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Rather is SO stupid - phil - 9/19/2004 2:55:38 AM
- Amen!! - Bowser - 9/19/2004 4:06:39 AM
  - The White House was given 3 hours to validate 30 year old documents... - Larry J - 9/19/2004 4:21:36 PM
  - Amen, amen - ebnelson - 9/19/2004 5:11:52 AM

Science Issues - alcaray - 9/17/2004 4:19:25 PM
- The article claims we 'quit' Kyoto, but we never joined it. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 8:36:55 PM
  - We were at Kyoto at the summit through most of the process. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/18/2004 1:40:09 AM
    - In 1997, the Senate voted 95-0 against the Kyoto Accord - Larry J - 9/19/2004 4:10:33 PM
    - Why Is This Pattern So Common? - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 2:34:31 AM
      - Anybody that can rationalize "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" - - - - Bowser - 9/18/2004 3:01:34 AM
        
        Why Can't You Focus On Real Issues? - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 3:12:50 AM
      - Why do you correct me, who got it right? Instead of Ed, who got it wrong? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/18/2004 2:44:48 AM
        
        You Got it Wrong - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 3:05:43 AM
        
        I guess I did, sorry Ed. - alcaray - 9/18/2004 3:33:58 AM
  - re: And that is all you got out of the article? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2004 10:11:24 PM
    - No, it is just another piece designed to bolster Kerry - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 2:02:27 AM
      - They asked questions and published the replies - alcaray - 9/18/2004 2:17:51 AM
        
        Well, we know Bush - SteveS - 9/18/2004 2:52:14 AM
        
        So you advocate reading only the Bush part of the article? - alcaray - 9/18/2004 2:57:22 AM
        
        Of course not, Geez (n/t) - SteveS - 9/18/2004 4:38:47 PM
        
        Then: "OK to read but know that everything Kerry says is a lie; everything Bush says is the truth"? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/18/2004 5:06:53 PM
    - re: And that is all you got out of the article? - gbaikie - 9/18/2004 1:23:14 AM

Time to Devastate the anti-Bush Fanatics Here... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2004 9:52:50 PM
- I'm devastated!!!!!! - alcaray - 9/18/2004 3:03:19 AM
- Tennessee is in the weak for Bush camp? Bush 53% Kerry 44% - Lee - 9/17/2004 1:40:34 AM
- re: Parsing the Polls (Zogby) - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2004 10:34:00 PM
  - And then there's Gallup - Larry J - 9/17/2004 1:28:05 PM
    - re: And then there's Pew Research Center Pew poll and it flat at 46 percent each. Fastest lost of a bounce in history... - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2004 7:57:55 PM
  - Guess You Guys Both Forgot About The Electoral College - Mark Eby - 9/17/2004 12:22:50 AM
    - re: Guess You Guys Both Forgot About The Electoral College - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2004 7:07:40 AM
      - A Huge Portion Of Registered Voters Don't Vote - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 1:30:36 AM
        
        re: A Huge Portion Of Registered Voters Don't Vote - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 1:01:20 AM
        
        I'm Not Nearly As Emotionally Invested As You - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 2:06:29 AM
        
        re: I like the country I'm living...Emotional Investment...interesting way of putting it... - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 5:53:50 AM
        
        Your Entitled To Your Beliefs - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 1:18:57 PM
  - Give 'em the sack dance, Chris. - Bowser - 9/16/2004 11:14:17 PM
    - Bush landslide. 40 states. Minimum. - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2004 12:36:42 AM
      - Debates - Pete Stanley - 9/17/2004 7:12:29 AM
      - Please do not tease the Daemons of Chaos! - Gary - 9/17/2004 3:55:39 AM
      - The ol' sack dance. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/17/2004 1:17:26 AM
- Well, if there's another terrorist attack, it's over. No need for an election. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/16/2004 9:58:22 PM
  - re:An October Surprise? - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2004 10:17:48 PM
    - You guys are so wonderfully paranoid - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2004 10:25:30 PM
      - re: You are clueless and sound much like this administration did before 9/11. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2004 10:36:25 PM
        
        You've taken an emotional stake in this. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2004 10:52:06 PM
        
        re: Again I point out the obvious...you're clueless. - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2004 11:19:31 PM
        
        re: blocking 'Bush's plans' - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 2:51:05 PM
        
        Now you are getting obsessive. - REB - 9/17/2004 12:23:11 PM
        
        re: Now you are getting obsessive. - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2004 10:01:35 PM
        
        Hissey Fit - phil - 9/17/2004 12:52:15 AM
        
        re: Hissey Fit - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2004 7:15:24 AM
        
