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Meanwhile, over with the Enlightened Foreign Policy Types... - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2005 10:04:10 PM
- And the US didn't "wimp out" on Iraq, and look where we are!! (n/t) - Bowser - 11/24/2005 11:21:13 PM

Al Qaeda receives reaction from Jordan - David F Mayer - 11/24/2005 10:39:37 PM

"East Asia allies doubt U.S. could win war with China" - a no-brainer! - Bowser - 11/22/2005 9:28:29 PM
- Why would USA fight China? It is our biggest trading partner. - David F Mayer - 11/24/2005 6:29:54 PM
- re: "East Asia allies doubt U.S. could win war with China" - a no-brainer! - Scott Evil - 11/23/2005 4:04:49 PM
  - It's all about perspective - Lindy - 11/23/2005 5:21:31 PM
    - Was that Satire? - Scott Evil - 11/23/2005 5:59:48 PM
      - re: Was that Satire? - Lindy - 11/23/2005 8:58:26 PM
- Why Don't You Scientifically Test His Theory? - Mark Eby - 11/23/2005 2:05:18 AM
  - Get serious, or grow up. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 2:42:27 AM
    - BS. - ID - 11/23/2005 3:27:50 PM
      - Tell me Osama hasn't beaten the US Army at the moment. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 7:30:26 PM
        
        Osama Whipping US Army At Hide & Seek - ID - 11/23/2005 7:59:54 PM
        
        That's a joke, right? - Bowser - 11/23/2005 8:21:19 PM
        
        Sorry Check Your Facts - ID - 11/23/2005 9:38:08 PM
        
        It is a joke then. - Bowser - 11/24/2005 1:45:36 AM
    - And yet Korea was a draw. - Lee - 11/23/2005 6:54:03 AM
      - Political decision. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 3:50:37 PM
    - Why not just try to get along with them? - SDF - 11/23/2005 5:52:48 AM
      - re: Why not just try to get along with them? - JEKing - 11/23/2005 2:33:37 PM
        
        I agree - Scott Evil - 11/23/2005 4:12:01 PM
- re: "East Asia allies doubt U.S. could win war with China" - a no-brainer! - JEKing - 11/23/2005 12:12:26 AM
  - "American 'pop culture' is present as an adhesive" - Bowser - 11/23/2005 12:26:05 AM
    - re: "American 'pop culture' is present as an adhesive" - JEKing - 11/23/2005 4:16:35 AM

While the Rs are cutting benefits to poor, elderly, "Venezuela gives US cheap oil deal" for poor people in Mass. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 5:44:38 AM
- We don't have time to overthrow Chavez. We're too busy... - Scott Evil - 11/23/2005 4:00:14 PM
- Nice to see you've got a new hero. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2005 6:38:14 AM
  - I couldn't find the particular link you mention - McFly - 11/23/2005 6:37:00 PM
    - It was the link in Bowser's post. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2005 7:18:46 PM
      - Well, I read them all... - McFly - 11/24/2005 3:00:36 AM
        
        A quick test... - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2005 7:12:06 AM
        
        only one disturbing thing here - Daniel - 11/24/2005 6:04:32 AM
      - Argh...I misunderstood... - McFly - 11/23/2005 11:09:02 PM
  - And it says that where? - Bowser - 11/23/2005 3:52:04 PM
  - He is the South American Jong Kim-Il - David F Mayer - 11/23/2005 1:51:40 PM

A little background on Murtha - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2005 7:23:43 PM
- More smear - "coward". Neocons just smear, never understand. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 8:15:44 PM
- *cough*Beirut*cough* - Tony - 11/23/2005 7:45:51 PM
  - Never said anything differently. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2005 8:11:19 PM
    - amazing how you neglected to mention it.... (n/t) - Tony - 11/23/2005 8:42:05 PM
      - *cough* Google *cough* - Sam F. - 11/24/2005 5:20:53 AM
- Why would anyone take Murtha seriously? - Scott Evil - 11/23/2005 7:35:44 PM

