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Iraq: Another Point of View - David F Mayer - 3/20/2006 6:42:31 PM
- And another - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2006 8:38:48 PM

My Son Is In New Orleans Helping Out - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 7:21:17 PM
- I have a cousin that is working as a government contractor in the area. - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 10:26:30 PM
  - Your government in inaction. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/20/2006 2:27:46 AM
    - What should have been done.... - Lindy - 3/20/2006 3:24:53 PM
      - That is what HAS been done. The money is in the hands - David F Mayer - 3/20/2006 7:26:14 PM

Rumsfeld / Bush aren't just doing what the military says is necessary. - alcaray - 3/20/2006 6:26:20 PM

Susan SARAN WRAP 2 play Cindy Sheenen - carl - 3/20/2006 5:44:28 PM

Cool (barely-)animated pic of Bush approval - alcaray - 3/20/2006 4:10:53 PM

Osama Bin Laden is dead -- Again. "This time for sure, Rocky!" Bullwinkle J Moose - David F Mayer - 3/17/2006 7:36:06 PM
- That's a pretty shaky information stream. - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 9:20:12 PM
  - I, for one, will dance around with glee - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 5:25:08 AM
    - re: I, for one, will dance around with glee - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 10:33:27 PM
      - Sounds good to me. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/20/2006 3:02:07 PM
- I actually think this time it could be for real... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 7:40:34 PM
  - I do not believe that Iran is likely to be aiding Al Qaeda. - David F Mayer - 3/17/2006 8:51:04 PM
    - Not everyone in Iran is Shia. - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:27:30 PM
      - Watch it, I've trademarked "strategery" (n/t) - George W. Bush - 3/18/2006 1:41:05 AM
        
        re: I thought the guy on Saturday Night live invented the word... - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 10:30:36 PM
    - Several possibilities - Robert - 3/17/2006 8:59:43 PM
      - Maybe when the democrats win in 2008... - SteveS - 3/17/2006 9:30:32 PM
        
        It's Friday afternoon, Silly Time (n/t) - Robert - 3/18/2006 1:39:35 AM

Suggested New Strategy for Iraq - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 9:14:05 PM
- List of Emergencies that FEMA Could Actually Handle - David F Mayer - 3/20/2006 2:30:06 PM
  - Killer tortoises sighted moving north from Central America - Robert - 3/20/2006 2:57:32 PM

"Warmer seas creating stronger hurricanes" - Bowser - 3/16/2006 7:44:00 PM
- N.E. Australia hit with a category 5 cyclone - Lindy - 3/20/2006 7:06:33 AM
- "warming temperatures heat up the surface of the oceans"??? - Eric - 3/16/2006 9:38:01 PM
  - Not quite true. - David F Mayer - 3/16/2006 10:42:08 PM
  - There must be a singular lack of magma at the poles. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/16/2006 10:28:01 PM
  - Have you ever been in a swiming pool? - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:13:57 PM
- Certainly true. The question is: What to do about it. - David F Mayer - 3/16/2006 8:37:18 PM
  - Wouldn't change things much - Laurie Street - 3/16/2006 10:45:04 PM
    - Run that one by me again. - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 5:27:15 AM
      - re: Run that one by me again. - Laurie Street - 3/19/2006 5:57:59 AM
  - Good idea... - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:12:58 PM
- I thought warmer seas caused El Nino - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 8:15:19 PM

Sandra Day Oâ€™Connor warns of possible USA dictatorship - Chris Vancil - 3/18/2006 5:19:30 PM
- A clear and present danger - Donald - 3/18/2006 5:36:24 PM
  - re: A clear and present danger - RobVG - 3/18/2006 6:20:24 PM
    - Wrong - Donald - 3/18/2006 7:02:44 PM
      - Link please. - RobVG - 3/18/2006 8:52:02 PM
        
        re: Link please. - Donald - 3/18/2006 9:41:29 PM
        
        re: Link please. - RobVG - 3/19/2006 12:28:33 AM
        
        Here ya go - Donald - 3/19/2006 1:07:14 AM
        
        One other quote - Donald - 3/19/2006 1:26:45 AM
        
        That'll suffice. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/19/2006 1:48:46 AM
  - re: It's interesting how the Tom's "liberial" Media hasn't reported on this at all... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 3/18/2006 5:50:50 PM
    - re: It's interesting how the Tom's "liberial" Media hasn't reported on this at all... - gbaikie - 3/19/2006 4:36:15 AM
      - re: It's interesting how the Tom's "liberial" Media hasn't reported on this at all... - Chris Vancil - 3/19/2006 6:54:17 AM
        
        re: It's interesting how the Tom's "liberial" Media hasn't reported on this at all... - gbaikie - 3/19/2006 8:19:18 AM
        
        re: It's interesting how the Tom's "liberial" Media hasn't reported on this at all... - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2006 1:13:30 AM
        
        re: It's interesting how the Tom's "liberial" Media hasn't reported on this at all... - gbaikie - 3/20/2006 2:43:41 AM

