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Fair's fair. Statement from "other woman" and her family about Kerry. - Bowser - 2/17/2004 6:22:18 PM
- Who? name some names. Aslo substantiate your other claims - Justin Kelly - 2/17/2004 8:49:50 PM
  - Master reading comprehension first, THEN perhaps your opinions on what you read will have some validity (n/t) - Odin - 2/18/2004 1:17:30 AM
  - Strong words there, young feller. - Bowser - 2/17/2004 10:25:33 PM
    - A word on Bowser's behalf - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 11:14:41 PM
- Ladies and gentlemen, Exhibit A: - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 6:29:52 PM
  - Ladies and gentlemen (where the hell are they?), Exhibit B: - Bowser - 2/17/2004 9:48:51 PM
    - A little light reading - Betsy - 2/18/2004 1:08:47 AM
      - Seen it . . . - Odin - 2/18/2004 1:25:03 AM
        
        re: Seen it. Ignored it. - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 5:14:12 AM
        
        I get it - Betsy - 2/18/2004 3:45:35 PM
        
        re: I get it - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 6:04:17 PM
        
        Sleazy Rumor - Lindy - 2/18/2004 8:04:01 PM
        
        re: Sleazy Rumors and the application of Occam's Razor - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 1:16:47 AM
        
        No, actually it's a different one. But I'm sure you have quite a supply. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 9:28:49 PM
        
        The Community Service one? (n/t) - Tony - 2/19/2004 7:10:22 PM
        
        Wait for it. The key word is Larry Flynt. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 9:00:35 PM
        
        BTW - Tony - 2/19/2004 10:38:02 PM
        
        Oh. I see. That is rather juicy - though Flynt was also peddling it in 2000 too - Tony - 2/19/2004 10:32:45 PM
        
        Half the United States..... - Lindy - 2/18/2004 5:36:53 PM

Is there an alternative to plutonium RTG's & solar-panels for future deep-space missions? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/19/2004 3:19:56 PM
- "you could only charge up the batteries so many times." - David F Mayer - 2/19/2004 9:35:38 PM
- re: Is there an alternative to plutonium RTG's & solar-panels for future deep-space missions? - Larry J - 2/19/2004 4:04:07 PM
- Ooops!I...[blush] I posted a space-topic on the wrong site. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/19/2004 3:23:58 PM

Two More Americans Killed in Iraq - Donald - 2/19/2004 12:59:20 PM
- Meanwhile: U.S. Counting on U.N. for Help in Iraq - Donald - 2/19/2004 2:08:03 PM
  - re: "Meanwhile: U.S. shutting U.N. out of Iraq recovery" - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 6:23:37 PM
    - Bush is begging the UN for help. - Bowser - 2/19/2004 7:10:13 PM

More powerful than the mighty US Military - Buck Galaxy - 2/18/2004 8:50:58 AM
- re: If it's balanced, credible and reliable (n/t) - Raoul - 2/18/2004 7:23:28 PM
- The Voice of America was a major contributor to the collapse of European Communism. Why not this as well? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/18/2004 6:13:27 PM
- About frigging time, too. - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 4:48:44 PM
  - Might help to stop killing 'em, too. - Bowser - 2/18/2004 6:13:36 PM
    - You might want to update yourself on who it is that's killing the Iraqis now. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 6:20:04 PM
      - I can't help but think - - - - Bowser - 2/18/2004 6:47:30 PM
        
        Are Americans Brain Dead? - Lindy - 2/19/2004 5:04:44 AM
        
        re: I can't help but think - - - - SDG - 2/19/2004 12:49:28 AM
        
        Heh, heh. - Bowser - 2/19/2004 1:02:53 AM
        
        Think? - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 9:15:17 PM
        
        Lindyland?? - Lindy - 2/19/2004 5:17:35 AM
        
        That post does require something of a normal attention span. - Bowser - 2/19/2004 12:56:08 AM
        
        re: That post does require something of a normal attention span. - FrankC - 2/19/2004 4:42:16 PM
        
        I think you're partly right. - Bowser - 2/19/2004 5:16:38 PM
        
        Popular support - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 6:43:20 PM
        
        I'm not sure..... - FrankC - 2/19/2004 6:01:33 PM
        
        Not one statement you made was accurate. - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 1:28:59 AM

