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Tom Wolfe on the Scots-Irish culture and the election - phil - 11/9/2004 8:30:28 PM
- We are the biggest 'ethnic group' in the country. - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 1:13:18 AM
- Interesting article... - Larry J - 11/9/2004 10:20:13 PM

The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party - Chris Vancil - 11/9/2004 11:29:50 PM

Defense against RPGs - Larry J - 11/8/2004 10:14:49 PM
- Aluminum oxide fibers - David F Mayer - 11/9/2004 8:13:07 AM
- On the subject of RPGs - Gary - 11/9/2004 2:55:36 AM
- re: Defense against RPGs - Vince - 11/9/2004 1:50:20 AM
- But a change in fusing could mitigate the benefit of the inflatable armor, I bet. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/9/2004 1:13:50 AM
  - I'm sure it could... - Larry J - 11/9/2004 10:48:28 PM
- I like your idea of permanent inflation - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 10:19:40 PM
  - In that case, it would need to be bulletproof, too. - alcaray - 11/8/2004 11:21:39 PM
    - Not if it worked like a hovercraft skirt does - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 1:20:28 AM
      - good point (n/t) - alcaray - 11/9/2004 7:21:06 PM

Harvard Researcher: "Freedom squelches terrorist violence" - Larry J - 11/9/2004 6:05:20 PM
- re: Harvard Researcher: "Freedom squelches terrorist violence" - gbaikie - 11/9/2004 10:03:32 PM
- He showed that poverty level (of the target nation) does not select the targets of terrorism - alcaray - 11/9/2004 6:31:45 PM
  - Quick and dirty check: - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 9:34:54 PM
    - Try it with the plain old siucide bomber too - see if you get the same result. (n/t) - Tony - 11/9/2004 9:43:34 PM
      - I'm not talking about the idiots they send out to die. I'm talking mostly about the ones doing the sending. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 10:43:32 PM

Statistics on display - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 2:14:02 AM
- More interesting map techniques - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 8:55:48 PM

U.S. Army To The Rescue - Jack Herer - 11/9/2004 5:45:06 PM
- re: U.S. Army To The Rescue - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 6:10:53 PM
  - What else? Understanding. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/9/2004 6:38:04 PM

US helicopter shot down in Fallujah - Eric - 11/8/2004 9:43:41 PM
- Not true. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 6:26:53 PM

Capitalism is alive and well----------in Communist China - Publius - 11/9/2004 5:26:26 PM
- re: I doubt there will be an urge to strengthen the dollar any time in the near future. - Scott Evil - 11/9/2004 6:10:46 PM

This is something I think that you, Raoul, and I can agree on. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/9/2004 4:31:28 PM
- re: Yes, indeed (n/t) - Raoul - 11/9/2004 5:00:52 PM

The warning, 'Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it' comes to mind. - ebnelson - 11/9/2004 1:12:15 AM
- I hope Dean isn't holding his breath. - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 1:28:14 AM
  - re: I don't see the Clintons letting go. - Scott Evil - 11/9/2004 4:35:58 PM

Iraq declares state of emergency - Donald - 11/7/2004 3:05:53 PM
- Rhetorical questions are fun to ask. - ebnelson - 11/8/2004 3:09:04 PM
- No & You Know It - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 8:07:43 PM
  - Huh? - LJ - 11/8/2004 10:15:11 PM
  - re: All they can do now is impeach Bush... - Scott Evil - 11/8/2004 2:20:14 PM
    - Bringing it on - Lindy - 11/9/2004 4:23:32 PM
- His accomplishment is starting the war, not ending it. He has no plan to leave. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 11/7/2004 3:29:01 PM

1,134 - Donald - 11/9/2004 4:44:29 AM
- Thanks for the update. - ebnelson - 11/9/2004 4:21:20 PM
- While I disagree with your analysis, I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment. Thanks. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 7:52:19 AM

What's happening in Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2004 8:02:50 AM
- Map - David F Mayer - 11/9/2004 2:00:20 PM

"a pile of cr*p." - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/9/2004 3:53:01 AM
- On a roll.......... - Lindy - 11/9/2004 4:46:13 AM

Joan Baez, black folk and de prezident - p - 11/5/2004 1:01:52 PM
- Poor Joan. - ebnelson - 11/5/2004 4:28:45 PM
- Leftists and race, and a side note on Joan Baez. - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2004 3:51:54 PM
  - Phoney Joany and a story about boat people - Gary - 11/5/2004 4:24:30 PM
    - Joan also spoke out against Soviet repression - phil - 11/5/2004 7:00:09 PM
    - re: boat people - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2004 4:41:27 PM
  - re: Leftists and race, and a side note on Joan Baez. - REB - 11/5/2004 4:19:15 PM
    - Condi doesn't want to be president, she wants... - phil - 11/5/2004 7:02:17 PM
    - re: The left hates her. - Scott Evil - 11/5/2004 4:30:17 PM
    - Look for Condi....... - Publius - 11/5/2004 4:27:33 PM
      - Again, watch how the Democrats treat Obama in Washington. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2004 4:43:50 PM
        
        re: I saw a kink in Obama's armor... - Scott Evil - 11/5/2004 4:50:00 PM
        
        re: I saw a kink in Obama's armor... - ebnelson - 11/5/2004 10:10:48 PM
      - re: Look out for Jeb. - Scott Evil - 11/5/2004 4:39:24 PM
      - re: Look for Condi....... - REB - 11/5/2004 4:32:09 PM
  - I worshiped at her feet in the 60s - FrankC - 11/5/2004 4:16:52 PM
    - How many geeks remember the movie "Silent Running?" - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2004 12:38:24 AM
      - I saw the movie many years ago - Larry J - 11/8/2004 3:13:21 AM
        
