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Good News From Iraq, Part 15 - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 5:56:15 PM
- There's plenty of bad new that doesn't get reported. - alcaray - 11/22/2004 11:06:03 PM
  - re: There's plenty of bad new that doesn't get reported. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 3:45:29 AM
- It's all good, Tom. Regular paradise, Eden. No one's dying, those 100,000 were cut-out dolls. - Bowser - 11/22/2004 9:02:16 PM
  - We know the 100,000 number is bogus, but were the 300,000 Iraqis more, or less human, if they were murdered by Saddam deliberately? (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/23/2004 5:20:54 AM
  - 100,000. Still bogus. And guess what...it'll still be bogus the next forty times you quote it. - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 9:59:04 PM
    - Okay, hot shot, exactly how many innocent Iraqis died in this, and exactl how mad are their relatives - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 6:40:28 AM
      - How many innocent Iraqis died under Saddam's decades-long rule, and how mad are THEIR relatives? - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 4:34:45 PM
        
        ca 1,000 per month, and very mad, but you did not answer my question - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 5:13:18 PM
        
        Oil - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 6:03:09 PM
    - I know - they're only Muslims. (Is it more than 3,000 innocent ones, do you think?) - Bowser - 11/22/2004 11:35:35 PM
      - You're a stone in Tom's shoe, Bowser....... - Lindy - 11/23/2004 3:49:46 AM

Updates on Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 10:47:39 PM
- A Marine writes from the front lines - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 5:57:58 PM

The only way to verify electronic voting shows they may have stolen Florida (too). - Bowser - 11/22/2004 9:09:37 PM
- Denial and rage are just stages of mourning. - ebnelson - 11/23/2004 5:18:55 AM
  - they're also the begining stages of impeachment - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 6:33:21 AM
- Some comments by Kevin Drum - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 9:55:33 PM
- re: Apparently their regression analysis was poorly designed. - Scott Evil - 11/22/2004 9:46:59 PM
  - Count the votes - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 6:36:27 AM
    - re: Count the votes - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 4:22:09 PM
      - re: Count the votes - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 4:54:24 PM
        
        re: Count the votes - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 5:03:50 PM
        
        re: Broward and Palm Beach were statisticly outliers in 2000 as well. - Scott Evil - 11/23/2004 5:10:37 PM

Socialist paradise update - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 5:39:17 AM
- And exactly which "socialist principles" are those? - LJ - 11/23/2004 6:28:46 AM
  - The primary one: that the individual is subservient to the collective. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 4:19:14 PM
  - re: And exactly which "socialist principles" are those? - gbaikie - 11/23/2004 6:49:06 AM
- More like National Socialist Paradise - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 6:24:36 AM

Good news for Illinois Democrats - McFly - 11/23/2004 3:33:39 PM

Key holders - gbaikie - 11/23/2004 7:13:28 AM
- The Taliban sold off most of Afghanistan's old coins - Gary - 11/23/2004 8:10:28 AM

New President for CNN News Group - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 5:15:37 AM
- going after Lou dobbs before he breaks the Irtaq contracting scandals? - E.P. Grondine - 11/23/2004 6:28:07 AM

1,227 - Donald - 11/23/2004 1:28:31 AM
- It took you awhile - ebnelson - 11/23/2004 5:16:03 AM
- re: 1,227 - LJ - 11/23/2004 1:52:52 AM
  - It was the mission of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 3:32:30 AM

Religion of Peace Update: Take back our religion! - phil - 11/22/2004 12:56:58 AM
- More at NPR - Fox - 11/23/2004 2:01:31 AM
- The demonstrators were mostly Turks - Gary - 11/22/2004 5:07:01 AM
  - The demonstration was in Germany - Mary Anne - 11/22/2004 2:22:30 PM
- I predicted this on this very board months ago. - David F Mayer - 11/22/2004 2:54:42 AM
- Hope to see a lot more of this. - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 1:32:39 AM

Interesting article on energy resources and the environment - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 6:18:35 PM
- A better article on energy and propulsion - Jack Herer - 11/22/2004 8:40:02 PM
  - Geez, I'm starting to feel like I threw a rock into a cave full of bats. My fingers are getting sore. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 10:10:16 PM

Clarke discredited...again - p - 11/19/2004 5:59:07 PM
- So, liking what he said in his testimony equals discrediting his testimony? - alcaray - 11/19/2004 6:15:49 PM
  - Yes, since what he claimed he'd said is NOT there - phil - 11/19/2004 8:05:59 PM
    - Could that be in the redacted content? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/19/2004 8:29:25 PM
      - For what possible reason would that be redacted? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2004 8:36:42 PM
        
        "national security", I guess - alcaray - 11/22/2004 4:53:45 PM

Meanwhile, in Venezuela... - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 12:46:18 AM
- And Jimmy Carter helpd him a lot. - ebnelson - 11/22/2004 3:46:14 PM