        I don't know about that - Gary - 9/17/2004 4:00:45 AM
        
        I stand corrected (n/t) - phil - 9/18/2004 4:58:33 PM
        
        re: I don't know about that - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2004 7:11:03 AM
        
        Don't take it personal - Gary - 9/17/2004 3:37:16 PM
        
        How very dedicated of you. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2004 11:36:09 PM

How Bush Got It Wrong - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:53:42 AM

Pre-war Jack Straw warned Blair of post-war Iraq chaos - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:41:37 AM

"President Bush is not fazed by other candidates' war records. He said, I may have not fought in Vietnam, but I created one."â€” Craig Kilborn (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:33:20 AM

Bush wanted to complete (Dad's) â€œunfinished businessâ€ in Iraq: report - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:28:49 AM

Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2004 8:12:54 AM

Liberal media "outs" a Freeper. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2004 7:38:23 AM

Climate Collapse: The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare - Eric - 9/18/2004 2:09:09 PM
- Probably true that climate change can happen fast. Probably false that we can do anything to prevent it. - David F Mayer - 9/19/2004 4:34:07 AM
- "Top Secret" report can be found here: - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 10:23:59 PM
- Yes, 'Day After Tomorrow' was a fun movie (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 4:43:25 PM
- Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us - Eric - 9/18/2004 2:17:51 PM
  - Ya gotta understand. IF there is climate change, it might restrict SUVs. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 6:32:17 PM
    - Why stop there - SteveS - 9/18/2004 11:29:09 PM
  - Blair warns of climate change catastrophe - Eric - 9/18/2004 2:26:25 PM

Bowser Demonstrates His Ignorance Again - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 7:27:01 PM
- When ya gonna learn that Big Brother isn't taking care of you, Big Brother is taking care of #`1. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 9:17:33 PM
  - Yawn - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 2:13:50 AM
    - You stay with it. Big Brother IS on your side. You be special!! (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2004 3:32:42 AM
      - The Dumb Animal Routine Isn't Working All That Well For You - Mark Eby - 9/19/2004 4:01:43 AM
        
        You Da Man! (n/t) - Bowser - 9/19/2004 4:16:01 AM
  - Vietnam: triumph of the American Left. - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 10:03:00 PM
    - re: The media - Raoul - 9/18/2004 11:57:11 PM
      - Oh yeah. The Arab media. There's a reliable source of facts. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 11:59:51 PM
        
        re: The Arab media....another source of information, certainly - Raoul - 9/19/2004 12:04:55 AM
    - Complete and utter nonsense. Right-wing blaming at it's worst. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 10:21:57 PM
      - The facts don't come into it that much. The Left considered it a major victory for the Left. - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 10:39:34 PM
      - The Vietnam obsessed...John Kerry et. al. - phil - 9/18/2004 10:28:19 PM
        
        Zing! Don't bother ducking, phil. It went over a head as big as yours, even. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 10:51:31 PM

A French editorial - Raoul - 9/18/2004 3:53:45 PM
- Yes, those pesky Jews. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 6:39:29 PM
- Ludicrous position ignoring the last 8 years of the 90s - phil - 9/18/2004 5:05:17 PM
  - re: The last 8 years of the 90s - Raoul - 9/19/2004 12:12:09 AM
    - re: The last 8 years of the 90s - phil - 9/19/2004 2:47:20 AM
  - Misreading, misinterpreting. The guy has a good point. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 6:28:37 PM
    - re: Misreading, misinterpreting. The guy has a good point. - gbaikie - 9/18/2004 7:03:04 PM

wierd - alcaray - 9/17/2004 3:48:22 PM
- I've heard many people do this in a discussion. It's not a big deal. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2004 12:14:05 AM
  - any non-neocons? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/18/2004 5:11:51 PM
  - re: It is in fact a early symptom of Alzheimer's as well. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2004 7:30:52 AM
- It is all part of the plot. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 4:05:17 PM
  - It is probably easier for you to understand than for me - alcaray - 9/17/2004 4:23:48 PM
    - You see no similarity between Saddam and OBL? - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 4:26:13 PM
      - You get them confused too? - alcaray - 9/17/2004 5:50:22 PM
        
        Some major differences - Art Martin - 9/17/2004 9:20:35 PM
        
        But some huge similarities - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 9:24:22 PM
        
        Know your enemy EB - Art Martin - 9/17/2004 10:39:15 PM
        
        We have met the enemy and he is us. - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 1:19:22 AM
        
        Man, that says it all. - Art Martin - 9/18/2004 3:09:22 AM
        
        Unbridled violence? Hardly. - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 3:41:01 AM
        