What "democracy" means to Iraqis - Bowser - 11/24/2005 4:56:40 AM

How many here think this guy was the ONLY one: "Executed man may have been innocent" - R.L. - 11/21/2005 8:17:12 PM
- More from the great chitty of Houston. - et - 11/23/2005 7:26:13 PM
- There would be a lot less support for the death penalty... - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 5:18:05 PM
- executing an innocent... - FrankC - 11/22/2005 5:16:49 AM
  - It isn't called "capital deterrence" for a reason - Larry J - 11/22/2005 7:56:52 PM
    - Thank you for an honest response - R.L. - 11/22/2005 9:05:43 PM
      - It is punishment, not revenge - Larry J - 11/24/2005 12:53:14 AM
        
        re: It is punishment, not revenge - gbaikie - 11/24/2005 2:15:47 AM
      - Why do you equate CP with revenge? - Sam F. - 11/23/2005 2:58:27 AM
  - re: executing an innocent is more than enough argument against CP - Buck Galaxy - 11/22/2005 9:04:17 AM
  - re: executing an innocent... - Daniel - 11/22/2005 8:03:01 AM
  - It would deter if carried out in a timely manner. - Lee - 11/22/2005 6:28:57 AM
    - No it would not - FrankC - 11/22/2005 5:08:04 PM
    - And the innocent persons executed are just acceptable losses? - R.L. - 11/22/2005 7:41:10 AM
      - It's the law of the land, so maybe you are in the fringe on this issue. - Lee - 11/22/2005 7:59:47 PM
- Not hardly - Eri - 11/22/2005 2:59:11 AM
- If Jaun Moreno lied under oath, and that testimony led to the execution of an innocent man, then Jaun Moreno should be charged with Capital Murder - Scott Evil - 11/22/2005 2:37:20 AM
  - So, you think that those telling lies that cause deaths should be punished? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/22/2005 6:24:19 PM
- Death should be an option, but in only one circumstance. - Bowser - 11/22/2005 2:14:21 AM
- re: How many here think this guy was the ONLY one: "Executed man may have been innocent" - azstrummer - 11/21/2005 11:52:15 PM

Environmental disaster in China - JEKing - 11/23/2005 11:54:51 PM

There are those who say the Bushies were honest during the run-up to war. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 3:52:22 AM
- "Sources" - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2005 8:44:28 PM

This Man Is Trying Hard to Earn a Darwin Award - David F Mayer - 11/22/2005 2:02:26 PM
- Oh, I get it!!! CURRENT events.... - R.L. - 11/22/2005 9:55:36 PM
  - Just a change of pace. (n/t) - DFM - 11/22/2005 11:54:58 PM
    - *tap* *tap* That's reading zero on my Pun-O-Meter - Sam F. - 11/23/2005 12:17:39 PM
      - re: *tap* *tap* That's reading zero on my Pun-O-Meter - LS - 11/23/2005 6:22:16 PM
- The question you always have to ask when seeing a photo like that... - Larry J - 11/22/2005 7:35:58 PM

More Bush Lies out in the Open - Lindy - 11/22/2005 8:45:44 PM
- How loud would be the screams if someone threatened to bomb Fox News? - Bowser - 11/22/2005 10:14:50 PM
  - Do people know what it means to be American anymore?? - Lindy - 11/23/2005 1:38:20 AM
    - The classic non-denial denial. Ya know it's true when they say this. - Bowser - 11/23/2005 2:32:32 AM
      - The classic quoting conflicting, unnamed sources reportedly alleging something......or may be not. - Sam F. - 11/23/2005 3:34:37 AM
        
        Seriously, is there any reasonable doubt? Or are you looking for any excuse? - Bowser - 11/23/2005 3:56:27 AM
        
        It was just "friendly fire" - Lindy - 11/23/2005 4:12:01 AM
        
        Like the neocon excusing Bush's "The US doesn't torture - - - " (n/t) - Bowser - 11/23/2005 5:46:19 AM

