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Kerry's Europhile Delusions - phil - 10/26/2004 8:54:33 PM

Do you think that there will be widespread violence in America, regardless of who wins the election? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/25/2004 5:28:38 PM
- In a single word: NO. I don't expect any violence. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 7:54:14 PM
- A good question. If the Rs steal it again, there could be problems. - Bowser - 10/25/2004 7:18:16 PM
  - Preventing a theft is not a crime. Gore tried to steal the 2000 election. Get over it. - Larry J - 10/25/2004 8:46:11 PM
    - You're f'in kidin, right? - apologETic - 10/26/2004 12:35:40 AM
      - Nope - Larry J - 10/26/2004 6:50:40 PM
      - re: faux-facts - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 2:16:50 AM
        
        I was wrong re:recount stats. - et - 10/26/2004 3:06:10 AM
      - Requesting A Recount Only In Your Strong Areas Most Certainly Is An Election Theft Attempt - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 1:08:52 AM
        
        I agree that we need electoral reform. - et - 10/26/2004 2:50:36 AM
        
        re: Requesting A Recount - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 1:58:57 AM
        
        How it's done - et - 10/26/2004 3:14:14 AM
    - That was so wrong I thought it was eb. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/25/2004 8:49:34 PM
      - Bowser is mostly wrong- no news here (n/t) - gbaikie - 10/25/2004 10:23:13 PM
      - What color is the sky in Bowseroworld? - Larry J - 10/25/2004 10:05:48 PM
        
        Huh - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 2:09:15 AM
      - Be specific, Bowser. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 9:11:58 PM
  - Bring it on. (n/t) - Lee - 10/25/2004 8:24:51 PM
    - You'd like that, wouldn't you. (n/t) - dont bET on it. - 10/25/2004 8:40:05 PM
  - Could be right - McFly - 10/25/2004 8:09:48 PM
    - re: Could be right - gbaikie - 10/25/2004 10:21:05 PM
- With 'The Guardian' in the UK openly asking for assasins, and John Edwards' wife saying that there won't be violence if the dems win, I don't know anymore. - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 6:29:27 PM
  - 'The Guardian' removes Charlie Brooker's assassins column - Alan G. Archer - 10/25/2004 9:36:03 PM
    - The mistake was pubishing it in the first place. - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 9:52:09 PM
- re: Nah... No violence. - Scott Evil - 10/25/2004 6:11:26 PM
- re: Do you think that there will be widespread violence in America, regardless of who wins the election? - Larry J - 10/25/2004 5:37:42 PM

Falluja - LJ - 10/26/2004 5:22:12 PM

"Stolen Honor" can now be viewed on-line for free - Gary - 10/26/2004 4:18:32 PM

Insuregents likely have 400 tons of explosives - Donald - 10/26/2004 4:23:54 AM
- So explosives wose primiary use is for triggering WMDs aremissing but there were no WMDs, and even though the explosives were not even there when we got to Baghdad, it is still Bush's fault? (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:04:33 PM
- The explosives were gone before the invasion - Gary - 10/26/2004 5:41:09 AM
- For the record... - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 4:45:53 AM
  - And for the record... - Donald - 10/26/2004 5:24:08 AM
  - Wow - Donald - 10/26/2004 4:48:32 AM
    - Over 100,000 tons captured and destroyed. Less than 400 tons missing. Use your head. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 4:52:02 AM
      - 100 kilotons of high explosives captured and destroyed in Iraq?? Got links? (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 5:00:42 AM
        
        Geez, I linked earlier on this. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 5:05:08 AM
        
        re: Geez, I linked earlier on this. - LJ - 10/26/2004 5:29:30 AM
        
        "100,000 tons of munitions isn't the same as 100,000 tons of high explosives." - Davin L. - 10/26/2004 1:19:09 PM
        
        It's the munitions that are being used against us. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 3:30:54 PM
      - Tell that to... - Donald - 10/26/2004 4:57:55 AM
- Are you going to post every separate article on this? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 4:42:40 AM
  - You might have some credibility if you got upset over conservatives who say the same thing over and over. - Bowser - 10/26/2004 4:56:45 AM
- Just like Kerry....you haven't a clue. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/26/2004 4:33:22 AM
  - Excuse me but.... - Donald - 10/26/2004 4:41:10 AM

