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Author critcal of Bush put on No-Fly list - Eric - 1/8/2006 1:26:33 PM
- Crushing of ascent - Sam F. - 1/8/2006 3:14:15 PM
  - Oh come on........... - Lindy - 1/8/2006 8:42:36 PM
    - I think the point Sam is making... - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 8:53:02 PM
  - It is a question worth asking - alcaray - 1/8/2006 8:36:21 PM
    - Sure, let sleeper agents know how to avoid the No Fly list - Sam F. - 1/9/2006 12:48:08 AM
      - You would not look into it, if you were on the list? - alcaray - 1/9/2006 6:59:24 PM
      - As an American..... - Lindy - 1/9/2006 1:40:59 AM
        
        To be fair... - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 1:46:58 AM

So, you were quick to claim credit - alcaray - 1/4/2006 7:20:12 PM
- too quick for what? - FrankC - 1/6/2006 1:35:59 AM
  - I guess it was my fault for describing it so briefly. - alcaray - 1/6/2006 5:49:05 PM
    - Funny - Mark Eby - 1/8/2006 12:23:49 AM
      - There might be a thread around here that your post has something to do with. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/8/2006 6:59:00 AM
        
        Yes your's - ID - 1/8/2006 5:17:06 PM
        
        OK, just help me understand, guys. - alcaray - 1/8/2006 7:21:50 PM
        
        It's really quite simple - Mark Eby - 1/9/2006 12:37:03 AM
        
        Trying so hard to figure out where this disagreement is coming from. - alcaray - 1/9/2006 6:35:17 PM
- Dropped below the line without comment. Sad. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/6/2006 12:09:19 AM

2,198 - Donald - 1/8/2006 1:50:50 PM
- Meanwhile: Iraq war to cost $1 trillion - DOnald - 1/8/2006 2:36:27 PM
  - BS Added Factor - Oil - ID - 1/8/2006 5:03:33 PM
    - Uh... - Donald - 1/8/2006 6:31:47 PM
      - You fell for the diversion. Notice how the issue wasn't addressed. Usual tactic. - Bowser - 1/9/2006 6:15:33 AM
        
        Don't talk "tracking." Talk "thinking." - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 7:16:53 AM
      - Let's See - Mark Eby - 1/9/2006 12:19:22 AM
      - "Where does it say he's a Democrat?" You're kidding, right? - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 8:32:36 PM
        
        Your analyses seem to me interesting, and thread-worthy. - alcaray - 1/8/2006 8:43:47 PM
        
        Thought Mark addressed that already. - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2006 1:13:51 AM
        
        Did not see Eby's post, sorry - alcaray - 1/9/2006 6:27:35 PM

Iraqis say coalition government nearly in place - David F Mayer - 1/8/2006 6:50:16 AM
- Let's not jump the gun - Buck Galaxy - 1/8/2006 8:44:03 AM
  - I agree. I said "I am cautiously optimistic." (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/8/2006 5:15:33 PM
- What is interesting here... - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 7:00:54 AM
  - If, and I emphasize "IF", this actually happens, - David F Mayer - 1/8/2006 5:17:27 PM
    - Actually, no they won't. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 8:39:58 PM

Interesting pay-to-play story here - alcaray - 1/8/2006 7:50:18 PM
- The FDIC that protects YOUR money, now seen as using "mob tactics" to prosecute money laundering defaulting bankers using S&L's... - Lindy - 1/8/2006 8:34:25 PM

Astounding lack of comment..... - Publius - 1/8/2006 5:48:30 PM
- No matter how you look at it.... - FrankC - 1/8/2006 6:22:39 PM

2,187 - Donald - 1/5/2006 9:06:11 PM
- Meanwhile - Donald - 1/5/2006 9:09:39 PM
  - Why do you think that's happening? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:24:48 AM
    - Because we invaded their country - Donald - 1/6/2006 6:34:43 AM
      - Wrong. - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 8:19:24 AM
        
        We didn't invade Iraq?!? - Donald - 1/6/2006 2:05:22 PM
        
        For what is probably the fiftieth time... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 3:53:26 PM
        
