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Supreme Court Pick Shifts Attention From Rove, Agent Disclosure - Chris Vancil - 7/21/2005 1:07:31 PM
- And congrats for paroting the DNC talking points line! - p - 7/21/2005 6:17:44 PM
  - re: What's your point? Rove has been push offf the Frontpage news - Chris Vancil - 7/21/2005 8:41:34 PM
    - re: What's your point? Rove has been push offf the Frontpage news - p - 7/22/2005 2:09:32 AM
      - Again: What's your point? Rove has been push off the Frontpage news - Chris Vancil - 7/22/2005 7:29:01 AM
        
        re: Again: What's your point? Rove has been push off the Frontpage news - p - 7/22/2005 1:57:47 PM
        
        re: Again: What's your point? Rove has been push off the Frontpage news - Chris Vancil - 7/22/2005 8:28:53 PM
        
        Rove redux - p - 7/22/2005 8:54:38 PM
        
        re: Rove redux - Chris Vancil - 7/22/2005 10:15:55 PM
- Great meme, here's more from your like thinking companions - p - 7/21/2005 5:51:20 PM
  - Oh, cry me a river Phil.......... - Lindy - 7/22/2005 7:01:51 PM
- Editorial writing in the guise of news - p - 7/21/2005 2:03:09 PM
  - some unnamed sources work in the White House (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2005 5:40:20 PM

Kyoto Fiasco Update...Dateline Canada - p - 7/21/2005 6:33:38 PM
- Unffortunately - Donald - 7/22/2005 1:32:24 PM
  - re: Unffortunately - p - 7/22/2005 1:51:08 PM
    - Interesting Factoid - SDF - 7/22/2005 5:47:28 PM
- No Captains....too many ships - Lindy - 7/21/2005 11:51:39 PM
- To your last two sentences: - alcaray - 7/21/2005 8:12:10 PM
  - re: To your last two sentences: - p - 7/22/2005 2:27:36 AM
    - This administration also failed to make its mark on the treaty. - alcaray - 7/22/2005 3:11:46 PM
      - The Kyoto treaty was done, inked, history - no chance - p - 7/22/2005 3:54:59 PM
        
        There is nothing that can't be changed. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/22/2005 6:06:50 PM
  - Yo.....Alcaray - Lindy - 7/21/2005 11:53:12 PM
    - re: Yo.....Alcaray - alcaray - 7/22/2005 3:09:57 PM
  - Europe increased there emissions by 1.3% for 2004 - SteveS - 7/21/2005 8:37:05 PM
    - Another good example. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2005 10:16:31 PM
- What's the problem? (n/t) - SDF - 7/21/2005 7:55:19 PM

DoD releases Iraq Metrics Report to Congress - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2005 5:50:45 PM

Finding a cache in Mosul - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2005 5:06:08 PM
- What those guys did was incredibly dangerous - Gary - 7/22/2005 4:58:28 AM
  - re: What those guys did was incredibly dangerous - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2005 5:38:27 PM

Meanwhile, RoP update from Thailand - p - 7/22/2005 2:24:49 PM

London today - p - 7/22/2005 2:10:47 PM

1,772 - Donald - 7/22/2005 1:23:27 PM

Yahoo, cisco, Microsoft - Axis of Evil - phil - 7/21/2005 2:53:20 PM
- re: Yahoo, cisco, Microsoft - Axis of Evil - a cisco update - p - 7/22/2005 2:22:11 AM
  - Oh ho ho, Pancho... (n/t) - Fox - 7/22/2005 2:39:17 AM

John G. Roberts Jr. nominated - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2005 1:48:35 AM
- In case you hadn't guessed yet, - Eri - 7/21/2005 3:30:56 AM
  - Be careful. You are starting to swing to the right. - Scott Evil - 7/21/2005 11:19:52 AM
    - Nah, I'm still a leftie, just a middle leftie - Eri - 7/22/2005 12:04:08 AM
- I don't think it's a game. - Eri - 7/20/2005 3:20:31 AM
  - re: I don't think it's a game. - gbaikie - 7/20/2005 6:13:32 AM
    - Tongue firmly in cheek - Eri - 7/21/2005 3:10:32 AM

