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The selling of Kerry - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2004 4:06:54 AM

OKC Conspiracy Allegations Tossed Out - Donald - 4/21/2004 10:48:00 PM

Uh-oh! "Poland, Ukraine review troop strategy in Iraq" - Bowser - 4/21/2004 8:42:40 PM

Shell sacks CFO, oil reserves estimates lowered, again. - jms - 4/19/2004 8:11:54 PM
- Corrected link - jms - 4/20/2004 1:56:13 AM
  - re: heh heh, forgot about this subject - Success_Machine - 4/20/2004 2:41:25 AM
    - food or fuel - jms - 4/20/2004 3:44:20 AM
      - re: we'll eat the food component, and make fuel out of the leaves and stem - Success_Machine - 4/20/2004 6:05:53 AM
        
        thanks for the reading material... - jms - 4/20/2004 1:36:01 PM
        
        re: no problem, and no worries - Success_Machine - 4/21/2004 8:58:39 AM
- Oil reserves are always over-estimated and over-reported. - David F Mayer - 4/19/2004 9:16:25 PM
  - Therefore... - jms - 4/20/2004 2:05:55 AM
    - The current situation regarding the petroleum situation is like the guy who fell off the top of the Empire State Building. - David F Mayer - 4/20/2004 3:40:03 AM
      - So when does the next oil shock come? - Gary - 4/20/2004 4:17:08 AM
        
        re: You mean the "Hubbert Peak" ? - Success_Machine - 4/21/2004 7:25:01 AM
        
        An excellent analysis... - jms - 4/21/2004 7:44:42 PM
  - "Lies, cover-ups, fat cats and an oil giant in crisis" - Bowser - 4/20/2004 1:04:12 AM

Prediction: - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 3:01:52 AM
- Spain and Europe - REB - 4/20/2004 7:03:13 PM
  - "turn a blind eye to what Saddam and sons were doing " - tony - 4/20/2004 8:16:18 PM
    - re: "turn a blind eye to what Saddam and sons were doing " - REB - 4/21/2004 1:57:24 PM
      - Then you were not paying attention - Tony - 4/21/2004 2:29:52 PM
        
        No I wasn't, and that is my own fault. - REB - 4/21/2004 3:21:18 PM
  - re: Some difference!! - Raoul - 4/20/2004 7:14:47 PM
    - re: Some difference!! - REB - 4/20/2004 7:36:17 PM
      - re: Some difference!! - McFly - 4/20/2004 8:15:46 PM
        
        re: Some difference!! - REB - 4/20/2004 8:51:12 PM
      - re: Some difference!! - Raoul - 4/20/2004 8:07:28 PM
        
        re: Some difference!! - REB - 4/20/2004 8:23:23 PM
- Regardless of the means, regardless of Spain... - alcaray - 4/20/2004 5:23:37 PM
- The U.S. ain't Spain - FrankC - 4/20/2004 3:43:05 PM
  - I would tend to agree - McFly - 4/20/2004 5:55:28 PM
    - Oh we will win. - FrankC - 4/20/2004 11:52:27 PM
- re: Prediction: - Pete Stanley - 4/20/2004 5:23:07 AM
  - A sophisticated enemy - Gary - 4/20/2004 3:37:52 PM
    - re: A sophisticated enemy - Pete Stanley - 4/20/2004 7:59:21 PM
      - re: The second choice. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 4:59:46 PM
      - Yes1 - FrankC - 4/21/2004 12:04:40 AM
        
        Difficult to discuss - Pete Stanley - 4/21/2004 5:15:03 AM
        
        That's the root of our peril - Gary - 4/21/2004 6:20:21 AM
    - Amen to that - McFly - 4/20/2004 6:06:21 PM
- Predictions - Bowser - 4/20/2004 4:27:56 AM
- I disagree. - David F Mayer - 4/20/2004 3:33:39 AM
- Prediction: The Sun will rise in the morning - Gary - 4/20/2004 3:18:10 AM
- Small modification to prediction: England may be first. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 3:05:28 AM

