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As the worm turns - Tony - 10/18/2005 8:57:29 PM

"culture of corruption" - Bowser - 10/17/2005 2:32:07 PM
- re: "culture of corruption" - REB - 10/17/2005 2:36:21 PM
  - Is it God's fault? - LJK - 10/17/2005 4:01:27 PM
    - re: Is it God's fault? - Bowser - 10/17/2005 4:10:06 PM
      - Being a Christian - REB - 10/18/2005 2:35:07 PM
      - re: Is it God's fault? - Scott Evil - 10/18/2005 1:57:25 PM
      - Christ wasn't a Christian; he was a Jew. (n/t) - Eri - 10/18/2005 2:32:56 AM
    - re: Is it God's fault? - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 4:09:12 PM
      - Check the history of Christian nations. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/17/2005 4:10:53 PM
        
        Match the numbers. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 4:12:13 PM
        
        Starting with no provocation, Iraq. - Bowser - 10/17/2005 7:07:02 PM
        
        Ai yi yi! - Eri - 10/18/2005 3:03:18 AM
        
        Apologies - Eri - 10/18/2005 3:07:12 AM
        
        Oh Bowser.... - Lindy - 10/17/2005 8:29:55 PM
        
        Tally them up, Bowser. - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 7:26:57 PM
        
        The Germans started WWII. Elementary. - Bowser - 10/17/2005 9:30:09 PM
        
        So glad you dont practice moral relativism....... - Tony - 10/17/2005 8:37:49 PM
        
        For a few people here... - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 9:44:23 PM
        
        No - tony - 10/18/2005 2:53:09 AM
        
        re: God with us - Raoul - 10/17/2005 8:29:34 PM
        
        "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic" - Sam F. - 10/17/2005 7:56:44 PM
        
        Hey, even Carlos Escobar was a Christian! - Lindy - 10/17/2005 5:45:15 PM

Latest pronouncements from the newest Hero of the Left - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 6:06:38 AM
- More info on expulsions - Laurie Street - 10/14/2005 3:51:10 PM
- When the mass starvation, the mass arrests, the mass killings - David F Mayer - 10/14/2005 2:40:12 PM
  - Yeah, like that is going to happen! - Publius - 10/14/2005 6:47:29 PM
    - Yes, it will happen. - David F Mayer - 10/16/2005 2:18:29 PM
      - Fascinating reading......... - Publius - 10/16/2005 5:00:53 PM
        
        Ah, the ole "not a true Marxist" fallacy - Sam F. - 10/16/2005 5:23:14 PM
        
        Consistent denial---the hollocast never happened (n/t) - Publius - 10/18/2005 2:34:42 AM
        
        What were you expecting? - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2005 6:51:26 PM
- Damn Tom, you need to organize the posse for a roll out like that.... - et - 10/14/2005 12:47:55 AM
- After Robertson's blathering, you don't think he's entitled to a little paranoia? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 3:47:00 PM
  - He was paranoid BEFORE Robertson's blathering - Sam F. - 10/14/2005 6:35:25 AM
    - Right. So? - alcaray - 10/14/2005 2:57:22 PM
  - nor retaliation, if that's what it was? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 3:53:40 PM
    - Laugh it up. Robertson isn't sitting on 15 percent of our oil imports. - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 4:18:50 PM
      - The story is making the rounds that Chavez has WMD's......... - Publius - 10/13/2005 5:18:11 PM
        
        he must be a totalitarian terrorist .. - Daniel - 10/13/2005 5:49:53 PM
      - re: Laugh it up. Robertson isn't sitting on 15 percent of our oil imports. - DL - 10/13/2005 5:02:14 PM
        
        Bowser and Lindy, for starters. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 6:52:57 PM
        
        Thanks Tom - DL - 10/13/2005 7:40:15 PM
        
        Tom needs to speak for himself. And apologize to DL. - Bowser - 10/13/2005 8:51:49 PM
        
        No, not to me - DL - 10/14/2005 1:31:11 AM
        
        So, you don't think Bush is planning the overthrow of Chavez? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 9:12:48 PM
        
        I blew that one - I believe the reports he is. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/14/2005 7:13:00 AM
      - Talking sense, not laughing. - alcaray - 10/13/2005 4:30:11 PM
        
        re: Talking sense? - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 6:55:19 PM
        
        Wow! You are starting to sound like Rosanna Rosanna Danna.......... (n/t) - Publius - 10/14/2005 6:25:19 PM
        
