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Last FORD TAURUS rolls off assembly line - carl - 11/3/2006 5:53:57 PM
- Figures. It's the only American car I really liked. (n/t) - ER - 11/3/2006 6:03:54 PM
  - Yeah, We BEAT the SNOT outa 2 of 'em - carl - 11/4/2006 4:48:45 PM

This is a test of our mainstream media - TB - 11/2/2006 6:43:03 PM
- Never heard of them. (n/t) - ER - 11/2/2006 7:03:11 PM
- The answer sheet - TB - 11/2/2006 6:56:58 PM
  - It it were Republicans. - dtb - 11/3/2006 1:17:15 AM
    - Test would be more valid if you'd asked the question a year ago. (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2006 1:50:38 AM
      - OK, so I searched: No coverage - dtb - 11/4/2006 5:37:30 AM
      - With your famed searching skills? Easy peasy - tony - 11/3/2006 4:00:34 AM
        
        Typo - I spelled Four with a T, w and o. (n/t) - tony - 11/3/2006 4:03:33 AM
        
        The point, which seems to have completely eluded you... - TB - 11/3/2006 6:09:03 AM
        
        So I checked the archives: No Coverage - dtb - 11/4/2006 4:23:59 PM
        
        Nice shifting of the goalposts. Take the ball too next time. - tony - 11/3/2006 6:18:31 AM
        
        Try reading the first post again. Slowly this time. (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2006 5:00:46 PM
        
        My reading comprehension is just fine thank you. - Tony - 11/3/2006 7:36:23 PM
  - If Republicans..... - Tony - 11/2/2006 7:26:26 PM
    - re: If Republicans..... - dtb - 11/3/2006 1:18:04 AM
- Why would it be anything but mostly local? - Tony - 11/2/2006 6:48:27 PM
  - Because they are a national political organization? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 8:10:13 PM
  - Point out a congressional election that is not mostly local. (n/t) - TB - 11/2/2006 7:13:26 PM

Euro mindset towards 'Amerika' - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2006 9:10:31 AM
- re: Euro mindset towards 'Amerika' - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2006 10:36:42 AM

Update on British airline bomb plot - TB - 11/4/2006 6:22:40 AM

Wow. A voice of reason from Brussels! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 9:09:02 AM
- The minute he brought god in I tuned out. (n/t) - ER - 11/3/2006 6:19:02 PM
- re: LOL LOL! - Raoul - 11/3/2006 4:30:20 PM
  - Yes..clearly they are scum of the Earth. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2006 3:49:43 AM
- But will anybody listen? - SteveS - 11/3/2006 2:00:47 PM
  - re: But will anybody listen? - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 3:45:40 PM
    - We know why the cars are burning in France - SteveS - 11/3/2006 4:23:12 PM
      - I know - just wanted a bit of perspective - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 8:55:39 PM
  - Burning cars is/are good for the environment. - Pepe la Pew - 11/3/2006 2:24:30 PM

True story - "Bush - Tells crowd to ask Democrats, 'What's your plan' for Iraq?" - Bowser - 11/4/2006 2:42:07 AM
- Meanwhile: 2,829 - Donald - 11/4/2006 3:22:03 AM

Venezuela and Guatemala give up bids for Security Council seat. - TB - 11/2/2006 11:25:42 PM
- You might enjoy.... - Publius - 11/2/2006 11:54:05 PM
  - Nuke the canal - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 4:11:36 PM
  - re: You might enjoy.... - SteveS - 11/3/2006 4:25:27 AM
    - I've heard that the locks on the Mississippi are wider than the current Panama Canal locks. - Scott Evil - 11/3/2006 3:00:25 PM
  - Good news. Probably long overdue. - TB - 11/2/2006 11:56:49 PM
    - Canal tolls - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 12:12:04 AM
      - Wonder how manys days it took to swim it? - SteveS - 11/3/2006 4:27:54 AM
        
        re: Wonder how manys days it took to swim it? - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 9:36:01 PM
        
