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Sheehan visits Chavez. - Lee - 1/30/2006 3:33:48 AM

"both American Republicansâ€”to key positions. Suzanne Rich Folsom became director of Institutional Integrity," - Bowser - 1/29/2006 10:52:57 PM
- I think this pretty much proves that Bowser never actually reads these articles. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 11:02:17 PM
  - re: I think this pretty much proves that Tom doesn't care about accurate subject lines. - Bowser - 1/29/2006 11:25:19 PM

Exclusive: Direct Talksâ€”U.S. Officials and Iraqi Insurgents - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 9:22:53 PM
- â€œWe do not negotiate with terrorists,â€ McClellan said. â€œWe put them out of business.â€ - Bowser - 1/29/2006 10:00:25 PM
- A very good sign - Donald - 1/29/2006 9:39:52 PM
- It's about time (n/t) - Lindy - 1/29/2006 9:38:58 PM
  - Actually, this kind of thing has been going on for some time. - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 9:56:53 PM

Audit: U.S.-Led Occupation Squandered Aid - Eric - 1/29/2006 9:56:36 PM

Bombings in Iran - Lee - 1/29/2006 9:03:31 AM
- Bombings In Fun-Loving Iran -- Who would have ever expected - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 4:12:16 PM
- re: Bombings in Iran - Donald - 1/29/2006 3:46:35 PM
  - Don't worry, there are plenty of fruitcakes in Iran - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 4:14:39 PM
    - You'll notice that... - Donald - 1/29/2006 4:17:30 PM
      - This is only one bombing of many. - Lee - 1/29/2006 6:47:48 PM
        
        Unfortunately that is true - Donald - 1/29/2006 8:27:19 PM

Bush tries to muzzle top Climate Scientist - Eric - 1/29/2006 1:20:25 AM
- The issue for rational people seems to be if it's too late. - Bowser - 1/29/2006 4:41:05 AM
  - re: The issue for rational people seems to be if it's too late. - ljk - 1/29/2006 7:11:54 PM

ABC's Woodruff, Cameraman Injured in Iraq - Donald - 1/29/2006 3:34:07 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,242 - Donald - 1/29/2006 3:36:03 PM

Polls close in Palestine. What will it mean for Israel? - REB - 1/25/2006 7:24:22 PM
- No matter what happens, it will be bad for Israel. - David F Mayer - 1/25/2006 9:44:50 PM
  - I think it will be good for Israel. - Lee - 1/27/2006 6:31:31 AM
    - You might be right. - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 3:14:37 PM
  - I think you may be right. - REB - 1/25/2006 9:53:14 PM

Federal Reserve Money Supply Report Is About To Fall Into The Abyss. - Eric - 1/29/2006 5:35:57 AM
- "Am I suggesting there might be something of a nefarious nature going on here? I certainly am." - Bowser - 1/29/2006 5:57:28 AM

ENRON Scumbags Lay & Skilling Come To Trial At Last - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 5:00:13 AM

Odd anecdote about Rep. Blunt - alcaray - 1/27/2006 8:06:53 PM
- Perfectly understandable - Eri - 1/29/2006 3:49:42 AM
- That poor blogger. - Bowser - 1/28/2006 5:50:51 AM
- re: Anecdotes about Rep. Blunt - Fox - 1/28/2006 3:32:38 AM

