Current Events

News and events, local to international. A place to discuss politics, policy and the state of the world. Discussions may be lively, even heated. Try to avoid being the poster who forces an entire thread to be moved to Flame. Moderators do keep track of such things.

Just when you think - - - and then more Bushie chicanery. - Bowser - 11/17/2005 5:13:02 AM
- Bushie chicanery - FrankC - 11/17/2005 6:01:46 AM

Cheney: "- - - and yet in Washington you can ordinarily rely on some basic measure of truthfulness and good faith in the conduct of political debate." - Bowser - 11/17/2005 3:18:03 AM
- Don't get excited Bowser..you're starting to stutt-stutt-stutter - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2005 3:56:24 AM
  - I've told him already: "DOUBLE-POST-UNGOOD"! (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/17/2005 4:51:00 AM
    - Damn I'm glad! - Bowser - 11/17/2005 5:14:26 AM

8,810 - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2005 4:53:46 AM

How to create terrorists - detain people and torture 'em. - Bowser - 11/16/2005 9:56:59 PM
- Those numbers correct? My records show... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2005 12:58:28 AM
- Read the article, for a change. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2005 12:42:23 AM
  - Nice subject line, again. Topically, makes it seem the post was erroneous. - Bowser - 11/17/2005 2:11:00 AM
    - The post usually is. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2005 2:31:42 AM
      - And again. Things ain't goin' well for the neocons. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/17/2005 3:18:45 AM
        
        Nah. Just another Democratic attack spray - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2005 4:34:17 AM

why China isn't yet a real threat - Daniel - 11/16/2005 5:37:03 PM
- Heh, heh. - Bowser - 11/17/2005 12:41:50 AM
- Jokes aside, I'm not so sure... - FrankC - 11/16/2005 11:43:04 PM
  - I also don't know about China - Daniel - 11/17/2005 2:22:25 AM

2,080 - Donald - 11/17/2005 2:04:04 AM

"Report: Former CPB chair violated law" - your liberal media again. - Bowser - 11/16/2005 10:39:06 PM

Terror For Export (where it wasn't before) - Bowser - 11/13/2005 9:24:41 PM
- re: where it wasn't before - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2005 10:49:18 PM
  - surely you don't think... - FrankC - 11/14/2005 12:38:48 AM
  - Obfuscation. - Bowser - 11/13/2005 11:22:11 PM
    - Let's see your numbers. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 12:39:08 AM
      - And if I do, which is ridiculous, will you concede you folks were entirely wrong? - Bowser - 11/14/2005 1:24:49 AM
        
        Not that easy. - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 4:51:55 AM
        
        Again - Is Iraq NOW a haven for al-Qaida - since Bush. - Bowser - 11/14/2005 6:04:40 AM
        
        Part of your problem - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 5:17:39 PM
        
        Missed that whole "flypaper" thing didn't ya? (n/t) - RobVG - 11/14/2005 6:08:55 AM
        
        Pretty hard to miss - alcaray - 11/15/2005 6:20:10 PM
        
        piss off... - RobVG - 11/16/2005 2:51:33 AM
        
        I declare victory in that exchange (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2005 4:44:24 PM
        
        Missed that whole "winning hearts and minds of Iraqi people" thing didn't ya? - Tony - 11/14/2005 8:34:42 PM
        
        The fact is this war has been a wonderful thing for terrorist recruiting... - R.L. - 11/14/2005 7:30:36 AM
        
        I concede (sort of) - RobVG - 11/16/2005 2:48:30 AM
        
        Where are YOUR numbers, R.L.? - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 5:19:18 PM
        
        Bizarre metric! - alcaray - 11/15/2005 6:34:14 PM
        
        Good grief. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 8:45:14 PM
        
        So increasing amounts of terrorism doesn't mean increasing numbers of terrorists? - alcaray - 11/15/2005 9:08:59 PM
        
        No, the number of attacks is not a reliable indicator of the number of terrorists. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 9:57:12 PM
        
        Where do you buy flypaper? - R.L. - 11/14/2005 7:26:49 AM
        
        BS is BS is BS. Simple questions, simple answers. - Bowser - 11/14/2005 6:48:13 AM
        
        Reality. - RobVG - 11/14/2005 7:18:32 AM
        
        Wasn't that the plan all along? - Lee - 11/14/2005 6:43:38 AM
        
        re: Wasn't that the plan all along? - Doug Ellison - 11/14/2005 1:36:34 PM
        
        You need a battlefield to wage a war. - Lee - 11/14/2005 8:14:38 PM
        
        re: You need a battlefield to wage a war. - Doug Ellison - 11/15/2005 8:52:21 AM
        
        No, they are being liberated. - Lee - 11/15/2005 8:15:07 PM
        
        Their not bait. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/14/2005 2:42:43 PM
        
        It already does. - Tony - 11/14/2005 8:32:12 PM
        
        Their? (n/t) - R.L. - 11/14/2005 3:52:51 PM
        
        whatever. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/14/2005 4:33:37 PM
        