        Interesting question... - et - 10/14/2005 12:40:57 AM
        
        re: Interesting - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 4:12:04 AM
        
        re: Interesting - et - 10/14/2005 4:30:14 AM
        
        Think so, yes - alcaray - 10/13/2005 7:10:18 PM
        
        re: Think so, yes - gbaikie - 10/13/2005 8:52:36 PM
        
        You say that with knowledge of what Robertson said? - alcaray - 10/13/2005 9:39:25 PM
        
        re: You say that with knowledge of what Robertson said? - gbaikie - 10/14/2005 11:03:08 AM
        
        pathetic? - alcaray - 10/14/2005 2:39:26 PM
        
        re: pathetic? - gbaikie - 10/14/2005 8:52:18 PM
        
        I apologize for my run-away imagination... - alcaray - 10/14/2005 9:20:41 PM
        
        re: I apologize for my run-away imagination... - gbaikie - 10/15/2005 12:34:38 AM
        
        re: I apologize for my run-away imagination... - alcaray - 10/15/2005 4:39:19 PM

Another proud moment for conservatives. - Bowser - 10/15/2005 4:52:15 AM
- You can't spell slaughter without laughter. (n/t) - Lee - 10/16/2005 7:37:38 PM
- It is called "siege". It is an old tactic in warfare. - David F Mayer - 10/16/2005 1:44:37 AM
  - It's called "terrorism" when practiced against innocent civilians. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/16/2005 1:56:29 AM
    - So Janet Reno and Bill Clinton were Using terrorism in Waco Texas (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/17/2005 3:35:23 PM
    - Wrong. It is permissible when non-combattants are permitted to leave. - David F Mayer - 10/16/2005 2:14:48 PM
      - What part of "civilians who could not leave besieged cities and towns for whatever reason should not suffer" don't you get? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/16/2005 5:56:46 PM
      - Permitted vs. enabled - Mary Anne - 10/16/2005 5:56:16 PM
        
        "There really isn't enough information in the article..." - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2005 6:43:46 PM
        
        I appreciate who is disrupting supplies. - Mary Anne - 10/16/2005 7:41:28 PM
        
        re: I appreciate who is disrupting supplies. - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 5:40:22 AM
- Be sure to let us know when our side starts firing the ovens. (n/t) - RobVG - 10/15/2005 8:33:56 PM
  - The not-as-bad-as-Hitler excuse? Haven't heard that lately. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2005 3:37:59 PM
    - That's not what I meant. - RobVG - 10/18/2005 2:17:29 AM
  - It has to be ovens? If it ain't ovens you approve. - Bowser - 10/16/2005 2:04:09 AM
- They're voting on a constitution while I'm typing this. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2005 7:00:22 AM

Please Donâ€™t Support My Troop - Eric - 10/16/2005 12:19:51 AM
- "Somebody's Father" - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2005 12:58:35 AM
  - I support his son even if he doesn't. - Scott Evil - 10/17/2005 3:49:37 PM
    - Earth to Scott - Lindy - 10/17/2005 5:48:09 PM
      - Nope...My post didn't have anything to do with WMD's - Scott Evil - 10/17/2005 9:51:47 PM
  - "I assume he wasn't drafted" - Lindy - 10/17/2005 3:11:48 AM
    - re: "I assume he wasn't drafted" - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 5:14:56 AM
  - If you had a dad like that--you'd rush to enlist too. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2005 12:38:03 AM
    - Smart Alec - Lindy - 10/17/2005 3:14:04 AM

Next Hurricane Building - nick hoffman - 10/16/2005 7:24:07 AM
- Ugh, just heard about it........... - Lindy - 10/16/2005 10:24:47 PM
  - The critical data - Fox - 10/17/2005 12:12:56 AM
    - This man says we can slow the speed and intensity of hurricanes - Lindy - 10/17/2005 3:36:55 AM
      - In the absence of any other data... - Fox - 10/17/2005 8:09:22 PM
        
        re: In the absence of any other data... - REB - 10/17/2005 9:05:12 PM
        
        Isaac's stom link - REB - 10/17/2005 9:09:18 PM
- FEMA will be ready for it several centuries after it hits. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/16/2005 2:12:38 PM

