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Impeachment? - Eri - 4/19/2004 1:15:22 AM

Spanish Leader Pulls Troops From Iraq - Donald - 4/18/2004 9:33:12 PM
- Meanwhile: Bush death count hits 700 - Donald - 4/18/2004 10:02:25 PM

Bush death count hits 687 - Donald - 4/18/2004 1:57:01 PM
- Make that at least 691 - Donald - 4/18/2004 5:04:54 PM
  - Scratch that...697 - Donald - 4/18/2004 9:23:18 PM
- re: Bush death count hits 687 - Juan - 4/18/2004 3:09:39 PM
  - Meanwhile: Bush misled reporters on meeting about Iraq - Donald - 4/18/2004 3:40:09 PM

A couple of bulletin boards that you might be interested in: - David F Mayer - 4/18/2004 8:40:26 PM

Y do we give CEASE FIRES.... - Carl - 4/14/2004 4:58:30 PM
- A cease fire is never entered into or kept unless it is deemed to be in the tactical best interests of both parties. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/14/2004 10:06:21 PM
- What alternative do you suggest? - Mary Anne - 4/14/2004 8:17:20 PM
  - re: What alternative do you suggest? - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 6:20:22 AM
    - Bombing till they are all dead, risks more of our troops lives than just letting the bad guys go go (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 4:39:03 PM
    - I think Buck has got it right - Mary Anne - 4/15/2004 12:56:46 PM
      - Kindness used as a weapon against us. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:28:27 PM
      - Kindness - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:25:13 PM
      - re: I think Buck has got it right - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 4:56:35 PM
  - Alternative - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2004 6:14:25 AM
  - Themselves........ - Carl - 4/14/2004 9:12:50 PM
    - I agree that democracy must be worked for by the people who will be running it... - Mary Anne - 4/15/2004 1:32:17 PM
      - Guerillas - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 10:00:07 PM
        
        From sea to shining sea - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 1:29:35 AM
        
        DEMOCRACY IS AN EXPERIMENT - carl - 4/16/2004 3:52:29 PM
        
        READ ABOUT THE GREEKS AND THE ROMANS -- WE ARE THEIR CHILDREN - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 5:16:53 PM
        
        re: Middle East - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 12:25:46 AM
        
        More than Uzis - Mary Anne - 4/17/2004 2:20:01 AM
        
        re: More than Uzis - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 3:51:09 AM
      - re: I agree that democracy must be worked for by the people who will be running it... - Odin - 4/15/2004 6:11:39 PM
        
        Define "unfavorable" - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 1:36:40 AM
        
        In this context, coercive - Odin - 4/16/2004 5:04:07 AM
        
        Britain read the handwriting on the wall. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 5:35:25 PM
      - Different times. different weapons, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.... - carl - 4/15/2004 6:04:03 PM
        
        re: Different times. different weapons, same DNA.... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 1:42:30 AM
        
        Not KILL or be KILLED for the SPORT of it - carl - 4/16/2004 3:58:13 PM
        
        All righty then... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 5:28:55 PM
        
        So, these RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS - CARL - 4/18/2004 3:49:42 PM
        
        Hijackers, cell phones, past behavior and present knowledge - Mary Anne - 4/18/2004 6:08:33 PM

Oil for Food scandals trickling into the mainstream media - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2004 3:15:47 AM
- re: Alone? - Raoul - 4/18/2004 9:43:11 AM
- re: Alone? - Raoul - 4/18/2004 9:42:32 AM

The View From the Top of The Petroleum Curve (con't)... - jms - 4/16/2004 8:30:06 PM
- And there's more... - jms - 4/18/2004 5:07:30 AM

Poll: U.S. poses a far greater threat to the world than terrorism. - TiM - 4/17/2004 11:24:13 PM
- Read The Source (n/t) - (anonymous) - 4/17/2004 11:46:17 PM
- Read The Source (n/t) - (anonymous) - 4/17/2004 11:46:08 PM

New Iraqi Army Refuses To Support U.S. Forces In Falluja - Donald - 4/12/2004 3:36:25 AM
- "He [Bush] is now negotiating with the same insurgents that mutilated those four contractors last week." - RobVG - 4/12/2004 5:35:50 AM
  - What a hoot!! - Bowser - 4/12/2004 10:59:08 PM
    - You are a funny guy. - RobVG - 4/13/2004 2:19:00 AM
  - You're missing the point - Donald - 4/12/2004 12:38:28 PM
    - re: You're missing the point - RobVG - 4/12/2004 3:59:12 PM
  - re: "He [Bush] is now negotiating with the same insurgents that mutilated those four contractors last week." - Buck Galaxy - 4/12/2004 7:36:04 AM
- Iraqi tension built as U.S. miscalculated - Donald - 4/12/2004 3:44:56 AM
  - If I may comment here....... - Lindy - 4/13/2004 1:23:26 AM
    - Hello, Remember Hitler? (n/t) - N/T - 4/17/2004 11:02:19 PM
    - I didn't get the memo. - RobVG - 4/13/2004 2:40:39 AM

