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2,144 - Donald - 12/11/2005 4:49:44 PM

New nuclear reactors - Laurie Street - 12/9/2005 10:47:45 PM
- Sorry, not enough uranium. - David F Mayer - 12/11/2005 3:23:27 PM
- More information - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 11:05:45 PM
  - No, the obstacle is education... - R.L. - 12/10/2005 5:37:25 AM
    - Don't high temp reactors risk meltdowns? - Lee - 12/10/2005 11:53:21 PM
    - re: Amazing, I agree with some words from R.L. - Johannes - 12/10/2005 7:33:44 PM

Alternative energy programs, China-style - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2005 9:09:47 PM

Worst President Ever? - alcaray - 12/7/2005 6:02:23 PM
- You know I've gotten no work done since this thread started... - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 4:25:52 PM
  - Hey, you won't be the first one......... (n/t) - Lindy - 12/10/2005 5:23:49 AM
- Top Ten Reasons why Bush is the worst president - SteveS - 12/8/2005 5:23:21 PM
  - One correction... - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 5:55:26 PM
  - Rosy view! (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2005 5:48:23 PM
    - It is a nice change from the constant negative views from the pessimist. nt (n/t) - REB - 12/8/2005 6:13:08 PM
      - Well counting topics above the line... - alcaray - 12/8/2005 6:34:34 PM
        
        It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 7:59:09 PM
        
        Not complaining at all. I'm with you on this. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2005 11:46:45 PM
- Academics hate Bush. Film at 11:00 (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 10:19:26 PM
  - Occam's Razor - Robert - 12/8/2005 9:13:17 PM
    - Incidentally... - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 10:18:03 PM
    - re: Occam's Razor - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 10:15:00 PM
  - Anyone with a shred of humanity hates Bush. Guess who doesn't? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/8/2005 5:06:51 AM
    - At least Bush isn't shredding humans, but he did stop Saddam from doing it. - REB - 12/8/2005 4:51:57 PM
      - Not shredding, as such - alcaray - 12/8/2005 9:25:25 PM
        
        re: You got to be kidding - SteveS - 12/9/2005 12:50:21 AM
        
        Anyhow, you should thank me for giving you something to b***h about - alcaray - 12/9/2005 4:14:00 PM
        
        re: Does this mean I have to lose my bedside bush doll? - SteveS - 12/9/2005 5:56:12 PM
        
        Up to you (n/t) - alcaray - 12/9/2005 6:42:29 PM
        
        Your attacking Clint Eastwood there brother... - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 4:23:20 PM
        
        Ahh, man. Scott gets away with this stuff all the time. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/9/2005 3:56:58 PM
        
        What?!? - Scott Evil (Economic Optimist) - 12/9/2005 4:22:15 PM
        
        Thanks for binging up Tookie! - Scott Evil (Compassionate one) - 12/8/2005 9:48:49 PM
        
        More about Tucker than Tookie - alcaray - 12/8/2005 10:14:04 PM
        
        P.S. Keep in mind that I am really opposed to the death penalty! - Scott Evil (Compassionate one) - 12/8/2005 10:05:09 PM
      - re: At least Bush isn't shredding humans ... really? - Laurie Street - 12/8/2005 7:49:48 PM
        
        So every president that has sent troops in harms way is a shredder? (n/t) - SteveS - 12/9/2005 12:58:43 AM
        
        He was referring to civilians... (n/t) - R.L. - 12/9/2005 2:22:20 AM
        
        re: As was I... (n/t) - SteveS - 12/9/2005 1:03:33 PM
        
        Corrected @#$% HTML - Laurie Street - 12/8/2005 7:52:30 PM
        
        Don't be silly, they aren't human... - R.L. - 12/8/2005 9:28:47 PM
  - re: Academics hate Bush. Film at 11:00 - azstrummer - 12/7/2005 11:35:58 PM
    - re: Academics hate Bush. Film at 11:00 - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 1:32:42 AM
- re: Historians have a good understanding of the past-it's their job - Raoul - 12/7/2005 9:27:29 PM
  - Well, there was Tonkin and San Pablo. - alcaray - 12/7/2005 10:15:32 PM
  - re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq. - Scott Evil - 12/7/2005 9:42:12 PM
    - re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq. - azstrummer - 12/7/2005 11:57:12 PM
      - re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 10:19:45 PM
        
        re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq. - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 4:22:03 AM
        
