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CBS News Admits Error - REB - 9/20/2004 4:52:40 PM
- Now they owe the President a big apology. - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 6:09:40 PM
- "Duped," my ass. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 5:39:30 PM
  - Where's the outrage - Bush has used forged documents, hasn't even acknowledged it. - Bowser - 9/20/2004 6:02:54 PM
    - You got any proof for that slander- or are you like CBS? nt - REB - 9/20/2004 6:14:13 PM
      - Surely you jest - the truth is a defence. Now, where's the outrage? - Bowser - 9/20/2004 6:21:50 PM
        
        The B in CBS must stand for Bowser. - REB - 9/20/2004 6:35:33 PM
        
        Bad dog! Only fools try the 'when did you stop beating your wife'' ploy - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 6:28:30 PM
    - Still suffering from the koolaid, I see (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 6:10:35 PM

Kerry economic plan - E.P. Grondine - 9/20/2004 4:45:00 PM
- LOL! Good one. (nt) - REB - 9/20/2004 4:57:57 PM
- re: Now if he could just get her to move her company's production plants back to places like Muscatine Iowa. - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 4:49:57 PM
  - Great point - Will Kerry be able to face it head on? - E.P. Grondine - 9/20/2004 5:30:47 PM
    - He won't address it, and as a retiring senator, he can continue not to. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 6:29:31 PM

The Final Verdict: Iraq had no WMD - Eric - 9/19/2004 8:27:05 PM
- Well, now that a committee has decided it, that is FINAL, right. Until the stuff starts turning up. - David F Mayer - 9/20/2004 4:37:16 PM
- re: Thank goodness they didn't have them. - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 2:30:21 PM
- Actually, they have had WMD, and they have used them to kill. Never forget that. - REB - 9/20/2004 1:01:00 PM
- But, but - Bush - "Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use - - - " Cheney - "there is no doubt". Rumsfeld - "we know where they are." - Bowser - 9/19/2004 10:11:57 PM
  - The field commanders thought they had nerve gas too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 10:22:14 PM
    - No doubt!! Know where they are!! Authorized to use!!! Misinformation, disinformation, lies, BS? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2004 10:26:12 PM
      - And it was all a Halliburton plot (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 3:12:51 PM
- No surprise - Donald - 9/19/2004 9:33:36 PM
  - As I have explained, very slowly, and very carefully, many times... - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 10:17:14 PM
    - re: As I have explained, very slowly, and very carefully, many times... - gbaikie - 9/20/2004 4:55:55 AM
      - Clarification... - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 6:20:37 PM
    - And you've been wrong every time. - Bowser - 9/19/2004 10:23:59 PM
      - You Underestimate Your Oponnant & More 911's Will Happen - Mark Eby - 9/20/2004 12:48:11 AM
        
        Well, then, just declare war on the whole world, then? The eby doctrine. - Bowser - 9/20/2004 2:14:45 AM
        
        So The Whole World Is Like You? - Mark Eby - 9/20/2004 11:07:55 AM
        
        re: More 9/11's are OK with Bowser. He thinks the US deserved it. - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 2:43:12 PM
      - Not really. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 11:14:20 PM

Navy: Kerry medals approved properly - Donald - 9/19/2004 2:35:27 AM
- re: thats good. Did Kerry ever recieve a good conduct discharge? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 2:47:01 PM
- TANG says Bush served correctly and honorably but somehow that doesn't work for you. - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 4:31:34 AM
  - Have you checked to see wether the Bush TANG is a Forgery? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:19:29 AM
    - Yes, and it is not. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 3:32:18 PM
      - re: Evidence? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2004 3:52:36 AM
        
        No, you prove it. The CBS forgeries are proven. Now prove your assertion. show me why I should be duobtful. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 4:35:17 PM
- re: Navy: Kerry medals approved properly - gbaikie - 9/19/2004 3:30:41 AM
- re: Navy: Kerry medals approved properly - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 3:11:24 AM

