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He doesn't need a plan. - Bowser - 10/13/2006 11:23:11 PM
- Overconfidence, lack of planning...where have I heard that one before? (n/t) - Robert - 10/14/2006 5:09:57 PM
  - Just out of curiosity, what would such a "plan" actually contain? - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 5:39:59 PM
    - "When will you stop beating your wife?" - Robert - 10/14/2006 6:02:00 PM
      - re: "When will you stop beating your wife?" - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 6:25:50 PM
        
        Keep stretching - Robert - 10/14/2006 7:18:28 PM
- Where will he go when he loses? He will be heckled endlessly for the rest of his life. (n/t) - Eric - 10/14/2006 4:42:44 PM
  - Uh...he's not actually running for anything. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 5:10:49 PM

Gerry Studds just died. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 6:30:32 PM

Annual GOP BBQ and Nude Cub Scout Wrestle - sz - 10/13/2006 4:25:33 AM
- Excellent! (n/t) - Eric - 10/14/2006 5:07:24 PM
- Thanks sz........ - Lindy - 10/14/2006 12:57:40 AM
- Well done. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/13/2006 3:15:49 PM
- That would be truly hilarious.... - Donald - 10/13/2006 1:21:30 PM

Air America files Chapter 11. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 4:35:26 PM
- What, they ran out of heroin to smuggle back from Vietnam? - Fox - 10/14/2006 12:10:00 AM
- re: Air America files Chapter 11. - azstrummer - 10/13/2006 8:37:16 PM
  - Liberals don't like to bitch, moan, whine and complain as much. - Bowser - 10/13/2006 11:25:25 PM
    - There's another keyboard full of spewed coffee.... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 4:19:29 AM
    - True liberals despise propaganda, even if they happen to agree with it. (n/t) - ER - 10/13/2006 11:51:45 PM
  - Air America - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 10:50:49 PM

Defense Department Keeps Massive Database on Anti-War Protesters aka Bush's Enemy Combatants - Jack Herer - 10/13/2006 5:03:10 PM
- Ma nishtana ha leila ha zeh? - Fox - 10/14/2006 2:17:18 AM
- Innocence is no excuse - ER - 10/13/2006 11:41:03 PM

Consensus: "Axis of Evil" protecting themselves from US aggression. - Bowser - 10/10/2006 1:59:23 PM
- Do you really think owning a few nukes could protect the "Axis of Evil" ? - Scott Evil - 10/10/2006 2:46:28 PM
  - Be sure to wear your jackboots when you kick 'em in the head (n/t) - Robert - 10/10/2006 4:23:04 PM
    - Always! - Scott Evil - 10/10/2006 5:40:21 PM
- Connecting the dots - Donald - 10/10/2006 2:04:52 PM
  - Yeah, them's the talking points, all right. - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2006 2:33:31 PM
    - Bush has to be pathetic if Clinton is STILL responsible for everything. - Bowser - 10/10/2006 8:26:28 PM
    - Bush has been in office since 2001. When do you expect him to start on this? - Tony - 10/10/2006 7:34:55 PM
    - The talking point I remember... - alcaray - 10/10/2006 6:06:31 PM
      - re: The talking point I remember... - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2006 7:43:37 PM
        
        And the test, 6 years after implementation of the macho plan, means what about the macho plan? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/10/2006 9:03:40 PM
        
        It means that talking doesn't work on tyrants. - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2006 9:07:27 PM
        
        I've been there and thinking of that for years. - alcaray - 10/10/2006 9:37:05 PM
        
        Pay attention. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 3:10:23 AM
        
        the real difference was: - Tony - 10/11/2006 3:09:00 PM
        
        Well, under Clinton's arrangement... - alcaray - 10/11/2006 5:31:51 AM
    - Talking points - Donald - 10/10/2006 3:00:19 PM
      - re: Talking points - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2006 5:13:44 PM
        
        re: Talking points - Donald - 10/11/2006 4:38:48 AM
        
        A correction. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 5:29:18 AM
        
        re: A correction. - Donald - 10/11/2006 12:44:46 PM
        
        re: A correction. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 5:52:22 PM
        
