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Catholic Group Is Told to Pay for Birth Control . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 9:33:07 PM
- Remember, God is looking for spiritual fruit...not religious nuts. (n/t) - Juan - 3/2/2004 10:58:33 PM
  - LOL - R.L. - 3/3/2004 3:35:39 PM

Fifties morality coming back? - FrankC - 2/29/2004 4:54:35 AM
- I can listen to Howard longer at a stretch than I can listen to Rush. - Mary Anne - 3/3/2004 1:44:03 PM
- Bring BACK LESBIAN DIAL A DATE!!!!!!!! - carl - 3/2/2004 6:57:09 PM
- What some are saying 'bout Howie - jms - 3/2/2004 12:36:04 AM
  - Back to the FUTURE>>>>>>>>>> - carl - 3/2/2004 6:54:20 PM
- re: Fifties morality coming back? - Lindy - 3/1/2004 6:00:22 AM
- re: Fifties morality coming back? - Fox - 3/1/2004 4:23:39 AM
- re: Fifties morality coming back? - SteveS - 2/29/2004 3:04:23 PM
  - Am I old fashion? - FrankC - 2/29/2004 6:55:37 PM
    - re: Am I old fashion? - SteveS - 3/1/2004 3:02:58 PM
    - Corrupting a culture is done one individual at a time. (n/t) - Lee - 2/29/2004 7:23:48 PM
      - I disagree - FrankC - 2/29/2004 10:21:21 PM
        
        re: I disagree - Tom Brosz - 2/29/2004 11:37:30 PM
        
        I disagree, too, but for different reasons - Fox - 3/1/2004 6:39:26 AM
        
        hip-hop by suburban white kids - FrankC - 3/1/2004 3:53:19 PM
        
        re: I disagree, too, but for different reasons - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:02:08 AM
        
        Be careful there... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/1/2004 3:35:47 AM
      - Case in point: Lee - Davin L. - 2/29/2004 8:21:17 PM
        
        From studying history, politics, and life in general. - Lee - 3/3/2004 6:59:47 AM
        
        re: From studying history, politics, and life in general. - gbaikie - 3/3/2004 10:19:46 AM
- re: Fifties morality coming back? - gbaikie - 2/29/2004 11:27:00 AM

Haitian Rebels Enter Capital; Aristide Bitter . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 8:12:26 PM
- Aristide Looks Insane - Mark Eby - 3/3/2004 4:19:33 AM
- re: In Haiti, Mobs Are the Easy Part . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 8:40:53 PM
- State Dept. Denies Leader Was Forced Out of Office . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 8:22:47 PM

A Stunning Disclosure on Illegals in the Military . . . - D. Spires - 3/3/2004 12:55:03 AM

The only guy on Earth that makes GWB look good as prez. - Bowser - 3/3/2004 12:51:16 AM

Iraqis Receive U.S. Approval of Constitution . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 8:51:54 PM

Attack on Shiites in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2004 5:52:11 PM
- DOD press conference - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2004 8:22:06 PM
- A number of attacks prevented, too - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2004 8:08:12 PM

Election in California - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2004 4:45:46 AM
- Barbara Boxer - Gary - 3/2/2004 4:57:02 PM
  - re: Barbara Boxer - Tom Brosz - 3/2/2004 5:57:06 PM

Looks like the former CEO of "Worldcom" may face jail time. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/2/2004 3:30:54 PM

Militants seem to be attacking alcohol and video vendors at will in Basra. - Bowser - 2/29/2004 6:17:12 PM
- The Brits made a real mess of thier zone - Pete S. - 3/2/2004 6:19:55 AM
- The role of Islamic law in the new Iraq is a very difficult issue - m - 2/29/2004 11:27:01 PM
  - Heck, the role of Christian law in North America is a very difficult issue... - McFly - 3/1/2004 7:07:49 PM
    - US freedom is fine, it's just time for a bit more of it now, that's all - m - 3/2/2004 3:23:33 AM
  - It's taken us a long time. - Biowser - 3/1/2004 5:30:59 AM

