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Stupid Quotes thread moved to OT - FrankC - 9/20/2005 6:00:30 PM
- Sorry, sb (n/t) - FrankC (moderator) - 9/20/2005 6:15:38 PM

Rebuilding NO in a few years?... - Jacob Samorodin - 9/19/2005 11:02:38 PM
- It is not worth doing unless really SOLID flood protection is done first. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/20/2005 5:30:32 PM
- Depends - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2005 11:09:52 PM
  - Most of the flood damaged homes will need to be scraped. - Scott Evil - 9/20/2005 1:18:27 PM

Isaacâ€™s Storm- similarities with Katrina - REB - 9/19/2005 12:30:28 PM
- "Big Weather" - Fox - 9/20/2005 1:58:05 AM
  - re: "Big Weather" - REB - 9/20/2005 12:27:06 PM
    - Rita - Lindy - 9/20/2005 4:12:54 PM

A 9/11 Commission update - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2005 10:09:06 PM
- Can you imagine - - - ? - Bowser - 9/20/2005 2:22:12 AM
  - I wonder if that will come up when she runs for the Senate against Diane Fienstien (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/20/2005 1:37:30 PM

1,900 - Donald - 9/19/2005 1:42:18 PM
- I've got a bit of news for you... - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2005 4:34:30 AM

Good News From Iraq, Part 35. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2005 8:56:37 PM
- Graphic on recent military activity in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2005 6:42:18 AM
- The news release on some captured terrorists - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2005 3:40:41 AM
  - The significance of this news story may be more obvious... - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2005 4:31:44 AM
  - I hate to sound like a skeptic, but when will the terrorist attacks simmer down? - David F Mayer - 9/18/2005 1:43:03 AM
    - re: I hate to sound like a skeptic, but when will the terrorist attacks simmer down? - Mark Eby - 9/18/2005 9:56:27 PM
      - I see no downward trend in the data. (n/t) - DFM - 9/19/2005 4:35:52 PM
        
        What Data? - Mark Eby - 9/19/2005 11:30:47 PM
      - Attacks on the military - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2005 5:27:30 AM
- Some very interesting stuff happening over there. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 5:57:09 AM
  - Major retaliation for Western Iraq offensive by al Qaeda in Baghdad - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 5:41:15 AM
    - I think we've hit a nerve. - Lee - 9/15/2005 6:07:16 AM
      - Last throes? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/15/2005 5:36:11 PM
        
        Did you read all the links? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 9:14:36 PM
        
        Heck no! Did you? - alcaray - 9/15/2005 9:25:25 PM
        
        re: Did you? - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 10:58:29 PM
        
        Man, I grew up hearing, and then reading for myself, daily Viet Nam body counts in the local newspaper. - alcaray - 9/15/2005 11:21:46 PM
        
        Just curious... - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 11:25:59 PM
        
        Kind of a third grade question - alcaray - 9/16/2005 2:45:50 PM
        
        Which you avoided (n/t) - Sam F. - 9/17/2005 7:40:47 AM
        
        Can't imagine a more specific response to his question - alcaray - 9/19/2005 8:36:24 PM
        
        Could be, notice the targets they're hitting. - Lee - 9/15/2005 6:59:23 PM
        
        I'll ask again in 6 months (n/t) - alcaray - 9/15/2005 7:59:30 PM
      - Another piece of the picture... - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 6:28:51 AM
        
        Another Thing That Ticks Me Off - Mark Eby - 9/15/2005 11:51:46 PM
        
        re: Another Thing That Ticks Me Off - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2005 12:32:38 AM

Iraq invasion radicalized Saudi fighters - Donald - 9/18/2005 1:44:31 PM
- They were such mild mannered polite young men before the invasion. - Lee - 9/19/2005 12:40:15 AM
  - Donald, get serious. You don't ACTUALLY believe that, do you? - David F Mayer - 9/19/2005 5:39:29 PM

Gaza residents stock up on terrorism supplies - David F Mayer - 9/13/2005 8:28:02 PM
- Tunnel found by Egyptian Army - David F Mayer - 9/14/2005 2:30:20 PM
- A test of governance - Donald - 9/14/2005 1:56:55 PM
  - Good analysis. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 6:01:28 PM
    - All my analyses are good :-) - Donald - 9/15/2005 12:37:33 AM
- And the Israeli Defense Force is not a terrorist organization? - Bowser - 9/14/2005 5:56:30 AM
  - If you knew ANYTHING about the IDF, you would think differently. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/19/2005 4:37:14 PM
  - *deletion and warning* - FrankC (moderator) - 9/14/2005 4:54:59 PM
- "terrorism supplies" - Nick Hoffman - 9/14/2005 2:49:50 AM
  - Try this one. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 7:19:35 PM
  - Sounds like WMD precursors to me. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/14/2005 6:46:58 PM
  - That is the stuff reported on. - David F Mayer - 9/14/2005 2:32:18 PM
    - re: That is the stuff reported on. - Nick Hoffman - 9/15/2005 11:25:44 AM
      - "casting wild and slanderous accusations" - et - 9/15/2005 7:06:01 PM
        