Polls close in Iraq, no civilians killed. - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2005 5:46:38 PM
- re: Polls close in Iraq, no civilians killed. But five US soldier were...... - Publius - 10/16/2005 4:38:37 PM
  - Yeah, that makes it all worthless. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2005 5:35:38 AM
    - Not what he said at all........ (n/t) - Tony - 10/17/2005 6:02:40 PM
- Amazing! Congratulations to all of those involved. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/16/2005 1:42:54 AM
- I don't know wheter to hope for passage or not - alcaray - 10/15/2005 6:21:21 PM
  - Hope for passage. - Mary Anne - 10/15/2005 7:44:27 PM
    - Not Sure - Mark Eby - 10/16/2005 3:48:13 AM
    - Or if rejected... - alcaray - 10/15/2005 8:31:33 PM
      - Good point. Plenty of skeptical Sunnis out there. - Mary Anne - 10/15/2005 10:07:27 PM
        
        Government by appointment - Buck Galaxy - 10/16/2005 3:09:13 AM
        
        Yes, but can you honestly see another election held hot on the heels of this one? - Mary Anne - 10/16/2005 3:24:03 AM
        
        re: Yes because it's already scheduled that way - Buck Galaxy - 10/16/2005 4:07:19 AM
- Best photo so far this morning... - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2005 6:01:19 PM
  - Carefully scripted or taken.... - et - 10/15/2005 6:45:28 PM
    - Yeah, that's it. It's all fake. - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2005 9:05:35 PM
      - History will have to be the judge.......... - Publius - 10/16/2005 4:50:06 PM
        
        re: History will have to be the judge.......... - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2005 6:34:46 PM
      - That's not what I said, but I'm glad I could be your enabler. (n/t) - et - 10/16/2005 3:54:20 AM
        
        Yes, it is what you said. - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2005 4:03:16 AM
        
        Fine. - et - 10/16/2005 4:16:31 AM
      - Pretty much. - Bowser - 10/16/2005 3:49:35 AM

Kim Jong-Il Names Non-Madman to Succeed Him - David F Mayer - 10/17/2005 5:24:03 PM

Ain't it nice to be sovereign, free, rulers of yer own destiny!!?? - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 10/9/2005 2:35:25 AM
- Actually, the "Perps" have apologized and are making good some financial restitution - Lindy - 10/17/2005 2:43:43 AM
- An insurgency within an insurgency! - Lindy - 10/9/2005 5:23:11 PM
  - PS - Lindy - 10/9/2005 5:32:42 PM
- re: Ain't it nice - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 3:42:57 AM
  - "Sovereignity" coalition style, then. Without power, authority. - Bowser - 10/9/2005 4:44:57 AM
    - Democracy doesn't work in an insane asylum (n/t) - Publius - 10/9/2005 3:04:46 PM
    - Another week until the referendum... - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 5:17:45 AM

I Told You to Watch Out For Rita - ID - 9/21/2005 4:46:56 PM
- My RITA was really NASTY - carl - 9/22/2005 5:25:54 PM
- Now quick: You're the head of FEMA... - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2005 4:49:44 PM
  - But Tom! I don't know anything about Arabian horses! - Mary Anne - 9/22/2005 12:26:46 AM
    - Yeah, but you were never George W's roomie....were you? (n/t) - Publius - 10/16/2005 5:02:54 PM
    - re: But Tom! I don't know anything about Arabian horses! (ONE THING I would like to see Tom answer) - R.L. - 9/22/2005 7:00:17 AM
      - I noticed both of you did a standing broad jump over the question. - Tom Brosz - 9/22/2005 7:54:56 AM
        
        re: I noticed both of you did a standing broad jump over the question. - Rajitha - 10/16/2005 10:21:14 AM
        
        re: I noticed both of you did a standing broad jump over the question. - emily-rose - 9/29/2005 11:06:14 AM
        
        You asked, I answered - Fox - 9/22/2005 9:57:24 PM
        
        Good answer. - Tom Brosz - 9/23/2005 5:02:09 AM
        
        PS: Guess where FEMA is pre-positioned? - Fox - 9/23/2005 12:03:47 AM
        
        It's a dumb question to ask an unqualified person. - Mary Anne - 9/22/2005 11:43:05 AM
        
        You forgot the passports... ;-) (n/t) - Fox - 9/22/2005 3:08:01 PM
        
        No, that was about 200 of the reference questions. *sigh* - Mary Anne - 9/22/2005 3:47:29 PM
  - Shreveport and San Antonio - Fox - 9/21/2005 10:46:33 PM
  - Somebody quick...Find Jessee Jackson and determine what he is doing to get Democrats to the polls in November - Scott Evil - 9/21/2005 8:43:06 PM
  - 48 - Alan G. Archer - 9/21/2005 5:40:02 PM
    - You win prize for best answer :-) (n/t) - Tony - 9/22/2005 1:03:57 PM