        Not at all - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 6:32:12 PM
        
        Dude! We are having a dialog! - alcaray - 9/17/2004 7:41:02 PM
        
        re: Dude! We are having a dialog! - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 8:32:39 PM
        
        re: Dude! We are having a dialog! - alcaray - 9/18/2004 2:10:24 AM
        
        re: Dude! We are having a dialog! - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 11:48:29 PM
        
        This election is bringing out the worst in people who have taken sides. - REB - 9/17/2004 8:27:18 PM
        
        amen! (an agnostic one, anyway) (n/t) - alcaray - 9/18/2004 1:43:54 AM

This guy says he doesn't read the newspapers. And, it's obvious. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 7:07:50 PM
- Since the newspapers and TV are from the Dan Rahter school of 'journalism', maybe you are the one who should check the assumptions? (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 11:44:17 PM

DNC/CBS running out of time to escape their forged document scam - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 11:42:11 PM

Oh, THAT liberal media - NPR's "undecided" voter - phil - 9/18/2004 10:21:03 PM

On 1441 and sovereignty - Raoul - 9/17/2004 6:52:06 PM
- Open Your Eyes And Read! - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 12:01:05 AM
  - re: Read... - Raoul - 9/18/2004 8:09:13 AM
    - You Have Got To Be Kidding - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 2:12:32 PM
      - re: All a matter of time for the inspections and the burden of proof - Raoul - 9/18/2004 4:24:55 PM
        
        By Cooperating - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 6:35:52 PM
    - Annan says "illegal". But these guys somehow know more than he. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 12:23:13 PM
      - Annan Took Over In 1997 - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 2:09:45 PM
        
        re: Annan Took Over In 1997 - Raoul - 9/18/2004 4:31:07 PM
        
        For Example - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 6:32:57 PM
        
        And The Relevance of Your Comment Is? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 6:31:43 PM
        
        Well, lessee. You really think that Colin Powell knows more about the UN than Kofi Annan? - Bowser - 9/18/2004 3:08:40 PM
        
        No I Think He Knows More About The Legality of War and GW History - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 6:30:55 PM
        
        You're hanging your hat on a UN resolution. - Bowser - 9/18/2004 7:12:49 PM
        
        A lot Of Other People and Countries Get It Bowser - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 7:22:43 PM
    - re: Read... - gbaikie - 9/18/2004 9:25:50 AM

In total denial, big nedia seeks to blame CBS forgeries on.....Replubicans!!!!! - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 12:33:07 PM
- re: In total denial, big nedia seeks to blame CBS forgeries on.....Replubicans!!!!! - gbaikie - 9/18/2004 2:52:58 PM
  - re: In total denial, big nedia seeks to blame CBS forgeries on.....Replubicans!!!!! - ebnelson - 9/18/2004 6:40:27 PM

Parallels Drawn Between CBS Memos, Texan's Postings - Bowser - 9/18/2004 12:52:10 PM

Bush: Failing to Protect America - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2004 7:11:18 AM
- re: Bush: Failing to Protect America - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2004 5:54:06 PM
- "Each year roughly 3 million illegal immigrants sneak across the border from Mexico" - Bowser - 9/16/2004 1:05:31 PM
  - I thought Liberals were compassionate to these poor people seeking a better life. - REB - 9/16/2004 1:14:04 PM
    - That went about 14 feet over your head, didn't it? - Bowser - 9/16/2004 1:27:49 PM
      - Actually, the Mexicans have said, at least here in Texas... - REB - 9/16/2004 1:50:46 PM
        
        Building a wall - Mary Anne - 9/18/2004 12:35:42 PM
        
        They screen 3 million border-crossers per year - alcaray - 9/18/2004 3:10:43 AM
      - re: And neither can John Kerry. In fact Kerry's position would be more wishy washy than Bush's. - Scott Evil - 9/16/2004 1:34:16 PM
  - John Kerry's position on illegal immigration is__________? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/16/2004 1:13:21 PM
    - And that relates to my post how? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/16/2004 1:28:31 PM
- Why do you keep spamming what is obviously false? (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/16/2004 12:06:51 PM
  - Now that's irony! - Robert - 9/16/2004 3:43:37 PM
    - re: Now that's irony! - gbaikie - 9/17/2004 5:42:23 AM
      - re: Now that's irony! - Robert - 9/18/2004 2:53:20 AM

Pensacola Dome Home "survives" Hurricane Ivan - Lindy - 9/17/2004 5:10:23 AM
- Great video of dome just prior to Ivan. - Eric - 9/18/2004 12:23:32 PM
- Pensacola Beach virtually destroyed, but Dome of a Home still stands! - Eric - 9/18/2004 12:05:28 AM

