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Kay's testimony being repeated on CSPAN. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2004 4:14:39 AM
- re: Kay's testimony being repeated on CSPAN. - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2004 6:05:15 AM
  - They had to go vote in the house (n/t) - SteveS - 1/29/2004 1:50:56 PM
  - re: ;^D . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2004 1:19:13 PM

US Supreme Court upholds "Night and Fog" - Mourner - 1/13/2004 3:03:19 AM
- A Canadian weighs in on the comparison - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2004 12:53:34 AM
- Yes, of course a mental midget jumps right in trying to compare Pres. Bush to Hitler - ebnelson - 1/13/2004 3:22:02 AM
- Wow. Yet another Bush - Hitler comparison. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 3:21:24 AM
  - Ah, my friend, you forget, or neglect - - - - Freedom fighter - 1/14/2004 4:48:41 AM
    - And if you babble like an idiot, what does that make you? - Larry J - 1/14/2004 9:08:11 PM
      - re: And if you babble like an idiot, what does that make you? - Mike B - 1/27/2004 10:57:24 PM
        
        Michael Moore. Wow. Way to come up with a credible source. - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 2:44:37 AM
        
        Yeah, he is credible. - Mike B. - 1/29/2004 1:40:29 PM
  - Leaving aside the Hitler comparison... - Mary Anne - 1/13/2004 2:38:55 PM
    - Let's not leave the comparison aside just yet - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 4:05:19 AM
      - Oh my God - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:05:53 PM
        
        I think the comaprison you make is weak - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 2:32:19 PM
        
        The distraction - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 5:06:05 PM
        
        If you read the article - ebnelson - 1/15/2004 3:23:26 AM
        
        For a genius, Hitler sure did some stupid things - Larry J - 1/14/2004 9:05:04 PM
        
        Hitler was not a general, he was a demagogue, a brilliant one. - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 3:28:39 PM
        
        I'm not buying that Hitler was brilliant at all - Larry J - 1/15/2004 3:46:25 PM
        
        The Germans are an intelligent and a highly cultured people. - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 11:24:53 PM
        
        re: The Germans are an intelligent and a highly cultured people. - Larry J - 1/16/2004 2:52:17 PM
        
        re: intelligent and highly cultured - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:04:35 AM
    - Is the slope really slippery - FrankC - 1/13/2004 9:58:10 PM
      - Yes, I'm afraid it is. - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:21:29 PM
    - re: Leaving aside the Hitler comparison... - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 8:33:39 PM
      - Number One: - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:19:49 PM
        
        re: Number One - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 5:30:35 PM
    - Bush IS the new Hitler......successful regimes are built on this - Lindy - 1/13/2004 4:18:12 PM
      - I don't like the sound of these 'ere boncentration bamps. - Greg - 1/14/2004 1:10:44 PM
      - Bush is a national socialist - Greg - 1/14/2004 11:56:28 AM
        
        Greg, Lindy, Mourner(or whatever youre calling yourself) - Tony - 1/14/2004 8:46:22 PM
        
        It is kind of funny... - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 11:10:16 PM
        
        No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon. - Tony - 1/15/2004 1:51:44 AM
        
        re: No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon. - Greg - 1/15/2004 2:55:35 AM
        
        Mud wrestling - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 3:39:59 PM
        
        Fascism - Greg - 1/16/2004 3:58:17 AM
        
        Legacy Admissions are national socialism? - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 1:42:15 PM
        
        re: Legacy Admissions are national socialism? - Greg - 1/14/2004 4:17:53 PM
        
        Typical dodge: don't answer, just obfuscate - ebnelson - 1/15/2004 5:21:39 AM
        
        re: Typical dodge: don't answer, just obfuscate - Greg - 1/15/2004 7:22:50 AM
        
        You still can't answer - ebnelson - 1/17/2004 2:40:21 AM
        
        re: national socialism? - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 6:31:35 PM
        
        re: national socialism? - Greg - 1/16/2004 10:35:50 AM
        
        you seem to have garbled that so badly I have no idea what you are talking about, and neither do you probably. (n/t) - Greg - 1/15/2004 2:57:04 AM
      - Lindy: clueless opinions poffered relentlessly - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 3:51:09 AM
      - Good Gawd, Lindy - McFly - 1/13/2004 5:52:56 PM
        
        How do we compare mass murderers? - Larry J - 1/13/2004 9:07:34 PM
        
        re: How do we compare mass murderers? - McFly - 1/13/2004 10:35:22 PM
        
        re: How do we compare mass murderers? - Larry J - 1/14/2004 2:26:23 PM
        
        Ok OK.........so maybe I was a little harsh.... - Lindy - 1/13/2004 7:26:47 PM
        
        Take care...see ya on da flip side :-) (n/t) - McFly - 1/13/2004 7:30:33 PM
        
        Well said! (n/t) - Betsy - 1/13/2004 6:18:34 PM

2nd ID Seeks to Curb Lap Dancing at Clubs . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2004 10:53:48 AM
- Must Hurry! Must get to Area 1 before the weeks ended! - Justin Kelly - 1/28/2004 11:38:35 PM
  - re: Hey . . . ! - D. Spires - 1/29/2004 11:12:03 AM
- That Lt Col has GOT to have more important things to do (n/t) - p - 1/28/2004 3:57:00 PM

