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State Spies on Drivers Through Cell Phones: Calculates and Records Speed - Jack Herer - 1/13/2006 5:27:40 PM
- I think its a great idea. - Scott Evil - 1/13/2006 10:04:26 PM
  - re: I think its a great idea. - LJK - 1/13/2006 10:25:51 PM
- re: State Spies on Drivers Through Cell Phones: Calculates and Records Speed - Robert - 1/13/2006 7:51:56 PM
  - re: State Spies on Drivers Through Cell Phones: Calculates and Records Speed - dtb - 1/14/2006 3:18:08 PM
    - So, Granny Government will be looking in on us to see where we are? - Lindy - 1/15/2006 5:48:37 AM

Democracy American Style - Lindy - 1/14/2006 7:45:06 AM
- Considering he has information on the missing TENS of MILLIONS of DOLLARS.... - Lindy - 1/14/2006 6:46:40 PM
  - You guys are wimps..... - Lindy - 1/15/2006 5:35:13 AM

The U.N.'s Secret Plan for Iran? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 5:45:44 PM
- The UN is planning to bore them to death with dull speeches. - David F Mayer - 1/15/2006 3:15:45 AM
- Wasn't North Korea doing this last year. Maybe they're taking turns. (n/t) - SDF - 1/14/2006 1:42:29 PM
- One of the most hypocritical issues out there. - Bowser - 1/14/2006 6:00:21 AM
  - Move to North Korea where your political ideas are welcomed. (n/t) - DFM - 1/15/2006 3:17:02 AM
- MORE W/M/D B.S.!!!! - carl - 1/13/2006 6:16:47 PM
  - Facts and BS - Robert - 1/13/2006 8:14:09 PM
    - The UN could just decide to blockade Iran. - Scott Evil - 1/13/2006 9:17:55 PM
    - "Those sternly-worded statements would have worked if not for Bush" - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 8:54:53 PM
      - re: "Those sternly-worded statements would have worked if not for Bush" - Robert - 1/14/2006 1:57:04 AM
        
        Hussein ignored ten years of "sternly-worded statements" from the UN - Sam F. - 1/14/2006 4:57:24 PM
        
        Come on Robert, be truthful. - Lee - 1/14/2006 5:41:35 AM
  - So, is it your contention that we're mistaken again about Iran's nuclear program? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 6:19:36 PM
    - No Mistake, it's there! - carl - 1/13/2006 6:27:18 PM
  - Can we afford another war? - LJK - 1/13/2006 6:18:59 PM
    - Remote sensing and SPIES!!!!! - carl - 1/13/2006 6:25:17 PM

Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed -- Again! - David F Mayer - 1/15/2006 12:10:48 AM

2260. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2006 8:56:20 PM
- Excuse me but.... - Donald - 1/14/2006 10:36:44 PM

"Rumsfeld was holding Afghanistan up as a model for Iraq" - So where's Afghanistan? - Bowser - 1/14/2006 8:45:17 PM

Al Gore Prepares Major Address To Warn Of Bush 'POLICE STATE' - Eric - 1/14/2006 5:24:12 PM

Venezuela now has a coffee shortage - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 8:44:43 AM
- What a pathetic gloat. - Bowser - 1/11/2006 5:35:41 PM
  - The reason there's an oil problem in the U.S. - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 7:05:26 PM
  - re: What a pathetic gloat. - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 5:42:06 PM
- re: In response, President ChÃ¡vez has said that he might be forced to nationalise the coffee industry - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 4:21:13 PM
- but like in the song, "they got a lot of coffee in Brazil"... - Publius - 1/11/2006 3:19:04 PM
  - On telling nations how to run their business... - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 7:16:35 PM
    - South Africa.... - Publius - 1/12/2006 2:48:45 AM
      - That's too bad... - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2006 4:58:43 AM
        
        I bought a Maserati instead........... - Publlius - 1/12/2006 4:44:46 PM
        
        Quattroporte? Merak? Mangusta? - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/13/2006 5:57:50 AM
        
