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I think it all starts when they grow that kind of beard... - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 8:21:45 PM
- Re:Mel - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2006 9:05:53 PM
- Hey - I'm just a nice guy who's a little bit stressed - Mel - 7/29/2006 10:35:29 PM
  - Going for the lead in Saddam The Musical? (n/t) - Tony - 7/30/2006 1:47:12 AM
  - I don't go by the pictures. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 10:58:43 PM
    - Gets a pass for being drunk? - FrankC - 7/30/2006 5:55:59 PM
    - Full agreement - ER - 7/30/2006 12:45:15 PM
      - re: Full agreement - Daniel - 7/30/2006 1:41:10 PM
        
        re: Full agreement - gbaikie - 7/30/2006 10:14:47 PM
        
        re: Full agreement - ER - 7/30/2006 2:46:31 PM
    - well then you deny yourself an obvious source of information - Daniel] - 7/30/2006 5:25:12 AM
      - I didn't say all artists were eccentric or nuts... - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 6:04:38 AM

Hezbollah and the civilians - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 6:16:24 AM

Kerry blathers on... - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2006 2:56:26 AM
- re: Kerry blathers on... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2006 3:47:15 AM
- Its really quite simple... - Donald - 7/25/2006 1:29:35 AM
  - Kerry is a fraud. - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 3:33:20 PM
  - Try and think it through. - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2006 2:47:03 AM
    - "...destroy Hezbollah" That's what Israel said she needed a few weeks to accomplish. - alcaray - 7/25/2006 3:38:37 PM
      - So tell me... - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2006 4:37:20 PM
        
        I'm a Brilliant Person with capital letters and everything? Thanks, Tom! - alcaray - 7/25/2006 5:22:01 PM
        
        You got nothing. - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2006 8:51:28 PM
        
        you mis-read - alcaray - 7/25/2006 9:33:52 PM
        
        Hezbollah holds ten percent of the seats in the Lebanese government. - Tom Brosz - 7/26/2006 5:34:01 AM
        
        Furthermore (a recap of your post and a question)... - alcaray - 7/26/2006 10:41:23 PM
        
        Hey! No right-back-atchas allowed! ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 7/27/2006 5:43:40 PM
        
        (I love tom when he's doing Archie Bunker) (n/t) - alcaray - 7/27/2006 5:48:48 PM
        
        On Israeli's opinion and my advice in the simplest terms possible - alcaray - 7/26/2006 9:56:48 PM
        
        Is this an example of conservative helplessness in the face of violence? - alcaray - 7/26/2006 5:43:25 PM
        
        Your list of complaints against Lebanon is incomplete - alcaray - 7/26/2006 4:27:11 PM
        
        You haven't written one thing that does anything but confirm my statement. - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 12:04:24 AM
        
        We disagree, then. You can make fun of me when Hiz is gone in two weeks and there is peace in the middle-east. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/27/2006 2:55:14 PM
        
        It will take longer than that. - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 4:40:18 PM
        
        Where did it get them? - Tony - 7/27/2006 5:42:24 PM
        
        re: Where did Sharon get them? - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 6:19:30 PM
        
        So your solution is? - Tony - 7/27/2006 8:11:58 PM
        
        Sharons. Ideas. Didn't. Work. - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 10:24:46 PM
        
        Occupation. Of. Lebanon. Didn't. Work. The. first. Time. Either. - Tony - 7/28/2006 1:54:37 PM
        
        "Stop being so disdainful of other's ideas if ya got nothing yourself." - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 11:52:22 PM
        
        re: And Syria is laughing - Andrew - 7/29/2006 5:35:17 PM
        
        So, your answer is for Israel to just hunker down and take it? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 11:33:49 PM
        
        And yet, in those 18 years Israel completely failed to disband Hezbollah. - Tony - 7/29/2006 2:09:33 AM
        
        Maybe they didn't disband it... - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 2:23:05 AM
        
        Read this - tony - 7/29/2006 2:16:26 AM
        
        So what is Israel supposed to do? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 2:43:52 AM
        
