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"Diversity' in US Universities - phil - 2/14/2004 3:29:12 PM

Kerry and the intern: what's a real story and what isn't. - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 6:26:37 PM
- Clark at least got the ball rolling - ebnelson - 2/14/2004 11:14:10 AM
- re: Kerry and the intern: what's a real story and what isn't. - gbaikie - 2/14/2004 12:20:56 AM
- Times have changed - FrankC - 2/13/2004 11:29:31 PM
- re: Kerry and the intern: what's a real story and what isn't. - phil - 2/13/2004 9:13:05 PM

Hasty Transcript of Bill Calhoun interview (guy vowching for Bushs' Gaurd history) - Justin Kelly - 2/14/2004 7:30:38 AM
- Link to CNN Partial Transcript (and parts not shown on TV) - Justin Kelly - 2/14/2004 7:39:54 AM

A nice story about one of the children held in Cuba. - Bowser - 2/14/2004 2:41:17 AM

Happy Valentines Day from Heath in Iraq - John - 2/14/2004 2:09:07 AM

Freed from Guantanamo, Many Rejoin Taliban - Justin Kelly - 2/13/2004 10:01:42 PM
- They had a real lesson in "democracy", didn't they? - Bowser - 2/13/2004 11:45:57 PM
- Imagine my surprise. - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 11:23:54 PM

Documents damage prewar WMD claims - Donald - 2/13/2004 8:45:27 PM
- Do you ever read past the headline in an article? - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 9:05:03 PM
  - re: They "knew" where to find them - Raoul - 2/13/2004 9:58:25 PM

Update on elections in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 7:31:27 PM

Civilians - Raoul - 2/12/2004 7:45:30 PM
- Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do. - Bowser - 2/12/2004 9:51:54 PM
  - By the way, just a clue... - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 5:17:04 AM
  - Hello? You want to recall WHY our troops were in Korea, Germany, and Japan? - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 5:15:56 AM
    - How do? Tell me why US troops ARE in Germany, Japan. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/13/2004 5:56:15 AM
- re: Civilians - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 9:09:54 PM
  - re: Civilians - McFly - 2/13/2004 3:19:16 PM
    - re: Civilians - Larry J - 2/13/2004 3:41:23 PM
      - re: Civilians - Tom Brosz - 2/13/2004 7:09:46 PM

Public use of F word scandalizes Canader - phil - 2/13/2004 5:57:17 PM

Cheney - anyone think he'll be on the ticket this time? - Bowser - 2/13/2004 6:13:04 AM
- It'll be McCain, which is why McCain has been so helpful to Bush lately. Brings deficit-cutting and war hero cred to the ticket (n/t) - Odin - 2/13/2004 9:01:09 AM
- I believe that Cheney's health will prohibit him from running again. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/13/2004 7:13:14 AM
- I guess it's back to Halliburton for a well earned bonus (n/t) - Greg - 2/13/2004 6:20:28 AM

Drudge about to drop a bomb on Kerry? - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 4:48:49 PM
- Chris Lehane's fingerprints all over this? - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 9:47:21 PM
  - It makes sense. - Scott Evil - 2/13/2004 12:20:39 AM
- "Clark to endorse Kerry??" Okay, now I'm really confused. - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 9:02:10 PM
- Is Drudge any relation to CMOT Dibbler - Tony - 2/12/2004 5:51:51 PM
  - Put it this way: I wouldn't buy sausages from Drudge. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 6:00:58 PM
- Does the name Monica Lewinski ring a bell? - Scott Evil - 2/12/2004 5:02:38 PM
  - National Guard service, photos with Jane, interns...Would it be asking too goddam much to have some issues actually be related to political policies and philosophies? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 5:07:37 PM
    - Umm, where was that comment from you during the preposterous impeachment proceedings? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 2/12/2004 5:29:20 PM
      - Excuse Me - Mark Eby - 2/12/2004 8:16:16 PM
        
        Thank you - Larry J - 2/12/2004 8:45:19 PM
        
        You mean there's a difference? - Lindy - 2/13/2004 6:29:50 AM
        
        Shore you do. - Odin - 2/13/2004 3:05:10 AM
      - DAMN good question! (n/t) - R.L. - 2/12/2004 7:52:26 PM
    - Smut sells. The real qustion is why has it taken the Democrats like Clark so long to get this out? - Scott Evil - 2/12/2004 5:18:22 PM
      - Good question. - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 5:26:55 PM
        