        Mangusta was Alessandro DeTomasso---not Maserati - Publius - 1/13/2006 3:43:49 PM
        
        Peace officers, ticketing, exotics and classics - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/14/2006 12:40:07 AM
        
        re: Mangusta was Alessandro DeTomasso---not Maserati - Publius - 1/13/2006 3:52:52 PM
    - re: On telling nations how to run their business... - Robert - 1/11/2006 10:04:03 PM
      - Absolutely dead wrong. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2006 1:41:49 AM
  - "Of course, if our example is flawed..." - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 7:15:19 PM
    - How about adding..... see China..... - Publius - 1/12/2006 3:06:36 AM
- "Marxism doesn't only not work, it can't work." - David F Mayer - 1/11/2006 2:41:53 PM
- BTW, this was pretty much what the idiots did with energy "deregulation" in California. - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 8:48:52 AM
  - speaking of idiots......... - Publius - 1/12/2006 3:11:19 AM
    - I can understand mine. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2006 5:07:24 AM

Pam Anderson works 2 remove bust....... - carl - 1/13/2006 5:02:04 PM

Bite Me Mexico. - Lee - 1/10/2006 9:54:21 AM
- Chumpa mis decka, bendejo! (n/t) - Fajeta eata - 1/10/2006 11:31:09 PM
  - That's "pendejo",...gringo dingleberry (n/t) - hablas poquito - 1/11/2006 5:33:41 AM
    - LOL... - Buck Galaxy - 1/12/2006 5:43:17 AM
      - Still LOL (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/13/2006 4:45:01 PM
- Mexico has my permission, too. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/10/2006 4:22:32 PM
- I wish I could get my relatives to go work overseas and send me back money. - Scott Evil - 1/10/2006 3:09:01 PM
- re: Bite Me Mexico. - Publius - 1/10/2006 2:40:18 PM
  - Bush is a sellout on this issue. - Lee - 1/10/2006 7:47:19 PM
    - Face it Lee: The positives of open borders outweigh the negatives - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 5:15:44 AM
      - My gaaawd.............. - Publius - 1/12/2006 3:17:22 AM
      - Slave labor is never a good thing. - Lee - 1/11/2006 6:34:47 AM
        
        Illegal imigrants... - Buck Galaxy - 1/12/2006 3:29:38 AM
        
        They aren't slaves... - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 2:51:17 PM

Another helicopter goes down in Iraq - Donald - 1/13/2006 2:15:38 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,212 - Donald - 1/13/2006 2:19:57 PM

Al Qaeda: "You have been defeated." - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 12:03:26 AM
- 'Member when GWB told the world the Taliban had been eliminated in Afghanistan? - Bowser - 1/13/2006 3:42:30 AM
  - Read it again, Bowser. It isn't Bush doing the eliminating, now. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 4:35:51 AM

An Incendiary Threat in Iraq - Donald - 1/12/2006 2:26:37 PM
- That was then, this is now - alcaray - 1/12/2006 6:01:15 PM

God smites Robertson - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2006 5:29:22 AM
- good for Her!!!! (n/t) - Publius - 1/12/2006 4:47:25 PM
- So when Robertson.... - Donald - 1/12/2006 1:55:38 PM
  - We aren't susceptible to strokes. God passes them out. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/12/2006 4:01:55 PM

British officer repeats the obvious. - Bowser - 1/12/2006 4:40:21 AM

I Got Those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on my Seat-o Sam Alito Blues - Hoagy C. (channeled by Fox) - 1/10/2006 10:17:46 PM
- re: Sam Alito Blues - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 8:33:08 AM
  - The Dems are terribly confused on Alito... - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 5:39:35 PM
    - Lack of consensus does not equal confusion. - alcaray - 1/11/2006 7:14:22 PM
      - At some point the democrats will begin to march in Leftist Lockstep - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:13:04 PM
        
        again: when will the Repubs cease? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/11/2006 10:04:29 PM
        