        One guy was suckered into invading Iraq, the other wasn't. - Tony - 10/12/2006 2:14:46 PM
        
        We should have just stuck to aerial bombardment? - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 10:46:45 PM
        
        The allergy must have been contagious - tony - 10/13/2006 2:31:45 AM
        
        Very good post, Tony. (n/t) - YETDAI-YET1 - 10/13/2006 8:54:41 PM
    - the left is full of yippers. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/10/2006 2:47:43 PM
      - Wow Scott. Notable debating technique there. (n/t) - azstrummer - 10/10/2006 3:34:30 PM
        
        Why thank you! - Scott Evil - 10/10/2006 4:03:32 PM
        
        re: Why thank you! - azstrummer - 10/10/2006 6:47:43 PM
        
        He got you. - Bowser - 10/10/2006 8:12:36 PM
        
        Can't resist a straight line. - azstrummer - 10/10/2006 9:00:51 PM

Denmark: "Don't travel to Muslim countries" - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2006 3:25:32 AM
- The problem is that Islam is a house of cards. - David F Mayer - 10/11/2006 5:44:51 PM
  - re: The problem is that Islam is a house of cards. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 11:45:58 PM
- OK, once and for all, and for the record, please define... - Mary Anne - 10/10/2006 1:37:29 PM
  - re: OK, once and for all, and for the record, please define... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 5:53:37 AM
    - "...all men are created equal." Move to North Korea if you don't like it. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2006 3:33:56 PM
      - No, Alcaray it's 'Move to North Korea if you LIKE it.' - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 11:40:33 PM
        
        Where everyone lives in a palace, right? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/12/2006 3:18:54 PM
        
        re: Where everyone lives in a palace, right? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 9:38:01 PM
        
        I'll try it one more time. And use lots of words this time, in case it is the wordcount that confuses you. - alcaray - 10/13/2006 6:00:56 PM
    - That's what I thought. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 12:55:43 PM
      - You're so full of ... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 11:04:05 PM
        
        re: You're so full of ... - Mary Anne - 10/12/2006 12:00:57 AM
        
        I only read the first sentence. It was enough. You put your answer there. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 12:19:31 AM
        
        Yes, in fact, I did. - Mary Anne - 10/12/2006 12:25:31 AM
        
        Let's not fight MA - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 12:35:21 AM
        
        OK - Mary Anne - 10/12/2006 1:14:02 AM
  - It all depends... - ER - 10/10/2006 7:55:23 PM
    - That's the stereotype. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 6:40:53 AM
      - Talking to this man is like negotiating with the N Koreans. (n/t) - ER - 10/11/2006 11:04:57 AM
        
        Hey, you made real clear early on... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 11:20:21 PM
        
        Nah. The North Koreans have a strategic objective. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 1:00:30 PM
        
        The conservatives objective. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 11:34:11 PM
        
        Seems to me the conservative lair is more likely a den of inequity - Laurie Street - 10/12/2006 2:56:49 AM
        
        Your patience has become legendary - RNE - 10/11/2006 12:13:55 PM
        
        Ironically, - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2006 11:06:46 PM
        
        Well - RNE - 10/12/2006 6:42:44 PM
        
        Ah, Euthyphro speaks of Irony. How sublime. - Yeti - 10/12/2006 4:28:43 AM
        
        Correction. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 9:26:00 AM
        
        Nothing incognito - Bored Yeti - 10/12/2006 3:38:17 PM

Nobel Peace Prize - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 2:17:56 PM
- Dilemma! - alcaray - 10/13/2006 3:30:46 PM
  - Well... - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 4:32:01 PM
    - I think I do assume you are rational. - alcaray - 10/13/2006 5:09:44 PM
    - re: Well.......Naaaah! - ER - 10/13/2006 5:08:11 PM
    - A broken clock is right twice a day (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 4:46:53 PM
  - Dontcha just hate that warm fuzzy feeling of consensus? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 4:19:10 PM
- re: Nobel Peace Prize - Donald - 10/13/2006 2:36:44 PM