A memo to the DNC - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 4:32:02 PM

Since the talking heads have been telling Kerry to go after Iraq - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 2:49:48 PM
- re: The terrorists will do everything they can to try to give the NYT and CBS news what they really want before the election: Dead Americans - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 2:55:53 PM
- Where have you been? The media have been battering on this for two weeks now. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 2:53:03 PM
  - re: I suspect the insurgents are planning an offensive that the media will attempt to compare to Tet... - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 3:00:33 PM
    - I suspect the media is going to call anything that happens at all a 'Tet Offensive' - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 3:11:54 PM
  - Waht they don't realize - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 3:00:22 PM

Viacom CEO dumps some stock - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 10:34:31 PM
- Some corrections on this... - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 3:01:45 PM

Indonesia Elects Ex-General Running on Anti-Terrorism & Anti-Corruption Platform - David F Mayer - 9/20/2004 2:49:55 PM

Waiting breathlessly for CBS/DNC to apologize to Pres. Bush for slander - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 12:56:50 PM
- re: More likely they will try to blame Bush. - Scott Evil - 9/20/2004 2:18:43 PM
  - A bit circular, even for the demo sheep, I think (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 2:41:05 PM
- Don't bet any money on an apology. I doubt if it will be forthcoming. - David F Mayer - 9/20/2004 2:16:21 PM
- From ScrappleFace... - Larry J - 9/20/2004 2:06:32 PM
- Dan still wants to be the one to break the story... - Larry J - 9/20/2004 1:33:53 PM

Iraq Quagmire: From bad to worse - Donald - 9/19/2004 1:51:05 PM
- Some history - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 8:05:19 PM
- Lefty whining, from bad to screeching - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 3:28:09 PM
  - Uh.... - Donald - 9/19/2004 4:30:43 PM
    - No, that is what a CIA cautionary report warns of - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 12:58:47 PM
- Iraq Quagmire: The Bush Illusion - Donald - 9/19/2004 1:53:46 PM
  - Iraq Quagmire: The Bush Illusion - part II - Donald - 9/19/2004 1:59:01 PM
    - Iraq Quagmire: The violence continues - Donald - 9/19/2004 2:01:37 PM
      - Iraq Quagmire: Eclipsed - Losing in Iraq - Donald - 9/19/2004 2:15:20 PM
        
        So what would you do now? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 9/19/2004 3:09:38 PM
        
        You have to know the goal, first. Only one thing makes sense. - Bowser - 9/19/2004 4:09:43 PM
        
        If I had the remotest indication you could understand, I'd tell you. - Bowser - 9/19/2004 7:00:26 PM
        
        Bowser's firmly stuck in Amerikan Imperialism mode. Anybody else? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 8:40:33 PM
        
        Thanks For Admitting You Have No Alternative Plan - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 6:01:03 PM
        
        You just make things up, don't you? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2004 6:39:19 PM
        
        No, You Were Asked For A Plan & Didn't Give One - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 6:50:10 PM
        
        None of them have a better answer for Iraq, and they never did. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 8:14:40 PM
        
        Not invading. Howse that? - Bowser - 9/19/2004 9:12:57 PM
        
        Turn a blind eye to Saddam human rights violations. - REB - 9/20/2004 2:38:09 PM
        
        If you keep doing what you've been doing, you keep getting what you've been getting. And the US is behaving just like Saddam. - Bowser - 9/19/2004 8:00:09 PM
        
        So As I Said You Have No Plan - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 8:53:29 PM