"Insurgents" have a bad week...Awwwww! - phil - 11/22/2004 12:51:00 AM
- Problem is, the situation doesn't reflect your leader's words. That's a problem for reality-based folks, that is. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/22/2004 8:11:26 AM
- re: "Insurgents" have a bad week - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 12:55:47 AM
  - What I don't understand.... - Gary - 11/22/2004 5:24:04 AM
  - Considering how the raids on various mosques came on the heels of the Fallujah campaign. - Lee - 11/22/2004 2:31:28 AM

Restructuring Iraq's debt. - RobVG - 11/22/2004 2:15:48 AM
- Very good news. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 4:04:34 AM
- Debt forgiveness & silence on the Oil for Food scandal - phil - 11/22/2004 3:02:24 AM

Powell 'Pushed Out' By Bush - Tammy - 11/21/2004 9:24:38 AM
- your description leaves out mention of Israeli-Palestinian conflict - E.P. Grondine - 11/22/2004 12:38:29 AM
  - You're stuck in the Paleo paradigm - phil - 11/22/2004 3:07:16 AM
- re: Iran; soft power v hard power - Raoul - 11/21/2004 2:57:16 PM

Neat stuff over at Belmont Club - Gary - 11/21/2004 11:34:07 PM
- Typically a thoughtful and educational experience - phil - 11/22/2004 12:53:12 AM

Meanwhile, back in Ohio - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 9:16:32 PM
- 93,136 EXTRA Votes Found In ONE Ohio County - Eric - 11/21/2004 1:13:22 AM
  - The facts. - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2004 11:56:33 PM

Quagmire Update: Violence Breaks Out All Over Baghdad - Donald - 11/20/2004 2:53:58 PM
- Battle begun, then fighting increases. Liberals amazed. Film at 11:00 (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 9:37:20 PM
  - "Mission Accomplsihed," then fighting increases. Conservatives in denial. Film at 11:00 (n/t) - Donald - 11/20/2004 10:57:54 PM
    - re: "Mission Accomplsihed," Liberals misconstrue it still. No one amazed. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/21/2004 9:13:47 PM
      - Liberals not through demolishing credibility film at 11:00 - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 10:48:02 PM
        
        At least they're harmless and ineffective. (n/t) - Gary - 11/21/2004 11:08:41 PM
- Discouraging, but to be expected - Lindy - 11/20/2004 4:04:22 PM
- Meanwhile: 1,219 - Donald - 11/20/2004 2:56:01 PM

Troops from Turkey invade northern Iraq. - Lee - 11/21/2004 6:01:40 AM
- Part of the new budget cuts - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2004 11:06:29 PM
- LOLOLOLOL!!!!! Oh, thanks... (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/21/2004 5:11:35 PM
  - Me, too :-D (n/t) - Fox - 11/21/2004 5:12:50 PM

Axis of Weasels Update: 6 NATO "Allies" Refuse to Help in Iraq - p - 11/19/2004 8:36:43 PM
- Yo.......... p......... - Lindy - 11/20/2004 4:20:55 PM
  - re: Yo.......... p......... - p with the answers - 11/20/2004 6:11:04 PM
    - Actually, the Europeans DID fight against the Nazis, but not very well. - David F Mayer - 11/21/2004 9:50:27 PM
- But a majority of NATO allies are helping. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 1:56:51 AM
  - Really? What percentage of the effort are they bearing, and who's paying the bill. - Bowser - 11/20/2004 6:02:05 AM
- And "go it alone" means much the same as "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED", doesn't it? - Bowser - 11/20/2004 1:52:45 AM

Interesting article in Washington Times on military tactics in Iraq. - Bowser - 11/20/2004 5:16:22 PM
- I as interested in what that rag, the Washington Times has to say as I am in the opinion of Rev Moon himself. After all, they are exactly the same. The Washington Times is a Moonie rag. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/21/2004 1:50:58 AM

Women's group decries racist attacks on Dr Rice - phil - 11/19/2004 10:32:04 PM
- Political characters......... - Lindy - 11/20/2004 4:12:41 PM
- Oliphant has gotten hollered on by the Left for racial remarks before. - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 1:58:09 PM
  - I was a little hard on Prissy. - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 2:54:10 PM
    - Butterfly McQueen was a skilled and intelligent actress who didn't get half the success she deserved over the years. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:34:36 PM
- And we don't disagree with her because - - Bowser - 11/20/2004 6:13:42 AM
- I thought some of those were over theline by quite a ways... - R.L. - 11/20/2004 5:10:49 AM
- Remeber that Jimmy the Greek was run off for much less. - ebnelson - 11/20/2004 4:06:52 AM
  - we tolerate it because it's not done by Republicans...Next question (n/t) - p - 11/20/2004 6:06:08 PM

November 19, 1863 - Chris Vancil - 11/20/2004 8:07:43 AM
- 43,000 - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:28:21 PM
- Thanks, Chris (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 1:07:38 PM

1,221 - Donald - 11/20/2004 7:11:47 PM

Well, my golly! "Insurgents attack Baghdad police" - Bowser - 11/20/2004 7:26:24 AM
- re: Well, my golly! Bowser can be happy today...terrorists are killing good people. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/20/2004 7:02:59 PM
- You mean their "Missions' Accomplished"? - Lindy - 11/20/2004 4:14:21 PM

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