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Has anybody noticed? - David F Mayer - 4/5/2004 2:35:20 PM
- Great commentary! I wonder what would happen if they struck oil in Israel? - Jacob Samorodin - 4/5/2004 8:47:36 PM
- I agree with you but... - Gary - 4/5/2004 3:57:37 PM
  - re: I agree with you but... - Daniel - 4/6/2004 2:58:13 PM
    - re: I agree with you but... - Gary - 4/6/2004 5:08:35 PM
      - but .. - Daniel - 4/7/2004 6:41:49 AM

Liberal 'Air America' radio keepin' the bru-thas down! - rap master p - 4/6/2004 9:19:00 PM
- Air America aint going after the coveted Black people demographic? Maybe they can get Ralph Reed or Jack Kemp to apologize for 'em. - Odin - 4/7/2004 5:21:22 AM

Is Clinton now homeless? ;-) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/5/2004 8:38:37 PM
- re: "family-friendly website": Tabloid headlines are very visible at family-friendly supermarkets. - Mary Anne - 4/6/2004 12:34:43 PM
  - re: "family-friendly website": Tabloid headlines are very visible at family-friendly supermarkets. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/6/2004 3:59:56 PM
    - Hey, I used a smiley... - Mary Anne - 4/7/2004 12:34:39 AM

Iran source of current troubles in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2004 6:15:39 AM
- Iran, yes! But also Syria, Saudi Arabia & sunni Iraqis who consider Saddam "one of their own". (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/6/2004 4:02:57 PM
- It's not that foreign troops are in place? - Bowser - 4/6/2004 3:31:56 PM
  - No. That's a myth. - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2004 4:18:51 PM
    - I think you've lost it, Tom. - Bowser - 4/6/2004 5:52:19 PM
      - Oh, really? - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2004 6:38:17 PM
        
        #1: Bodies don't lie. Even if Bush won't let you see them. - Bowser - 4/6/2004 8:46:31 PM

article favoring Iraq war - Daniel - 4/6/2004 4:41:20 PM
- re: article favoring Iraq war - Raoul - 4/6/2004 7:59:28 PM
- Persuasive. - Bowser - 4/6/2004 5:44:36 PM
- John Pilger - Gary - 4/6/2004 5:16:23 PM

Some luck! - Raoul - 4/6/2004 7:01:50 PM

Condoleezza Rice: Under fire and no longer untouchable - S - 4/5/2004 5:19:25 AM
- Something very strange. - Bowser - 4/5/2004 3:00:37 PM
  - I guess we'll see... - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 4:54:44 PM
    - Ollie North - now there's a right-wing scumbag! - Bowser - 4/5/2004 6:28:56 PM
      - Darlings of the Right****READ THIS - Lindy - 4/5/2004 8:46:38 PM
        
        Things You NEED TO KNOW - Lindy - 4/6/2004 6:56:49 PM

"The battle the US wants to provoke" - an interesting perspective. - Bowser - 4/6/2004 6:09:34 PM
- re: an interesting perspective. - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2004 6:21:52 PM

Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 12:18:52 AM
- re: Fallujah - Raoul - 4/5/2004 4:41:18 PM
- re: Fallujah - McFly - 4/5/2004 2:40:52 PM
  - Bigger and Better Violence - Lindy - 4/6/2004 6:25:38 AM
- Operation in progress? - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 6:00:47 AM
- What do I think?? - Lindy - 4/5/2004 5:43:47 AM
- What would Hitler do? (n/t) - Bowser - 4/5/2004 4:29:46 AM
  - The people we are fighting have the same values as Hitler. Do try to keep it straight. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 5:13:41 AM
- re: Fallujah - FrankC - 4/5/2004 2:30:52 AM
  - I agree with Frank - Gary - 4/5/2004 3:51:10 AM
    - I thought most Iraqis love the US - are you going to kill those, too? - Bowser - 4/5/2004 5:00:20 AM
- Making an example of Fallujah? - Mary Anne - 4/5/2004 2:26:56 AM
  - They know not whereof they speak, Mary Anne. - Bowser - 4/5/2004 3:29:33 PM
  - Hang on, Mom... - Pete S. - 4/5/2004 8:02:53 AM
    - As with Mary Anne, we don't see nearly enough of you on this board. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 5:23:03 PM
  - re: Making an example of Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 5:10:55 AM
    - re: Making an example of Fallujah - McFly - 4/5/2004 2:55:59 PM
      - Think a minute. - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 5:25:32 PM
        
        re: Think a minute. - McFly - 4/5/2004 7:02:22 PM
        
        re: Think a minute. - gbaikie - 4/5/2004 11:38:05 PM
        
        Thank you - McFly - 4/6/2004 3:36:37 PM
    - Americans are dying trying to make Iraq free and prosperous, - Lindy - 4/5/2004 5:52:01 AM
- I don't know the answer but I think I know what's gonna happen - m - 4/5/2004 1:26:04 AM
- WHAT DO YOU THINK - R.L. - 4/5/2004 1:16:53 AM
  - re: WHAT DO YOU THINK - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 1:29:02 AM
    - Where did I talk about casualty levels? - r.l. - 4/5/2004 1:45:44 AM
      - re: Where did I talk about casualty levels? - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 5:18:38 AM
        