        Saddam launched missiles at Israel during the first Gulf War. - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2005 8:34:12 PM
        
        re: to lose that getting into a WMD pissing match with a superpower just is way too counterproductive. - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 3:45:32 PM
        
        re: to lose that getting into a WMD pissing match with a superpower just is way too counterproductive. - azstrummer - 12/10/2005 4:48:28 PM
        
        You guys need to pick one perp and stick with him. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/9/2005 12:16:45 AM
      - I admit. We made a mistake. there wern't WMD at the time of the invasion. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 3:02:14 PM
- Trying to rate the present from a historical perspective is like trying to predict the future. - REB - 12/7/2005 6:14:22 PM
  - In part - Robert - 12/8/2005 9:33:15 PM
  - By then we'll be bankrupt and China will have the power we once had (n/t) - Lindy - 12/7/2005 6:45:11 PM
    - Used to hear all these exact same worries about Japan. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 5:56:46 PM
    - How do you figure? - REB - 12/7/2005 6:59:34 PM
      - "Our economy is strong" - Lindy - 12/8/2005 2:55:44 AM
      - They are holding a great deal of our govt debt. - alcaray - 12/7/2005 10:09:49 PM
        
        Debt is denominated in our currency- that makes a HUGE difference - Buck Galaxy - 12/8/2005 8:26:15 AM
        
        How would I feel? Like China owed me a lot. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2005 6:50:25 PM
        
        The West currently invests quite a bit in Chinese economic growth... - Buck Galaxy - 12/10/2005 6:47:26 AM
        
        Where will they invest their money? - Scott Evil - 12/7/2005 11:32:11 PM
        
        Can't get your post to make sense - alcaray - 12/7/2005 11:49:29 PM
        
        re: Can't get your post to make sense - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 3:09:34 PM
      - re: How do you figure? - Laurie Street - 12/7/2005 7:09:15 PM
        
        re: How do you figure? - REB - 12/7/2005 7:11:24 PM
        
        I agree with REB - Scott Evil (Environment Killer) - 12/7/2005 8:24:53 PM
        
        re: I agree with REB - azstrummer - 12/8/2005 12:16:15 AM
        
        re: There is no housing bubble. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 3:21:28 PM
        
        re: There is no housing bubble. - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 4:41:32 AM
        
        re: Immigration policy - Scott Evil (Compassionate Conservative) - 12/9/2005 3:40:02 PM
        
        re: Immigration policy - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 10:40:14 PM
        
        I think I'm starting to understand your view - alcaray - 12/8/2005 3:42:43 PM
        
        Stand back from the brink! - Tony - 12/8/2005 7:23:16 PM
        
        re: I think I'm starting to understand your view - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 4:26:03 PM
        
        Yes. Neither of you understood Lindy's post. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2005 10:12:52 PM
        
        re: How do you figure? - Laurie Street - 12/7/2005 8:15:33 PM
        
        Why do you think that the national debt in the hands of Chinese and/or Japanese investors is a bad thing? - Scott Evil - 12/7/2005 8:29:14 PM
        
        They are getting close to holding enough of our debt that they can dictate terms. - alcaray - 12/7/2005 10:11:41 PM
        
        Wrong. - Buck Galaxy - 12/8/2005 8:29:27 AM
        
        Oy! This has nothing to do with any Chinese investment in American corporations - alcaray - 12/8/2005 3:45:31 PM
        
        re: Foreign ownership of US assets. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 3:29:54 PM
        
        Then why are interest rates low in the USA? - Scott Evil - 12/7/2005 11:26:29 PM
        
        Doesn't have anything to do with balance of trade, either. - alcaray - 12/7/2005 11:53:06 PM
        
        Their ownership of US government notes has everything to do with the balance of trade. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 3:18:05 PM
        
        Curious: how do you feel about the oil embargo in the 70s? - alcaray - 12/8/2005 3:48:10 PM
        
        re: The oil embargo of the 70s did have consequeces. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 4:15:39 PM

2,142 - Donald - 12/10/2005 3:53:32 PM
- Small arms fire = snipers - Jack Herer - 12/10/2005 6:23:22 PM
  - Okay, now here's where I ask myself... - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2005 8:30:22 PM

