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"they discarded the concept of "live and let live" a long time ago." - Bowser - 8/18/2004 1:53:40 AM
- Same old song. - Tom Brosz - 8/18/2004 7:10:30 AM
  - That fact sheet was overblown - Lindy - 8/18/2004 2:51:36 PM
  - Let's just take a look at a recent event and one from a while ago.. - Bowser - 8/18/2004 1:49:37 PM
    - re: recent events - Tom Brosz - 8/18/2004 4:34:49 PM
  - I agree, one ought only to count the most recent events, perhaps within the last 10-20 years. - AZ - 8/18/2004 11:32:06 AM
- Aw Bowser...........why did you go and ruin it? - Lindy - 8/18/2004 5:49:43 AM
  - Education is a fine thing - Lindy - 8/18/2004 5:52:48 AM

For the Browser - Eric - 8/17/2004 8:11:02 PM
- I am no expert on this subject but... - FrankC - 8/17/2004 8:31:00 PM
  - Tell me about it... - Mary Anne - 8/17/2004 10:30:46 PM
    - That's changing. - Bowser - 8/18/2004 1:58:56 PM
    - The drug exception is... - FrankC - 8/18/2004 2:15:02 AM
- Be careful... - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 8:20:46 PM

949 - Donald - 8/18/2004 1:09:00 PM

Brain disease increasing - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 6:10:42 PM
- Ahhh! So that explains the recent politics of this country! (JK!) (n/t) - Davin L. - 8/18/2004 3:47:08 AM
- People are living longer, so the degenerative diseases associated with aging are increasing. Any questions? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/17/2004 6:32:37 AM
  - Would that show a sudden increase in the past 20 years? - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 4:08:27 PM
    - The aging baby boomers, and the depression generation, are growing much older. - David F Mayer - 8/17/2004 4:48:26 PM
    - Good point. - Tony - 8/17/2004 4:43:20 PM
      - Food - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 4:48:32 PM
- Havent seen the atricle yet, but......... - Tony - 8/16/2004 8:31:23 PM
- Well... - FrankC - 8/16/2004 7:17:48 PM
  - re: Well... - Larry J - 8/16/2004 8:38:15 PM

The Christian Patriots, US, quote Wolfowitz and say it all. - Bowser - 8/17/2004 5:00:48 AM
- BTW, interesting source. - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 3:57:13 PM
  - "Hey, I can't even quote the Washington Times around here without getting a load of grief!" That Mooney rag is worthless. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/17/2004 4:46:15 PM
- If this be imperialism... - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 3:52:05 PM
  - Imperialism...Bush style - Lindy - 8/18/2004 1:22:10 AM
    - FBI Whistleblower says..... - Lindy - 8/18/2004 1:42:06 AM

947 - Donald - 8/18/2004 12:13:07 AM

Psycho hose beasts ready for Republican convention - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 3:12:20 AM
- re: And digital psycho hose beasts - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 8:54:29 PM
- A repeat of Chicago in 1968? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/17/2004 6:29:47 AM
  - That's what the loons are hoping for. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 4:07:03 PM
  - Chicago in '68 was a police riot. - Bowser - 8/17/2004 3:12:28 PM
    - It won't be another Chicago... - Scott Evil - 8/17/2004 4:55:43 PM
    - Not quite that simple: The demonstrators tormented the police with bottles and bricks until the police decided that they had had enough. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/17/2004 3:47:41 PM
      - Nope. The marchers were peaceful, the cops tear-gassed 'em. - Bowser - 8/17/2004 6:41:39 PM
  - If the left's shock troops did decide to act up, it would help Bush. (n/t) - Lee - 8/17/2004 10:44:05 AM
- The $64,000 question - Gary - 8/17/2004 5:04:24 AM