        I have no idea. - tony - 7/29/2006 5:10:47 AM
        
        "Same thing we always do, Pinky." (n/t) - alcaray - 7/27/2006 8:39:42 PM
        
        I'm at the blue-in-the-face stage. Have fun with it. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/27/2006 5:29:23 PM
      - You think the US should negotiate with Hezbolla? - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 3:49:22 PM
- Even conservatives are calling it a failed presidency. - Bowser - 7/24/2006 5:57:49 AM
  - Okay. "Kerry could have done worse." How's that? - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2006 5:23:56 PM
    - If Buckley supported a Republican Administration - it would NOT be news... - Tony - 7/27/2006 5:45:45 PM
    - Hah! - alcaray - 7/25/2006 6:25:38 PM
      - Can you tell Tom got nothing from that post I put on flame last week? (n/t) - Tony - 7/27/2006 5:46:59 PM
    - "there is a large number of Americans and others ostensibly on our side that are dedicated to our defeat." - Bowser - 7/24/2006 6:25:21 PM
      - My side isn't losing... Bin Ladin and all the other lunatic's haven't been able to hit the USA since 9/11 - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 3:36:30 PM
        
        2,600 American dead, $1 trillion spent, prestige - GONE! - Bowser - 7/25/2006 6:32:43 PM
        
        I'm employed, your employed...Terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 7:14:31 PM
        
        Narcissists judge everything by how it affects them. - Bowser - 7/25/2006 7:52:42 PM
        
        Only a fool wouldn't look out for number one. - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 10:06:07 PM
        
        Example of a fool - Mary Anne - 7/26/2006 12:53:47 AM
  - And the irony is............. - Lindy - 7/24/2006 4:01:39 PM
    - Bush created a no-win situation. Can't blame anyone for cutting losses. - Bowser - 7/25/2006 6:34:15 PM
    - And if Kerry's risky approach were taken - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 3:43:34 PM
      - and if the sky fell tomorrow............. - Publius - 7/25/2006 11:28:30 PM
      - It's like closing the barn door after the horses have fled - Lindy - 7/25/2006 5:43:28 PM

EXXON makes Record 10 BILLION Dollars this past quarter Price Gouging Us and the President Doesn't Stop It - Lindy - 7/28/2006 1:31:42 PM
- Sorry, it's Business - RNE - 7/29/2006 1:24:07 PM
- About a 9.5 percent profit. - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 5:47:27 PM
  - You know how I feel about this sort of thing - Benjamin Disraeli - 7/28/2006 8:19:32 PM
    - Changing the rules in the middle of the game. - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 11:32:16 PM
      - re: Changing the rules in the middle of the game. - azstrummer - 7/29/2006 2:45:34 AM
        
        And by the way... - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:23:36 AM
        
        re: gilded lives - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:16:13 AM
      - exCUSE me - Robert - 7/29/2006 12:24:22 AM
        
        ROCE - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 1:47:06 AM
    - aha! - Achmed al-Yasir Ibn Kayyam - 7/28/2006 11:25:57 PM
    - So buy some stock in the enterprise and reep your fair share of all theose unjust profits. - Scott Evil - 7/28/2006 10:16:45 PM
      - There's a lot more to it than that. - Mary Anne - 7/29/2006 1:52:32 AM
        
        Depends on who's to pay it. - Mary Anne - 7/30/2006 12:45:28 AM
        
        Meant to reply to Tom, just below this. Oops. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/30/2006 12:46:27 AM
        
        So, how do you feel about adding a dollar to the gas tax? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:04:10 AM
      - There's nothing stoping me? - Robert - 7/28/2006 11:34:31 PM
- Gee And It's Not Because Of Cheap Oil - ID - 7/28/2006 3:52:39 PM
- Answer is............ NOT ENOUGH PRODUCT!!!!! - carl - 7/28/2006 2:57:21 PM
  - Well... we could buy more crude than we do today... - alcaray - 7/28/2006 3:33:01 PM
    - Keep price of Consumer Product ARTIFICIALLY HIGH - carl - 7/28/2006 4:10:49 PM
- re: EXXON makes Record 10 BILLION Dollars this past quarter Price Gouging Us and the President Doesn't Stop It - azstrummer - 7/28/2006 2:26:11 PM
  - We need federal intervention - Lindy - 7/28/2006 3:03:56 PM
    - Oil Lobbyists and the Feds.......... - carl - 7/28/2006 4:17:23 PM
  - Petroluem Products touch our everyday LIVES....... - carl - 7/28/2006 2:59:27 PM

The mess in the Middle East - Donald - 7/14/2006 1:17:44 PM
- re: The mess in the Middle East - ER - 7/14/2006 2:31:51 PM
  - rie: re: The mess in the Middle East - Thomas - 7/29/2006 4:42:28 PM
  - re: The mess in the Middle East - Donald - 7/14/2006 7:40:53 PM
    - re: Its not Bush's fault. It is Carter's - Scott Evil - 7/14/2006 9:21:31 PM
      - Maybe it's the fault of the people living there. - Lee - 7/15/2006 2:18:52 AM
      - Maybe it was Reagan's fault, - ER - 7/14/2006 10:31:55 PM
        
