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New York Times: A Job Picture Painted With Different Brushes - Larry J - 8/11/2004 4:12:05 PM
- survey of 14,000 small business owners - FrankC - 8/11/2004 5:56:51 PM

Letters from a soldier - Art Martin - 8/9/2004 3:52:18 PM
- A good read. Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:27:58 PM
  - No problem. Wish if you'd cite it though you'd be more balanced. - Art Martin - 8/9/2004 8:48:07 PM
    - re: No problem. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 9:09:45 PM
      - Asses kicked simply means more hatred for generations - Art Martin - 8/10/2004 3:52:13 PM
        
        "Every one of those insurgents getting gunned down have wives and children" I must have missed the survey. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:30:37 PM
        
        Oh Tom, there's no hope for you. - Art Martin - 8/10/2004 5:54:49 PM
        
        re: Oh Tom, there's no hope for you. - Lindy - 8/11/2004 6:14:47 AM
        
        Lindy... - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:08:33 PM
        
        I can't believe this. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:35:54 PM
        
        You utter bozo. We're done debating you small minded putz. - Art Martin - 8/10/2004 10:26:46 PM
        
        One last point. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 11:17:19 PM
        
        If you weren't fishing for sympathy, or some "balanced" view of the people trying to kill us, what the hell was your point? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 11:06:11 PM

Billionaires for Bush - Robert - 8/6/2004 6:42:55 PM
- Love = Capitalism - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2004 7:31:22 PM
  - the false equation of democracy and capitalism...... - Publius - 8/9/2004 8:02:10 PM
    - re: democracy and capitalism...... - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:05:52 AM
  - Love of money, or making money? - Lindy - 8/9/2004 12:03:41 AM
  - In a tender 2c kinda way - Robert - 8/6/2004 9:39:58 PM
    - re: In a tender 2c kinda way - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2004 10:17:10 PM
      - re: In a tender 2c kinda way - Robert - 8/6/2004 11:19:28 PM
        
        just a little more... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2004 2:10:35 AM
- I guess it's not important if the candidate actually is a billionaire. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 6:59:37 PM
  - yeah, must be tough for Bush - Robert - 8/6/2004 7:25:11 PM
    - Kerry's not a billionaire... - Larry J - 8/6/2004 7:49:13 PM
      - Hey... - Robert - 8/6/2004 9:48:58 PM
        
        Funny thing is... - Larry J - 8/9/2004 1:45:46 PM
        
        Which raises an interesting question - Robert - 8/10/2004 2:01:17 AM
        
        Maybe your premises are wrong. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 2:50:38 AM
        
        re: Maybe your premises are wrong. - Robert - 8/11/2004 3:18:33 PM

The Daily Dilbert - ZD - 8/11/2004 3:06:16 PM

Terror attack in Brussells airways - p - 8/11/2004 1:31:12 PM

I wonder...will mainstream media finally start coverage on the Kerry in Cambodia Senate tale by today? (n/t) - p - 8/11/2004 12:30:17 PM

Republican-funded Group Attacks Kerry's War Record ...But (eye) witnesses disagree - Chris Vancil - 8/10/2004 7:24:17 AM
- But what about Cambodia? - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:45:41 PM
- Very informative. Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:03:17 PM
  - re: That is because you us a "filter"...same with your media bias nonsense... - Chris Vancil - 8/10/2004 8:01:29 PM
    - Feel free to link to any other measured point-by-point response that you are aware of. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 8:29:30 PM
      - re: Me do your foot work? Why? - Chris Vancil - 8/10/2004 10:25:05 PM
        
        Somebody else around here has to do some! ;) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 11:03:32 PM
        
        re: Somebody else around here has to do some! ;) - Chris Vancil - 8/11/2004 8:59:01 AM
  - P.S. I passed the link along to a few places. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:07:11 PM
- Thanx for the info - Donald - 8/10/2004 1:40:08 PM

fThe beat goes on, this time by the puppet regime. - Bowser - 8/9/2004 10:04:07 PM
- The way the new Iraq government will treat insurgent prisoners will make anything that the USA did look like a Sunday school picnic. That is the Arab way. It will not change, no matter who is in powe… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/10/2004 9:21:26 AM
- re: The beat goes on - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 10:10:49 PM
  - Phots included here - Lindy - 8/10/2004 6:07:08 AM
    - BTW... - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:23:53 PM
      - "Scuse me? - Lindy - 8/11/2004 6:23:02 AM
    - Saddam's paradise - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:22:40 PM