War budget going broke - Donald - 4/21/2004 4:41:20 AM
- re: Bombs in Basra - Raoul - 4/21/2004 5:43:46 AM
  - re: Bombs in Basra - REB - 4/21/2004 1:29:16 PM
    - re: Insecurity - Raoul - 4/21/2004 4:19:21 PM
      - Insecurity, for now. - REB - 4/21/2004 4:29:01 PM
- Meanwhile: Bush death count hits 704 - Donald - 4/21/2004 4:56:57 AM
  - And: Blasts Rip Iraq Police Stations, Kill 40 - Donald - 4/21/2004 5:37:00 AM

Honduras to pull troops from Iraq - Donald - 4/20/2004 4:06:16 AM
- Today there is hatred of the Americans like never before in the region - Jack Herer - 4/20/2004 2:44:51 PM
  - The Arabs are good at that. - Gary - 4/20/2004 3:25:47 PM
    - Central Americans, too. Can't imagine why. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/20/2004 5:25:46 PM
    - It's a bit understandable, don't you think? - Bowser - 4/20/2004 4:23:04 PM
      - The Iraqis don't hate us for getting rid of Saddam, it's because of our tolerance of Israeli expansion - E.P. Grondine - 4/20/2004 11:54:15 PM
        
        What expansion? The OT guarantees West Bank Israel. - Bowser - 4/21/2004 12:06:19 AM
- Interesting... - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 4:22:18 AM
  - Where is the Honduran pull-out represented as a "critical loss"? Are you making things up? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/20/2004 5:36:18 PM
    - re: Where is the Honduran pull-out represented as a "critical loss"? Are you making things up? - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 10:52:26 PM
      - Looks like you can scratch DR too....... (n/t) - Tony - 4/21/2004 12:10:05 PM
      - He's right here and can hear us: Donald, do you think Honduras is critical to the coalition? - alcaray - 4/20/2004 11:04:06 PM
  - re: Symbolism - Raoul - 4/20/2004 5:45:26 AM
    - Not to worry. - Bowser - 4/20/2004 4:29:46 PM
    - re: Symbolism - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 5:55:38 AM
      - Irony - Robert - 4/21/2004 3:46:57 AM

Media continues to try and twist "August memo," believe it or not. - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2004 4:21:08 AM
- And I guess this settles that. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 7:23:00 AM
- The memo is more damning than some acknowledge - Pete Stanley - 4/18/2004 9:09:09 PM
- Twist Smist, The Administration is good at that! - Eri - 4/18/2004 3:36:57 PM
- Who is doing the "twisting", mon ami? :~) - Bowser - 4/18/2004 3:13:22 PM
  - How about actually reading the memo and coming back and trying that again? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 5:40:21 AM

Here comes the Selective Service System, aka "draft". - Bowser - 4/20/2004 6:40:10 PM
- I doubt it - FrankC - 4/20/2004 9:52:37 PM
  - The "draft" talk is obvious political noise - Gary - 4/21/2004 5:54:06 AM
  - They need more troops to protect the people and themselves. - Bowser - 4/21/2004 12:00:00 AM
    - If it were me.. - FrankC - 4/21/2004 12:23:40 AM
- re: Here comes the Selective Service System, aka "draft". - McFly - 4/20/2004 7:34:06 PM
- re: Here comes the Selective Service System, aka "draft". - REB - 4/20/2004 6:54:43 PM
- You want to hear all the rumors I have heard? - REB - 4/20/2004 6:52:08 PM
  - Speaking of "selective". - Bowser - 4/20/2004 7:06:28 PM
    - re: Speaking of "selective". - REB - 4/20/2004 7:26:18 PM
      - Track and focus, focus and track. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/20/2004 8:43:42 PM

a "muscular peace candidate." - FrankC - 4/21/2004 5:11:04 AM

US troops to remain in Iraq for a long, long time? - E.P. Grondine - 4/20/2004 11:29:14 PM
- If we are there another 2-3 years... - FrankC - 4/21/2004 12:31:08 AM
  - I think Bush Jr has stepped into his very own "Suez Crisis" - E.P. Grondine - 4/21/2004 1:00:41 AM

Why Dean lost the nomination: Kerry agrees to Sharon demands. - E.P. Grondine - 4/20/2004 11:37:06 PM

