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2,227 - Donald - 1/23/2006 2:08:40 PM

Recipe for civil war in Iraq. - Bowser - 1/22/2006 1:51:54 AM
- re: Recipe for democracy in Iraq. - Buck Galaxy - 1/23/2006 2:44:14 AM

The Case For Invading Iran - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 6:17:10 AM
- The Amazing Kreskin predicts...... - Lindy - 1/23/2006 1:51:01 AM
  - From the same page: - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 2:06:22 AM
- How 'bout Israel? They have nukes. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/20/2006 6:41:17 AM
  - Because Israel is NOT Threatening to Wipe Other Countries Off the Map. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/20/2006 2:57:19 PM
    - You just make things up, don't you. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/20/2006 4:35:35 PM
      - Since when has Israel theatened its neighbors with nukes? (n/t) - DFM - 1/22/2006 1:00:31 AM
        
        The only folks who have threatened to use nukes are the Bushies. - Bowser - 1/22/2006 9:39:22 PM
        
        Ummm, posessing them is a tacit threat. Everybody's has a hand on the hilt of that sword. (n/t) - et - 1/23/2006 12:41:18 AM
  - Try to be serious. Just once. (n/t) - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 9:27:41 AM
  - Hey, so do the U.S., France, and Britain! Gasp! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 6:50:49 AM
    - Well, let's invade China. We've cleaned up the Middle East SO well. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 7:07:14 AM
      - Like China cleaned up Tibet? - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 9:53:18 AM
        
        Do you understand the China - Tibet relationship? - Bowser - 1/20/2006 4:34:25 PM
- re: The Case For Invading Iran - JEKing - 1/20/2006 6:36:08 AM

Anti-American author's book gets a big boost in sales - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 8:07:16 PM
- Get your jingoistic title right the next time, will ya? - Lindy - 1/22/2006 9:00:33 AM
  - Yeah, been here before. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2006 10:28:05 PM
    - No kidding - Lindy - 1/22/2006 11:53:03 PM
- So, you've read the book. (n/t) - et - 1/21/2006 11:03:03 PM
- Being anti-Bush is being PRO-AMERICAN. - Bowser - 1/21/2006 10:12:38 PM
  - When exactly was "America, at one time, a great nation"? - Sam F. - 1/22/2006 4:30:18 AM
    - re: When exactly was "America, at one time, a great nation"? - Bowser - 1/22/2006 6:21:14 AM
      - You're really not very good at this, are you? - Sam F. - 1/22/2006 1:01:25 PM
        
        Yer funny. - Bowser - 1/22/2006 9:37:30 PM

Halliburton again. Still. - Bowser - 1/22/2006 11:44:33 PM

Kinda reminds one of when they claimed they barely knew "Kenny-Boy". (Who is still free.) - Bowser - 1/22/2006 9:46:43 PM

Do ya suppose Republican fundraisers have sold our clean air? - Bowser - 1/22/2006 6:58:22 AM

2,225 - Donald - 1/22/2006 4:31:25 AM

An update on the American education system - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 10:07:21 PM
- Another blog cited in toto. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/20/2006 10:14:25 PM
  - re: Itâ€™s easy to teach kids to read (phonetically). It takes genius to waste twelve years of their lives, sixteen in the case of college graduates, and keep them from learning to read. - Scott Evil - 1/21/2006 6:47:49 PM
    - That would be "Fred." - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 7:20:00 PM
  - The source article cited was MSNBC. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 12:39:47 AM
    - THE VIEW FROM CHAOS MANOR - that's the link I have. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/21/2006 12:46:13 AM
      - Jesus wept. Read the goddam link. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 12:54:28 AM
  - Case in point. (n/t) - RobVG - 1/20/2006 11:19:14 PM

France is willing to use nukes against state-sponsered terrorism, should the USA be prepared to use nukes too? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin. - 1/20/2006 12:05:43 AM
- Now that I've seen it, I don't think either you or France must be nuts - alcaray - 1/20/2006 4:15:52 PM
- show me the basis for your assertion (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 12:15:25 AM
  - Link - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 2:21:09 AM
    - President Jacques Chirac is a dangerous Cowboy. - A. Leftleaner - 1/21/2006 6:52:21 PM
    - Thanks Sam (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 4:10:58 PM
      - Another one for you ;-) - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 11:23:52 PM

Iran (second try) - JEKing - 1/21/2006 3:26:10 AM
- Warning...............very long...... (n/t) - Lindy - 1/21/2006 6:31:07 AM
- Fascinating. - Bowser - 1/21/2006 4:25:28 AM
- From December 2004? (n/t) - Lee - 1/21/2006 4:13:03 AM
  - Gives you a good idea... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 4:15:23 AM

