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Saddam Planned Terrorist Attacks - FrankC - 6/18/2004 6:10:16 PM
- Why would one suppose that.... - Donald - 6/18/2004 7:41:49 PM
  - Why would one suppose that.... - jr - 6/19/2004 2:56:27 PM
  - Because the Russians have ten fold the field agents we do - SteveS - 6/18/2004 8:42:42 PM
  - from Rob's post below - FrankC - 6/18/2004 7:55:56 PM
    - re: from Rob's post below - Alan G. Archer - 6/18/2004 8:01:17 PM
      - "but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship" This is in regards to 911. That's not what we're talking about. (n/t) - RobVG - 6/18/2004 8:12:46 PM
        
        The 9-11 Commission June 16th report? - Alan G. Archer - 6/18/2004 10:43:44 PM
        
        No. Gorton was referring to the final report due out July 26. - RobVG - 6/20/2004 5:45:59 AM
        
        Thanks for the clarification (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 6/20/2004 11:33:35 AM
- Why bother with this Frank? - RobVG - 6/18/2004 6:47:38 PM

They've Done It Again - Perspective - 6/18/2004 5:53:45 PM
- A logical and effective response - Lee - 6/18/2004 10:03:52 PM
  - An eye for an eye? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/18/2004 11:31:36 PM
    - What are you talking about? - Lee - 6/19/2004 12:26:05 AM
      - Re: retaliatory killing - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/19/2004 1:06:20 AM
        
        good post - Daniel L - 6/20/2004 5:07:00 AM
        
        Probably because I am reasoned, sensible and moderate. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/19/2004 1:52:20 AM
        
        (oops) should be under Tones remark (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/19/2004 1:54:19 AM
        
        Congrats Derek - Tony - 6/19/2004 1:14:33 AM
- Well, isn't it time that we exterminated Al Qaeda? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/18/2004 8:05:17 PM
  - We should be doing that rather than... - Donald - 6/18/2004 9:46:46 PM
- Butchers - Donald - 6/18/2004 7:45:34 PM
- Link to the news release. - FrankC - 6/18/2004 6:18:51 PM
  - Al Qaeda is weak - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/18/2004 6:56:05 PM
    - You are sooo right...................... - Publius - 6/19/2004 11:32:41 PM

Euro Referendum Doomed. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/20/2004 1:19:49 AM

How to squander goodwill. Hearts and minds, indeed. - Bowser - 6/20/2004 1:00:06 AM

Well well well! Go figure! Michael Moore has some unique friends. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/19/2004 3:21:15 PM
- by way of clarification...... - Publius - 6/19/2004 11:09:49 PM
- The word is out that Asimov is pissed about the title and considering a lawsuit (n/t) - FrankC - 6/19/2004 5:10:52 PM
  - re: Ray Bradbury (n/t) - Raoul - 6/19/2004 5:59:43 PM
    - yes, of course (n/t) - FrankC - 6/19/2004 6:33:08 PM
- Ain't it awful! - Bowser - 6/19/2004 3:39:55 PM
  - Moore's movie as an educational tool - Lindy - 6/19/2004 3:53:51 PM

Constitution - Raoul - 6/19/2004 6:05:56 PM

The distorted and senile world of Bush dubbed, The Bushworld. - Nick - 5/20/2004 11:20:20 AM
- Discussions about you on the Community and Flame boards - Robert (moderating again) - 5/20/2004 3:03:04 PM
  - www.FlameRoom.com - MD - 6/19/2004 4:15:21 PM
  - Moderator: Fair and balanced reporting... - Nick - 5/20/2004 4:50:11 PM
    - Missing the point... - Robert (moderator) - 5/20/2004 7:28:05 PM
      - It's funny how - alcaray - 5/20/2004 8:27:48 PM
    - do you mean the Flame board? - Daniel L - 5/20/2004 5:44:40 PM
      - Daniel L?? - Tony - 5/20/2004 5:53:53 PM
        
        hmm .. - Daniel L - 5/20/2004 7:01:37 PM
        
        oh .. could it be - - Daniel L - 5/21/2004 3:15:15 AM
        
        Damn.... - R.L. - 5/21/2004 7:03:55 AM
        
        Only punch line I remember from Soap - the sitcom - Tony - 5/21/2004 2:57:51 PM
        
        ask einstein .. - Daniel L - 5/21/2004 9:38:08 AM
        
        Not an astrophysicist - R.L. - 5/21/2004 11:00:01 PM
        
        adaptive optics in action - Daniel L - 5/22/2004 10:14:33 AM
        
        Hmmm odd- part of my post wasnt printed - R.L. - 5/21/2004 11:30:22 PM
    - Change your handle. (n/t) - RogVG - 5/20/2004 4:59:26 PM

