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A new, New Left - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2006 8:46:24 PM
- re: A new, New Left - gbaikie - 5/27/2006 10:07:20 PM
  - ~ yawn ~ - Fox - 5/28/2006 7:21:08 PM
  - I have to stain the deck. - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 6:37:41 PM
    - re: I have to stain the deck. - gbaikie - 5/28/2006 10:31:17 PM
      - re: I have to stain the deck. - Robert - 5/29/2006 12:11:04 AM
        
        re: I have to stain the deck. - gbaikie - 5/29/2006 12:58:42 AM
        
        Decoding - Mary Anne - 5/29/2006 2:28:02 AM
        
        re: Decoding - gbaikie - 5/29/2006 5:46:11 AM
        
        None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq. - Mary Anne - 5/29/2006 12:48:26 PM
        
        re: None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq. - gbaikie - 5/30/2006 1:27:22 AM
        
        They weren't from Afghanistan either. - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 5:41:40 PM
        
        A delicate war - Mary Anne - 5/29/2006 6:04:15 PM
        
        "Humane war." - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 7:50:53 PM
        
        re: "Humane war." - dtb - 5/31/2006 1:21:49 AM
        
        Okay,. - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2006 1:46:43 AM
        
        dtb has a point - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/31/2006 3:47:40 AM
        
        re: Okay,. - Fox - 5/31/2006 2:46:55 AM
        
        re: I have to stain the deck. - Robert - 5/29/2006 1:14:52 AM
    - re: stain the deck. - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 7:34:01 PM
      - I did read the comments. - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 8:05:13 PM
      - Yawn - dtb - 5/28/2006 7:49:39 PM
        
        When you are in the dark......... - Publius - 5/29/2006 3:41:49 PM
        
        "Left?" What is this "Left" of which you speak? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 5:43:15 PM
        
        re: Yawn - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 8:08:43 PM
        
        You think I haven't? - dtb - 5/28/2006 8:21:24 PM
  - "and their little ilk too!" - the likes of Robert - 5/28/2006 5:13:08 PM
    - You missed the point... - the likes of ecto - 5/28/2006 7:38:47 PM
      - doh! Thanks for reminding me! - Robert - 5/28/2006 9:39:42 PM
        
        LOL!! The French motto is a nice touch mon ami... (n/t) - et - 5/29/2006 5:42:23 PM
        
        For another $20.00... - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 10:01:37 PM
        
        re: For another $20.00... - Robert - 5/29/2006 1:47:28 AM

At the start of hurricane season... - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 4:33:54 PM
- Slightest HINT of CAT 3-4 hurricane - carl - 5/30/2006 7:38:05 PM
  - Oil Prices - Lindy - 5/30/2006 9:19:03 PM

Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling found guilty - Robert - 5/25/2006 4:17:36 PM
- Bush and Blair issue mea culpa - Robert - 5/26/2006 3:31:19 PM
  - coincidence is an amazing phenom........... - Publius - 5/26/2006 4:21:51 PM
- Note: If I had my way, Lay & Skilling would both spend the - David F Mayer - 5/26/2006 12:25:54 PM
- Yes! - REB - 5/25/2006 6:30:40 PM
- Justice is Served! Halleluyah! - David F Mayer - 5/25/2006 4:55:23 PM
  - GWBush has the power to pardon Ken Lay on his way out - Lindy - 5/26/2006 10:37:24 PM
    - Just because Clinton did it to HIS crooked friends? I doubt it. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/30/2006 12:31:17 PM

Third time's a sham for CEI frothing on C02. - et - 5/28/2006 7:34:48 PM
- re: frothing - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 8:50:06 PM
  - " purchasing so-called offsets available on newly emerging carbon markets" - Buck Galaxy - 5/29/2006 4:22:42 AM
    - Energy independence - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 4:34:35 AM
      - You just don't get it - Buck - 5/29/2006 6:50:15 AM
        
        re: You just don't get it - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 5:29:09 PM
  - Yes. Rabid frothing. Had your shots yet? - et - 5/28/2006 9:37:20 PM

