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Attention Tom - gbaikie - 4/20/2006 2:16:22 AM
- Email is intellectual property too. - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 12:59:07 PM
  - re: Email is intellectual property too. - gbaikie - 4/20/2006 9:14:54 PM
    - re: Email is intellectual property too. - Laurie Street - 4/20/2006 9:34:41 PM
      - Precision strikes - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 12:13:46 AM
      - re: Email is intellectual property too. - gbaikie - 4/20/2006 11:04:00 PM
        
        re: Email is intellectual property too. - gbaikie - 4/21/2006 12:51:26 AM

$94 billion (estimated) for Iraq '96 - alcaray - 4/20/2006 3:50:18 PM
- It is also a Mars mission... or two hundred (n/t) - R.L. - 4/20/2006 11:47:17 PM

Liberal Space Cadets: Cutting off nose to spite face? - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2006 12:50:06 AM
- Thought you were against the jobs-for-Texas motivator - alcaray - 4/20/2006 3:02:32 PM
- Are you saying that the space program can only thrive with DeLay in charge? - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 2:11:46 AM
  - No. - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2006 3:09:54 AM
    - So why is this an issue for liberals, and not for conservatives? - Mary Anne - 4/20/2006 12:01:10 PM

Republican Party Floating in Cocaine Money $$$$ - Lindy - 4/20/2006 1:49:22 AM
- It was on CNN - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2006 2:07:30 AM
  - Another story... - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2006 2:09:01 AM

Another rat seen jumping from the sinking ship - Jack Herer - 4/19/2006 2:49:21 PM
- Yeah...Bush's reelection hopes are looking pretty dim right now. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 3:27:16 PM
  - Aten't the point oh disenguous one - Tony - 4/19/2006 3:43:59 PM
    - maybe I am missing the point - FrankC - 4/19/2006 4:21:55 PM
      - Yes I think you are. - Tony - 4/19/2006 5:26:38 PM
        
        I tend to agree.... - FrankC - 4/19/2006 8:40:18 PM
      - No. Tom is saying... - alcaray - 4/19/2006 4:28:45 PM
        
        re: What Tom is actually saying... - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 4:42:14 PM
        
        Taking the two issues one at a time... - alcaray - 4/19/2006 6:27:08 PM
        
        If you look at what "the left" is saying.... - Tony - 4/19/2006 5:23:31 PM
        
        Sorry... - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 6:32:49 PM
        
        You restated what I wrote. - Tony - 4/19/2006 6:44:25 PM
        
        "Can you honestly say either party has?" - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 6:58:18 PM
        
        And there was peace throughout the land.... - Tony - 4/19/2006 7:19:49 PM
        
        Ideals - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 7:43:22 PM
        
        Curious if you looked at the "agenda" part of that site? - alcaray - 4/19/2006 6:43:24 PM
        
        Yes. I have. - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 7:15:33 PM
        
        Interesting contrast - alcaray - 4/19/2006 10:59:44 PM
    - but you must admit, it is quite a heroic pose for Tom (n/t) - alcaray - 4/19/2006 3:58:37 PM
      - It's so much easier just to be against things, isn't it? - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 4:13:37 PM
        
        We are waking up from 6 years of stinky leadership. - alcaray - 4/19/2006 4:24:18 PM

Free speech on the campus - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 7:03:34 AM
- Here's my question to you. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2006 6:53:51 AM
  - Your post leads me to conclude that the right is mainly composed of commiters of the hasty generalization fallacy - alcaray - 4/18/2006 3:14:10 PM
  - That's "rabblerousing". - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 12:22:14 PM
    - Mary Anne, there is a note on Flame that needs a woman's touch (n/t) - alcaray - 4/18/2006 4:29:41 PM
    - You're not rabble MA you, and others here, are pure rebel. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2006 1:15:23 PM
- Professor suspended - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 4:34:48 AM
- re: Free speech on the campus - Robert - 4/17/2006 4:02:07 PM
  - re: Free speech on the campus - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 3:04:43 AM
    - The Scarecrow - Robert - 4/18/2006 3:51:26 PM
      - Sorry. You're flailing. - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 7:25:01 PM
    - As long as you're prepared to be fined and/or jailed for your action, yes. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 3:15:53 AM
  - I suspect the people who put up the crosses would have liked this response much less: - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 1:12:14 AM
    - Or any number of responses - Robert - 4/18/2006 3:58:52 PM
      - Just wondering... - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 7:30:43 PM
        
        re: Just wondering... - Robert - 4/19/2006 5:02:46 PM
        
        Parallels - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 6:54:03 PM
        
        "If you can't stand the imagery, don't do the actions, right? " - Tony - 4/18/2006 9:00:48 PM
        
