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Third Law of the Left... - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 6:49:21 AM
- "No leftist has ever legitimately lost an election.".......... - Publius - 8/31/2006 4:37:52 PM
  - Political Paranoia. - David F Mayer - 9/1/2006 5:13:47 PM
    - I yield to your affinity to paranoia........ - Publius - 9/2/2006 3:13:15 PM
- Right. What were the first two again? (n/t) - et - 8/31/2006 4:30:30 PM
  - re: Right. What were the first two again? - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 4:48:45 PM
    - Thanks, I'd lost my quick reference card... - dtb - 8/31/2006 6:08:27 PM
      - Actually... - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 6:37:45 PM
        
        because the Right would never do such a thing..... (n/t) - Tony - 8/31/2006 8:19:37 PM
        
        Hard to take this stuff seriously, and I couldn't think of a joke. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/31/2006 7:20:48 PM
    - Robespierre certainly agrees with IV. - Publius - 8/31/2006 6:02:42 PM
    - Robespierre certainly agrees with IV. - Publius - 8/31/2006 6:02:39 PM
      - Oh, please. - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 6:35:52 PM
        
        Oh, please, Oh brother.............. - Publius - 8/31/2006 9:41:42 PM
        
        re: Oh brother.............. - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 10:23:32 PM
        
        Too well reasoned to get a rational reply. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/31/2006 10:08:36 PM

Bush presidency defined by rush into Iraq and slow response to Katrina - deacon - 9/2/2006 2:39:35 PM

The plots the FBI is protecting us from. - Bowser - 9/2/2006 5:37:43 AM
- re: The plots the FBI is protecting us from. - ER - 9/2/2006 2:03:40 PM

The media war against Israel - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 7:11:57 PM
- Even more nonsensical than most. - Bowser - 8/31/2006 8:35:13 PM
  - Since you believe that Americans are being - David F Mayer - 9/1/2006 5:12:27 PM
- Thanks. It expses many of the lies. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/31/2006 8:25:49 PM
- 'Confederate Yankee' took the direct approach - Daniel - 8/31/2006 7:42:46 PM
  - The stories go on... - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 4:09:28 PM
    - yes indeed - Daniel - 9/2/2006 11:07:11 AM
  - Faux news - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 10:09:33 PM

Gas Prices fall QUICKER Than SKYLAB - carl - 8/31/2006 4:53:52 PM
- Gas prices dropped just before the last election - Lindy - 8/31/2006 10:28:21 PM
  - If you check around, there is NO change between now and higher prices. - Bowser - 9/1/2006 3:18:21 AM
    - which election? (n/t) - SDF - 9/1/2006 1:08:52 PM
  - re: Gas prices drop every fall. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 11:17:27 PM
    - OK, then Y do they stay 20-30 cents higher EACH CYCLE? - carl - 9/1/2006 5:00:44 PM
      - I see you figured it out - Lindy - 9/2/2006 5:44:42 AM

The US in Iraq and Afghanistan - not a chance of prevailing. - Bowser - 9/2/2006 1:54:02 AM

Global climate change - et - 9/1/2006 8:08:59 PM

Hearts and minds - American made cluster bombs still killin' 'em in Lebanon. - Bowser - 9/1/2006 6:03:46 PM
- It's the same mentality that some hold - Lindy - 9/1/2006 7:49:07 PM

Wonder if they could launch Trident missiles from Canaveral. - Bowser - 9/1/2006 7:17:25 PM

Hospitals targeted - alcaray - 8/31/2006 3:51:16 PM
- re: Hospitals targeted - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 4:12:39 PM
  - re: Hospitals targeted - Lindy - 9/1/2006 3:36:54 PM
    - Nice vote for tyranny. - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 5:40:11 PM
      - I guess I can't see the sunny side of the street - Lindy - 9/1/2006 6:57:26 PM
  - Bush opened Pandora's Box, and out came the toothpaste. - Bowser - 8/31/2006 4:22:51 PM

Those poor suffering prisoners at GITMO... - Scott Evil - 8/28/2006 1:39:57 PM
- I feel so sorry for them. I think that I shouldl mail each of them - David F Mayer - 8/28/2006 1:46:34 PM
  - Subject titles are inflammatory - Lindy - 8/28/2006 4:59:12 PM
  - Perfect example of the lynch mob mentality. - Bowser - 8/28/2006 4:30:46 PM
    - Sorry. They are "Prisoners of War" now. - David F Mayer - 8/29/2006 4:07:24 PM
      - So the Red Cross has the right to examine every inch of where they're held. - Mary Anne - 8/30/2006 1:47:10 AM
        
        Right. Sound fine with me. (n/t) - DFM - 8/30/2006 6:08:12 PM
        
        Tell me again about innocent until proven guilty... - Mary Anne - 8/30/2006 11:11:56 PM
        
        They are not being held as criminals, but POWs. - David F Mayer - 8/31/2006 5:23:02 PM
        
        But if they were not fighting but were only caught in a dragnet... - Mary Anne - 9/1/2006 12:53:27 AM
        