All Things Point to North Korea Nuclear Detonation - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2004 4:30:53 AM
- No microwave pulse + No siesmic pulse = No nuclear explostion (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/20/2004 2:12:23 PM
- IAEA Chief Says Cannot Rule Out Korea Nuke Blast - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2004 9:40:20 PM
- Nuclear blasts have a characteristic, double pulse, seismic pattern. - jms - 9/18/2004 2:30:19 PM
  - Plus we have a bunch of satellite hosted NUDET detectors - Larry J - 9/19/2004 1:15:56 PM
  - "It was determined that nothing unusual had been picked up" - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2004 6:01:07 PM
    - When it comes to nukes, I don't trust any country. - jms - 9/18/2004 7:20:15 PM
      - South Africa shot off a couple nukes that were never really reported - Gary - 9/18/2004 9:26:08 PM
        
        Do you ever wonder... - jms - 9/18/2004 11:10:26 PM
- A large conventional explosion could account for all of that except the radioactive questions (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 12:34:40 PM
- There's a tough crowd here. (n/t) - sean - 9/18/2004 12:04:47 PM
  - Oh there are about twenty folks... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2004 6:34:15 PM
    - I hope you don't keep your sister locked up in the basement. (n/t) - jms - 9/18/2004 7:29:19 PM
    - Hello, Paris. How's your sister these days? - Mary Anne - 9/18/2004 7:22:52 PM
      - Doing very well. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2004 8:02:56 PM
        
        re: Apollo - Raoul - 9/19/2004 12:31:01 AM
        
        Hector wasn't a drag until he was dragged. (n/t) - jms - 9/18/2004 8:47:52 PM
        
        That Achilles really was a heel, wasn't he? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/18/2004 11:18:09 PM
        
        Achilles was a heel, but not a complete dip. (n/t) - jms - 9/18/2004 11:48:06 PM
        
        Call it a latent tendon-cy... (n/t) - Fox - 9/19/2004 2:18:25 PM
        
        Achilles was a heel 'cause his mother wouldn't let go of her little boy. (n/t) - jms - 9/19/2004 2:34:48 PM
        
        SHE'S DATING HER BROTHER??? - Mary Anne - 9/18/2004 8:28:42 PM
        
        Recommended reading for mythology geeks: Messner-Loebs and Kieth's "Epicurus the Sage." - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 10:34:36 PM
        
        Those Greeks don't have an exclusive on creative relations... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2004 10:27:55 PM
  - Yeah. Some of us have known each other, virtually, for yonks. - Mary Anne - 9/18/2004 12:25:57 PM
    - Tolstoy said that, huh! - Bowser - 9/18/2004 12:33:39 PM
      - In "Anna Karenina". One of the great first lines of all time. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/18/2004 6:05:55 PM
- Nothing points to that, you idiot! - R.L. - 9/18/2004 10:38:07 AM
  - Technically, you are correct about the explosion. Perhaps you could have said it more politely. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/20/2004 2:13:21 PM
- That just points to some blog. You said "all things", not some blog. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 4:46:49 AM
  - re: That just points to some blog. You said "all things", not some blog. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2004 4:59:46 AM

Judge helps criminal escape! With judges like this on the bench, the criminal fraternity doesn't need to worry about anything. - David F Mayer - 9/20/2004 1:57:33 PM

President Bush moves into a strong lead. - David F Mayer - 9/19/2004 8:37:43 PM
- re: Hey, great then you all don't really need to vote... - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2004 8:52:19 AM
  - I think we will be there (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 1:17:50 PM

1032 - Donald - 9/19/2004 2:09:05 AM
- You were falling behind on your lie quotient. Glad you are keeping up with your job. - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 4:33:19 AM
- Meanwhile: U.S. Report Finds No WMD in Iraq - Donald - 9/19/2004 3:04:47 AM
  - â€œWe found everything else associated with Weapons of Mass destruction" - REB - 9/20/2004 12:44:29 PM
  - Wow. No axe to grind in THAT objective AP news story. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 7:01:36 AM
    - Oh, please. - Mary Anne - 9/19/2004 11:53:14 AM
      - Uh Mary Anne - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 11:09:33 PM
        
        Operation Desert Fox - Clinton attacks Iraq over WMD - REB - 9/20/2004 12:53:15 PM
        
