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Its a friggin' mess - Donald - 3/10/2006 2:28:19 AM
- Right on! - Lindy - 3/10/2006 3:58:11 AM
- And the US military is spying on peaceful Americans. - Bowser - 3/10/2006 3:33:15 AM
  - If you're a peaceful American, you have nothing to worry about. (n/t) - Lee - 3/10/2006 6:19:47 AM
  - re: And the US military is spying on peaceful Americans. - Lindy - 3/10/2006 4:06:05 AM
    - Even the conservatives are speaking out - Lindy - 3/10/2006 5:17:23 AM
      - George Walker Bush need not worry about his legacy. - Bowser - 3/10/2006 5:59:30 AM
        
        He'll be remembered as the man who brought freedom and democracy to the Middle East. (n/t) - REB - 3/10/2006 2:18:18 PM
        
        He'll be remembered as the man who brought chaos and sectarian zealotry to the Middle East. (n/t) - Donald - 3/10/2006 2:39:20 PM
        
        LOL! Crack a history book sometime Don. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/10/2006 7:01:25 PM
        
        We'll see. (n/t) - REB - 3/10/2006 2:57:07 PM
        
        We already have - Donald - 3/10/2006 3:09:21 PM
        
        You are not looking down the road. - REB - 3/10/2006 3:12:33 PM

Interior Secretary Gale Norton is resigning from Bush's Cabinet - Jack Herer - 3/10/2006 6:36:46 PM

Bring it on !--------Iran message to US - Publius - 3/9/2006 12:54:09 AM
- We call there bluff - SteveS - 3/9/2006 6:43:08 PM
  - re: What did Iran do? - Raoul - 3/9/2006 8:34:58 PM
    - re: What did Iran do? - SteveS - 3/9/2006 8:51:06 PM
  - bluff - Publius - 3/9/2006 8:12:45 PM
    - re: bluff - SteveS - 3/9/2006 8:44:01 PM
    - "Should we be bullys or buddies?" - David F Mayer - 3/9/2006 8:30:13 PM
      - 'bullys or buddies?" - Publius - 3/10/2006 1:25:30 PM
- Bush is trying to provoke Iran into war. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 3/9/2006 1:04:12 PM
  - Really. - SteveS - 3/9/2006 6:26:52 PM
- re: Bring it on !--------Iran message to US - gbaikie - 3/9/2006 3:28:02 AM
- And what about the price of oil? - Bowser - 3/9/2006 2:49:39 AM
  - You've got a point - SDF - 3/9/2006 9:13:14 AM
  - Goddamned Jews and Texans are conspiring to raise the price of oil! - Lee - 3/9/2006 6:44:35 AM
  - Gawd Bowser....... - Lindy - 3/9/2006 5:24:42 AM
    - Israel's Message to Iran - ljk - 3/10/2006 4:14:57 AM
      - My missiles' bigger than your missile.... - Lindy - 3/10/2006 3:37:06 PM

Who ya gonna believe - the President, or the felon. The one with credibility. - Bowser - 3/9/2006 2:43:27 AM
- Naw Cheney will ride SHOTGUN............. - carl - 3/10/2006 12:05:05 AM

The Attorney General of the US - really. A brand new low. - Bowser - 3/8/2006 5:46:15 PM
- Done. - RobVG - 3/9/2006 4:10:43 AM
  - Think of the satire you'll be missing ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 3/9/2006 6:57:39 PM
  - You really shouldn't read me. I mean that. Yer better off with yer head in the sand. - Bowser - 3/9/2006 5:48:45 AM
  - You think Gonzales is a saint? - Lindy - 3/9/2006 5:26:44 AM
    - Nope - McFly - 3/9/2006 10:39:52 PM
    - He's also a memeber of La Raza (n/t) - Lee - 3/9/2006 6:47:34 AM
      - No jefe..........you mean Latin Kings........... (n/t) - Publius - 3/9/2006 6:58:05 PM

And Hitler tried to squash other viewpoints, too. As he says, "eerie". - Bowser - 3/8/2006 5:55:33 AM
- OUT of context tape play - carl - 3/9/2006 8:25:36 PM
- He was paid to teach geography - Larry J - 3/8/2006 2:04:43 PM
- Bush didn't put this guy on paid leave. The High School he works for did. - Buck Galaxy - 3/8/2006 8:41:31 AM
  - re: Bush didn't put this guy on paid leave. The High School he works for did. - gbaikie - 3/8/2006 9:01:24 PM
    - Hitler didn't gas Jews - the SS did. - Bowser - 3/9/2006 2:52:14 AM