The fruits of the Bush foreign policy: Another Islamist state in the Middle East - Donald - 1/26/2006 1:52:44 PM
- re: The Palestinians are stupid fools, and you blame Bush? - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:31:16 PM
  - re: Fun to demonize fellow humans, isn't it? - Raoul - 1/27/2006 10:55:29 PM
  - You know, Scott, a lot of the world said the same thing about Americans when you re-elected GW (n/t) - Laurie Street - 1/27/2006 10:48:57 PM
    - Why, that's a perfect analogy, Laurie. The election of Bush and Hamas. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2006 12:58:01 AM
      - Thanks, Tom - glad you recognize that. - Laurie Street - 1/29/2006 1:26:47 AM
      - Pleased to see you recognize similar problems exist.... - Publius - 1/28/2006 8:24:14 PM
- re: The fruits of the Bush foreign policy: Another Islamist state in the Middle East - azstrummer - 1/26/2006 11:18:50 PM
  - How long do you think it will be before the "Palistinian State" officially joins the "Axis of Evil" - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:53:08 PM
  - Exactly - Donald - 1/27/2006 3:07:58 AM
    - you guys are really going to run with that ball, aren't you? - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 4:07:34 AM
- Looks pretty bad - Buck Galaxy - 1/26/2006 5:28:16 PM
  - My guess is that the new government will announce that they will be joining the Syrian-Iranian aliance. - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:40:05 PM
    - Oh, god- that sums you up wonderfully!!! LOL - R.L. - 1/28/2006 9:56:21 PM
- I'd love to see you explain what would be different if someone else were president. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 5:21:35 PM
  - I'd love to see someone else president............ - Publius - 1/27/2006 5:15:12 PM
  - Well, for one thing... - Donald - 1/26/2006 9:27:55 PM
    - Pointing out something so simple to Tom, Donald......... - Lindy - 1/27/2006 5:26:44 AM
    - re: Well, for one thing... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 9:55:17 PM
      - You keep missing it - Donald - 1/27/2006 2:59:31 AM
      - Obsession with Bush swings both ways - azstrummer - 1/26/2006 11:02:51 PM
  - re: Easy - Raoul - 1/26/2006 7:14:30 PM
    - The news in the US has been censored so long there's no idea. - Bowser - 1/26/2006 8:41:33 PM
      - re: You should write a letter to the Editor of the New York Times. - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:34:58 PM
    - re: Not really. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 8:07:49 PM
      - re: Palestinians want peace too - Raoul - 1/26/2006 10:33:12 PM
  - So would the rest of us. And anyone interested in peace. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/26/2006 7:03:53 PM
- Doanld, the were already an Islamist state in the Middle East - REB - 1/26/2006 3:21:41 PM
  - re: Bush senior - Bush junior - Raoul - 1/26/2006 10:26:06 PM
    - You got it - Donald - 1/27/2006 3:09:46 AM
      - Of course, by this same argument, we should have kept the Shah of Iran in power. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 4:21:39 AM
        
        We did. - Mary Anne - 1/29/2006 1:41:29 AM
        
        re: But he WAS in power until his health decided otherwise (n/t) - Raoul - 1/27/2006 6:45:12 AM
  - Wrong - Donald - 1/26/2006 9:30:59 PM

Wonder why they haven't been demonizing North Korea lately. - Bowser - 1/26/2006 7:01:41 PM
- Is suppose you think the US Government should honor counterfeit US Currency produced by North Korea? - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 3:05:18 PM
- Still more laughs from the fun-loving North Korean government. - David F Mayer - 1/26/2006 9:25:08 PM
- Iran is closer to Iraq..... - carl - 1/26/2006 9:20:14 PM
- North Korea does a pretty good job demonizing itself. - David F Mayer - 1/26/2006 9:19:59 PM
  - Those silly North Koreans should rise up and save themselves. - A. Leftleaner - 1/27/2006 3:07:45 PM
    - That may happen eventually, but for right now, Kim has the whip hand. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 1:17:25 AM

Which Administration promised Afghanistan, Iraq and Louisiana? - Bowser - 1/28/2006 6:00:28 AM
- re: Which Administration promised Afghanistan, Iraq and Louisiana? - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2006 6:55:01 AM
  - You think Bowser quits at the headlines?? - Lindy - 1/28/2006 6:10:54 PM
    - Yes, I do... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 10:38:42 PM

250 years ago, today......Birth of - Raoul - 1/27/2006 6:29:47 AM
- It's hard to get a music download for Mozart on Habitablezone.com. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/28/2006 6:08:40 PM
- re: Even Google is celebrating! - Raoul - 1/27/2006 11:25:25 PM
- Rock me Amadeus - REB - 1/27/2006 3:42:33 PM
  - I loved that song as a kid... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 3:19:26 AM
  - re: Voi Che Sapete from Figaro's Wedding - Raoul - 1/27/2006 10:52:57 PM
    - Even with poor fidelity, a problem of internet downloaded music, Mozart's music shines. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/28/2006 6:13:52 PM
  - re::-( - Raoul - 1/27/2006 6:34:17 PM
    - Sort of disco (n/t) - alcaray - 1/27/2006 7:08:56 PM
    - re: re::-( - REB - 1/27/2006 6:55:03 PM
      - Is it based on the Magic Flute lyrics?? (n/t) - Raoul - 1/27/2006 8:04:32 PM
        