        He thinks it's proof of Unintelligent Design - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 6:28:10 AM
        
        Yer having trouble, too. Was Iraq a haven for al-Qaida before Bush? - Bowser - 11/14/2005 6:52:31 AM
        
        It's called the War on Terror - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 7:43:53 PM
        
        Bowser Subs for the Zone - Lindy - 11/14/2005 5:06:36 PM
        
        It is. Yes or no. Cut the crap. Or don't - we'll know. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/14/2005 5:07:22 AM
- Ah c'mon Bowser....... - Lindy - 11/13/2005 9:38:42 PM
  - Now, Lindy!! - Bowser - 11/13/2005 10:43:41 PM
    - 14 Indicators of a Fascist society - Lindy - 11/14/2005 1:21:54 AM
      - That is one scary article. - Bowser - 11/14/2005 1:26:52 AM
        
        Interesting: Mexico is more fascist than the US - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 3:38:47 AM
        
        "your doubleplusungood thoughts questioning the leadership. " Don't question, right? - Bowser - 11/14/2005 5:08:51 AM
        
        The US is not fascist by any fair measure - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 5:26:30 AM
        
        And your measures are? For instance - - - - Bowser - 11/14/2005 6:07:09 AM
        
        iAustralia is becoming increasingly authoritarian. Maybe the US too. But definitely not Fascist, nowhere near it - Daniel - 11/14/2005 4:31:58 PM
        
        Sure - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 6:18:21 AM
        
        "your doubleplusungood thoughts questioning the leadership. " Don't question, right? - Bowser - 11/14/2005 5:08:49 AM
        
        I said "doubleplus", not "doublepost". ;-) (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 5:31:14 AM
        
        So you did, so you did. :-) (n/t) - Bpwser - 11/14/2005 6:08:14 AM

2,074 - Donald - 11/16/2005 2:08:01 PM

More Jordan backlash - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 9:34:05 PM
- Strange thing. Al Qaeda has set off bombs among - David F Mayer - 11/15/2005 9:38:51 PM
- we know the truth but can't speak it right now, out of tact - Daniel - 11/15/2005 6:56:35 AM
  - Not sure Americans, or any other nations, are much better. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 7:05:41 AM
    - IRA - Nick Hoffman - 11/16/2005 8:09:33 AM
    - re: Not sure Americans, or any other nations, are much better. - LJK - 11/15/2005 5:40:35 PM

Once more unto the Beach, dear Fiends? - Nick Hoffman - 11/16/2005 8:06:30 AM

Finally - sign iron-clad contracts, leave troops in the oil fields, declare victory and run. - Bowser - 11/16/2005 5:12:19 AM

Finally - sign iron-clad contracts, leave troops in the oil fields, declare victory and run. - Bowser - 11/16/2005 5:12:07 AM

Liberal economics in Germany - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 8:47:40 PM
- I was sure I read here that the left in Germany was ousted... - Tony - 11/15/2005 9:21:05 PM
  - re: I was sure I read here that the left in Germany was ousted... - gbaikie - 11/16/2005 2:20:08 AM

So you want details about who lied - Donald - 11/14/2005 2:58:45 PM
- A couple of responses - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 3:34:05 PM
  - Impressive - Robert - 11/14/2005 4:19:30 PM
    - I told you so - Lindy - 11/14/2005 5:56:24 PM
      - Well said. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/15/2005 4:28:12 AM
    - How many misleading statements by Democrats were included in this report? - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/14/2005 5:10:58 PM
      - A lot of people are having a lot of fun with that. - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 7:02:43 PM
        
        Get a grip. Perspective. Lotsa folks are dying, both at home and abroad. - Bowser - 11/14/2005 9:43:34 PM
    - re: Impressive - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 4:57:03 PM
      - re: Impressive - Robert - 11/15/2005 11:02:36 PM
        
        "whitewashed" investigations - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 11:12:00 PM
        
        re: "whitewashed" investigations - gbaikie - 11/16/2005 1:50:51 AM
- Meanwhile: 2,067 - Donald - 11/14/2005 2:59:49 PM
  - Do you think it will get to 3,000+? - Scott Evil - 11/14/2005 5:15:32 PM
    - Closer to 5k - carl - 11/14/2005 6:07:19 PM
      - Except in Vietnam we lost 50k over something like 10 years. - Scott Evil - 11/14/2005 10:11:54 PM
        
        re: Except in Vietnam we lost 50k over something like 10 years. - gbaikie - 11/14/2005 11:09:36 PM
        
        re: It seems to me that Iraq can afford a well trained miltary and it seems that Iraqi are interested in maintaining a strong miltary. - Scott Evil - 11/15/2005 7:38:34 PM