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!!" - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:11:05 PM
- And here comes the "everybody lies about..." defense again! - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:49:15 PM
  - Kerry is in real deep with his Cambodia whopper - phil - 8/10/2004 8:47:14 PM
    - A "Bush Lied!" response I've seen quoted several places - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:25:37 AM
      - Yipes! It gets worse! - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:27:51 AM
    - An interview with Steve Gardner on this. - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:16:44 AM

"I'll vote for a ham sandwich over Bush." Probably the whole story of the election. - Bowser - 8/9/2004 10:10:39 PM
- re: "I'll vote for a ham sandwich over Bush." Probably the whole story of the election. - McFly - 8/10/2004 2:52:06 AM
- The breakdown of the American left. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/10/2004 1:04:50 AM
  - I see you're at it again..... - Lindy - 8/10/2004 5:50:29 AM
- Make mine pastrami - ham ain't kosher. (n/t) - Fox - 8/9/2004 11:00:39 PM
  - You're not supposed to eat the candidate! - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 11:06:01 PM
    - LOL - but I don't *vote* for pigs, either. - Fox - 8/11/2004 3:39:04 AM
    - LOL...give the man a cigar!! (n/t) - McFly - 8/10/2004 12:09:04 PM
  - Reuben. Your's will be a Reuben, Fox. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/9/2004 11:03:20 PM
- Don't forget though, you'll have to write it in on the ballot. Tell all your friends. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 10:14:18 PM
  - Ham Sandwiches Remind Me of Mama Cass......... - Lindy - 8/10/2004 5:52:50 AM

What will the Left do if President Bush IS RE-ELECTED? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/10/2004 9:23:17 AM
- Lament the gullibility of our voting public (n/t) - Art Martin - 8/10/2004 6:00:59 PM
  - Yeah, that'll be one predictable response. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 6:59:07 PM
- Stay off the streets. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:05:30 PM
  - Oh, you think the Left will follow the example set by the Right druing Clinton's second term? - Mary Anne - 8/10/2004 7:30:30 PM
- Well, I guess he'd be Governor of Texas, and that'd be their problem. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/10/2004 12:29:07 PM
  - Texas would love to have him back, once he finishes his next four years as pres. - REB - 8/10/2004 1:28:19 PM
- Spend every second of the next 4 years campaigning for Hillary (n/t) - McFly - 8/10/2004 11:54:13 AM
  - That wouldn't be my preference - Art Martin - 8/10/2004 9:57:55 PM
    - Not mine, either - Fox - 8/11/2004 3:34:50 AM

Bush II = Hoover? Barring miracle, more jobs lost during term than gained. - Bowser - 8/10/2004 12:28:12 PM
- Jobs - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:29:45 PM
  - Another article on this - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 2:09:08 AM

This Is Obvious - Mark Eby - 8/11/2004 1:51:00 AM
- Please Delete, Misthreaded (n/t) - Mark Eby - 8/11/2004 1:52:48 AM

SBHFS - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 1:20:28 AM

A milblogger adjusts to sudden fame - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 10:29:43 PM
- I like it & I don't like it... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2004 12:25:33 AM
  - It sounds like his superiors are going to moderate, but not stifle. Kind of like Robert. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 1:00:19 AM

931 - Donald - 8/9/2004 1:18:37 PM
- 360 insurgents in four days in Najaf - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 5:44:21 PM
  - PLEEEEZE, no body counts. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2004 11:46:57 PM
    - Context is critical. - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 12:33:45 AM