        Good question. I never thought about that. - REB - 1/27/2006 8:12:28 PM
      - The great Freemason debate - REB - 1/27/2006 7:02:04 PM
  - Zeta, Zeta du......... - Publius - 1/27/2006 5:05:51 PM
    - re: Zeta, Zeta du......... - REB - 1/27/2006 5:10:01 PM
      - 99 Luft Balloons... - ljk - 1/27/2006 6:05:26 PM
        
        I like the German Version. - REB - 1/27/2006 7:30:42 PM

The Saudis - "Iran nuclear bid 'fault of West'" - Bowser - 1/26/2006 8:53:39 AM
- If Iran gets the bomb, the Saudi's need to really consider developing a nuclear program of their own. - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:56:39 PM
  - The Saudis may have been considering nukes since 1975 - Alan G. Archer - 1/27/2006 11:59:26 PM
- So what isn't the "fault of the West" in your book? - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 10:05:40 PM
  - it isn't "the West" he has a problem with...It is the USA. - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:58:37 PM

BUSH 2 Re-name SPYING!!!!!!! - carl - 1/25/2006 4:56:06 PM
- It's called spin - newspeak - lying. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/25/2006 11:43:37 PM
- Oh my god!!! what next - FrankC - 1/25/2006 9:33:43 PM
  - Anything's possible! - Robert - 1/26/2006 1:38:51 AM
    - That doesn't bother you? - FrankC - 1/26/2006 5:44:41 AM
      - What? Me Worry? - Robert - 1/26/2006 6:43:47 PM
        
        Next step: getting a conservative to admit Clinton doesn't really matter any more. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 10:17:27 PM
        
        The mid terms will tell - FrankC - 1/26/2006 9:51:38 PM
    - re: Anything's possible! - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 4:32:32 AM
      - Impeachable offenses - Robert - 1/26/2006 5:53:00 PM
        
        re: Impeachable offenses - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 10:21:27 PM
        
        As far as this specific spying case... - alcaray - 1/27/2006 12:44:08 AM
    - But don't you remember.......... - Lindy - 1/26/2006 4:28:54 AM
      - re: But don't you remember.......... - Robert - 1/26/2006 7:37:33 PM
        
        "...none of those scenarios are exactly impossible, and there are disturbing hints that some may be probable..." - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 10:24:48 PM
        
        "Where Lindy lives all the time................" - Lindy - 1/27/2006 5:50:38 AM
        
        Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty (n/t) - Robert - 1/26/2006 10:41:05 PM
  - re: Oh my god!!! what next - azstrummer - 1/25/2006 10:51:43 PM
    - no not offended... - FrankC - 1/25/2006 11:24:12 PM
      - Surveilance on Individuals..... - Lindy - 1/26/2006 12:25:14 AM
        
        I don't know what the examples are.... - FrankC - 1/26/2006 10:47:47 PM
- We need one more government department...The Department of Integrity! (n/t) - Jack Herer - 1/25/2006 6:06:25 PM
- re: BUSH 2 Re-name SPYING!!!!!!! - REB - 1/25/2006 5:17:24 PM
  - Why do you believe these guys? - azstrummer - 1/25/2006 7:41:16 PM
    - re: Why do you believe these guys? - REB - 1/25/2006 8:23:42 PM
    - Have you taken a close look at the people on the other side? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 7:51:11 PM
      - re: Have you taken a close look at the people on the other side? - azstrummer - 1/25/2006 10:50:32 PM
        
        Scared? - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 1:01:58 AM
        
        Broken limb - azstrummer - 1/27/2006 12:01:24 AM
        
        I am dying to see how you would have applied your philosophy to 9/11. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 4:19:30 AM
  - Do you think Cindy Sheehan was spied on? (n/t) - Jack Herer - 1/25/2006 6:08:05 PM
    - re: Do you think Cindy Sheehan was spied on? - REB - 1/25/2006 6:35:57 PM
    - I have no idea. - REB - 1/25/2006 6:22:04 PM
      - Cindy Sheehan used up her fifteen minutes a long time ago. - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 8:09:41 PM
        