Chavez still running true to form. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 6:57:07 AM
- I consider him to be a Latin American version of Robert Mugabe (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/15/2005 9:37:07 PM
- re: Chavez still running true to form. - Lindy - 11/15/2005 5:19:16 PM
  - Proven? Well, prove it. - Sam F. - 11/16/2005 1:19:11 AM
  - Yeah. Look what free trade has done to the far east. - Scott Evil - 11/15/2005 7:48:03 PM

2,069 - Donald - 11/15/2005 2:36:04 PM
- 80 - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2005 10:50:55 PM

It wasn't easy being a Soviet scientist with a conscience - LJK - 11/15/2005 6:13:55 PM

Bush prescription drug plan activated - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 11:07:19 PM
- Fundamentally an entitlement for drug companies. Will go on forever. - Bowser - 11/13/2005 12:32:48 AM
  - drug companies - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2005 5:43:01 AM
    - re: drug companies - Doug Ellison - 11/13/2005 8:01:21 AM
      - Read. Tom's. Opening. Post. S. L. O. W. L. Y. - Sam F. - 11/13/2005 8:33:47 AM
        
        re: Read. Tom's. Opening. Post. S. L. O. W. L. Y. - Doug Ellison - 11/13/2005 3:47:52 PM
        
        Health care - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2005 7:44:47 PM
        
        re: Health care - Daniel - 11/14/2005 4:52:28 PM
        
        re: Health care - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 5:25:33 PM
      - drug companies - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2005 8:33:30 AM
- I view a National Health Service (Single Payer System) - David F Mayer - 11/13/2005 12:04:38 AM
  - If people think they can't afford health care now, wait until it's "free" - Larry J - 11/14/2005 9:53:16 PM
  - the way things are going in Washington, a Republican will propose it. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/14/2005 2:55:35 PM

Department of Corrections Special Edition for Larry - Tony - 11/14/2005 5:54:32 PM
- That's why I used the word "reportedly" - Larry J - 11/14/2005 9:41:53 PM
- re: Department of Corrections Special Edition - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2005 7:28:29 PM
  - blogger depiction of a minstrel? - Tony - 11/14/2005 8:23:06 PM

Bush Cabinet Threatened With Subpoenas - Eric - 11/13/2005 10:42:50 AM
- Meanwhile: Elections reflect Bush's decline - Donald - 11/13/2005 5:56:56 PM
  - Hope spring eternal - FrankC - 11/14/2005 12:49:12 AM
  - "Makes you long for missing silverware and interns in blue dresses. " - Lindy - 11/13/2005 9:41:57 PM
    - Don't worry. there's only 38 month's left in Bush's Presidency. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/14/2005 2:48:43 PM
      - Lot of Republicans are starting to think so, too. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/14/2005 5:47:10 PM

France to deport rioters - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2005 11:47:36 PM
- C'est Dommage" - carl - 11/14/2005 5:35:06 PM

All we had to worry about with CLINTON was going to WAR with NORTH KOREA... - carl - 11/14/2005 5:33:49 PM

Poll: Most Americans Say Bush Not Honest - Donald - 11/11/2005 9:46:35 PM
- The Poll. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 1:07:07 AM
  - Do you think he's honest? (n/t) - Bowser - 11/13/2005 9:25:54 PM
    - As a matter of fact, I do. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2005 10:51:05 PM
      - Two different types of liars - Lindy - 11/14/2005 5:25:30 PM
  - It shouldn't -- Party ID varies - dtb - 11/12/2005 1:37:27 AM
    - I guess we'll find out at the next major election. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 2:31:55 AM
      - re: I guess we'll find out at the next major election. - dtb - 11/12/2005 2:51:24 AM
        
        Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 4:38:45 AM
- So what. they didn't think Clinton was Honest either. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/11/2005 11:04:06 PM
  - The obvious. When Clinton lied, folks didn't die. Beyond you, though! (n/t) - Bowser - 11/11/2005 11:08:53 PM
    - Tell that to the "aspirin" factory workers. - Lee - 11/12/2005 4:42:17 AM
      - BIG difference. The Sudan, right? - et - 11/12/2005 8:37:34 PM
        
        "Saddam's WMDs" was a very popular buzz phrase back in the 1990s. - Lee - 11/13/2005 2:32:15 AM
    - Oh... - Scott Evil - Phd. Reality - 11/11/2005 11:12:11 PM
      - Correspondence University too eh? (n/t) - Dr. et PhD. Accounting - 11/12/2005 1:27:53 AM

Bombings reflect Zarqawiâ€™s growing reach....they're "Bringing it on!" - Lindy - 11/13/2005 10:13:06 AM
- Zarqawi - Donald - 11/13/2005 4:31:54 PM
  - Is Zarqawi hurting Bin ladin's "cause"? - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/14/2005 3:33:59 PM
  - Zarqawi & Bin Laden are identical in both purpose & method. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/14/2005 7:36:59 AM

« newer topics · page 439 of 1030 · older topics »

Recent posts

On this day in Current Events

Current Events