Poll: Who benefits by the beheading? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/18/2004 9:46:37 PM
- "Let it play without interfering?" - Lindy - 6/19/2004 4:45:35 AM
  - re: "Let it play without interfering?" - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/19/2004 8:29:28 AM
    - Your experiments at blogs - Lindy - 6/19/2004 3:46:47 PM
- Looks like they may be on to you - FrankC - 6/18/2004 10:43:29 PM
  - I never conceal my views... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/18/2004 11:03:53 PM

"OCCUPYING IRAQ : Unmet Goals, Unkept Promises" - Bowser - 6/19/2004 3:32:34 PM

Say what? New Harris poll shows Bush up 10 points? - m - 6/19/2004 4:54:22 AM
- Sounds good. - jr - 6/19/2004 2:39:45 PM
- Saints preserve us said Mrs. Jervis (n/t) - FrankC - 6/19/2004 5:38:39 AM

I found the link between Saddam and Osama! - alcaray - 6/17/2004 9:52:02 PM
- Actually, what the Comimission said and what the NYT had them saying are very different things. - ebnelson - 6/18/2004 1:18:09 AM
  - Which quotes do you dispute? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/18/2004 3:30:19 PM
- re: I'm on the edge of my seat - Success_Machine - 6/17/2004 10:53:05 PM
  - Bamboozled - Lindy - 6/18/2004 1:40:53 AM
    - I'm gonna bring those ragheads to Jesus, even if I have to kill 'em all to do it. Praise the Lord! (n/t) - Brother George - 6/18/2004 2:08:55 AM
      - This childish nonsense seems to follow one poster around. Haven't seen it in a while. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/18/2004 4:22:52 AM
        
        according to the address it is Publious (n/t) - FrankC - 6/18/2004 2:44:49 PM
  - Get a hold of yourself SM They have it all wrong - SteveS - 6/18/2004 12:51:40 AM
    - So when the commission found... - alcaray - 6/18/2004 5:35:52 PM
      - The 911 commission agrees with President Bush - SteveS - 6/18/2004 8:17:52 PM
        
        not what my post was about. but it was a cool non-response. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2004 2:39:25 PM
    - The American perspective - ebnelson - 6/18/2004 1:16:13 AM

Abdulaziz al-Moqrin has been killed! - Lee - 6/19/2004 12:59:06 AM
- A good start - about 10exp6 Islamofascii to go (n/t) - p - 6/19/2004 1:52:01 AM

"not immediately register" means secretely hold incommunicado for 7 months (or more?)??? - alcaray - 6/17/2004 11:00:38 PM
- Who says it ain't like Germany? - "Report Says U.S. Has 'Secret' Detention Centers " - Bowser - 6/17/2004 11:25:02 PM
  - I say so, and I should know. =)~ - Lee - 6/18/2004 7:13:44 AM
    - The good old days? (n/t) - ALCARAY - 6/18/2004 3:13:34 PM
      - No, just showing him how wrong he is. - Lee - 6/18/2004 10:15:43 PM
    - You are a sick SOB - R.L. - 6/18/2004 8:32:54 AM
      - My point exactly. - Lee - 6/18/2004 10:21:13 PM
      - yeah .. - Daniel L - 6/18/2004 1:59:41 PM

US Senate Backs Bush on New Nuclear Weapons - Success_Machine - 6/16/2004 10:08:48 AM
- re: US Senate Backs Bush on New Nuclear Weapons - David F Mayer - 6/17/2004 6:38:56 PM
  - re: Clandestine WMD Program in the USA - Success_Machine - 6/17/2004 7:12:06 PM
    - You MUST be kidding. The USA is a democracy. It faces nuclear threats from tyrannies. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/18/2004 1:07:09 AM
- 'Spur' an arms race? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 3:35:20 AM
  - re: Low-Yield Nukes Are Easier to Use Without Being Noticed - Success_Machine - 6/17/2004 4:08:25 AM
    - Sort of like saying "wildebeasts are easier to hide in your living room than elephants" - R.L. - 6/18/2004 5:06:21 PM
    - Impossible not to be notices. Even the smallest nuclear explosion generates a microwave pulse that could be found easily. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/17/2004 6:41:13 PM
    - And that is a tactical advantage. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 4:47:54 AM