Absolutely no question about this. "Please take it, anyone, please please please. - Bowser - 4/17/2004 1:46:52 AM
- re: Absolutely no question about this. "Please take it, anyone, please please please. - gbaikie - 4/17/2004 8:05:59 AM
- No surprise here.................. - Publius - 4/17/2004 2:21:04 AM
- You know, if Bush was ignoring the U.N., you'd be giving him crap for that. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 2:01:47 AM
  - You're missing the point - McFly - 4/17/2004 3:14:33 PM
  - He did and we did and he deserved it! (n/t) - Eri - 4/17/2004 3:25:39 AM
    - Get serious - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 5:49:35 AM
      - re: Get serious - RobVG - 4/17/2004 9:08:47 PM
      - I am very serious - Eri - 4/17/2004 2:57:23 PM

Israel to assassinate entire Hamas leadership - David F Mayer - 3/23/2004 3:53:28 PM
- Hamas has a new leader - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2004 7:24:08 AM
  - That didn't take long. "Next..." - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 7:57:48 PM
  - He just got a letter from his life insurance company. - David F Mayer - 3/25/2004 5:55:07 AM
- One of the better ideas I've heard - Donald - 3/24/2004 6:22:35 AM
- Sharon continues to be a war criminal. - Bowser - 3/24/2004 4:12:07 AM
- That's what's known as "A good start" - phil - 3/23/2004 6:19:53 PM
- Hard ball tactics - Gary - 3/23/2004 5:51:45 PM
- "Late Monday, Hamasâ€™ leaders appeared in public at a mass mourning ceremony at Gazaâ€™s Yarmouk stadium, apparently believing that they were safe in such a public setting." - Buck Galaxy - 3/23/2004 5:31:20 PM

The battle of Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 3:33:59 AM
- A Belmont Club commentary referring to this article - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 5:00:18 PM

Time for Blair to call in his debt? - Bowser - 4/16/2004 3:14:30 PM
- Solution remains the same, massive UN deployment to West Bank and Gaza - E.P. Grondine - 4/16/2004 10:10:56 PM

Nuclear material - Raoul - 4/16/2004 5:42:41 AM
- Now our press can't read - E.P. Grondine - 4/16/2004 8:51:20 PM
- re: Nuclear material - jms - 4/16/2004 2:31:27 PM
  - reciprocal thanks - Fox - 4/16/2004 5:06:28 PM
- Not exactly a new story - Fox - 4/16/2004 2:21:00 PM
  - re: Not exactly a new story - Raoul - 4/16/2004 4:33:39 PM
- Scary. - REB - 4/16/2004 1:26:29 PM

Bush death list hits 680 - Rumsfeld reneges on promise - Donald - 4/16/2004 1:17:25 AM
- re: Bush death list hits 680 - Rumsfeld reneges on promise - Davin L. - 4/16/2004 2:25:58 AM
  - You just noticed "Donald the Deathwatch Beetle?" - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 3:13:52 AM
    - Oh no, its hard to miss - Davin L. - 4/16/2004 3:29:26 AM
      - It would be an insult to the dead who have died in vain to ignore them. - Bowser - 4/16/2004 5:38:33 AM
        
        Ignore them? - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 4:10:12 PM
        
        The way Donald uses their deaths for his agenda is insulting. - REB - 4/16/2004 1:05:11 PM
        
        Okay, then you should never use the Sept-11th dead in advocating any political issues - Davin l. - 4/16/2004 6:10:18 PM
        
        It is a deal. - REB - 4/16/2004 8:39:12 PM
        
        I agree with that - FrankC - 4/16/2004 6:43:26 PM
      - re: Oh no, its hard to miss - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 4:43:44 AM

This is kind of interesting - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 7:21:41 PM
- Weird and worrying - Tony - 4/16/2004 6:56:04 PM
  - Free enterprise? Willing buyer, willing seller. Supply and demand. - Bowser - 4/16/2004 8:22:11 PM

This is surprising, as well as gratifying. - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 3:49:40 PM

Coincidences - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2004 4:59:55 AM
- Who is Wretchard? - Gary - 4/13/2004 5:41:14 AM
  - re: Who is Wretchard? - Pete Stanley - 4/14/2004 7:07:32 AM
    - Another interesting website - Gary - 4/15/2004 6:17:54 AM
      - re: Another interesting website - Pete Stanley - 4/15/2004 7:21:57 AM
        
        Links don't work - FrankC - 4/16/2004 12:30:22 AM
        
        I think Blogger is having a tantrum - Pete Stanley - 4/16/2004 7:02:26 AM
        
        He just redid his website - Gary - 4/16/2004 4:27:22 AM

From the "Why Didn't I Think of That" department: - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2004 7:35:28 PM
- Well, Tom, wrong board for answering that. - Bowser - 3/30/2004 8:31:03 PM
  - re: Well, Tom, wrong board for answering that. - gbaikie - 3/31/2004 12:24:55 AM
    - re: "And have infrastructure in place that allow these reserves to be used." - alcaray - 3/31/2004 9:44:40 PM
    - re: Well, Tom, wrong board for answering that. - Tony - 3/31/2004 1:48:27 AM
    - Thank you, God. Just when I was beginning to miss ed, along comes a savior. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/31/2004 1:17:02 AM
  - You know, it must be so damn easy just to sit there and make crap up. - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2004 11:54:02 PM
- Why oil prices are high - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2004 7:56:33 PM
  - re: Why oil prices are high - Lee - 4/16/2004 7:01:47 AM
  - Wait, so the production curve is flattening while the demand curve continues upward? - jms - 4/1/2004 3:04:10 PM