More on the economy - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 7:48:28 PM
- My prediction: The fed will keep raising rates. - Scott Evil (Economic Optimist) - 12/8/2005 9:13:12 PM
  - You're just optimistic cause gold is too high to buy right now. (n/t) - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 4:23:37 AM
    - re: gold as inflation indicator. - Scott Evil (Economic Optimist) - 12/9/2005 4:04:25 PM
    - Perspective on gold prices - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 6:04:55 AM
  - I stopped paying attention to your economic predictions - alcaray - 12/8/2005 9:27:50 PM
    - Notice that no mention of the over two million bankruptcy cases filed? - Publius - 12/8/2005 9:43:27 PM
      - There was a substancial change in bankrupsy law that took effect a few weeks ago - Larry J - 12/8/2005 11:10:58 PM
        
        That substancial change in bankruptsy law ...... - Publius - 12/10/2005 6:53:24 PM
        
        re: There was a substancial change in bankrupsy law that took effect a few weeks ago - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 10:30:01 PM
        
        Can't reconcile "should be choice, not pushed on them" with "have moral responsibility to provide for past/present/future generations" (n/t) - Sam F. - 12/10/2005 4:58:27 AM
      - re: Would you prefer that Exxon-Mobile lost money? - Scott Evil (Economic Optimist) - 12/8/2005 9:56:33 PM
    - Do so at your own risk! - Scott Evil (Economic Optimist) - 12/8/2005 9:41:33 PM
      - Yeah, like China is big on free trade.........not.... (n/t) - Publius - 12/8/2005 9:44:46 PM
        
        They will be. They gotta spend those US$'s somewhere. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 9:54:17 PM
      - So it was the invasion and not the tax cuts? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2005 9:43:09 PM
        
        Now now...There were many factors! - Scott Evil (MOBACK BUYAHHHHH!) - 12/8/2005 10:01:41 PM

Good news from Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 6:20:31 PM
- re: Good news from Afghanistan - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 4:32:39 AM
  - re: Good news from Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 5:45:27 PM
    - re: Good news from Afghanistan - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 8:59:33 PM
      - Black & White Brosz - Buck Galaxy - 12/10/2005 6:10:25 AM
- Darn I thought you were going to post a link saying they discover massive oil deposits there. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 9:17:46 PM

It hits the fan - Donald - 12/9/2005 1:51:48 AM
- We could always relocate them and the polar bears to Antartica. - Scott Evil (Compassionate one) - 12/9/2005 3:20:57 PM
  - You might be surprised - Laurie Street - 12/9/2005 5:55:29 PM
    - take away the neopreme, the snowmobile and her rifle...She dies. - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 6:40:54 PM
      - You are wrong there - Laurie Street - 12/9/2005 7:01:42 PM
        
        When anabella is old and can no longer hunt will her tribe send her out to sea alone... - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 7:14:28 PM
        
        You ever been in a long term care facility, Scott? I think I'd pick the ice floe. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/9/2005 10:38:59 PM
        
        re: You are wrong there - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 7:12:27 PM
        
        re: You are wrong there - Laurie Street - 12/9/2005 10:37:57 PM
        
        Annabella isn't living on the ice. Annabella is making movies. - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 11:01:42 PM
  - Speaking of polar bears in Antarctica - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 5:38:01 PM
  - Careful Lee - Scott is giving you a run for your money (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/9/2005 4:45:18 PM
    - Maybe. But is he wrong? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 5:37:09 PM
      - Yes. Wrong. - alcaray - 12/9/2005 6:23:49 PM
        
        I hear penguin tastes like chicken. - Lee - 12/10/2005 3:27:49 AM
        
        Good grief, I wasn't talking about the relocation joke. - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 6:26:19 PM
        
        The character assassination of the Innuits part? - alcaray - 12/9/2005 6:37:47 PM
        
        re: Well how do they pay to heat their igloos? - Scott Evil (Compassionate Conservative) - 12/9/2005 6:54:26 PM
        
        If I dug that all up and posted it here, would it make one bit of difference? - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 6:50:46 PM
        
        From where I sit it sounds more like a comfortable conservative mythology - alcaray - 12/9/2005 7:17:25 PM
        
        Not what Tom meant - Sam F. - 12/10/2005 4:51:17 AM
        
        Just a bit of information - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 11:08:03 PM
        
        Alcray likes to cherry pick my posts... - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 6:37:28 PM
        
        Well I don't much like your style of posting - alcaray - 12/9/2005 6:40:24 PM
        
        Satire... - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 6:46:56 PM
        
        Can't be. Satire is funny. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/9/2005 7:18:12 PM
        
