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"The Last Helicopter" - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 4:55:52 AM
- re: "The Last Helicopter" - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 6:17:40 AM

Message sent to ILLEGALS in COUNTRY? - carl - 3/29/2006 7:24:34 PM
- Where is John McCain on this issue? - Scott Evil - 3/29/2006 9:41:00 PM
  - Where do you want him to be? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 4:44:25 AM

Good News from the Middle East: Part 1 - Buck Galaxy - 3/10/2006 8:54:13 AM
- re: Good News from the Middle East: Part 1 - Thozzy - 3/30/2006 4:30:20 AM
- Americans and American politics at it's worst - SteveS - 3/10/2006 3:43:00 PM
  - I agree. Speaks poorly for all of us. - REB - 3/10/2006 5:20:34 PM
    - Don't be surprised if the unions are behind this - SteveS - 3/10/2006 9:00:12 PM
      - They are not behind my personal distrust of Arabs. - REB - 3/10/2006 10:05:27 PM
        
        No worries - SteveS - 3/10/2006 10:55:53 PM
    - re: I agree. Speaks poorly for all of us. - REB - 3/10/2006 5:52:29 PM
  - Americans have consumed a steady diet of "Islam is evil" for years now. - alcaray - 3/10/2006 4:38:58 PM
    - Another words... - SteveS - 3/10/2006 8:53:17 PM
    - Until non Muslims can freely walk the streets of Mecca, we should be suspicious. (n/t) - Lee - 3/10/2006 6:33:34 PM
- re: Good News from the Middle East: Part 4 - Buck Galaxy - 3/10/2006 9:10:54 AM
  - re: Good News from the Middle East: Part 4 - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2006 3:15:29 PM
- re: Good News from the Middle East: Part 3 - Buck Galaxy - 3/10/2006 9:03:46 AM
- Good News from the Middle East: Part 2 - Buck Galaxy - 3/10/2006 8:57:28 AM
  - re: Good News from the Middle East: Part 219 (n/t) - It WILL get better - 3/10/2006 3:38:21 PM

Abramoff subpoened for gangland style hit - Lindy - 3/29/2006 1:57:28 AM
- Abramoff gets 5 years and 10 months - Lindy - 3/30/2006 12:18:47 AM

Helen Thomas: "Why did you go to war Mr. President?" - Jack Herer - 3/29/2006 1:44:00 PM
- OIL! - carl - 3/29/2006 7:25:14 PM
- Its time to impeach - Donald - 3/29/2006 3:32:12 PM

Zacarias Moussaoui admits everything! - David F Mayer - 3/28/2006 1:20:12 PM
- Wouldn't it be something if he has an OJ jury. - Scott Evil - 3/28/2006 3:13:05 PM
  - If the glove don't fit......you must acquit!!! - Publius - 3/28/2006 7:33:25 PM
    - Truly, Mark Furman & Marcia Clarke won the case for the defense. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2006 1:11:36 AM
      - You must have watched the debacle also?................. (n/t) - Publius - 3/29/2006 4:37:39 AM
        
        As much as I could stand. - DFM - 3/29/2006 6:18:40 PM
  - There is already a finding of guilt, since that is M's plea (n/t) - alcaray - 3/28/2006 6:11:35 PM

The global war against.. - gbaikie - 3/29/2006 5:51:53 AM

UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter calls for Bush's Impeachment - Lindy - 3/29/2006 2:39:50 AM
- "NOW who is right?" - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2006 5:37:37 AM

Bush lost Scarborough's dad! - alcaray - 3/27/2006 11:52:56 PM
- Founding Member of the famous Delta Force even agrees - Lindy - 3/29/2006 12:29:25 AM
- Even Newt Gingrich has had enough! - Lindy - 3/28/2006 7:43:59 PM
- re: Bush lost Scarborough's dad! - gbaikie - 3/28/2006 2:29:32 AM

More Fun in Friendly France! - David F Mayer - 3/28/2006 1:48:06 PM

"The Conscientious Objector" - Larry J - 3/24/2006 9:37:51 PM
- Seargent York... - R.L. - 3/27/2006 9:02:41 AM
  - re: Seargent York... - Publius - 3/27/2006 10:33:45 PM
- Possible source for purchase, and thanks, Larry. - Mary Anne - 3/25/2006 9:07:08 PM
- Pacifists are NOT cowards...... - R.L. - 3/25/2006 5:03:36 AM
  - But cowards are pacifists. (n/t) - Lee - 3/25/2006 5:44:03 AM
    - are you unaware of history? Can you say Ghandi, or MLK? (n/t) - Publius - 3/25/2006 1:18:55 PM
      - He only knows nazi history... - R.L. - 3/27/2006 8:40:53 AM
    - Nah. Most cowards... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2006 6:10:46 AM
    - No, the opposite is true - R.L. - 3/25/2006 5:53:01 AM
      - Anf you're a doodoo head. - Lee - 3/25/2006 9:53:09 AM
        