"Move On? Me?" department - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 10:48:07 PM
- Wasted Time - RNE - 5/29/2006 4:23:17 AM
- Move On? Us? - Tony - 5/29/2006 12:45:39 AM
  - re: Move On? Us? - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 4:31:23 AM

"Non-liberal" media Freudian slip - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2006 9:51:06 PM
- Meanwhile, back in the real world... - et - 5/28/2006 7:28:17 PM
  - Cute. - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 7:41:57 PM
    - Isn't it.... - et - 5/28/2006 7:48:19 PM
      - Good. Now pick another major anti-Clinton issue. - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 8:01:32 PM
        
        Like what, Lewinsky? - et - 5/28/2006 9:27:20 PM
        
        Tom, you just have to admit Clinton was more fun than Bush......... (n/t) - Publius - 5/28/2006 9:36:45 PM
  - link - et - 5/28/2006 7:30:01 PM
  - link - et - 5/28/2006 7:29:10 PM
- On another, completely trivial matter... - Robert - 5/28/2006 12:38:16 AM
  - re: On another, completely trivial matter... - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 7:54:59 AM
    - false dichotomy - Robert - 5/28/2006 3:53:52 PM
    - re: On another, completely trivial matter... - Publius - 5/28/2006 11:43:10 AM
      - Warrants - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 7:14:27 PM
        
        Probable cause - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 7:39:47 PM
        
        Are you tracking this case at all? - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 7:48:27 PM
        
        probable cause....... - Publius - 5/28/2006 9:34:51 PM
        
        Yes. - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 9:16:38 PM
- I wonder what part of the Constitution...... - Publius - 5/28/2006 12:17:03 AM
  - Congress isn't above the law - Larry J - 5/28/2006 5:14:58 PM
    - Absolutely no risk......... - Publius - 5/28/2006 9:22:37 PM

Nukes for Oz - Adam - 5/26/2006 11:00:47 AM
- I'm melting down! Oh, what a world, what a world... - Fox - 5/28/2006 3:55:32 AM
- re: Nukes for Oz - Daniel - 5/28/2006 1:03:49 AM
- re: Nukes for Oz - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 4:34:49 PM
  - You know Tom... - Adam - 5/27/2006 7:41:29 AM
    - "coal is so much easier to export" - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2006 3:10:53 PM
  - Right-wing cheap chippie outs in June....... - Publius - 5/26/2006 7:40:35 PM
    - Big deal. I knew liberalism was a religion twenty years ago. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 9:52:38 PM
      - I went to my favorite liberal church last night, The Wild Turkey - Publius - 5/27/2006 8:08:45 PM
        
        Wow! Can you write contributions off of your tax return??? - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 7:16:03 PM

Bay area city votes to confiscate Wal-Mart land. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 5:21:11 PM
- re: Bay area city votes to confiscate Wal-Mart land. - SteveS - 5/27/2006 2:27:27 PM
- Hoist that Petard - ER - 5/27/2006 11:47:19 AM
  - Not quite - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 4:16:06 PM
- Side note - there are no Wal Marts in Vancouver - Laurie Street - 5/26/2006 6:52:58 PM
- The rest of the story - Robert - 5/26/2006 5:45:04 PM
  - Motivation - FrankC - 5/26/2006 11:49:52 PM
    - Walmart can, too, bankrupt a community. - Mary Anne - 5/27/2006 4:29:00 AM
      - maybe you are right - FrankC - 5/28/2006 1:59:52 AM
        
        Selling out - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 4:03:52 PM
        
        teaching people - FrankC - 5/28/2006 5:10:38 PM
      - re: Walmart can, too, bankrupt a community. - Robert - 5/27/2006 4:27:59 PM
    - "without doubt elitist" - Robert - 5/27/2006 1:19:53 AM
      - I did live in a small town. - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2006 7:11:09 AM
        