Bush nation building - a banana republic. He's good at it! - Bowser - 3/8/2006 8:02:14 PM
- You sure you read the whole article? - SteveS - 3/9/2006 6:55:28 PM

So was "Operation Good Neighbor Foundation" set up... - alcaray - 3/9/2006 4:58:00 PM

Religion of Peace Update: Sudan - David F Mayer - 3/9/2006 2:04:30 PM
- I thought the UN was protecting Muslims in Darfur - Scott Evil - 3/9/2006 2:48:16 PM
  - Africa is so confused that nobody can keep it straight. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/9/2006 3:24:09 PM
- Religion of Peace Update: Hamas - David F Mayer - 3/9/2006 2:14:11 PM

I feel dirtied... - Adam - 3/4/2006 1:05:42 PM
- So you agree with thought legislation? - Lee - 3/4/2006 5:54:12 PM
  - Don't be dramatic - Adam - 3/4/2006 9:05:15 PM
    - So fight ideas with ideas. - Lee - 3/4/2006 9:48:27 PM
      - re: So fight ideas with ideas. - Daniel - 3/5/2006 3:25:52 AM
        
        what he said - Adam - 3/5/2006 9:34:42 AM
        
        It's a very small step - Lee - 3/5/2006 10:07:48 AM
        
        Here's a question for you - - Daniel - 3/5/2006 11:44:00 AM
        
        I don't deny that it happened. - Lee - 3/6/2006 2:46:54 AM
        
        which begs one more question - - Daniel - 3/6/2006 2:38:22 PM
        
        Hitler should've died in 1940 or 1941. - Lee - 3/6/2006 6:20:33 PM
        
        that sounds just like "Mao was a great man before the Cultural Revolution" or "the Soviet Union was just fine before the Great Purges" - Daniel - 3/7/2006 4:02:16 AM
        
        Like I said, to say he didn't know what was happening is pure fantasy. (n/t) - Lee - 3/7/2006 7:26:28 AM
        
        But you seem fond of those acts... - R.L. - 3/8/2006 12:24:40 AM
        
        c'mon - Daniel - 3/8/2006 12:58:55 AM
        
        It's called space...the final frontier. - Lee - 3/8/2006 7:32:10 AM
        
        "own societal norms" makes sense but I believe you mean racial segregation - Daniel - 3/9/2006 4:29:49 AM
        
        And sounds like you have a "know better than thou" problem. - Lee - 3/9/2006 7:04:58 AM
        
        no: I'm complaining about YOUR proposed restrictions on MY freedom of association - Daniel - 3/9/2006 7:44:47 AM
        
        We are talking about freedom of choice. - Lee - 3/9/2006 8:11:56 AM

How to create terrorists. Neocons ensuring terrorism forever. - Bowser - 3/6/2006 5:49:23 AM
- Actually fear does drive the suicide bombers... - Abdul hadjii al Terroristanii - 3/6/2006 5:38:43 PM
  - Islam is a shame-based culture, in contrast to Christianity - David F Mayer - 3/7/2006 8:00:45 PM
    - He sins, she sins, we all sin..... - Lindy - 3/7/2006 10:34:51 PM
      - re: He sins, she sins, we all sin..... - REB - 3/8/2006 8:11:08 PM
        
        Forgiveness? - Lindy - 3/9/2006 6:04:49 AM
      - re: Probably true... - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 5:05:04 AM
- They're making enemies faster than they can kill them. (n/t) - Eric - 3/6/2006 1:44:11 PM

Enron Trial Update. Fastow takes the witness stand. - REB - 3/7/2006 9:14:35 PM
- As I said before, I am in favor od the Death Penalty - David F Mayer - 3/8/2006 7:49:58 PM
- That's yer unchecked capitalism at work. - Bowser - 3/8/2006 5:31:55 AM
  - "A man with a briefcase can steal more money than a man with a gun.." (n/t) - Don Henley - 3/9/2006 5:59:30 AM
  - Here, I must agree with Bowser. - David F Mayer - 3/8/2006 1:28:56 PM
- Get as much of that juice as you can! - Eric - 3/8/2006 12:03:25 AM
  - The thing is... - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:32:06 AM
    - Cooking the books - Jack Herer - 3/8/2006 4:24:51 PM
      - It happens. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:56:38 PM
        
