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That was then, this is now... - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 7:53:19 PM
- Rule of thumb: never, ever support Republican planks - alcaray - 7/19/2004 5:56:46 PM
  - In case you hadn't noticed, Kerry is kind of schizoid. - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 6:27:37 PM
    - Third possibility - alcaray - 7/19/2004 10:57:44 PM
    - Interesting that you should select an uncommonly diagnosed disorder? - Publius - 7/19/2004 10:11:49 PM
      - Good grief. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 2:32:30 AM
        
        Having a bad day are we? - Publius - 7/20/2004 8:04:37 PM
      - Actually, I started the schizoid part of this thread (as usual) (n/t) - alcaray - 7/19/2004 10:59:48 PM
        
        re: Actually, I started the schizoid part of this thread (as usual) - Publius - 7/19/2004 11:53:33 PM

In which I support some radical leftists... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 5:56:54 PM
- sorta like, "If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter?".......... (n/t) - Publius - 7/20/2004 7:39:49 PM

Steyn on Wilson - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 7:12:35 PM
- re: Trying means he did not succeed - Raoul - 7/17/2004 9:35:21 PM
  - re: Trying means he did not succeed - gbaikie - 7/18/2004 4:22:57 AM
  - If someone tries to buy a gun.... - FrankC - 7/18/2004 1:12:26 AM
    - Our prisons are full of folks for trying but failing to buy a gun? Try again. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/19/2004 6:04:41 PM
      - If you want to tighten that analogy up a bit... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 6:49:40 PM
        
        Any way you like: parolees are prohibited from possessing firearms, not shopping. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/19/2004 11:02:41 PM
        
        Wrong. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 2:43:33 AM
        
        It should be pretty obvious that he did not have the ability to do anything controversial with yellow cake. - alcaray - 7/20/2004 4:57:56 PM
        
        Then why the hell was he shopping for it? - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 5:49:28 PM
        
        Going in circles - alcaray - 7/20/2004 6:07:30 PM
        
        Sometimes, I just have to sit here with my mouth hanging open... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 6:19:07 PM
    - re: Announcing in advance - Raoul - 7/18/2004 8:30:55 AM
      - Yeah, but we know Saddam sinned in his heart........... - Publius - 7/18/2004 11:09:38 PM
        
        Are you channeling Bowser now? - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 1:27:02 AM
        
        Are you channeling Bowser now?----How sad, didn't know he died?............ (n/t) - Publius - 7/19/2004 10:33:06 PM
        
        Yep, sometime in the seventies but he refuses to lie down - FrankC - 7/19/2004 11:56:06 PM
        
        Actually there was no violation of Property Rights....... - Publius - 7/19/2004 10:27:37 PM
        
        "And if "sovereignity" somehow confers legitimacy, particularly in tyrannies, why was the Left so cranked about South Africa a few years back?" - Mary Anne - 7/19/2004 1:12:10 PM
        
        re: Are you channeling Bowser now? - REB - 7/19/2004 12:12:21 PM
  - re: Trying means he did not succeed--that time. - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 12:57:01 AM
    - re: Plans and wishes are nothing - Raoul - 7/18/2004 8:48:29 AM
      - re: Complicity - Raoul - 7/18/2004 10:10:42 AM

Governors say war is draining the states - Donald - 7/20/2004 1:33:19 PM
- Meanwhile: Call-ups sap Guard's strength - Donald - 7/20/2004 1:36:18 PM

Appeasement update... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 7:01:27 PM
- And THAT reminds one of Ronald Reagan, who traded arms for hostages. - Bowser - 7/20/2004 12:04:46 AM
  - Spectacular sidestep there, Nijinksy. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 2:01:51 AM
    - Could have sworn the topic was appeasement and appeasers. - Bowser - 7/20/2004 2:09:12 AM
      - Okay, go for it. First of all, where did you get the idea that I approved of Reagan's action? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 2:26:26 AM
        
        Hold still! - Bowser - 7/20/2004 4:56:50 AM
  - Funny you should mention Ronald Reagan, who traded arms for hostages. - Publius - 7/20/2004 12:28:26 AM
- re: Appeasement update, continued... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 9:21:28 PM
- When will the USA get the head honchos in the "insurgency" movement? - David F Mayer - 7/19/2004 8:51:21 PM