We interupt this BS festival to bring you an interlude of reality - FrankC - 6/18/2004 5:20:44 AM
- Actually, I am on the 'left' Frank - R.L. - 6/18/2004 11:10:36 AM
  - You are politically moderate... - FrankC - 6/18/2004 4:13:37 PM
- Ah Frank...reality is no fun! Frenzied hatred is where it's at! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/18/2004 8:49:13 AM

U.N. Finds Banned Iraq Missile Engines in Jordan - REB - 6/10/2004 3:33:16 PM
- Couldn't fly any farther? - Bowser - 6/10/2004 6:45:02 PM
  - re: Couldn't fly any farther? - REB - 6/10/2004 7:31:17 PM
  - Lets hop Saddams WMD have not flown any farther. - REB - 6/10/2004 7:17:46 PM
    - OK, you win. Couldn't hop any farther than that. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/10/2004 11:45:18 PM
- The question is... - FrankC - 6/10/2004 4:09:28 PM
  - I think the question is: when were they scrapped? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/10/2004 5:11:28 PM
    - re: I think the question is: when were they scrapped? - REB - 6/10/2004 7:48:03 PM
      - re: I think the question is: when were they scrapped? - shupy - 6/18/2004 2:44:49 PM
- re: U.N. Finds Banned Iraq Missile Engines in Jordan - REB - 6/10/2004 3:57:07 PM

The Iraq prison scandal just got worse - Donald - 6/16/2004 11:23:05 PM
- Bush's new portrait - Juan - 6/17/2004 3:35:02 AM
- Bush's new portrait - Juan - 6/17/2004 3:34:51 AM
  - Beautiful. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 3:42:07 AM
    - "Beautiful?" "Nice?" - Lindy - 6/17/2004 7:45:00 PM
      - The blind leading the blind - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/18/2004 5:30:43 AM
- And Rumsfeld is now directly linked to abuse. - Bowser - 6/17/2004 1:02:55 AM
  - It's quite possible that prisoner is Bin Laden to be publicly displayed just prior to election. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 6/17/2004 4:04:28 PM
  - I see your problemâ€¦selective definition - RobVG - 6/17/2004 3:07:03 AM
  - In your dreams (n/t) - RobVG - 6/17/2004 1:20:37 AM
    - Not just his... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 2:21:36 AM
      - addendum - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 2:26:29 AM
        
        Good to see you posting Tech1 (n/t) - FrankC - 6/17/2004 4:51:54 PM
        
        Thanks - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 7:29:39 PM
        
        "You can checkout anytime you like...But you can never leave" - SteveS - 6/18/2004 1:46:37 AM
        
        I felt bad when you left... - alcaray - 6/17/2004 10:24:33 PM
        
        Derek-Ann Coulter is back! (n/t) - Quick! Hide your children! - 6/17/2004 3:48:40 PM
    - Another brilliant analysis, tough to answer with just facts, ed. - Bowser - 6/17/2004 2:11:53 AM
- Your tenacity in sticking to your lie is admirable - ebnelson - 6/17/2004 12:30:24 AM
  - Excuse me, but... - Donald - 6/17/2004 1:28:09 AM
    - It is the lie you stick to when you falsely claim that the war was only about WMDs. And you know it. (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/18/2004 3:00:21 AM
    - You are excuse... - jr - 6/17/2004 5:26:32 PM
    - Not calling you a lier - RobVG - 6/17/2004 3:14:21 AM
    - "To date 837 American soldiers have died in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. " - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 2:07:23 AM
      - Oh gee, the lunatic is back- aren't we lucky..... - R.L. - 6/17/2004 11:11:42 AM
        
        Aaah. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 7:16:50 PM
        
        Speak for yourself. (n/t) - RobVG - 6/17/2004 4:31:52 PM
      - Avoiding the obvious - Donald - 6/17/2004 2:22:41 AM
        