        Dont be such a partisan jackass - R.L. - 4/5/2004 7:18:17 AM
        
        re: partisan jackass - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 6:12:24 PM

Photo Caption Contest! - Pete S. - 4/5/2004 5:58:45 AM
- re: Photo Caption Contest! - Fox - 4/6/2004 3:31:06 PM
- Kerry thinks it is hilarious.. - FrankC - 4/6/2004 12:16:57 AM

FAIR AND BALANCED "Who was Jesus" on Fox news- WHO CARES?! - R.L. - 4/5/2004 2:15:28 AM
- re: FAIR AND BALANCED "Who was Jesus" on Fox news- WHO CARES?! - McFly - 4/5/2004 1:40:02 PM
- If all the Christians in the world paid very close attention to the Sermon on the Mount... - Mary Anne - 4/5/2004 2:41:10 AM
  - As a matter of fact . . . - Fox - 4/5/2004 5:23:51 PM
    - re: As a matter of fact . . . - Bowser - 4/6/2004 2:07:07 AM
    - Historicity - S - 4/5/2004 8:03:47 PM
      - re: Historicity - McFly - 4/6/2004 2:34:56 PM
      - re: Historicity - Fox - 4/6/2004 6:02:35 AM

Bush death count hits 617 - Donald - 4/6/2004 12:33:30 PM
- Bush death count rises to 622 - Donald - 4/6/2004 1:40:12 PM

Gay aliens with anthrax in space - Buck Galaxy - 4/6/2004 6:06:42 AM

Powell admits being wrong on mobile labs - Donald - 4/3/2004 3:11:59 PM
- You wonder why the administration won't admit mistakes... - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2004 7:17:34 PM
  - There aren't enough hours in the day (n/t) - Robert - 4/3/2004 8:09:18 PM
  - What? Did I miss something? It's all the Democrats fault, again!! - Bowser - 4/3/2004 7:56:11 PM
  - why the administration won't admit mistakes...probably this is it! - Publius - 4/3/2004 7:41:16 PM
    - re: why the administration won't admit mistakes...probably this is it! - gbaikie - 4/3/2004 9:38:06 PM
      - re: why the administration won't admit mistakes...probably this is it! - Publius - 4/5/2004 1:20:02 AM
        
        re: why the administration won't admit mistakes...probably this is it! - gbaikie - 4/5/2004 11:38:36 AM
- Bulletin - "US Sec. of State declares what the ROW already knew." - Bowser - 4/3/2004 6:46:36 PM
- re: Deep frustrations - Raoul - 4/3/2004 4:00:36 PM
  - Agreed - Donald - 4/3/2004 4:17:27 PM
    - You were correct then, you are correct now - McFly - 4/4/2004 2:54:29 PM
      - re: correct? - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 12:12:48 AM
      - Correct about what? - RobVG - 4/4/2004 5:51:45 PM
        
        re: Correct about what? - McFly - 4/5/2004 4:10:37 PM
        
        re: Correct about what? - RobVG - 4/5/2004 10:10:41 PM
        
        Hmm. They could well be protecting something. Or someone. (n/t) - jms - 4/4/2004 10:03:06 PM
    - re: Agreed - gbaikie - 4/3/2004 8:26:16 PM
    - Very Well Said Donald......... - Lindy - 4/3/2004 6:57:03 PM
- Meanwhile: Bush death count hit 602 yesterday - Donald - 4/3/2004 3:18:31 PM

Elections in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 7:03:16 PM
- re: Moqtada Al Sadr - Raoul - 4/5/2004 7:21:05 PM
  - Democracy - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 8:15:18 PM
  - Yeah they're all a bunch of violent barbarians right? - Buck Galaxy - 4/5/2004 8:05:27 PM
    - re: Morocco, Turkey - Raoul - 4/5/2004 9:34:30 PM
- Note to Iraqis: beware the hanging chad... (n/t) - McFly - 4/5/2004 7:07:20 PM

Iraqi Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Sadr, or "How the stooge system works". - Bowser - 4/5/2004 3:51:48 PM
- re: Iraqi Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Sadr, or "How the stooge system works". - Buck Galaxy - 4/5/2004 7:59:40 PM

Welfare reform - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2004 6:05:29 AM
- And the outrage against corporate welfare? - Bowser - 4/4/2004 3:30:04 PM
  - I agree: Both the Rich and the Poor need to get off of the government teat. - David F Mayer - 4/5/2004 4:23:44 PM
  - re: And the outrage against corporate welfare? - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2004 11:35:31 PM

Quagmire: Rioting Across Iraq Kills More Than 60 - Donald - 4/5/2004 1:14:50 PM
- And the Bush death count hits 613 - Donald - 4/5/2004 1:19:55 PM