Murdoch: Fox News does not favour Bush - Bowser - 10/26/2004 3:14:53 PM

The Blogs are fast. - gbaikie - 10/26/2004 6:27:14 AM
- As suspected yesterday, it is the same level of false reporting as the museum non-looting scandal. It is just food for the BDS sheep.. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:02:56 PM
- And for some humor - gbaikie - 10/26/2004 6:30:43 AM

The good guys kill another bad guy. - David F Mayer - 10/26/2004 8:34:21 AM

Bush Fairyland logic...we haven't been attacked on US soil we are safe...February 26, 1993 till September 11, 2001 is 7 years... - Chris Vancil - 10/26/2004 8:09:33 AM

16,500 murders in 2003 - gbaikie - 10/26/2004 7:38:50 AM

Bush wants to invest $70 billion next year in training, education. - Bowser - 10/26/2004 4:54:15 AM
- This is where I suggest outsourcing (for a change) (n/t) - Lindy - 10/26/2004 5:19:43 AM
- Meanwhile... - Donald - 10/26/2004 5:00:46 AM
  - Deficits? You mean Bush's DEFICITS?? - Lindy - 10/26/2004 5:25:53 AM

Good News from Iraq, Part 13. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 9:02:50 PM
- re: Good News from Iraq, Part 13. - LJ - 10/25/2004 9:14:32 PM
  - After all, the Garden of Eden was there. It's Paradise, by definition. - Bowser - 10/26/2004 12:11:47 AM
  - re: Good News from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 9:24:52 PM
    - re: Good News from Iraq - LJ - 10/25/2004 10:55:10 PM
      - When someone is very ill, that's the focus. Not their new shoes. Or great haircut. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/26/2004 12:34:42 AM
        
        No, Haircuts Are As Superficial As Much Of Your Commentary. - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 1:00:52 AM
        
        It does take the ability to understand a relationship of abstractions. - Bowser - 10/26/2004 1:42:19 AM
        
        Abstraction? From you? Gotta clean the cola out of the keyboard again... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 1:50:47 AM
        
        Those are the analogies that some folks have such a hard time understanding. - Bowser - 10/26/2004 1:57:05 AM
      - re: Balance - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 10:59:11 PM

Ok kids, lets recap the past few years... - R.L. - 10/25/2004 1:12:42 AM
- What is it with lefties and math? Same about freedom for others? - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 2:13:19 PM
  - P.S. - R.L. - 10/25/2004 6:13:26 PM
    - The explain how $119 billion is hundreds of billions, big guy? - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 6:34:40 PM
      - Where did I say thousands a day? Typical of you to change the topic...when you know you dont have an argument - R.L. - 10/25/2004 6:49:23 PM
        
        Short on Maui wowee? - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 9:16:18 PM
  - LOL ed... I will let others pick apart your insane gibberish- if they can cut through your odd take on the english language - R.L. - 10/25/2004 6:09:38 PM
- re: Ok kids, lets recap the past few years... - gbaikie - 10/25/2004 3:59:34 AM
- re: Ok kids, lets recap the past few years... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/25/2004 2:29:31 AM
- How Can A Scientist Get The Facts So Wrong? - Mark Eby - 10/25/2004 1:49:47 AM
  - I NOTICE YOU DID NOT ADDRESS ON THING I SAID - R.L. - 10/25/2004 2:10:04 AM
    - Then You Didn't Pay Attention Student - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 1:44:53 AM
- Just a comment or two... - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 1:31:34 AM
  - I thought you were on Sabbatical? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/25/2004 2:32:03 AM
    - re: I thought you were on Sabbatical? - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 3:59:25 AM
      - I'm getting bored stupid by politics - Gary - 10/25/2004 4:36:18 PM