Damned Republicans are giving alcoholics a bad name. - Bowser - 10/13/2006 3:51:17 PM

Army chief defends Iraq comments - Donald - 10/13/2006 2:03:54 PM

Limiting Failure - alcaray - 10/11/2006 6:44:50 PM
- "Get all these palefaces out of here." (Unknown Marine--1975) - ER - 10/11/2006 8:19:53 PM
  - It won't happen while Bush is in office. - Scott Evil - 10/12/2006 3:51:45 PM
  - re: Why would a US withdrawal result in an all out civil war? - Raoul - 10/11/2006 9:22:48 PM
    - I hope you are right - alcaray - 10/12/2006 6:25:58 PM
      - re: What is so shameful - Raoul - 10/12/2006 7:31:43 PM
        
        Won't have that problem. President McCain did vote for the war. (n/t) - Murph the Smurf - 10/13/2006 1:35:11 PM
    - Really an Iraqi Civil War wouldn't be all bad... - Scott Evil - 10/12/2006 3:55:11 PM
      - Iraqi Shiites have little in common with Iran - Lee - 10/13/2006 6:55:13 AM
      - Relax ALCRAY... That was sarcasm... - Scott Evil - 10/12/2006 4:07:36 PM
        
        ok... Jesse Jackson Might get away with the "vaulted" slip up...But I expect arrows! - Scott Evil - 10/12/2006 4:09:35 PM
    - I'm afraid I must disagree, Raoul. - ER - 10/11/2006 11:42:21 PM
      - Postponement - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 1:00:22 AM
        
        Sticking to the Democrats will surrender theme I see. - Tony - 10/12/2006 2:35:36 AM
        
        Now yer talking some sense. And you're already blaming Democrats. - Bowser - 10/12/2006 1:08:57 AM
        
        Face it, Tom. The Islamists have Iraq. They've had it for 2 years. (n/t) - ER - 10/12/2006 1:05:54 AM
        
        re: Face it - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 1:40:21 AM
        
        Tom, THINK! - ER - 10/12/2006 2:23:54 AM
        
        You think. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 2:44:00 AM
        
        Ahh, Tom - Publius - 10/12/2006 9:00:48 PM
        
        re: Ahh, Publius - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 1:44:11 AM
        
        re: You think. - ER - 10/12/2006 3:28:23 AM
        
        Think strategically for a moment... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 4:18:50 AM
        
        I don't agree. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 4:23:36 AM
        
        You're not cynical enough Tom - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 4:36:57 AM
        
        re: You think. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 3:43:33 AM
        
        re: You think. - ER - 10/12/2006 4:43:10 AM
        
        re: You think. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 5:14:06 AM
        
        bravo - Ian Cognito - 10/12/2006 3:39:29 AM
        
        Your side has no solutions at all. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 3:44:33 AM
        
        Remember when Clinton used to submit proposed budgets to the Republican congress? - alcaray - 10/12/2006 5:42:19 PM
        
        We have the most important part of the solution in hand - Robert - 10/12/2006 4:27:49 PM
        
        Ah. The "we have a Secret Plan" gambit. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 10:07:07 PM
        
        Ah, the "I got nothing either, but you're a weiner" gambit (n/t) - tony - 10/13/2006 2:21:14 AM
        
        Your side has no solutions. No plan, no nothin'. - Bowser - 10/12/2006 6:34:00 AM
        
        Balls - Ian Cognito - 10/12/2006 4:27:55 AM
        
        Actually, I must confess I agree with you on that comment. (n/t) - ER - 10/12/2006 3:54:24 AM
        
        which one? - I.C. - 10/12/2006 4:38:45 AM
        
        That wasn't directed at you. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 4:04:25 AM
    - Good thought........ - Publius - 10/11/2006 9:38:43 PM
- "Quagmire" AND "Civil War" They've managed "both - and", not "either - or". - Bowser - 10/11/2006 8:06:10 PM