        What did you do last week? - R.L. - 3/27/2006 8:20:56 AM
        
        RL's trash talk belongs on Flame - Lindy - 3/28/2006 1:38:23 AM
        
        I formed several arguments without resorting to name calling. - Lee - 3/27/2006 8:50:19 AM
        
        LOL - R.L. - 3/27/2006 9:11:21 AM
        
        You have to speak to mental midgets with language they understand. - Lee - 3/27/2006 7:39:40 PM
        
        So explain your bravery then - azstrummer - 3/27/2006 2:51:52 AM
  - Very true - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 5:33:44 AM
    - What a hero - R.L. - 3/25/2006 5:42:02 AM
      - Nobody really knows what happened to him. - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 6:19:18 AM
      - Oops! Robert, please put under Tech's post about immigration. (n/t) - Lee - 3/25/2006 5:54:24 AM
      - Talk about a fifth column. - Lee - 3/25/2006 5:49:53 AM
        
        ANYONE TAKE THIS BIGOTRY SERIOUSLY? - R.L. - 3/25/2006 5:55:11 AM
        
        I hate to say it... - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 6:14:49 AM
        
        How is it different from Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Little Armenia....? - alcaray - 3/26/2006 4:19:34 PM
        
        The US doesn't share a border with Korea, Japan, or Armenia - Lee - 3/26/2006 8:09:19 PM
        
        I was addressing Tom's point (n/t) - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:01:19 PM
        
        Quite different - Larry J - 3/26/2006 6:17:10 PM
        
        re: Quite different - alcaray - 3/27/2006 3:59:50 PM
        
        I'm having problems with it..... - Publius - 3/25/2006 7:43:30 PM
        
        Saved me a response. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2006 6:24:45 AM
        
        Of course I'm on the mark. - Lee - 3/25/2006 10:04:21 AM
        
        If you want to thank someone for the problem, thank the people who have offered jobs to impoverished illegals. - Mary Anne - 3/25/2006 8:50:18 PM
        
        I think the word you're missing is "illegal." - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 10:31:11 PM
        
        If I had missed it, I wouldn't have included it. - Mary Anne - 3/26/2006 12:03:25 AM
        
        It is the critical part of this discussion. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2006 5:54:45 AM
        
        Had you considered....... - Publius - 3/26/2006 2:06:27 AM
        
        You seem smarter than that. - Lee - 3/25/2006 9:05:07 PM
        
        re: You seem smarter than that. - gbaikie - 3/25/2006 9:57:29 PM
        
        The ties that bind. - Lee - 3/26/2006 12:40:16 AM
        
        The Solution to the Immigration Problem w/Mexico - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2006 4:13:51 AM
        
        re: The ties that bind. - gbaikie - 3/26/2006 2:55:46 AM
        
        Californians won't want to join, but the Mexican majority will. - Lee - 3/26/2006 4:56:36 AM
        
        re: Californians won't want to join, but the Mexican majority will. - gbaikie - 3/26/2006 5:57:49 AM
        
        Thank you. Smarter than what? - Mary Anne - 3/25/2006 9:16:49 PM
        
        Really? - Lee - 3/25/2006 9:26:55 PM

"We will not cooperate with the US"... announces Baghdad civil authority - Publius - 3/27/2006 1:51:14 PM
- Baghdad civil authority = two officials - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2006 6:06:14 PM
  - check again. CNN reports the Baghdad council vote and the governor of Baghdad - Publius - 3/27/2006 7:55:20 PM
  - "An Iraqi blogger comments on a TV report he heard:" - Bowser - 3/27/2006 6:42:28 PM
- "Iraqtile dysfunction" - heh, heh. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/27/2006 5:55:11 PM

Tell me again how happy they should be. "There is less clean water, less sewage control, less gas, less petrol, less power." - Bowser - 3/26/2006 9:13:44 PM
- Yeah, but they can vote! - Lindy - 3/26/2006 11:06:19 PM
  - Ya wonder how neocons can be so terribly, completely wrong and not admit it. - Bowser - 3/27/2006 5:50:52 PM