Who is spreading fear, Dick and George? Cheney: Threatens Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities - Chris Vancil - 10/20/2004 2:30:36 PM
- Kerry Supporter's Stance In A Nutshell - Mark Eby - 10/21/2004 2:30:51 AM
  - re: Gees! Let's just over generalize a bit. Face it you are running in fear and are looking for dad to make it all better. Nukes are a serious threat and it take some with a clue to fit the problem.… (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/21/2004 7:53:12 AM
- The candidate of Hamas, North Korea and France promises to talk firmly to anyone who attacks us. Kerry is definitely the scary one. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/20/2004 4:48:56 PM
  - re: Ever choosing to lie before telling any truth now, Ed? Please show us where Kerry said he would "talk firmly" over punishing terror with attack, even preemptive attack? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/20/2004 11:18:39 PM
    - Were you awake during Kerry's acceptance speech? All he promised was a firm response. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/21/2004 3:15:03 PM
      - From his acceptance speech: I defended this country as a young man and I will defend it as President. Let there be no mistake: I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will… (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/21/2004 10:37:46 PM
        
        So we can agree, at lzast: He will respond after we are attacked. He will not try and stop an attack prior to it happening. - ebnelson - 10/22/2004 7:12:53 PM
        
        re: Nope you are again spreading the RNC's BS. Show some evidence or quit lying (like that will happen). (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/24/2004 8:35:01 AM
        
        You're In Serious Denial Chris - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 6:30:05 PM
        
        re: Funny how... - Chris Vancil - 10/24/2004 10:51:06 PM
        
        re: Funny how you don't have an answer to the question - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 11:00:29 PM
        
        re: Oh right...PS... - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 6:22:21 AM
        
        re: Oh right...PS... - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 6:37:43 PM
        
        re: Oh I answered it you just don't accept truth. Anyway you never answer my questions and people do notice this Mark, Tom, Ed, Larry and all you other sock puppets of the Neocons. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 6:05:47 AM
        
        Your Answers Are Evidence of BDS - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 1:22:11 AM
        
        He defended this country as a young man? But I thought he said Vietnam was wrong? - Lee - 10/22/2004 8:38:28 AM
- We will lose a city to terrorism if Kerry wins - Gary - 10/20/2004 3:55:24 PM
  - re: You are a perfect example of a person running on fear. Cheney admits nothing pervents us losing a city on the Bush and his watch either! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/20/2004 11:13:44 PM
    - The Difference Is - Mark Eby - 10/21/2004 2:26:19 AM
      - re: God you're dense! Bush's best is complete ineptitude. Be my guest vote in fear so many others will be doing. Bush and Cheney sure know you folks well. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/21/2004 7:59:12 AM
        
        You & Kerry Are Living In Fantasyland - Mark Eby - 10/21/2004 12:37:46 PM
        
        re: Well you clearly are living in Bush's Fairyland. The absence of an attack doesn't prove anything. That you are not use rational thought is evident in most of your posts here. Thinking in fear mak… - Chris Vancil - 10/21/2004 10:30:50 PM
        
        The gain medium is pumped by the Spectra-Physics Millennia. The Millennia is a diode pumped CW Nd:YVO4 laser. The Millennia output is 532nm in a TEM00 mode. The typical power used for pumping the MIR… - R.L. - 10/24/2004 9:44:01 PM
        
        re: - Chris Vancil - 10/24/2004 9:53:47 PM
        
        Get Something Straight - Mark Eby - 10/23/2004 4:52:37 PM
        
        re: You do change horses in mid-stream if your mount is dead! - Chris Vancil - 10/24/2004 8:31:42 AM
        
        No, I'm Responding To Your Comment - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 3:49:33 PM
        
        re: We need a new horse this one is dead! - Chris Vancil - 10/24/2004 10:10:05 PM
        
        We Don't Need To Replace A Lame Horse With One DOA - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 10:55:01 PM
        
        re: Wrong Bush is clearly dead not lame. It isn't clear at all Kerry will be DOA. - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 5:00:30 AM
        
        Yes He Just Needs To Sprinkle Fairy Dust On Clinton's Failed Policies - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 1:30:42 AM
        