        Yes, Reagan Cut and Ran also. - Scott Evil - 7/17/2006 5:55:18 PM
        
        re: Maybe it was Reagan's fault, - gbaikie - 7/17/2006 1:51:39 AM
        
        Reagan is definitely on the "cut and run" list. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 6:57:45 PM
        
        Allright...... - Lindy - 7/15/2006 2:08:40 AM
    - At what point does the clue sink in? - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2006 8:25:06 PM
  - Yes that is all true. - Scott Evil - 7/14/2006 3:10:18 PM
- Who cares? They've been fighting for 50 years. I'm surprised it made the news. (n/t) - SDF - 7/14/2006 2:11:52 PM
  - 50 years? More like 9,500 years. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/14/2006 6:43:08 PM
    - Or even 39 years ago - LJK - 7/14/2006 7:18:38 PM
  - Over 50 yrs, it's GENETIC!!!! - carl - 7/14/2006 3:08:23 PM
    - NO WAY!!!!!!! - carl - 7/14/2006 5:01:52 PM
      - I agree with you. It IS genetic. (n/t) - SDF - 7/16/2006 12:59:12 PM
    - Born to hate? - Lindy - 7/14/2006 3:49:32 PM
      - Born To Run.......... - carl - 7/14/2006 5:02:44 PM
      - From South Pacific - LJK - 7/14/2006 4:08:45 PM

More fallout from the wars to promote terrorism. Bringin' 'em up! - Bowser - 7/28/2006 8:16:53 PM
- What's your solution to this particular issue, which predates 9/11? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 9:37:20 PM
  - When Bush created the predictable no-win strategy - - - - Bowser - 7/29/2006 5:29:03 AM
    - Excuse me? Pakistan? Taliban? Remember? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 6:24:11 AM

Good News From Iraq - Bowser - 7/29/2006 5:40:56 AM

Bush mulling troops for Lebanon; Military shocked - Jack Herer - 7/28/2006 12:28:53 PM
- A well-connected former CIA officer has told me that the first officer is full of beans. - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 5:52:56 PM
  - Hah hah hah!!! That's an anonymous "well-connected former CIA officer", isn't it??!! - Bowser - 7/28/2006 6:25:25 PM
    - Whoooshh! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 11:43:13 PM
      - Got me. Good one!! (n/t) - Bowser - 7/29/2006 12:27:07 AM
        
        Don't feel too bad. It happens to us all. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 3:01:46 AM
  - And what a success Bush's Middle East policy is, I'm sure. - Bowser - 7/28/2006 6:05:59 PM
- Think Geopolitically: The Axis of Evil. - ER - 7/28/2006 3:48:03 PM
  - re: Think Geopolitically: The Axis of Evil. - a dalek - 7/28/2006 7:21:50 PM
  - Yes, but their presence would eventually necessitate that we hold the party - alcaray - 7/28/2006 5:17:56 PM
    - Inherit the wind... - ER - 7/28/2006 5:49:24 PM
- The US is sending arms to Israel, and aid to Lebanon - Lindy - 7/28/2006 1:38:12 PM

What Would Mohammed Do? - David F Mayer - 7/28/2006 5:57:02 PM
- Like the founders of most religions - sz - 7/28/2006 11:28:36 PM

North & South Korean Armies Compared - David F Mayer - 7/28/2006 4:40:05 PM
- Speculation like this often leads to nasty surprises. - alcaray - 7/28/2006 6:58:07 PM
  - I am not suggesting that SK attack NK. - David F Mayer - 7/28/2006 7:56:45 PM
    - Typical South Korean supermarket? - Tony - 7/28/2006 8:14:01 PM
      - Woops, wrong link. But it matters little. - David F Mayer - 7/28/2006 8:49:56 PM
    - I understood you perfectly (n/t) - alcaray - 7/28/2006 8:00:01 PM
  - re: Speculation like this often leads to nasty surprises. - ER - 7/28/2006 7:05:17 PM

More Great Achievements from the Socialist Workers' Paradise of Zimbabwe - David F Mayer - 7/28/2006 8:41:00 PM

Another Revealing MSNBC Poll - Jack Herer - 7/28/2006 6:06:02 PM
- Complete this sentence: All online polls --- ----. (n/t) - Tony - 7/28/2006 7:34:21 PM