Top Democrats lead Bush in poll - Bowser - 2/18/2004 9:27:51 PM
- Polls - Larry J - 2/19/2004 4:38:40 PM
- Clue for the Clueless: Dean led ALL Dems in 'polls' 2 months ago (n/t) - phil - 2/19/2004 12:23:38 AM
- "And only 42 percent agreed Bush did his duty for the country during the Vietnam era, compared to 68 percent for Kerry." (n/t) - Bowser - 2/18/2004 9:33:18 PM

Coulter attacks Clelands war record. (Even lower than the Kerry pic.) - Bowser - 2/16/2004 6:02:51 AM
- Actually, she told the truth about his war record - Larry J - 2/19/2004 4:24:52 PM
- Coulter responds - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 4:38:26 AM
- re: "getting nervous" - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 6:50:54 AM
  - If Coulter actually said that she was wrong - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 2:40:17 PM
- Cleland's war record. - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 6:47:42 AM
  - He hasn't claimed anything but what happened. But extending Coulter - - - - Bowser - 2/16/2004 6:19:29 PM
  - So you think Coulter is justified? - Mary Anne - 2/16/2004 1:29:17 PM
    - I didn't say that, did I. - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 7:10:06 PM
      - Fictional lost limbs vs. real ones. - Mary Anne - 2/17/2004 1:42:25 AM
        
        re: Fictional lost limbs - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 2:07:29 AM
      - re: I didn't say that, did I. - gbaikie - 2/16/2004 11:29:50 PM
        
        Fake bullets? They award a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and 3 Purple Hearts for encounters with fake bullets? - Mary Anne - 2/17/2004 2:12:16 PM
        
        re: Fake bullets? They award a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and 3 Purple Hearts for encounters with fake bullets? - gbaikie - 2/17/2004 9:51:19 PM
    - No less so than the claims of Bush using the PA to create a fascist state - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 2:42:18 PM
      - So you agree that Coulter is justified in degrading a veteran's sacrifice because he isn't a Republican. - Mary Anne - 2/16/2004 6:37:08 PM
        
        So you think it is OK to call President Bush a fascist because he isn't a democrat? - ebnelson - 2/17/2004 3:03:26 AM
        
        How could I possibly stick words in your mouth when both your feet are taking up all the space in there? - Mary Anne - 2/17/2004 1:22:09 PM
        
        Mary Anne, you just made my night...... - Lindy - 2/18/2004 4:48:54 AM
        
        Proving the Patriot Act hasn't been abused. - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 9:50:23 PM
        
        Proving the Patriot Act is necessary. - Mary Anne - 2/17/2004 9:58:03 PM
        
        re: Proving the Patriot Act is necessary. - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 12:44:44 AM
        
        Safety, liberty and all that jazz. - Mary Anne - 2/18/2004 2:25:32 AM
        
        Please forgive me - ebnelson - 2/17/2004 1:58:36 PM
        
        God knows one tries. You make it hard. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/18/2004 7:17:16 PM
        
        I want to see niether in politics - Justin Kelly - 2/16/2004 9:29:17 PM
        
        Justin' s chances with Laura down the tubes - phil - 2/17/2004 8:43:51 PM
        
        Good one, Justin (n/t) - Fox - 2/17/2004 4:17:32 AM
        
        re: So you agree that Coulter is justified in degrading a veteran's sacrifice because he isn't a Republican. - gbaikie - 2/16/2004 7:08:59 PM

This one is unbelievable. GWB gave Bob Woodward access he won't give his 9-11 commission. - Bowser - 2/19/2004 1:10:49 AM
- re: This one is unbelievable. GWB gave Bob Woodward access he won't give his 9-11 commission. - gbaikie - 2/19/2004 9:41:49 AM

Get a load of this....Prosecutor in terrorist case sues Ashcroft for interference - Lindy - 2/19/2004 6:02:17 AM

Meanwhile: National Debt Tops $7 Trillion - Donald - 2/19/2004 3:00:31 AM
- The gotta keep spending until after the election - it's all that's propping up the economy. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/19/2004 5:46:43 AM