        Re-inventing her son as a "pathetic victim"???? - Lindy - 1/26/2006 4:33:18 AM
        
        Oh, put a sock in it. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 5:38:01 AM
        
        re: Cindy Sheehan used up her fifteen minutes a long time ago. - azstrummer - 1/25/2006 11:09:13 PM
        
        re: Cindy Sheehan - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 12:56:30 AM
        
        The dead can't be exploited - azstrummer - 1/27/2006 12:08:20 AM
        
        Sure they can - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/27/2006 12:44:34 AM
        
        re: Sure they can - azstrummer - 1/27/2006 10:23:02 PM
        
        "Genuine emotion" is no substitute for being rational. - Lindy - 1/26/2006 4:36:57 AM
        
        Be careful throwing those compliments around... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/27/2006 12:34:59 AM
        
        Agreed. - REB - 1/25/2006 8:26:52 PM
        
        So, IF the Clinton administration investigated those protesting our actions in Yugoslavia... - R.L. - 1/25/2006 8:51:40 PM
        
        If those protesting our actions in Yugoslavia were plotting terrorist attacks in America, sure. Go for it Clinton - REB - 1/25/2006 9:02:15 PM
        
        Are you claiming Sheehan is a terrorist? (n/t) - R.L. - 1/26/2006 4:32:08 AM
        
        Is she planning terrorist attacks? - REB - 1/26/2006 1:21:52 PM
        
        Sheehan is a confused and angry dupe. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 5:43:59 AM
        
        I am not a fan of hers... - R.L. - 1/26/2006 6:43:57 AM
        
        re: I am not a fan of hers... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 7:06:33 AM
        
        Agreed... she has paid a high price - R.L. - 1/26/2006 7:11:19 AM
        
        re: Agreed... she has paid a high price - azstrummer - 1/27/2006 11:52:26 PM
        
        re: Agreed... she has paid a high price - REB - 1/26/2006 3:47:03 PM
        
        Do me a favor - R.L. - 1/26/2006 7:54:56 PM
        
        Sure. - REB - 1/26/2006 8:05:41 PM
        
        Pigs are flying - azstrummer - 1/27/2006 11:54:12 PM

Bush the Incompetent - Donald - 1/27/2006 3:22:21 AM
- Not a current event topic............ - Publius - 1/27/2006 10:37:50 PM

Two versions of Google - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 5:45:21 AM
- If U GOOGLE GOOGLE - carl - 1/27/2006 7:27:47 PM
- "Do no harm..." - McFly - 1/27/2006 2:26:04 PM
  - "Do no evil" - Robert - 1/27/2006 5:47:15 PM
    - re: "Do no evil" - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 7:27:52 PM
    - And more... - McFly - 1/27/2006 6:19:02 PM

I notice that the right-wing approach to votes in Palestine... - alcaray - 1/25/2006 10:52:15 PM
- Do you take a cookie cutter approach to the whole Middle East? - REB - 1/26/2006 4:27:54 PM
  - No I don't - alcaray - 1/26/2006 5:54:01 PM
    - Good, because Palestine and Iraq are to different situations with different histories. - REB - 1/26/2006 6:05:08 PM
      - Go to a synogogue and talk to people. - Bowser - 1/26/2006 8:46:49 PM
        
        re: Go to a synogogue and talk to people. - REB - 1/26/2006 9:13:32 PM
      - hint: I'm talking about posters' hypocrisy. If you really don't know what I'm talking about, that's ok man. No harm. No foul. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 6:09:57 PM
        
        And... - REB - 1/26/2006 6:36:36 PM
        
        How can it be hypocrisy when Palestine and Iraq are two totally different situations? - REB - 1/26/2006 6:26:20 PM
        
        Consider - alcaray - 1/26/2006 7:14:14 PM
        
        re: Consider - REB - 1/26/2006 7:54:44 PM
        
        To his credit, Bush had something nice to say about voting in Palestine, yesterday. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/27/2006 3:56:27 PM
        
        :) - REB - 1/27/2006 5:44:19 PM
        
        Well... - alcaray - 1/27/2006 6:04:07 PM
      - Disclaimer: My opinions may or may not represent those of the right. nt (n/t) - REB - 1/26/2006 6:06:31 PM
- What right-wing approach is that? (n/t) - Sam F. - 1/26/2006 8:02:29 AM
  - See the thread below (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 3:54:55 PM
- The most flexible thing in the world is a conservative "value". (n/t) - Bowser - 1/26/2006 2:44:07 AM
- re: the right-wing approach - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 1:30:34 AM
  - Just reading HZ. Got a point? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 3:54:23 PM
  - You must be listening to different presidential press spokesmen than I am. :-) (n/t) - Tony - 1/26/2006 3:53:58 PM