        An anaconda couldn't swallow the basic premise, but it was a fun movie. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 6:51:48 AM
      - This one does - it's one of my faves from that era - Fox - 11/7/2004 3:32:44 PM
      - On what aircraft carrier was "Silent Running" filmed on? (n/t) - Gary - 11/6/2004 8:35:43 PM
        
        Valley Forge - LJ - 11/8/2004 10:21:34 PM
      - Huey, Louie, & Dewey (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/6/2004 4:01:31 AM
      - I do - FrankC - 11/6/2004 3:01:57 AM
        
        re: I do - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2004 4:53:17 AM
        
        Peter Schickele - Mary Anne - 11/6/2004 6:06:02 AM
        
        Thanks! Good to know he's still around and active. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2004 7:46:00 PM
- re: Theys is dumb an'nt they don't knows it. (n/t) - Uncle Remus - 11/5/2004 2:16:23 PM

French soliders killed in combat in Ivory Coast - David F Mayer - 11/7/2004 12:28:06 AM
- And don't forget the profit interest of the French companies there, as well. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/8/2004 3:17:15 PM
- re: French solders killed - Raoul - 11/7/2004 1:06:52 AM
  - It was a retroactive UN mandate - Larry J - 11/7/2004 3:43:33 PM
  - You make U.N. approval sound like the blessing of the Pope. - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2004 1:18:23 AM
    - The approval of that nest of thieves, liars, and tyrants makes it kosher. Don't you understand that? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/7/2004 1:26:28 AM
      - You mean Rove, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al? - LJ - 11/8/2004 10:17:36 PM
  - Whatever Kind Of Imperialism - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 1:12:24 AM
    - re: None of it - Raoul - 11/7/2004 10:46:21 AM
      - You're Totally Off Topic On My Response Again - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 3:48:42 PM
        
        re:My answer - Raoul - 11/7/2004 4:11:35 PM
        
        I Didn't Write That - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 4:51:30 PM

Shades of Purple - Chris Vancil - 11/8/2004 10:14:19 PM

The battle of Fallujah begins. - David F Mayer - 11/8/2004 1:30:39 AM
- Fallujah hospital captured - Buck Galaxy - 11/8/2004 3:17:32 AM
  - That may have been a brilliant move... - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 9:58:31 PM
    - re: That may have been a brilliant move... - LJ - 11/8/2004 10:10:05 PM
  - Even more important - the hospital was captured by Iraqis - Larry J - 11/8/2004 6:16:45 PM

Many Americans don't want to live in a country run by Bush. - Eric - 11/6/2004 4:20:50 AM
- Or, another viable alternative is................ - Publius - 11/8/2004 8:03:31 PM
- Isn't it great? Any citizen can leave the USA for the price of transportation. - David F Mayer - 11/7/2004 2:07:46 AM
  - New Zealand is actively recruting immigrants. - Gary - 11/7/2004 5:28:14 AM
    - I like the cold. - Mary Anne - 11/7/2004 12:08:31 PM
      - Southern NZ has cold and glaciers - p - 11/7/2004 10:28:46 PM
        
        Thank you for not encouraging a departure... :) - Mary Anne - 11/7/2004 10:46:49 PM
- re: Many Americans? - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2004 4:51:23 AM

Good News from Iraq, Part 14. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 7:14:48 AM
- re: Good News from Iraq, Part 14. - LJ - 11/8/2004 5:51:27 PM
- Someone is actually running around, door-to-door, dodging bullets in effort to take a poll? - Eric - 11/8/2004 5:35:01 PM
  - The vast majority of Iraqis are not "dodging bullets." - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 6:20:40 PM
- Thanks. The liberation of Iraq will be sweeter for the amount of negative and inaccurate reporting done about it. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/8/2004 4:36:36 PM

Suha Arafat Goes Off The Deep End - Donald - 11/8/2004 3:57:12 AM
- How they gonna keep her down in the refugee camps, after she's seen Paree? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2004 4:35:24 PM
- Her gravy train may be derailing soon. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/8/2004 3:13:27 PM
- re: You would too if you were about to lose $1,000,000,000. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2004 2:38:50 PM

1,128 - Donald - 11/7/2004 7:49:09 PM
- 1 - gbaikie - 11/8/2004 12:26:44 AM
  - 'Thou Shall Not Kill, 02/11/04' - ebnelson - 11/8/2004 3:12:28 PM
  - Enoch Powell has been vindicated. (n/t) - Lee - 11/8/2004 3:33:14 AM
    - re: Enoch Powell has been vindicated. - gbaikie - 11/8/2004 8:08:24 AM
      - Space will be the salvation of Western Civilization. - Lee - 11/8/2004 8:27:37 AM

Arafat: The Man Who Refused to Say Yes - Donald - 11/6/2004 4:16:41 PM
- Arafat was poisoned - Buck Galaxy - 11/7/2004 6:18:47 AM
  - Not likely - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2004 6:57:12 AM
  - Arafat was poisoned: I should hope so. Probably by his Arab "friends". - David F Mayer - 11/7/2004 6:38:27 AM
    - re: Really? - Raoul - 11/8/2004 6:39:48 AM
- Arafat never missed the opportunity to miss an opportunity. (n/t) - DFM - 11/7/2004 1:30:21 AM

Articles On Advice For Demcorats & Republicans Including Clinton's - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 9:25:37 PM

Thakyou For Another Honest Reminder (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/7/2004 8:08:36 PM

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