Conservatives angry that annual egg roll will be â€˜crashedâ€™ by activists - Bowser - 1/21/2006 6:16:41 AM

An evangelical on Christianity and Iraq - Bowser - 1/20/2006 11:07:07 PM
- An op-ed in toto? And that differs to a blog exactly how? (n/t) - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 11:21:26 PM
  - Well, ya see. I'll explain. 'Cause you're a nice guy. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 11:32:43 PM
    - Sorry, you're completely incoherent. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 12:53:33 AM
      - The difference, again. - Bowser - 1/21/2006 2:49:02 AM
        
        re: Blog navigation - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 4:24:07 AM

whence policy in Iran? - JEKing - 1/21/2006 3:15:37 AM

Show of hands: who thinks we should attempt to capture and/or kill OBL? - alcaray - 1/19/2006 10:46:22 PM
- Yes, we should continue to try to get him. Yes, I am disappointed. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/20/2006 2:58:14 PM
- re: Show of hands: who actually thinks we haven't been trying to do just that? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 12:14:50 AM
  - I hope not. If we have been we are pitiful. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 7:11:19 AM
  - I asked you first. Do you think it is too gray to answer, as well? - alcaray - 1/20/2006 12:16:47 AM
    - Here's an equally relevant question: Who thinks we should send a probe to Pluto? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 12:31:39 AM
      - You been hanging out with Scott? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 4:17:22 PM
- re: ME - Scott Evil - 1/19/2006 11:10:20 PM
- A lot of gray area there... - et - 1/19/2006 11:05:11 PM
  - Err, I think you are reading too much into it. - alcaray - 1/19/2006 11:16:54 PM
  - re: This is really the lowest level of discourseA lot of gray area there... - Scott Evil - 1/19/2006 11:13:16 PM
    - Thanks Bill O'Reilley, I rest my case. (n/t) - et - 1/20/2006 1:23:51 AM
- I think we should. - alcaray - 1/19/2006 10:47:01 PM
  - What was your point, then? - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 2:12:19 AM
    - I wanted to get an idea where everyone stood. I did not think it would be such a challanging question. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 4:18:50 PM
      - It absolutely never occurred to me that Tom would refuse to answer! (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 4:19:36 PM
        
        It was an invalid question. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 6:33:21 PM
        
        I implied no such thing. I reworded the question a few times here without the word you object to. - alcaray - 1/20/2006 6:54:00 PM
        
        I mis-spoke: I used the word "should" in my attempt to define more clearly, too. - alcaray - 1/20/2006 7:04:40 PM
        
        "Man, I would hate to be a pollster calling your house." - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 7:42:20 PM
        
        You word the question for me, then (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 8:14:33 PM
        
        Easy. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 9:39:33 PM
    - Probably a little subtle fer ya there, Sam. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/20/2006 7:29:22 AM
  - Amen, brother. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/20/2006 12:27:26 AM

Abramoff attends WH staff meetings. Really. McClellan tap-dances. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 6:39:57 PM
- Abramoff did business with some pretty ugly characters - Lindy - 1/20/2006 9:26:27 PM

Hearts and Minds - "Troops find almost no support among locals" - Bowser - 1/19/2006 7:33:15 AM
- re: Kayla Williams - Raoul - 1/19/2006 7:55:35 PM
  - "US soldiers can't say who's the enemy and who isn't" - Lindy - 1/20/2006 9:00:25 PM
  - Absolutely no way to come away with dignity. Ya reap what ya sow. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 5:49:46 AM

We have gone to Level Orange on the tortured mutterings of a Gitmo prisoner. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 5:48:05 AM
- It's not election season. Bet we up the level later this year. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 7:33:39 PM
- re: We have gone to Level Orange on the tortured mutterings of a Gitmo prisoner. - Laurie Street - 1/20/2006 7:12:44 PM

Algorithm detects Canadian politicians' spin - LJK - 1/20/2006 4:56:34 PM

Bin Laden Back - Lindy - 1/19/2006 4:50:13 PM
- "Bush didn't get bin Laden" - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 5:34:42 PM
  - Yo Tom - Lindy - 1/20/2006 2:03:59 AM
  - Do ya suppose if Bush weren't looking in, believe it or not, Iraq? - Bowser - 1/19/2006 7:10:27 PM
    - Bowser..... - Lindy - 1/20/2006 2:27:22 AM
    - He's probably in Pakistan. Now what? - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 12:17:22 AM
      - Probably shouldn't create a haven and more terrorists lookin' where he ain't. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 1:33:09 AM
- Bush Waffles on Bin Laden - Jack Herer - 1/19/2006 5:19:23 PM
- re: Bin Laden Back - SDF - 1/19/2006 5:17:25 PM

