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Meanwhile, in North Korea... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 5:08:57 PM
- re: Pictures of the evil dictator Kim Jong-il are coming down all over North Korea? - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 5:41:30 PM

Play "Get the Iraqi Insurgents" yourself! - LJ - 11/15/2004 6:17:29 PM
- To make it more realistic... - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 6:28:35 PM
  - Also, label each box Mosul, Fallujah, Samarra, Basra........ (n/t) - Tony - 11/15/2004 6:42:30 PM
    - Mosul update... - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 8:19:04 PM
      - re: Mosul update... - LJ - 11/15/2004 10:32:22 PM
        
        re: Mosul update... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 12:00:52 AM
        
        I doubt the insurgents would be so stupid as to give us a "Tet attack" so we could swat them down. - alcaray - 11/16/2004 12:25:42 AM
        
        No, they seem pretty stupid. - Lee - 11/16/2004 4:59:48 AM
        
        Sacrifice of 15 to destroy a police station and how many of their enemies? - alcaray - 11/16/2004 5:34:45 PM
      - Fingers crossed (n/t) - Tony - 11/15/2004 10:00:53 PM
    - The good news is they don't have teleporters. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 7:01:14 PM

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has serious delusions of grandeur. - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 1:36:38 AM
- He sounds like Hitler in his buner in March of 1945 - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 5:21:18 PM
- Disconnected from reality - Donald - 11/16/2004 2:37:03 AM
  - We agree 100% on that. - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 8:32:14 AM

Of deficits and dollars - LJ - 11/16/2004 5:19:21 PM

Aid worker sees changes in N. Korea - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 9:01:38 AM
- A market you can switch on and off isn't a market. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 4:13:59 PM
  - Would your 48-hour-rule apply here? Or 48 weeks? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/16/2004 4:57:14 PM
    - Don't know... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 5:14:48 PM

U.N. nuclear watchdog clears Iran - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 2:25:13 PM
- No more enriched uranium? Plutonium anyone? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/16/2004 2:42:32 PM

1,195 - Donald - 11/16/2004 1:13:47 PM

CIA is being purged of liberals - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:40:59 AM
- Should have been done three years ago. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 5:47:44 PM
- Were you as upset when the same thing happened under Clinton 10 years ago? - Larry J - 11/15/2004 5:21:24 PM
  - "Culture of the 1980s." - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 6:15:01 PM
    - The 1980s CIA and IC failed to see the collapse of the Warsaw Pact... - Larry J - 11/15/2004 6:26:50 PM
      - I didn't either and I lived only 20 km. from the Iron Curtain - Gary - 11/16/2004 7:29:20 AM
      - Good point. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 6:29:09 PM
- Perhapsit would be more accurate to think about a very bureaucratic and complacent organization is being shaken up? (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/15/2004 5:11:36 PM
  - People were abusing their positions at the CIA - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:19:40 PM
    - Exactly right. - ebnelson - 11/15/2004 7:17:12 PM
- Good! They're evil! - Mary Anne - 11/15/2004 11:49:18 AM
  - re: If they leaked classified info during a time of war... - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:05:30 PM
- re: CIA is being purged of liberals - gbaikie - 11/15/2004 8:39:47 AM

Fallujah update - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 4:48:55 AM

Not just in Kansas any more, Toto - Fox - 11/13/2004 5:27:39 PM
- There are about 15,000 school districts in America. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 7:41:40 PM
  - re: There are about 15,000 school districts in America. - et - 11/13/2004 10:23:54 PM
    - Critical thinking - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 10:49:05 PM
- Rural south-central Pennsylvania? - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 7:36:45 PM
  - Not this time. - Mary Anne - 11/14/2004 1:05:42 AM
  - James Carville quote....not verbatim. - et - 11/13/2004 10:19:30 PM
    - Lived there, noticed that (n/t) - Fox - 11/14/2004 4:06:01 AM
    - Area aka "Pennselltuckey".................. (n/t) - Publius - 11/14/2004 3:35:16 AM
- I'm not a Republican because of manure like this. - Gary - 11/13/2004 6:07:16 PM
  - re: Teaching "creationism" as science in our public schools is an insult to our nation and Western civilization. - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:34:45 PM
    - Learn about religion in Sunday School or at Church - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:13:29 PM
      - re: I don't disagree entirely. But how can you study history without understanding the role religoin has played in history? - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 9:54:38 PM
        