Crude Awakening (Interesting read for liberals.) - Bowser - 2/18/2004 5:16:12 AM
- There are several emerging RENEWABLE energy sources on the horizon. - David F Mayer - 2/18/2004 6:22:37 PM
- A couple of things he should know - ebnelson - 2/18/2004 1:49:02 PM
- The author drives a hybrid car. Where does the power for the car come from? (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/18/2004 1:40:49 PM
  - Hybrid cars still use gasoline, they just use less of it - Larry J - 2/18/2004 2:24:53 PM
    - The energy budget implies strongly that the cost of the battery and electronics will equal the gas savings - ebnelson - 2/19/2004 4:04:07 AM
- re: Crude Awakening (Interesting read for liberals.) - gbaikie - 2/18/2004 6:02:22 AM
  - Electricity - Mary Anne - 2/18/2004 1:51:58 PM
    - Batteries - Larry J - 2/18/2004 2:37:52 PM
    - Also: killing two birds (one of them morbidly obese) with one stone - Mary Anne - 2/18/2004 2:01:46 PM
      - A few comments - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 5:14:38 PM
- re: Crude Awakening (Interesting read for liberals.) - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 6:02:06 AM

James Hoffa and Kerry - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2004 3:13:28 AM

Bush Backs Off Forecast of 2.6M New Jobs - Donald - 2/19/2004 2:40:51 AM

Let me play "devil's advocate" here, with your indulgence my American friends? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/17/2004 3:12:53 PM
- Detailed responses. - David F Mayer - 2/18/2004 6:39:11 PM
- re: Let me play "devil's advocate" here, with your indulgence my American friends? - Odin - 2/17/2004 10:23:50 PM
  - Castro jails people who have private libraries - ebnelson - 2/18/2004 1:55:04 PM
  - My apologies, Jacob - Odin - 2/18/2004 8:51:15 AM
  - Castro and stupidity - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 11:21:21 PM
    - re: Castro and stupidity - Odin - 2/19/2004 1:57:59 AM
    - Odin and stupidity - ebnelson - 2/18/2004 1:57:16 PM
- re: Let me play "devil's advocate" here, with your indulgence my American friends? - Marcia - 2/17/2004 9:11:34 PM
  - "hopefully a neighbor has an oven..." good one - JMS - 2/17/2004 11:20:31 PM

The REAL Kerry issue - taking both sides of every issue - phil - 2/17/2004 9:24:24 PM
- Responses...1- attack Sullivan himself 2- rationalize a total reversal of position to match voter opinion polls, time and again (n/t) - phil - 2/18/2004 2:09:17 PM
- Kerry seems to support stuff until it gets tough or hard, and then he turns against it - ebnelson - 2/18/2004 1:13:43 PM
- Sullivan needs to keep his skirt on. - Buck Galaxy - 2/18/2004 8:25:32 AM
  - Skirt on? Knickers in a wad? Geez, check out the ever-tolerant liberals! ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 5:16:17 PM
- Andrew Sullivan has his knickers in a wad......... - Lindy - 2/18/2004 4:18:38 AM
  - re: knickers in a wad - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 5:01:05 AM

While we're digging up old quotes - Tony - 2/17/2004 3:13:34 PM
- I know, now - Fox - 2/17/2004 6:03:34 PM
  - You're welcome - Tony - 2/18/2004 4:01:45 PM
- The only thing wrong with that... - FrankC - 2/17/2004 5:21:38 PM
- Don't care. - Bowser - 2/17/2004 3:55:31 PM

Economists laugh at Bush - Odin - 2/16/2004 4:01:50 AM
- Fidel Castro brags about Cuba. What a laugh! It is amusing to hear criticism of the USA's - David F Mayer - 2/17/2004 6:21:43 PM
- re: Economists - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 6:11:23 AM
  - re: Economists - Bowser - 2/16/2004 6:33:19 PM
  - re: Economists - Odin - 2/16/2004 7:49:34 AM
    - "Urban organic farming" - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 7:29:12 PM
      - If you see Alice, follow her out of Wonderland - Odin - 2/16/2004 8:29:56 PM
        
        Okay, I concede that the document is authentic. - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 9:46:57 PM
        
        re: Okay, I concede that the document is authentic. - gbaikie - 2/17/2004 12:23:05 AM
        
        Crap. Well, trust me, it was there. I don't feel like digging it up again. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/18/2004 7:17:46 AM
        
        P.S. Odin might want to bookmark this thread! ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 10:38:34 PM
    - I didn't realize that you are not a troll - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 2:48:17 PM
    - If you think Castro is, then logically Bush is too, but thats just what you think - Justin Kelly - 2/16/2004 8:33:27 AM
      - If I think Castro is . . . what? - Odin - 2/16/2004 7:35:57 PM
- if you consider Castro an economist, you have issues (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 2/16/2004 5:34:24 AM
  - Justin, Odin's issues are much deeper - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 2:45:58 PM
  - Strange conclusion. When Bush gives speeches to small business owners, do you conclude that Bush is one? (n/t) - Odin - 2/16/2004 7:57:01 AM
    - that Bush is one. . . what? - Justin Kelly - 2/16/2004 8:59:32 PM
    - Odin's right (ouch...that hurt). - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 7:36:34 PM
      - No, he certainly isn't - Justin Kelly - 2/16/2004 8:53:07 PM
        