Appeasement update - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2004 6:20:34 AM
- Ya attack a People, - - - - Bowser - 4/4/2004 3:20:38 PM
  - re: Ya attack a People, - - - - Publius - 4/5/2004 12:47:59 AM
    - Use your brain - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 1:34:14 AM
  - Threatens your core beliefs - FrankC - 4/4/2004 6:06:13 PM
  - see me on the flame board (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/4/2004 5:35:38 PM
- Those doing the appeasement always think they are doing something else. - ebnelson - 4/4/2004 12:46:30 PM
  - I stated, on another board, that Spain would be attacked again soon because it caved in to Al-Qaeda. - David F Mayer - 4/4/2004 3:00:32 PM
    - re: I stated, on another board, that Spain would be attacked again soon because it caved in to Al-Qaeda. - gbaikie - 4/4/2004 6:36:51 PM
- re: Why do you have to be SO insulting? - Raoul - 4/4/2004 8:25:42 AM
  - re: Why do you have to be SO insulting? - Publius - 4/5/2004 1:08:06 AM
    - re: Why do you have to be SO insulting? - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 4:38:13 AM
      - Yeah- and how many nuns did we kill to do that? - R.L. - 4/5/2004 6:59:00 AM
  - No appeasement? - Buck Galaxy - 4/4/2004 5:16:52 PM
    - re: Yes: No appeasement!!! - Raoul - 4/4/2004 8:13:16 PM
      - Are you saying Iraq attacked Spain - FrankC - 4/4/2004 8:53:51 PM
        
        re: Terrorism was the sole concern - Raoul - 4/5/2004 5:52:42 AM
    - No aggression, no occupation, no foreign rule, no looting Iraq. - Bowser - 4/4/2004 5:29:46 PM

Bush death count hits 600 - Donald - 3/31/2004 12:32:02 PM
- Sigh! The Iraqis also mutilated the corpses; and Iraqi civvies were seen dancing nearby. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/31/2004 5:15:50 PM
  - The Daily Kos comments on the deaths - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 5:02:41 AM
    - The Daily Kos link removed from Kerry's web site - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2004 3:41:37 AM
    - Link changes - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 11:56:56 PM
      - Oh, really? The 114 comments that constitute a substantive discussion of the original comment are still at the link you posted above. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2004 1:36:17 AM
  - It's called "Winning their hearts and minds.........." - Lindy - 3/31/2004 8:50:39 PM
    - It's called "Quagmire" - Donald - 4/1/2004 3:09:54 AM
      - Blood - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2004 4:26:36 AM
        
        re: Blood for blood - Raoul - 4/1/2004 5:54:02 AM
      - My vote is to send him over to Iraq to administrate the country. - Lindy - 4/1/2004 4:00:57 AM
        
        re: My vote is to send him over to Iraq to administrate the country. - Jack Herer - 4/1/2004 1:02:36 PM

The people we "liberated" - Donald - 4/2/2004 2:42:11 AM
- Donald, this community decided quite a few months ago that such images required warnings - R.L. - 4/2/2004 6:13:18 PM
  - Scroom, Donald. The warmongers SHOULD see what they are wreaking. - Bowser - 4/3/2004 10:48:34 PM
    - Shut up doggie - R.L. - 4/5/2004 1:28:24 AM
- No Donald... Those are the people we liberated Iraq from... - Scott Evil - 4/2/2004 5:22:06 PM
- S'pose "Bring it on!" had anything to do with this mess? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/2/2004 4:19:37 PM
  - I don't know, howmany know english? (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 4/4/2004 12:27:48 PM
  - You're assigning an awful lot of significance to a mob action - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 4:22:48 PM
- Damn, Donald... I would have appreciated some warning on that.... - Davin L. - 4/2/2004 3:36:02 PM
  - In Donald's defense... - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 4:20:03 PM
    - It was new to me, and it sure messed up my lunch. (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/2/2004 6:30:11 PM
- From an Iraqi blog... - Larry J - 4/2/2004 2:28:10 PM
  - re: From an Iraqi blog... - gbaikie - 4/3/2004 12:26:14 AM
- There are 25 million people in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 2:48:58 AM

Just in case anybody missed this... - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2004 6:10:51 AM
- concrete thinking process.... - Publius - 4/4/2004 3:31:07 PM
  - re: concrete thinking process.... - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2004 12:04:01 AM
    - point of agreement..... - Publius - 4/5/2004 1:28:15 AM

some thoughts on the manipulation of political language... - Publius - 4/4/2004 4:06:23 PM
- "World opinion" = France, Germany, and the Russians - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2004 11:32:02 PM
- re: some thoughts on the manipulation of political language... - gbaikie - 4/4/2004 6:58:51 PM
  - that's not a definition, it's a sentence fragment. - Publius - 4/5/2004 12:37:51 AM

Bloody Sunday: Bush death count hits 610 - Donald - 4/5/2004 12:24:44 AM

Bush death count rises by two more - Donald - 4/4/2004 9:01:02 PM
- Meanwhile our president makes jokes about not finding WMDs they died searching for - Donald - 4/4/2004 9:05:35 PM
  - And the carnage continues - Donald - 4/4/2004 9:07:26 PM
    - Richard Lugar: Iraq security in "shambles" - Donald - 4/4/2004 9:13:27 PM

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