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Holy jumpin'-up-and-down-screamin'-and-crying-Martha! - Bowser - 3/5/2004 9:48:40 PM
- Martha's "LIVING" - carl - 3/5/2004 10:52:37 PM
  - "A little bleach will soften the harsh orange of a jump suit, and - - - - Bowser - 3/6/2004 1:43:23 AM
    - I could be wrong... - FrankC - 3/6/2004 6:35:29 AM
      - No, Frank, don't tell me!! - Bowser - 3/6/2004 4:07:28 PM
        
        she is hard to take I hear - FrankC - 3/6/2004 4:34:01 PM
        
        P.S. - FrankC - 3/6/2004 6:00:58 PM
        
        Not really a Flame, but reply doesn't belong here, so I'll take it there. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/6/2004 6:23:18 PM
- re: Holy jumpin'-up-and-down-screamin'-and-crying-Martha! - John - 3/5/2004 9:57:16 PM

Serious Intelligence Reform - gbaikie - 3/6/2004 3:42:11 PM

Kerry, Democrats Look to Election . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 5:50:47 PM
- Financial Times: "North Korea warms to Kerry presidency bid" - Larry J - 3/5/2004 3:05:21 PM
  - North Korea is, of course, totally clueless that their radio broadcasts might be picked up by anyone else. - Mary Anne - 3/6/2004 2:15:19 PM
- Lileks on the election - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 4:30:24 AM
- Kerry appeal in Europe - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2004 8:26:29 PM
  - Once again, the left wants to fool themselves into thinking Europe = France + Germany (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:50:44 AM
  - Europeans are our traditional allies - Buck Galalxy - 3/4/2004 5:33:28 PM
    - Some of them, but by no means all of them - Larry J - 3/4/2004 6:27:20 PM
  - re: Kerry appeal in Europe, continued - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 4:13:20 AM
    - Lileks: "Guess Which Candidate Our Enemies Want to Lose in 2004?" - Larry J - 3/4/2004 3:22:21 PM
      - Guess Which Candidate Our Friends Want to Lose in 2004? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/4/2004 5:35:47 PM
        
        The Warmonger??!! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/4/2004 8:54:31 PM
        
        An exercise: - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 7:51:27 PM
        
        re: An exercise: - Buck Galaxy - 3/5/2004 2:25:30 AM
        
        re: An exercise: - gbaikie - 3/4/2004 8:43:59 PM
        
        LOL! - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 9:22:51 PM
  - re: Yes - Raoul - 3/3/2004 9:30:54 PM
  - re: The "big deal" . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 9:30:06 PM
    - re: The "big deal" . . . - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2004 10:20:51 PM
      - re: They've apparently never 'been' to Europe . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 10:33:56 PM
- Opinion: The Next Best Thing to Being President . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 6:10:26 PM
  - If he's at all serious, then he needs to try reading the Constitution. - Larry J - 3/3/2004 6:55:23 PM
    - Loophole in the wording - Justin Kelly - 3/4/2004 4:55:46 AM
      - re: Loophole in the wording - Larry J - 3/4/2004 3:33:11 PM
  - If he's at all serious, then he needs to try reading the Constitution. - Larry J - 3/3/2004 6:55:10 PM
- Editorial: Kerry's Unreal Deal . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 6:02:18 PM

Venezuelans' Plan to Recall ChÃ¡vez Faces a Setback . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 9:04:08 PM
- Chavez is Castro's beeatch, and will make himself president for life very soon - ebnelson - 3/6/2004 4:09:48 AM
- Movie Review: A Gripping Inside Look at Hugo ChÃ¡vez's Venezuela . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 9:23:32 PM
- Venezuelan Leader, Battling a Recall, Mocks Bush . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 9:12:51 PM
  - Geez, everybody mocks Bush - the world mocks Bush. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/3/2004 1:22:00 AM

Iraqi fury at the terrorists - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 5:27:34 AM
- Watch for this trick, wherein one builds a petard, sits on it, real hard, and waits. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 6:23:49 PM
  - Two points: - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2004 12:31:44 AM
    - Actually, it was a three-pointer. - Bowser - 3/6/2004 1:32:59 AM
      - re: Actually, it was a three-pointer. - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2004 2:36:06 AM
        
        Try it again. Because Iraqis ARE killing Americans. Really. - Bowser - 3/6/2004 2:54:17 AM