If you're gonna have a wall, might as well make it useful - LJK - 7/28/2006 5:51:10 PM

U.N. Report on Lebanon - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 4:52:52 AM
- re: The Israeli aattack on Khyam was irresponsible and at best incompetent. - Andrew - 7/28/2006 3:57:38 PM

Chris Matthews comes unglued - gbaikie - 7/26/2006 10:34:33 PM
- He sounded pretty reasonable to me. (n/t) - ER - 7/27/2006 12:03:23 AM
- Too long for me to read right now. What did you disagree with? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/26/2006 10:47:57 PM
  - re: Too long for me to read right now. What did you disagree with? - gbaikie - 7/27/2006 12:31:01 AM
    - got nothing huh? (n/t) - Tony - 7/27/2006 5:38:25 PM
      - re: got nothing huh? - gbaikie - 7/28/2006 12:53:06 AM
        
        I still haven't read it. If you can't decode... - alcaray - 7/28/2006 3:19:09 PM
        
        Why didn't you say that to begin with? (n/t) - ER - 7/28/2006 1:59:19 AM
        
        I thought it was unneccessary (n/t) - gbaikie - 7/28/2006 2:43:57 AM

"more than a full year longer than the time between Pearl Harbor and the surrender of Japan" - Bowser - 7/27/2006 3:38:39 PM
- Problem now is ENEMY hides among it's own..... - carl - 7/27/2006 5:54:21 PM
  - Oh, please!!! - Bowser - 7/27/2006 6:51:35 PM
    - re: Oh, please!!! - Lindy - 7/28/2006 2:15:24 AM
    - "Put on a uniform?" - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 7:28:35 PM
      - Unfortunately........the CATS are out of the bag - Lindy - 7/28/2006 2:17:18 AM
      - I responded to Carl. Please read his post, then post yer inane non sequitors. (n/t) - Bowser - 7/27/2006 7:54:53 PM
- "failure to understand the radical Muslim enemy as a whole" - Robert - 7/27/2006 4:15:51 PM
  - "Bush seems to be pursuing a strategy of uniting all these once-separate and often-uncooperative groups into a common cause against the US" - Lindy - 7/28/2006 1:44:32 PM

The issue at the heart of the crisis... - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 5:57:50 AM
- your other points and posts - Daniel - 7/28/2006 1:41:05 PM

Landis and the Tour de France - Bowser - 7/28/2006 5:29:49 AM

Michael Yon on Jihad - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 10:45:07 PM
- I'm surprised Al-Jazeera broadcast that interview. (n/t) - ER - 7/28/2006 3:46:16 AM

On-scene analysis of Lebanon - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 6:01:45 PM
- A bit more history - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 6:42:50 PM
  - re: A bit more history - gbaikie - 7/27/2006 9:42:47 PM

When fundamental religious zealots control a country. - Bowser - 7/27/2006 7:52:42 PM
- My apologies for duplicating this above. (n/t) - DFM - 7/27/2006 8:08:15 PM

Religious Crackpots Who Rule Iran Kill 16 Year Old Girl. - David F Mayer - 7/27/2006 8:07:29 PM

It's called "terrorism". - Bowser - 7/26/2006 11:53:48 PM
- re: It's called "terrorism". - Lindy - 7/27/2006 2:31:36 PM
- You forgot to quote the sentence immediately preceding that - SDF - 7/27/2006 5:12:20 AM
  - So let's say - - - - - (see if he answers) - Bowser - 7/27/2006 5:05:58 PM
  - That's what they have been told (n/t) - Jack Herer - 7/27/2006 2:52:08 PM
  - Bowser ignores anything that disagrees with his anti-semitic prejudices. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/27/2006 12:45:47 PM
    - DFM ignores everything that isn't DFM. - Fox - 7/27/2006 1:58:44 PM
      - A good litmus test... - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 4:30:47 PM
        
        Political systems and religions - Bowser - 7/27/2006 6:39:14 PM

For American troops, "Frustration grows in Iraq". Tell 'em again "why"!! - Bowser - 7/27/2006 4:55:33 AM
- re: Guerilla war - Raoul - 7/27/2006 6:14:55 PM
- Is that what George Bush meant by "MIssion Accomplished?" - Donald - 7/27/2006 1:08:54 PM
  - Meanwhile: 2,570 - Donald - 7/27/2006 1:13:01 PM

This sounds like good news... - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 4:59:15 PM

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