        For what its worth.... - Donald - 1/7/2006 1:34:37 AM
        
        How would a smart person win the war? Just curious. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2006 4:53:36 AM
        
        Well for starters.... - Donald - 1/7/2006 3:45:18 PM
        
        More on the body armor - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 5:35:09 AM
        
        re: Well for starters.... - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 1:22:54 AM
        
        re: That you don't get the dilemma always amazes me. Not start it in the first place! - Chris Vancil - 1/7/2006 8:36:27 AM
        
        That doesn't work. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 1:20:50 AM
        
        re: Sure, Tom maybe you need a long rest...Your staw people are showing wear... - Chris Vancil - 1/8/2006 2:18:20 AM
        
        Iraqis - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 2:25:39 AM
        
        Read history, understand the Saddam regime. - Bowser - 1/6/2006 5:52:17 PM
        
        Try To Ground Yourself In Reality - ID - 1/8/2006 5:13:26 PM
  - How GWB sees Iraq, in his own words. - Bowser - 1/5/2006 9:43:51 PM

Katrina Storm Surge at Bay St. Louis - David F Mayer - 1/8/2006 5:13:24 PM

2,210 - Donald - 1/8/2006 4:49:10 PM

Extra Armor Could Have Saved Many Lives, Study Shows - Donald - 1/7/2006 2:15:03 AM
- Soliders doing the actual fighting disagree - Sam F. - 1/8/2006 1:35:39 PM
- A better President could have saved many lives (n/t) - Eric - 1/7/2006 1:45:34 PM
  - Bush has - Iraqi lives, saved from Hussein's daily beatings, torture, gang rapes and executions - Sam F. - 1/8/2006 1:42:23 PM

Meanwhile, back in Gaza - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 5:32:02 AM

This nightmare is only for neocons, not the world. - Bowser - 1/7/2006 12:27:13 AM
- What's encouraging... - Donald - 1/7/2006 5:40:02 PM
- Respondents: 52 percent Democrats, 40 percent Republicans - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2006 1:28:53 AM
  - Do you recall my earlier post? - dtb - 1/7/2006 8:19:25 PM
    - Speaking of surprises... - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 1:07:00 AM
      - re: Speaking of surprises... - dtb - 1/8/2006 3:27:40 AM
  - And you don't think decent people are getting fed up? (n/t) - Bowser - 1/7/2006 2:07:07 AM

Demography - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2006 12:19:31 AM
- Comment by Lileks - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 2:28:18 AM
- New Criterion having server problems. New link... - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 6:04:00 PM
- Should have taken his own advice - Tony - 1/3/2006 2:22:05 PM
- "Best thing I've read in a long time." - et - 1/3/2006 3:21:46 AM
  - At some point, political correctness can be fatal. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2006 5:13:25 AM
    - At some point, (fill in the blank) can be fatal. This includes whatever the habitually intolerant consider PC this week... (n/t) - et - 1/3/2006 6:06:43 AM
      - By the way, other than puffing up with indignation... - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2006 7:01:05 AM
        
        No. It's true, it's ALL TRUE!!! (n/t) - et's desperate inner Frenchman. - 1/3/2006 5:33:19 PM
        
        The Left is easily upset and frightened by the ringing of alarms. - Lee - 1/3/2006 7:18:12 AM
        
        Yes...and your such a brave little genetocentrist, aren't you. (n/t) - et - 1/3/2006 5:31:40 PM

Basis for Spying in U.S. Is Doubted - Donald - 1/7/2006 3:48:21 PM
- "They'll be okay if no one reads the report" - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 2:11:40 AM

Anyone want to bet on DeLay's running for Rep again? - Bowser - 1/8/2006 1:29:21 AM

Perspectives - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/7/2006 2:05:30 AM
- re: What a long winded way to tell us that you have a POV that doesn't model the real world very well. It doesn't surprising anyone. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/7/2006 8:40:19 AM
- ...are like anuses, every community has at least one. (n/t) - et - 1/7/2006 5:10:50 AM
  - And you call this a rebuttal? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/8/2006 12:38:30 AM
    - I think it's just the buttal. You have to come up with the rebuttal. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2006 1:00:07 AM