Noam Scheiber on Bush and the economy - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 7:54:08 PM
- Rather pathetic, don't you think? I mean, after all the BS rhetoric. - Bowser - 3/6/2004 1:13:07 AM
- re: Noam Scheiber on Bush and the economy - gbaikie - 3/6/2004 12:55:47 AM

HOWARD'S END???????? - Carl - 3/5/2004 9:02:55 PM

Like a rolling stone... - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 6:48:54 PM
- Actually - - - - Bowser - 3/5/2004 7:35:13 PM
- Okay!Okay!... Just one more. - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 7:17:53 PM
  - Just one more............LOL LOL (n/t) - Lindy - 3/5/2004 8:55:18 PM
- "Before it gets worse"...is that actually possible? (n/t) - RobVG - 3/5/2004 6:58:47 PM

Democrats indignant about mention of 9/11 in campaign - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 5:46:40 PM
- Tough schitt. (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:48:56 AM
- "Watch for this trick" - Fox - 3/4/2004 10:22:44 PM
- Just a side note... - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 6:26:51 PM
- Refusing to tell the American people what they knew leads reasonable people to assume they could have prevented that attack. - Bowser - 3/4/2004 6:05:10 PM
  - You mean back in 1999, and even earlier, when these attacks were being planned? - REB - 3/4/2004 7:23:30 PM
    - Is this a serious question? Surely you jest. Clinton and Berger are testifying. - Bowser - 3/4/2004 7:48:07 PM
      - Are you Serious? - REB - 3/4/2004 8:20:13 PM
        
        OK. This is beginning to make a bit of sense. - Bowser - 3/4/2004 9:21:56 PM
        
        re: OK. This is beginning to make a bit of sense. - REB - 3/4/2004 9:30:25 PM
        
        Not a bit. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 8:06:38 PM
  - Actually, no reasonable person will make that leap of logic. Just nutballs. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 6:27:49 PM
    - And it would be interesting to see what you said about Clinton in similar circumstances. - Bowser - 3/4/2004 6:41:46 PM
      - re: And it would be interesting to see what you said about Clinton in similar circumstances. - REB - 3/4/2004 8:06:20 PM
        
        "911 caught America off guard" - S - 3/4/2004 9:25:25 PM
        
        Probably why Tenet has lasted so long. He was reportedly "nearly frantic" the week before 9-11. (n/t) - Odin - 3/5/2004 4:34:27 AM
        
        I wonder if that's it. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 6:51:08 PM

Brit Hume honor triggers protest - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2004 6:31:42 PM
- Hume was most responsible conservative "major personality" at Fox during the "outgoing Clinton admnistration trashed WH" stories. - Odin - 2/2/2004 10:04:42 PM
  - Britt Hume is a moron . . . - Odin - 2/3/2004 7:13:03 AM
    - re: Britt Hume is a moron . . . - Johnny O - 3/5/2004 7:52:04 PM
    - Is it fair to withhold it from anyone - FrankC - 2/3/2004 3:08:29 PM
    - worste one ever was Larry King - Justin Kelly - 2/3/2004 8:18:03 AM
- Resigning over Brit Hume - ebnelson - 2/2/2004 7:11:58 PM

Sept. 11 Families Outraged by Bush Campaign Ad - Donald - 3/5/2004 1:46:55 AM
- A Few of them even appear to have talking points from the Kerry campaign. - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:43:07 PM
- A few, manipulated by the dems, into complaining - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:47:40 AM
- Or, to be more accurate, "some" Sept. 11 families. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 2:24:29 AM
  - At least some of the complainers have a major political axe to grind - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 3:52:06 AM

Look Ma!! That puppet twitched ALL BY ITSELF! - Bowser - 3/5/2004 7:11:04 PM

DPRK state run media on John Kerry - Justin Kelly - 3/5/2004 3:47:29 PM
- Quote - "may reflect little more than a "better the devil you don't know" mentality" (n/t) - Bowser - 3/5/2004 6:30:10 PM

Trickle Down Barely A Few Drops - Mark Eby - 3/5/2004 2:36:27 PM
- Bush tax cuts - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:38:04 PM
- What does the household survey show? - Larry J - 3/5/2004 3:01:26 PM
  - Looks like household survey actually got worse this month - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:28:48 PM
  - More on the payroll verses the household surveys... - Larry J - 3/5/2004 3:43:47 PM