        The point, and I did have one, was the usual rank hypocrisy. - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 3:26:26 PM
        
        Sorta like banning pictures of coffins returning from Iraq... (n/t) - R.L. - 4/19/2006 7:08:35 AM
        
        Sorry. I'm from a long line of farmers. - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 12:32:30 AM
        
        Bully for you - Tony - 4/19/2006 1:40:08 AM
- I could describe my night on the floor of the republican convention - R.L. - 4/16/2006 7:04:08 AM
  - I have many more stories about how open minded your side was PRE-9-11 (n/t) - R.L. - 4/16/2006 7:07:23 AM
    - open minded - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 9:04:43 PM
      - Have you lost your mind? - R.L. - 4/16/2006 11:41:10 PM
        
        I'll settle for one example. - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 4:16:00 AM
        
        OK..... - R.L. - 4/17/2006 5:25:01 AM
        
        re: OK..... - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 6:08:42 AM
        
        Tom,would it matter if I found right wing equivalents of Ward Churchill? - R.L. - 4/17/2006 6:42:22 AM
        
        When did I become a university professor? - Lee - 4/17/2006 8:56:29 AM
        
        LOL... - R.L. - 4/17/2006 10:49:56 AM
        
        re: would it matter? - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 6:56:32 AM
- would any number of counterexamples matter? - R.L. - 4/16/2006 6:41:55 AM
- Only "Politically Correct" speech is free. - David F Mayer - 4/16/2006 5:08:49 AM
- Tom, a little less than 2 decades ago... - R.L. - 4/16/2006 4:52:56 AM
  - I'll grant you one point... - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 5:02:51 AM
    - I didn't make that comparison... - R.L. - 4/16/2006 5:14:40 AM
      - You didn't. She did. My thread was about her. Focus. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 8:57:46 PM
      - Just out of curiousity - R.L. - 4/16/2006 5:59:58 AM
        
        re: Just out of further curiousity - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 9:02:23 PM
        
        "Were any of the people yelling hate at abortion clinics college professors charged full-time with educating future generations?" - R.L. - 4/17/2006 3:45:18 AM
- Another example - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 11:35:54 PM
  - Well, that's just dumb. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 1:42:57 AM
    - Oh, I see... - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 2:28:43 AM
      - Thank you - tony - 4/19/2006 1:45:30 AM
- re: Free speech on the campus - Publius - 4/15/2006 8:07:21 PM
  - Gravity Probe B. Physics department, mostly. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 11:19:56 PM
- It takes all kinds - Donald - 4/15/2006 5:42:13 PM
  - This is a university, and a professor. Does that change anything at all? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 6:52:26 PM
    - Not a bit - Donald - 4/15/2006 7:49:12 PM
      - ooops - Donald - 4/15/2006 7:50:00 PM

Death knell for Rummy - Laurie Street - 4/14/2006 8:00:03 PM
- can't tell from the missing link - Tony - 4/14/2006 8:24:32 PM
  - re: The generals - Raoul - 4/14/2006 8:27:53 PM
    - re: The generals - Larry J - 4/17/2006 7:16:12 PM
      - If we have several thousand recent retired generals, then that indeed is a groundswell (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2006 10:38:15 PM
        
        Since when is 6 out of several thousand considered a groundswell - Larry J - 4/18/2006 6:21:46 PM
        
        You are deliberately misleading - alcaray - 4/18/2006 9:54:56 PM
        
        No, you can't count - Larry J - 4/19/2006 2:17:22 PM
        
        Thousands of retired generals who served under Rumsfeld during Iraq II? - alcaray - 4/19/2006 4:02:03 PM
        