        I have too - Robert - 5/27/2006 4:00:09 PM
        
        re: I have too - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2006 6:34:39 PM
  - Not even a good try. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 6:04:19 PM
    - It's really very simple - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:12:50 PM
      - Development - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 6:50:33 PM
        
        re: Development - Robert - 5/26/2006 8:48:49 PM
        
        re: Development - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 10:01:56 PM
        
        well yes - Robert - 5/26/2006 10:37:33 PM
        
        Still, and I know you disagree with me... - Mary Anne - 5/27/2006 4:01:44 AM
        
        I'm not sure why - Robert - 5/27/2006 4:14:05 PM
        
        The ruling - Mary Anne - 5/27/2006 11:30:42 PM
        
        re: The ruling - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 8:00:36 AM
        
        I knew you would bring that up. - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 4:41:28 PM
        
        demographics - Robert - 5/28/2006 6:28:55 PM
        
        drawing a blank - Robert - 5/28/2006 12:58:32 AM
        
        Just vs. Legal - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 4:58:30 PM
  - And... - Robert - 5/26/2006 5:57:45 PM
    - So saying "no" to the government is now considered a threat? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 6:10:10 PM
      - "THE government"? - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:16:28 PM
        
        good point........... - Publilus - 5/26/2006 9:44:31 PM

Why we fight - Eric - 5/28/2006 1:44:00 AM
- re:Unintended consequences - Raoul - 5/28/2006 12:18:05 PM
- re: Why we fight - gbaikie - 5/28/2006 8:57:36 AM

Sorry, laws are for the little people. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 5:07:37 PM
- Another commentary, with some more details. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 5:46:09 PM
  - The Bull in the China Shop Syndrome - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:07:37 PM
    - Cripes, Robert. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 6:14:08 PM
      - Cripes, Tom - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:24:11 PM
- Whoa. Check out Jerry Pournelle on this. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 7:11:00 AM
  - Glenn Reynolds comments on Pournelle's opinion - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2006 7:56:18 AM
  - You finally found something I can agree with you, and disagree with Robert - Tony - 5/26/2006 4:55:16 PM
    - Careful, man - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:52:10 PM
  - The morning after - Robert - 5/26/2006 3:21:22 PM
    - re: The morning after - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 4:41:47 PM
      - No comment on the Constitutional issues? (n/t) - Robert - 5/26/2006 4:51:44 PM
        
        Give me a break. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 4:59:35 PM
        
        No comment on the Constitutional issues? (n/t) - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:08:36 PM
        
        Yes. It isn't one. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 6:21:30 PM
        
        No. It is - Robert - 5/26/2006 6:43:46 PM
- There is a separation of branches issue - alcaray - 5/25/2006 6:23:13 PM
- Sorry about all the geek jars dropping, but - Publius - 5/25/2006 5:51:21 PM
- Article I, Section 6 - Robert - 5/25/2006 5:35:34 PM
  - Nobody arrested him, did they? - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 5:53:38 PM
    - probable cause - Robert - 5/25/2006 6:20:01 PM
      - re: probable cause - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 6:53:09 PM
        
        my opinion - Robert - 5/25/2006 8:07:11 PM
- I see little difference between Republicans & Democrats - David F Mayer - 5/25/2006 5:17:29 PM
  - re: I see little difference between Republicans & Democrats - REB - 5/25/2006 6:32:54 PM
    - question - Robert - 5/25/2006 8:11:07 PM
      - re: question - REB - 5/25/2006 9:35:36 PM
  - The single greatest danger - ER - 5/25/2006 6:05:10 PM
    - "Bribery can't work when the recipient does not know who the donor is." - Robert - 5/25/2006 6:23:07 PM
      - The drosophila in the unguent - Robert - 5/25/2006 6:30:57 PM
        
        re: The drosophila in the unguent - ER - 5/25/2006 6:34:47 PM

Another convert to human-caused global warming - how long can Tom hold out? - Laurie Street - 5/24/2006 4:26:01 PM
- Another commentary on Gore's environmental ideas - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 2:31:21 AM
- Easterbrook reviews Gore's movie - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 11:53:40 PM
  - So does Dr. Robert Balling - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 12:00:14 AM
    - And MSNBC's Howard Fineman - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 12:32:35 AM
      - [snort!] - Robert - 5/25/2006 1:02:16 AM
- re: Another convert to human-caused global warming - how long can Tom hold out? - gbaikie - 5/24/2006 5:50:31 PM
  - re: Another convert to human-caused global warming - how long can Tom hold out? - ER - 5/24/2006 6:28:57 PM
    - re: Another convert to human-caused global warming - how long can Tom hold out? - gbaikie - 5/25/2006 3:41:03 AM
      - It didn't help that Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer. - ER - 5/25/2006 9:57:57 AM
        