Lileks - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 7:11:44 AM

THIS hurts. Look at the facts, and consider the source. - Bowser - 3/2/2004 2:22:42 AM
- Waiting in hushed anticipation for al Qaeda's report (n/t) - gbaikie - 3/2/2004 7:14:23 AM
- Yes, the source... - ebnelson - 3/2/2004 4:07:34 AM
- Check your calendar. - RobVG - 3/2/2004 3:54:29 AM
  - Try this. - Bowser - 3/2/2004 3:56:17 AM
    - Typo? - RobVG - 3/2/2004 4:18:08 AM
      - re: Typo? - Bowser - 3/2/2004 4:44:35 AM
    - Russia, China, and Iran have had a habit of killing their undesirables. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2004 3:59:48 AM
      - And the US doesn't? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/2/2004 4:06:56 AM
        
        You talking about abortion? - ebnelson - 3/2/2004 6:09:27 AM
        
        Cute point. BLIND HOG FINDS ACORN!! - Bowser - 3/3/2004 1:20:02 AM
        
        Woosh over your head - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:57:52 AM
        
        Not that cute, considering he was wrong - Odin - 3/3/2004 3:18:18 AM
        
        Odious, the clueless fool - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:59:34 AM
        
        The source, man, the source!! - Bowser - 3/3/2004 5:02:05 AM
        
        Should have been a (nt) post - FrankC - 3/3/2004 1:35:59 AM
        
        And on second thought Frank, - - - - Bowser - 3/3/2004 2:30:11 AM
        
        Your standards? - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 7:01:01 AM
        
        I didn't see it - FrankC - 3/3/2004 3:14:49 AM
        
        You be right. NEAR-SIGHTED HOG FINDS ACORN!! - Bowser - 3/3/2004 2:01:32 AM
        
        A great indicator of your analytical abilities - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 7:10:24 AM

Spokeswoman: Roy Horn Able to Walk Again . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 7:13:37 PM
- So we can take the flags from half mast now? - R.L. - 3/4/2004 1:21:25 AM
  - re: Hi, Robert . . . - D. Spires - 3/4/2004 9:19:17 PM
    - It was a good story Dan, thanks. (n/t) - Lee - 3/5/2004 6:37:00 AM

A Year Later: Elizabeth Smart Is Normal 16-Year-Old - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 7:29:27 PM
- There's somthing freaky about her dad. - Lee - 3/4/2004 6:39:33 AM
  - What an inane and nasty thing to say! - R.L. - 3/5/2004 5:05:16 AM
    - Watch it, this story isn't over by a long shot. - Lee - 3/5/2004 6:35:07 AM
- DESPITE THE PROTESTS - R.L. - 3/3/2004 9:27:47 PM
  - re: It won't go away, Robert . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 9:35:03 PM
    - It is a sick world - R.L. - 3/3/2004 9:43:26 PM
      - THE AND WAS HER PARENTS TOO, NOTSURE WHY IT DIDNY GO THRU (n/t) - R.L. - 3/3/2004 9:46:37 PM
        
        UMMM NOT SURE WHAT WENT WRONG THERE - R.L. - 3/3/2004 9:51:29 PM
        
        re: Yeah . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 10:12:44 PM

A reminder - RNE - 3/3/2004 1:48:20 PM
- ". . . until we go through it ourselves . . ." - Odin - 3/4/2004 12:01:26 AM
  - Time to feed the troll, sigh. - RNE - 3/4/2004 2:01:57 PM
    - Time to attempt to enlighten another moron, sigh. - Odin - 3/4/2004 11:07:43 PM
      - Well RNE, you had to go and feed him, didn't you? - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2004 11:12:30 PM
        
        LOL. Did the monkeys learn a new word? - Odin - 3/5/2004 3:30:35 AM
- excellent... - FrankC - 3/3/2004 6:18:01 PM
- re: A reminder, corrected link - RNE - 3/3/2004 1:52:24 PM
  - re: Ignor my email, Richard . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 5:21:41 PM
  - Thanks. - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2004 4:43:17 PM
    - re: Thanks. - REB - 3/4/2004 7:10:56 PM

"How Bush can destroy Kerry fast." - Bowser - 3/4/2004 9:46:18 PM

Rs cracking. Key Congressional Republicans thinking it might be best if GWB lost. - Bowser - 3/4/2004 6:35:09 PM

Trial balloon? Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack - Bowser - 3/3/2004 2:42:00 PM
- So it is all a big conspiracy iyho? (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/4/2004 1:25:01 PM
- All enemies, foreign and domestic - S - 3/3/2004 7:52:30 PM
  - re: You forgot one . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 9:45:44 PM
  - Yipes. - Bowser - 3/3/2004 9:11:09 PM
- It was discussed... - FrankC - 3/3/2004 4:12:02 PM