Why Hollywood won't make 911 or Iraq movies now - p - 4/15/2004 5:41:42 PM
- Clarke isn't an issue any more. He's tagged off to Woodward. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 7:25:32 PM
  - I'm still surprised Bush would give an author that kind of access. Did he learn nothing from "A Season on the Brink?" (n/t) - Odin - 4/16/2004 5:30:03 AM
  - At the risk of attracting more rudeness: what does "tagged off" mean? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 8:27:00 PM
    - like in Austin Power's lingo........ - Publius - 4/16/2004 1:06:54 AM
    - As in tag team.."here Woodward you take it for a while" (n/t) - FrankC - 4/15/2004 9:28:12 PM
      - Frank's right. Sorry it wasn't clear. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 9:30:46 PM
- theres a difference between refute and discredit (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 5:53:57 PM
  - Huh! Turns out one of the refutations was a d**n lie! - alcaray - 4/15/2004 6:32:20 PM
    - Not really. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 7:16:15 PM
      - Well Clarke wants the info published. Looks like Frist does not. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 8:25:33 PM
- re: Why Hollywood won't make 911 or Iraq movies now - REB - 4/15/2004 5:51:56 PM

Air American already in the toilet - gbaikie - 4/15/2004 10:54:55 AM
- re: Air America - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 4:43:32 PM
  - Oh, heck, one more kick. - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 5:06:57 AM
  - "They should have listened to the example of NPR: you have to force people to pay for this stuff" ROTFL!! (n/t) - p - 4/15/2004 5:43:20 PM
  - I think you need a sense of humor to interpret phrases like that properly (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 5:04:07 PM
    - re: I think you need a sense of humor - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:45:36 PM
      - That was childish, I agree. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 5:51:52 PM
- Tell us what you think is wrong, and I'll tell you what I think is wrong. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 3:19:03 PM
  - They learned all they needed to know in Kindergarten (n/t) - gbaikie - 4/15/2004 8:33:11 PM

A note from Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 3:10:15 AM
- Another note from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2004 3:26:08 AM

Bush murder count hits 678 American soldiers - Donald - 4/14/2004 1:17:02 AM
- Donald, you are going to far to call President Bush a murderer. Those who were killed knew the risks when they joined. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2004 2:43:08 AM
  - Research "due diligence". - Bowser - 4/15/2004 12:17:50 AM
  - Hardly surprising - FrankC - 4/14/2004 4:16:48 AM
  - David... - Donald - 4/14/2004 4:11:15 AM
    - Donald, please explain you view on why Saddam was playing musical chairs with the weapons inspectors. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2004 6:29:28 PM
      - It doesn't matter, but... - Donald - 4/14/2004 9:05:46 PM
        
        re: It doesn't matter - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2004 11:48:53 PM
        
        There is nothing abstract about it Tom - Donald - 4/15/2004 12:06:27 AM
        
        re: There is nothing abstract about it Tom - gbaikie - 4/15/2004 10:59:57 PM
    - Oh Saddam said so. Ok, works for me. (n/t) - Lee - 4/14/2004 6:51:27 AM
- Great to be able to visit and see that you are still a fool (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/14/2004 1:32:23 AM
  - re: Great to be able to visit and see that you are still a fool - Bowser - 4/14/2004 6:23:02 PM
    - Are you calling Ed social?................................ (n/t) - Publius - 4/16/2004 1:34:22 AM
  - Ed! (n/t) - Tony - 4/14/2004 3:26:44 PM

Bush contradicts self at own press conference. (This is too easy.) - Bowser - 4/14/2004 10:59:36 PM
- Troublesome - Lindy - 4/15/2004 3:15:22 AM
  - yeah, but his polka-dot tie makes headlines......... (n/t) - Publius - 4/16/2004 1:10:51 AM

Been hearing a lot about "Republicans for Kerry" here lately - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 6:31:19 AM
- link is hinky - alcaray - 4/15/2004 4:24:05 PM
  - re: link is hinky - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 4:48:39 PM
    - It works for me. - REB - 4/15/2004 5:33:46 PM
    - All I get is a heading and a white page - alcaray - 4/15/2004 5:24:51 PM
      - Clarification: - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:37:40 PM
        
        I got it the first time. What does it have to do with "Republicans for Kerry" issue? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 5:44:02 PM
        
        Okay, very slowly now. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:50:31 PM
        
        You know - alcaray - 4/15/2004 5:55:58 PM
        
        re: You know - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 9:37:09 PM
        
        Accepted and sorry I got hot, too. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 9:52:57 PM
      - re: All I get is a heading and a white page - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:34:10 PM

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