        The details of their respective captures have to be gone over. - David F Mayer - 9/1/2006 5:15:35 PM
        
        Apparently a little known fact... - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2006 2:24:45 AM
        
        Not complete, but access. - Mary Anne - 8/30/2006 11:10:35 PM
        
        Your article has a couple of problems... - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 2:48:55 AM
        
        I was aware that the US would not have dared to say no. - Mary Anne - 9/1/2006 12:57:19 AM
        
        re: the US would not have dared to say no. - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 5:46:52 PM
      - Moral: Be careful of what you ask for, because you just might get it. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/29/2006 4:08:01 PM

Humor: UN Send Force to Darfur - David F Mayer - 9/1/2006 3:18:03 PM

"Artist" immortalizes baby daughter of nut-case film-star - Daniel - 8/31/2006 4:23:27 PM
- Obviously that artist has never changed a newborn's diaper (n/t) - Lindy - 8/31/2006 10:29:50 PM
  - That may be an intentional part of the art... - alcaray - 9/1/2006 3:04:06 PM
  - True enough. - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 11:16:53 PM

Iran reveals real reason for heavy water production - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 1:58:54 AM
- Just a little humor. (n/t) - DFM - 9/1/2006 12:33:30 PM
- Lessee - Iran wants nuclear power, Pakistan wants plutonium. - Bowser - 9/1/2006 3:16:23 AM

Bush is "a dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights violating president.." - Publius - 8/31/2006 6:11:21 PM
- The whole world knows that. (n/t) - Eric - 9/1/2006 9:47:31 AM
- The AP story - Fox - 8/31/2006 6:56:52 PM

Pinocchio and Tom Sawyer convert to Islam - Daniel - 8/31/2006 4:13:27 PM
- Does the Blue Fairy wear a chador? (n/t) - sz - 9/1/2006 2:34:57 AM

GWB - "- - - I seriously hope people wouldn't politicize these issues that I'm going to talk about." - Bowser - 8/31/2006 4:17:36 PM
- Did you see any of his interview on NBC with Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News last night? - Lindy - 8/31/2006 10:39:55 PM

Iran's U.N. deadline tomorrow - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 4:27:59 AM
- Excerpt from the IAEA report - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 5:19:42 PM

Rumsfeld: War critics suffer 'moral confusion' - Bowser - 8/29/2006 6:46:01 PM
- How the AP reworked Rumsfeld's speech - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2006 9:03:02 PM
- Rumsfeld should have been fired after Abu Garaib - Lindy - 8/29/2006 7:33:24 PM
- Rummy, about THEM - "The constant drumbeat of the things they say often, which are not true, is harmful over time." - Bowser - 8/29/2006 7:29:23 PM
- Same guy, 2002 - "the new Afghanistan 'a breathtaking accomplishment' and 'a successful model of what could happen to Iraq.'" - Bowser - 8/29/2006 7:20:40 PM
  - re: Same guy, 2002 - "the new Afghanistan 'a breathtaking accomplishment' and 'a successful model of what could happen to Iraq.'" - gbaikie - 8/29/2006 9:22:27 PM

DNA no Match for JOHN MARK KARR......... - carl - 8/28/2006 8:13:42 PM
- Surprise, surprise... *yawn* (n/t) - Fox - 8/30/2006 2:58:25 AM
- Remember my position: "Wait until the evidence is in." - David F Mayer - 8/29/2006 4:03:38 PM
  - Wanted JOHNNY DEPP to play him in Movie - carl - 8/29/2006 7:49:57 PM
  - Compare and contrast with your position on Gitmo..... (n/t) - Tony - 8/29/2006 4:30:34 PM
    - POWs do not get tried. They simply are held until the - David F Mayer - 8/30/2006 6:07:12 PM
      - Your position. - alcaray - 8/30/2006 6:17:42 PM
    - Bingo, you nailed it Tony.... (n/t) - Lindy - 8/29/2006 5:43:04 PM
- re: DNA no Match for JOHN MARK KARR......... - Eric - 8/29/2006 3:12:04 AM
  - Ahhh, WTH, put him on trial - carl - 8/29/2006 4:13:12 PM
  - give him the death penalty just the same... - Scott Evil - 8/29/2006 1:39:06 PM

Update on the British bomb plot - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 2:33:51 AM
- re: Update on the British bomb plot - azstrummer - 8/23/2006 5:48:36 PM
  - re: Update on the British bomb plot - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2006 6:34:33 PM
    - does "good old-fashioned police work" include that which is done by spooks, in your opinion? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/24/2006 5:16:08 PM
      - Depends. - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 7:49:32 PM
        
        I'm sure you are aware of the guys we had on the ground in Afganistan? - alcaray - 8/24/2006 9:22:31 PM
    - re: Update on the British bomb plot - azstrummer - 8/23/2006 8:16:01 PM
- It is all a hoax by the Republicans to help win the coming election. - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 1:28:09 AM
  - And you thought you were being sarcastic. Look around. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2006 1:42:26 AM
    - You are correct. I am amazed at how many people - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 5:27:25 PM
      - Search for the word "Sweden" in your post - azstrummer - 8/23/2006 8:58:03 PM
        