How to spot a baby neo-conservative - Jack Herer - 3/22/2006 3:03:10 PM
- Crap, agenda driven 'science' - R.L. - 3/25/2006 12:51:35 AM
  - Read the paper, did you? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/26/2006 5:53:57 PM
    - You WANTED to believe it, didnt you? - R.L. - 3/27/2006 8:34:51 AM
      - I believe that Jack's post was agenda-driven crap. - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:36:55 PM
    - Yes, I dont believe crap just because it lets me feel smug - R.L. - 3/26/2006 11:43:47 PM
- Comments from Jonah Goldberg - Tom Brosz - 3/23/2006 12:24:39 AM
- All the goth and brooding people I know are Libs. - Lee - 3/22/2006 7:57:06 PM
  - You don't believe the study is honest, or what? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/22/2006 10:29:25 PM
    - In a word, no - Larry J - 3/23/2006 3:44:16 PM
    - Compare Boy Scouts and ROTC members against WTO protesters or typical Green Day fans. - Lee - 3/23/2006 2:55:58 AM
      - Good research proposal! Gonna do anything with it? - alcaray - 3/23/2006 4:17:32 PM
        
        â€œNot everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.â€ - Lee - 3/23/2006 8:12:14 PM
        
        common sense *equals* prejudice... - alcaray - 3/23/2006 9:02:15 PM
    - Well, the details and diversity are lacking - SteveS - 3/23/2006 12:49:23 AM
  - You don't get it. - Mary Anne - 3/22/2006 9:45:51 PM
    - I get it just fine. - Lee - 3/23/2006 2:51:50 AM
- Ahhh, dang! I duplicated this citation on offtop. - alcaray - 3/22/2006 6:42:54 PM
  - Understanding - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:32:20 PM
- Thats really funny. - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 5:35:10 PM
  - No Ritalin in nursery school. Yet. - Mary Anne - 3/22/2006 9:51:20 PM
    - teach a baby to speak in sign language - Scott Evil - 3/24/2006 3:05:21 PM
      - It works! - Mary Anne - 3/25/2006 9:43:22 PM
        
        I honestly have memories from before I could talk... - R.L. - 3/27/2006 9:51:13 AM
        
        Some think I am making the memories up.... - R.L. - 3/27/2006 10:05:55 AM
- More "Your side vs. My side" garbage. - REB - 3/22/2006 3:13:41 PM
  - Here you go; Republicans are happier than Democrats - SteveS - 3/22/2006 4:14:37 PM
    - Probably because Bush is President :) - REB - 3/22/2006 4:22:26 PM
      - Actually Bush depresses me. - Lee - 3/23/2006 3:06:19 AM
        
        The truly talented always go for the better jobs - ljk - 3/23/2006 4:57:32 PM
      - Nope - SteveS - 3/22/2006 4:54:20 PM
      - But the study goes back to 1972 - Robert - 3/22/2006 4:53:21 PM
        
        Then I guess many liberals were unloved as children. - Lee - 3/23/2006 3:14:40 AM
  - You fell for it - Robert - 3/22/2006 3:35:08 PM
    - Perhaps - REB - 3/22/2006 3:56:05 PM
      - re: Perhaps - Robert - 3/22/2006 4:50:47 PM

Texas undercover agents arresting people in bars for being drunk - Jack Herer - 3/23/2006 6:17:56 PM
- I would never expect people to be drinking alcoholic beverages in bars. - David F Mayer - 3/27/2006 3:06:17 PM
- Drunk people... in bars... whoever heard of such a thing??? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/24/2006 6:42:43 PM
- They should. - Lee - 3/23/2006 8:06:18 PM
  - Hmmmmm..... - Lindy - 3/23/2006 10:00:43 PM
    - There are irresponsible bartenders... - R.L. - 3/24/2006 4:34:42 PM
    - Why not. They can do it to smokers. - Scott Evil - 3/24/2006 2:55:25 PM
      - re: Why not. They can do it to smokers. - Lindy - 3/24/2006 3:46:27 PM
        
        Nope. Not a smoker. - Scott Evil - 3/24/2006 4:40:36 PM
    - We lose tens of thouands of people a year to these asswipes, - Lee - 3/24/2006 6:28:28 AM
      - re: We lose tens of thouands of people a year to these asswipes, - SteveS - 3/24/2006 5:03:03 PM
      - "Lee against drunk drivers" - Lindy - 3/24/2006 3:47:26 PM
        