        It's interesting how decent people get killed through good intentions - Gary - 10/21/2004 4:32:09 PM
  - re: People are in denial. - Scott Evil - 10/20/2004 4:49:38 PM
    - Even a small terrorist attack against America will hurt our economy. - REB - 10/20/2004 8:10:47 PM
      - re: I'm not worried about the economy. - Scott Evil - 10/20/2004 8:33:49 PM
- re: terrorists could bomb US cities if we drop Bush's policy of pre-emtion - Scott Evil - 10/20/2004 2:42:41 PM
  - re: terrorists could bomb US cities if we drop Bush's policy of pre-emtion - LJ - 10/20/2004 3:51:23 PM
    - History indicates that prevention is cheaper than cure. Kerry promises to react. He is favored by the terrorists. Think about it, if you can. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/20/2004 5:05:34 PM
      - Bush's pre-emption is like removing body parts just in case they cause problems - not exactly preventive medicine (n/t) - LJ - 10/20/2004 5:14:13 PM
        
        Sadam wasn't one of my body parts. Real bad anal-ogy. - Scott Evil - 10/20/2004 8:05:23 PM
        
        re: Sadam wasn't one of my body parts. Real bad anal-ogy. - LJ - 10/20/2004 8:31:35 PM
        
        So Saddam was harmless? Not even Kerry thought so - ebnelson - 10/20/2004 7:37:36 PM
        
        OK, so change it to someone else's body parts - LJ - 10/20/2004 8:34:12 PM
        
        Only if his gall bladder could wreck the neghborhood. - ebnelson - 10/20/2004 8:47:59 PM
    - You need to study the Middle East some more - Gary - 10/20/2004 4:04:20 PM

Protest in Thailand - gbaikie - 10/26/2004 12:48:53 AM
- rats, link - gbaikie - 10/26/2004 12:52:25 AM

More from retired four star general Tony McPeak - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 5:55:07 AM
- A caution - Robert - 10/25/2004 4:59:42 PM
- I remember McPeak - Larry J - 10/25/2004 1:55:36 PM
  - re: Oh, of course you do... - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 10:38:04 PM
    - Get serious. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 11:15:15 PM
      - re: Right, the last refuge of the dishonest. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 11:29:21 PM

Justice Rehnquist in Hospital with Thyroid Cancer - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 11:26:54 PM

Hunker down, folks. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 1:38:26 AM
- The Washington Times story shows that Kerry lied (again) in the debates... - Larry J - 10/25/2004 5:12:13 PM
  - re: So what is that 5 to 1 in Bush's favor? Boy that guy can lie! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 10:05:14 PM
  - Not the big news flash we were led to expect on the blogs last couple of days. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 8:40:35 PM

France says: the future is nuclear - Raoul - 10/23/2004 7:44:27 PM
- BULLSHIT! The enormous subsidy needed to keep the French electric generation system going is carefully hidden in the national budget. - David F Mayer - 10/23/2004 11:54:23 PM
  - re:Nuclear energy - Raoul - 10/24/2004 8:56:11 AM
  - You just make things up, don't you. - Bowser - 10/24/2004 4:04:16 AM
    - Yes You Do - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 11:09:49 PM
    - Not at all. Here are data on the rapidly vanishing nuclear fuel situation. - David F Mayer - 10/24/2004 9:34:20 PM
      - Other opinions - LJ - 10/25/2004 8:05:16 PM
      - Most nuclear experts agree that a breeder cycle is required to make long-term nuclear power practical. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 10:45:36 PM
        
        So, we see that we have the old "bait and switch" trick being used. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 1:24:18 AM
        
        Breeders - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 1:50:32 AM
        
        I don't believe that we should take the chance. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 4:07:40 AM
        
        re: I don't believe that we should take the chance. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 5:00:16 AM
        
        Nuclear fuel. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 1:21:27 PM
        
        re: Nuclear fuel. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 4:09:58 PM
  - The Chinese seem to be doing it fairly cheap. - Lee - 10/24/2004 1:34:55 AM
    - Yes, and ignoring safety and leakage problems. Wait until they have their first disaster. It also helps to cut costs when you can pay workers $0.60 per hour. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/24/2004 1:45:01 AM
- I'd have to admit that nuclear power is one area where the French seem to have beaten America all hollow. - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 8:57:22 PM
  - re: Stocking - Raoul - 10/23/2004 9:23:42 PM
    - Where is France "stocking" its nuclear waste? - Gary - 10/23/2004 11:29:25 PM
      - re: Where is France "stocking" its nuclear waste? - Raoul - 10/24/2004 8:23:43 AM
        