Kerry caught inflating his resume again - Larry J - 8/17/2004 5:06:58 PM
- Big deal. He'll get another pass from the media. - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 5:14:09 PM
  - "Any similar gaffes from Bush would be in the headlines for weeks." - Bowser - 8/17/2004 7:12:54 PM
    - Kerry's campaign just confused him with another Senator. - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 8:19:03 PM
      - I'd let that die were I you. I can trot out another couple of hundred of 'em. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/17/2004 8:44:25 PM

Chavez wins referendum - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 3:18:32 AM
- Some comments from Oxblog... - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 7:12:37 PM

Unreported, ignored - "OSHA Made More Business-Friendly" - Bowser - 8/16/2004 1:47:07 AM
- That's Right - Mark Eby - 8/16/2004 12:46:19 PM
- Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseases - Bowser - 8/16/2004 5:08:34 AM
  - I'm afraid that it isn't the pollutants, at least not normal ones. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 6:04:37 PM
    - It's probably carbs - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/16/2004 10:13:04 PM
- re: Unreported, ignored - "OSHA Made More Business-Friendly" - gbaikie - 8/16/2004 4:00:06 AM
  - One good thing about all that government regulation... - Scott Evil - 8/17/2004 4:44:13 PM

It's getting close to the fan in Iraq... - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 3:24:52 AM
- One would hope... - Donald - 8/17/2004 1:44:26 PM
  - I said this was a major battle brewing. I never said it would end the war. - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 4:02:43 PM
  - To punctuate the point... - Donald - 8/17/2004 2:34:12 PM
    - Blame - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 4:05:58 PM
- And how long ago was the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"? - Bowser - 8/17/2004 4:40:53 AM
- Very very tricky - Gary - 8/17/2004 4:39:10 AM
  - Clergy and government representatives are trying to mediate - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 5:08:51 AM

Geez, we've stuffed the CE board completely. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 8:00:49 PM
- yeah I've got new posts on page 2 (n/t) - Daniel - 8/17/2004 6:59:55 AM
- Counted my own posts. Mea culpa! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 8:06:32 PM

Democracy =Capitalism.......more vodoo math...... - Publius - 8/12/2004 8:01:15 PM
- They Are A Coincidence Of Values, Not Linked By Definition - Mark Eby - 8/14/2004 1:09:10 PM
  - I would say 'loosely coupled' - Daniel L - 8/17/2004 6:58:55 AM
- The economists imagine that they are objective - Daniel L - 8/13/2004 6:22:22 AM
  - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 6:01:31 PM
    - re: P.S. - Daniel - 8/13/2004 8:28:18 PM
  - Natural law - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 5:55:58 PM
    - Capitalism is fine, when it limits itself to free trade - Daniel L - 8/13/2004 8:23:31 PM
      - re: Capitalism is fine, when it limits itself to free trade - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 10:00:05 PM
        
        I'll say no to industrialized collectivism, thanks - Daniel L - 8/16/2004 4:37:30 AM
    - Possible Evidence - Larry J - 8/13/2004 6:30:56 PM
      - re: Possible Evidence - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 7:53:21 PM
- re: Democracy =Capitalism.......more vodoo math...... - gbaikie - 8/13/2004 12:50:42 AM
- re: Democracy and Capitalism - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 12:01:12 AM

O'Reilly - the obvious - "Wrong to attack Kerry war record" - Bowser - 8/16/2004 5:39:16 PM
- O'Reilly has fallen into an ethical trap on this. Kerry made this an issue and his peers are credible. - ebnelson - 8/17/2004 3:33:32 AM
- Oh, and here's the latest on the Alston flap. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 11:26:50 PM
- But "Kerry in Cambodia" is still taking on water rapidly. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 11:06:40 PM
- re: Bush controls O'Reilly's mouth!!! Does O'Reilly know this? - Scott Evil - 8/16/2004 7:39:36 PM
  - Track, man. I don't think you read the "subject" or post. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/16/2004 7:56:44 PM
    - Couldn't read the link either. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 8:07:46 PM
      - Well, son-of-a-gun!! You're right. Here 'tis. - Bowser - 8/16/2004 8:18:46 PM
- Not to put too fine a point on it, it isn't Bush who brought it up. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 5:50:19 PM
  - Obviously he has people working for him - "Bush Refuses to Condemn Kerry Attack Ad " - Bowser - 8/16/2004 7:16:32 PM
    - Why condem it? It looks like it may be the truth. - Scott Evil - 8/16/2004 7:43:13 PM
    - Under those stupid McCain-Feingold campaign finance laws passed in 2002... - Larry J - 8/16/2004 7:41:49 PM
      - And why shouldn't they get their message out? Hasn't worse already been said about Bush/Cheny/Rumsfeild/Ashcroft/Rice/Laura Bush/The Twins/Etc... - Scott Evil - 8/16/2004 7:46:08 PM
        