        Exactamundo - Tony - 5/25/2006 7:49:27 PM
    - Nuclear power - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 6:51:50 PM
      - Price-Anderson Act (no liability) - dtb - 5/24/2006 8:04:36 PM
        
        re: Price-Anderson Act (no liability) - gbaikie - 5/25/2006 4:09:57 AM
        
        Subsidies - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 11:33:01 PM
      - re: Nuclear power - ER - 5/24/2006 7:39:49 PM
        
        The last time I posted the spot price of U308 here, - podrock - 5/25/2006 3:06:29 PM
        
        Question: - ER - 5/25/2006 5:45:55 PM
        
        re: Question: - gbaikie - 5/26/2006 2:58:14 AM
        
        Good questions, - podrock - 5/25/2006 10:12:00 PM
- Why can't we be friends? - ER - 5/24/2006 5:08:13 PM
  - re: Why can't we be friends? - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 6:34:34 PM
    - "The activists and their "solutions" to the problem are (the issue)." - Buck Galaxy - 5/26/2006 1:08:06 AM
      - Perspective - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 7:06:49 AM
        
        Reality - Tony - 5/26/2006 5:20:33 PM
        
        Gee, Tony, can't you make it more plain and clear? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 5/27/2006 4:14:07 PM
      - re: Hello??? Anyone home there? - Johannes - 5/26/2006 3:51:04 AM

Military Expected to Report Marines Killed Iraqi Civilians - Donald - 5/26/2006 5:07:40 AM
- Case study: Iraqi civilian deaths - Eric - 5/27/2006 2:35:05 PM
- re: Military Expected to Report Marines Killed Iraqi Civilians - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 6:56:32 AM
  - Consequence of extended wars - azstrummer - 5/26/2006 5:59:07 PM
    - re: Consequence of extended wars - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 7:16:58 PM
      - No dispute but.... - azstrummer - 5/26/2006 11:20:25 PM
        
        re: No dispute but.... - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2006 7:14:58 AM
- Meanwhile: 2,463 - Donald - 5/26/2006 5:08:50 AM

Top Ten Things Wrong with the current immigration legislation - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 7:21:10 PM
- The point of any legislation coming out of congress in the next 4 months: - alcaray - 5/26/2006 1:39:26 AM
  - That's what isn't making any sense. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 2:25:11 AM
    - re: That's what isn't making any sense. - alcaray - 5/26/2006 3:58:44 PM
      - Democrats - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 4:38:20 PM
        
        is there a link to the tire-slashing incident? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/26/2006 5:17:37 PM
        
        A lot of them - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 5:44:43 PM
        
        guess which crime? - alcaray - 5/26/2006 6:01:15 PM

Funeral protest ban.... - R.L. - 5/26/2006 10:21:15 AM
- re: Funeral protest ban.... - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 4:31:27 PM

Speaking of dangerous lasers... - R.L. - 5/26/2006 10:26:49 AM
- Don't point that at your face, Dear... - Adam - 5/26/2006 11:02:29 AM

Bird flu - still out there - ignore at your peril - Laurie Street - 5/24/2006 9:07:41 PM
- Don't panic. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2006 5:37:23 PM
  - Not panicking, just staying aware - Laurie Street - 5/25/2006 6:27:18 PM
- War with Great Britain - ER - 5/24/2006 11:39:35 PM