Review of Iraq "Urban Legends" - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 9:25:37 PM
- What about your Star Wars analogy that we got to hear endlessly - alcaray - 3/18/2006 4:41:31 AM
- Rewriting history - Robert - 3/18/2006 1:27:27 AM
  - There they go again. Check out Donald's link above. - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 5:46:10 PM
  - Speech is there, Robert. Take it or leave it. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 7:29:02 PM
    - I never disputed the existence of the speech - Robert - 3/19/2006 1:13:49 AM
      - Actually.... - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 1:54:50 AM
        
        How do you find this stuff? - Robert - 3/19/2006 2:32:41 AM
        
        If it makes you feel better... - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 6:51:46 AM
        
        status report - Robert - 3/19/2006 6:11:35 PM
        
        re: status report - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 10:49:50 PM
        
        I've got a knack for it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 6:50:36 AM
        
        re: Actually.... - gbaikie - 3/19/2006 2:22:13 AM
    - Of course there wasn't "nothing" - dtb - 3/19/2006 1:02:02 AM
      - re: "nothing" - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 1:40:15 AM
  - re: Rewriting history - gbaikie - 3/18/2006 7:24:18 AM
    - Rewriting history - Robert - 3/18/2006 6:55:29 PM
      - re: Rewriting history - gbaikie - 3/18/2006 11:14:30 PM
        
        re: Rewriting history - Robert - 3/19/2006 1:20:15 AM
        
        re: Rewriting history - gbaikie - 3/20/2006 1:09:47 AM
  - Rewriting history? No,.......... more like theatrics - Lindy - 3/18/2006 4:50:06 AM
  - LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 2:12:31 AM
    - What planet are you posting from? - Robert - 3/18/2006 2:26:05 AM
      - Did you even read my post? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2006 3:08:08 AM
        
        Not past the first 20 paragraphs - Robert - 3/18/2006 3:54:50 AM
        
        Minor HTML glitch; invisible link - Robert - 3/18/2006 3:57:49 AM
        
        Do you get an invisible link whe you type with a lemon computer? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/18/2006 4:28:51 AM
        
        No, lemon fingers (n/t) - Robert - 3/18/2006 5:16:24 AM

Economic Reality Rears Its Ugly Head Again in France - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 5:20:03 AM
- Another Socialist Paradise update... - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2006 12:20:42 AM

Rummy: We're trying to figure out what to do if Iraq falls into civil war - Eric - 3/19/2006 4:44:40 PM
- Cheney: Iraq Not in Midst of Civil War - Eric - 3/19/2006 7:18:49 PM
  - Allawi there, Cheney not - Lindy - 3/19/2006 7:57:59 PM
    - re: Allawi there, Cheney not - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 10:43:49 PM
      - If the Democrats had their way....... - Lindy - 3/19/2006 11:36:13 PM
- Better late than never, I guess - Donald - 3/19/2006 4:58:13 PM
  - Kissinger had an idea... - ljk - 3/19/2006 6:43:58 PM

Three years in, hopes fade for Iraq, neighbors - Donald - 3/19/2006 4:39:46 PM
- Iraq War: Three years later - Donald - 3/19/2006 5:35:33 PM

New analysis says global warming boosts hurricanes - Donald - 3/18/2006 4:25:36 PM
- American coastlines at risk - Lindy - 3/19/2006 11:29:17 AM

Ned Rocks - gbaikie - 3/19/2006 7:32:01 AM

People power won't work in Iran - gbaikie - 3/19/2006 6:33:32 AM

Are we still happy with our predictions? - alcaray - 3/16/2006 4:23:11 PM
- Americans...Paper Tigers - SteveS - 3/16/2006 5:56:25 PM
  - No...If anything, it was Sadam that was right. - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 7:28:47 PM
    - It is starting to look that way. - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 5:31:17 AM
  - courses - one way or another - are finite - alcaray - 3/16/2006 6:35:26 PM
- Iraq's parliament convened for the first time today. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 4:40:44 PM
  - ...and adjourned indefinitely after half an hour. (n/t) - Robert - 3/16/2006 5:12:32 PM
    - However, it did set into motion - Buck Galaxy - 3/17/2006 7:15:28 AM
      - Jafari sounds like he's becoming more amenable. We'll see. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 8:24:23 AM
  - Good news, but what's that got to do with it? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/16/2006 4:44:19 PM
    - And here, I think, we see the problem. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 4:45:29 PM
      - Indeed. The discussion is about defeating the "insurgency". - alcaray - 3/16/2006 5:36:41 PM
        