        Horrible suspicion "C:" - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 5:38:01 PM
        
        re: Used merchandise and the loser stigma - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/13/2004 12:10:11 AM
        
        Bush's Worst Nightmare - Mark Eby - 2/12/2004 8:20:58 PM
        
        Get more coffee, and lay off the Newsmax for a few days ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2004 8:08:48 PM
        
        Oh dear God... - Scott Evil - 2/12/2004 7:14:43 PM

While I'm at it. What does Tenet have on GWB? - Bowser - 2/13/2004 6:17:50 AM

Al Qaeda's strategy for Iraq? - Tom Brosz - 2/9/2004 6:22:08 AM
- Another one I thought would get more response... - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 5:06:34 AM
  - more documents found complimentary to Bush, what a surprise - Greg - 2/11/2004 1:12:04 PM
  - Liberal response is to call this material faked. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/10/2004 7:26:58 PM
    - Fake? You mean like the fake soldiers' letters home? Fake like the Niger uranium "evidence?" - Odin - 2/12/2004 4:59:24 AM
    - Something else a lot of people don't want you to remember: - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 9:16:54 PM
      - looks like another forgery. They'll probably make one that looks authentic though sooner or later - Greg - 2/12/2004 2:28:39 AM
        
        DOD screwed up the address. Transcript is already available. - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 6:42:03 PM
        
        Supports Bush = forgery, Bad for Bush = real - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 6:37:55 PM
        
        Tom - ebnelson - 2/13/2004 4:33:48 AM
        
        not really - Greg - 2/13/2004 1:16:13 AM

Bush's Drills With The Alabama Guard Confirmed - Justin Kelly - 2/11/2004 4:41:45 PM
- My cousin served in the Texas Air unit - ebnelson - 2/12/2004 4:50:39 AM
- My cousin served in the Texas Air unit - ebnelson - 2/12/2004 4:50:30 AM
- A letter from someone who served with Bush - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2004 8:44:53 PM
  - Like most conservatives, Campenni is confused. - Odin - 2/12/2004 6:46:29 AM
    - Served together 70-71? Wasn't the whole AWOL issue 1972? (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2004 5:56:44 PM
      - '72-74, I think. Campenni's story is interesting because it appears he's making it up. (n/t) - Odin - 2/13/2004 3:55:45 AM
  - Yet Mclennan said yesterday they couldn't find anyone..... (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2004 2:14:46 AM
    - So the press went out and found somebody. It's not like digging up interviewees is the White House's main job right now. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 3:40:57 AM
      - Besides... - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 3:43:05 AM
        
        If it holds up I'll eat my hat - Tony - 2/12/2004 4:38:34 AM
- This Issue Is Petty - Mark Eby - 2/11/2004 5:36:44 PM
  - The Democrats Might Get My Vote IF - Mark Eby - 2/11/2004 6:28:31 PM

The Grand Appearance of Hillary...;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/13/2004 2:20:53 AM

Majority of Americans Doubt Bush's WMD Claims - Donald - 2/13/2004 12:58:55 AM
- Meanwhile: Kay Says Bush Slowing Intelligence Reform - Donald - 2/13/2004 1:13:41 AM

The complete text of the Zarqawi letter - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 6:49:48 PM
- That letter is just too perfect. - Bowser - 2/12/2004 9:19:24 PM
  - re: That letter is just too perfect. - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 9:38:15 PM

Kerry, the ultimate Janus of politics - phil - 2/12/2004 1:46:00 PM
- Is it true that he's had two $100 Million+ wives? - Scott Evil - 2/12/2004 4:54:52 PM
  - No, wife #1 was only worth ~$26M back in the 1970s (n/t) - phil - 2/12/2004 8:42:44 PM

Joint Economic Committee report on the economy - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2004 10:21:03 PM
- The payroll and household surveys measure different things - Larry J - 2/11/2004 10:54:13 PM
  - Gues which number has been reported by the press since Moses? - Tony - 2/12/2004 2:10:28 AM
    - re: Guess which number - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 3:37:50 AM
      - A Ha! Extra half million jobs my bum! - Tony - 2/12/2004 4:52:52 AM
        