        Now that was a good attempt at satire! - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 8:26:02 PM
- Since lawsuits against governments seldom get anywhere - David F Mayer - 12/9/2005 3:00:14 PM
  - How many miles to the gallon do the Inuit get on their snowmobiles? - Scott Evil (Environment Killer) - 12/9/2005 3:24:35 PM
    - Why shouldn't the Inuit adopt good technologies? - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 10:49:13 PM
  - Not exactly true - Donald - 12/9/2005 3:11:49 PM
- "Temperatures in the Arctic are rising at about twice the global average" - Lindy - 12/9/2005 5:07:56 AM
  - All I got to say is it can't happen fast enough. (n/t) - Scott Evil (pro-greenhouse effect) - 12/9/2005 3:26:21 PM
  - Going through a solar maxima with a massive hole in the ozone - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 2:22:47 PM
  - You better move to a mountaintop or something. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 5:53:50 AM
    - B & W thinking. Since Man may not be causing it all, Man is causing none of it. - Bowser - 12/9/2005 6:28:25 AM
      - Okay: How about CO2 free nuclear electric power? - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 2:27:47 PM
        
        re: Okay: How about CO2 free nuclear electric power? - NIMBYman - 12/9/2005 10:04:43 PM
- Yeah, I've heard about that. - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 3:00:25 AM
  - They could always open a North-pole Indian casino. - Scott Evil (Compassionate Conservative) - 12/9/2005 3:31:06 PM
    - "native american", please, Mr.Evil - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 4:53:24 PM
      - re: "native american", please, Mr.Evil - PC Maxx - 12/9/2005 5:46:10 PM
        
        You are correct, of course, but... - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 6:35:39 PM
        
        True (n/t) - PC Maxx - 12/9/2005 7:04:46 PM
      - Sorry. - Scott Evil - 12/9/2005 5:21:02 PM

Wedding are on the rise in Iraq. New Iraq Stock Exchange up and running. - REB - 12/7/2005 2:36:44 PM
- So are suicide bombings... (n/t) - R.L. - 12/8/2005 12:12:07 AM
  - Actually suicide bombings are down. (n/t) - Lee - 12/8/2005 9:44:02 AM
    - Can you share your source? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2005 3:50:03 PM
      - Only 23 suicide attacks in November. - Lee - 12/9/2005 5:02:03 AM
        
        That's not a source (n/t) - alcaray - 12/9/2005 3:58:20 PM
        
        I read it in USA Today. - Lee - 12/10/2005 3:39:06 AM
- Heard the unemployment rate is greater than 50% (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2005 4:01:38 PM
  - Iraqis being murdered in Saddamâ€™s people grinder is down 100% nt (n/t) - REB - 12/7/2005 4:45:18 PM
    - sorry. thought we were discussing the economy (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2005 5:31:12 PM
      - Hamburger was plentiful and inexpensive under Sadam. - Scott Evil - 12/7/2005 5:55:57 PM
      - Weddings are economy? I was discussing the good things going on in Iraq. nt (n/t) - REB - 12/7/2005 5:49:36 PM
        
        Hence, my apology. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2005 6:02:54 PM
        
        Sorry. I thought I saw some sarcasm in your "sorry" nt (n/t) - REB - 12/7/2005 6:07:30 PM
        
        Wise on your part, to suspect me of sarcasm. I should have been clearer. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2005 6:37:35 PM
        
        The zone thrives in a sarcasm rich environment (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 12/8/2005 8:09:08 AM

2,135 - Donald - 12/9/2005 3:12:48 PM

More Iraqi commentary on the elections - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 5:59:04 PM
- From the Washington Post - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 10:01:58 PM
- Now can you prove that's not a planted article? - Bowser - 12/8/2005 6:05:21 PM
  - I'm beginning to think Tom is a domestic news plant. (n/t) - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 4:34:38 AM
    - That's funny. - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 6:07:15 AM

The Iranian President attacks Europeans and Isreal all at once. - Scott Evil - 12/8/2005 6:37:34 PM
- Did Mel Gibson's dad become president of Iran? - et - 12/8/2005 11:59:46 PM

Is anyone forwarding the documents from the Anderson tax case to the Russian special prosecutors? - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 5:34:13 PM
- Oh, here it is - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 11:58:10 PM