        re: Wonder how manys days it took to swim it? - SteveS - 11/3/2006 11:52:19 PM
      - That Halliburton gang always gets the breaks. (n/t) - ER - 11/3/2006 4:13:49 AM
- Thank God that bastion of human rights is still there! - Bowser - 11/2/2006 11:29:14 PM
  - The anti-Americanism has pretty much become reflexive for you at this point, hasn't it? (n/t) - TB - 11/2/2006 11:44:27 PM
    - George W. Bush is NOT America. Learn that. It's important. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/3/2006 12:39:39 AM
      - Funny. I could swear you wrote "U.S." (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2006 1:07:41 AM
        
        It's anti-American to ignore the Constitution, destroy Bill of Rights. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 1:41:11 AM
        
        Bowser, your hostility long preceded Bush. (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2006 2:16:04 AM
        
        Classic Conservatism - disagree, and yer anti-American, damn near a traitor. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 4:14:56 AM

Middle Eastern Terror leaders to US: Vote Democrat! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 12:03:39 AM
- Reverse psychology - azstrummer - 11/3/2006 4:18:23 PM
  - re: Reverse psychology - TB - 11/3/2006 5:11:18 PM
- Scott. Prime example of what I was saying earlier. (n/t) - Tony - 11/3/2006 12:35:27 AM
  - So what do you expect Democrats to do in Iraq? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 12:39:12 AM
    - Other than maybe start holding people accountable for mistakes, i expect and want nothing. (n/t) - tony - 11/3/2006 12:46:31 AM
      - Humpty Dumpty won't go together again, and it's the Democrats fault! (n/t) - Bowser - 11/3/2006 1:37:11 AM
      - You're in luck! With Democrats nothing is definitely what you'll get! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 12:49:02 AM
        
        But with Republicans we have pre-emptive war, record deficit and Evangelical and Congressional gay sex, drugs and pedophilia! (n/t) - Lindy - 11/3/2006 11:32:09 PM

Ya gotta love 'em - another Bush favorite Christian gay basher pays man for sex. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 12:38:18 AM
- Actually, if you look at the evidence so far... - TB - 11/3/2006 5:10:12 PM
  - There is not ONE right wing faux pas you are willing to admit to - Lindy - 11/3/2006 10:57:29 PM

Don't invest in seafood restaurants - Laurie Street - 11/2/2006 11:04:47 PM
- Try this quote - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 5:56:37 AM
  - re: Try this quote - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 3:52:00 PM
    - Laurie, Laurie, Laurie... (and others here) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 10:54:12 PM
- Maybe it wasn't a meteor that killed the dinosaurs. (n/t) - ER - 11/3/2006 4:23:35 AM
  - Yeah, we ATE 'em! - carl - 11/3/2006 3:22:23 PM

Interesting study on privacy around the world - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 9:05:17 PM
- Privacy as Security is Misplaced - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 10:21:15 PM
- re: He he! - Raoul - 11/3/2006 9:32:07 PM
  - Automobile culture - Alan G. Archer - 11/3/2006 9:54:53 PM
  - Thats what you think. - Scott Evil - 11/3/2006 9:49:14 PM

Kerry's Remark: Right either way - DOnald - 11/2/2006 2:42:24 PM
- re: Cut-and-run Democratic candidates who've cancelled appearances with Kerry - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 7:42:55 PM
- You are a moron if you think the Military is full of the downtrodden. - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 7:39:56 PM
  - re: You are a moron if you think the Military is full of the downtrodden. - azstrummer - 11/2/2006 10:49:07 PM
- Demographics of our military - TB - 11/2/2006 6:07:50 PM
  - I'm not sure what you are arguing,Tom - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 8:42:21 PM
  - How about demographics of the grunts? - azstrummer - 11/2/2006 11:02:30 PM
    - Tell ya what--how about YOU come up with proof for your assertion? (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2006 12:10:20 AM
      - Proof is in the pudding. - azstrummer - 11/3/2006 8:11:21 PM
        