        Fear not - Robert - 3/8/2006 5:35:20 PM
        
        When the laws can be used to plunder, the plunderers will make the laws. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/8/2006 5:51:43 PM
    - Like anyone would want you for an accountant. - Bowser - 3/8/2006 5:30:49 AM

Entire State of Vermont Now Under Martial Law - ljk - 3/8/2006 4:19:43 PM
- Nothing in the news about Vermont being under Martial Law. - REB - 3/8/2006 4:44:27 PM
  - re: Nothing in the news about Vermont being under Martial Law. - ljk - 3/8/2006 4:59:26 PM
    - heh heh - Lindy - 3/9/2006 5:57:30 AM

Dana Reeve - Raoul - 3/8/2006 6:46:42 AM
- She was a Class ACT - carl - 3/8/2006 5:03:20 PM
  - A+ (n/t) - Jack Herer - 3/8/2006 5:50:24 PM

Anybody want to start a pool on New Orleans and the next Hurricane season? - Scott Evil - 3/6/2006 5:30:05 PM
- There are only TWO rational choices on New Orleans. - David F Mayer - 3/7/2006 7:58:30 PM
  - or... - REB - 3/7/2006 9:18:29 PM
    - Excellent alternative that I had not thought of. Thanks. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/8/2006 1:30:19 PM
    - I think they will: - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:47:10 AM
- re: Anybody want to start a pool on New Orleans and the next Hurricane season? - Eric - 3/6/2006 8:24:45 PM
  - True. Plus pets make good emergency sources of food! (n/t) - Scott (Real) Evil - 3/6/2006 10:15:59 PM
- I say a COAST HUGGER Cat4.......... - carl - 3/6/2006 5:51:30 PM
  - re: never say never... - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:51:11 AM

Iraqi President Loses Call for Parliament - Donald - 3/7/2006 1:55:24 AM
- Even the usually upbeat Iraqi blogs are gloomy - Buck Galaxy - 3/7/2006 8:32:34 AM
  - According to "our" neocons, nothing has ever gone wrong. - Bowser - 3/8/2006 2:05:04 AM
    - re: Oh a lot has gone wrong Bow Wow. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:36:23 AM
      - "the odds still favor an eventual "uneasy peace". But then that was really all anyone ever hoped for." - Bowser - 3/8/2006 5:28:50 AM
      - Yo! Evil! - Lindy - 3/8/2006 4:45:39 AM
        
        re: Hey...He's not my darling... - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:53:57 AM
    - re: According to "our" neocons, nothing has ever gone wrong. - gbaikie - 3/8/2006 3:14:15 AM
      - See.. the prophet brought peace! - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:42:00 AM
    - A bit less than $2 trillion. - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2006 2:56:12 AM
      - That's like yer death counts. - Bowser - 3/8/2006 3:46:44 AM
        
        re: Unlike the national endowment for the arts, at least a death count accomplishes something. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 4:38:11 AM
- Meanwhile: Palestinians Vote to Strip Abbas of Powers - Donald - 3/7/2006 1:57:56 AM

More confirmation of Iraqi civil war. - Bowser - 3/4/2006 12:53:17 AM
- Educating the Left - Class in Session. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2006 4:18:34 AM
  - They will never listen to the facts because their minds are made up. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/7/2006 2:48:18 PM
  - re: Educating the Left - Class in Session. - REB - 3/4/2006 3:18:53 PM
  - Oh spare me - azstrummer - 3/4/2006 6:57:26 AM
    - No problem. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2006 7:41:16 AM
      - Replace this ...... - Lindy - 3/8/2006 4:51:03 AM
      - re: No problem. - REB - 3/7/2006 3:00:07 PM
        
        Not too surprising. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/7/2006 7:00:33 PM
      - Now hold on... - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 8:23:36 AM
        