Paper for MoD (Brits) says "Iraq war 'recruiting extremists''" - Bowser - 10/12/2006 11:51:44 PM
- 10 Downing Street and MoD reply. - Bowser - 10/13/2006 3:48:16 AM
- ""It blames the ISI for "indirectly supporting terrorism and extremism, in Afghanistan or Iraq". - Lindy - 10/13/2006 1:34:03 AM
- Meanwhile: U.S. casualties surge amid worsening violence - Donald - 10/13/2006 1:05:22 AM

Anybody think Harry Reid should resign now to save the Democrats and himself from shame? - Scott Evil - 10/12/2006 5:35:40 PM
- Embarrassing desperation - Robert - 10/12/2006 7:07:27 PM
  - Not yer grandfather's cavalry - "HERE COME THE SWIFT BOATS!" - Bowser - 10/13/2006 3:34:18 AM
  - Yeah. If he was a Republican, that's EXACTLY what you would have said. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 9:59:38 PM
    - Drat, our left wing cabal is blown. - tony - 10/13/2006 2:19:32 AM
    - You have a bad habit of ASS U ming a lot, Tom. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 2:07:13 AM
- or not - Tony - 10/12/2006 6:03:12 PM

Johns Hopkins/Lancet pull another number out of their asses. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 4:07:44 AM
- Another study for comparison - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 4:01:32 AM
  - Well... - Laurie Street - 10/12/2006 6:30:33 AM
    - re: Well... - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 10:37:41 PM
      - Exact meanings - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 1:58:29 AM
- Considering no nukes, WMDs, no al-Qaeda no link to WTC - how many is too many? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/11/2006 6:49:21 PM
  - The "doesn't matter if it isn't true, the truth is bad enough" defense. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 6:54:03 PM
    - Please do NOT say it doesn't matter. How many innocent lives is too many innocent lives? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/11/2006 7:20:38 PM
- Link to actual study - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 5:35:40 PM
  - Shows a narrower range of estimates than the previous study - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 6:28:30 PM
    - re: Shows a narrower range of estimates than the previous study - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 6:52:46 PM
      - re: Shows a narrower range of estimates than the previous study - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 7:06:04 PM
  - Thanks - Robert - 10/11/2006 6:10:57 PM
    - Inconsistency - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 6:39:33 PM
      - Argument by incredulity - Robert - 10/11/2006 8:25:46 PM
        
        re: Argument by incredulity - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 1:46:58 AM
        
        "Perspective"? - Robert - 10/12/2006 3:05:41 AM
        
        "Yeah, it's probably BS but we need to do some real studies." I'll settle for that. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 3:47:54 AM
        
        See also "another study for comparison" above. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 4:02:59 AM
        
        Please do (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/12/2006 3:51:04 PM
      - re: Inconsistency - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 7:20:55 PM
        
        re: Inconsistency - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 7:56:47 PM
        
        au contraire - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 9:57:17 PM
      - Six Fallujahs - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 7:11:25 PM
  - OK, thanks. I'll read it. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 5:58:49 PM
- That's nothing. Remember the ONE MILLION IRAQI CHILDREN who supposedly died due to the sanctions? - David F Mayer - 10/11/2006 5:33:48 PM
  - People may be a little busy to dig up bodies of dead children for forensic investigation. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 10:23:15 PM
- Does it make you feel better, Tom... - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 3:29:58 PM
- What should be disturbing.... - Donald - 10/11/2006 12:47:00 PM
- Cluster surveys, used in this study, are routinely used to determine rates of death in natural disasters. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 12:17:11 PM
  - re: Cluster surveys, used in this study, are routinely used to determine rates of death in natural disasters. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 4:30:27 PM
    - The first point is a problem. Who are the authorities? - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 4:52:57 PM
      - re: Who are the authorities? - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 5:34:04 PM
        
        We'll see. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 5:55:17 PM
        
        re: We'll see. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 6:50:02 PM
        
        You know, I hear that same definition of "peer review" from creationists. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 7:16:06 PM
        
        I also still haven't read the thing yet, and won't as long as I'm arguing with you. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 7:17:38 PM
- Got any idea why Bush & Co. don't keep track of Iraqi deaths? - Bowser - 10/11/2006 6:37:04 AM