10 more countries - Raoul - 4/20/2004 7:40:05 PM
- re: 10 more countries - Pete Stanley - 4/20/2004 8:08:52 PM
  - re: 10 more countries - Raoul - 4/20/2004 8:25:53 PM
- re: 10 more countries - REB - 4/20/2004 7:50:22 PM

Oil-for-Food pays for terrorists - gbaikie - 4/20/2004 9:40:19 AM

Cartoon characters casualties of Iraq War - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 6:13:17 AM

The Bush death count - its purpose - Donald - 4/17/2004 2:31:07 PM
- Your purpose is to hurt President Bush - REB - 4/19/2004 7:52:29 PM
  - Wrong - Donald - 4/20/2004 1:30:49 AM
- Just curious... - FrankC - 4/18/2004 4:38:35 PM
  - re: Just curious... - Donald - 4/18/2004 5:13:16 PM
- Your premise is a proven falsehood, and you know it and don't care. - ebnelson - 4/18/2004 4:34:29 AM
  - Using your logic... - Donald - 4/18/2004 1:53:55 PM
    - re: logic... - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 6:05:53 AM
    - re: Using your logic... - gbaikie - 4/19/2004 1:38:57 AM
      - Why waste the bandwidth? - ebnelson - 4/19/2004 2:14:29 AM
- Good post. - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 7:21:18 PM
  - Actually, - Eri - 4/17/2004 10:29:40 PM
    - re: Actually - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2004 3:02:07 AM
      - Exactly! - Eri - 4/18/2004 4:20:53 AM
- Thanks Don (n/t) - McFly - 4/17/2004 2:54:43 PM
- Yes, someone must be held accountable - Eri - 4/17/2004 2:50:15 PM

80% of the problem in Iraq is surrounded - Buck Galaxy - 4/11/2004 4:38:19 PM
- Look for things to get worse, not 80% better - alcaray - 4/12/2004 5:13:15 PM
  - Children think of things as "win - lose". - Bowser - 4/13/2004 1:14:54 AM
    - re: Children think of things as "win - lose". - Odin - 4/13/2004 2:32:17 AM
      - re: "win - lose". - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2004 4:53:02 AM
- The USMC is playing this smart - Gary - 4/12/2004 1:44:50 AM
- As I said before, it is time to bring in the B-52Hs and B1-Bs while they are surrounded. - David F Mayer - 4/11/2004 4:55:29 PM
  - The US is over there. Illegally and immorally killing 'em. - Bowser - 4/12/2004 8:38:17 PM
    - If my country was run by a mass murderer and generalized asshole like Saddam Hussein, and some other country - David F Mayer - 4/14/2004 4:06:54 AM
      - Don't believe your own propaganda. - Bowser - 4/15/2004 12:06:23 AM
      - Saddam was a mass murderer? - Odin - 4/14/2004 6:30:59 AM
        
        So by your premises - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:31:52 AM
        
        No. - Odin - 4/15/2004 5:00:41 AM
        
        A bit now, More later - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 5:20:22 AM
        
        The UN treaty that Iraq signed prohibits such activity. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2004 6:34:17 PM
        
        Interesting response - Odin - 4/14/2004 10:08:29 PM
        
        Pathetic pedantic - Tony - 4/14/2004 5:34:36 PM
        
        Pathetic response - Odin - 4/14/2004 10:43:50 PM
        
        Fine - Tony - 4/15/2004 2:16:02 AM
        
        Hello? He murdered masses of people. Are you another academic? - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2004 11:14:33 PM
        
        Get down on your knees and kiss the feet of our resident philosophy professor: - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 7:25:11 PM
        
        lezeee, liberal=Democrat=academic=buttmonkey=marxist? Have I got your formula right Tom? - Publius - 4/16/2004 1:29:43 AM
        
        Another: T'Hell with tom Brosz for painting with a broad brush - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:26:09 AM
        
        Cite the Iraq law(s) Saddam violated. - Odin - 4/14/2004 11:45:59 PM
        
        Thats precisely on the same level as asking: "Cite the Nazi Germany laws that Hitler violated when he gassed the jews" - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:23:13 AM
        
        re: Thats precisely on the same level as asking: "Cite the Nazi Germany laws that Hitler violated when he gassed the jews" - Odin - 4/15/2004 5:13:01 AM
        
        re: Thats precisely on the same level as asking: "Cite the Nazi Germany laws that Hitler violated when he gassed the jews" - Davin L - 4/15/2004 6:35:57 PM
        