Okay, just wondering... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 3:38:16 AM
- Moral responsibility versus legal... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 8:50:42 PM
- I'm just wondering if you answer a question for me.... - Tony - 12/6/2005 8:15:14 PM
  - Oh come on, put that brilliant mind to work here.......... (n/t) - Tony - 12/8/2005 2:49:14 PM
  - re: I'm just wondering if you answer a question for me.... - Scott Evil (FORMER leader TOWG) - 12/6/2005 11:11:26 PM
  - re: I'm just wondering if you answer a question for me.... - SteveS - 12/6/2005 9:14:08 PM
    - Umm, a) Big stretch and b) No :-) (n/t) - Tony - 12/6/2005 10:04:32 PM
      - Mann, you're tough! - SteveS - 12/7/2005 12:20:49 AM
        
        Better, but no cigar - Tony - 12/7/2005 3:06:21 PM
- No outrage over Plame, though. None. - Bowser - 12/6/2005 6:57:33 PM
- You tend to use the word â€œclassifiedâ€ pretty loosely - alcaray - 12/6/2005 5:10:43 PM
- Kind of makes you wonder if it's all a disinformation campaign. - Scott Evil - 12/6/2005 4:09:00 PM
  - That would be some elaborate disinformation campaign! - alcaray - 12/6/2005 5:17:46 PM
- Be that as it may - - - (And deal with the issue, not the messengers fer crissake. Your beginning to sound like Himmler.) - Bowser - 12/6/2005 7:04:46 AM
- re: Okay, just wondering... - et - 12/6/2005 5:12:36 AM
  - I'm talking about the leakers. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 6:23:31 AM
    - Well somebody didn't forget Poland - Tony - 12/6/2005 4:08:02 PM
      - I don't know, Tony. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 7:40:27 PM
        
        Poland. - Tony - 12/6/2005 7:56:25 PM

Michael Yon's latest entry - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 5:02:09 AM
- Do you get paid by the citation, word, or what? And how is he paid? - Bowser - 12/8/2005 5:08:35 AM
  - re: And how is he paid? - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 6:30:42 AM
- Man, that's a disjointed entry! (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2005 6:57:31 PM

Man shot at airport as suspected terrorist - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 4:04:47 AM
- Not much choice - Donald - 12/8/2005 5:34:29 AM
- No, it seems he had no choice... still very sad... - R.L. - 12/8/2005 4:19:09 AM

A word on the military background of those guys that sent us to war - Publius - 12/5/2005 4:32:20 PM
- re: A word on the military background of those guys that sent us to war - azstrummer - 12/5/2005 11:40:57 PM
- Pretty silly argument - Larry J - 12/5/2005 8:01:23 PM
  - and the "arguement" was.................. - Publius - 12/5/2005 10:15:36 PM
    - Your assertion is silly - Larry J - 12/5/2005 11:23:26 PM
      - Volunteers - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 2:00:11 AM
  - re: Being forced into isn't the same as choosing to - Raoul - 12/5/2005 10:07:27 PM
- military background - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 5:11:25 PM
  - re: PERCEPTUAL MEME - Publius - 12/5/2005 7:49:09 PM
    - Isn't it strange those that actually know what military service is oppose war? - FrankC - 12/5/2005 11:36:09 PM
      - re: Isn't it strange those that actually know what military service is oppose war? - azstrummer - 12/5/2005 11:45:58 PM
    - Certainly makes me go hmmmmm - Sam F. - 12/5/2005 8:41:25 PM
      - re: Certainly makes me go hmmmmm - Publius - 12/5/2005 10:26:34 PM
        
        Another thing - Sam F. - 12/6/2005 8:59:26 AM
        
        "By the way, whatever happened to Osama bin Laden?" - Lindy - 12/6/2005 6:08:05 AM
        
        Forget Osama...Where's his gay lover, Mullah Omar? - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 12/7/2005 4:00:56 PM
        
        Togetherness? - Lindy - 12/7/2005 5:17:40 PM
        
        They both seem to have dissapeared off the face of the Earth. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 12/7/2005 10:00:43 PM
        
        Sheesh... - McFly - 12/6/2005 6:30:28 PM
        
        re: Certainly makes me go hmmmmm - gbaikie - 12/6/2005 3:22:14 AM
  - And you keep learning from Rambo. 'Cause that's the depth of yer knowledge. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/5/2005 6:00:09 PM