Bad news in Iraq - Buck Galaxy - 1/6/2006 5:52:43 AM
- re: Bad news in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 8:35:43 AM
  - More details... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 9:04:01 AM
    - re: A clue for you...they can have more than two items on their agenda. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/7/2006 8:20:47 AM
    - "Given those attacks............" - Lindy - 1/6/2006 6:07:13 PM
      - re: "Given those attacks............" - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 6:41:27 PM
        
        I AM thinking - Lindy - 1/6/2006 8:56:54 PM
        
        Fooled me. - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2006 12:58:27 AM
        
        Of course it's about Bush......... - Lindy - 1/7/2006 7:26:32 AM
    - (I think Buck was referring to the statements about Iraqi public opinion) (n/t) - alcaray - 1/6/2006 5:54:17 PM
- A measure of that incompetence - Donald - 1/6/2006 6:45:22 AM
  - "A bomb that killed six civilians missed its target and hit the wrong home - Lindy - 1/6/2006 6:01:56 PM

2,175 - Donald - 12/29/2005 3:37:18 PM
- 51,983 - Larry J - 12/29/2005 7:19:44 PM
  - re: 51,983 - azstrummer - 1/3/2006 11:05:41 PM
  - Just as stupidly irrelevent as Bowsers comparisons to Vietnam - R.L. - 1/1/2006 6:04:07 AM
    - A senseless death is a senseless death. Damn near a tautology, not hard to understand for mature people. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/6/2006 12:44:02 AM
    - That's precisely the point - Larry J - 1/1/2006 12:38:00 PM
      - You are missing the point - R.L. - 1/2/2006 12:15:08 AM
        
        No, you're missing my point - Larry J - 1/2/2006 7:07:21 PM
        
        re: You are missing the point - Tom Brosz - 1/2/2006 6:31:35 AM
      - Combat fatalities - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2006 10:09:49 PM
        
        re: Combat fatalities - azstrummer - 1/6/2006 8:45:25 PM
        
        More stereotypes? - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2006 1:00:10 AM
  - Are you able to distinguish between self-defense and raw, naked aggression and looting? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/29/2005 7:56:15 PM
    - Clearly,...you are not. (n/t) - Peter - 1/1/2006 9:53:04 PM
    - Yes, we are. We removed Saddam to halt - David F Mayer - 1/1/2006 3:12:36 AM
      - re:Sounds like a fight for peace idea - Johannes - 1/2/2006 9:10:36 PM
        
        NO, but anybody like Saddam Hussein SHOULD be shot. - David F Mayer - 1/3/2006 6:29:04 PM
        
        Do you pledge allegiance to Amerika? - Publius - 1/5/2006 9:35:31 PM
        
        re: I suppose if it-- - Johannes - 1/4/2006 5:39:38 AM
        
        Good post Johannes - Lindy - 1/5/2006 4:42:33 PM
        
        "And why is one life worth more than another?" - David F Mayer - 1/4/2006 1:30:14 PM
        
        re: Since you consider the question as - Johannes - 1/4/2006 7:02:45 PM

Americans starting to wise up - alcaray - 1/4/2006 5:00:02 PM
- re: Americans starting to wise up - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 9:08:32 PM
  - re: In Iraq - Raoul - 1/5/2006 6:27:05 PM
    - Where do you draw any of those conclusions from those articles? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 7:48:27 PM
      - re: Connection? - Raoul - 1/5/2006 9:56:39 PM
        
        re: Connection? - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:34:45 AM
  - Names please? - Tony - 1/5/2006 12:12:37 PM
    - In Tom's defense (not that he needs my help)... - McFly - 1/5/2006 6:33:42 PM
      - Ah but that's different, as I noted - Tony - 1/5/2006 7:18:02 PM
        
        re: Ah but that's different - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 7:39:41 PM
        
        No, and again no. Breaking one of my New Year Resolutions already*...... - Tony - 1/5/2006 8:04:31 PM
        
