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A Textbook Definition of Cowardice - Jack Herer - 9/27/2006 5:13:56 PM
- So Oberman believes Clinton was obsessed with killing Bin Ladin? - Scott Evil - 9/27/2006 8:40:54 PM
  - re: So Oberman believes Clinton was obsessed with killing Bin Ladin? - azstrummer - 9/27/2006 10:00:23 PM
    - Sorry but the TRUTH IS Clinton Was NOT obsessed with Bin Ladin. - Scott Evil - 9/28/2006 1:26:21 PM
      - re: Sorry but the TRUTH IS Clinton Was NOT obsessed with Bin Ladin. - azstrummer - 9/28/2006 5:32:15 PM

Scary - "Dow finishes at second-highest close ever" - Bowser - 9/27/2006 1:29:50 AM
- I don't like using the DJIA - sz - 9/27/2006 3:01:28 AM
  - Agreed - Buck Galaxy - 9/27/2006 7:53:13 AM
    - The markets crashed while Clinton was President. - Scott Evil - 9/27/2006 3:33:55 PM
      - Hah, hah,hah. "You leftists need to quit trying to re-write financial history." - Bowser - 9/27/2006 7:03:52 PM
        
        March 2000. I was here when the techs all crashed. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2006 9:17:16 PM
        
        It was kind of a slow motion crash - alcaray - 9/27/2006 10:56:22 PM
        
        re: slow motion - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2006 11:36:54 PM
        
        your graph shows the NASDAQ decline happening over a 3 year period - alcaray - 9/28/2006 4:26:40 PM

CIA - Terrorists using Iraq to train, then spread throughout the world. - Bowser - 9/28/2006 2:49:49 PM
- Good example of Bush being a uniter and not a divider.... - Publius - 9/28/2006 3:33:30 PM

7-11 Dumps Chavez & his Citgo gasoline - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/27/2006 11:11:33 PM
- Current low gas prices another anti-Chavez move by W's Administration? - E.P. - 9/28/2006 1:36:12 PM
  - Another possible explanation for the $1 drop in gas prices - E.P. - 9/28/2006 3:00:25 PM

Heralded Iraq police academy a disaster - Donald - 9/28/2006 2:21:22 PM

The Vatican taking a stand against religous fanaticism. - Scott Evil - 9/28/2006 1:43:55 PM

This is truly funny - "US troop presence keeps neighbors from invading Iraq: Talabani" - Bowser - 9/27/2006 11:24:46 PM

$2.11/gal gas......BIG TIME ROAD TRIP with my EXCURSION!!!! - carl - 9/27/2006 3:32:46 PM
- Proud of ya! The American Dream, personified!!! - Bowser - 9/27/2006 7:07:58 PM
- re: $2.11/gal gas......BIG TIME ROAD TRIP with my EXCURSION!!!! - azstrummer - 9/27/2006 5:47:10 PM
- Doesn't the excursion run on E80? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/27/2006 3:35:26 PM
  - Ran on FUMES and was PARKED - carl - 9/27/2006 5:33:13 PM

Attack Politics: Have Bush or Cheney committed any impeachable offense? - E.P. - 9/26/2006 3:24:39 PM
- Interesting question... - ER - 9/27/2006 2:23:25 AM
  - re: Interesting question... - azstrummer - 9/27/2006 6:01:24 PM
- re: Attack Politics: Have Bush or Cheney committed any impeachable offense? - azstrummer - 9/26/2006 3:51:47 PM
  - Too many to count. And that's just what we know about. - Bowser - 9/27/2006 1:19:37 AM
    - What are they then? Be specific (n/t) - E.P. - 9/27/2006 1:39:07 AM

Guess which party will blow this out of the water? Last thing they want! - Bowser - 9/27/2006 1:26:57 AM
- "I predict billions for war, not one red cent for a verifiable election" - Lindy - 9/27/2006 4:10:11 PM
- Kind of a waste isn't it? - Scott Evil - 9/27/2006 3:39:13 PM