        Clinton didn't take us to war over "what was long believed". - Mary Anne - 9/19/2004 11:20:13 PM
        
        As many as 2,000 Iraqis may have died in Operation Desert Fox. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 12:49:39 AM
        
        We invaded another country in a preemptive attack over something that wasn't there. - Mary Anne - 9/20/2004 12:52:04 AM
        
        By your theory, they weren't there when Clinton attacked either. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 1:50:18 AM
        
        How many were being killed before we invaded? - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 1:46:00 AM
        
        And 911 Happened & Inspectors Were Kicked Out Of Iraq As A Result of His Inaction - Mark Eby - 9/20/2004 12:40:39 AM
        
        Fine. Four more years! - Mary Anne - 9/20/2004 12:45:56 AM
      - re: Oh, please. - gbaikie - 9/19/2004 3:36:20 PM
        
        References - Mary Anne - 9/19/2004 11:14:13 PM
        
        re: References - gbaikie - 9/20/2004 6:13:13 AM
        
        You guys can tap dance all you want. - Mary Anne - 9/20/2004 10:51:55 AM
        
        re: You guys can tap dance all you want. - gbaikie - 9/20/2004 12:51:38 PM
        
        Misrepresentation - Mary Anne - 9/20/2004 1:08:21 PM
        
        Better hope Dean's got something there. The fantasy of impeachment will be all that's left for Democrats pretty soon. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2004 12:31:27 AM
        
        Dean is talking about serious malfeasance in office. - Mary Anne - 9/20/2004 12:44:03 AM
  - Alternate Reality Reporting - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 3:17:14 AM
    - There weren't any WMDs. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. - Bowser - 9/19/2004 4:08:51 AM
      - There were 12 gas shells. - REB - 9/20/2004 12:21:05 PM
      - I Didn't Say Anything About WMD Here - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 1:09:24 PM
      - Why would Iraqi WMDs be in Iraq? - Pete Stanley - 9/19/2004 9:31:28 AM
      - Yeah. The hundreds of weapons scientists on Saddam's payroll were waiting to design new paint guns. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 6:40:24 AM
        
        Yeah, you got that right - E.P. Grondine - 9/19/2004 3:08:02 PM
- re: 1032 - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 2:19:42 AM
  - Well said, Mark (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 5:12:53 AM

Preventive War : A failed doctrine - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:56:43 AM
- The only thing worse than preventive war is the kind that lets your enemy hit you first. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 3:31:37 PM
  - re: You and Hitler, maybe we should go kill any future enemy at infancy. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 7:59:06 PM
    - How does one tell when a lefty is too dazed to answer intelligently? When they compare the other side to Hitler. - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 3:11:16 AM
      - re: Actually it seems having nothing intelligent to say is your job. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2004 7:41:54 AM
        
        Your perceptive skills are....rather delusional. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 12:41:46 PM
  - Indeed... - Donald - 9/19/2004 4:32:58 PM
- The Iraq Fiasco - Donald - 9/19/2004 2:42:50 PM

"Putin: Russia to tackle terrorism â€˜preventivelyâ€™" - Bowser - 9/18/2004 3:14:54 AM
- Upping the ante. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 4:32:42 AM
  - So, the US tries to encourage peaceful dialog between the two - SteveS - 9/18/2004 4:14:12 PM
    - Interesting comments, not related to my post however. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/18/2004 6:34:22 PM
      - response to the whole thread (n/t) - SteveS - 9/18/2004 6:56:34 PM
- That You Think This Is Funny Says It All (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 4:14:52 AM
  - You can't see that the dilemma Bush would be in is interesting? - Bowser - 9/18/2004 4:23:11 AM
    - Terrorism Is Not A Joke, But The Democrats Response IS - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 4:28:39 AM
      - re: You're painting with a very wide brush there..hey why not just say the Human Response IS and be done with it... - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2004 7:27:54 AM
        
