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Happy World Freedom Day! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2005 4:23:27 AM
- The world is enslaved by the evil Dr. Solar and his henchman Col. Graviton - Sam F. - 11/11/2005 5:54:12 AM
- re: Happy World Freedom Day! - Doug Ellison - 11/10/2005 1:47:14 PM
- Torch of freedom already burning brightly in China - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 5:17:32 AM
- Happy National Hurricane Preparedness Week! - Robert - 11/10/2005 4:46:12 AM
  - Thanks! LOL! Touche' (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2005 5:53:35 AM
  - Best never to rely on anyone else when it comes to your own survival (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 5:19:52 AM
    - Guess you will refuse to dial 911 in an emergency, then... - R.L. - 11/10/2005 8:25:31 PM
      - I should learn never say "never" :-) - Sam F. - 11/11/2005 3:48:09 AM
      - Yes, he will -- in Australia, the number is 000 - Fox - 11/10/2005 10:52:24 PM
        
        That's not good. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 1:08:55 AM
        
        I'm no child and no Aussie :-) (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/12/2005 4:05:02 AM
        
        Apologies - Fox - 11/13/2005 1:59:33 AM
        
        Weird - Sam F. - 11/13/2005 3:51:08 AM
        
        Like kiwifruit, then? ;) (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/13/2005 6:36:08 PM
        
        Thank you for not just calling them "kiwis" (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/14/2005 3:20:12 AM
- PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2005 4:28:14 AM

Open Letter to Kansas Board of Education - David F Mayer - 11/9/2005 6:48:25 PM
- My concern........ - Publius - 11/9/2005 10:02:27 PM
  - "My concern is that they take your suggestions seriously." - David F Mayer - 11/9/2005 11:15:47 PM
- Bravo! - R.L. - 11/9/2005 8:36:24 PM
- "Good for you" - Robert - 11/9/2005 7:56:01 PM
  - Response from Janet Waugh - Robert - 11/13/2005 9:17:06 PM

2,065 - Donald - 11/13/2005 2:52:58 PM

Marxists in full cry south of the border - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 8:25:40 PM
- softening us up for the inevitable invasion, Tom? - Daniel - 11/7/2005 4:20:24 AM
  - re: Chavez might be the usual egocentric tinpot crazy - Scott Evil - Captain, HZS Evildoer - 11/8/2005 11:23:31 PM
  - Reality check. - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2005 7:45:21 AM
    - you got me the wrong way round - Daniel - 11/7/2005 10:44:56 AM
- And a PS -yer totally unqualified to talk about Marxism. - Bowser - 11/5/2005 7:57:19 AM
  - Why would anybody still be interested in Marxism, anyway? - David F Mayer - 11/6/2005 1:46:32 PM
  - What qualifications are necessary? - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2005 7:04:10 PM
    - Fer crissake, read Marx. - Bowser - 11/5/2005 11:43:47 PM
      - I've read Marx. - Scott Evil (SENN News) - 11/8/2005 11:08:14 PM
      - You have a lot of trouble with common sense, don't you? - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2005 2:30:15 AM
        
        So reading Marx would upset yer view of Marxism and you won't do it. - Bowser - 11/6/2005 8:14:23 AM
        
        Full circle on argumentation on Marxism........... - Publius - 11/9/2005 10:25:23 PM
        
        I gave up on philosiphy and political science because of fools like you. - Scott Evil - Phd. Reality - 11/11/2005 4:35:39 PM
        
        Hey, I can see why you gave up on philosiphy ........... - 333 - 11/12/2005 2:18:37 PM
        
        Cute. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2005 5:46:47 AM
        
        Part of the problem - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2005 4:36:39 PM
        
        This is getting interesting. - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2005 12:23:08 AM
        
        Symbolism over substance does seem to be a trademark of theirs. (n/t) - Lee - 11/6/2005 3:03:01 AM
      - But in Bowserland, reading counts for nothing... - McFly - 11/6/2005 12:02:33 AM
        
