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Organized media bias? - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:00:42 PM

The story that slips between the cracks. You'll LOVE this one. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2004 6:20:27 AM
- I expect Israel to take unilateral action at any moment. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 4:30:18 AM
  - I certainly hope you let them know that. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/8/2004 10:25:54 PM
  - I wish it were so - Gary - 8/8/2004 4:58:16 AM
    - Nuclear blackmail - Larry J - 8/9/2004 3:21:58 PM
      - re: Nuclear blackmail - Gary - 8/9/2004 4:45:23 PM
        
        re: Nuclear blackmail - Larry J - 8/9/2004 5:06:46 PM
        
        Decoys - Gary - 8/10/2004 6:13:45 AM
        
        re: Decoys - Larry J - 8/10/2004 2:12:11 PM
        
        Some closing comments - Gary - 8/10/2004 4:20:44 PM
    - You asked: "Has their religion rendered these people collectively insane?" - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 5:49:05 AM
      - Not likely - Gary - 8/8/2004 6:15:58 AM
        
        I doubt if the Iranian Mullahs are up to dying for Allah. They are only up to sending OTHERS to die for Allah. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 7:05:42 PM
        
        Kinda like the American president? - Bowser - 8/9/2004 12:56:42 AM
        
        GOOD ONE Bowser! (n/t) - Lindy - 8/9/2004 1:14:07 PM
        
        I miss the good old days... - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 8:30:35 AM
- They're not doing anything we haven't done. - Lindy - 8/8/2004 1:26:48 AM

Supporters' Words - Derek - 8/9/2004 1:42:48 PM
- re: Supporters' Words - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:40:53 PM
- You forget that Kerry called those supporters making the lewd and rude comments "the true Heart and Soul of America" - Scott Evil - 8/9/2004 2:14:03 PM
  - Ugly, ugly politics - Lindy - 8/9/2004 3:47:26 PM
    - re: Have you ever tried marching in lockstep? - Scott Evil - 8/9/2004 9:46:57 PM
      - No - Lindy - 8/10/2004 6:11:04 AM

Hearing scuttlebutt that Sadr is in custody, but nothing solid yet. Waiting... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:08:08 AM
- Certainly more of the "coalition" is bailing. And where's Rumsfeld? - Bowser - 8/10/2004 3:24:57 AM

A Great Plan - Tammy - 8/9/2004 4:19:51 AM
- It's customary when lifting something wholesale from somewhere else, even an anonymous source you received in your email, to indicate this. - Mary Anne - 8/9/2004 4:44:58 AM
  - I know leftists and conservatives who actually think this way. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 9:14:50 AM
  - A concentration camp? In what way? (n/t) - Lee - 8/9/2004 5:53:29 AM
    - These ways - Mary Anne - 8/9/2004 11:49:20 AM
      - Concentration camps keep people in not out. - Lee - 8/10/2004 3:19:43 AM
  - re: Robin Williams - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:56:36 AM

Happy 30th Anniversary - Fox - 8/10/2004 12:31:51 AM

The alleged "coalition" disintegrating. - Bowser - 8/9/2004 11:02:36 PM

Swiftboat organization responds to accusations - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 9:32:20 PM
- You scream bloody murder - Davin L. - 8/8/2004 10:06:02 PM
  - Amen. - Bowser - 8/9/2004 1:07:09 AM
  - Thanks Davin - Lindy - 8/8/2004 11:59:19 PM
    - re: Thanks Davin - McFly - 8/9/2004 2:29:42 AM
  - BTW, did you actually read the link? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 10:32:29 PM
    - Yes, the whole damn page - Davin L. - 8/9/2004 3:24:58 AM
      - Sorry. Been dealing with Bowser too long. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 9:15:54 AM
  - Nice try. - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 10:31:41 PM
    - Well done, Tom. - REB - 8/9/2004 12:18:52 PM
      - What I think President Gore would have done (alternate history department) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 5:12:38 PM
    - re: Nice try. - Davin L. - 8/9/2004 3:29:55 AM
      - "I'll vote for a ham sandwich over Bush." Probably the whole story of the election. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:45:08 AM
        
        And I gave reason- but its much more dramatic to pull a line out of context and trumpet it. (n/t) - Davin L. - 8/9/2004 5:01:25 AM
        
        The vast majority of Kerry voters fall into that category. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 8:15:36 AM
        
        pretzel making - Davin L. - 8/9/2004 2:36:43 PM
        
        Pretzels - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 5:16:36 PM
        
        re: Pretzels - Davin L. - 8/9/2004 5:31:07 PM
        
        re: Pretzels - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 5:58:38 PM
        
        re: Pretzels - Davin L. - 8/9/2004 6:15:34 PM
        
        As long as you concede that the problem is bilateral. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 7:16:28 PM
    - Not even close. - Bowser - 8/9/2004 1:09:21 AM