        When the Democrats admit the Truth. - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 10:11:58 PM
      - "Thoughtful inquiring minds?" - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 7:57:29 PM
        
        Brosz: "dems suck" - alcaray - 1/11/2006 10:03:29 PM
        
        What if the Democrats in Congress secretly want the Judiciary to move to the right? - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 9:04:51 PM
  - re: Sam Alito Blues - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 2:54:17 PM
- Up next: Alito asked me to check his briefs. - Ineeda Help - 1/11/2006 5:08:22 AM
- Very funny!! (n/t) - Elwood Bowser - 1/10/2006 11:16:39 PM

"No Child Left Behind" Test (you can do it) - Lindy - 1/11/2006 1:25:07 AM
- You mean kids in the hood don't know what a country club is? - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:28:21 PM
- "A mind is a terrible thing to waste - money on." - Bowser - 1/11/2006 5:19:09 AM
- And by the way... - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 3:09:11 AM
  - re: I's say it was more likely that a white kid wouldn't know who the Williams sisters are. - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:35:32 PM
  - re: And by the way... - dtb - 1/11/2006 8:10:11 PM
    - re: Do all 8 year olds know that "doubles tennis" means - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:37:38 PM
- re: "No Child Left Behind" Test (you can do it) - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 3:01:57 AM
  - Oooooh! I am soooo suprised............... - Publius - 1/11/2006 3:26:58 PM
    - re: how many Islamists are there in Mr. Rogers neighborhood - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:40:15 PM

Canadians preparing to melt the permafrost (politically speaking, that is) - McFly - 1/11/2006 6:50:37 PM
- Help me here...What is "10 Downing"? - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:33:25 PM

Want a good example of the cultural Left? - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 2:23:52 AM
- Hypocrisy, or, Oops, Pampered Mega-rich Entertainers Do It Again! - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 10:39:52 PM
  - One man's "bile" is another man's "revolution" - Lindy - 1/10/2006 9:32:58 PM
    - On the no fly list? Take Amtrak. - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:21:58 PM
- Belafonte? Is it ok to hold "the cultural right" accountable for Robertson? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/9/2006 7:04:54 PM
  - Only if there is agreement - FrankC - 1/9/2006 9:06:26 PM
  - Nope - dtb (speaking for Tom) - 1/9/2006 7:36:20 PM
    - re: Nope - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 8:59:00 PM
      - Cindy Sheehan should run against Hillary in the DNC's rigged primaries - Scott Evil - 1/11/2006 8:24:14 PM
      - Influence - Robert - 1/9/2006 9:56:39 PM
        
        Wasn't Gopher from the Loveboat a Democrat? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/9/2006 10:21:45 PM
        
        Got it wrong - he is a Republican - alcaray - 1/9/2006 11:01:29 PM
        
        There's a simple explanation - Robert - 1/10/2006 12:37:05 AM
        
        I would say they have little power... - FrankC - 1/9/2006 10:02:30 PM
        
        I would second that - Robert - 1/10/2006 12:28:50 AM
      - Cindy is getting a pass from your side too. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/9/2006 9:31:18 PM
- Daylight come, and me wanna go home!............... - Publius - 1/9/2006 4:54:28 PM
- What do you call "Shock and Awe"? Or the invasion of Iraq? - Bowser - 1/9/2006 6:11:14 AM
  - You should shut the hell up to.... - R.L. - 1/9/2006 11:13:04 AM
    - "too." (n/t) - et - 1/9/2006 5:41:06 PM
      - et "too", et? (n/t) - Galeritus Plumbum - 1/10/2006 4:48:31 AM
- Again, shut the heck up..... - R.L. - 1/9/2006 4:03:44 AM
  - What is the difference... - FrankC - 1/9/2006 11:00:34 AM
    - Your disagreement seems more properly targeted at Tom - alcaray - 1/9/2006 7:07:41 PM
      - "Using all the tricks" - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 9:48:28 PM
        
        doesn't that go without saying? - alcaray - 1/9/2006 10:24:49 PM
        
        Well, with you, it's hard to read between the lines you don't write - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 11:20:37 PM
        