        I'm Referring To The Democratically Popular The Let France Or The UN Lead Refrain - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 2:04:00 PM
        
        Does anyone on this board think we should let France lead? - alcaray - 9/18/2004 5:04:24 PM
        
        What Exactly Do You Think Giving France A Veto Over Our Security Means? - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 6:02:47 PM
        
        re: Are you talking about the UN Security Council structure? Do you know any of the UN's history? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 7:58:29 AM
        
        Yes (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 1:13:25 PM
        
        re: Then blame us the USA... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:03:58 PM
        
        No I'll Blame The Two Countries Who Limited The Effectiveness of UN Resolutions On Iraq - France & Russia (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/20/2004 1:01:59 AM
        
        re: So in fact you don't know the history of the UN. What do you think a veto is for? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2004 9:06:52 AM
        
        It Appears You Think It's For Limiting The Effectiveness Of Previous UN Resolutions - Mark Eby - 9/20/2004 11:06:13 AM
        
        No, John Forbes Kerry does not post here (n/t) - p - 9/18/2004 5:07:42 PM
      - It's way, way over your head. Quit while you're a behind. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/18/2004 4:33:44 AM
        
        As Usual You've Got It Backwards (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 2:01:34 PM
        
        All things considered that sounds like a post to yourself. - FrankC - 9/18/2004 5:35:19 AM
        
        Phonies. Let's compare hypothetical (imaginary) with the real thing. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 12:31:16 PM
        
        Yes You Are - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 6:45:59 PM

Face of terrorism changes - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2004 8:45:02 AM

Senior Bush aide gleeful over Kerry's new strategist - gbaikie - 9/19/2004 8:19:53 PM
- Oh, my God! - gbaikie - 9/19/2004 8:48:20 PM
  - So, like in Vietnam, Kerry hates American soldiers and wants more of us to die. - ebnelson - 9/20/2004 3:30:19 AM

McCain: Bush not straight enough on Iraq - Bowser - 9/20/2004 2:10:08 AM

Prediction Department: - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 8:22:43 AM
- With every movement up in the polls you do this little sack dance. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2004 6:41:45 PM
  - Actually, I haven't been paying attention to the polls at all. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 11:16:42 PM

Telegraph: 'Agent behind fake uranium documents worked for France' - Larry J - 9/19/2004 11:19:38 AM
- I'd like to see evidence from another source besides the perp. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 10:23:27 PM
- re: Conspiracy - Raoul - 9/19/2004 4:33:35 PM

Some notes from the frontlines... - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 11:01:15 PM
- The biggest problem is that we have not made major strides in removing the bigwigs in the double (or triple) insurgency. - David F Mayer - 9/19/2004 4:23:09 AM
  - Right now I'd take Zarqawi getting whacked over Osama any day. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 7:08:34 AM
    - I would like to see Zarqawi and Bin Laden BOTH get killed. Or worse. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/19/2004 8:40:32 PM
- Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq - Bowser - 9/19/2004 2:57:40 AM
  - Right - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 3:29:58 AM
    - What are you saying? Do you know? - Bowser - 9/19/2004 4:14:59 AM
      - re: What are you saying? Do you know? - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 1:11:52 PM
- Hmm - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 1:58:57 AM

The Bad News For Kerry - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 5:56:54 PM
- "Of course the bad news for Bush is the situation in Iraq can easily deteriorate to the point it costs him the election." - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 8:25:27 PM
- The Democrats screwed the pooch with their front-loaded primaries. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 8:19:14 PM

Conservative continuity, or "As the Pretzel Turns", episode 4823B. - Bowser - 9/19/2004 6:54:31 PM

Interpretation of UN Resolutions - Raoul - 9/19/2004 9:26:54 AM
- Thanks Raoul - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 5:20:32 PM
- re: Interpretation of UN Resolutions - gbaikie - 9/19/2004 11:00:02 AM

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