I really enjoy Playboy........... - Publius - 7/19/2004 11:48:19 PM
- And the joke is - - - ? - Bowser - 7/20/2004 4:52:34 AM

896 - Donald - 7/20/2004 2:25:50 AM

Meanwhile, back at the "Oil-For-Food" scandal... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 4:57:01 PM
- Sorta reminds one of the missing billions the Coalition collected, doesn't it. - Bowser - 7/20/2004 12:02:51 AM
  - God, it's like swatting flies in a cow yard. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2004 2:22:15 AM

The ultimate act of terror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2004 7:34:07 AM
- A great example of medical malpractice,,,,,,,,,,,, - Publius - 7/18/2004 10:51:01 PM
  - re: malpractice - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 1:16:04 AM
    - What we need is a cap on lawyer's fees, not on damages (n/t) - SDG - 7/19/2004 11:43:08 PM
    - Get REAL! surely this pain and suffering should be compensible? (n/t) - Publius - 7/19/2004 10:30:25 PM
- Gee, I thought you were going to mention the recent US airstrike on Fallujah that killed 14.......... - Lindy - 7/18/2004 4:45:11 PM
  - Note the date - FrankC - 7/18/2004 7:36:06 PM
    - re: Note the date - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2004 4:39:49 AM
    - You talking to me, Frank?? - Lindy - 7/18/2004 8:44:07 PM

". . . says the Administration is holding videotapes of soldiers sodomizing Iraqi children." - Bowser - 7/17/2004 4:32:15 AM
- A couple of points... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 8:45:36 PM
- Hersh no doubt has a carefully-timed program of information releases between now and November - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 6:23:12 PM
  - All that's important is the spin, the PR? When is a good time, BTW? - Bowser - 7/17/2004 9:52:22 PM
    - How about tomorrow? - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 1:41:11 AM
      - Who do you suppose has the tapes? - Bowser - 7/18/2004 6:59:24 PM
        
        re: Who do you suppose has the tapes? - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 7:31:55 PM
        
        Butt monkey motives - Lindy - 7/18/2004 8:56:32 PM
        
        So Hersh is outraged. So why not release all the information? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 9:06:05 PM
      - I think Hersh has miscalculated - Gary - 7/18/2004 6:30:06 AM
        
        The way you talk Gary............ - Lindy - 7/18/2004 4:55:21 PM
- Here's the article from the UK Independent - Lindy - 7/17/2004 6:04:25 AM

Four months until the election. A prediction... - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2004 11:19:09 PM
- Mark Steyn thinks Bush will win, too. - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 6:11:03 PM
- "a film of Bush buggering a kangaroo" - E.P. Grondine - 7/7/2004 11:56:54 PM
- Kerry can still win but he needs a better image and a theme - m - 7/6/2004 5:12:32 AM
  - Frankly, Kerry doesn't really have to do anything. - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 5:54:00 AM
    - Well, selection 'E' explains Lindy (n/t) - ebnelson - 7/6/2004 12:30:42 PM
  - I don't know. Do you think anyone buys the new "Blue Jeans John?" - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 5:30:12 AM
- I still say that it is far too close to call at this time. - David F Mayer - 7/5/2004 3:59:15 AM
  - Yet, I still remember the California recall... - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2004 4:21:48 PM
    - However, the BIG and ACCURATE polling companies put the margin at only a couple of percentage points. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/6/2004 5:46:02 PM
- Is there some basis for this prediction? - Bowser - 7/4/2004 11:34:54 PM
  - "Intelligence guided by experience." ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2004 11:52:56 PM
    - Do your new underlining so we can come back to this. :-) - Bowser - 7/4/2004 11:57:43 PM
      - does this work? - k9 - 7/6/2004 8:09:08 PM

A couple of items on Iran... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 5:27:27 AM
- Michael Ledeen on Iran - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 4:40:12 PM
  - Instapundit on Iran - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 5:02:13 PM
    - re: Iran - Raoul - 7/19/2004 5:33:13 PM
      - At the risk of annoying you... - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 5:42:53 PM
        
        re: Obliging - Raoul - 7/19/2004 6:10:41 PM

Iraqi comments on the war - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 4:33:29 PM

