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Interesting analysis: "Right-wing talkers adjust to prexy's falling numbers" - Bowser - 3/6/2006 12:25:55 AM
- "breach" doesn't mean "breach" - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2006 1:05:39 AM
  - PS "Breach" means "breach", "torture" means "torture". English 1, remedial. (n/t) - Bowse5r4 - 3/6/2006 3:24:26 AM
  - Bush - â€œI donâ€™t think anybody anticipated the breach of the leveesâ€ - Bowser - 3/6/2006 3:23:28 AM
    - Thanks for the reminder Bowse...... - Lindy - 3/6/2006 6:07:16 AM

Republicans take spying to the local level. - Bowser - 3/5/2006 6:00:58 AM
- A voluntary questionairre is one thing, but... - McFly - 3/6/2006 2:32:05 AM
- You're funny. - RobVG - 3/6/2006 12:12:10 AM
  - Don't forget those evil web page cookies... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2006 1:06:46 AM

AP story on Bush and Katrina - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 5:21:54 AM
- Now will Bowser admit he was lying? - Larry J - 3/4/2006 5:39:46 PM
  - Terminology - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 7:24:23 PM
    - May 17, 2004. Read it and apologize. - Bowser - 3/5/2006 12:25:16 AM
      - They didn't use the word "breach" properly either. But nice try. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2006 8:55:23 AM
        
        "Breach" doesn't mean "breach", "torture" doesn't mean "torture". Neocon thinking!!! - Bowser - 3/5/2006 11:54:58 PM
        
        A bit more... - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2006 9:30:22 AM
  - Let's look at facts, not spew from neocon blogs. And put a star by Larry Js name. - Bowser - 3/4/2006 7:19:08 PM
    - No, Bowser, you're the liar - Larry J - 3/5/2006 9:33:01 PM
    - No doubt about it. I need a bigger sturgeon. - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 7:38:53 PM

Gary Hart - interesting ideas on security, terrorism, what the Dems need to do, etc - Laurie Street - 3/2/2006 8:06:35 PM
- re: Gary Hart - interesting ideas on security, terrorism, what the Dems need to do, etc - gbaikie - 3/2/2006 10:04:48 PM
  - hey, gb - Robert - 3/2/2006 10:43:12 PM
    - re: hey, gb - gbaikie - 3/3/2006 10:08:40 AM
    - Curves - Laurie Street - 3/2/2006 11:53:19 PM
      - re: Curves - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 1:37:15 AM
        
        Quite true - Robert - 3/3/2006 5:04:28 PM
        
        re: Quite true - gbaikie - 3/4/2006 1:32:58 AM
        
        Extra-Constitutional powers - Robert - 3/4/2006 9:41:19 PM
        
        re: Extra-Constitutional powers - gbaikie - 3/5/2006 3:18:32 AM
        
        re: Extra-Constitutional powers - Robert - 3/5/2006 10:16:29 AM
        
        re: Extra-Constitutional powers - gbaikie - 3/5/2006 11:00:02 PM

The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the Twenty-First Century by Michael Mandelbaum - ljk - 3/5/2006 3:56:33 PM
- For every action, there is a re-action - Lindy - 3/5/2006 5:39:10 PM

Francis Fukuyama answers to Le Point - Raoul - 3/5/2006 8:45:02 AM
- re: Francis Fukuyama answers to Le Point - gbaikie - 3/5/2006 1:17:01 PM

More on the "Religion of Peace" - Bowser - 3/5/2006 6:21:10 AM

Does anyone still wonder why it's impossible to respect anyone who believes this administration? - Bowser - 3/5/2006 12:03:53 AM

La Nina weather phenomenon is coming - Eric - 3/4/2006 12:51:47 PM
- What ever happened to El Nino? - Scott Evil - 3/4/2006 11:10:29 PM

Bush and nation-building - Laurie Street - 3/4/2006 8:27:35 PM
- "White Man's Burden" applies to foreign aid every bit as much as military adventures. - Lee - 3/4/2006 11:09:53 PM

Death Toll in Iraq as high as 250,000 - Lindy - 3/3/2006 12:45:59 AM
- Actually, four billion people have died in Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 1:23:28 AM
  - The Lancet study... - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 5:12:40 PM
    - re: The Lancet study... - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 7:24:47 PM
      - re: The Lancet study... - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 7:57:12 PM
        
        Tom somehow thinks that ALL Iraqi deaths are justified - Lindy - 3/4/2006 4:32:47 PM
  - When are you going to admit Bush and Iraq are expensive failures? - Bowser - 3/3/2006 5:27:36 AM
    - re: When are you going to stop thinking random talking points are an argument? - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 6:56:32 AM
  - Funny, huh! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/3/2006 3:00:49 AM

2,300 - Donald - 3/4/2006 3:06:06 PM
- re: 2,300 - Eric - 3/4/2006 3:12:24 PM

Civil War Looms With 68 Killed in Baghdad - Donald - 3/1/2006 2:56:43 AM
- re: Civil War Looms With 68 Killed in Baghdad - azstrummer - 3/1/2006 5:03:40 PM
  - A first step - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2006 5:45:45 PM
    - So you're saying Rumsfield blew it? - azstrummer - 3/1/2006 8:42:20 PM
      - "The basic blunder was going in in the first place." - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2006 1:30:42 AM
        