        You and Mayer just make things up, don't you? - Bowser - 11/6/2005 8:15:27 AM
  - There he goes again - McFly - 11/5/2005 6:23:45 PM
    - I said he is illiterate when it comes to Marxism. - Bowser - 11/5/2005 11:38:59 PM
      - Marxism is totally worthless. - David F Mayer - 11/7/2005 11:45:12 PM
      - "yer totally unqualified to talk about Marxism" - McFly - 11/6/2005 12:25:18 AM
  - Marxism is both. - Lee - 11/5/2005 9:37:38 AM
    - re: Marxism is both. - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2005 7:15:28 PM
    - Ya missed it. - Bowser - 11/5/2005 3:30:57 PM
      - When the State tells you what you can and can not buy, what you can and can not own... - Lee - 11/5/2005 7:35:26 PM
        
        "Free markets" are for govermnent subsidized multinational corporations. - Bowser - 11/5/2005 11:45:21 PM
        
        Free people are free markets. - Lee - 11/6/2005 3:19:14 AM
- The sky is falling, the sky is falling! - Bowser - 11/5/2005 7:54:52 AM
  - What citizens want. - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2005 7:13:35 PM
- re: Marxists in full cry south of the border - alcaray - 11/4/2005 9:05:05 PM
  - re: Marxists in full cry south of the border - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2005 9:17:55 PM
    - You might think that it is really sad that people are afraid to label themselves as Marxist. - Scott Evil - Captain, HZS Evildoer - 11/8/2005 11:26:14 PM

Evidence of US Use of Chemical Weapons on Civilians - Jack Herer - 11/8/2005 4:40:38 PM
- Sounds like more anti-American propaganda. - REB - 11/9/2005 3:36:31 PM
  - Sounds like you need to watch the movie - Lindy - 11/9/2005 5:17:57 PM
    - That kid in the still shot is not an Iraq kid. More like a Vietnam kid. - REB - 11/9/2005 5:39:20 PM
      - Agreed - Lindy - 11/10/2005 4:21:40 AM
        
        re: Agreed - REB - 11/10/2005 1:11:12 PM
        
        Thanks for trying - Lindy - 11/10/2005 4:16:21 PM
- More evidence of people who don't know what they are talking about. - David F Mayer - 11/9/2005 12:18:20 AM
  - "Whiskey Pete" IS a chemical weapon - Lindy - 11/9/2005 5:31:54 PM
    - Whilte Phosphorus is NOT among the listed Toxic Chemical Weapons. - David F Mayer - 11/13/2005 12:08:22 AM
    - Lindy, Iraq had stockpiles of these weapons. Think about it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 10:25:17 PM
      - Think about it. - Lindy - 11/10/2005 4:23:21 AM
  - You are probably correct - Alan G. Archer - 11/9/2005 1:24:15 AM
    - re: You are probably correct - Larry J - 11/9/2005 2:08:26 PM
      - Thanks - Alan G. Archer - 11/9/2005 3:19:21 PM
- Funny thing about definitions - Larry J - 11/8/2005 7:49:14 PM
  - Funny thing about WP fired during daytime into civilian populations. - Bowser - 11/8/2005 8:22:15 PM
    - It isn't a chemical weapon by international definition - Larry J - 11/8/2005 8:57:36 PM
      - Diesel fuel, sprayed on civilians, and lit, is a chemical weapon. - Bowser - 11/9/2005 1:39:12 AM
        
        Not by the definition of "chemical weapon" - Larry J - 11/9/2005 2:01:30 PM
        
        It's another load of manure, recycled from a year ago at that. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 2:32:42 AM
        
        Yer old, weak, tired stunt. First ya starve 'em, then torture, then kill. - Bowser - 11/9/2005 2:42:01 AM
- re: Evidence (Tailwind II) - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 7:36:15 PM
  - re: Evidence (Tailwind II) - btd - 11/8/2005 8:22:26 PM
  - T. B. "Most of it turned out to be crap." - Bowser - 11/8/2005 8:17:07 PM
    - You know, that technique is getting a bit old. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 9:30:04 PM
      - Tom, did you watch that movie? - Lindy - 11/9/2005 7:31:01 AM
- WMDs, against civilians. Yer tax dollars at work, and for what? (n/t) - Bowser - 11/8/2005 6:41:18 PM

Rising above the hate in the Middle East - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2005 4:43:52 AM
- I think this story fits in here as well. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 11:31:10 PM
- Good luck with that :-) - Sam F. - 11/11/2005 5:06:57 AM

Arnold goes metro? - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 2:28:55 AM
- PR spin - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/12/2005 3:19:55 AM
  - Clearer shot at the Union Leaders? - Lindy - 11/12/2005 6:14:31 AM
    - You know Lindy... - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 10:28:41 PM
    - Nissan: Ve vont be beck - Sam F. - 11/12/2005 7:26:30 AM