Question for Jewish (and non-Jewish) zoners - sz - 9/23/2006 8:19:39 PM
- The American Nazi Party used to have a self-hating half-Jew for a leader; can't recall his name. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/24/2006 10:38:56 PM
  - Yes, you're absolutely right. - ER - 9/25/2006 1:19:06 AM
    - In Chicago, jewish chlid molestor Frank Joseph Collins was active (n/t) - E.P. - 9/25/2006 2:04:27 PM
    - Was that John Lincoln Rockwell? - FrankC - 9/25/2006 3:01:32 AM
      - naah a sniper got him (n/t) - FrankC - 9/25/2006 3:04:08 AM
    - *Another* one? - Mary Anne - 9/25/2006 1:39:21 AM
  - Does the name "Harold Covington" (aka "Winston Smith") ring a bell? - Mary Anne - 9/25/2006 12:50:46 AM
    - Isn't Winston Smith the hero of 1984? (n/t) - ER - 9/26/2006 12:56:45 AM
      - LOL! Indeed he is, and I bet Covington thinks of himself that way too. - Mary Anne - 9/27/2006 2:55:28 AM
  - Frank Collin (no relation to astronaut Frank Collins) (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/25/2006 12:29:06 AM
    - re: Astronauts Collins were Michael and Eileen; Frank = Frank Borman (n/t) - Raoul - 9/25/2006 8:14:54 AM
      - Whoops, I stand corrected. (n/t) - DFM - 9/25/2006 8:05:12 PM
    - Oh, another colorful character. - Mary Anne - 9/25/2006 1:06:07 AM
- signifies nothing. - FrankC - 9/24/2006 8:45:22 PM
  - LOL! Disagree. - Mary Anne - 9/24/2006 9:04:14 PM
    - Hi :) - FrankC - 9/24/2006 9:33:06 PM
- There is a legitimate objection to Jews....... - Publius - 9/24/2006 2:29:29 PM
  - I found Jerry's use f the term "Soup Nazi" for some restaurant owner to be insulting to Holocaust victims. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/24/2006 10:40:37 PM
    - GET OVER IT!!!!!!! - carl - 9/25/2006 4:32:36 PM
      - Spring Time for Hitler had such a poetic ring to it...... (n/t) - Publius - 9/25/2006 5:13:21 PM
        
        Don't be stupid, be a SMARTY, come and JOIN the NAZI PARTY!!! - carl - 9/27/2006 3:22:03 PM
- Only three choices? - Mary Anne - 9/23/2006 11:12:06 PM
  - I'm inclined to agree with you - sz - 9/24/2006 1:46:43 AM
    - Yesterday - Mary Anne - 9/24/2006 3:17:03 PM
      - Amen. (n/t) - Bowser (American canine non sapiens)) - 9/24/2006 4:19:35 PM
  - And a happy Day of Remembrance to you too. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/23/2006 11:16:48 PM

Absolutely perfect definition of quagmire from the intel paper. - Bowser - 9/27/2006 1:18:16 AM

"Don’t Let America Be Held Hostage By the Authoritarians" - John Dean - 9/25/2006 8:34:57 PM
- Thanks for that Robert - Lindy - 9/25/2006 11:59:29 PM
  - The controlled press - Lindy - 9/26/2006 2:47:34 AM
- Three initials: F.D.R. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/25/2006 10:06:29 PM
  - Whatsa matter, don't want to tangle with Clinton? - Robert - 9/25/2006 10:55:45 PM
    - Get real...I invoked almost all the lefties and NONE responded - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/25/2006 11:12:39 PM
      - a) I'm not sure I'm a "leftist", - alcaray - 9/26/2006 5:54:45 PM
      - "Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again" - Robert - 9/26/2006 4:06:15 PM
        
        It all depends on you point of view. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/27/2006 12:09:02 AM
        
        FDR - FrankC - 9/26/2006 8:45:36 PM
      - The n/t deluge ;-) Wooosh! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/26/2006 5:14:27 AM
      - It's called "consider the source." (n/t) - Fox - 9/26/2006 12:52:26 AM
        
        George T. Eggleston is quite credible. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/26/2006 5:03:59 AM
        
        Heh, heh. You might not be. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/26/2006 6:14:42 AM
      - None responded because it wasn't worthy of a response. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/26/2006 12:47:37 AM
        
        You think your posts are substantial enough to de-bait us - Lindy - 9/26/2006 12:59:17 AM
        
        My, my Lindy, why are you picking on MA? - FrankC - 9/26/2006 6:33:25 AM
        
        I wasn't, that post was inteneded for Tech1 - Lindy - 9/26/2006 2:55:15 PM
      - Tell us again how good is is NOW. Eager ears await. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/25/2006 11:49:59 PM
- re: "Don?t Let America Be Held Hostage By the Authoritarians" - Laurie Street - 9/25/2006 8:46:00 PM
  - Shhh. - Bowser - 9/25/2006 9:15:53 PM

cheapening genocide - alcaray - 9/26/2006 8:00:59 PM

Iraq increases terrorism, US spy agencies say, and Bush's pettiness embarrasses. - Bowser - 9/24/2006 1:02:40 AM
- Muslim Rage: A Problem, Not a War - Donald - 9/24/2006 3:39:56 PM
  - So Clinton was wrong to "obsess" about killing Bin Ladin? - Scott Evil - 9/25/2006 7:03:53 PM
    - Sudan? Guatemala? - Lindy - 9/26/2006 1:03:28 AM
  - Falling for propaganda - E.P. - 9/24/2006 4:04:44 PM
    - Back where I come from... - alcaray - 9/25/2006 3:06:46 PM
      - re: Back where I come from... - Lindy - 9/26/2006 1:06:30 AM
        