Iraq doctor brings evidence of US napalm use on civilians at Fallujah - Jack Herer - 5/23/2006 5:32:21 PM
- "We said that napalm had been used, because napalm is a bomb which is a fuel bomb that burns only on the exposed part of the body, so that the clothes will not be affected," - David F Mayer - 5/24/2006 1:43:54 PM
  - Language barrier - Jack Herer - 5/24/2006 5:00:06 PM
  - "Both are absurd" - Lindy - 5/24/2006 2:41:16 PM
- Corroborating sources - Robert - 5/23/2006 11:26:11 PM
  - re: Corroborating sources - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 12:06:24 AM
- re: Iraq doctor brings evidence of US napalm use on civilians at Fallujah - ER - 5/23/2006 6:17:52 PM
  - You can kind of see what we're up against on this board. - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 9:06:12 PM
    - Right. Ever see a flame thrower in use with modern incendiary fluids? - David F Mayer - 5/25/2006 5:32:22 PM
    - re: You can kind of see what we're up against on this board. - dtb - 5/24/2006 12:20:05 AM
    - Minds of the highest caliber infest this board - Alan G. Archer - 5/23/2006 11:24:33 PM
    - and Napalm is "wind" born? strange way to put it. slows it a little, on the way down, I guess. - alcaray - 5/23/2006 10:11:32 PM
    - Yeah, people like you. - Lindy - 5/23/2006 9:22:06 PM
  - re: Iraq doctor brings evidence of US napalm use on civilians at Fallujah - gbaikie - 5/23/2006 7:35:08 PM

The "Debt Crisis" Farce - David F Mayer - 5/22/2006 5:08:23 PM
- The first chart, while accurate is misleading... - Scott Evil - 5/23/2006 4:28:41 AM
- re: The "Debt Crisis" Farce - ER - 5/22/2006 11:05:17 PM
  - re: The "Debt Crisis" Farce - ER - 5/23/2006 12:19:23 PM
    - Something I've noticed over the years... - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 4:18:34 PM
      - Except that the last time the Dems were in power... - alcaray - 5/23/2006 6:25:02 PM
        
        Check out who won Congress in 1994. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 9:02:03 PM
        
        Check out who had it before that (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2006 9:09:12 PM
        
        And did nothing about the deficit. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 4:31:48 AM
        
        take another look at the slopes of the lines in the graph, buddy. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/25/2006 4:28:58 PM
    - "People with no opinions are more dangerous than people with the wrong opinion." - David F Mayer - 5/23/2006 3:46:00 PM
      - re: "People with no opinions are more dangerous than people with the wrong opinion." - ER - 5/23/2006 6:23:29 PM
- I'm relieved to see we have no problems........ - Publius - 5/22/2006 9:08:38 PM
  - We have a debt PROBLEM. We do not have a debt CRISIS. - David F Mayer - 5/23/2006 2:29:13 PM
    - Funny, but...... - Publius - 5/23/2006 2:37:14 PM
      - "Contractual obligation?" Hate to break this to you... - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 3:06:26 PM
      - re: GM that neglected to fund their consentual agreement - Scott Evil - 5/23/2006 3:03:44 PM

Former Israeli SoldierÂ´s UFO - Pic - Eric - 5/20/2006 6:59:33 AM
- It is amazing what one can do with Photoshop and a little imagination. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/21/2006 1:43:36 PM
  - Call up an electrician - Lindy - 5/21/2006 2:11:04 PM
- Film. Darkroom. Water droplet. (n/t) - Robert - 5/20/2006 4:10:28 PM
  - But, that's no ordinary dropplet.... - et - 5/20/2006 5:03:17 PM
- Cool! - Lindy - 5/20/2006 2:56:16 PM
  - Program on lighting on NG Channel tonight - ljk - 5/24/2006 2:39:52 PM

Are we helping the Mossad to eliminate Iraqi scientists and professors? - Lindy - 5/21/2006 11:53:39 PM
- re: Are we helping the Mossad to eliminate Iraqi scientists and professors? - ER - 5/24/2006 1:20:32 AM
- Not very believable, to put it mildly. From the PLO, naturally. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/22/2006 12:13:41 PM
- Just the facts, ma'am. - ER - 5/22/2006 11:30:26 AM
  - "The source is also highly suspect" - Lindy - 5/22/2006 4:57:22 PM
    - Pointy-headed intellectuals that can't park their bicycle straight when they get to campus. - ER - 5/24/2006 2:25:15 PM
- Yeah, al-jazeera is a REAL trustworthy source.... (n/t) - R.L. - 5/22/2006 4:59:58 AM
  - re: Indeed.... - Raoul - 5/22/2006 5:41:31 AM
    - David Frost..... - Lindy - 5/22/2006 4:41:20 PM
      - I expect Dan Rather to be next to go to work for Al Qaeda -- Al Jazeera (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/22/2006 5:15:04 PM
- It must be true.... - Alan G. Archer - 5/22/2006 3:28:01 AM
  - I am appalled - Lindy - 5/22/2006 3:33:48 AM
    - "This is complete and utter madness. Who gave the orders?" - Alan G. Archer - 5/22/2006 7:56:52 AM
      - re: "This is complete and utter madness. Who gave the orders?" - R.L. - 5/22/2006 8:12:36 AM
        