        Okay, okay... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:33:48 AM
        
        the Great Clinton - McFly - 1/6/2006 1:59:55 PM
        
        Tony: no matter what you say, Tom hears what he wants. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/5/2006 7:47:14 PM
    - No. - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 5:55:13 PM
      - Try reading what I actually wrote, not what you think I wrote. - Tony - 1/5/2006 7:19:04 PM
      - re: Opinions - Raoul - 1/5/2006 6:49:52 PM
  - Do ya think Saudis might have been involved in WTC? - Bowser - 1/5/2006 1:56:40 AM
  - Not even the CIA believed that. You, sitting in CA, know it all??!! - Bowser - 1/4/2006 11:20:19 PM
    - I don't have to know it all. Just more than you. - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 11:40:00 PM
      - Don't have to know it all. - SteveS - 1/5/2006 12:43:47 AM
      - So... - alcaray - 1/5/2006 12:25:16 AM
        
        Yes. That was the second paragraph in my first response. - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 4:18:27 AM
        
        I think you are confused. Doesn't say anything about 9/11. - alcaray - 1/5/2006 5:12:45 PM
        
        What? Like Conclusion 93? (n/t) - Tony - 1/5/2006 4:43:13 PM
  - I won't "take a major hit" if good things happen in Iraq. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/4/2006 10:07:55 PM
    - re: I won't "take a major hit" if good things happen in Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 11:16:30 PM
      - I keep thinking that your responses to my posts are responses to me - alcaray - 1/4/2006 11:27:45 PM
        
        Ya can't expect tracking. Never done it, never will. A crackpot. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/5/2006 1:57:46 AM
  - re: Unprovoked war - Raoul - 1/4/2006 9:37:13 PM
- So a whacky hold-out - SteveS - 1/4/2006 8:23:45 PM
  - no - alcaray - 1/4/2006 10:06:17 PM

It was a very bad day - Donald - 1/6/2006 1:37:37 PM
- 2,193 - Donald - 1/6/2006 1:40:31 PM

Ain't you conservative Christians a caution! - Bowser - 1/5/2006 10:25:18 PM
- Good grief - Donald - 1/6/2006 1:42:05 AM
- Fortunately... - Fox - 1/6/2006 12:19:34 AM
  - And do you see other Christians corralling him? - Bowser - 1/6/2006 12:45:14 AM
    - Define "corralling." - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:23:57 AM
      - How 'bout pointing out the un-Christ-like nature of his "Christianity". - Bowser - 1/6/2006 4:33:04 AM

"Pace says congressmanâ€™s criticism will hobble troop morale, recruitment" Finally, an honest Bushie. - Bowser - 1/6/2006 4:30:51 AM

The country Bush freed and is not leaving. - Bowser - 1/5/2006 5:29:41 PM
- re: The country Bush freed and is not leaving. - Laurie Street - 1/5/2006 7:06:18 PM
  - Das Dicke Ende Kommt Noch - Laurie Street - 1/5/2006 7:55:32 PM
  - Good luck and best wishes. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/5/2006 7:18:40 PM
- Read the article. Who put up the barriers? - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 5:50:47 PM
  - Why do they have to put up those barriers? (n/t) - Bowser - 1/5/2006 8:56:08 PM
- "now" leaving. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/5/2006 5:30:11 PM

Stargazing for Soldiers: A Guide for Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq - LJK - 1/5/2006 3:52:01 PM

Another democracy Bush will want to overthrow. - Bowser - 1/4/2006 7:40:59 AM
- More on Cuba and the others - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 11:26:03 PM
- Democracy? Sort of Like Cuba with a "President for Life", - David F Mayer - 1/4/2006 1:26:55 PM
- Since you like to talk about the poppy growers of Afghanistan - Lee - 1/4/2006 9:18:26 AM
- The American Left can rejoice... - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 8:30:06 AM
  - SHUT THE HECK UP - R.L. - 1/4/2006 9:19:51 AM
    - Do I really need to go down the list - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 9:13:37 PM
- Odd. et doesn't think these countries hate the U.S. Might want to let him know. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/4/2006 8:27:42 AM

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