        You want to compare Kerry's girls with Bush's? - Bowser - 8/16/2004 7:57:33 PM
        
        Kerry has girls? - Scott Evil - 8/16/2004 8:24:42 PM

We survived Hurricane Charley here in Central Florida.......... - Lindy - 8/16/2004 7:51:01 PM
- Glad it worked out well. I hope you can recover quickly and safely (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/17/2004 3:29:46 AM
- Glad you survived Lindy. We were all pulling for you. (n/t) - Art Martin - 8/16/2004 8:21:42 PM
- Good. Keep those cards and letters coming! - Bowser - 8/16/2004 8:11:26 PM
  - T-shirts saying "I Survived Hurricane Charlie" - Lindy - 8/17/2004 12:33:40 AM
    - Question: was the T-shirt wet? (n/t) - just asking - 8/17/2004 2:33:21 AM

Interesting comments by David Broder - "Bush's Two Albatrosses" - Bowser - 8/16/2004 9:19:49 PM
- And Kerry still hopes to get a pass on being the candidate who voted against funding the war. - ebnelson - 8/17/2004 3:27:35 AM

"Get some!" - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2004 3:15:02 AM

100 M backstroke (women) (sorry, can't resist) - Raoul - 8/16/2004 9:27:29 PM

September Iraq Survey Group report should be interesting. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 8:38:41 PM

Thorpe:1 Van Den Hoogenband: 2 Phelps: 3 (n/t) - Raoul - 8/16/2004 4:55:14 PM
- re: Thorpe:1 Van Den Hoogenband: 2 Phelps: 3 - Art Martin - 8/16/2004 5:06:24 PM
  - re: Thorpe:1 ; Van Den Hoogenband: 2; Phelps: 3 - Raoul - 8/16/2004 6:05:21 PM

"Never a hostile question for campaigning Bush" - Bowser - 8/16/2004 4:55:12 PM
- What, not enough "goons" in the audiences for you? ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 5:39:47 PM

Many Reservists Return to Joblessness - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2004 10:10:38 AM
- Link needs sign in. Here's a direct one... - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 3:50:50 PM
  - re: Figures. Thanks for the unrestricted link... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2004 5:33:50 PM

Conference in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 4:18:44 PM

So, when the ancient holy shrine in Najaf is destroyed... - R.L. - 8/16/2004 12:44:20 AM
- holy shrine in Najaf - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 4:09:58 PM
- Well, that is the way that these hypocrites respect their OWN religion. - David F Mayer - 8/16/2004 1:08:23 AM
  - I addressed that- it WONT MATTER who does it! - R.L. - 8/16/2004 10:29:41 AM
  - Lessee. It's their mosque, in their land, and foreigners are attacking it. - Bowser - 8/16/2004 1:42:18 AM
    - Wrong on all counts. - David F Mayer - 8/16/2004 2:04:20 AM
      - Bowser has no idea what's going on. Not worth the effort. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 4:11:58 AM
        
        Illegal, unprovoked war creates resistance from those who have been invaded. - Bowser - 8/16/2004 4:44:48 AM
      - Not their land, not their mosque, not foreigners. - Bowser - 8/16/2004 2:07:19 AM

QuickBird satellite image of Athens featuring the construction site of the Olympic Sports Complex. - sean - 8/16/2004 4:04:08 PM

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