        As I understand it, you were in the Navy. On a submarine. - TB - 11/3/2006 8:16:30 PM
- re: Kerry's Remark: Right either way - Lindy - 11/2/2006 3:13:09 PM
  - chicken hawks vs chicken doves - FrankC - 11/2/2006 6:34:01 PM
    - "The problem with the neo-cons.." - Lindy - 11/2/2006 9:18:02 PM
    - You don't have to be a... - SteveS - 11/2/2006 7:16:52 PM
      - Hey Steve! Long time. - alcaray - 11/2/2006 10:03:42 PM
        
        Away, Thanks for asking (n/t) - SteveS - 11/3/2006 3:18:42 AM
  - The Republicans... - Donald - 11/2/2006 3:35:24 PM
    - re: The Democrats... - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 7:47:51 PM

Another brilliant move - Laurie Street - 11/3/2006 7:24:19 PM
- Cue strawmen in 5, 4, 3, 2...... (n/t) - Tony - 11/3/2006 7:54:30 PM

Diebold ran and hacked the Georgia state election in 2000 - Jack Herer - 11/3/2006 6:10:48 PM
- re: Diebold's response - TB - 11/3/2006 6:43:30 PM
  - They deny it. Thank God. I guess it's settled, isn't it! - Bowser - 11/3/2006 7:07:02 PM
    - Got any real evidence? - TB - 11/3/2006 7:36:47 PM

Iraqi police forces stand up. Then run away. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 7:13:24 AM
- Democrats cheer failure - Scott Evil - 11/3/2006 2:25:45 PM
  - Watch for this idea to be the primary tactic of the right - Yeti - 11/3/2006 6:10:08 PM

I can't wait til the elections are behind us. - ER - 11/3/2006 1:41:30 AM
- What could be more fun than this? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/3/2006 2:55:26 PM
- Be two different levels, though. - TB - 11/3/2006 2:15:18 AM
  - The sound and the fury - ER - 11/3/2006 4:19:56 AM

Another Kerry classic - TB - 11/3/2006 1:42:14 AM
- 2,826 - Donald - 11/3/2006 6:29:16 AM
  - Because Kerry is going to try to run for President in 2008. - TB - 11/3/2006 6:47:20 AM
- Keep kidding yourself Tom - Donald - 11/3/2006 3:50:28 AM
- Neither Kerry, nor Clinton is president. The country is in a mess. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 1:47:39 AM

So, any bets on what the Friday Grenade is going to be? - TB - 11/3/2006 1:11:29 AM
- Too many subject to predict - Donald - 11/3/2006 6:38:19 AM
- Same as it was last election - tony - 11/3/2006 3:58:04 AM
- PS - Conservatives ALWAYS accuse the other guy of what they are doing. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 1:42:41 AM
- Republican grenades. 1 a day, should go up. - Bowser - 11/3/2006 1:35:57 AM
- let's see, we can rule out anything having to do with tthe Office of Special Plans - E.P. - 11/3/2006 1:33:23 AM
  - She can do better. (n/t) - ER - 11/3/2006 1:35:51 AM

the Democrats have lied to their base voters. - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 8:41:22 PM
- Well... - Donald - 11/3/2006 6:36:06 AM
- As everyone in town avoids talking about AIPAC, don't get all righteous with me (n/t) - E.P. - 11/3/2006 1:26:41 AM
- Democrats are more thoughtful, rational and less impulsive - Jack Herer - 11/2/2006 9:31:58 PM
  - Even worse - diet coke blowback through the nose! LOL! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2006 12:27:25 AM
    - There's diet cocaine? (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2006 1:12:22 AM
      - It's all diet. - ER - 11/3/2006 1:48:09 AM
  - Dang. Another keyboard full of coffee. (n/t) - TB - 11/2/2006 11:57:20 PM
- Yea Scott, got any links for this? (n/t) - et - 11/2/2006 9:07:57 PM
  - Or are we hearing an echo of Rush? (n/t) - et - 11/2/2006 9:08:20 PM
- I think you have it backwards - Tony - 11/2/2006 8:50:02 PM