        What "insurgency"? Which one? - Lindy - 3/16/2006 5:41:34 PM

Iraq document website opens - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 8:06:11 PM
- "Iraq the Model" translates one. - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 5:34:44 PM
- re: Iraq document website opens - Robert - 3/16/2006 9:03:12 PM
  - More reports - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 10:02:33 PM
    - Link - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 7:28:43 PM
      - Excellent link - Robert - 3/18/2006 2:59:43 AM
        
        re: Excellent link - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 11:06:31 PM
  - It's called "propaganda". Let's see the US documents! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/16/2006 9:28:09 PM
    - Those appear in the New York Times. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 9:30:35 PM
      - You two crack me up (n/t) - Robert - 3/16/2006 10:29:40 PM
  - "Army of analysts" - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 9:22:24 PM
    - Kudos to Stephen Hayes for his work on this - SteveS - 3/17/2006 1:32:03 AM

At long last----changes in the White House - Publius - 3/18/2006 10:25:53 PM

Bush's approval ratings fall even further - Donald - 3/18/2006 9:45:17 PM

Oh man! We really did have a plan. - alcaray - 3/16/2006 11:45:52 PM
- It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - Robert - 3/17/2006 5:00:18 AM
  - re: It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 8:19:44 AM
    - re: It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - Robert - 3/17/2006 4:38:11 PM
      - Turf wars - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 5:22:19 PM
        
        re: Turf wars - Robert - 3/17/2006 6:24:18 PM
        
        Efficiency - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 7:31:46 PM
        
        re: Efficiency - Robert - 3/17/2006 8:51:24 PM
        
        re: Efficiency - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 12:42:40 AM
        
        A second dimension - Robert - 3/18/2006 2:09:42 AM
        
        re: A second dimension - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 8:08:26 PM
        
        Quote by Robert Heinlein (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2006 12:43:25 AM

Libby Defense May Highlight Infighting - Donald - 3/18/2006 5:29:38 PM

Major al Qaeda attack plan in Baghdad thwarted. - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 9:48:36 PM
- More reason to pull out and let them kill each other without outside interference. - David F Mayer - 3/16/2006 10:32:57 PM
  - Should the US and UN also pull out of the Middle East? - nick hoffman - 3/17/2006 1:21:29 PM
    - re: Should the US and UN also pull out of the Middle East? - gbaikie - 3/18/2006 1:18:27 AM
      - re: Should the US and UN also pull out of the Middle East? - gbaikie - 3/18/2006 1:20:26 AM
    - Your point is well taken. My statement is hereby retracted. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/17/2006 4:24:52 PM

Al Qaeda "chatter" reaches pre-9-11 levels. - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 9:27:36 PM
- I'd be careful buying Douglas Farah - dtb - 3/17/2006 5:33:33 AM
  - I agree. - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 8:23:17 AM
    - Al Q probably sends a succession of bad guys with money to America... - alcaray - 3/17/2006 7:55:48 PM
    - Why we haven't been attacked again - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 2:52:32 PM
      - re: Why we haven't been attacked again - Robert - 3/17/2006 9:08:04 PM
        
        I see now why the moderator's slogan is "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:18:14 PM
        
        re: I see now why the moderator's slogan is "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" - Robert - 3/17/2006 9:29:54 PM
        
        I've never been accused of being fair and balanced before. - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 10:25:03 PM
- Chatter is good... - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:46:13 PM
- Another reason why we must pursue our assault against - David F Mayer - 3/16/2006 10:38:04 PM
- I thought we were "winning". What's happened? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/16/2006 10:27:55 PM
  - No, Bowser. The gloating comes AFTER the attack on Americans. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 1:42:38 AM
  - We are, and the NSA has your number ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 3/17/2006 12:41:19 AM
    - Hey, the vets putting implants in the pets works... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/17/2006 4:01:14 AM
      - PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD (n/t) - NSA OMNIPITANT-MODERATOR - 3/17/2006 2:54:27 PM
        
        That's OMNIPOTENT (n/t) - Designated Putz - 3/17/2006 4:08:49 PM
        
        As a word, I actually prefer "OMNIPITANT" - McFly - 3/17/2006 5:59:45 PM
        
        A serendupitous typo? - Laurie Street - 3/17/2006 6:44:29 PM
        
        Or a type of serenduplicitous omnipittancy? (n/t) - Robert - 3/17/2006 9:31:44 PM

Google's a crack up (n/t) - SteveS - 3/17/2006 4:03:16 PM
- Google's process overview diagram - Jack Herer - 3/17/2006 7:50:52 PM
  - re: Google's process overview diagram - Robert - 3/17/2006 8:49:47 PM
- SteveS's a crack up (n/t) - Google - 3/17/2006 5:19:59 PM
  - Well, Blimey! ;-) - Leprechaun for a Day - 3/17/2006 9:14:21 PM

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