        I soitenly yam - Odin - 2/16/2004 11:58:29 PM
        
        ok, your point - Justin Kelly - 2/17/2004 12:51:59 AM
        
        I accept your gracious apology - Odin - 2/17/2004 2:22:50 AM
- Isn't 'Cuban Economist' an oxymoron? And wouldn't someone who relies on Cuban economists be a moron? - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 4:45:53 AM

Pakistan nuclear salesman having "heart problems." - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 8:50:54 PM
- He couldn't have done without gov't help. - Bowser - 2/17/2004 2:06:38 AM
  - Pakistan is NOT our ally.......... - Lindy - 2/18/2004 4:35:16 AM
  - Agreed - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 5:32:46 AM
- re: Pakistan nuclear salesman having "heart problems." - gbaikie - 2/16/2004 10:02:35 PM

Kerry, infidelity, Sullivan, Drudge, et al., etc. And "developing". - Bowser - 2/17/2004 4:35:23 PM
- More crocodile tears from the Left - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 6:23:28 PM
  - And from the Left... the sound of crickets (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/17/2004 10:38:38 PM
    - And from the Left... the sound of a stifled yawn... - Mary Anne - 2/18/2004 12:27:37 AM
      - Yawn (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/18/2004 1:09:15 AM
        
        ECHO echo echo echo (n/t) - Mary Anne - 2/18/2004 2:28:53 AM
        
        and if you listen carefully enough, you can hear the worlds smallest violin ;-) (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 2/18/2004 4:06:42 AM
        
        Zing, zang, Oooo, Oooo (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/18/2004 4:01:28 AM
- Who cares about Bennett - FrankC - 2/17/2004 5:10:17 PM
  - No one, not even Mrs. Bennett. Read past the first two paragraphs. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/17/2004 5:18:30 PM

Quagmire! - phil - 2/17/2004 10:29:33 PM
- Poor guy. Here's help. - Bowser - 2/17/2004 10:53:15 PM

Will John F Kerry's association with Jane Fonda (Hanoi Jane) be a major factor? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/16/2004 12:41:16 AM
- The little matter of dates - Mary Anne - 2/17/2004 1:53:49 PM
  - I don't know. Seems like a lot of people have been expecting clairvoyance out of our leaders lately. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 9:56:32 PM
    - Maybe Nancy Reagan had it right. - Mary Anne - 2/17/2004 10:23:05 PM
- Hardly... - FrankC - 2/16/2004 4:32:28 PM
- The current picture is phony - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 4:05:38 AM
- Only the True Believers will stand by that picture. - Bowser - 2/16/2004 2:42:51 AM
  - The picture described in the link you gave is fake. The one we're actually discussing is real. - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 6:21:05 AM
  - Found a new phrase to annoy Ed with, I see... - Mary Anne - 2/16/2004 2:59:25 AM
    - I would never be annoyed with something that gives bowser so much pleasure - ebnelson - 2/16/2004 4:07:28 AM
    - Howdy! Thanks X 2, and nice to read you. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/16/2004 3:01:00 AM
- Not to me. - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 1:05:52 AM
- If all there is to it is that widely published photo... - Larry J - 2/16/2004 12:55:55 AM

Let me play "devil's advocate" here, with your indulgence my American friends? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/17/2004 3:12:32 PM

Woman Denies Rumors of Kerry Affair - Donald - 2/16/2004 8:12:38 PM
- Pres. Bush's Air Guard commander confirmed that he served as required - ebnelson - 2/17/2004 1:50:58 PM
- Maybe we should just give these guys one free scandal... - McFly - 2/16/2004 8:30:52 PM
  - You think they would have given Bush a "get out of jail free" card? - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 8:55:04 PM
    - Agreed - McFly - 2/16/2004 10:59:29 PM
- So, what do you think? Do "questions remain?" Why not? - Tom Brosz - 2/16/2004 8:28:12 PM

Iraq Bombings Leave 3 U.S. Soldiers Dead - Donald - 2/17/2004 12:47:38 PM

Democracy happening in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2004 5:54:00 AM

Monty Python version of the Democratic race - Sir Poll-a-lot - 2/17/2004 2:59:43 AM

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