        Well sure. When Hiz performed the kidnapping and raid and rocket attack... - alcaray - 9/26/2006 3:50:23 PM
      - What country is that? - E.P. - 9/25/2006 6:06:05 PM
        
        the ex-Bear Republic - alcaray - 9/25/2006 6:43:08 PM
- Avoiding THE ISSUE again: Israeli thefts of Palestianian land increases terrorism - E.P. - 9/24/2006 2:20:15 PM
  - You don' know your history; you don't know your recent politics. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/24/2006 10:37:21 PM
    - Abbot and Costello history... - Publius - 9/25/2006 5:04:10 PM
    - That's silly. Your justification for genocide. - Bowser - 9/24/2006 11:32:45 PM
      - Hey Bow---I liked it - Publius - 9/25/2006 5:08:36 PM
        
        Easy. - Bowser - 9/25/2006 6:35:56 PM
- Shouldn't surprise anyone - Donald - 9/24/2006 2:05:24 PM

This looks to me like a brilliant idea - E.P. - 9/25/2006 6:16:08 PM
- Very good idea. It's time has come. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/26/2006 4:41:24 AM

Retired Officers to Criticize Rumsfeld - Donald - 9/25/2006 12:48:00 PM
- re: Retired Officers to Criticize Rumsfeld - azstrummer - 9/26/2006 12:02:30 AM

Osama dead? (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 9/23/2006 1:32:02 PM
- Yes, Osama is dead for the 1,000th time. This calls for a celebration. - David F Mayer - 9/25/2006 12:34:29 AM
  - Yes, and Generalissimo Franciso Franco is STILLL DEAD!!!!! - carl - 9/25/2006 4:35:07 PM
    - Yes, DNA is the best way. - David F Mayer - 9/25/2006 8:08:32 PM
- U.S. can't confirm. So much for our know-all ultra expensive intellegence (n/t) - Eric - 9/23/2006 2:27:26 PM

Oceans on cooling trend - alcaray - 9/22/2006 3:39:38 PM
- There are other factors at work, too. - ER - 9/23/2006 12:43:33 AM
- Polar holes in ozone letting in UV... - E.P. - 9/22/2006 5:35:22 PM
  - The piece specifically discounts ice melt. - alcaray - 9/22/2006 6:03:09 PM
    - re: The piece specifically discounts ice melt. - gbaikie - 9/22/2006 8:41:44 PM
      - re: The piece specifically discounts ice melt. - E.P. - 9/23/2006 5:29:24 PM

The High Speed Train (TGV) is 25 years old - Raoul - 9/23/2006 10:35:02 AM

War deaths match WTC losses - and what do we have for it? - Bowser - 9/23/2006 1:31:21 AM
- You mean our military. Iraq is having a 9/11 every month. - et - 9/23/2006 2:26:09 AM
  - Janis Joplin and GWB - "freedom's just another name for nothing left to lose." - Bowser - 9/23/2006 2:56:36 AM

Who ya gonna believe - a Muslim dictator or Bush & Co.? - Bowser - 9/22/2006 8:18:54 PM
- re: Who ya gonna believe - a Muslim dictator or Bush & Co.? - azstrummer - 9/22/2006 9:21:30 PM
  - re: Who ya gonna believe - a Muslim dictator or Bush & Co.? - Lindy - 9/23/2006 1:19:17 AM
  - Thinking of what would have to happen. - Bowser - 9/22/2006 10:56:33 PM
    - I have repeatedly said........ - Lindy - 9/23/2006 1:55:41 AM

Heard on the BBC... - ER - 9/22/2006 12:55:08 PM
- "Bush administration has been outsourcing torture missions to the Syrian Secret Service" - Lindy - 9/23/2006 12:48:20 AM
- CIA agents 'refused to operate' at secret jails - Bowser - 9/22/2006 2:00:12 PM
  - And according to NPR... - McFly - 9/22/2006 2:57:39 PM
    - "if one wanted to create an American Gestapo, something like this would be a necessary step. " - Lindy - 9/23/2006 12:44:07 AM
    - Legal=right - Robert - 9/22/2006 5:05:20 PM

Those sly R's - torture will continue unabated. When a deal is not a deal. - Bowser - 9/23/2006 12:27:43 AM

Chavez at Cooper College in NY: Bush Committing Genocide - Standing Ovation - Eric - 9/21/2006 3:56:29 PM
- Anything for a Gallon of OIL - carl - 9/22/2006 5:37:33 PM

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