Federal deficit for 2005: $319 billion. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 10:14:52 PM
- And: Inflation up 1.2% - Fox - 10/14/2005 10:37:38 PM
  - re: And: Inflation up 1.2% - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 11:30:10 PM
    - re: "permanent" trends - Fox - 10/15/2005 4:13:32 PM
    - My wish for the post-2006 election period - Scott Evil - 10/15/2005 12:58:10 PM

Tomorrow is the referendum on the Iraq constitution. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 9:59:13 PM
- More - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 11:21:49 PM

Rice vs. Hillary in 2008? - REB - 10/11/2005 9:26:59 PM
- What I'm hearing... - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2005 3:22:21 AM
  - Gore seems to be positioning himself for another go. - Buck Galaxy - 10/12/2005 7:51:28 AM
    - Gore and Edwards - Lindy - 10/12/2005 5:14:48 PM
      - Obama - McFly - 10/13/2005 2:24:54 AM
        
        He was my pick............ - Publius - 10/13/2005 5:29:28 PM
      - I think you meant "Obama." - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2005 6:47:23 PM
        
        Yeah....lol (n/t) - Lindy - 10/13/2005 12:03:56 AM
    - I think Gore has as much chance of being the Dem Nod as Dan Quail does the Rep Nod - Scott Evil - 10/12/2005 4:17:19 PM
      - Gore vs. Hillary - Lindy - 10/12/2005 5:20:42 PM
- No... - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 9:43:51 PM
  - I'm hoping for Frist personally. - Lee - 10/11/2005 10:39:13 PM
    - re: I'm hoping for Frist personally. Me too! - Publius - 10/14/2005 6:22:31 PM
    - And, what do we have now? (n/t) - et - 10/12/2005 3:37:50 AM
      - Not a heart surgeon. - Lee - 10/12/2005 8:13:49 AM
    - Women love him. Democrats fear him. - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 11:03:05 PM
      - Psst...........Scott - Lindy - 10/12/2005 5:52:44 AM
        
        re: Psst...........Scott - Scott Evil - 10/12/2005 4:13:58 PM
      - I'm a woman AND a Democrat - Eri - 10/12/2005 12:22:34 AM
- re: Rice vs. Hillary in 2008? - REB - 10/11/2005 9:32:12 PM

Who needs terrorists when you have idiots? - David F Mayer - 10/14/2005 4:51:17 PM

Palestinian Civil War Heats Up in Gaza - David F Mayer - 10/14/2005 3:30:34 AM
- What's your point? - alcaray - 10/14/2005 4:02:53 PM
  - That the Palestinian Authority is useless. - David F Mayer - 10/14/2005 4:47:15 PM

Miers - Bush "the most brilliant man I have ever met" - Bowser - 10/12/2005 5:09:33 PM
- As an aside... - McFly - 10/13/2005 2:03:10 AM
- Well, according to Scott, Bush is in the act of outsmarting us all. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/12/2005 5:11:10 PM
  - You just never know. - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 1:03:32 AM
    - You have seen the approval numbers? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 4:13:18 PM
  - I don't know if Bush ever read the book... - Larry J - 10/12/2005 6:46:36 PM
    - Don't see how the present maneuvers could possibly be the best way to accomplish that. - alcaray - 10/12/2005 9:35:47 PM
    - "A" book. Not "the" book. (n/t) - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 10/12/2005 7:11:05 PM
      - Maybe The Good Book? (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/13/2005 2:41:39 AM
        
        I guess some people have trouble with ellipses,,, - Larry J - 10/13/2005 1:34:29 PM
        
        Hey, I got it the first time. :-) (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/14/2005 2:29:37 AM
      - As far as I can determine, Sun Tsu only wrote "The Art of War" - Larry J - 10/12/2005 8:37:59 PM
        
        Woosh! (n/t) - DL - 10/12/2005 9:26:28 PM
        
        Some people care more about scoring political points... - Larry J - 10/13/2005 1:25:53 PM
        
        For chrissakes Larry, Lighten up - DL - 10/13/2005 3:12:21 PM
        
        So what did I miss? - Larry J - 10/13/2005 4:54:48 PM
        
        The usual variation on "Bush is an illiterate idiot" - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 6:58:00 PM
        
        All of you! Bowser said something funny. It was a good zinger. Yeesh! Enjoy it - DL - 10/14/2005 5:32:32 AM
        
