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Kerry's visit - a classic! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/30/2004 6:07:53 PM
- re: Kerry's visit - a classic! - REB - 6/30/2004 6:17:58 PM
  - Actually, Gore is becoming more animated all the time... - Larry J - 6/30/2004 7:25:08 PM
  - Lieberman's too "conservative"/ Quayle Factor / Bush poll boost - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/30/2004 7:18:23 PM

Is the Draft next? - Donald - 6/30/2004 12:53:06 AM
- No. Once again, the press shows its ignorance of the military. - Larry J - 6/30/2004 1:54:06 PM
  - re: No. Once again, the press shows its ignorance of the military. - REB - 6/30/2004 2:51:23 PM
- Cheney/bush doesn't have the guts. - Bowser - 6/30/2004 3:23:29 AM

Gore tax costing consumers billions - LA Times - phil - 6/30/2004 2:43:31 PM

World Tribune: "NATO's spy planes, ships and WMD unit to guard Olympics" - Larry J - 6/30/2004 2:28:01 PM

Psych! Iraq handover three days early. - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 8:56:32 AM
- and let's not forget why it was 3 days early - Art Martin - 6/29/2004 4:14:53 PM
- Hey, wait a minute. The handover was promised on the 30th! BUSH LIED! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:24:08 PM
  - re:Maybe they forgot to tell him about the change... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 7:38:36 PM
    - How they told him... - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 4:30:04 AM
      - re: So how is this different from his premature use of the words "mission accomplished"...? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/30/2004 9:08:29 AM
- Scooped again. I hate typing on a laptop. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 8:59:02 AM

Desertion and Betrayal & Aesop - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/30/2004 3:50:02 AM
- And those that excuse this President are deaf, dumb and blind - Lindy - 6/30/2004 4:31:42 AM
  - I am confused. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/30/2004 4:52:50 AM

Fahrenheit 9/11 Sets Documentary Record - Donald - 6/28/2004 2:58:15 AM
- Actually, no, it didn't - Larry J - 6/29/2004 7:45:50 PM
- Geez. This is like setting the record for World's Fastest Snail. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:07:48 AM
  - BTW... - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:11:28 AM
    - Moore knows how to make money - Gary - 6/28/2004 5:26:26 AM
      - re: Yes, and he's a liberal - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 6:04:46 AM
- Meanwhile: CIA insider slams Bush antiterror policies - Donald - 6/28/2004 4:08:51 AM
  - Actually in interviews he slams the 90's harder and says we are too soft. - ebnelson - 6/28/2004 3:30:38 PM
  - "Anonymous?" Are you kidding? - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:17:57 AM
    - Actually Tom... - Donald - 6/28/2004 12:35:02 PM
    - re: Are you kidding? - Raoul - 6/28/2004 5:38:40 AM
      - information - Pete Stanley - 6/29/2004 9:29:18 AM
        
        You say the CIA has no more info than is commonly available to citizens? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/29/2004 11:06:23 PM
      - He has more information? How do you know? He's anonymous! - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:41:16 AM
  - And: 40,000 protest Bush in Turkey - Donald - 6/28/2004 4:12:59 AM

I'm paying to provide right-wing zany political indoctrination to our armed forces??? - alcaray - 6/25/2004 4:08:55 PM
- But I guess you're ok with the left-wing indoctrination, right? - Larry J - 6/25/2004 7:12:38 PM
  - NPR = left-wing indoctrination? - Tony - 6/25/2004 9:02:24 PM
    - Damned straight NPR is biased - Larry J - 6/26/2004 6:52:06 PM
      - Let me know - Tony - 6/28/2004 7:30:55 PM
      - NPR is biased - phil - 6/26/2004 9:27:36 PM
        
        you have never been able to tell the difference between NPR and the content from your local station - alcaray - 6/26/2004 10:02:47 PM
        