The Bush failure in the MIddle East - Donald - 1/27/2006 2:44:09 AM
- Meanwhile: 2,239 - Donald - 1/27/2006 3:12:50 AM

putting off the day - - - when these almost infinitely abused people will ever be able to live their public lives with some dignity - Bowser - 1/26/2006 11:58:14 PM

Another Bin Laden Tape- And ANOTHER Endorsement From the Terrorist - R.L. - 1/24/2006 7:45:55 AM
- re: On a serious note... - Chris Vancil - 1/24/2006 10:39:12 PM
  - Good point, Chris. - REB - 1/25/2006 4:31:15 PM
    - It is a joke, guys. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/25/2006 10:57:56 PM
      - Chris said, "On a Serious note", and I was replying to him, not RL. - REB - 1/26/2006 3:48:19 PM
        
        friendly reminder (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 11:16:05 PM
      - The version on OT was better in my opinion.... - R.L. - 1/26/2006 5:29:41 AM
- Rodgers and Hammerstein should be tried for TREASON!!! - David F. MayeRL - 1/24/2006 7:51:30 AM
  - Careful there. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 7:57:07 AM
    - I will repost it on OT - R.L. - 1/24/2006 9:28:28 AM
    - I tried to be obvious - R.L. - 1/24/2006 8:01:37 AM
      - Yeah, it was pretty good. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 9:26:24 AM

When the laws can be used to plunder, the plunderers will make the laws. - Bowser - 1/23/2006 8:09:37 PM
- ALL campaign contributions, gifts, loand, gratuities, etc - David F Mayer - 1/25/2006 9:50:40 PM
  - Not quite. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 6:45:25 AM
    - Notice that it solves the problem of public campaign financing. - David F Mayer - 1/26/2006 9:58:20 PM
    - No longer true with the Internet. - David F Mayer - 1/26/2006 9:33:26 PM
  - Wow, I agree with you again David........ - Lindy - 1/26/2006 5:06:10 AM
- Republican Campaign Cash wins every time - Lindy - 1/24/2006 4:26:44 AM
  - They buy the news, the blogs, the smears a la Swift Boat vets. - Bowser - 1/24/2006 4:56:32 AM
- The more complicated the law, the more devious the criminal. - Lao Tsu - 1/24/2006 4:18:30 AM
- So take away the government's ability to plunder. - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 9:33:20 PM
  - How? When DOD is allowed to plunder aimlessly? - Lindy - 1/24/2006 4:37:34 AM

HAVE U Driven a FORD LATELY? - carl - 1/24/2006 5:34:04 PM
- re: HAVE U Driven a FORD LATELY? - REB - 1/25/2006 4:34:25 PM
- Every Day! - SteveS - 1/25/2006 2:59:14 PM
  - Congratulations on your Ford Mustang! - Lindy - 1/26/2006 5:03:33 AM
    - Thanks! - SteveS - 1/26/2006 8:16:37 PM
- re: U live in Nebraska? - Scott Evil - 1/25/2006 12:52:10 AM
- Americans who do not buy American Made are slitting their own throats - Lee - 1/24/2006 7:56:10 PM
  - re: I've always bought American. - Scott Evil - 1/25/2006 12:55:27 AM
  - Please advise----what is American made? - Publius - 1/24/2006 10:57:27 PM
    - Which is why private companies are better for America than Corporations. - Lee - 1/25/2006 6:30:30 AM
      - Not privately held companies, somehow? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/25/2006 10:14:01 PM
    - re: You are very correct. - Scott Evil - 1/25/2006 1:10:44 AM
  - Car companies that don't build cars that people want to buy for prices they're willing to pay are sliting their own throats - Larry J - 1/24/2006 8:08:32 PM
    - I would agree Larry.......... - Lindy - 1/24/2006 8:54:27 PM
      - There are a lot of Hondas and Toyotas built in America - Larry J - 1/24/2006 9:23:37 PM
- Old car plants - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:44:37 PM

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