        and the Holocaust is just a myth too!................. - Publius - 5/22/2006 5:51:40 PM
        
        "but it just as profound an exercise of belief to say something didn't happen, as it is to claim it happened." - R.L. - 5/23/2006 2:04:31 AM
        
        my belief ...................... - Publius - 5/23/2006 2:56:16 AM
        
        Why should I care what you believe? - R.L. - 5/23/2006 8:23:15 AM
        
        Rough translation - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 4:20:10 AM
        
        Damn. Accidentally deleted a line... - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 4:23:04 AM
        
        If all things were equally plausible, that would be true. They're not. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 2:08:43 AM
        
        Sounds like "I are an engineer" time................... - Publius - 5/23/2006 2:31:11 PM
        
        re: engineer - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 3:32:02 PM
        
        I yam whats I yam........... - Publius - 5/23/2006 9:44:38 PM
        
        touchy bunch of buggers aren't ya - shmuckface - 5/24/2006 10:48:27 AM
        
        And that's all that I yam. - ER - 5/24/2006 1:42:40 AM

"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been overheard promising the "end of history in two or three years." - Lindy - 5/16/2006 12:55:16 PM
- I believe Ahmadinejad believes it - SteveS - 5/18/2006 12:44:19 AM
- Don't blame Bush. He won't be the President in three years. - Scott Evil - 5/17/2006 1:15:53 PM
- Clearly they do not have peaceful intentions. They have alternate technology available. If they don't take it I would give them only sanctions. (n/t) - SDF - 5/17/2006 11:59:59 AM
  - And on the other edge of the sword - SDF - 5/17/2006 12:06:43 PM
    - The text of the Non-Proliferation Treaty - SDF - 5/17/2006 12:24:01 PM
- Ahmadi-jihad is a symptom of a much wider problem in the world - sz - 5/17/2006 11:53:32 AM
  - re: Ahmadi-jihad is a symptom of a much wider problem in the world - azstrummer - 5/17/2006 5:03:29 PM
- re: "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been overheard promising the "end of history in two or three years." - azstrummer - 5/16/2006 11:00:36 PM
  - Thanks for the opinion - Lindy - 5/16/2006 11:14:48 PM
    - "They train pilots and use love ordinance" - Lindy - 5/19/2006 12:48:12 AM
    - re: Thanks for the opinion - azstrummer - 5/17/2006 5:02:52 PM
      - re: Yes, and... - Raoul - 5/17/2006 6:59:57 PM
        
        re: Yes, and... - Roy - 5/24/2006 8:10:46 AM
- I think of him as a windbag. - David F Mayer - 5/16/2006 7:17:39 PM
  - Typo: should have been "Iran" not "Iraq" (n/t) - DFM - 5/16/2006 7:18:11 PM

U.S. to use lasers on drivers in Iraq - Jack Herer - 5/19/2006 1:21:01 PM
- In related news. Ray-guns traced back to Mars. Source being... - REB - 5/23/2006 2:41:31 PM
- Temporarily blinding (potentially innocent) people is immoral. - David F Mayer - 5/23/2006 2:30:35 PM
- re: U.S. to use lasers on drivers in Iraq - ER - 5/22/2006 7:13:13 PM
- I saw this demonstarted on "Future Weapons" - FrankC - 5/20/2006 2:13:42 AM
  - "Feel free to assume that it was all US propaganda" - Lindy - 5/21/2006 4:37:35 PM
    - How bizarre can you get - FrankC - 5/22/2006 5:53:45 PM
      - re: How bizarre can you get - Lindy - 5/22/2006 7:09:25 PM
        
        re: bizarre - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2006 11:24:31 PM
        