        What was funny about what he said? - Larry J - 10/14/2005 1:14:51 PM
        
        Yes and a Clinton cigar joke. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/14/2005 4:04:43 PM
        
        Don't misunderestimate the War on Humor (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/14/2005 8:21:38 AM
        
        And they expect us to have a good laugh about it. - REB - 10/13/2005 7:03:32 PM
        
        I give up (n/t) - DL - 10/13/2005 4:59:57 PM
        
        Is Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers a creationist? - LJK - 10/13/2005 8:30:05 PM
        
        Not everyone speaks "snark" as their home language. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2005 9:53:05 PM

Text of letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi, July 9, 2005 - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2005 3:07:37 AM
- "f" - Alan G. Archer - 10/14/2005 12:30:58 AM
  - re: scans - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2005 4:44:31 AM
- More evidence that these people must be stopped AT ALL COSTS. - David F Mayer - 10/12/2005 4:03:32 PM
  - Before the purified ummah can conquer the world,... - Alan G. Archer - 10/13/2005 2:35:55 PM
    - Many here have criticized Islamic culture for being technologically backward - alcaray - 10/13/2005 3:59:01 PM
      - I will sleep on this one (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 10/13/2005 4:40:01 PM
  - Wow they have a lot of time on their hands to write all that... - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 1:16:27 AM
  - or, at a minimum, discouraged from writing. (n/t) - McFly - 10/12/2005 5:10:00 PM
    - The best way to discourage someone is to kill him. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/14/2005 3:33:05 AM
    - Somewhere a Liberal professor is studying the nuance of this document - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 1:23:38 AM
      - Somewhere in the CIA, too (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 4:06:53 PM
        
        That's why the CIA shouldn't hire liberal Phd's (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 5:15:44 PM
        
        Or why people like you should be kept away from CIA hiring (or CIA everything) (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 5:54:44 PM

SchrÃ¶der says farewell as Euro-leftism gets another stinging rebuke. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/13/2005 12:55:28 AM
- re: Schroder says farewell - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 3:47:15 AM
  - everyone fails at re-election sooner or later - alcaray - 10/13/2005 5:51:59 PM
    - But is hasn't been 20 years, has it? - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 6:56:30 PM
      - So where are these statistics you imply say something important in your support? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 7:12:26 PM
- Note to Robert: you really need to update display characters! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/13/2005 12:59:27 AM
  - Yeah, I know (n/t) - Robert - 10/13/2005 10:16:13 PM
  - Try changing your browser's encoding to Unicode - Sam F. - 10/13/2005 1:03:53 AM
    - re: Try changing your browser's encoding to Unicode Ã¶Ã¼Ã¤ - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/13/2005 1:30:51 AM
    - If he Unicodes his already coded prose, then the right wing wont get their talking points. - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 1:13:22 AM
      - Steganography - Robert - 10/13/2005 10:21:04 PM
        
        re: Steganography - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 11:30:32 PM

New York subway attack a hoax? - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 7:45:16 PM
- Political motivated media ploy... - carl - 10/12/2005 6:20:03 PM
  - Just curious, - R.L. - 10/13/2005 3:00:05 AM
    - MARS candy bars..... - carl - 10/13/2005 6:53:51 PM

What's the matter with conservatives today? - alcaray - 10/12/2005 4:39:19 PM
- I'm afraid I have to largely agree with Will on this one. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2005 4:43:26 PM
  - Conservative or Liberal...We're all drunken sailors at heart. - Scott Evil - 10/13/2005 1:08:49 AM
    - Thought the W stood for Walker (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 3:10:21 PM
      - No the W is upside down. It should be M for Moore - REB - 10/13/2005 4:33:16 PM
        
        Good point! Neo-cons see everything upside-down..... (n/t) - Publius - 10/13/2005 5:31:23 PM
        
        or perhaps Liberals can't tell which way is up. - REB - 10/13/2005 5:34:42 PM
        
        Not fun to take turns with you because you never understand the joke (n/t) - alcaray - 10/13/2005 5:53:16 PM
        