        Teach the history of religion, not the belief systems. - Mary Anne - 11/16/2004 3:17:53 AM
  - It's more important, and more insidious, than partisan politics - Fox - 11/14/2004 4:12:33 AM
    - Overheard A Religious Radio Broadcast On Radio While Scanning - Mark Eby - 11/15/2004 3:58:00 AM
  - Moonbat wing of the Republican party - phil - 11/13/2004 7:31:43 PM
    - People awaiting the Rapture - LJ - 11/15/2004 9:24:49 PM
    - re: How much of the "moonbat" control of the republican party is a creation of the media? - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:42:46 PM
      - The Republicans have some serious moonbats amongst them - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:28:47 PM
  - Democrats are far from immune - FrankC - 11/13/2004 6:39:53 PM
    - Gee, no call for teachings of the Flat Earth Society? (n/t) - Publius - 11/14/2004 3:38:37 AM
      - Gravitation is just a theory! - et - 11/14/2004 6:35:43 PM
        
        Elephants......... - Publius - 11/14/2004 8:30:24 PM

1,193 - Donald - 11/16/2004 2:24:08 AM

Really good news: Terrorist leader captured. - David F Mayer - 11/15/2004 9:09:59 PM
- Good news. But how many people had even heard of "Muhammad's Army" before? (n/t) - LJ - 11/15/2004 9:30:33 PM
  - One of many arms or factions of Al Qaeda. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/15/2004 9:45:18 PM
    - If Al Qaeda is Hydra, where's Nick Fury when we need him? (n/t) - Lee - 11/15/2004 10:55:02 PM
      - Al Qaeda is a heirarchial organization with different field units. The good guys just caught the head of one of these units. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 1:15:44 AM

Colin Powell resigns. - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 2:55:11 PM
- Greatly looking forward to his autobiography - Tony - 11/15/2004 10:04:08 PM
  - His autobiography has been out for some time - Larry J - 11/15/2004 10:28:50 PM
    - Any book that Powell writes about the Bush Administration will receive a lot of attention - Mary Anne - 11/15/2004 11:27:11 PM
      - Look at the books profiled by "60 Minutes" this year... - Larry J - 11/16/2004 1:13:19 AM
- Better Rice at State than DOD (n/t) - Tony - 11/15/2004 10:02:04 PM
- How is this possible? - Alan G. Archer - 11/15/2004 5:01:17 PM
  - The "fulsome" discussions mean Bush and Powell... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/15/2004 10:45:10 PM

Bush is not satisfied with US, wants world domination. - Eric - 11/13/2004 9:55:46 PM
- re: You would prefer Kofi Annan ruled the world? - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 2:22:05 PM
- A matter of necessity - SteveS - 11/15/2004 1:59:12 PM
- Imagine the ability to launch an overwhelmingly destructive energy beam at any point on Earth, at any time, at any target. Sounds like a very useful foreign policy tool to me. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/15/2004 1:21:00 AM
- I heard...... - Lindy - 11/14/2004 11:01:04 PM
  - I envision placing an entire Marine Division in Space... - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 2:34:26 PM
    - Marines in space - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 5:55:48 PM
      - Funny - Larry J - 11/15/2004 7:34:40 PM
        
        re: Please... - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 9:03:21 PM
  - Well, I'll sleep better tonight. - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2004 11:32:33 PM
    - The illegal ones of course! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/15/2004 12:13:22 AM
- And who do you think the 'out of control madmen' running for office was? (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/14/2004 4:43:23 PM
- This is just the normal extension of existing technology. - David F Mayer - 11/14/2004 2:18:39 AM
- Bush isn't the one looking looney here... - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 10:42:31 PM
  - 'Dropping off the deep end'. 'Dropping' is the wrong tense. - ebnelson - 11/15/2004 7:48:42 PM
- Attention fellow liberal: - et - 11/13/2004 10:29:26 PM