        Et tu, et? ;-) - Sam F. - 9/16/2005 10:40:35 AM
      - "slanderous"? Since when is it slanderous to say that the - David F Mayer - 9/15/2005 12:43:17 PM
        
        re: "slanderous"? - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2005 4:12:13 AM
- The part where they destroyed their own greenhouses was instructive. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2005 11:29:38 PM
  - They didn't "destroy" them and they weren't "theirs" - Nick Hoffman - 9/14/2005 2:41:17 AM
    - Okay, whatever you call wrecking something that works, they did it. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 5:47:10 AM
      - Re: What excuse will you make for the burning of the synagogues? Anger. - Mary Anne - 9/14/2005 1:06:11 PM
        
        Interesting. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 6:01:02 PM
        
        Notice that the optimism about a nation spikes when the army of occupation withdraws. :) (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/14/2005 7:13:01 PM
        
        I suspect the results for the populace would be identical in both cases. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 7:59:13 PM
        
        You have different expectations for the US Army and MC than for the Palastinian Authority? - alcaray - 9/14/2005 6:37:03 PM

More "fake but accurate" - gbaikie - 9/19/2005 7:19:20 AM

Elections in Afghanistan today - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2005 5:46:32 AM
- Some analysis on the elections - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2005 6:43:29 AM
- Voting does not make a democratic election. - Bowser - 9/18/2005 6:03:59 AM
- Voting does not make a democratic election. - Bowser - 9/18/2005 6:03:57 AM
  - Beside yourself again? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2005 6:09:38 AM

Forty-One Members Of Congress Ask Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald To Examine Bush Administration's False Uranium Claims - Eric - 9/18/2005 4:31:26 PM
- Oh God, not those 16 words again. (n/t) - Sam F. - 9/19/2005 2:54:30 AM
- Hope springs eternal - FrankC - 9/18/2005 8:10:45 PM
  - One definition of insanity... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2005 5:10:47 AM
  - 10%......... - Lindy - 9/19/2005 12:30:21 AM

Katrina: What went right - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2005 4:30:50 AM
- A better analogy would be... - Alan G. Archer - 9/18/2005 7:12:21 AM
  - re: A better analogy would be... - Eri - 9/18/2005 6:26:17 PM
    - re: A better analogy would be... - Alan G. Archer - 9/19/2005 1:33:38 AM

** Johannes, your post has been moved ** - Fox, as Moderator - 9/17/2005 11:57:57 PM
- ** So was the next one ** - Fox, as Moderator - 9/18/2005 3:20:46 AM
  - re: Before you blast me with both shot gun barrels of glue, please allow me to - Johannes - 9/18/2005 7:41:46 PM
    - just an opinion - FrankC - 9/18/2005 11:57:08 PM
      - re: Thanks Frank - Johannes - 9/19/2005 1:17:21 AM
- Good decision (n/t) - R.L. - 9/18/2005 12:52:28 AM

** "Humorous" photograph (posted by DFM) moved to Flame ** - Fox, as Moderator - 9/18/2005 4:14:14 PM
- re: Thank you, Fox! It had to. (n/t) - Raoul - 9/18/2005 9:39:03 PM

A disturbing view from inside FEMA - Donald - 9/17/2005 10:55:54 PM
- Why not just abolish FEMA? - David F Mayer - 9/18/2005 1:35:02 AM
  - For once I agrre with you (n/t) - Lindy - 9/18/2005 9:09:43 AM

Germany's about to decide the fate of Europe... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/17/2005 1:21:53 PM
- More... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2005 4:14:00 AM

Last night's Interview with Condoleezza Rice - REB - 9/15/2005 1:11:03 PM
- Similar Topics Without Interruptions - Mark Eby - 9/17/2005 7:49:11 PM
- What An Egotististical Ass - Mark Eby - 9/17/2005 6:23:26 PM
- Reading it again, in view of your remarks. - Mary Anne - 9/16/2005 12:08:59 PM
  - re: Reading it again, in view of your remarks. - REB - 9/16/2005 12:19:39 PM
    - re: Reading it again, in view of your remarks. - R.L. - 9/16/2005 7:34:08 PM
      - e.g. - Tony - 9/16/2005 7:53:04 PM
        
        I heard it myself - Lindy - 9/17/2005 12:36:25 AM
- Did she have anything to say about the note? - Eric - 9/15/2005 6:12:04 PM
  - All I can say about the note is... - McFly - 9/16/2005 12:49:14 AM
  - Read the transcript to see what she had to say. - REB - 9/15/2005 6:20:49 PM
    - More on the photo. It's a bit more complicated than it looks. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 10:03:49 PM
      - My take - alcaray - 9/15/2005 11:15:28 PM
    - I think the photo is real. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 6:37:34 PM
      - re: I think the photo is real. - REB - 9/15/2005 7:07:12 PM
        