        The argument strategy you favor when you lie is to redefine the issue and then point out flaws in your redefintion. - ebnelson - 6/18/2004 3:02:51 AM
        
        Who's avoiding the obvious? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 2:43:34 AM
        
        the obvious?................... - Publius - 6/17/2004 1:03:40 PM
        
        Well... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2004 7:55:35 PM
        
        "Heart of Evil"? - Lindy - 6/17/2004 8:53:01 PM

Some of you might find this site interesting - LJ - 6/18/2004 4:04:39 AM

Analysis: Bush war reasoning takes a hit - Donald - 6/17/2004 3:21:16 PM
- The Commission actually said there were links - ebnelson - 6/18/2004 3:08:18 AM
- Official verdict: White House misled world over Saddam - Jack Herer - 6/17/2004 7:52:34 PM
  - More lies and misquotes from the media (n/t) - SteveS - 6/18/2004 12:56:33 AM

"9/11 panel sees no link between Iraq, al-Qaida" - Bowser - 6/16/2004 1:41:20 PM
- Lefties can't read past headlines, it seems. (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/18/2004 1:19:56 AM
- re: "9/11 panel sees no link between Iraq, al-Qaida" - SteveS - 6/17/2004 4:03:08 PM
- ...with requard to attacking America on 9/11 -And change link to evidence - REB - 6/16/2004 7:30:21 PM
  - re: ...with requard to attacking America on 9/11 -And change link to evidence - jr - 6/17/2004 5:23:48 PM
  - You can't prove a negative, ya freak. - alcaray - 6/16/2004 10:34:09 PM
    - re: You can't prove a negative, ya freak. - jr - 6/17/2004 5:20:35 PM
      - My daughter called me a freak, last week or so - alcaray - 6/17/2004 5:49:31 PM
- More BS. There is a link. - REB - 6/16/2004 3:13:53 PM
  - Linkage.....interesting, please explain.......... - Publius - 6/17/2004 1:17:43 PM
    - re: Linkage.....interesting, please explain.......... - Pete Stanley - 6/17/2004 8:08:03 PM
  - Colin Powell: No link to Al Qaeda - Jack Herer - 6/16/2004 4:56:47 PM
  - Ah yeah, let's disparage the bi-partisan commisson now - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 4:15:33 PM
    - That commission has put itself in disrepute a long time ago (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/17/2004 12:31:55 AM
    - re: Ah yeah, let's disparage the bi-partisan commisson now - REB - 6/16/2004 4:37:16 PM
      - Grand Vision?? - Lindy - 6/16/2004 6:46:10 PM
        
        perhaps Bush meant WMD= weapons of mass democracy?........ - Publius - 6/16/2004 9:47:12 PM
        
        re: Grand Vision?? Yes - REB - 6/16/2004 6:51:46 PM
        
        "WMD was just part of it" - Lindy - 6/16/2004 6:57:29 PM
        
        re: "WMD was just part of it" - REB - 6/16/2004 7:36:51 PM
        
        re: Against common sense - Raoul - 6/16/2004 8:50:51 PM
        
        re: Against common sense - gbaikie - 6/17/2004 1:00:03 AM
        
        re: Against common sense - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 9:15:49 PM
        
        re: Yes - Raoul - 6/17/2004 5:46:23 AM
        
        Yes - REB - 6/16/2004 7:07:40 PM
        
        re: Yes - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 7:37:18 PM
        
        re: Yes - REB - 6/16/2004 7:42:04 PM
        
        Japan and Germany were not nation building! - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 7:56:10 PM
        
        They were pretty well torn up after the war. Who helped them rebuild? - REB - 6/16/2004 8:06:52 PM
      - re: Reasons for war - Raoul - 6/16/2004 5:21:44 PM
        
        re: Reasons for war - REB - 6/16/2004 5:24:20 PM
- Cheney says there is. - REB - 6/16/2004 2:57:10 PM
  - Hogwash - Donald - 6/16/2004 4:01:29 PM
    - re: Hogwash - That is what you post is - REB - 6/16/2004 4:14:18 PM
      - re: Bush lies - alcaray - 6/16/2004 5:47:53 PM
        
        re: Bush lies - REB - 6/16/2004 7:04:56 PM
        
        Errr, WMD missile engines??? Dude! (n/t) - alcaray - 6/16/2004 9:17:28 PM
        
        re: Bush lies = none. - REB - 6/16/2004 6:48:18 PM
        
        Speaking of whoppers... - alcaray - 6/16/2004 6:32:45 PM
        
        re:10 commandments... - Raoul - 6/16/2004 7:14:53 PM
      - Read the article - Donald - 6/16/2004 4:52:25 PM
        