More info on Saddam than I knew, by far. - Bowser - 2/27/2004 4:58:44 PM
- Don't you suppose - FrankC - 2/29/2004 1:16:48 AM
  - Why did they fly past the Kennedy/LBJ years? - REB - 3/1/2004 12:55:53 PM
    - "Hey, Hey, LBJ... - Mary Anne - 3/1/2004 1:46:57 PM
      - Tell Kerry, who calls it "Nixon's War." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:50:01 PM
      - re: "Hey, Hey, LBJ... - REB - 3/1/2004 2:58:17 PM
        
        Lordy, what a misreading of history - Odin - 3/1/2004 9:10:47 PM
        
        Read it how you want, but the world was still getting Redder in the 1960's - REB - 3/1/2004 9:23:21 PM
        
        You seem to be missing my point . . . - Odin - 3/2/2004 8:33:22 AM
- Well, everyday is a new day for the average bowwow - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 10:11:17 AM
- 11 HOURS, ONE CONSERVATIVE SAID HE WOULDN'T WATCH IT, another lied, another said without documentation it's all lies. And that's it. - Bowser - 2/28/2004 4:01:47 AM
  - Since you are simply accepting a lie as big as the lies about ufs, what do you want? (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 7:16:15 PM
  - So why don't you support GWB? - Lee - 2/28/2004 6:52:31 AM
    - That's not a bad question. - Bowser - 2/29/2004 4:18:02 AM
      - re: That's not a bad question. - gbaikie - 2/29/2004 11:40:46 AM
        
        raising my hand - McFly - 3/1/2004 4:32:20 PM
        
        re: raising my hand - gbaikie - 3/1/2004 9:21:52 PM
        
        re: raising my hand - McFly - 3/1/2004 11:16:25 PM
        
        re: raising my hand - gbaikie - 3/2/2004 7:03:53 AM
        
        re: raising my hand - gbaikie - 3/2/2004 9:42:06 PM
        
        A case of the pot calling the kettle 'dope'. - Davin L. - 3/3/2004 4:45:02 PM
        
        "Taking a few classes in Political Science and/or classes involving critical thinking might be helpful." - Mary Anne - 3/3/2004 1:50:54 PM
        
        As the sovereignty of the one-liners, - gbaikie - 3/3/2004 6:45:56 PM
        
        I think it apt - Tony - 3/3/2004 5:02:41 AM
        
        re: I think it apt - gbaikie - 3/3/2004 7:46:16 AM
        
        Promoted from stupid to ignorant...oh, the family's gonna be so proud!! Is there a pay raise involved? :-) (n/t) - McFly - 3/2/2004 9:56:52 PM
        
        re: That's not a bad question. - gbaikie - 2/29/2004 2:49:00 PM
        
        G'morning, little fella. Life treatin' you OK? (n/t) - Bowser - 2/29/2004 1:40:44 PM
  - Don't take it too hard. A good number of people here never actually check out my links, either. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/28/2004 4:25:27 AM
    - Thank-you everyone for keeping me thinking - jms - 2/29/2004 7:23:06 PM
    - It would be great if that were the issue. - Bowser - 2/28/2004 4:41:55 AM
      - Look, I'm beginning to see the problem... - Tom Brosz - 2/28/2004 6:20:18 AM
        
        You said before that you anticipated taking a break when politics started getting to you. - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 3:53:27 AM
        
        taking a break - Tom Brosz - 2/29/2004 8:49:46 AM
        
        I DID TOO!!! - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 3:33:22 PM
        
        "not just when it's convenient......." - Lindy - 3/1/2004 5:43:40 AM
        
        Laws - Tom Brosz - 2/29/2004 6:17:29 PM
        
        How about that? - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 8:29:16 PM
        
        re: How about that? - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/29/2004 11:00:30 PM
        
        Nicely said. Let us continue to evolve to changing enviroments. (n/t) - jms - 2/29/2004 9:00:26 PM
        
        re: You said before that you anticipated taking a break when politics started getting to you. - gbaikie - 2/29/2004 7:15:56 AM
        
        PS: For an example of delusion, follow the bouncing 8-ball - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 5:30:13 PM
        
        re: PS: For an example of delusion, follow the bouncing 8-ball - gbaikie - 3/1/2004 9:07:31 AM
        
        Verisimilar statements versus delusion and a bit on victimization. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/29/2004 10:31:48 PM
        