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Truth is........... - Publius - 8/9/2004 2:43:20 AM
- Growing economies are depressions. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 7:59:00 AM
  - Thanks for explaining it to me.......... - Publius - 8/9/2004 4:32:18 PM
    - Look at the rest of the economic numbers. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:58:06 PM
  - Bigger GNP = health insurance for middle and lower class workers - Mary Anne - 8/9/2004 12:34:03 PM
    - The purpose of business... - Larry J - 8/9/2004 2:01:50 PM
      - Health insurance. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:54:52 PM

Hey, guys, I'm on your side. - David F Mayer - 8/9/2004 4:01:59 PM
- Still a crime, no matter who benefits. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 4:21:27 PM

"Iraq shuts al-Jazeera’s Baghdad office" thereby assuring all Arabs the news is censored. - Bowser - 8/8/2004 1:57:49 AM
- al-Jazeera's Baghdad office - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 5:59:33 AM
  - "incites to violence" - Bowser - 8/8/2004 1:53:55 PM
    - Sorry, but the government of ANY country has the absolute right to reject foreign correspondents without specific cause. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/9/2004 4:04:50 PM
- You don't seem to grasp the condition of Iraq today. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 2:40:19 AM
  - Is freedom of the press necessary for democracy? (n/t) - Bowser - 8/8/2004 3:32:27 AM
    - Freedom of the press .................? - Publius - 8/9/2004 2:11:54 AM
    - Yes. But that is not at issue. The current government has REINSTATED the only newspaper closed by the USA occupation. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 4:23:09 AM

930 - Donald - 8/8/2004 1:44:36 PM
- 930 dead, but what about the 12,000 injured? - Lindy - 8/8/2004 11:39:23 PM
  - Good article. Now, interview the wounded soldiers. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 8:23:32 AM
- Many troops returning home safely - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 9:16:15 PM
- And while we tilt at windmills - Donald - 8/8/2004 3:40:38 PM
  - So, which of the two efforts is really "tilting at windmills?" - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 6:19:21 PM
    - Another example of tilting at windmills - Robert - 8/8/2004 9:30:34 PM
      - re: Another example of tilting at windmills - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 10:04:29 PM
        
        re: Another example of tilting at windmills - Robert - 8/9/2004 12:36:56 AM
        
        McCain and Nader--two peas in a pod. - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2004 8:20:36 AM
        
        The above is a separate post, not a double post. Forgot to change the header. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 10:59:21 PM
      - re: Another example of tilting at windmills - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 9:56:29 PM
        
        re: Another example of tilting at windmills - Robert - 8/8/2004 10:55:13 PM

God, I feel so much better - R.L. - 8/6/2004 12:35:20 PM
- Freudian slip - Donald - 8/6/2004 3:06:45 PM
  - re: Freudian slip? Don't think so. - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 12:18:05 AM
    - re: Don't think so?. - Chris Vancil - 8/9/2004 4:58:34 AM
- re: God, I feel so much better - gbaikie - 8/6/2004 2:29:10 PM
  - Ya might wanna read it again..... (n/t) - Tony - 8/6/2004 3:51:30 PM
    - I think most intelligent people correctly interpreted the sentence. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 5:26:10 PM
      - Absolutely! He stays awake nights thinking of ways to harm America! (n/t) - Bowser - 8/7/2004 12:42:33 AM
        
        Q.E.D. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 3:59:41 AM
        
        Are you suggesting we shouldn't believe what the man says? - Bowser - 8/7/2004 5:04:12 AM
      - From the post he gave, doesn't look like there was much "interpretation" going on. (n/t) - Tony - 8/6/2004 5:52:48 PM
- Politicians misspeak all the time - Larry J - 8/6/2004 1:53:34 PM
  - re: Bush misspeaks all the time (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/7/2004 7:34:39 AM
    - So does Kerry - Larry J - 8/8/2004 2:21:10 PM

"As Kerry gains, spotlight shifts to Bush" - Bowser - 8/9/2004 1:26:37 AM
- Current Poll Results - David F Mayer - 8/9/2004 4:21:40 AM

Mob violence in Iraq - FrankC - 8/9/2004 3:04:31 AM

Rummy's buddy. - Bowser - 8/9/2004 1:19:51 AM

Iran's missiles - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 10:57:31 PM

"Science's Political Bulldog" - Bowser - 8/7/2004 5:41:37 AM
- No wonder Christie Whitman resigned . . . (n/t) - Fox - 8/8/2004 2:09:29 AM
- Silence - Robert - 8/7/2004 6:27:06 PM
  - You guys do realize, don't you... - Robert - 8/8/2004 4:24:41 PM
  - Hos' humming. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/8/2004 12:55:59 AM
  - re: Silence - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 7:11:43 PM
    - The more I think about this the funnier it is. - Bowser - 8/8/2004 1:48:51 AM
    - Lessee. - Bowser - 8/8/2004 1:28:48 AM

Kerry on Iraq, A Serious Issue - phil - 8/8/2004 12:17:26 AM
- Kerry on Iraq, A Serious Issue... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/8/2004 1:11:22 AM
  - Kerry's military history is getting pretty hard ball - Gary - 8/8/2004 6:44:42 AM