        You might want to look at that more closely - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 5:27:32 AM
        
        dont think so - Tony - 2/12/2004 5:54:16 AM
        
        re: dont think so - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 6:07:32 AM
        
        Tom's right - Tony - 2/12/2004 3:43:52 PM
        
        re: Right? Who knows? - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 5:18:43 PM
    - Tony's right... - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2004 3:29:40 AM
      - Go back to my first post on this thread - Larry J - 2/12/2004 2:24:45 PM
        
        Go back to MY first post on this thread - Tony - 2/12/2004 4:26:36 PM
      - re: Tony's right... - Tony - 2/12/2004 4:43:04 AM
  - re: The payroll and household surveys measure different things - gbaikie - 2/12/2004 1:14:47 AM

Why Kerry will support the space vision regardless of what he says during the election - Buck Galaxy - 2/12/2004 2:38:29 AM
- Are you sure? - Scott Evil - 2/12/2004 4:44:37 PM
- NFW - phil - 2/12/2004 1:53:33 PM
- After the election, he will be free to vote on the enabling legislation - ebnelson - 2/12/2004 5:44:04 AM
- I hope you're right - McFly - 2/12/2004 3:04:03 AM

The cyberworld is approaching lightspeed - ebnelson - 2/12/2004 2:12:39 PM

The joy and ecstacy of living in the People's Paradise of North Korea - David F Mayer - 2/9/2004 10:12:53 PM
- A bit more on human rights in North Korea - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 8:49:44 PM
  - More on Human Rights in North Korea - David F Mayer - 2/11/2004 5:55:31 AM
- re: The joy and ecstacy of living in the People's Paradise of North Korea - Odin - 2/10/2004 6:28:44 AM
  - Please tell me how the deaths by starvation of hundreds of thousands of persons per year is compatible with a mortaility rate of 6.93/1000 population. - David F Mayer - 2/10/2004 3:35:58 PM
    - That low death rate is like those stats the left quotes to show Cuba is paradise - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:34:59 AM
    - Please show your evidence of deaths by starvation of hundreds of thousands of persons in North Korea in 2003. - Odin - 2/10/2004 10:22:34 PM
      - You are so cynical you are defending NK? (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:26:53 AM
        
        You're so deluded you think I'm defending NK? (n/t) - Odin - 2/11/2004 10:25:28 PM
        
        You are so cynical you think you are not - ebnelson - 2/12/2004 2:03:43 PM
      - re: evidence - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 11:27:27 PM
        
        re: evidence - Odin - 2/11/2004 6:26:19 AM
        
        The reactionary nature of weather in Communist rÃ©gimes. - David F Mayer - 2/11/2004 5:47:00 AM
        
        Are these more "facts" pulled from your rear, or do you have a credbile source(s) for them? (Radical concept for you, I know) - Odin - 2/11/2004 10:18:35 PM
        
        It is a Dick Cheney / Halliburton plot to support the Bush family regime - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:31:04 AM
  - I don't know. Is the CIA fact book a good source? - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 7:11:32 AM
    - re: I don't know. Is the CIA fact book a good source? - Odin - 2/10/2004 10:56:33 PM
      - slur and untruth? - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:37:05 AM

Election 2004: What will the outcomes be of the Presidential, Senatorial and House races? Your predictions and guesses please. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/10/2004 3:51:35 PM
- Bush wins, plus GOP makes gains in both houses. (n/t) - Lee - 2/12/2004 6:47:57 AM
- Impossible to answer - Buck Galaxy - 2/11/2004 8:04:45 AM
- If only the most likely and predictable occurs. - FrankC - 2/10/2004 5:27:42 PM
- re: Not a clue. - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 5:01:15 PM

A quick, small survey of "starvation North Korea" - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:46:04 AM
- An anachronism - Donald - 2/11/2004 2:41:53 PM
  - Congrats. You have taken a first step into a larger world, Don. - ebnelson - 2/12/2004 5:46:06 AM
  - re: An anachronism - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2004 8:26:59 PM
- Why, the deomnization of North Korea by the Bushies went all the way back to 1997 - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:56:13 AM
- Still more cogs in the "North Korea is bad" propaganda plot - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:52:55 AM
- Even Amnesty International is in on the propaganda slur - ebnelson - 2/11/2004 11:49:24 AM

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