Two Sunnis working on Iraq constitution assassinated - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2005 12:39:20 AM
- How can the Sunnis be incorporated into the new government - David F Mayer - 7/21/2005 2:00:25 PM
  - "kill the terrorists. All of them."........ - Publius - 7/21/2005 8:06:22 PM

Panel "Repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax" - p - 7/21/2005 2:15:20 PM

Why Bush was smirking during the nomination speech - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2005 11:26:35 PM
- re: Why Bush was smirking during the nomination speech - dtb - 7/21/2005 12:48:23 PM
- That little boy will be followed by pics of his 'soft shoe' forever. LOL (n/t) - Eri - 7/21/2005 3:04:17 AM

A cow chip off the old dungpile - David F Mayer - 7/20/2005 1:42:39 PM
- In my opinion, - David F Mayer - 7/20/2005 1:44:15 PM
  - I agree - Scott Evil - 7/20/2005 10:02:41 PM
    - I have had the thought - Eri - 7/21/2005 3:14:50 AM
      - No it doesn't make us as bad as them. - Scott Evil - 7/21/2005 11:42:13 AM
      - There's no other option - Gary - 7/21/2005 4:58:57 AM

Good News From Iraq, Part 31 - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2005 4:41:56 PM
- I hate to sound like a broken record, - David F Mayer - 7/19/2005 9:01:04 PM
  - I haven't heard of any pipelines being hit lately. Maybe it's a start. (n/t) - Lee - 7/20/2005 5:25:43 AM
- Sorry, Tom. - Sam F. - 7/18/2005 6:59:22 PM
  - re: Sorry - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2005 7:09:25 PM
    - Some of us bother - Tony - 7/18/2005 7:29:17 PM
      - re: Some of us bother - gbaikie - 7/18/2005 8:23:25 PM
        
        Wrong on all three counts - Tony - 7/18/2005 8:32:18 PM
        
        Psssstttttt - Eri - 7/18/2005 11:43:42 PM
        
        If you bothered to check the link... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2005 1:22:15 AM
        
        I checked, read, considered the sources; dismissed. (n/t) - Eri - 7/21/2005 2:50:55 AM

Terrorism and politics - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2005 3:51:11 AM
- A disturbing line of speculation - Gary - 7/18/2005 4:00:14 PM
- Errr.....no - Tony - 7/18/2005 2:24:30 PM
  - Well... - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2005 4:21:36 PM
    - You're the one making the claim, Tom... - dtb - 7/18/2005 6:03:24 PM
    - That's silly - alcaray - 7/18/2005 5:36:13 PM
    - A quick skim of that thread - Tony - 7/18/2005 4:47:04 PM
      - re: A quick skim - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2005 7:08:05 PM
        
        re: A quick skim - dtb - 7/19/2005 5:40:08 PM
        
        The real issue - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2005 8:40:46 PM
        
        That's what terrorists do. Before, after, and during the Madrid episode. - alcaray - 7/19/2005 10:05:21 PM
        
        re: The real issue - dtb - 7/19/2005 8:58:37 PM
        
        re: The real issue - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2005 9:45:33 PM
        
        How will you deal with it... - alcaray - 7/19/2005 10:10:27 PM
        
        re: How will you deal with it... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2005 6:41:32 PM
        
        Some would call the bombs in England and in Spain "points on the curve". (n/t) - alcaray - 7/20/2005 9:36:12 PM
        
        That's a good question - Sam F. - 7/20/2005 8:17:13 AM
        
        Oh for........ - Tony - 7/18/2005 7:40:43 PM
  - re: Errr.....no - Doug Ellison - 7/18/2005 3:04:43 PM
- re: Terrorism and politics - dtb - 7/18/2005 9:23:39 AM