If you're going to bury a story so deep in BS, why bother reporting it? - RobVG - 7/18/2004 7:35:38 PM
- Bush's Uranium Claim Gets Some Support - REB - 7/19/2004 1:29:52 PM
- same story less BS. - RobVG - 7/18/2004 10:44:34 PM

"The right to keep and bear..." - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 9:11:44 PM
- Please re-read, and don't remove from context........ - Publius - 7/17/2004 2:13:55 PM
  - What about a rifle in the hands of a 1770's militiaman? - Lee - 7/18/2004 3:46:07 AM
    - a 1770's militia man? - Publius - 7/18/2004 10:59:44 PM
      - So the civilians were better armed. - Lee - 7/19/2004 2:52:21 AM
      - re: 1770's militia man. - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2004 1:51:30 AM
- Would you feel as secure if they had AK-47s slung over their shoulders? - Art Martin - 7/16/2004 10:11:06 PM
  - A single shot revolver? - Lee - 7/17/2004 12:33:06 AM
    - re: A single shot revolver? - Art Martin - 7/17/2004 1:35:00 AM
      - No, just correcting you. - Lee - 7/17/2004 4:42:12 AM
  - But they didn't, did they? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 11:08:05 PM
- While I believe in the Right to Bear Arms, I wish to point out this caveat. - David F Mayer - 7/16/2004 10:06:33 PM
  - Who had most of the guns in Iraq? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 11:11:22 PM

Some interesting articles about Wahabiism and Al Qaeda - Gary - 7/18/2004 6:07:55 AM
- re: Some interesting articles about Wahabiism and Al Qaeda - phil - 7/19/2004 1:03:53 AM

For my small part........... - Publius - 7/17/2004 4:08:28 PM
- Yipes! - Bowser - 7/17/2004 9:55:51 PM
  - Do you own a Dell? - Lee - 7/18/2004 1:32:38 AM
    - No, but have purchased two for friends recently. - Bowser - 7/18/2004 7:02:03 PM
      - My thoughts exactly. - Lee. - 7/18/2004 9:13:37 PM
  - Boycotting China - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 1:02:00 AM
    - Couldn't agree more. Really. - Bowser - 7/19/2004 12:35:34 AM
- re: For my small part........... - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 6:17:49 PM

How wrong is Left - gbaikie - 7/10/2004 6:15:14 PM
- Blame it on Plato......... - Publius - 7/11/2004 1:16:38 AM
  - re: Blame it on Plato......... - gbaikie - 7/11/2004 4:42:26 AM
    - Blame it on The Bosa Nova........ - Publius - 7/18/2004 11:22:37 PM

Children Flying Kites in Saddam's Iraq - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 6:38:26 AM
- If you were a Muslim in Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon or Sri Lanka. - Bowser - 7/18/2004 6:57:34 PM
  - Perspective - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 7:22:15 PM

Measure of the quagmire: Philipines pullout - Donald - 7/14/2004 1:57:03 AM
- re: Measure of the quagmire - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2004 5:15:11 AM
- You can't have it both ways. - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2004 3:37:26 AM
  - Part of Cheney/Bush's vaunted "coalition", wasn't it. - Bowser - 7/14/2004 4:44:19 AM
  - Criminy - Donald - 7/14/2004 3:54:09 AM
    - What would you have us do? - McFly - 7/14/2004 3:59:56 PM
      - What we have to do........ - Publius - 7/14/2004 4:31:10 PM
        
        Insurgents - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2004 6:47:18 AM
        
        Don't be deterred - FrankC - 7/15/2004 4:21:24 PM
        
        Ditto - Tony - 7/15/2004 7:25:39 PM
        
        "apparently I'm boring people" - McFly - 7/15/2004 12:42:58 PM
        
        Insurgents - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2004 6:47:09 AM
        
        By definition Insurgents require popular support, or they are not insurgents........... - Publius - 7/17/2004 9:30:50 PM
        
        Well, then, people are using the wrong term, including me. - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 6:28:32 AM
        