Does America hate women? - alcaray - 11/12/2004 6:49:54 PM
- Do you think strong feelings about Theresa represents feelings about all women? (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/13/2004 4:58:16 PM
  - It was just a jokey subject title. - alcaray - 11/15/2004 6:08:58 PM
    - It is pretty catchy - ebnelson - 11/15/2004 7:20:02 PM
- Figure it out. America hates -itches. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/12/2004 11:36:13 PM
  - America knows where to get Benadryl. - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 1:16:05 AM
    - She's HOT (n/t) - p - 11/13/2004 3:29:52 AM
    - Wouldn't want her for First Lady--or President--either. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 1:38:12 AM
- A short conversation at my house about Laura Bush - Mary Anne - 11/12/2004 10:42:48 PM
  - She's under control - Eric - 11/13/2004 3:22:57 AM
  - Laura Bush - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 12:07:14 AM
    - re: Laura Bush, the Real Woman - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 1:47:31 AM
      - Some interesting history on First Ladies - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 2:05:09 AM
      - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 1:57:24 AM
        
        Really? Maybe if she had a press conference, they would come! - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 2:00:05 AM
      - What exactly are you expecting? - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 1:56:33 AM
        
        Barbara Bush. Rosalyn Carter. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 1:58:32 AM
    - Laura Bush vs. Mama T - phil - 11/13/2004 12:32:51 AM
      - I will look forward to your application of the "real jobs" litmus test to Hillary Clinton. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 1:12:34 AM
        
        Nice diversion as you IGNORE Mama T's lack of a real job (n/t) - p - 11/13/2004 3:27:28 AM
        
        She's the head of the Heinz Family Foundation. - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 12:14:57 PM
        
        Real jobs - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 8:01:22 PM
  - Laura Bush makes June Cleaver look like a temptress (n/t) - FrankC - 11/12/2004 11:46:29 PM
    - That's just because June wore those spiked heels and the dresses with the cinched waists around the house. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 1:20:25 PM
    - Well, we know she only "gets it" once a year....on her birthday - Lindy - 11/13/2004 4:31:31 AM
- Mama T - p - 11/12/2004 8:51:35 PM
- Not evil. Nuts, maybe. - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2004 7:41:16 PM
  - Interesting Tom............. - Lindy - 11/13/2004 4:37:35 AM
    - re: Interesting. But not funny. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 5:14:33 AM
      - Grotesque self-absorption - Mary Anne - 11/13/2004 12:41:32 PM
        
        There's a difference between looking out for your own interests and grotesque self-absorption. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 8:10:16 PM
        
        her comment was perfectly appropriate - SDG - 11/15/2004 8:38:11 PM
  - Definately a little nutty.... - et - 11/12/2004 9:57:31 PM
  - Spin and soundbites drone on indefinitely, I guess. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/12/2004 7:49:28 PM
- I think she is outrageous - FrankC - 11/12/2004 7:14:59 PM
  - Me too. And for the record, I thought the "Dean scream" was the coolest thing in the election season. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/12/2004 7:19:51 PM
    - At least he's making money on it. - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 1:59:16 AM

RoP Update: The threat to Islam - phil - 11/15/2004 7:58:44 PM

Good News from Afghanistan, Part 6 - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 6:30:18 PM