        So who was evasive and who was direct, Mr. Fancypants? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/9/2006 11:28:34 PM
  - "Extreme?" - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 5:44:56 AM
    - And furthermore, I'd love to get Bellafonte for my daughter's birthday party. - alcaray - 1/10/2006 12:14:37 AM
    - Plenty more where that came from - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 3:42:51 PM

"Sharon shows slight improvement" - Does anyone think he'll ever be back? - Bowser - 1/11/2006 6:39:09 AM
- Olmert seems to have hit the ground running so far... - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2006 7:53:27 AM

The Awakening - Bowser - 11/4/2005 7:00:25 AM
- re: The Awakening - REB - 11/4/2005 1:06:23 PM
  - The Party line - Robert - 11/4/2005 6:28:13 PM
    - You mean Nixon wasn't framed? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 1:57:03 AM
      - Don't tease, Techie - Robert - 11/6/2005 5:36:19 PM
        
        Sorry. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 8:05:44 PM
        
        Interesting - Robert - 11/6/2005 10:54:48 PM
        
        Haven't you seen him playing Piano for Lauren Bacall? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 11:10:45 PM
    - You don't get it. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 8:04:37 PM
      - I'll call your bluff - Tony - 11/5/2005 3:12:19 AM
        
        Okay, other than spending.... - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2005 3:33:42 AM
        
        Bookmark for next time someone accuses you of being a Bushbot (n/t) - Sam F. - 1/11/2006 3:20:59 AM
        
        Well they did do the roads.... - tony - 11/5/2005 5:10:05 PM
        
        tariffs (n/t) - FrankC - 11/5/2005 3:15:44 AM
        
        Ah nuts, forgot immigration. We're up to two. (n/t) - Tony - 11/5/2005 3:13:28 AM
      - To some degree - Robert - 11/4/2005 10:43:08 PM
        
        Defending - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2005 3:55:34 AM
        
        Huh?? - Lindy - 11/7/2005 5:29:37 AM
        
        re: Defending Nixon? - Robert - 11/6/2005 5:32:20 PM
        
        Sorry, Robert. - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2005 12:47:10 AM
    - I understand what you are saying. - REB - 11/4/2005 7:42:56 PM
      - OK - Robert - 11/4/2005 8:55:58 PM
        
        For the record, I'm spokesman for nobody but me. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 9:20:14 PM
        
        I'll second that - gbaikie - 11/5/2005 1:08:10 AM
        
        Yes and no - FrankC - 11/4/2005 11:28:48 PM
        
        That was intended as a compliment, Tom. (n/t) - Robert - 11/4/2005 10:44:01 PM
        
        I know. It came out more abrupt than I intended. Sorry. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2005 3:30:56 AM
        
        Don't be modest. - Bowser - 11/4/2005 9:38:36 PM
        
        And who are you spokesman for? - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 9:47:36 PM
        
        re: OK - REB - 11/4/2005 9:09:35 PM
        
        re: OK - Robert - 11/4/2005 11:04:46 PM
        
        Excellent post Robert S. - SDG - 11/7/2005 8:20:08 PM
    - re: The Party line - REB - 11/4/2005 7:05:04 PM
  - Excuses - Donald - 11/4/2005 2:57:34 PM
    - re: Excuses - REB - 11/4/2005 3:46:00 PM
      - re: Who's the enemy? - Raoul - 11/4/2005 4:59:27 PM
        
        Raoul.......... - Lindy - 11/6/2005 6:00:51 PM
        
        Afraid you're going to find out the hard way in a few years. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 6:36:15 PM
        
        A few years? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 2:00:53 AM
        
        No. - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2005 2:32:23 AM
        
        I don't keep up with the French laws... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 4:14:59 AM
        
        re: Who's the enemy? - REB - 11/4/2005 5:08:59 PM
        
        REB......... - Lindy - 11/6/2005 6:06:05 PM
    - re: Excuses - REB - 11/4/2005 3:26:08 PM
- Polls - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 7:11:42 AM