        What is the point of your "legal" exercise here? - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2004 5:58:33 AM
        
        I'd simply like to hear a valid rationale for calling Saddam a "murderer" . . . - Odin - 4/15/2004 6:26:25 AM
        
        If it were your Mother or childs blood on Saddam's hands I doubt you would trolling like you are. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2004 2:45:19 PM
        
        Man... - Buck Galaxy - 4/14/2004 3:01:47 PM
        
        Do ya have to be a lawyer to have an interest in the rule of law? - Odin - 4/14/2004 4:00:34 PM
        
        foundation for Nuremberg trials (A tutorial for Odin) - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:56:14 AM
        
        Gee! Thanks, Teach! - Odin - 4/15/2004 7:56:21 AM
        
        Put away the cliff notes and listen up, Euthyphro - Davin L - 4/15/2004 6:27:00 PM
        
        Printing this one... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 6:53:30 PM
        
        Not me - saving it to the HD instead - Fox - 4/18/2004 4:23:59 AM
        
        re: Not me - saving it to the HD instead - Davin L. - 4/18/2004 8:49:53 AM
        
        LOL. - Odin - 4/19/2004 11:43:20 PM
        
        Why are you back? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 1:45:04 AM
        
        I'm not sure. Ego? - Odin - 4/20/2004 5:01:29 AM
        
        re: I'm not sure. Ego? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 5:31:00 AM
        
        re: I'm not sure. Ego? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 5:34:42 AM
        
        re: Printing this one... - Davin L. - 4/17/2004 4:51:51 AM
        
        The clam before the storm... - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2004 3:19:15 AM
        
        I get the feeling this clam's got legs... (n/t) - Fox - 4/18/2004 4:35:54 AM
        
        Actually: "The clam before the Strom" - Davin L - 4/18/2004 4:16:55 AM
        
        re: Put away the cliff notes and listen up, Euthyphro - Odin - 4/15/2004 11:12:20 PM
        
        re: Put away the cliff notes and listen up, Euthyphro - Davin L. - 4/16/2004 12:39:20 AM
        
        Sheesh. I've had girlfriends be done with me quicker - Odin - 4/16/2004 4:34:27 AM
        
        That's not surprising (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2004 9:59:59 PM
        
        Ya know - Tony - 4/15/2004 10:39:23 PM
  - Winning hearts and minds of the "next bunch of assholes" - Lindy - 4/12/2004 6:09:57 AM
    - "..took your money and possessions" What are you talking about? (n/t) - RobVG - 4/12/2004 4:53:33 PM
  - They're not very smart. - Lee - 4/12/2004 3:48:21 AM

Mind you, this is a guy who does not think he has made any mistakes. - Bowser - 4/20/2004 3:23:40 AM
- Our Messianic CinC Subverts Congress, Should be Impeached - Lindy - 4/20/2004 3:42:35 AM

Its a vast conspiracy, you see, including members of the press, the stalwart right, the left and former High Ranking Officers in the US Army. - Davin L. - 4/19/2004 2:51:10 AM
- All these folks do is verify what was obvious. - Bowser - 4/20/2004 1:22:44 AM
- re: Its a vast conspiracy, you see, including members of the press, the stalwart right, the left and former High Ranking Officers in the US Army. - gbaikie - 4/19/2004 5:55:05 AM
- which conspiracy to beleive? - Justin Kelly - 4/19/2004 4:48:13 AM
  - re: which conspiracy to beleive? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 12:50:33 AM