Belmont Club on the war on terror, and more. - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 5:35:28 PM
- Interesting comments - Gary - 8/8/2004 6:29:34 AM
- "We fight in the end not to disbelieve but for the right to believe again -- and trust that we may find our way." - Bowser - 8/7/2004 6:53:05 PM

A rundown of recent terror arrests - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 5:55:43 AM
- A lot more on this - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 6:57:21 AM
- In my opinion, Al Qaeda is crumbling. - David F Mayer - 8/6/2004 3:26:17 PM
  - And just what is the organization chart for al-Qaeda? - Bowser - 8/7/2004 1:46:31 AM
    - Here! - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 2:55:59 AM
    - Have you not read about the capture of Al Qaeda bigwigs in both Pakistan and Arabia? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 2:43:43 AM
  - There's still a long way to go. - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 5:42:38 PM
    - I strongly suspect that, when the leaders of Al Qaeda have been removed, the rest of the anti-American terrorist movement will lose steam. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 4:27:45 AM
    - re: There's still a long way to go. - Larry J - 8/6/2004 5:59:21 PM

929 - Donald - 8/7/2004 1:33:42 PM
- Sadr's Islamic insurgents: 400 dead in two days (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 6:51:05 PM
  - 400 dead in two days - Bowser - 8/7/2004 6:54:45 PM
    - Pssst..... - Lindy - 8/8/2004 1:23:36 AM

Them pretzel-bending, morally relativistic Republicans. - Bowser - 7/15/2004 4:48:47 AM
- Truly Mooreonic (n/t) - ebnelson - 7/16/2004 3:52:21 AM
- Point by Point Response. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/15/2004 7:30:44 PM
  - With all those swerves, half-truths and deliberate obsfuscations, you could give Moore a run for his money too.... (n/t) - Tony - 7/15/2004 8:24:02 PM
    - I assume you would agree - FrankC - 7/15/2004 9:37:58 PM
- Off Topic? Flame? certainly not a current event post - FrankC - 7/15/2004 3:20:40 PM
  - After all his whining about the slighest provocation...definetly Flame. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/15/2004 3:50:04 PM
    - And the good news. - Bowser - 7/16/2004 3:25:14 AM
      - Thank God we have you around to show us the way... (n/t) - RobVG - 7/16/2004 4:01:24 AM
        
        Check ebnelson above, and see if you can see the difference. (n/t) - Bowser - 7/16/2004 4:13:29 AM
        
        Let's see... - RobVG - 7/16/2004 5:04:03 AM
        
        OK. I truly believe you can't. - Bowser - 7/16/2004 4:54:57 PM
    - He must have not wanted us to take him seriously. (n/t) - SteveS - 7/15/2004 4:33:12 PM
- Well done - Donald - 7/15/2004 1:39:14 PM
- Good one Bowser............. - Lindy - 7/15/2004 1:33:31 PM
- And what does it mean to be a Democrat these days... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/15/2004 8:51:27 AM
  - Is there a treatment center available....didn't even know I needed help?,,,,, - Publius - 7/17/2004 1:50:32 PM
    - It's a valid question, Publius.............. - Lindy - 7/17/2004 2:25:06 PM
  - ah feels so good to belong. lol - Art Martin - 7/15/2004 3:46:00 PM
    - Welcome to the Partisan Zone - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/15/2004 5:45:57 PM
      - re: Welcome to the Partisan Zone - Art Martin - 7/15/2004 10:22:30 PM
    - Will Rogers - SteveS - 7/15/2004 4:26:07 PM
      - fun to keep the parties guessing - Art Martin - 7/15/2004 10:31:46 PM
  - What does it mean to be a Republican? - Tony - 7/15/2004 3:05:53 PM
    - re: What does it mean to be a Republican? - Jordi - 8/7/2004 5:47:35 PM
  - You'll never be as good as Tom and his adjectives... - Lindy - 7/15/2004 1:47:52 PM
    - It's all about perspective... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/15/2004 5:18:38 PM
    - "Your" President - RobVG - 7/15/2004 3:43:44 PM
      - Sorry Rob...Lindy's Canadian... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/15/2004 10:09:19 PM

NEW DSV to replace ALVIN - carl - 8/7/2004 4:07:53 PM
- re: NEW DSV to replace ALVIN - Raoul - 8/7/2004 4:29:10 PM

Bad news for American Muslims - David F Mayer - 8/5/2004 6:47:34 PM
- re: Bad news for American Muslims - Joe - 8/6/2004 4:55:42 AM
  - I don't know. How many skyscrapers did the witches knock down? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 5:14:10 AM
    - And on who's watch were the skyscrapers knocked down? - Bowser - 8/7/2004 1:48:37 AM
      - The attack took place on Sept. 11, 2001 - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2004 3:58:39 AM
- Actually, good news for most of them--the ones who are good Americans. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 7:31:27 PM
  - re: What is a "good american"? - Raoul - 8/5/2004 8:07:00 PM
    - re: What is a "good american"? - Barney - 8/6/2004 4:51:35 AM
    - Both - FrankC - 8/5/2004 9:56:47 PM
    - re: What is a "good american"? - gbaikie - 8/5/2004 9:25:55 PM

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