        I believe in catch and release - REB - 10/13/2005 6:20:29 PM
        
        Lighten up- I am just joking - REB - 10/13/2005 5:56:27 PM
        
        just curious - alcaray - 10/13/2005 6:25:29 PM
        
        re: just curious - REB - 10/13/2005 6:35:41 PM
        
        Very funny! - alcaray - 10/13/2005 6:43:21 PM
        
        re: Very funny! - REB - 10/13/2005 6:50:02 PM
        
        Correct Link - REB - 10/13/2005 6:03:08 PM

Letter from al Qaeda - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2005 4:21:41 PM
- Interesting how this thread is going - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 11:21:33 PM
  - re: how this thread is going - Fox - 10/11/2005 11:41:13 PM
    - Yeah, al Qaeda, Monaghan, it's all part of the same ball of wax, right? - Sam F. - 10/12/2005 1:35:16 AM
      - Do you think al Qaeda just sprung up fully formed? - Mary Anne - 10/13/2005 6:10:47 PM
- So at least Isreal is safe until after they take down Syria, lebenan, and Egypt. - Scott Evil - 10/10/2005 3:47:32 AM
  - The leaders of Al Qaeda are insane fanatics. - David F Mayer - 10/11/2005 3:55:45 PM
    - don't worry I know of at least one person who will never submit to Islam - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 8:56:11 PM
- Five thousand years and little has changed - except better weapons - LJK - 10/7/2005 5:08:00 PM
  - "Five thousand years" Not at all. 9,500 YEARS! - David F Mayer - 10/10/2005 4:56:37 PM
  - re: Five thousand years and little has changed - except better weapons - REB - 10/7/2005 5:41:48 PM
    - re: Really? - Raoul - 10/9/2005 12:30:57 AM
      - re: Really? - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 4:03:33 AM
        
        re: I give Europe about 50 years tops... - Scott Evil - 10/10/2005 3:51:14 AM
      - We're already brought freedom...now we're just taking over. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2005 1:22:53 AM
        
        SDAI, you certainly have a way of spurring...ummm..."vigorous debate"... (n/t) - McFly - 10/9/2005 8:19:09 PM
        
        Just pushing the pretty, brightly lit buttons McFly. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2005 8:18:53 AM
        
        "Deep down they all know that the US has already earned the right to rule the world and is, already, the de facto ruler of the world. " - Lindy - 10/9/2005 5:36:11 PM
        
        Red White & Blue Speedos - remember I'm a cultured 1/2 Euro. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2005 8:17:27 AM
        
        Manifest Destiny: The excuse Americans invented for genocide. - Mary Anne - 10/9/2005 2:42:08 PM
        
        I gave up my plan to rule the world because its tough to compete with the Manifest Destiny - Scott Evil - 10/10/2005 9:14:15 PM
        
        Scott, you're disconnected from reality..... - Lindy - 10/10/2005 10:06:29 PM
        
        Lindy yu dung foo taut but funn ee see - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 8:40:43 PM
        
        The Pledge was just for you MA...see how much I care? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2005 8:03:54 AM
        
        Are we going to get back to the point where I don't respond to you? - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 5:51:15 AM
        
        What happened to fun and wit? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2005 8:01:49 AM
        
        re: Did you? - Raoul - 10/9/2005 8:59:58 AM
        
        Guess we should have left Germany and Japan alone, then. - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 6:22:06 PM
        
        Not a very good answer.............. - Publius - 10/10/2005 6:16:23 PM
        
        re: East and West - Raoul - 10/9/2005 7:47:21 PM
    - What is freedom? - LJK - 10/7/2005 6:40:56 PM
      - What is freedom? Good question...... - Publius - 10/8/2005 6:15:19 PM
        
        re: What is freedom? Good question...... - McFly - 10/8/2005 10:06:27 PM
        
        Good illustration of my observation......... - Publius - 10/9/2005 2:53:57 PM
        
        Power of ownership and contract law - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2005 10:48:26 AM
        
        Thank you for nicely defining - Publius - 10/11/2005 3:43:32 PM
        
        We are a nation of people and a nation of laws - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2005 4:01:23 PM
        
        Conservatives are very adept at "the laws of the jungle" - Publius - 10/11/2005 7:35:20 PM
        
        re: Power of ownership and contract law - REB - 10/11/2005 2:24:56 PM
        
        Didn't Monaghan see The Village? - Tony - 10/10/2005 4:24:06 PM
        
        re: My Idea of freedom... - Scott Evil - 10/10/2005 4:00:21 AM
        
        Besides... - McFly - 10/9/2005 9:07:07 PM
        
        right to be free of Christians and Christianity - FrankC - 10/9/2005 8:48:15 PM
        
        or perhaps not - FrankC - 10/9/2005 9:20:17 PM
        
        re: Christian attempts to set up fundamentalist settlements have always failed - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 10:05:37 PM
        
        Perhaps this will revive the O'Neil Space Colony concept - LJK - 10/10/2005 2:03:04 PM
        