Marine general on the UN in Iraq - Bowser - 4/16/2004 3:06:40 PM
- Disbanding the army may have been an error - FrankC - 4/16/2004 4:23:26 PM
- And exactly what would the U.N. be doing? - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 3:31:45 PM
  - The UN could help - FrankC - 4/16/2004 4:42:47 PM
  - At least two things may happen for the better - Tony - 4/16/2004 4:20:13 PM
    - Has anyone ever asked Iraqis what they think of the U.N.? - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 11:04:16 PM
      - Why yes - Tony - 4/17/2004 3:55:48 PM
        
        re: Why yes - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 8:06:48 PM
        
        but based on the data there......... - Tony - 4/19/2004 1:11:20 PM
        
        re: but based on the data there......... - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 12:45:21 AM
      - re: Has anyone ever asked Iraqis what they think of the U.N.? - gbaikie - 4/17/2004 6:11:01 AM
    - An excellent response Tony, thank you - McFly - 4/16/2004 5:39:36 PM
  - I've answered a few of your silly challanges. - alcaray - 4/16/2004 3:54:23 PM
    - re: I've answered a few of your silly challenges. - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 4:00:52 PM
      - re: I've answered a few of your silly challenges. - alcaray - 4/16/2004 11:34:27 PM

Sure explains why GWB is in bed with this dictatorship. - Bowser - 4/20/2004 12:28:54 AM

WHAT"S>>>> RIGHT<<<< WITH THE USA? - carl - 4/18/2004 3:54:41 PM
- GOOD POINTS, People!!!!! - Carl - 4/19/2004 8:36:33 PM
- from the perspecitve of living in Korea for one and a half years - Justin Kelly - 4/19/2004 12:50:51 AM
- OK, here is my personal take on the question: - David F Mayer - 4/18/2004 9:09:23 PM
- re: Aahh - Raoul - 4/18/2004 7:46:29 PM
- America, where no one can limit you to 50 words without your consent. ;) Here's 187: - Mary Anne - 4/18/2004 5:39:20 PM
- Oops! 50 words or less... heh - Eri - 4/18/2004 5:35:44 PM
- Yes - Eri - 4/18/2004 5:29:34 PM
- In fifty words or less... - Donald - 4/18/2004 5:21:05 PM
  - And suppose that President Bush wins re-election. What then? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/18/2004 8:24:21 PM
    - He continues to pound sand (n/t) - FrankC - 4/18/2004 11:35:35 PM
  - Yeppers! (n/t) - Eri - 4/18/2004 6:18:24 PM
  - LOL! By God, sir, what poetry! (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/18/2004 5:40:35 PM
    - Just what we need, more bumper sticker sloganerring...50 words indeed. (n/t) - Publius - 4/18/2004 7:20:51 PM

OK, another essay contest: WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT AUSTRALIA? - Mary Anne - 4/19/2004 1:29:09 AM
- The Wattle - Tony - 4/19/2004 1:02:02 PM
- re: OK, another essay contest: WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT AUSTRALIA? - Justin Kelly - 4/19/2004 7:47:06 AM
- re: Well, there's the landscape! - Raoul - 4/19/2004 3:39:58 AM
- WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT AUSTRALIA? - Eri - 4/19/2004 2:10:52 AM

Bin Laden's "offer" - Donald - 4/15/2004 1:21:13 PM
- Our mistake in Iraq was not invasion, but failing to withdraw as soon as WMD search was complete and Saddam was captured. - David F Mayer - 4/15/2004 1:30:01 PM
  - Yeah, but then what would we have done with the oil wells? Just leave them? - Lindy - 4/16/2004 4:00:24 AM
    - Watch The Stock Market When Oil Prices Rise & Get A Clue (n/t) - N/T - 4/17/2004 9:48:16 PM
  - The search will not be complete till November (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 3:20:24 PM
    - The search may be over sooner than you think........ - Lindy - 4/16/2004 4:07:46 AM
      - ummm.... - Davin L. - 4/19/2004 4:35:32 AM
      - Aw, geez, Lindy.... - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 3:57:02 PM
        
        it is far fetched.... - Publius - 4/18/2004 7:17:26 PM
        
        Let's put it this way........ - Lindy - 4/17/2004 4:55:22 AM
        
        re: Let's put it this way........ - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 5:54:44 AM
    - You may be right... - REB - 4/15/2004 5:29:32 PM
      - Actually, ............. - Publius - 4/18/2004 7:09:15 PM

U.N. Heresy - Justin Kelly - 4/19/2004 2:09:13 AM
- Kofi Annin is a wuss and a joke. (n/t) - Eri - 4/19/2004 2:39:06 AM

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