Guess no one wants to mention Mayor Nagin's remarks from Monday. - Lee - 1/19/2006 1:19:43 AM
- Absolutely bland compared to your bigotry. Inoffensive. Understandable. - Bowser - 1/19/2006 4:35:14 AM
  - Lee, on the other hand, isn't the mayor of a major city. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 5:23:26 AM
  - Saying it's "God's will" for a city to be Black is understandable?" - Lee - 1/19/2006 4:45:10 AM
- Nagin - Donald - 1/19/2006 3:35:48 AM
  - "Move on." What you hear when a Democrat screws up. - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 6:00:13 AM
    - Not Democrat: anyone faced with ongoing hysterics over a beej. - alcaray - 1/19/2006 11:48:45 PM
      - Nice try. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 12:20:10 AM
        
        I admit he should have refused to go under oath, as any good Republican prez would. - alcaray - 1/20/2006 1:49:36 AM
    - "Wasn't me" What you hear when a Republican screws up. - Tony - 1/19/2006 3:15:38 PM
      - Great example of that one here - alcaray - 1/19/2006 11:58:08 PM
      - Not my fault that Clinton usually DID do it first. - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 5:35:54 PM
        
        I can't tell anymore when you are joking........ - Tony - 1/19/2006 9:20:58 PM

Update on the Predator attack in Pakistan - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2006 9:04:21 PM
- Didn't think that would get a lot of response. - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 5:28:28 AM
  - What a snide #$@^%! - et - 1/19/2006 5:48:47 AM
    - "Why didn't we go after bin Laden?" - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 6:11:50 AM
      - OBL is responsible for the 9/11 attacks. He is on our wanted list. At the top, I would guess. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/19/2006 4:15:48 PM
      - What post are you arguing with? - Tony - 1/19/2006 3:17:24 PM
        
        You see, Tony... - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 5:40:37 PM
        
        Go get my posts, snidely. (n/t) - et - 1/19/2006 11:07:19 PM
        
        P.S.. - Tony - 1/19/2006 9:20:07 PM
        
        Your problem - Tony - 1/19/2006 9:14:49 PM
        
        regarding the part about me - alcaray - 1/19/2006 6:04:05 PM

Brown edging a little closer to the truth - alcaray - 1/19/2006 8:16:37 PM

The media always comes through for terrorists - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/18/2006 10:03:16 PM
- I must disagree with you on this one. - REB - 1/19/2006 4:02:29 PM
- To be fair... - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 6:07:47 AM
- "the media"? Her father held a press conference and made the statement? - alcaray - 1/18/2006 10:18:07 PM
  - Yes...the media. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/18/2006 10:34:16 PM
    - re: Yes...the media. - Publius - 1/19/2006 4:55:26 PM
    - I think it's pretty important that we know these things. - alcaray - 1/18/2006 10:43:20 PM
      - You just don't get it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/18/2006 10:54:49 PM
        
        Yer off yer rocker Techie - Lindy - 1/19/2006 4:58:29 AM
        
        You rightys seemed to love that beheading. - alcaray - 1/19/2006 12:27:39 AM
        
        Not me. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/19/2006 1:40:56 AM
        
        I did not see you say anything negative to the righty who linked us to it. - alcaray - 1/19/2006 2:41:49 AM
- I expect them to kill her after raping her. It is their style. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/18/2006 10:09:42 PM
  - You are one sick puppy, by the way. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/18/2006 10:40:17 PM
    - I didn't say that I WANTED it to happen.I WANT her to be freed. - David F Mayer - 1/19/2006 5:25:54 AM
    - A little easy on the term "puppy", please. We have our pride. - Bowser - 1/19/2006 1:43:20 AM
- I expect them to kill her after raping her. It is their style. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/18/2006 10:09:37 PM

Ex-EPA Chiefs Blame Bush in Global Warming - Donald - 1/19/2006 1:48:00 AM
- Too many people are guilty of that crime... - R.L. - 1/19/2006 6:38:03 AM
  - read the article..... (n/t) - Tony - 1/19/2006 3:14:16 PM
- Bush and the neocons are stuck. Too big a blunder. - Bowser - 1/19/2006 4:33:57 AM
  - They have wasted five years - Donald - 1/19/2006 6:09:36 AM

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