Head of British Army says "get out of Iraq sometime soon." - Bowser - 10/12/2006 11:35:31 PM
- Can you blame him? - Donald - 10/13/2006 1:15:35 AM
- Not until Laura and Barney give the okay, which will never happen. (n/t) - Eric - 10/13/2006 12:09:11 AM

The Age of Impunity - Donald - 10/12/2006 2:15:23 PM
- re: The Age of Incoherence - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 10:02:48 PM
- You make one giant leap... - Scott Evil - 10/12/2006 4:02:05 PM

I assume they have been and are doing the very best they know how. - Bowser - 10/12/2006 9:51:02 PM

Japan deals with North Korea - SDAi-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 8:14:49 AM
- Expect Japan to develop its own nuclear arsenal within a year. - David F Mayer - 10/12/2006 7:04:37 PM

Closure, of a sort - Fox - 10/12/2006 6:00:16 PM

Small plane hits NYC Apt. House - carl - 10/11/2006 8:16:26 PM
- Some updates - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2006 4:07:38 AM
  - Real Tragic - carl - 10/12/2006 4:13:17 PM

Can the Iraqi people stand this? - Bowser - 10/11/2006 3:53:48 PM
- I think that it is time to withdraw USA combat forces from Iraq. - David F Mayer - 10/11/2006 5:38:53 PM
  - I think the Iraqi Government already realizes - Buck Galaxy - 10/12/2006 4:20:01 AM

Submitted for your consideration... - ER - 10/10/2006 11:32:50 PM
- The law is there for a reason. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 12:37:13 PM
  - I was gonna say that - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 3:36:30 PM
    - Forgot something: - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 4:38:18 PM
- over regulation. end of story. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 10/11/2006 6:31:10 AM
- News story - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 2:58:18 AM
  - The problem here is...... - Lindy - 10/11/2006 4:35:02 AM
    - "New USA?" - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 5:04:41 AM
      - re: "New USA?" - Lindy - 10/11/2006 3:40:19 PM
- do child labor laws also apply? - podrock - 10/11/2006 2:44:12 AM
  - Kicking a hacky-sak - Lindy - 10/11/2006 4:41:22 AM
- In my day, we used to skateboard in the street. There was no problem. - RobVG - 10/11/2006 1:53:06 AM
  - Was that post-metal-wheels? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2006 3:30:36 PM
    - You had those too, eh alc? The tiniest pebble on the road... (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 3:37:58 PM
      - yeh. No way you could ride those on asphault very far - too much work. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2006 4:25:58 PM
        
        My first skateboard - Laurie Street - 10/11/2006 10:02:51 PM
- She's obviously terrorizing the US citizens walking the sidewalks. - Bowser - 10/11/2006 1:00:27 AM
- Hang her....(just kidding) - azstrummer - 10/10/2006 11:55:24 PM
  - Wow! We agree! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 12:17:10 AM

5 Norwegians to pick Nobel Peace Prize winner - Bowser - 10/12/2006 12:06:57 AM

LA TIMES: North Korea Isn't Our Problem - Donald - 10/11/2006 1:47:03 PM
- So you're in favor of multilateral negotations too? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2006 6:57:38 PM
- I have always thought that the US should deal with NK through China. - REB - 10/11/2006 1:53:35 PM
  - Why on Earth would China want to annex North Korea? - Mary Anne - 10/11/2006 8:55:33 PM
    - MA, you've put Condi to shame! - ER - 10/11/2006 11:50:14 PM

Lundberg Survey: Gas prices will rise after the November elections. - Bowser - 10/9/2006 5:15:26 AM
- NO.. NO ..NO.... NO!!!!! YOU LIE!!!!!! - carl - 10/11/2006 2:45:11 PM
- Because Democrats will raise that tax on Gas. - Scott Evil - 10/9/2006 2:29:23 PM
- Heating oil. Read the articles. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2006 5:25:00 AM
  - Well yeah but that only happens.... - FrankC - 10/9/2006 9:21:13 PM
  - Heating oil in the winter, driving in the summer. Broken pipes - whoops - elections. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/9/2006 5:36:50 PM

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