CBS's 'Statement' - phil - 9/15/2004 10:27:36 PM
- A blast from the past - Larry J - 9/16/2004 2:23:34 PM
- CBS news' credibility doesn't make for a hill of beans - Art Martin - 9/15/2004 11:17:53 PM
  - The Democrats Are Attacking Bush's Credibility & Demonstrating They Have None - Mark Eby - 9/16/2004 2:43:54 AM
    - Is Kerry's camp even running a campaign, or are they just making it up as they go along? - REB - 9/16/2004 1:05:44 PM
    - re: The Democrats Are Attacking Bush's Credibility & Demonstrating They Have None - Art Martin - 9/16/2004 5:19:27 AM
      - Do You Remember Carter & Reagan? - Mark Eby - 9/17/2004 12:51:12 AM
      - Sounds like observation bias to me - Larry J - 9/16/2004 1:26:43 PM
        
        re: Sounds like observation bias to me - Art Martin - 9/16/2004 6:47:09 PM
        
        The Difference - Mark Eby - 9/17/2004 12:57:44 AM
        
        re: The Difference - Art Martin - 9/17/2004 5:07:37 AM
        
        Why Replace A Policy That May Not Be Working With One That Definitely Did Not? - Mark Eby - 9/17/2004 10:38:50 AM
        
        re: The Difference - gbaikie - 9/17/2004 6:02:48 AM
        
        How many stupid people graduate from Harvard Business School? - Larry J - 9/16/2004 7:12:09 PM
        
        I put little credibility in where you graduate especially with strings pulled. - Art Martin - 9/17/2004 4:39:54 AM
        
        And How Does This Contradict Bush's C's Don't Matter? - Mark Eby - 9/17/2004 10:44:48 AM
        
        MBA from Harvard and all his businesses failed? - Art Martin - 9/17/2004 6:25:03 PM
        
        Marrying A Rich Woman Is Earning It The Hard Way? - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 3:19:17 AM
- He does not say they are authentic, but 'accurate' - ebnelson - 9/15/2004 11:03:19 PM
  - You noticed that too - Larry J - 9/15/2004 11:44:45 PM
  - They're actually going to run with "Fake, but True!" LOL! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2004 11:06:05 PM
- Dan Rather and the secretary. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2004 10:54:29 PM
- For this crap we waited five extra hours? - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2004 10:37:50 PM

Lessee. These people are at home, Saddam's gone, no WMD, and the US is still killing 'em? - Bowser - 9/18/2004 2:37:37 AM
- Yes We Know - Mark Eby - 9/18/2004 3:02:05 AM

Kerry's Release 2.0 Upgrade Wife's Advice to Carribbeanites - phil - 9/16/2004 10:51:41 PM
- re: Shall we send the Bush twins on a "Just Say No to Drugs and Alcohol" sweep throughout the country? - Mary Anne - 9/17/2004 1:15:59 PM
- His daughter certainly seems to be a real class act. ;-) (warning PG13) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2004 11:52:06 PM
  - Hell, I'd vote for him now even if I wasn't before just to see more pictures like that. (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/18/2004 12:04:48 AM
- So Kerry votes against vouchers while sending his kids to private schools? - Bowser - 9/16/2004 11:07:33 PM

Borders Bookstore employees chat - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2004 5:55:27 AM
- "Unfit for Command" not found @ Barnes & Nobel Burlington MA - p - 9/16/2004 1:49:06 PM
  - People don't mind being *asked*. - Mary Anne - 9/17/2004 11:12:29 AM
  - go back and find out if they were sold out (n/t) - alcaray - 9/16/2004 11:05:35 PM
- Yeah, I read it. - Mary Anne - 9/16/2004 12:51:25 PM
  - Some good points... - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2004 6:08:56 PM
    - In our library, we have a spending freeze. - Mary Anne - 9/16/2004 9:12:49 PM
  - In a time when Amazon.com exists... - Larry J - 9/16/2004 2:14:17 PM
    - Larry, I doubt any of them *do* care about their jobs. - Beth - 9/16/2004 5:13:04 PM
      - Then that's the root of their problem - Larry J - 9/16/2004 6:53:08 PM
        
        Courtesy is not a one-way street. - Mary Anne - 9/17/2004 11:17:40 AM
        
        Oh I so agree. - Art Martin - 9/17/2004 11:43:13 PM
  - It's time for us to 'fess up and tell the truth...... - Publius - 9/16/2004 2:07:48 PM
    - Please do. - REB - 9/16/2004 2:58:16 PM
- "Neandertals in fancy suits" chat preserved at The Stockholm Spectator Blog Stambord - Alan G. Archer - 9/16/2004 12:13:51 PM
- On the new non-fiction shelf - Alan G. Archer - 9/16/2004 10:26:29 AM

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