And now for something completely different... - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2005 5:43:14 AM
- Fanatics never let reality interfere with their thought processes. - David F Mayer - 3/4/2005 6:24:34 PM
  - Great heading, you invited me in to read what you had to say.... - Publius - 3/5/2005 5:57:50 PM
  - Never a truer word was typed - Tony - 3/4/2005 7:15:38 PM
    - Well At Least Your Title Bore Some Semblence To Reality (n/t) - Mark Eby - 3/5/2005 4:37:41 AM
- -sigh- - Mary Anne - 3/4/2005 5:59:05 PM
  - Ask Clinton - Mark Eby - 3/5/2005 4:34:28 AM
    - And Reagan. And Bush I. - Mary Anne - 3/5/2005 12:32:42 PM
      - I Do Blame All Past Participants - Mark Eby - 3/5/2005 4:32:29 PM
  - re: Mourners - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2005 3:34:48 AM
    - Not invading other countries, but not supporting and arming known tyrants because they were "ours" - Mary Anne - 3/5/2005 12:26:22 PM
      - "Not invading other countries, but not supporting and arming known tyrants because they were "ours" - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2005 9:54:31 PM
        
        We have a history of supporting thugs who support us "strategically" and economically. - Mary Anne - 3/6/2005 5:00:26 PM
        
        re: We have a history - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2005 6:21:58 PM
        
        When you have to make excuses for the government you usually get testy with people. Have you noticed that? - Mary Anne - 3/7/2005 1:34:57 AM
        
        He soirtanly does - tony - 3/7/2005 4:58:45 AM
        
        "nations whose authority comes from principle" Got any examples? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2005 4:13:15 AM
  - re: -sigh- - gbaikie - 3/4/2005 8:17:16 PM
    - War is not equal to murder and mayhem: got it. - Mary Anne - 3/4/2005 8:25:21 PM
      - re: War is not equal to murder and mayhem: got it. - gbaikie - 3/4/2005 10:09:49 PM
  - Lemon Curry? - DL - 3/4/2005 6:03:59 PM
    - re: Lemon Curry? (n/t) - kris kringle - 7/20/2005 6:11:26 PM
    - re: Lemon Curry? (n/t) - kris kringle - 7/20/2005 6:11:10 PM
    - Full frontal nudity - Mary Anne - 3/4/2005 6:08:32 PM

Ultimatum - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2005 7:16:32 AM
- re: Ultimatum - gbaikie - 7/20/2005 7:43:36 AM
- They keep saying this - - Daniel - 7/20/2005 7:27:28 AM
  - True fanatics, if there ever were any. - David F Mayer - 7/20/2005 1:21:09 PM
    - well, utterly morbid anyway - Daniel - 7/20/2005 4:14:17 PM

A simple question: Whatever happened to the nerve gas shells in Iraq? - David F Mayer - 7/14/2005 4:26:16 AM
- They were destroyed - Donald - 7/14/2005 5:28:05 AM
  - Donald, once again, WHERE ARE THE REMANTS? The pieces buried in a hole? (n/t) - DFM - 7/17/2005 3:09:59 PM
  - Then where are the remnants. - David F Mayer - 7/14/2005 9:42:46 PM
    - What is your basis... - alcaray - 7/18/2005 5:44:43 PM
      - Then where are they? - David F Mayer - 7/19/2005 3:54:58 PM
        
        I don't think there was a recent search... - alcaray - 7/19/2005 5:59:47 PM
        
        You must be kidding. The USA searched the country - David F Mayer - 7/20/2005 1:26:03 PM
        
        Yes, we searched very carefully... - alcaray - 7/20/2005 3:59:09 PM
  - Ooops - Donald - 7/14/2005 5:32:52 AM

Something very, very long overdue - Daniel - 7/19/2005 4:35:55 PM
- Hip, hip, hooray.......... - Publius - 7/19/2005 9:49:57 PM
- There have been many such Fatwas (n/t) - alcaray - 7/19/2005 5:55:21 PM
  - "Many"? Really? When? (n/t) - Sam F. - 7/19/2005 6:32:40 PM
    - I wouldn't use the word "many," but there have been some. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2005 7:05:46 PM
      - All it takes is one Islamic scholar with a written opinion on a subject... - alcaray - 7/19/2005 8:04:05 PM
        
        the point is though, this is at the very visible national level (n/t) - Daniel - 7/20/2005 4:15:24 AM
        