        Presidential material - Mary Anne - 9/16/2005 12:16:51 AM
        
        "Brilliant things"?? - Tony - 9/15/2005 7:42:54 PM

FEMA's new evacutation plan for New Orleans - David F Mayer - 9/16/2005 5:16:20 PM
- As compared to the New Orleans mayor's plan... - Larry J - 9/16/2005 5:46:38 PM
  - Rock Paper Scissors - Eri - 9/17/2005 4:31:25 PM
  - The FIRST level of responsibility goes to the CITY of New Orleans, - David F Mayer - 9/16/2005 7:54:51 PM
  - Some day you may come to realize - Tony - 9/16/2005 5:57:12 PM
    - Then what was the point of the first post... - Larry J - 9/17/2005 11:57:34 AM
    - re: Some day you may come to realize - gbaikie - 9/17/2005 12:25:04 AM

Great Levee Conspracy thread moved to Flame - FrankC (moderator) - 9/16/2005 7:32:03 PM
- Thanks Frank, we don't need astute observers here. n/t - Eric - 9/16/2005 11:51:23 PM
  - re: Thanks Frank, we don't need astute observers here. n/t - Buck Galaxy - 9/17/2005 8:25:05 AM
  - "Conspiracist" is to Current Events as "pseudoscience" is to Space - Fox, as Moderator - 9/17/2005 3:22:41 AM
- Good call, Frank - Fox (fellow moderator) - 9/16/2005 9:10:21 PM
- Thanks - R.L. - 9/16/2005 8:52:37 PM

Shurely shome coincidence? - Tony - 9/16/2005 5:49:02 PM
- re: Shurely shome coincidence? - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2005 7:31:37 AM
- re: You don't need tinfoil to see the Truth! - Scott Evil - 9/16/2005 6:32:49 PM

A Helping Hand - Commentary - REB - 9/16/2005 12:54:48 PM
- Good post. - Scott Evil - 9/16/2005 6:54:17 PM
  - Thanks scott. I wrote it in a hurry. Here is the edited version. - REB - 9/16/2005 8:50:57 PM

In touch with the little people... - R.L. - 9/12/2005 7:11:52 PM
- Laugh it up. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2005 7:28:10 PM
  - Anybody still laughing? - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2005 2:45:52 AM
    - I think people mostly shook their heads at Barbara's thoughtless words - alcaray - 9/16/2005 5:15:44 PM
  - Sounds like at least one NO citizen has moved to Texas - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2005 11:20:20 PM
  - If enough of them stay in Texas, maybe that will swing Texas to the Democrats - Eri - 9/13/2005 12:17:14 AM
    - Another possible result... - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2005 3:39:43 PM
    - That's funny! - Scott Evil - 9/13/2005 2:20:20 PM
  - re: A big mistake - Raoul - 9/12/2005 7:34:51 PM
    - Raoul. What did the rest of the world think of our looting hordes? - Scott Evil - 9/12/2005 10:46:39 PM
      - re: Your country has far too many weapons circulating everywhere, it's a shame (n/t) - Raoul - 9/13/2005 5:52:03 AM
    - Why? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/12/2005 10:05:09 PM
      - re:No, sir (n/t) - Raoul - 9/13/2005 5:54:06 AM
        
        You don't have to call me sir. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2005 8:58:38 AM
      - That wasn't truth, it was cluelessness... - R.L. - 9/12/2005 10:17:05 PM
        
        I understand. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2005 8:49:34 AM
        
        "The left loves to exploit the poor." - Lindy - 9/13/2005 3:24:34 PM
        
        LOL - Mary Anne - 9/13/2005 12:04:08 PM
        
        *Warning* - FrankC (moderator) - 9/12/2005 10:26:45 PM
        
        You are correct, sorry (n/t) - R.L. - 9/12/2005 11:04:53 PM
        
        ? - Mark Eby - 9/13/2005 1:44:20 AM
  - Who is laughing...? - R.L. - 9/12/2005 7:31:58 PM
    - Uh Context - Mark Eby - 9/13/2005 1:47:02 AM

Remember shaking our heads, reprovingly... - alcaray - 9/16/2005 4:26:20 PM

SCOTUS Hearings - a plea - Tony - 9/15/2005 6:33:02 PM
- Its a game they all must play... - Scott Evil - 9/16/2005 3:17:32 PM
- Heh... - Mary Anne - 9/16/2005 11:42:00 AM
- re: SCOTUS Hearings - a plea - gbaikie - 9/16/2005 12:42:39 AM

Timeline thoughts - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2005 12:52:22 AM

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