        Sweden doesn't get attacked because it is Boring. - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 6:49:11 PM
        
        Well said Art, thank you (n/t) - McFly - 8/24/2006 1:56:24 AM
      - Who? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/23/2006 5:35:22 PM
        
        Bowser, Publius, and the rest of the FarLeft crowd. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 8:30:33 PM
        
        Show of hands: Bowser, Publius, and "the rest of the FarLeft crowd"... - alcaray - 8/23/2006 9:08:37 PM
        
        re: "the rest of the FarLeft crowd"... - Fox - 8/25/2006 2:08:30 AM
        
        Personally, I don't believe anyone can fight lawlessness with more lawlessness. - Mary Anne - 8/24/2006 4:56:23 AM
        
        You are partially correct. we shouldn't just bomb and run... - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 6:46:11 PM
        
        Police methods work well where there are policemen. - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 6:33:21 AM
        
        Yes. We have policemen. - Mary Anne - 8/24/2006 2:25:15 PM
        
        "Yes. We have policemen." In countries that harbor & sponsor terrorists? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/30/2006 6:12:37 PM
        
        Just in case I fit David's whacky definition of "FarLeft"... - alcaray - 8/23/2006 9:10:59 PM
    - At who? (n/t) - Tony - 8/23/2006 2:33:52 PM
- So if it's not a wag-the-dog thing.... - Robert - 8/22/2006 5:25:20 PM
  - You do not understand the terrorist mentality. - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 1:30:46 AM
    - AGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!....the Terrorist mentality..... - Publius - 8/23/2006 8:26:03 PM
      - So how did you liberals fix that problem with the Latin Kings? - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 7:23:27 PM
        
        wrongo again Bush boy............ - Publius - 8/25/2006 3:03:48 AM
        
        Good to hear they were arrested. - Scott Evil - 8/25/2006 6:59:11 PM
      - Surely, there are other terrorists. - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 8:41:57 PM
        
        David, come to the real world..... - Publius - 8/24/2006 1:47:02 PM
        
        If these guys were setting of bombs in public places - David F Mayer - 8/24/2006 7:22:09 PM
        
        And notice that the Democrats are proposing solutions to Gang terrorism. - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 7:26:25 PM
    - You made up every word of that - Robert - 8/23/2006 4:51:07 PM
  - re: So if it's not a wag-the-dog thing.... - ER - 8/22/2006 6:14:50 PM
- It was a hoax. Made up by Carl Rove. - A. Leftleaner - 8/22/2006 1:54:26 PM
  - re: It was a hoax. Made up by Carl Rove. - Joe Mewbourne - 8/23/2006 5:12:50 AM

Did BP (British Petroleum) get caught in a lie? - Eric - 8/20/2006 2:06:09 PM
- Do ursine fauna defecate in sylvan biomes? - David F Mayer - 8/29/2006 4:10:16 PM
  - In case anybody's interested in information - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2006 5:23:03 PM
    - A little more information - alcaray - 8/29/2006 9:39:59 PM
- re: Did BP (British Petroleum) get caught in a lie? - gbaikie - 8/20/2006 9:25:34 PM
- Corporals of industry - ER - 8/20/2006 4:18:32 PM
  - Also cost the shareholders an 11% drop in value in one day...... (n/t) - Publius - 8/20/2006 5:00:07 PM
    - Wonder who was buying during that drop? (n/t) - Bowser - 8/20/2006 5:36:41 PM
      - I wonder who sold out BEFORE the announcement. - David F Mayer - 8/30/2006 6:10:38 PM

Zewail calls for jihad for modernity and enlightenment - gbaikie - 8/30/2006 2:11:17 AM
- democracy is not a cure all - alcaray - 8/30/2006 5:32:36 PM
  - No, democracy itself does not solve problems. - David F Mayer - 8/30/2006 6:04:58 PM

I missed out on most of the fun! - alcaray - 8/29/2006 10:56:00 PM
- re: I missed out on most of the fun! - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2006 11:18:37 PM
  - Ted Stevens according to TPM. (n/t) - Tony - 8/30/2006 12:16:05 PM
    - Wasn't he supposed to resign if he didn't get his way during that funding fight? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2006 4:07:59 PM
      - Or was it exacting revenge on the unbelievers until his very last breath? - Tony - 8/30/2006 4:23:52 PM

And some people want to blame Bush for the mess in Iraq. - Lee - 8/26/2006 10:11:06 PM
- So tell us, Lee... - ER - 8/27/2006 11:52:49 PM
  - Well... - Lee - 8/30/2006 12:44:04 AM
    - That's what I thought you'd say. (n/t) - ER - 8/30/2006 2:55:22 AM
      - Race has nothing to do with it. - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2006 5:03:01 AM
- Why? (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 8/27/2006 5:11:58 AM

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