        No, it was NPR (n/t) - phil - 6/27/2004 5:04:58 PM
        
        Maybe I missed one of your posts (n/t) - alcaray - 6/28/2004 3:46:03 PM
        
        Not a frequent listener - FrankC - 6/27/2004 3:11:43 AM
        
        they have zero ultra-liberal features - alcaray - 6/27/2004 3:48:31 PM
        
        Now, if you want to talk about Pacifica radio... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 7:00:43 AM
      - You are mistaken. I listen to NPR all the time. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/26/2004 7:01:49 PM
        
        Why am I not surprised? - Larry J - 6/28/2004 1:43:17 AM
        
        Because you are a mad-dog partisan who does not know enough about NPR to have an intellegent discussion about it. - alcaray - 6/28/2004 3:51:57 PM
        
        I'm not the one calling for censorship here. You are. - Larry J - 6/29/2004 6:25:47 PM
        
        I provided a quote where Rush gave an encouraging excuse for committing war crimes. - alcaray - 6/29/2004 9:25:28 PM
    - We are debating people who can't tell the difference between Morning Edition and Limbaugh. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/26/2004 6:49:03 PM
- The schedule - Tom Brosz - 6/25/2004 5:49:23 PM
- I love this statement - FrankC - 6/25/2004 4:58:18 PM
  - In WWII the US troops loved Tokyo Rose - ebnelson - 6/26/2004 3:08:19 AM
  - If he tells our troops stuff like this: - alcaray - 6/25/2004 5:12:45 PM
    - The left can misquote and quote out of context all they want - ebnelson - 6/26/2004 3:13:28 AM
      - While you just make up stuff. - Tony - 6/28/2004 7:32:59 PM
      - Please correct the quote and/or clarify the context (n/t) - alcaray - 6/26/2004 6:50:44 PM
    - He diminishes himself and his mesage.. - FrankC - 6/25/2004 6:06:30 PM
      - I can not stand Rush - REB - 6/25/2004 6:09:42 PM
        
        Who can? I'm always surprised the bloviator gets good ratings (n/t) - phil - 6/26/2004 9:29:54 PM
        
        Rush is just a harmless fuzzball. - Lee - 6/27/2004 9:17:29 AM

Bush doctrine dead? - alcaray - 6/28/2004 5:54:58 PM
- re: Bush doctrine dead? - gbaikie - 6/28/2004 9:00:32 PM
  - When you say the war on Iraq was not preemptive... - alcaray - 6/28/2004 9:14:36 PM
    - re: When you say the war on Iraq was not preemptive... - gbaikie - 6/29/2004 5:50:53 AM
      - huh? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/29/2004 2:57:39 PM
        
        Geoff has a thing for UN resolutions - Tony - 6/29/2004 8:43:30 PM

was it a hand-off, or a fumble?.......... - Publius - 6/29/2004 2:11:23 PM
- It's the keys to the city. Welcome to Potemkin Village. - Bowser - 6/29/2004 7:57:54 PM

Breaking News!!! Iraq is self ruled!!! - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 8:49:14 AM
- Kindly define "self-ruled", if you would. - Bowser - 6/28/2004 2:04:53 PM
  - re: Kindly define "self-ruled", if you would. - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 7:22:33 PM
    - re: "self-ruled" - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 4:55:56 AM
      - re: "self-ruled" - Chris Vancil - 6/29/2004 7:24:43 AM
  - Also: "martial law" and "state of emergency" - Robert - 6/28/2004 6:13:21 PM
  - From an Associated Press article... - Larry Y - 6/28/2004 4:04:11 PM
    - re: From an Associated Press article... - REB - 6/28/2004 4:07:44 PM
  - One possible definition: Not ruled by a murderous dynasty with ambitions for WMD and the conquest of the Middle East. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 4:02:53 PM
    - re:I hope this "definition" isn't about Bush! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 7:16:27 PM
    - Not ruled by a murderous dynasty......... - Lindy - 6/28/2004 4:59:53 PM
  - Always resort to the definition of 'is', when losing. Another pillar of the 'Bush lied' myth bites the dust. (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/28/2004 3:27:53 PM
    - re: Like what? Having a wish to make more WMD but not having them to use in a momments notice? - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 7:30:18 PM
      - The emperor's new clothes: The left's moving claims about the war - ebnelson - 6/29/2004 4:09:40 AM
        
        re: The emperor's new clothes: Is Bush naked? - Chris Vancil - 6/29/2004 7:34:23 AM
        