        Looks like we're seeing progress in at least one area - Tony - 3/3/2006 6:33:26 PM
        
        "Keep the sanctions on? How many people was that killing every year?" - R.L. - 3/3/2006 5:06:12 AM
        
        re: sanctions - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 8:31:05 PM
        
        re: "The basic blunder was going in in the first place." - azstrummer - 3/2/2006 11:29:37 PM
        
        The entire concept is lost on you. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 3:01:54 AM
        
        Human nature is lost on you - azstrummer - 3/3/2006 3:41:26 PM
        
        re: Human nature is lost on you - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 8:27:53 PM
        
        re: Human nature is lost on you - azstrummer - 3/4/2006 7:39:34 AM
        
        re: Human nature is lost on you - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 8:36:31 AM
- Actually, the violence is subsiding. - David F Mayer - 3/1/2006 5:00:38 PM
- If this is a real civil war - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2006 3:53:25 PM
- The power of denial - Jack Herer - 3/1/2006 1:59:21 PM
- Excellent News! - Peter Bruener - 3/1/2006 7:54:45 AM
  - Don't thank me - Donald - 3/1/2006 2:03:09 PM
- Didn't 680,000 die in the US Civil War? - Scott Evil - 3/1/2006 4:10:27 AM

Imagine slight twists. - Bowser - 3/3/2006 3:23:44 PM
- Links - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 9:41:01 PM
- Imagine he was preaching about religion in the classroom. - REB - 3/3/2006 3:30:49 PM
  - I'd have no problem as long as an atheist was given equal time - azstrummer - 3/3/2006 10:30:20 PM
  - News flash - politics isn't the same as religion - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 4:33:58 PM
    - Besides, Bowser said imagine a slight twist, so I gave a slight twist. - REB - 3/3/2006 4:44:54 PM
      - re: Besides, Bowser said imagine a slight twist, so I gave a slight twist. - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 4:55:01 PM
    - So you would have no problem with a conservative teacher expressing his beliefs in the classroom? - REB - 3/3/2006 4:41:03 PM
      - re: So you would have no problem with a conservative teacher expressing his beliefs in the classroom? - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 4:52:41 PM
      - re: So you would have no problem with a conservative teacher expressing his beliefs in the classroom? - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 4:51:09 PM
        
        re: So you would have no problem with a conservative teacher expressing his beliefs in the classroom? - REB - 3/3/2006 5:10:25 PM
        
        The most violent nation - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 6:05:48 PM
        
        I disagree. The parents of the students need to tech their chilren about academic integrity. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 5:43:25 PM
        
        And parents don't preach to their children? - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 6:07:14 PM
        
        It is up to the parent to teach their children what they want. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 6:09:06 PM
        
        re: It is up to the parent to teach their children what they want. - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 6:19:02 PM
        
        I don't know any parents teaching their children those things. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 6:49:29 PM
        
        hmm, federalized education system? - azstrummer - 3/3/2006 9:48:59 PM
        
        So to protect the Children from Mass-indoctrination I can expect your support for school vouchers? - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 10:14:03 PM
        
        Nope, not in a pig's eye. - azstrummer - 3/3/2006 11:42:38 PM
        
        re: Some good points, and some bad... - Scott Evil - 3/4/2006 12:02:05 AM
        
        re: Some good points, and some bad... - azstrummer - 3/4/2006 7:15:35 AM

Bush in India - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 5:50:18 AM
- Filtered thru neocon blog. Doubt if they even believe Bush lies. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/4/2006 5:56:47 AM

Hamas sets the record straight. - Lee - 3/3/2006 7:46:59 PM
- re: Hamas sets the record straight. - azstrummer - 3/3/2006 9:36:31 PM
  - It's called "ethnic cleansing". - Bowser - 3/4/2006 2:14:45 AM
    - Sounds more like "common sense". - Lee - 3/4/2006 5:21:25 AM
  - Acquiring those lands would require moving out the current inhabitants. - Lee - 3/3/2006 9:51:19 PM
    - The jews and Palestinians should BOTH move out of the area. - A. Leftleaner - 3/3/2006 10:06:07 PM
      - I don't know - SteveS - 3/4/2006 3:12:38 AM
        
        So now anyone who eats pork is considered "far right"? - Lee - 3/4/2006 4:56:20 AM
      - re: But both will stay and learn how to live together - Raoul - 3/4/2006 12:04:51 AM

What a way to spend a night in a friendly country. - Bowser - 3/4/2006 2:48:15 AM
- Bush, the leader of the free world, waving the flag of democracy around the world as a cover for aggression (n/t) - Eric - 3/4/2006 3:30:32 AM

