure glad you didn't suggest he go to school. - Bowser - 12/16/2006 2:17:52 AM
      - Yup, I've mellowed - R.L. - 12/16/2006 2:34:01 AM
- Remember the anthrax scare? - Bowser - 12/14/2006 1:04:59 AM
  - For a moment.... - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 4:51:09 PM
    - Reality check - TB - 12/14/2006 6:26:44 PM
      - Planting WMDs - Laurie Street - 12/14/2006 6:57:27 PM
        
        You can't plant alternative WMDs when... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/15/2006 1:33:44 AM
        
        Never Mind - M.A.E. - 12/15/2006 7:52:21 AM
        
        What Are You Doing Up, And What's Wrong With The Time Stamp? - M.A.E. - 12/15/2006 7:49:32 AM
  - Demented paranoia aside, it appears that the Senator did not suffer a stroke. (n/t) - TB - 12/14/2006 2:27:56 AM
    - I don't remember Bush's FBI finding the anthrax perps, do you? - Bowser - 12/14/2006 3:08:25 AM

Yep. "Nothing left for lonely Bush except one more push" - Bowser - 12/15/2006 6:56:56 PM
- "US 'troop boost in Iraq likely'". If it doesn't work, try it harder. - Bowser - 12/16/2006 2:28:21 AM

Serial Killer on the Lose in England - SDF - 12/15/2006 2:42:40 PM

How to be an idiot. - REB - 12/14/2006 10:57:01 PM
- Was the INS chasing after him? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 12/14/2006 11:01:25 PM
  - No. - REB - 12/15/2006 1:28:38 PM

Dithering, while people die. "Bush: I Won't Be Rushed on Iraq" - Bowser - 12/13/2006 9:24:48 PM
- He has a white knuckle grip on his newly aquired oil field. Won't let go! (n/t) - Jack Herer - 12/14/2006 7:21:08 PM
- His attitude is distressing - McFly - 12/14/2006 6:10:13 AM
  - The Problem - M.A.E. - 12/15/2006 12:54:58 AM
  - re: His attitude is distressing - Yeti - 12/14/2006 6:20:47 PM
- 1984. The "New Way Forward" resembles the old way backward. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/14/2006 1:14:19 AM

The President wants to be dictator for life - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/5/2006 12:07:50 AM
- Get real - E.P. - 12/6/2006 3:11:59 AM
  - Whoosh! - R.L. - 12/6/2006 4:08:06 AM
    - He should at least get points for... - alcaray - 12/6/2006 4:41:09 PM
      - LOL (n/t) - R.L. - 12/7/2006 2:47:20 PM
- He's not evil, he's a devout Catholic. (n/t) - ER - 12/5/2006 9:42:40 PM
  - He's a mischevious, nasty little throwback (n/t) - Daniel - 12/6/2006 7:09:54 AM
- What do you want me to admit I was wrong about? - alcaray - 12/5/2006 7:24:24 PM
- The work on the street is that the Pu210 incident was a CIA dry run for a move on Chevez - A. Leftleaner - 12/5/2006 7:03:10 PM
  - Po-210 (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 12/6/2006 11:10:35 AM
    - For those who claim the New York Times is a member of the liberal media... - LJK - 12/14/2006 6:07:55 PM
      - Says a lot more about FAIR than about the NYT. (n/t) - TB - 12/14/2006 9:03:31 PM

dark humor, please excuse me - Shameless Yeti - 12/14/2006 8:40:44 PM
- re: dark humor - TB - 12/14/2006 8:58:42 PM

"Blind Shiek Illness Triggers Attack fears - carl - 12/14/2006 8:54:19 PM

Bush to ask for $100 billion on top of $379 billion already appropriated for Iraq. - Bowser - 12/14/2006 4:13:44 AM
- Let's slap a surtax on the top 1% to pay for this mess - E.P. - 12/14/2006 2:30:17 PM

Lets get this over with quickly: Saudi moving in the direction of openly supporting the Iraqi Sunni insurgency - Yeti - 12/13/2006 4:18:51 AM
- What, no glorious charges to the defense of you immaculate liege? - Yeti - 12/14/2006 3:57:02 AM
- S'pose the neocons will start work on a SA/AlQ link to justify the next gratuitous invasion? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/13/2006 4:55:56 PM
  - But it won't be about oil, but freedom for the Saudi's. The poor Saudi's. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/14/2006 1:24:46 AM
- Link - TB - 12/13/2006 5:12:30 AM

Report says most states still aren't prepared for major emergencies - LJK - 12/13/2006 4:04:54 PM
- I'm not holding my breath - azstrummer - 12/13/2006 4:38:06 PM
  - Along those lines. - Bowser - 12/14/2006 1:23:29 AM

Peter Boyle - REB - 12/13/2006 6:58:22 PM
- Clyde Bruckman's final REPOSE - carl - 12/13/2006 9:00:01 PM

Promising start for Democrats? - TB - 12/12/2006 6:40:32 PM
- the last thing they want to do is produce a completely un-balanced budget. - Scott Evil - 12/12/2006 10:51:04 PM
- Dems controlled spending using similar techniques the last time they were in power. - alcaray - 12/12/2006 7:08:09 PM
  - Uh...no they didn't. - TB - 12/13/2006 12:12:52 AM
    - They are talking about pay-as-you-go. That technique (abandoned by Republicans) was what they used to control the budget. - alcaray - 12/13/2006 4:13:34 PM
      - re: pay-as-you-go - TB - 12/13/2006 6:16:34 PM
    - Byrd will eventually get undercut by the far left. - Scott Evil - 12/13/2006 2:40:47 PM

Iraq the Model on some economic developments - TB - 12/13/2006 5:45:12 AM

Bush gets a tongue lashing by the Pope for torturing people. - Eric - 12/13/2006 12:47:04 AM
- Ah, yes. Ratzinger and the Catholic Church. The veritable shining beacons of humanitarian values in the world.... (n/t) - Yeti - 12/13/2006 3:32:00 AM

One opinion on the election results - TB - 12/13/2006 12:37:12 AM

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