That darned media bias again. - Bowser - 11/22/2005 9:38:11 PM
- Fox is definitely biased - Sam F. - 11/23/2005 3:14:56 AM

Ya gotta admire Republican shamelessness. - Bowser - 11/19/2005 7:27:22 PM
- To be fair, the Republican cut........... - Publius - 11/21/2005 12:36:53 AM
  - Maybe it's hush money - Lindy - 11/21/2005 3:01:59 AM
- House votes to cut $700 million in food stamps - Eric - 11/19/2005 11:51:45 PM
  - Let them eat cake! (n/t) - Lindy - 11/20/2005 5:17:48 AM
    - Seems they are, most poor people are obese. - Lee - 11/20/2005 10:02:09 AM
      - Depressed and addicted... - Lindy - 11/21/2005 6:16:47 PM
        
        You don't have to be rich to eat right. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 2:59:57 AM
        
        "Scuse me?" - Lindy - 11/22/2005 5:42:32 AM
        
        I buy the groceries. - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 9:16:42 PM
        
        re: I buy the groceries. - Lindy - 11/23/2005 1:52:22 AM
        
        Not much of a cook. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2005 2:12:22 AM
        
        A favorite of mine too - Lindy - 11/23/2005 2:47:29 AM

More on the very ill-advised Prescription Drug Program - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 9:19:38 PM

Murtha myth - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 4:11:10 AM
- I think that the Murtha myth is a myth - alcaray - 11/22/2005 6:19:28 PM
- Where it never was before. - tony - 11/22/2005 2:39:34 PM
  - From the very same interview... - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 4:42:35 PM
    - re: From the very same interview... - Tony - 11/22/2005 5:28:48 PM
      - You clipped the context out again. - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 8:10:18 PM
        
        Out of context? - Tony - 11/22/2005 9:01:01 PM
- When ya can't accomplish yer objectives, and ya can't stop the killing - - - - Bowser - 11/22/2005 8:24:40 AM

No Way Out for Bush and Company - Donald - 11/22/2005 5:34:37 AM
- The Washington Post decries the BS - Lindy - 11/22/2005 8:33:16 PM

Iraqi leaders sanction armed resistance to U.S. forces - Donald - 11/22/2005 2:17:42 PM
- Iraqis recognize right of Iraqis to resist foreign invaders. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/22/2005 7:35:13 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,097 - Donald - 11/22/2005 2:19:24 PM

"revisionism of the most corrupt and shameless variety" - Bowser - 11/22/2005 8:31:07 AM

Background on the troop rotations - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 4:24:22 AM

Michael Yon visits some schools in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2005 4:12:31 AM

It's all over but the blaming. "Cheney: Retreat would let terrorists run Iraq" - Bowser - 11/21/2005 7:13:39 PM
- It ain't over 'til it's over. - David F Mayer - 11/21/2005 9:18:06 PM
  - Life is lived forward, that's true. And it's understood backward. - Bowser - 11/21/2005 9:22:42 PM

"Bush Economy" update - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2005 7:19:08 PM
- You be right - Bush is Da Man - "GM slashing 30,000 jobs, closing plants" - Bowser - 11/21/2005 7:26:49 PM
  - Not a lot of pain there. - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2005 8:12:48 PM

2,095 - Donald - 11/21/2005 3:15:17 PM
- How many in 'Nam, Korea, WW I+II, Civil War, War of 1812, Revolutionary War, etc - carl - 11/21/2005 5:42:19 PM
  - "have another egotisical mad-man take over. " - Bowser - 11/21/2005 7:05:36 PM

It should be low - "Military fears critics will hurt morale" - Bowser - 11/21/2005 4:19:07 PM
- Uhhh, but who HURT WTC and Pentagon and ... - carl - 11/21/2005 5:38:59 PM

He needs to tell Cheney - "CIA 'does not do torture,' agency director says" - Bowser - 11/21/2005 4:59:22 PM
- All LIES lead to the TRUTH - carl - 11/21/2005 5:36:35 PM

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