        "verisimilar" ? - Fox - 3/1/2004 5:24:50 AM
        
        re: "verisimilar" ? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/1/2004 7:54:03 AM
        
        re: "pack of cards" - F - 3/1/2004 4:55:53 PM
        
        Socrates? You? Try Euthyphro! - Davin L. - 3/1/2004 3:58:50 PM
        
        Actually, I just wanted to prove the regenerative principle of feedback. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/1/2004 11:23:56 PM
        
        You just wanted to impsembob your feelikermabob? - Davin L. - 3/3/2004 4:35:13 AM
        
        re: Socrates? You? Try Euthyphro! - Davin L. - 3/1/2004 4:04:20 PM
        
        LOLOLOLOL! "Socrates"?? - Mary Anne - 3/1/2004 1:34:32 PM
        
        Always glad to see I still can amuse - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/1/2004 10:35:35 PM
        
        I think I'll weigh in here - Lindy - 3/2/2004 5:59:54 AM
        
        Mirror mirror in the post... - Ebenezer-SADI - 3/3/2004 1:04:13 PM
        
        Againm- Irony escapes you little techie - Davin L. - 3/3/2004 4:00:58 PM
        
        "I know you are but what am I?" - Mary Anne - 3/3/2004 1:55:20 PM
        
        Thanks for the thoughtful reply... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/3/2004 2:09:45 PM
        
        re: Thanks for the thoughtful reply... - Odin - 3/4/2004 12:45:09 AM
        
        These many eons I have awaited...a question!* - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2004 3:08:49 AM
        
        "But I am supposedly deluded for thinking in such terms?" Yes. - Mary Anne - 3/1/2004 12:20:06 AM
        
        Thank you for calling me "deluded" - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 3:36:37 PM
        
        Welcome to a real, frustrating, world. - Bowser - 2/29/2004 2:28:04 AM
        
        Ayn Rand also said . . . - Odin - 2/28/2004 10:56:28 PM
        
        re: Look, I'm beginning to see the problem... - Justin Kelly - 2/28/2004 1:10:30 PM
        
        Book - Tom Brosz - 2/28/2004 7:23:09 PM
        
        Book - Bowser - 2/28/2004 10:29:28 PM
        
        The silent majority read your posts and agree with you, Mr Brosz. Please consider doing your own blog. (n/t) - You are wasted here. - 2/28/2004 9:30:03 AM
        
        The silent majority read Bowser's posts and agree they are a waste. (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 7:05:28 PM
        
        re: LOL pas du tout! LOL - Raoul - 2/28/2004 8:49:14 PM
        
        Absolute shame! - Bowser - 2/28/2004 7:22:31 PM
        
        For what it's worth... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/28/2004 7:19:00 AM
- I don't doubt it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/28/2004 3:22:31 AM
- In one frame they said he supported terrorists, then in another they said he didn't. Very interesting. (n/t) - Lee - 2/27/2004 7:23:22 PM
  - BTW it is telling that your best response was to lie about what the page said... - R.L. - 2/27/2004 9:16:30 PM
  - There you go again... - R.L. - 2/27/2004 7:49:16 PM
    - And Haiti doesn't have any ties to Saddam or terrorists, so we shouldn't go in there either. (n/t) - Lee - 2/28/2004 6:34:57 AM
      - WOW Lee does it again... - R.L. - 2/28/2004 7:27:50 AM
        
        It seems to work for Democrats, so I thought I'd try it. - Lee - 2/29/2004 12:35:49 AM
        
        see ya on flame - R.L. - 3/2/2004 6:39:26 PM
        
        re: WOW Lee does it again... - gbaikie - 2/28/2004 9:42:45 AM
- Apparently a flash animation... - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2004 7:06:20 PM
  - re: Apparently a flash animation... - gbaikie - 2/28/2004 4:28:49 AM
    - One more bit of documentation... - Tom Brosz - 2/28/2004 6:23:31 AM
  - "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to i… - Bowser - 2/27/2004 8:07:13 PM
    - A shorter version might be "don't believe your own propaganda," by which you dismiss everything that you disagree with. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2004 8:15:10 PM
  - "Am I right?" Only if every last phrase of it is a lie. - Mary Anne - 2/27/2004 7:48:15 PM
- The last text in that peice sent a very uncomfortable chill up my spine... (n/t) - McFly - 2/27/2004 5:24:07 PM

Haiti Rebels in Stand-Off with U.S.-Led Force . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 6:56:24 PM

Internet in Iran - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2004 5:58:48 PM
- re: Internet in Iran - McFly - 3/3/2004 6:42:42 PM

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