Test for neocons. Warning - loaded. - Bowser - 1/7/2006 7:22:50 PM
- Warning: Foot shot off. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 12:59:25 AM
  - Warning: Mouth shot off. - Bowser - 1/8/2006 1:26:55 AM
  - Bowser's lookin' for the man that shot his paw... (n/t) - R.L. - 1/8/2006 1:05:27 AM
    - Urk... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 1:07:37 AM
- What do you expect them to do? - Lindy - 1/7/2006 9:31:35 PM
  - Some humanity? At least, from you? - Sam F. - 1/8/2006 2:26:52 PM
    - Hold on Sam....I think you got this wrong - Lindy - 1/8/2006 7:24:09 PM
      - Starving Africans -> heartless neocons - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 12:16:57 AM
      - And I notice the mythical "trillion dollars" has quickly become one of those famous liberal "Known Facts." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 8:43:15 PM
        
        Not the first time - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 7:54:11 AM
      - "They should be allowed to live and prosper, even under their own dictator." - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 8:42:11 PM
        
        That quote, is the most astonishing thing I've seen on the HabitableZone (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 1/9/2006 6:30:56 AM
        
        Astonishing? - Lindy - 1/9/2006 5:50:01 PM
        
        Wasn't pointing fingers, just commenting on your statement - Peter Bruener - 1/9/2006 11:48:00 PM
        
        Rogue Nation - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 9:14:12 PM
        
        You haven't been paying attention, then. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 6:32:32 AM
        
        I,..........guess not . (sigh) (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 1/9/2006 11:58:35 PM
        
        In some cases, you're probably better off for it. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2006 4:58:01 AM
        
        Oh, pregnant Oliphant - Lindy - 1/8/2006 9:00:21 PM
        
        re: Oh, pregnant Oliphant - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 11:06:51 PM
        
        "The Left was supposed to be about freedom, individual rights, women's rights, and all the other things that our current enemies want to grind into the dirt" - Lindy - 1/8/2006 11:15:50 PM
        
        re: freedom, individual rights, women's rights - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 2:08:16 AM
        
        Pssst........Tom - Lindy - 1/9/2006 3:32:25 AM
        
        re: Pssst........ - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 5:54:07 AM
        
        Mr. Numbers man........... - Lindy - 1/9/2006 5:58:13 AM
        
        Yeah, I know. Keep those messy facts away from you. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 5:59:03 AM
        
        Again, you turn it back on Bush (n/t) - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 12:45:14 AM

Here's one to go up there next to the Great Cookie Flap - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 3:50:40 AM
- did you read the entire piece? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/9/2006 6:56:00 PM
  - Yeah. What have you got? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 9:00:48 PM
    - The piece said what you said. - alcaray - 1/9/2006 9:25:10 PM
      - Political - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 9:50:04 PM
        
        alcaray's take? Allow me. - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 11:06:22 PM
        
        I leave it to you to compare yours and mine (errr, don't be nasty now)... - alcaray - 1/9/2006 11:25:24 PM
        
        Yeah, you should see the comment boards on Kevin Drum's site - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 11:17:46 PM
        
        Oy! - alcaray - 1/9/2006 10:19:59 PM
        
        Thanks for proving me wrong - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 11:26:33 PM
- re: Here's one to go up there next to the Great Cookie Flap - LJK - 1/9/2006 3:04:59 PM

*** Spam Deleted *** (thanks, Lindy) (n/t) - Fox, Moderator - 1/9/2006 9:33:32 PM

Some notes on China's growing influence on energy. - Bowser - 1/9/2006 1:21:29 PM
- re: Some notes on China's growing influence on energy. - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 8:26:48 PM
- Thank you, and... - McFly - 1/9/2006 2:02:46 PM
  - China has been around for a while - LJK - 1/9/2006 4:35:50 PM

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