DANA files 4 Chapter 11 - carl - 3/3/2006 6:59:41 PM
- Killed by the Good ol UAW. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 9:03:27 PM
  - The "Reader's Digest" mentality. - Bowser - 3/4/2006 2:57:23 AM

Gangs kill freely in Iraq chaos - Donald - 3/2/2006 2:34:14 PM
- Of course, before the war, the hundreds of bodies never made it to the morgues. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2006 5:19:11 PM
  - Is there any hypothetical thing that could happen in Iraq... - alcaray - 3/2/2006 9:49:45 PM
    - Interesting question. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 1:35:31 AM
      - So nothing, then. appx 1500 dead in a week is not worth talking about. - alcaray - 3/3/2006 3:35:02 AM
        
        Not what I said. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 7:12:37 AM
        
        You may be confusing... - alcaray - 3/3/2006 5:31:47 PM
        
        OK, one MORE time for the ethically retarded - R.L. - 3/3/2006 8:24:26 AM
        
        re: OK, one MORE time for the ethically retarded - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 8:06:32 PM
        
        re: OK, one MORE time for the ethically retarded - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 9:06:27 PM
        
        re: OK, one MORE time for the ethically retarded - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 10:46:30 PM
        
        re: OK, one MORE time for the ethically retarded - gbaikie - 3/4/2006 1:57:04 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 10:48:22 PM
    - Micheal Jackson goes to Iraq (n/t) - gbaikie - 3/2/2006 10:15:51 PM
- Meanwhile: Iraq government talks in disarray - Donald - 3/2/2006 2:37:00 PM
  - And you can only blame one person..... - Lindy - 3/2/2006 2:46:39 PM
    - Well...not just him - Donald - 3/2/2006 3:34:09 PM
      - Does that include... - McFly - 3/3/2006 12:53:35 AM
      - re: Well...not just him - Jack Herer - 3/2/2006 4:10:47 PM

Canadian Supreme Court allows Sikh daggers in school - David F Mayer - 3/3/2006 1:54:06 PM
- Related Story: Canadian Supreme Court Permits New Cult to Bear Automatic Weapons - David F Mayer - 3/3/2006 7:20:01 PM
- An age-old debate - McFly - 3/3/2006 2:16:10 PM
  - McFly is right. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 7:42:29 PM
    - Easy for you to say... we all know that you've trained your kids to kill with their bare hands... - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 11:44:39 PM
  - In other words, you are telling me that the - David F Mayer - 3/3/2006 2:23:56 PM
    - re: In other words, you are telling me that the - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 5:03:24 PM
      - We always had a problem with this issue at my school... - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 11:52:05 PM
      - If you don't know stupidity when you see it, I feel sorry for you. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/3/2006 5:05:00 PM
        
        Oh, but I do - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 5:46:33 PM
        
        Not intolerance, just common sense. - David F Mayer - 3/3/2006 6:20:35 PM
        
        GBS said, "The problem with common sense is that it's so god-damned uncommon!" (n/t) - Publius - 3/3/2006 8:34:45 PM

The rehabilitiation of Michael Brown - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2006 10:59:31 PM

Algore wants free media commericial time donated to his environmentalist whacko ideas. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 3:37:36 PM
- A bit of a slave to partisan marketing, eh? (n/t) - et - 3/3/2006 9:30:40 PM
- Nothing wrong with donating money & time to important causes - Donald - 3/3/2006 4:38:14 PM
  - And it's nice to see GRACE in the news - alcaray - 3/3/2006 7:40:46 PM
    - How much seasonal fluctuation is there in sea levels? - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 8:28:16 PM
  - I plan on building a greenhouse addition onto my home in the near future. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 5:47:22 PM
    - Invest in cacti, Scott - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 6:12:08 PM
      - And those peyote buds make a great smoke.......... (n/t) - Publius - 3/3/2006 8:36:47 PM
      - It is pretty dry here right now... - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 6:45:08 PM
- Helps if you can read - Tony - 3/3/2006 3:41:24 PM
  - Asking for a 50% reduction in fees is asking for a donation. - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 4:21:50 PM
    - re: Asking for a 50% reduction in fees is not asking for "free media commercial time" - Tony - 3/3/2006 6:31:38 PM
    - Is asking for a 50% tax cut, asking for the government to give you money? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/3/2006 4:24:58 PM
      - Are you serious? - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 4:27:57 PM
        
        re: Are you serious? - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 4:44:49 PM
        
        re: its called choice... - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 5:36:28 PM
        
        re: its called choice... - Laurie Street - 3/3/2006 6:13:59 PM

Didn't the US invade Iraq because it was a dictatorship and nuclear proliferator? - Bowser - 3/3/2006 3:18:59 PM
- Oh quite the contrary... - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 4:26:39 PM
  - Absolutely amazing............ - Publius - 3/3/2006 8:48:03 PM
    - why thank you! - Scott Evil - 3/3/2006 8:52:39 PM

If I were to base my estimate of soldier's opinions... - alcaray - 3/3/2006 6:40:46 PM

Fisk: One year before the Iraq invasion. - et - 3/3/2006 6:19:37 PM

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