With Iraq Driving Election, Voters Want New Approach - Donald - 11/2/2006 3:36:23 AM
- How will an early exit from Iraq work in the USA's favor? - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 7:50:23 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,819 - Donald - 11/2/2006 3:38:35 AM
  - Your a vampire baby! (n/t) - Happy Halloween! - 11/2/2006 8:02:45 PM
  - The Great Divider - Donald - 11/2/2006 4:56:42 AM
    - Not even pretending political objectivity any more. - TB - 11/2/2006 7:28:07 AM
      - Why don't they just publish the new your Times in French? - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 7:53:56 PM
        
        They already do - it's called the IHT - International Herald Tribune - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/2/2006 10:56:23 PM
      - "They've got a hell of a nerve bringing up "ugly behavior." - Lindy - 11/2/2006 3:51:35 PM
      - Incidentally, on John Kerry? Cry me a frigging river. - TB - 11/2/2006 7:47:01 AM
        
        I give you an A for Continuity - Lindy - 11/2/2006 3:44:31 PM
        
        Maybe she stays because she like it. - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 8:29:35 PM
        
        It's funny isn't it - Donald - 11/2/2006 1:00:53 PM
        
        re: It's funny isn't it - SteveS - 11/3/2006 4:18:26 AM
        
        John Kerry? His arm was severely twisted to make him apologise. - REB - 11/2/2006 12:58:01 PM
        
        ...but us Conservatives need to let it go. - REB - 11/2/2006 1:00:20 PM
        
        New York Times covers for Kerry - TB - 11/2/2006 6:32:55 PM

AG ignores law, doesn't care if voting isn't cleaned up. - Bowser - 11/1/2006 10:31:44 PM
- Third Law of the Left. - TB - 11/1/2006 11:06:35 PM
  - re: Third Law of the Left. - I thought he was talking about Al Gore. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/2/2006 3:26:49 AM
  - Actually, it's correct. Irrelevant, but correct in some instances. - Bowser - 11/1/2006 11:15:24 PM
    - Conspiracies - TB - 11/1/2006 11:48:12 PM
      - Anything about "AG ignores law - - - " (speaking of conspiracies.) (n/t) - Bowser - 11/1/2006 11:59:54 PM
        
        It would take a good waterboarding... - alcaray - 11/2/2006 6:15:57 PM
        
        re: Anything about "AG ignores law - - - " - TB - 11/2/2006 2:28:35 AM
        
        you made the same boogeyman accusations in 2004 - how'd that work out? (n/t) - Tony - 11/2/2006 10:30:52 PM
        
        Wasn't for lack of trying. - TB - 11/3/2006 12:44:58 AM

The coup in Thailand - TB - 11/2/2006 11:23:13 PM

There has never been an American army as violent and murderous as the one in Iraq - Jack Herer - 11/2/2006 2:42:51 PM
- Statement a bit far reaching - azstrummer - 11/2/2006 8:15:36 PM
  - U.S. Snipers Shoot Anything That Moves - Jack Herer - 11/2/2006 9:26:24 PM
- Hischski is a Commie (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/2/2006 7:58:45 PM
  - Rove is a queer (n/t) - Lindy - 11/2/2006 8:57:46 PM
- "Of COURSE I support the troops." - TB - 11/2/2006 6:01:21 PM
  - On Seymour Hersh - TB - 11/2/2006 6:24:26 PM
- My DAD was no ALTAR BOY - carl - 11/2/2006 5:37:30 PM
- â€œHow fragile is democracy in America, if a president can come in with an agenda controlled by a few cultists?â€ - Lindy - 11/2/2006 4:14:43 PM

The American Conservative: GOP must go. - et - 11/2/2006 9:23:53 PM

How times change! GWB "- - - I don't believe it's over until everybody votes." - Bowser - 11/1/2006 10:27:47 PM
- Early voters - SteveS - 11/2/2006 8:44:24 PM

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