        Of those 6 or 8 retired generals, how many retired recently? - Larry J - 4/19/2006 5:49:03 PM
        
        Can you come up with an example of my military ignorance from this thread? - alcaray - 4/19/2006 6:39:28 PM
        
        several hundred recently retired? - Tony - 4/19/2006 6:23:18 PM
        
        No, you can't read - Tony - 4/19/2006 3:48:50 PM

Iraqi blogger suffers loss - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 4:43:55 PM

CNN.COM HACKED? - R.L. - 4/19/2006 9:59:23 AM

Israel makes smart choice - Donald - 4/18/2006 1:31:52 PM
- Believe it or not, I largely agree with you. - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 7:15:42 PM
  - Perhaps.... - Donald - 4/19/2006 5:26:38 AM
    - re: Perhaps.... - Doug Ellison - 4/19/2006 6:50:19 AM
  - Times change, events change, people change - Tony - 4/18/2006 7:36:53 PM

Happy tax day... - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 1:49:26 AM
- Tax quotes - SteveS - 4/19/2006 3:12:26 AM

#@#!!*&!!!! .......Oil is 70 bucks a GALLON!!!! - carl - 4/17/2006 11:00:22 PM
- re: #@#!!*&!!!!***!!!+++OIL is 72 BUCKS a Barrel - carl - 4/18/2006 5:49:36 PM
  - Simple - Larry J - 4/18/2006 6:20:02 PM
- This little oink is laughing all the way to the bank - Jack Herer - 4/18/2006 12:52:49 PM
- 70 bucks a BARREL.....not gallon (n/t) - Lee - 4/18/2006 7:19:15 AM
- I don't think crude up by 10%... - alcaray - 4/17/2006 11:10:02 PM

45th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 4:26:16 AM

Retired Colonel Claims U.S. Mil Ops are Already 'Underway' in Iran - Eric - 4/17/2006 4:45:13 PM
- Bomb Bomb Bomb, BOMB BOMB IRAN....... - carl - 4/17/2006 11:03:34 PM

Are Robots The Answer To Immigration - ljk - 4/17/2006 6:35:34 PM

Update on an old flap - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 5:49:16 PM

"Rice on Iran: 'We can't let this continue'" - R.L. - 4/12/2006 7:21:47 PM
- It's probably a matter of when - SteveS - 4/13/2006 2:52:24 PM
  - "Itâ€™s a mute point " LOL - R.L. - 4/13/2006 6:04:48 PM
    - I should have known to reply to your Sarcastic post - SteveS - 4/14/2006 12:13:28 AM
    - Darn things are way too noisy, usually. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/13/2006 9:42:10 PM
- re: "We can't let this continue" - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2006 1:08:04 AM
  - Tom, are we in a better or worse position to deal with Iran because of our action on Iraq - R.L. - 4/13/2006 6:08:37 PM
    - I'M an idiot? - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2006 6:28:39 PM
      - We have lost our credibility... - R.L. - 4/13/2006 6:30:48 PM
        
        How does one make a threat of force "credible," R. L.? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2006 6:47:41 PM
        
        Hey Tom, try driving a Ferrari sometime............. - Publius - 4/13/2006 7:00:40 PM
        
        Where? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2006 2:10:15 AM
        
        differing experience.............. - Publius - 4/14/2006 1:47:51 PM
        
        Am I just gay? - R.L. - 4/14/2006 4:31:30 AM
        
        Given that girlfriend, no one could blame you if you were. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 6:34:22 PM
        
        LOL... it got a LOT worse than that.... (n/t) - R.L. - 4/15/2006 6:02:07 AM
        
        Driving with a loose screw - SteveS - 4/14/2006 1:24:26 AM
        
        By having a force that is not tied up in a mess like Iraq.... - R.L. - 4/13/2006 6:59:59 PM
        
        A few questions: - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2006 7:29:56 PM
        
        re: A few questions: - R.L. - 4/13/2006 11:41:45 PM
        
        re: A few questions: - gbaikie - 4/14/2006 3:58:27 AM
        
        Learn formatting - R.L. - 4/14/2006 4:53:44 AM
        
        LOL - R.L. - 4/13/2006 11:33:07 PM
        
        Somewhat more slowly... - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 12:12:27 AM
        
        once more for the retarded - R.L. - 4/14/2006 12:38:51 AM
        
        cease please - FrankC (moderator) - 4/14/2006 2:53:12 AM
        
        To be fair, I did pull his chain. - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 3:34:14 AM
        