        Insurgents - Lindy - 7/14/2004 5:20:05 PM
    - One of our better allies? - FrankC - 7/14/2004 4:03:03 AM
      - re: One of our better allies? - Chris Vancil - 7/14/2004 9:30:08 AM
      - Typical Yankee Arrogance - Donald - 7/14/2004 4:20:19 AM
        
        Filipinos join Axis of Weasels! - phil - 7/14/2004 5:09:24 PM
        
        re: typical smarminess - FrankC - 7/14/2004 3:35:12 PM

Horror in India - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 8:09:42 PM
- re:The Greater Horror 0f India........... - Publius - 7/17/2004 4:14:26 PM
  - Inconsistency - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 6:30:42 PM
    - re: Inconsistencies, no kidding... - Chris Vancil - 7/18/2004 2:23:19 AM
    - re: Inconsistency v consistency - Publius - 7/17/2004 9:09:48 PM
      - Economic failure - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2004 6:16:36 AM
      - Thank You Publius............. - Lindy - 7/18/2004 1:41:38 AM
- re: Horror in India/USA - CARL - 7/16/2004 8:49:25 PM
  - re: Horror in India/USA - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 9:03:43 PM

What's MARTHA gonna do with 5 MONTHS of HOUSE ARREST? - carl - 7/16/2004 8:46:21 PM
- Who cares? (n/t) - Carl's wife - 7/17/2004 6:07:40 AM
  - Me. She's going to kick hell out of the dog! (n/t) - Bowser - 7/17/2004 9:53:27 PM

892 - Donald - 7/15/2004 1:01:08 PM
- Meanwhile: More car bombings - Donald - 7/15/2004 1:34:24 PM
  - And: So goes the mother of all coalitions - Donald - 7/15/2004 1:55:01 PM
    - I can understand why they're doing it, but... - McFly - 7/15/2004 7:43:02 PM
      - You are correct - Donald - 7/16/2004 1:31:37 AM
        
        "It is only by replacing him will we succeed in Iraq and elsewhere in the world." Really? How? - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 1:50:29 AM
        
        fine line between cutting and running and simply playing the cards - Art Martin - 7/16/2004 10:54:29 PM
        
        Deja vu... - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 11:35:48 PM
        
        yep, whole country of France sucks doesn't it Tom. - Art Martin - 7/17/2004 1:48:52 AM
        
        BTW... - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 3:44:28 AM
        
        Doesn't matter if it sucks or not. - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 3:42:11 AM
        
        re: Doesn't matter if it sucks or not. - Art Martin - 7/17/2004 9:46:18 PM
        
        Incompetence - Donald - 7/16/2004 2:32:46 AM
        
        Non-answer - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 6:53:27 AM
        
        re: Non-answer - REB - 7/16/2004 2:47:09 PM
        
        Uh...Tom - Donald - 7/16/2004 1:11:47 PM
        
        Another non-answer. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 5:23:13 PM
        
        ROFLMAO! Thanks! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/16/2004 3:38:20 AM
      - Actually, I think Italy is next on the terrorist list of "appeasement for hostages." - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2004 8:25:56 PM
        
        They already tried back in April - Larry J - 7/15/2004 9:17:57 PM

Human Development Index 2004 - Raoul - 7/16/2004 6:50:04 PM
- HDI index........ - Publius - 7/17/2004 4:28:14 PM
  - re: HDI index........ - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 7:41:42 PM
    - May I quote Elvis?................ - Publius - 7/17/2004 9:22:39 PM

Perspective, continued... - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 7:59:00 PM
- apples and oranges - Art Martin - 7/16/2004 9:54:26 PM
  - Trying to compare WWII with Iraq. - Bowser - 7/16/2004 11:32:11 PM
    - Yeah, they were so damn happy under Saddam. All that kite-flying and stuff. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 4:04:48 AM
      - "No better friend, no worse enemy." - Bowser - 7/17/2004 12:59:43 PM
        
        Good God. - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2004 6:43:37 PM
        
        The problem in Iraq was long ago explained........ - Publius - 7/17/2004 4:19:45 PM
    - think those choir members are all counter-tenors? (n/t) - Art Martin - 7/17/2004 1:32:54 AM

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