Some perspective on oil prices - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 6:56:22 PM
- An even broader perspective on oil prices - Larry J - 8/10/2004 7:31:31 PM
  - How to stretch a point beyond breaking. - Tony - 8/10/2004 8:13:12 PM
    - The word 'record' has a meaning. - Larry J - 8/10/2004 8:59:35 PM
    - That reminds me... - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 8:25:01 PM
      - now that you mention it..... - Publius - 8/10/2004 9:06:28 PM
        
        Where did you get the idea nobody's talking to OPEC? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 9:39:36 PM

Terrorism roots - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:41:31 PM
- But if we dialog with them and give them what they want, maybe they'll kill the others first (n/t) - p - 8/10/2004 8:49:19 PM

New York Time report card on Iraq - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 8:38:27 PM

Belmont Club good again today. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:49:34 PM
- Wretchard as usual (n/t) - p - 8/10/2004 8:37:48 PM

I don't believe this, but here it is: Why Kerry Will Lose The Election - David F Mayer - 8/9/2004 5:03:20 PM
- Another article along these lines - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 8:11:49 PM
- There's also this from the NY Press - Larry J - 8/10/2004 7:49:54 PM
- Step one for Kerry is to get some good campaign people. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:57:35 AM
  - I agree. - Tony - 8/10/2004 7:37:11 PM
- What with America becoming so safe, no sense in the Ds running anyone! (n/t) - Bowser - 8/9/2004 11:04:36 PM
  - Maybe you're right. This year, they're coming damn close to running nobody. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 11:09:04 PM
    - Nobody, eh? It's not as if he was a no-show during wartime. - Bowser - 8/10/2004 3:19:08 AM
      - You know, Tim McVeigh fought in the Gulf War. What's your point? - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:22:54 AM
        
        And Hitler fought in WWI, GHWB in WWII, Colin Powell in Vietnam. - Bowser - 8/10/2004 4:06:19 AM
        
        What I'm talking about. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:18:07 AM
- "View From the Right" - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 7:11:09 PM
  - The DNC lawyers will fight for every single vote in every state that is even close. - David F Mayer - 8/9/2004 8:02:04 PM
  - Another prediction - Larry J - 8/9/2004 8:00:45 PM
    - Come on. That was an easy one. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 9:10:39 PM

Bush Wants To Free Your Mind - Jack Herer - 8/10/2004 4:49:29 PM
- What lengths this President won't go to to make money for his family and friends - Lindy - 8/10/2004 7:58:33 PM
- I agree that this is not a good idea - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:08:58 PM

Kerry: Would have voted for Iraq resolution without WMDs. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 12:38:18 AM
- Interesting. The response to this in the media and the liberal blogosphere seems to be dead silence. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:07:03 PM
- Okay, sanity check: - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 12:42:09 AM
  - Do you think the way it was done is the only, or best, way? - Bowser - 8/10/2004 3:32:16 AM
    - The Best Way - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:43:07 AM
      - Your fundamentalist black-and-white thinking precludes your understanding. - Bowser - 8/10/2004 3:54:20 AM
        
        A lot of adjectives and adverbs floating around. Still waiting. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:06:30 AM
        
        See what I mean. I did describe it, and you just can't understand. - Bowser - 8/10/2004 4:20:27 AM
        
        "[A] muted response, a targeted response" barely passes for a back-of-an-envelope jotting, much less a description. (n/t) - McFly - 8/10/2004 2:03:40 PM
        
        "Muted. Targeted." This is a description? - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:40:25 AM

Christmas in Cambodia - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 11:25:07 PM
- From the Washington Post last year - Larry J - 8/10/2004 2:20:11 PM
  - The Nixon bit is easily explained. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 7:03:17 PM
- The Boston Globe link has a lot of interesting items in it. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:09:50 AM
- Christmas in Cambodia...Kerry dissembles - phil - 8/10/2004 1:44:13 AM
  - Democrats entering "search and destroy" mode? - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:20:33 AM

Bush's running mate. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2004 9:16:37 AM
- Nope, it's gonna be Ahnold. Wouldn't that be a circus? (n/t) - et - 8/10/2004 5:18:47 PM

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