        Your subjective and insulting observation? - McFly - 10/9/2005 8:04:31 PM
        
        re: illustration - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 6:33:37 PM
        
        re: illustration - Mary Anne - 10/9/2005 7:21:48 PM
        
        re: illustration - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 3:35:53 AM
        
        You really, really don't get this. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 5:41:39 AM
        
        Managhan is forcing you to live in "Sinless City"? - Sam F. - 10/9/2005 4:41:37 PM
        
        Here are a few details: - Mary Anne - 10/9/2005 7:36:40 PM
        
        Publius commented on his *own* freedom - Sam F. - 10/10/2005 7:13:34 AM
        
        The most pervasive aspect of abuse is shutting people up. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 4:48:48 AM
        
        Please. Just. Stop. It. - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 9:08:40 AM
        
        You don't understand it either. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 1:00:06 PM
        
        You don't understand it either Mary Anne............ - Publius - 10/11/2005 7:53:58 PM
        
        So, how do you feel about education vouchers? - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:07:05 PM
        
        Not for religious schools. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 4:15:16 PM
        
        re: Publius commented on his *own* freedom - REB - 10/10/2005 4:22:37 PM
        
        Oh, please. Get back to me when they cancel Christmas. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 5:49:31 AM
        
        You kvetch, and I'll kvail....... - Publius - 10/11/2005 7:42:33 PM
        
        A Question for you. - REB - 10/11/2005 12:32:00 PM
        
        No, no, and no. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 1:21:07 PM
        
        re: No, no, and no. - REB - 10/11/2005 1:42:35 PM
        
        The reason why it looks like Christianity is being removed... - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 5:00:23 PM
        
        There is a prejudice against Christians in this country - REB - 10/11/2005 5:39:18 PM
        
        Listen: - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 6:13:09 PM
        
        re: Listen: - REB - 10/11/2005 6:27:39 PM
        
        The Christians in my part of the country - Mary Anne - 10/12/2005 12:30:50 AM
        
        re: There is a prejudice in this country - Fox - 10/11/2005 6:07:15 PM
        
        Many on the left are trying to cancel Christmas. Some places have taken Christ out of Christmas. Some places are not calling it Christmas anymore. - REB - 10/11/2005 12:21:28 PM
        
        re: trying to cancel Christmas - Fox - 10/11/2005 6:24:41 PM
        
        People can call it what they want. It's still December 25. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 1:33:38 PM
        
        Mary Anne is surrounded by religious fundamentalists - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 2:14:01 PM
        
        Anti-Halloween-ism - Fox - 10/11/2005 5:29:12 PM
        
        Don't you know that almost all serial murderers have carved pumpkins at some time in their lives? - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 9:35:08 PM
        
        re: Anti-Halloween-ism - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 5:58:11 PM
        
        There you go quoting that demonicly possessed witch again. - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 10:17:40 PM
        
        correcting link - Fox - 10/11/2005 5:35:28 PM
        
        And, while we're on the subject... - Fox - 10/11/2005 8:31:39 PM
        
        Don't ask me. I suppose angels, fallen or otherwise, don't count. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 8:37:46 PM
        
        Yes, that's the problem. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2005 2:59:01 PM
        
        It must be nice to have money. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 6:21:11 PM
        
        It must be nice to have an excuse. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2005 11:17:42 PM
        
        It must be nice to accept balkanization as the norm. - Mary Anne - 10/13/2005 6:12:18 PM
        
        That hat been in freefall for a while now? - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 10:31:33 PM
        
        So they won. - Mary Anne - 10/12/2005 12:33:22 AM
        
        re: People can call it what they want. It's still December 25. - REB - 10/11/2005 1:58:00 PM
        
        Thank you for finding what I really said. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 6:26:54 PM
        
        Happy winter solstice........... - Publius - 10/11/2005 3:55:17 PM
        
        Merry Christmas to you. - REB - 10/11/2005 4:01:11 PM
        
        The only kind of Christianity that makes sense to me... - alcaray (the subversive) - 10/10/2005 10:43:02 PM
        
        Christianity doesn't make sense to me, period. - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 12:02:44 AM
        
        Sorry to hear that. - alcaray - 10/11/2005 6:37:32 PM
        
        Do not! - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 10:43:14 PM
        
        Hey, how do you feel about Skinner's idea in Walden II... - alcaray - 10/12/2005 5:51:00 PM
        
        re: Skinner's idea in Walden II... - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 4:10:24 PM
        