Hypocrisy, "politics", "realpolitik" and GWB - Bowser - 3/2/2004 4:42:42 AM

Iraq approves interim constitution - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:09:55 AM
- Oxblog has more details on progress in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 11:26:35 PM
- With none of the Bowser predicted concentration camps (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/1/2004 12:58:59 PM
- re: Iraqi oil output nears pre-war levels - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:32:09 AM
  - I'm in 100% agreement. - Scott Evil - 3/1/2004 11:34:12 PM
  - And we haven't stolen it? (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/1/2004 1:00:14 PM
  - February coalition casualty rate lowest monthly rate since invasion - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:42:31 AM
    - But Kerry said it was a quagmire (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/1/2004 1:01:17 PM
      - re: No mistake there, Ed . . . - D. Spires - 3/1/2004 9:19:43 PM
        
        You mean Iraq could be a more successful operation than the Clinton-Albright victory in Kosovo? - Scott Evil - 3/1/2004 11:43:33 PM
        
        re: Depends a lot on the neighborhood support program . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 1:48:15 AM
        
        Heh, heh. Another little conservative circle-jerk. - Bowser - 3/1/2004 10:20:58 PM
        
        Still whining about no concenetration camps? - ebnelson - 3/2/2004 4:10:16 AM
        
        re: In other words -- no comment . . . ? - D. spires - 3/1/2004 11:04:27 PM
        
        Not my thing, but you guys just carry on. Not that there's anything wrong with it - - - (n/t) - Bowser - 3/2/2004 2:18:20 AM
        
        Comments are not your thing? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/2/2004 2:43:28 AM

Aristide Tells U.S. Contacts He Was Abducted . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2004 1:56:58 AM
- His false claim already fell apart. It sounds like he was lucky to escape with his life and looted $ (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/2/2004 3:52:06 AM

Employment numbers high or low? Depends. - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 9:12:20 PM
- Likewise, economic numbers high or low? Depends. - Larry J - 3/1/2004 11:31:41 PM

The View From The Summit of the Petroleum Curve - jms - 2/25/2004 12:31:19 AM
- Difference between discovery curves and production curves - jms - 2/27/2004 1:51:43 AM
- The article doesn't really say that - ebnelson - 2/25/2004 4:47:55 AM
  - only from the headline on down (n/t) - jms - 2/25/2004 6:36:29 AM
    - Only if you don't read it. Don't forget:the NYT is lying to you (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/26/2004 2:29:23 AM
      - Everyone is lying to me, it comes from the top. - jms - 2/26/2004 5:40:52 AM
        
        No, just the NYT. SA has vast proven reserves untouched. - ebnelson - 2/26/2004 1:53:18 PM
        
        NYT article on Saudi Arabia...SA = Saudi Arabia. (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/27/2004 4:17:17 AM
        
        Thanks. If you read below you;ll see that I found that out - and you're still wrong.... (n/t) - Tony - 2/27/2004 7:47:14 PM
        
        Time will tell, chicken little/howard ruff/club of rome/etc. (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 10:14:07 AM
        
        SA? As in South Africa? - Tony - 2/26/2004 3:11:40 PM
        
        I suspect he meant Saudi Arabia (n/t) - Larry J - 2/26/2004 8:32:41 PM
        
        D'oh - Tony - 2/26/2004 9:32:34 PM
        
        But his point remains - Larry J - 2/26/2004 10:49:58 PM
        
        ANWR Estimates and other stuff - Tony - 2/27/2004 3:29:54 PM
        
        Facts please, not sound bites... - jms - 2/27/2004 1:48:37 AM
        
        I suspect he meant South America, but how knows? It's ed. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/26/2004 8:44:06 PM
        
        Wasn't it Jimmy Carter.... - jms - 2/26/2004 2:59:07 PM
        
        Of course, as always, drilling for new reserves is completely out of the question. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2004 6:39:28 AM
        
        Which of course shows that in fact the problem is a failure of the will of the end-of-the-world faction - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 10:17:21 AM
        