        Thanks for demonstrating the point: the left's only tact left is eyes closed. - ebnelson - 6/29/2004 1:15:15 PM
        
        re: Thanks for demonstrating the point: Sure anytime. - Chris Vancil - 6/29/2004 6:54:18 PM
  - C'mon Bowser, don't ruin it so quickly - Lindy - 6/28/2004 3:11:57 PM
    - He won't. - REB - 6/28/2004 4:04:03 PM

Oh, by the way... - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 7:43:29 AM
- Please post a link, Tom (n/t) - DFM - 6/29/2004 5:28:22 PM
  - Oops! Sorry. - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 6:10:28 PM

An open letter to the terrorists from a retired Marine - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 6:37:06 AM
- I am hearing rports that they may have already killed the captured Marine. - REB - 6/29/2004 2:08:39 PM
  - You might be confusing the Marine with an Army Specialist who was kidnapped in April - Larry J - 6/29/2004 4:59:27 PM
- YOU think women would do this bullshit? - R.L. - 6/29/2004 11:00:11 AM
  - No. Women are smarter than that. - REB - 6/29/2004 2:12:46 PM
  - probably - we aren't all that different - Daniel L - 6/29/2004 1:18:03 PM
- not quite the way I would have put it - Daniel L - 6/29/2004 9:21:53 AM
  - The insult was calculated to hit its target, a group that has little regard for women. - Mary Anne - 6/29/2004 12:09:34 PM
    - Male Bravado - Lindy - 6/29/2004 2:22:50 PM
      - Ackk! I am agreeing with a Lindy post! - REB - 6/29/2004 4:11:58 PM

Kuwait Resumes Diplomatic Ties With Iraq - REB - 6/29/2004 4:09:56 PM

69 Said Dead in Attacks Across Iraq - DOnald - 6/24/2004 1:04:09 PM
- The left's seeds of disunity are bearing fruit. Be proud. (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/24/2004 10:00:02 PM
  - At this time in history nobody should be proud - Art Martin - 6/24/2004 11:29:54 PM
    - We have much to proud of - ebnelson - 6/26/2004 7:09:37 PM
    - Speak for yourself...and your buddies if you want but... - SteveS - 6/25/2004 4:27:12 AM
      - re: Speak for yourself...and your buddies if you want but... - Art Martin - 6/29/2004 3:51:36 PM
      - re: Speak for yourself...and your buddies if you want but... - REB - 6/25/2004 3:07:46 PM
- re: 69 Said Dead in Attacks Across Iraq - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2004 7:16:44 PM
- If they keep it up, they might reach an average of 100 per day, which would still be only one-third of the number that Saddam killed on a normal, quiet day. - David F Mayer - 6/24/2004 1:17:04 PM
  - 3000 is the right number of dead to be incensed about, I hear. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/25/2004 5:20:12 PM
  - Your waisting your time.l He can't see past his hatred for President Bush - REB - 6/24/2004 3:40:23 PM
    - hmm, hatred for GWB? Sounds well-deserved. - Art Martin - 6/24/2004 6:21:16 PM
      - Excellent post Art....... (n/t) - Lindy - 6/25/2004 2:54:38 AM
      - The man is trying to protect America from Terrorists - REB - 6/24/2004 8:20:31 PM
        
        ah, he's protecting us. I should have known. - Art Martin - 6/24/2004 9:48:07 PM
        
        As in The Pet Goat Defense? - S - 6/24/2004 9:27:35 PM
        
        Look at his action for that day. - REB - 6/25/2004 6:03:16 PM
        
        I have - in detail - S - 6/25/2004 7:05:35 PM
        
        You forgot the part were they had to clean his chair - SteveS - 6/24/2004 9:50:57 PM
        