Brazil doing very well! - Raoul - 11/12/2005 9:05:52 PM

Bush Poll: Autumn of Discontent - Donald - 11/12/2005 7:51:48 PM

*** Thread moved to Flame *** - Fox, as Moderator - 11/12/2005 5:50:34 PM

'Its just one school board in Kansas' - R.L. - 11/10/2005 8:28:23 AM
- re: 'Its just one school board in Kansas' - JEKing - 11/10/2005 4:19:35 PM
  - Not so unlikely - Robert - 11/10/2005 7:11:03 PM
    - re: Not so unlikely - JEKing - 11/12/2005 5:02:44 PM

California's new "girly-man" - Donald - 11/12/2005 2:20:40 PM

"Vice President Dick Cheney, a veteran of multiple draft deferments, battles Sen. John McCain, a former POW," - - - (to keep on torturing) - Bowser - 11/11/2005 11:06:08 PM
- You want us to read Eleanor Clift? - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/11/2005 11:11:13 PM
  - You need a shower? - Lindy - 11/12/2005 6:37:24 AM
  - She needs the shower. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/12/2005 1:24:29 AM

Armistice Day/Veteran's Day - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2005 5:16:01 AM

Al Qaeda Bombing Backfires - Donald - 11/10/2005 2:58:14 PM
- Competence - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2005 4:14:21 PM
  - re: Competence - Doug Ellison - 11/10/2005 11:30:37 PM
    - Okay, maybe I was a bit too subtle. Look at a map. - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2005 1:31:46 AM
      - re: Okay, maybe I was a bit too subtle. Look at a map. - Doug Ellison - 11/11/2005 9:13:00 AM
        
        The actual point was that Kerry didn't know what he was talking about. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2005 5:27:51 PM
        
        Obvious to anyone not suffering BDS. (n/t) - ID - 11/11/2005 8:27:08 PM

Bush: Critics try to rewrite Iraq war history - Bowser - 11/11/2005 6:56:54 PM
- Adding insult to injury - "AP poll: Most Americans say Bush not honest" - Bowser - 11/11/2005 8:15:02 PM
- So far, only Ted Kennedy has dared take him on. - Scott Evil, Phd. Reality - 11/11/2005 8:07:22 PM

GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline - Eric - 11/11/2005 3:56:44 PM
- â€œA successful resolution would be us getting out intact and civil war not breaking out until after the midterm elections,â€ says one insider. - Bowser - 11/11/2005 7:02:58 PM
- Wow how dastardly! - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/11/2005 4:49:10 PM
  - If it was a closely-guarded memo... - LJK - 11/11/2005 5:08:57 PM
    - I do think there is more infighting going on than usual - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/11/2005 5:22:29 PM

2,062 - Donald - 11/11/2005 6:58:45 PM

Texas vs Maine - Doug Ellison - 11/10/2005 11:49:37 AM
- re: Texas vs Maine - Phillip - 11/10/2005 3:40:00 PM
  - States rights. - et - 11/11/2005 3:54:44 AM
    - re: States rights. - Doug Ellison - 11/11/2005 9:11:45 AM
      - State's wrongs. - et - 11/11/2005 5:37:45 PM
    - Should be under root post. Funny post though Phillip. (n/t) - et - 11/11/2005 3:58:51 AM
- Oops - please more to Current Events (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 11/10/2005 11:50:36 AM
  - Moved (n/t) - Modbob - 11/10/2005 8:34:26 PM
    - Thank you :) (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 11/10/2005 9:38:04 PM

Remebrance Day / Veterans Day - take A Pittance of Time - Laurie Street - 11/11/2005 2:28:40 AM

Supply and demand - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2005 4:38:09 PM
- Not surprising - Tony - 11/10/2005 9:47:36 PM
  - ANWR drilling - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2005 12:47:47 AM
    - Its probably for the best... - Scott Evil - 11/11/2005 1:40:22 AM

The "Bush Lied!" Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 7:22:09 AM
- "fisking" means Orwellian doublespeak? - Robert - 11/10/2005 6:44:12 PM
  - Go back and read the indictment again. - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2005 12:51:33 AM