        Actually, I am doing something about it. - jms - 2/28/2004 10:40:49 PM
        
        Actually that is very interesting - ebnelson - 2/29/2004 4:49:30 PM
        
        I agree with that. (n/t) - jms - 2/29/2004 7:35:03 PM
        
        Bonus points for putting your money where your mouth is - Tom Brosz - 2/29/2004 9:33:17 AM
        
        I just believe in long term investments. - jms - 2/29/2004 6:41:44 PM
        
        Solar hydrogen fueling station - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:57:15 AM
- All we need is a 0.5% shortfall. - Bowser - 2/25/2004 12:59:07 AM
  - Running on Empty - S - 2/25/2004 3:48:09 AM
    - Grim. I didn't realize how grim. - Bowser - 2/25/2004 4:25:41 AM
      - We're walking off of a cliff - Gary - 2/25/2004 6:21:21 AM
        
        Too Pessimistic. The future will be Magnificent! - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2004 7:30:01 AM
        
        re:And build a high speed train network!:) (n/t) - Raoul - 2/25/2004 6:45:28 AM
        
        Lessee. If I am in the US, and my job is in India - A train? (n/t) - Bowser - 2/26/2004 1:58:51 AM
        
        We are not French, we don't know how to build trains that work (n/t) - phil - 2/25/2004 5:57:30 PM
        
        re: trains that work - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2004 6:53:04 PM
        
        Building a high speed network makes even more sense if you've got a big-ass country to get around in. (n/t) - Tony - 2/25/2004 9:07:34 PM
        
        Relatively low population density makes high speed trains unviable in the US... - Larry J - 2/25/2004 11:00:12 PM
        
        Right. It's called airlines. (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/25/2004 9:24:37 PM
        
        What are they going to use for kerosene? - Gary - 2/26/2004 5:52:09 AM
        
        re: What are they going to use for kerosene? - gbaikie - 2/26/2004 10:03:48 PM
        
        Which are great if you got over 200 miles to go. Otherwise, not worth the hassle.... (n/t) - Tony - 2/25/2004 10:18:59 PM
        
        Considering the aforementioned hassle, I'd bet that threshold number is higher than 200 miles. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2004 12:17:14 AM
        
        re: trains that work - gbaikie - 2/25/2004 7:58:21 PM
        
        re: re:And build a high speed train network!:) - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2004 6:52:09 AM
        
        re: We do, Tom . . . - D. Spires - 3/1/2004 9:44:15 PM

New study finds a strong link between corporate performance and gender diversity - m - 3/1/2004 3:35:05 AM

bin laden under custody... - TiM - 2/29/2004 12:04:38 PM
- Hey, it's Timmy from South Park! (n/t) - Lee - 2/29/2004 7:19:46 PM
- You do your position no favor when you make a statement like that with no support. - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 5:40:15 PM
- I could find no reference to the capture of Osama Bin Laden. Please post a link. It should be easy, since it is "everywhere". (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/29/2004 4:25:13 PM
- I will believe it when I see Osama Bin Laden in a cell surrounded by US soldiers. Until then, it is just scuttlebut. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/29/2004 4:20:43 PM
- You sound like a ufo believer (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/29/2004 2:53:56 PM

Roundtable Discussion - Input wanted - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/26/2004 7:42:09 AM
- Thanks. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/29/2004 6:33:58 AM
  - An illustration - Larry J - 2/29/2004 5:03:22 PM
- Perspective... - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2004 7:33:28 PM
- re: Roundtable Discussion - Input wanted - gbaikie - 2/26/2004 9:21:05 PM
- re: A lot of "states" already do that . . . - D. Spires - 2/26/2004 6:43:06 PM
- If you build it thay will come - FrankC - 2/26/2004 6:29:37 PM
- welcome to free trade and free markets - phil - 2/26/2004 5:18:00 PM
  - re: welcome to free trade and free markets - McFly - 2/26/2004 7:26:27 PM
  - Good golly Miss Molly - Tony - 2/26/2004 5:23:02 PM
- re: Roundtable Discussion - Input wanted - Larry J - 2/26/2004 4:38:03 PM
  - Worker's comp costs in California are ruinous. - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2004 5:04:18 PM
- re: Roundtable Discussion - Input - SteveS - 2/26/2004 1:56:03 PM
- " am going to be presenting a plan to President Bush and later the members of Congress. " (n/t) - Good Luck! - 2/26/2004 8:13:37 AM