        Lee is a mother - alcaray - 3/24/2006 6:46:15 PM
        
        No, but I don't want to be another statistic. - Lee - 3/24/2006 11:08:10 PM
      - they were arresting hotel guests drinking at the hotel bar. - Scott Evil - 3/24/2006 2:58:53 PM

Unbelievable. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2006 2:54:21 AM
- Illegal Immigration is a crime... - Scott Evil - 3/25/2006 3:14:07 PM
  - It runs our economy - carl - 3/25/2006 3:24:30 PM
  - It runs our economy - carl - 3/25/2006 3:24:28 PM
    - So shut down the companies that hire them. - Lee - 3/25/2006 6:51:58 PM
- believe it..............it's the Republican dream..... - Publius - 3/25/2006 1:09:52 PM
  - re: I seriously doubt it is Republicans demonstrating for legalized illegal immigaration. - Scott Evil - 3/25/2006 3:16:41 PM
    - try to grasp the concept - Publius - 3/25/2006 7:30:36 PM
      - "try to grasp the concept" HAH, HAH!! - Bowser - 3/26/2006 5:13:02 AM
      - re: try to grasp the concept - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 10:20:59 PM
        
        Ricardo's means of production....... - Publius - 3/26/2006 1:51:03 AM
        
        re: Ricardo's means of production....... - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2006 5:38:27 AM
        
        Oh, stop it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - Publius - 3/26/2006 2:37:54 PM
        
        re: Oh, stop it - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2006 8:12:15 PM
        
        Tom, talk about women............. - Publius - 3/26/2006 10:38:09 PM
        
        You get all your information about women from... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2006 6:29:13 AM
        
        Naw......Cosmo - Publius - 3/27/2006 1:54:00 PM
    - The facilitators of this mess come from both parties. - Lee - 3/25/2006 7:02:06 PM

"Propaganda? Nah, here's the scoop, say guys who planted stories in Iraq" - Bowser - 3/26/2006 6:26:53 PM
- re: "Propaganda? - gbaikie - 3/27/2006 7:31:34 AM
- Do you object to psychological warfare? If so, why? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/26/2006 8:50:06 PM
  - Research "free press" and "democracy" and come back. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/26/2006 8:58:18 PM

Too bad the US can't afford to contribute. "- - these sudden shifts could cripple national economies." - Bowser - 3/27/2006 1:26:09 AM
- Climate Model Predicts Greater Melting, Submerged Cities - Bowser - 3/27/2006 2:31:19 AM

As predicted - "At least 69 Iraqis die in Sunday violence", "Rice suggests possible large drawdown in Iraq" - Bowser - 3/27/2006 2:24:59 AM

"Quake risk canâ€™t rattle these Californians" - Be OK, except - - - - Bowser - 3/26/2006 5:11:05 AM
- Live link. Thanks, Lindy. - Bowser - 3/26/2006 6:28:28 PM
- Dead link - Lindy - 3/26/2006 4:11:31 PM

We're just jaded to neocon corruption, I guess. "FEMA breaks promise on Katrina contracts" - Bowser - 3/26/2006 5:38:51 AM
- Where's the American outrage? - Lindy - 3/26/2006 4:10:30 PM
- "Where liars are revered, and whistle-blowers smeared?" - Lindy - 3/26/2006 3:53:32 PM

Them good ol' Family Values - but we're getting used to this. - Bowser - 3/26/2006 4:57:53 AM

Well, whaddaya know. Washington Post has hired a conservative blogger. - Tom Brosz - 3/22/2006 2:00:49 AM
- Well, whaddaya know. Washington Post has fired a conservative blogger. (n/t) - et - 3/24/2006 8:36:07 PM
  - Indeed, or dare I even say Heh. (n/t) - Tony - 3/26/2006 4:52:45 AM

TALON...know what that is??????? - carl - 3/25/2006 3:26:22 PM
- I know what it is NOW.... :) (n/t) - et - 3/26/2006 4:12:14 AM

More released Iraqi documents - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 5:36:09 AM
- And more... - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 1:27:11 AM
- Russian involvement - SteveS - 3/24/2006 4:33:25 PM
- re: More released Iraqi documents - gbaikie - 3/24/2006 7:01:05 AM
  - Moving goalposts - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 7:59:33 PM
    - re: Moving goalposts - Donald - 3/25/2006 3:35:53 PM
      - Getting nervous? - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2006 6:54:46 PM
        
        Blame it on the amazing Kreskin.... - Publius - 3/25/2006 7:56:36 PM

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