France is Burning - terror reaches the heart of Paris - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 5:15:31 PM
- Is it time for Napoleon's remedy for violent mobs? - David F Mayer - 11/8/2005 2:43:44 PM
  - Does France have any Napoleons left? (n/t) - Lee - 11/8/2005 7:52:37 PM
    - they have lots of gay guys in tights. - Scott Evil - Captain, HZS Evildoer - 11/8/2005 10:57:37 PM
      - They'd quickly fall in behind then. - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 5:22:49 AM
        
        Are you trying to drive a point home? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2005 6:00:47 AM
        
        No butts about it :-o :-p (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 7:30:46 AM
- Migawd, look at causes. - Bowser - 11/7/2005 3:10:21 PM
  - Visit a Muslim ghetto. Walk the streets. It IS their religion which disenfranchises them. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2005 11:06:23 PM
    - If "youths" are giving the French authorities this much trouble, - Lee - 11/9/2005 6:59:45 AM
    - Well there's the answer! - Scott Evil - Captain, HZS Evildoer - 11/8/2005 11:12:02 PM
  - Bingo. Good post Bow (n/t) - Tony - 11/7/2005 5:15:24 PM
    - Well, hmmm...yeah, agreed - McFly - 11/7/2005 7:00:38 PM
      - Giving people a stake in society - Sam F. - 11/8/2005 2:24:43 AM
  - fatwa issued against riots - Daniel - 11/7/2005 4:36:22 PM
- Don't overdo it. - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2005 1:58:41 AM
  - Keep up Tom... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/7/2005 3:30:19 AM
    - Assimilation - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2005 4:57:59 AM
    - This should be easy. - Lee - 11/7/2005 4:35:55 AM
      - And another thing. - Lee - 11/7/2005 4:38:03 AM
    - Links - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/7/2005 3:55:51 AM
- It is only a little harmless fun by kids. Don't get excited. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/7/2005 12:50:52 AM
- It's not too late. - Lee - 11/6/2005 7:22:08 PM
  - It's not too late for ethnic cleansing? (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 11/6/2005 8:53:07 PM
    - Just sending them back home. - Lee - 11/6/2005 10:41:39 PM
- 1917 and 1942? - Alan G. Archer - 11/6/2005 6:35:58 PM
  - re: 1917 and 1942? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2005 8:40:35 PM
    - Were is de Gaulle when you need him? - Alan G. Archer - 11/6/2005 9:30:07 PM
      - And a little about Gen. Raoul Salan - Alan G. Archer - 11/6/2005 9:44:01 PM

Army source: WP was used against targets - dtb - 11/9/2005 10:17:59 PM
- Source is pretty clear on that. - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2005 3:26:27 AM

Live by the sword... - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 12:20:38 AM
- The "subtle" difference between whistleblowing and political retaliation - Robert - 11/9/2005 5:29:06 PM
- Lindsey Graham gets it - Tony - 11/9/2005 4:17:07 PM
  - I see. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 9:56:54 PM
    - Again, you did not get it. - Tony - 11/9/2005 10:01:33 PM
      - re: Again, you did not get it. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 10:11:25 PM
        
        No, you really did not. I give up. (n/t) - tony - 11/9/2005 11:55:45 PM
        
        Is it the fact these secert jails exist at all? - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 3:21:24 AM
        
        Can of worms - SteveS - 11/10/2005 12:55:52 AM
- The lesser of two evils - Lindy - 11/9/2005 6:50:03 AM
- What exactly is your major problem with this? - Tony - 11/9/2005 2:57:36 AM
  - Is there an option C? (n/t) - Tony - 11/9/2005 4:17:40 PM
  - Far from outrage, he denies Plame was a covert CIA agent. - Bowser - 11/9/2005 3:06:27 AM
    - Fitzgerald refused to identify her as covert. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 8:58:30 AM
- Surprised you are running with this one - Tony - 11/9/2005 2:43:55 AM
  - Come on, you can't have forgotten so fast. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 9:00:20 AM
    - Find one in HZ and I'll concede the point - Tony - 11/9/2005 12:34:25 PM
- From the archives... - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 2:38:36 AM
- What if... - Alan G. Archer - 11/9/2005 1:09:00 AM
  - "secret" is not the same as "illegal." - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2005 2:30:33 AM
    - Are you saying that secret CIA prisons in foreign countries are legal? (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2005 2:37:32 AM
      - I think what Tom is saying is that secret CIA prisons in foreign countries are... - Alan G. Archer - 11/9/2005 2:59:19 PM

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