        In my eyes.... - Lindy - 5/23/2006 1:34:14 AM
        
        Somehow this does not come off as a trial balloon - FrankC - 5/23/2006 7:42:44 PM
        
        re: Somehow this does not come off as a trial balloon - Lindy - 5/23/2006 8:14:10 PM
    - Complete nonsense... - R.L. - 5/22/2006 5:20:37 AM
      - re: Complete nonsense... - Lindy - 5/22/2006 4:45:57 PM
        
        My point of view can be backed up by facts... - R.L. - 5/23/2006 1:36:33 AM
        
        re: My point of view can be backed up by facts... - Lindy - 5/23/2006 4:18:44 AM
        
        "this is not MY claim..." Yes, it is.... - R.L. - 5/23/2006 9:23:27 AM
        
        Headline and article written by James Rainey - Lindy - 5/23/2006 1:28:24 PM
        
        re: My point of view can be backed up by facts... - R.L. - 5/23/2006 6:20:10 AM
    - Aw, Lindy... - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 11:57:25 PM
      - He saw it and will respond appropriately when time allows... (n/t) - R.L. - 5/22/2006 12:37:47 AM
        
        It's probably not worth it. - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2006 1:13:51 AM
- "I have no doubt," Chiarelli said, "that bullets are less safe." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 4:34:27 PM
  - "I'm sorry about your kids, but just be thankful we only blinded them." (n/t) - alcaray - 5/19/2006 7:27:48 PM
    - I don't think that's entirely fair, Al. - et - 5/19/2006 8:29:35 PM
      - Just making a prediction of what we will hear in the news. - alcaray - 5/19/2006 9:50:48 PM
- Pain Ray, Sonic Blaster, Laser Dazzler - All in One - Jack Herer - 5/19/2006 4:34:09 PM
- "repugnant to the public conscience" - Lindy - 5/19/2006 1:47:26 PM

How to stop illegal immigration. - David F Mayer - 5/23/2006 3:21:23 PM

The U.S.S. New York - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 2:06:54 AM
- re: The U.S.S. New York - Doug Ellison - 5/23/2006 7:40:54 AM
  - WTC debris - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2006 2:51:40 PM
    - Tribute to the Columbia astronauts on the MERs - ljk - 5/23/2006 3:15:45 PM

Why Bush invaded Iraq. - Elisee Reclus - 5/14/2006 6:39:12 PM
- re: Why Bush invaded Iraq. - Lindy - 5/21/2006 3:35:29 PM
  - re: Why Bush invaded Iraq. - ER - 5/22/2006 4:54:00 PM
    - "I thought they could get away with it." - Lindy - 5/22/2006 5:02:33 PM
- Why pull out? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2006 10:04:01 PM
  - re: Why pull out? - Elisee Reclus - 5/16/2006 11:22:14 PM
    - History is the best teacher. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2006 11:49:53 PM
      - re: History is the best teacher. - ER - 5/18/2006 12:30:30 AM
        
        The zen of SDAI-Tech1 - Robert - 5/19/2006 4:49:58 AM
        
        The Velvet Hammer - FrankC - 5/19/2006 8:54:05 PM
        
        re: The Velvet Hammer - Robert - 5/19/2006 9:06:43 PM
        
        Post provocations - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/22/2006 10:36:35 AM
        
        "I don't think I could bear to read a board full of SDAI-Tech1â„¢ clones." - ER - 5/22/2006 1:13:37 PM
        
        wow! You're a quick learner! :-D (n/t) - Tony - 5/22/2006 5:46:25 PM
        
        re: "I don't think I could bear to read a board full of SDAI-Tech1â„¢ clones." - Lindy - 5/22/2006 5:12:00 PM
        
        re: The zen of SDAI-Tech1 - ER - 5/19/2006 8:42:15 PM
        
        "I hope he comes by to chat again" - Lindy - 5/20/2006 5:02:29 AM
        
        re: "I hope he comes by to chat again" - SteveS - 5/20/2006 1:28:58 PM
        
        LOP - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/22/2006 9:56:20 AM
        
        He certainly has a rich imagination - Lindy - 5/20/2006 3:34:42 PM
        
        I'll try to call them off. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/22/2006 10:03:29 AM
        
        re: I'll try to call them off. - Lindy - 5/22/2006 5:20:38 PM
        
        The gettingness of the Tech - Robert - 5/19/2006 8:51:42 PM
      - re: History is the best teacher. - ER - 5/17/2006 12:25:56 AM
        