        If they're normally limited to hearing range, that's no surprise. - Sam F. - 7/19/2005 8:18:46 PM
        
        Never heard of a list. Never made claims about fatwa "magnitude". - alcaray - 7/19/2005 8:29:45 PM
        
        Your trite response is "such" a surprise - Sam F. - 7/20/2005 7:55:58 AM
        
        Sorry if I confused you - alcaray - 7/20/2005 3:52:20 PM

Bin Laden & Saddam - p - 7/20/2005 1:46:10 PM

No matter how this story turns out, you would be a fool to think innocent people havent been executed - R.L. - 7/13/2005 5:24:26 AM
- As I said: "others here will make flippant asinine comments" - R.L. - 7/13/2005 11:52:41 PM
  - And you never fail to take the bait. - Lee - 7/14/2005 1:50:11 AM
  - That was in response to Lee... (n/t) - R.L. - 7/13/2005 11:53:55 PM
- Why was he given the death penalty for the killing of a drug dealer? - Lee - 7/13/2005 10:42:20 PM
- And doctors kill 100,000 innocent patients each year through errors. - David F Mayer - 7/13/2005 5:40:19 PM
  - And this is relavent... HOW? - R.L. - 7/13/2005 7:38:09 PM
    - Life imprisonment without parole DOES NOT HAPPEN. - David F Mayer - 7/20/2005 1:29:45 PM
  - If the doctors killed with intent and revenge aforethought, then you have a point (n/t) - Tony - 7/13/2005 6:14:04 PM
  - Not really relevant. - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2005 6:08:29 PM
    - To be honest I do have mixed feelings... - R.L. - 7/14/2005 1:07:47 AM
      - Life without parole is a joke. - DFM - 7/17/2005 6:01:48 PM
        
        re: Life without parole is a joke. - Mac - 7/19/2005 6:59:10 AM
- find the real killer, convict and execute him - Scott Evil - 7/13/2005 2:34:44 PM
- But . . . - Mac - 7/13/2005 5:41:07 AM
  - Oh, OK - guess its no big deal then... (n/t) - R.L. - 7/13/2005 7:34:00 AM
    - re: Oh, OK - guess its no big deal then... - Mac - 7/14/2005 4:58:38 AM
      - 'Spose you made any assumptions in your post? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/18/2005 5:48:51 PM
        
        re: 'Spose you made any assumptions in your post? - Mac - 7/19/2005 6:41:48 AM
        
        "...there's little doubt, either on the street or in legal circles, that he committed others." - alcaray - 7/19/2005 3:16:28 PM

Edith Clement for SCOTUS? - Tony - 7/19/2005 7:31:39 PM
- whooops. Major head-fake (n/t) - Tony - 7/20/2005 1:17:31 PM
- re: Edith Clement for SCOTUS? - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2005 8:35:53 PM
  - You said it! - David F Mayer - 7/19/2005 9:04:21 PM
    - It is the job of ...... - Publius - 7/19/2005 9:43:07 PM

Unite Against Terror - gbaikie - 7/19/2005 7:12:18 AM
- Where is the news? - David F Mayer - 7/19/2005 4:05:06 PM
  - The news is that a lot of the people on that list ARE liberals and leftists. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2005 6:20:27 PM
    - Thanks for the distinction. - Sam F. - 7/19/2005 8:21:57 PM
      - Don't know about you, but........ - Publius - 7/19/2005 9:54:08 PM
        
        True. - Sam F. - 7/20/2005 8:07:56 AM

Unstoppable March of Progress, Part 3 x10^8 - Daniel - 7/19/2005 4:31:55 PM
- Probably - Sam F. - 7/19/2005 8:10:18 PM
  - yes, indeed (n/t) - Daniel - 7/20/2005 4:12:51 AM

25,000 Civilians Killed since Iraq Invasion, Says Report - Eric - 7/19/2005 11:02:59 PM
- First reasonable number I've seen - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2005 1:45:50 AM
- re: 25,000 Civilians Killed since Iraq Invasion, Says Report - gbaikie - 7/20/2005 1:13:16 AM

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