        From the principle of the school Bush was visiting... - Larry J - 6/24/2004 9:49:42 PM
        
        re: From the principle of the school Bush was visiting... - REB - 6/25/2004 6:13:32 PM
        
        More to the point - S - 6/24/2004 11:52:38 PM
        
        hmm, Tom Clancy had it all figured out - Art Martin - 6/24/2004 11:19:22 PM
        
        He wasn't alone - S - 6/25/2004 9:01:18 PM
        
        "Debt of Honor" Copywrite- '1994' - RobVG - 6/25/2004 11:53:26 PM
        
        Synchronicity - Lindy - 6/25/2004 3:11:24 AM

Cheney: War Profiteering Professional - Derek - 6/29/2004 4:30:29 AM
- Profiteers in Washington - Lindy - 6/29/2004 2:40:26 PM

Some Iraqi opinions on the handover... - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2004 4:37:55 AM
- re: Some Iraqi opinions on the handover... - REB - 6/29/2004 2:30:49 PM

Washington restores ties with Libya - REB - 6/29/2004 2:05:33 PM

858 - Donald - 6/29/2004 1:42:52 PM
- Keep up the good work. - REB - 6/29/2004 1:58:44 PM

Iraq's courageous policemen - Daniel L - 6/29/2004 9:32:27 AM

Uranium and Niger, continued - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2004 11:26:12 PM
- Atomic bogey man - S - 6/28/2004 9:17:20 PM
- re: Uranium and Niger, updated - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 1:53:57 AM
  - and the sources are.................anonymous of course. :-D (n/t) - Tony - 6/28/2004 2:48:23 PM
  - and the sources are.................anonymous of course. :-D (n/t) - Tony - 6/28/2004 2:48:14 PM
  - re: Uranium and Niger, updated - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2004 2:28:49 AM

interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said, "the transformation from dictatorship to civil society is a major task likely to take many years." - David F Mayer - 6/28/2004 8:38:04 PM

What every American must do - True patriot - 6/27/2004 3:06:40 AM
- re: What every American must do. Think. - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2004 9:43:35 PM
- ...is vote for President Bush! - jr - 6/27/2004 6:40:30 PM
  - ...to leave office in November! - Robert - 6/27/2004 6:41:56 PM
- Note the "content" of the conservatives powerful rebuttals. - Bowser - 6/27/2004 3:00:22 PM
  - Spoken like a true mooreon. (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/27/2004 5:34:14 PM
  - 'FAHRENHEIT' ROCKS THE BOX! - Aaron - 6/27/2004 4:31:26 PM
    - "This movie will sink Bush." - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2004 11:45:00 PM
- A whole lot of American are doing................ - Publius - 6/27/2004 2:48:35 PM
- A Mooreon sharing his sheep fodder (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/27/2004 3:21:28 AM
  - It was panned by the "San Jose Mercury". (n/t) - Gary - 6/27/2004 3:32:05 AM
- You are on drugs... (n/t) - What a bufoon.... - 6/27/2004 3:18:08 AM
  - See what the Zone is all about? - Lindy - 6/27/2004 2:59:15 PM
    - re: See what Lindy is all about - SteveS - 6/27/2004 6:19:42 PM
      - Yes and No - Lindy - 6/27/2004 6:43:24 PM
      - re: re:Personal attacks - Raoul - 6/27/2004 6:32:39 PM
        
        re: re:Personal attacks - SteveS - 6/27/2004 7:26:36 PM
        
        re: re:Personal attacks - Raoul - 6/28/2004 6:26:35 PM

Why do we question the media? - FrankC - 6/28/2004 5:33:44 PM

Top Ten signs that will indicate when the war in Iraq is really over. - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2004 5:04:58 PM

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