        Sometimes you have to wear your helmet here - SteveS - 4/14/2006 4:15:30 AM
        
        And rubber boots, too :-) (n/t) - McFly - 4/14/2006 5:21:20 PM
        
        Fishing waders. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 6:29:51 PM
        
        re: once more - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 12:53:28 AM
        
        A few answers and a few questions of my own: - alcaray - 4/13/2006 10:05:36 PM
        
        re: A few answers - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 12:01:07 AM
        
        PS: liar! you answered none of my questions. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/14/2006 3:34:26 PM
        
        They weren't real questions. - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 6:33:23 PM
        
        Now my questions aren't real! (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2006 5:30:32 PM
        
        There may not be enough forces on the planet... - alcaray - 4/14/2006 3:33:40 PM
  - Unfortunately... - Donald - 4/13/2006 2:45:03 PM
    - re: Unfortunately... - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2006 6:46:37 PM
  - Iran One Step Closer To Nukes - ljk - 4/13/2006 2:28:35 PM
- From another board: "Please relay this important message... - Eric - 4/12/2006 9:27:14 PM

At least somebody can drill for new oil off Florida's coasts... - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 7:18:53 AM
- Half way is allowed, and then it's off the coast of CUBA - nick hoffman - 4/16/2006 8:36:03 AM
  - Not a proprietary issue - FrankC - 4/16/2006 4:49:10 PM
    - re: Not a proprietary issue - gbaikie - 4/16/2006 10:08:38 PM
      - Can I PLEASE kill a myth? - Tony - 4/17/2006 4:01:58 PM
        
        The important question: - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 4:52:04 PM
      - I'm well aware of the issue - nick hoffman - 4/17/2006 3:24:55 PM
    - If we're stupid enough not to drill for ourselves, then that's not irony. (n/t) - RobVG - 4/16/2006 8:58:22 PM
- I would be torn between laughter and tears (n/t) - FrankC - 4/15/2006 8:48:24 PM
- Non-OPEC and non-Soviet oil supplies have already peaked - SDF - 4/15/2006 11:40:34 AM
  - Meanwhile foreign innovation in bikes is also taking place at an extraordinary pace - SDF - 4/15/2006 1:36:39 PM

Iraq Unity Talks Snarl; 4 Marines Killed - Donald - 4/17/2006 1:21:17 AM
- Right. - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 4:10:35 AM
  - Your kind of messy "democracy" - Donald - 4/17/2006 1:40:19 PM
    - Saddam Hussein had already declared homosexuality a capital crime. - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 4:36:44 PM
  - re: Right. - Donald - 4/17/2006 12:45:12 PM
  - re: Sovereign states - Raoul - 4/17/2006 10:57:44 AM
- 2,376 - Donald - 4/17/2006 1:23:14 AM

Going Nuclear. A Green Makes the Case - gbaikie - 4/17/2006 9:54:03 AM
- A founding father of environmentalism has embraced fatalism - gbaikie - 4/17/2006 10:22:53 AM

OK, Google not "politically correct." - Robert Clark - 4/16/2006 3:43:47 PM

"Cartoon Dhimmitude" - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 6:52:04 AM
- It was a great episode.... - R.L. - 4/15/2006 8:23:53 PM
- Famous you say? (n/t) - et - 4/15/2006 4:12:33 PM
  - re: Famous you say? - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 5:06:55 PM

2,372 - Donald - 4/15/2006 2:07:42 PM

MSNBC Survey: Impeach Bush? Yes - 86% - Eric - 4/13/2006 11:24:44 AM
- How many American citizens responded to this survey? (n/t) - SDF - 4/15/2006 1:27:54 AM
- Unfortunately... - Donald - 4/13/2006 1:05:45 PM

2,369 - Donald - 4/14/2006 12:51:07 AM
- and the rest come home disillusioned - Eric - 4/14/2006 3:31:01 PM

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