RoP issues fatwah OKing nukes against America - p - 11/13/2004 3:46:31 PM
- Poison gas too? - FrankC - 11/13/2004 6:25:52 PM
  - re: We faced human wave attacks before. - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 2:50:48 PM
    - Nuclear secrets - Gary - 11/15/2004 6:15:02 PM
  - This is why the fighting should be in Fallujah and not in Boston (n/t) - Gary - 11/13/2004 6:30:26 PM

Its slowly evolving into civil war - Donald - 11/13/2004 4:47:51 AM
- Don't want liberation? - ebnelson - 11/13/2004 6:39:43 PM
- re: civil war - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 5:07:05 AM
- Wow Are You "Forgetful" - Mark Eby - 11/13/2004 5:05:27 AM
  - The difference between revolution and liberation - Donald - 11/13/2004 5:35:38 AM
    - Morally and Historically Wrong - Mark Eby - 11/13/2004 4:40:06 PM
      - If you are looking for shamefull incidents..... - Publius - 11/14/2004 3:55:50 AM
        
        Agreed - Mark Eby - 11/14/2004 4:24:36 AM
        
        re: Actually................... - Publius - 11/14/2004 8:48:22 PM
        
        re: Actually................... - gbaikie - 11/15/2004 10:01:17 AM
    - re: revolution - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 7:10:31 AM
      - Hmm, not discussing the topic at hand, only - Publius - 11/14/2004 4:15:37 AM
      - The Democrats Are Just Plain Loosing It - Mark Eby - 11/13/2004 3:22:40 PM
        
        Mark hit the nail on the head - Gary - 11/13/2004 5:15:30 PM
        
        re: What you are suggesting is that the Democrats let Ralph Nader (or some other far left idiot) take over the extreem left... - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 4:12:29 PM
        
        Missing the point - Donald - 11/13/2004 3:57:19 PM
        
        re: the point - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2004 7:54:35 PM
        
        Better Point But - Mark Eby - 11/13/2004 4:34:36 PM
        
        And It Doesn't Adress - Mark Eby - 11/14/2004 12:30:32 AM
        
        The ungrateful - p - 11/13/2004 4:05:55 PM
        
        re: The ungrateful - Donald - 11/13/2004 4:27:09 PM
        
        re: The ungrateful - phil - 11/13/2004 7:37:21 PM
        
        re: The Democrats Are Just Plain Loosing It - phil - 11/13/2004 3:49:14 PM

US Department of Justice under Bush - Bowser - 11/14/2004 3:16:32 PM
- re: Whatever you say commie. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:49:15 PM
- If that is what you suspect - ebnelson - 11/14/2004 4:45:08 PM

Bomb Labs, Hostages Found in Fallujah - Lee - 11/15/2004 2:34:26 AM
- The losses that the terrorists suffered in Fallujah may be VERY hard to replace. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/15/2004 3:46:00 PM

It was the wind, or something... - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2004 10:52:29 PM
- re: Same old, Same old... - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:23:48 PM

Resisting the Global Ban on Stem Cell research - Raoul - 11/15/2004 1:39:00 PM
- re: If most want it, then the UN shouldn't pass it. - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:19:59 PM

1,186 - Donald - 11/15/2004 5:08:30 AM
- And at least that many of the enemy in about one week. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 5:26:47 AM

National ID cards, and now this... - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2004 11:48:47 PM
- That sucks - FrankC - 11/12/2004 4:38:25 PM
- re: I like the idea. - Scott Evil - 11/12/2004 3:09:56 PM
- We've had "black boxes" in our cars since 1996 - Gary - 11/12/2004 12:05:57 AM
  - I thought republicans believed in responsibility for your actions... - R.L. - 11/12/2004 8:47:27 PM
    - Actually I'm a Democrat - Gary - 11/13/2004 3:42:45 AM
      - RL Can't Come To Grips With The Fact That Anyone Other Than Republicans Voted For Bush - Mark Eby - 11/14/2004 11:34:29 PM
        
        I know some really bright engineers who are flaming liberals... it's a bit like religion (n/t) - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:12:58 AM

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