        It's my pleasure. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2006 12:36:00 AM
- Wow - Donald - 5/14/2006 11:30:42 PM
  - re: Wow - E. Reclus - 5/15/2006 12:22:06 AM
    - re: Airports and turnpikes - Fox - 5/16/2006 2:47:16 AM
      - re: Airports and turnpikes - ER - 5/16/2006 8:56:27 PM
        
        You forgot George Bush Blvd. (n/t) - Lindy - 5/17/2006 5:23:37 AM
    - re: Wow - Donald - 5/15/2006 4:15:20 AM
- re: "I volunteered in '67" - Fox - 5/14/2006 9:12:25 PM
  - re: "I volunteered in '67" - Elisee Reclus - 5/14/2006 10:32:45 PM
    - Not the "Gridley", I hope. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 2:16:28 AM
      - re: Not the "Gridley", I hope. - Elisee - 5/15/2006 2:24:29 AM
        
        "Hard luck ship?" Depends on your point of view. - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 2:29:19 PM
        
        re: "Hard luck ship?" Depends on your point of view. - Reclus - 5/15/2006 3:48:14 PM
        
        You're too kind - RNE - 5/16/2006 5:24:48 PM
- re: Still wondering - Raoul - 5/14/2006 8:54:55 PM
  - re: Still wondering - Elisee Reclus - 5/14/2006 10:30:57 PM
    - re: Taking advantage - Raoul - 5/15/2006 5:48:12 AM
      - re: Taking advantage - Elisee Reclus - 5/15/2006 11:17:03 AM
        
        They didn't buy that crap about WMD in Iraq, and neither did anyone else (n/t) - SDF - 5/15/2006 12:44:15 PM
        
        re: They didn't buy that crap about WMD in Iraq, and neither did anyone else - ER - 5/15/2006 2:12:54 PM
        
        Only Americans bought the crap about WMD in Iraq - SDF - 5/18/2006 2:11:11 PM
        
        Not all of us (n/t) - alcaray - 5/18/2006 6:32:19 PM
        
        re: FINALLY! AN HONEST LIBERAL - Scott Evil - 5/17/2006 2:28:05 PM
        
        Another good will ambassador (n/t) - alcaray - 5/17/2006 5:39:58 PM
        
        AN HONEST LIBERAL - FrankC - 5/17/2006 4:17:41 PM
        
        re: AN HONEST LIBERAL - ER - 5/17/2006 10:40:59 PM
        
        Labels - FrankC - 5/18/2006 4:31:03 AM
        
        re: Labels - ER - 5/18/2006 1:35:58 PM
        
        All True - Scott Evil - 5/17/2006 4:41:42 PM
        
        Everybody? - Tony - 5/15/2006 2:42:19 PM
        
        Shorter answer to the questions - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 2:35:44 PM
        
        re: Shorter answer to the questions - Doug Ellison - 5/16/2006 12:17:00 PM
        
        Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong - Tony - 5/16/2006 1:58:23 PM
        
        re:France did not oppose sanctions, it opposed the war - Raoul - 5/15/2006 4:19:25 PM
        
        re: Shorter answer to the questions - E. Reclus - 5/15/2006 3:51:54 PM
        
        Conveniently forgetting any US involvement in oil-for-food naturally........ (n/t) - Tony - 5/15/2006 2:43:31 PM
        
        Nice try. - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 3:27:38 PM
        
        re: France said they'd veto the war but they didn't have to.; - Raoul - 5/15/2006 4:14:07 PM
    - more re:Still wondering - E. Reclus - 5/14/2006 10:41:01 PM
  - What justifies? - FrankC - 5/14/2006 9:02:43 PM
    - re: What justifies? - Raoul - 5/14/2006 9:38:18 PM
- That just about nails it (n/t) - FrankC - 5/14/2006 7:28:26 PM

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