        I haven't seen Rand's ripping - alcaray - 10/13/2005 4:34:23 PM
        
        Deliberately narrowing the field to a pinpoint. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 5:45:12 AM
        
        Actually, I widened the scope to the issue of instilling belief systems of all kinds in children. - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 8:18:33 AM
        
        Read the history of the United States, with special attention to its colonial and founding period. - Mary Anne - 10/11/2005 1:39:33 PM
        
        First person plural again - Sam F. - 10/11/2005 11:03:27 PM
        
        OK: the Untied States of America it is. - Mary Anne - 10/12/2005 12:08:41 AM
        
        Iranian opinions - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2005 8:02:19 PM
      - re: What is freedom? - gbaikie - 10/7/2005 7:54:44 PM
      - Hopefully - FrankC - 10/7/2005 6:58:09 PM

Iraq's Constitution - prediction. - Bowser - 10/10/2005 4:09:11 PM
- If civil war is what they want, it is what they shall have. - David F Mayer - 10/10/2005 4:53:39 PM
  - If it were a liberal advocating genocide it would be moved to Flame. - Bowser - 10/11/2005 2:49:29 AM
    - I am NOT "advocating genocide", just predicting it. - David F Mayer - 10/11/2005 12:35:07 PM
    - re: advocating genocide - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 3:01:14 AM
      - I think Bowser is advocating Teerorist Victory... - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 8:28:05 PM
    - re: If it were a liberal advocating genocide it would be moved to Flame. - Lindy - 10/11/2005 2:54:01 AM
      - Nonsense. I am just telling the truth. - David F Mayer - 10/11/2005 12:36:50 PM
  - Think they should gas 'em? - Bowser - 10/10/2005 11:20:33 PM
    - re: Think they should gas 'em? - Lindy - 10/11/2005 2:51:24 AM
  - Yet another stunningly sad angle... - McFly - 10/10/2005 6:17:37 PM
    - re: I don't think there will be a civil war... - Scott Evil - 10/10/2005 8:17:06 PM
- Stop salivating over the thought of an Iraq failure. - REB - 10/10/2005 4:19:29 PM
  - Fools forget this is the TRAGIC outcome predicted. - Bowser - 10/10/2005 8:47:53 PM
    - re: Fools - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 9:41:06 PM
      - Tell me yer number of innocent victims, and start with "Only" - Bowser - 10/10/2005 9:55:42 PM
        
        re: number of innocent victims - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 10:50:32 PM
        
        Well? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/11/2005 2:50:18 AM
        
        How many murderers are executed because they killed ONE person? - Bowser - 10/10/2005 11:18:28 PM
        
        ""they get used to it, especially of you throw a few goodies their way". - Lindy - 10/11/2005 2:56:27 AM
        
        I'm not a public figure.... - FrankC - 10/11/2005 6:20:46 AM
        
        Context, FrankC - Bowser - 10/12/2005 2:26:14 AM
        
        The quote is inaccurate... (n/t) - FrankC - 10/12/2005 3:14:58 AM
        
        If this is the post he is talking about... - R,L, - 10/13/2005 3:26:29 AM
        
        Don't think that was it. - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2005 4:06:07 AM
        
        You are correct - FrankC - 10/13/2005 4:47:38 PM
    - Iraq will be a free democracy - REB - 10/10/2005 8:54:57 PM
      - Exactly what does it take? - Bowser - 10/10/2005 9:49:56 PM
        
        So what you gonna do... Even Conservatives don't like Bush. - Scott Evil - 10/11/2005 8:42:49 PM
        
        Saddam was a murder of his own people. He was just like Hitler. - REB - 10/11/2005 12:16:00 PM

Really GOOD news from Iraq: Compromise reached on Constitution - David F Mayer - 10/12/2005 3:54:40 PM
- "However, after the Shiite-Kurd (80%) dominated government gets its act together, the Sunnis (20%) are going to be turned into cinders. Nobody has ever worked so hard to be exterminated." (n/t) - Bowser - 10/12/2005 5:12:03 PM
  - You've already made your argument on this score - McFly - 10/13/2005 3:19:04 AM

Iraqi Day of National Accord - gbaikie - 10/12/2005 11:14:37 PM

UNSCAM update - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2005 8:39:47 PM
- The guy sounds like Bush and Cheney, kickbacks and all. - Bowser - 10/12/2005 12:39:03 AM
  - It's less about the U.N. and opposing nations being right... - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2005 3:24:12 AM

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