Venezuela: heading down the usual Marxist path. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 1:16:07 AM
- The good old one-party system is coming to them. - David F Mayer - 12/7/2005 1:11:50 PM
- re: Venezuela: heading down the usual Marxist path. - azstrummer - 12/6/2005 10:27:17 PM
  - Cuba wouldn't be afloat were it not for good ol USA greenbacks. - Scott Evil - 12/7/2005 6:15:14 PM

We need Global Warming and we need it fast! - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 12/7/2005 6:51:49 AM
- -2 F = -19 C - Socialist Pig - 12/7/2005 2:24:27 PM
  - Yeah whatever... - Scott Evil (Environment Killer) - 12/7/2005 3:58:09 PM

Speaking of citizens approving of torture. Compare US and Nazi Germany. - Bowser - 12/7/2005 2:06:03 AM

We need a new board - "BS". It would be for DoD press releases and blogs. - Bowser - 12/6/2005 11:39:41 PM
- re: DoD press releases - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 12:19:25 AM
  - It published the correction because it was caught. - Bowser - 12/7/2005 12:36:25 AM
    - Any evidence for that? - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 1:35:02 AM
      - re: Any evidence for that? - Bowser - 12/7/2005 2:02:55 AM

And yet another lying SOS. - Bowser - 12/7/2005 12:34:24 AM

"Cheney: Troop pullout would spur terrorism" - completely backwards, again. - Bowser - 12/6/2005 10:38:46 PM
- re: "Cheney: Troop pullout would spur terrorism" - completely backwards, again. - azstrummer - 12/6/2005 11:03:05 PM
  - It's gonna be a bloody civil war no matter what. - Bowser - 12/6/2005 11:42:38 PM

"Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill hostages" - Bowser - 12/3/2005 2:38:00 AM
- lawlessness abound - Eric - 12/4/2005 5:04:11 PM
  - And you know these are "civilians" how? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 5:12:58 PM
- These are the 'heros' whom YOU have been supporting - David F Mayer - 12/4/2005 12:57:25 AM
- Tell ya what... - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2005 4:41:11 AM
  - Use magic. Get your local necromancer to put a curse on your enemies. - David F Mayer - 12/4/2005 3:38:47 AM
  - Thanks for making it simple. - Bowser - 12/3/2005 4:55:22 AM
    - Okay. So what DO you do? - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2005 10:03:17 PM
      - Whatever you guys touch turns out terribly bad. One small exception. - Bowser - 12/3/2005 11:24:46 PM
        
        One small exception. - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2005 11:55:15 PM
        
        The limitations of black-and-white thinking are such that you'll never get it. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/4/2005 4:22:15 AM
        
        It helps a bit to understand that black and white actually do exist. - Tom Brosz - 12/4/2005 4:38:13 AM
        
        Are you black or are you white? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/5/2005 7:17:45 PM
        
        I'm not even going to try to deal with abstracts with you. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 8:52:53 PM
        
        I'm clearly and admitedly grey. - alcaray - 12/5/2005 9:11:22 PM
        
        re: clearly - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2005 3:03:38 AM
        
        I was just trying to bring it down to the level of a personal and tangible case - alcaray - 12/6/2005 4:37:34 PM
        
        I think you're making Tom go grey ;-) (n/t) - Sam F. - 12/5/2005 9:50:45 PM
        
        If I only could get him to admit it! (n/t) - alcaray - 12/5/2005 10:09:56 PM
    - "Move on" indeed. (n/t) - Sam F. - 12/3/2005 5:18:36 AM
- re: "Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill hostages" - Publius - 12/3/2005 3:28:50 AM
  - Why not nuke their villages? - Bowser - 12/3/2005 5:34:18 AM
    - No...the first thing about being civilized... - Scott Evil - 12/6/2005 5:33:36 PM
    - Why don't you move to someplace where your political ideas are current? - David F Mayer - 12/4/2005 6:57:46 PM
  - "Street talk" or "urban myth"? - Sam F. - 12/3/2005 5:27:46 AM
    - re: "Street talk" or "urban myth"? - Publius - 12/3/2005 8:07:38 PM
      - Maybe just believing it was enough to be effective (n/t) - Sam F. - 12/4/2005 4:30:44 AM
    - Brutality can be brutally effective. - Lee - 12/3/2005 7:39:59 AM

Progress you can measure - alcaray - 12/6/2005 5:33:24 PM

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