        Abu al-Zarqawi, an Al Qaeda leader been doing in Iraq since before the war started? - REB - 6/16/2004 5:12:34 PM
        
        Abu al-Zarqawi - Donald - 6/16/2004 6:16:06 PM
        
        Al-Zarqawi was in Baghdad in 2002, before the war - REB - 6/16/2004 6:24:35 PM
        
        McVeigh was in Oklahoma CIty in 1995 - Donald - 6/16/2004 6:33:03 PM
        
        Sneaky use of word. - REB - 6/16/2004 7:22:01 PM
        
        Don isn't sneaky, he is just stupid (n/t) - gbaikie - 6/17/2004 1:26:03 AM
        
        McVeigh was an American in an American City. So? - REB - 6/16/2004 6:43:33 PM
        
        re: Al-Zarqawi was in Baghdad in 2002, before the war - REB - 6/16/2004 6:31:24 PM
        
        Actually.... - Donald - 6/16/2004 6:35:06 PM
        
        re: Actually.... - REB - 6/16/2004 6:42:15 PM
        
        re:Links? - Raoul - 6/16/2004 5:35:12 PM
        
        re: re:Links? - REB - 6/16/2004 6:27:10 PM

Another planet dept: Don't ask "what he knew and when he knew it". - Bowser - 6/17/2004 5:11:19 AM
- Well, he has to find something nice to inspire them by........ - Lindy - 6/17/2004 9:17:53 PM

Peruvian Resurgence of Maoist Guerrilla Group - The Shining Path - Success_Machine - 6/16/2004 10:33:10 AM
- these groups and always don't fit in the same sentence......... - Publius - 6/17/2004 1:36:38 PM
- re: Hizballah Linked to Terrorism in South America - Success_Machine - 6/17/2004 2:33:51 AM
  - Hezbollah in South America....... - Publius - 6/17/2004 1:59:03 PM
    - re: Hezbollah in South America....... - Success_Machine - 6/17/2004 7:02:58 PM

Fidel and FDR - Daniel L - 6/17/2004 6:16:53 AM
- If Fidel Castro had been able to make it in major league baseball, Cuba would be a free country today. - David F Mayer - 6/17/2004 6:30:38 PM

Is Al Qaida changing tactics?....Witness the arrest in Columbus, OH. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/16/2004 2:27:50 PM
- re: Is Al Qaida changing tactics?....Witness the arrest in Columbus, OH. - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 8:11:42 PM
  - re: Is Al Qaida changing tactics?....Witness the arrest in Columbus, OH. - REB - 6/16/2004 8:52:31 PM
    - Inquiring minds want to know?................. - Publius - 6/16/2004 9:38:21 PM
      - re: Inquiring minds want to know?................. - jr - 6/17/2004 5:16:27 PM
    - In addition pal, you couldn't even begin to understand my "corner" (n/t) - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 9:06:09 PM
    - Oh man, it never ends with you - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 9:04:41 PM

Moral Chernobyl - alcaray - 6/15/2004 5:02:27 PM
- re: Moral Chernobyl - Pete Stanley - 6/16/2004 7:50:20 AM
  - re: Moral Chernobyl - REB - 6/16/2004 8:56:38 PM
  - Limbaugh: - - - no different than - - - Skull and Bones initiation - - - " - Bowser - 6/16/2004 1:55:38 PM
    - What a jackass. (n/t) - Pete Stanley - 6/16/2004 7:55:07 PM
      - to clarify: I meant Rush! (n/t) - Pete Stanley - 6/17/2004 4:58:16 AM
        
        darn! (n/t) - FrankC - 6/17/2004 3:40:30 PM
    - Latest Rushism - Art Martin - 6/16/2004 3:59:32 PM
    - I read something that said... - alcaray - 6/16/2004 3:14:13 PM
- Conservatives who downplay.......... - Publius - 6/15/2004 6:25:43 PM
  - Well done. - Bowser - 6/16/2004 2:36:52 AM

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