        Sure, the left may post about these things. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2006 8:46:45 AM
- Who would best be served by a civil war in Iraq? - SteveS - 3/4/2006 2:50:18 AM
  - Not a soul. Maybe Bush. - Bowser - 3/4/2006 2:53:04 AM
    - How about Zarqawi? - SteveS - 3/4/2006 3:57:27 AM

NO and influx of HISPANIC WORKERS - carl - 3/7/2006 6:12:18 PM
- re: What's wrong with that? - Scott Evil - 3/7/2006 6:37:32 PM

Tillman "fragged"? - carl - 3/5/2006 5:44:05 PM
- Certainly a possibility - anything else wouldn't be "homicide". (n/t) - Bowser - 3/6/2006 12:48:21 AM
  - Celeb Status outweighs rank? - carl - 3/6/2006 5:53:35 PM
    - Dunno. I'm just puzzled. It's a "homicide" investigation. - Bowser - 3/6/2006 7:00:55 PM
      - Correction: It is a "negligent homocide" investigation. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/7/2006 5:12:50 AM
- No. - et - 3/5/2006 9:44:23 PM
  - The term "hero" is tossed around too freely these days - R.L. - 3/7/2006 5:12:45 PM
- I haven't heard that. Have you? - Scott Evil - 3/5/2006 8:13:53 PM
- That is a rather crass post (n/t) - R.L. - 3/5/2006 5:47:27 PM

possible spotting of well-known Habitablezoner at pro-Bush rally - Daniel - 3/7/2006 9:23:57 AM

AP: Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting - Larry J - 3/6/2006 10:27:36 PM

Sending SON to M.I.T..................... - carl - 3/4/2006 5:16:11 PM
- IMHO, Laws of PHIYSICS the SAME? - carl - 3/5/2006 5:35:39 PM
- Just to let you know what corporate America already knows - Buck Galaxy - 3/4/2006 8:01:26 PM
  - What the problem might be... - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 8:09:45 PM
    - That is true... - Buck Galaxy - 3/5/2006 2:52:42 AM
    - Which is why most people don't need to go to college. - Lee - 3/4/2006 9:38:44 PM
      - Perhaps, at some point....... - Publius - 3/6/2006 7:41:08 PM
      - As Mark Twain once said... - ljk - 3/5/2006 6:24:00 PM
        
        Twain was a genius. - Lee - 3/6/2006 2:20:37 AM
        
        Education takes place in a classroom... - R.L. - 3/6/2006 8:39:16 AM
- Outsourcing. - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 7:12:39 PM

Porkbusters Hall of Shame for February - Tom Brosz - 2/21/2006 5:37:47 AM
- The only GOPer they could find was Stevens? - Tony - 2/21/2006 3:48:24 PM
  - Remember, that's just the winners. - Tom Brosz - 2/21/2006 5:41:21 PM
    - OK, lemme explain - Tony - 2/22/2006 10:09:54 PM
  - They are ALL crooks! - David F Mayer - 2/21/2006 4:47:51 PM
    - re: They are ALL crooks! - Lindy - 2/22/2006 2:10:30 AM
      - re: They are ALL crooks! - Larry - 3/6/2006 6:09:46 PM

If "privatization" means "Halliburton", it also means "more expensive". - Bowser - 3/6/2006 3:17:36 AM
- So you have discovered that Big Businessmen are ALL Crooks. - David F Mayer - 3/6/2006 4:35:47 PM
- Halliburton is raping America - Eric - 3/6/2006 1:56:54 PM

Michael Totten visits a Kurdish memorial - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 7:27:22 PM
- More perspective - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 8:55:31 PM
  - Is this supposed to be a response to something...? (n/t) - et - 3/3/2006 9:29:19 PM
    - No, it's just Tom trying to share some of his thoughts. His own. - Bowser - 3/4/2006 2:50:58 AM
    - No, just another free-standing current event... - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 9:35:24 PM
      - Yeah. You know, some people were reporting on this before 9-11. - et - 3/4/2006 10:16:21 PM
        
        re: some people were reporting on this before 9-11. - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 10:49:51 PM
        
        So this is the Fisk you keep whining about... - R.L. - 3/5/2006 6:39:56 PM
        
        Crickets chirping..... - R.L. - 3/6/2006 7:33:46 AM
        
        re: Crickets chirping..... - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2006 7:58:01 AM

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