        The US has too much plutonium - Gary - 10/24/2004 6:05:00 PM
      - In Algeria? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2004 5:15:29 AM
    - Agreed - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 9:47:30 PM

First Frenchman dies in Iraq War - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 1:29:15 AM
- To get a terrorists of any persuasion is a good day. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 3:29:23 PM
- Good shooting by the good guys! Another terrorist bites the dust. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 1:27:33 AM
- The "bug zapper" is working - Gary - 10/23/2004 2:47:31 AM
  - "bug zappers" don't work - at least not as intended - LJ - 10/25/2004 7:46:15 PM
  - Lint tray is a better term. - Lee - 10/23/2004 5:49:34 AM
  - IT'S JUST A F-ING GAME TO TWITS LIKE YOU, ISN'T IT? - R.L. - 10/23/2004 5:38:45 AM
    - RL, catch your breath. - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 3:33:25 PM
      - You Fing IDIOT - R.L. - 10/25/2004 6:22:28 PM
        
        re: You Fing IDIOT - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 7:30:27 PM
    - The terrorists were going strong long before we invaded Iraq. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 1:31:24 AM
    - Not a game. - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 4:10:29 PM
      - Like what? - et - 10/24/2004 1:40:22 AM
        
        Sipping coffee and eating cheese - Gary - 10/24/2004 2:17:30 AM
        
        It's better if Iraqi civillians get collateral dammaged than U.S. citizens, right. - et - 10/24/2004 4:55:17 PM
        
        Assuming we cut-and-run - Gary - 10/24/2004 6:16:28 PM
        
        Let's be honest.... - et - 10/24/2004 8:46:26 PM
        
        re: Let's be honest.... - gbaikie - 10/24/2004 11:52:52 PM
        
        {no comment} (n/t) - et - 10/25/2004 3:31:07 AM
    - No It's A Political Game To The Democrats - Mark Eby - 10/23/2004 2:25:29 PM
      - Holding politicians accountable for their failures is called "democracy". - Bowser - 10/23/2004 8:19:47 PM
        
        Which Has Nothing To Do With My Comments - Mark Eby - 10/23/2004 9:20:14 PM

Mafia supports the Bush/Cheney ticket. - Eric - 10/25/2004 2:39:38 PM
- The Easter Bunny supports the Kerry-Edwards ticket (n/t) - Gary - 10/25/2004 3:37:20 PM
  - As does Hamas, North Korea, the PLO, the French, the Belgians, etc. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 3:45:46 PM
    - re: And terrorists endorse Bush! - Raoul - 10/25/2004 4:32:58 PM
      - "Bring 'em on!" - Lindy - 10/25/2004 7:01:33 PM

NIce articles - Gary - 10/25/2004 4:00:18 PM

Quagmire Update - Donald - 10/24/2004 1:49:18 PM
- Thanks for updating that you are still a liar, donnie. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/25/2004 2:18:23 PM
- re: Quagmire Update - RobVG - 10/24/2004 4:10:23 PM
- Bush 2003: "Were not going to have any casualties." - Donald - 10/24/2004 3:34:33 PM
  - So now we're supposed to believe an evangelist? - RobVG - 10/24/2004 4:17:41 PM
    - Nope. - et - 10/24/2004 8:49:45 PM
    - It is highly possible... - FrankC - 10/24/2004 6:19:12 PM
    - Consider the alternative - Donald - 10/24/2004 4:50:57 PM
      - Why Do You Continue This Campaign Of Misinformation? - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 6:47:33 PM
        
        The neocons agree with you - Wolfowitz - `because Iraq was swimming on a sea of oil.' - Bowser - 10/24/2004 7:26:22 PM
        
        Political Will Did Indeed Change - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 10:33:54 PM

From "A World Transformed " George Herbert Walker Bush - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 6:43:25 AM

Vote Smart - gbaikie - 10/25/2004 6:09:23 AM

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