"- - - as a simple investigative cartoonist, I don't have a very big tool kit." - Bowser - 2/28/2004 4:03:52 AM
- "A simple cartoonist, simply entertaining simple minds" (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 10:07:33 AM
- re: "- - - as a simple investigative cartoonist, I don't have a very big tool kit." - Katie Brosz - 2/28/2004 7:21:55 AM
  - Now, uh, lessee here. ROBERT - what's the rule on nepotism??!! - Bowser - 2/29/2004 2:41:55 AM
    - he wishes. - Katie Brosz - 2/29/2004 8:10:54 AM
      - Peace and Harmony - Mary Anne - 2/29/2004 4:53:14 PM
- re: "- - - as a simple cartoonist" - Tom Brosz - 2/28/2004 4:22:37 AM

Calif. Court Refuses to Stop Gay Weddings . . . - D. Spires - 2/29/2004 6:59:02 AM

How Well Did Bush Serve . . . ? - D. Spires - 2/26/2004 7:16:05 PM
- They just keep rephrasing the questions already answered - ebnelson - 2/27/2004 1:11:43 PM
- He did the very best he could. ANG "No pilot-son-of-a-congressman-left-behind" program. - Bowser - 2/27/2004 3:29:02 AM
  - He wasn't a congressman at the time, he was an ambassador (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 2/28/2004 1:31:41 PM
  - re: Honesty . . . ? - D. Spires - 2/27/2004 5:42:59 PM

9/11 panelist may quit over Bush secrecy - S - 2/26/2004 9:13:37 PM
- Now why o' why doesn't he want you to know? And Rice!! - Bowser - 2/27/2004 4:07:50 AM
  - I would have bounced Bush when he went back to reading to kids after being informed the US is under attack. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 2/27/2004 5:11:51 PM
    - He was patiently waiting for the terrorists to do their damage so he could have his war and bring out...... (n/t) - The Patriot Act - 2/28/2004 3:27:41 AM
- To smear or not to smear . . . - Odin - 2/27/2004 3:37:16 AM
- re: I say, "Let him quit" . . . - D. Spires - 2/26/2004 9:52:24 PM

How to get a new entitlement passed - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2004 7:21:42 AM
- As I wrote before, a National Health Service in USA is inevitable because medical care has become unaffordable. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/26/2004 12:00:55 AM
  - Medical care has become unaffordable because of government intervention. - Lee - 2/26/2004 7:24:00 PM
  - A vast majority of Americans are getting their health care just fine, thanks. - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2004 4:59:47 AM
    - Even by your numbers, it's badly flawed. - Bowser - 2/27/2004 5:38:10 AM
      - re: badly flawed. - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2004 8:22:01 PM
    - I know just how much it costs. It is absurdly high. - David F Mayer - 2/26/2004 8:57:24 PM
      - Some interesting ideas, but... - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2004 4:27:45 AM
- re: Like I wrote before: Bush is amoral and so are those he choses to work with. They will do anything say anything to gain what they want. There are dozens of examples this just being one more. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 2/25/2004 7:09:48 PM
  - Nice try, but this kind of crap is universal in Washington. It's not like George W. Bush invented politics. - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2004 7:13:48 PM
    - That seems to be the excuse for every conservative. They aren't responsible, it's "politics". - Bowser - 2/25/2004 7:56:57 PM

not sure how much of this great economic news my job can stand... - Davin L. - 2/27/2004 7:01:31 AM
- Unemployment - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2004 7:16:54 PM

Kerry Would Be Third-Richest U.S. President . . . - D. Spires - 2/26/2004 7:35:41 PM
- re: Odd way of calculating wealth. . . - Chris Vancil - 2/27/2004 11:47:29 AM
  - re: Uh-huh . . . - D. Spires - 2/27/2004 5:39:27 PM

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