David Kay transcript of opening remarks at Senate hearing - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2004 1:41:44 AM
- Kay said on t.v. tonight that he thinks it's good that intelligence analysts met with policy-makers before the war. There goes his credibility. (n/t) - Odin - 1/29/2004 6:31:12 AM

Kerry's foolish global warming blathering - phil - 1/28/2004 5:18:23 PM
- Mr. Heinz - Sen. Kerry - is just saying what his banker -wife - is telling him to say - ebnelson - 1/29/2004 5:25:45 AM
- Global Warming is part of the Grand Halliburton conspiracy - Ima Liberal - 1/28/2004 7:08:08 PM

BBC Chairman resigns - FrankC - 1/28/2004 6:04:03 PM
- NYT & BBC discredited, Blair vindicated - p - 1/28/2004 6:25:01 PM
  - I listened to a special edition of the BBC this AM - ebnelson - 1/29/2004 5:23:09 AM

Complete Iraq Bribe List - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2004 2:02:41 AM

US War on Terror May Spread to Syria, Report Says . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2004 10:51:27 AM
- There's been a lot of Special Forces anti-terror activity in Africa that hasn't gotten much press. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 7:31:36 PM

Tony Blair exonerated of accusation he lied about Iraqi intel - ebnelson - 1/28/2004 4:18:46 PM
- BBC chairman resigns - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 6:06:56 PM

Kay hearing ongoing... - FrankC - 1/28/2004 5:10:55 PM
- Watching on the computer. Hopefully, transcripts will be up in a few days. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 5:21:39 PM

Al-Qaeda Program to Make WMD Halted by Afghan War . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2004 10:52:41 AM
- We can only hope... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/28/2004 3:29:57 PM

Platoon Detects Radiation On Four Trucks - Justin Kelly - 1/28/2004 3:36:08 AM
- "cross the Iraq-Turkey border" Which way? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 4:20:28 AM
  - re: "cross the Iraq-Turkey border" Which way? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/28/2004 3:16:55 PM

Krugman blames tax cuts - Greg - 1/27/2004 5:31:24 AM
- P.S. Krugman is as full of crap as a Christmas goose, and Sullivan says as much. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 6:00:02 AM
  - The Causes of the Budget Deficit: A Reckoning - Greg - 1/27/2004 4:41:09 PM
    - re: The Causes of the Budget Deficit - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 6:41:21 PM
- re: Krugman blames tax cuts - Greg - 1/27/2004 5:36:25 AM
  - That's a bit weird... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 5:58:03 AM
    - Balloon Juice is a right winger - Greg - 1/27/2004 6:48:34 AM
      - Wouldn't hurt for Congress to show a little restraint, too. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 7:33:09 AM
        
        re: Wouldn't hurt for Congress to show a little restraint, too. - Greg - 1/27/2004 3:25:18 PM
        
        Yeah, I saw that response. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 6:54:05 PM
        
        Just for the record... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 6:58:54 PM
        
        re: Just for the record... - Greg - 1/28/2004 7:10:55 AM
      - Democrat spending - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 7:29:12 AM
        
        that's the definition of socialism - Greg - 1/27/2004 12:56:41 PM
- Krugman has joined Dowd in wackjob land. - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:34:35 AM
  - did you see them there? You've been a permanent resident for many years (n/t) - Greg - 1/27/2004 2:03:55 PM
    - Check your visa. It was issued right after Krugman's (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 2:19:00 PM
      - they have you issuing the visas too? You must be high up in the government there (n/t) - Greg - 1/27/2004 3:20:13 PM
        
        At least you can admit Krugman and Dowd are wackjobs - ebnelson - 1/28/2004 11:32:06 AM
        
        Hee hee (n/t) - Greg - 1/28/2004 3:06:00 PM

WOW!! Al Franken is not a wimp! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/27/2004 2:57:19 PM
- Frankly I find those that choose violence as the first option are the truely weak and wimpish. (n/t) - Nick - 1/28/2004 1:08:30 AM
- ". . . they [conservatives] love America the way a four-year-old loves her mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. . . ." - Odin - 1/27/2004 5:37:10 PM
  - From the way liberals act, I think liberals love America more like the way a pimp loves his ho. - ebnelson - 1/28/2004 1:31:45 PM
  - re: ". . . they [conservatives] love America the way a four-year-old loves her mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. . . ." - gbaikie - 1/28/2004 3:43:19 AM
    - Whine me a wriver . . . - Odin - 1/28/2004 4:16:47 AM
      - re: Whine me a river . . . - gbaikie - 1/28/2004 7:21:40 AM
  - Grownups who believe in sucking milk from their mom's teat are some very sick people. - Lee - 1/27/2004 7:19:03 PM
    - Redistributions of wealth - Odin - 1/27/2004 10:56:20 PM
  - Yeah. 35-year old grownups who still live with their parents, clean out the fridge, and won't get a job. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 7:06:14 PM
    - Thanks for sharing, but did anyone ask for your life story? (n/t) - Odin - 1/27/2004 10:24:54 PM
      - troll on, odin. (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/28/2004 5:09:47 AM

David Kay bursts Don's (and other Bush conspiracy wackjob's) bubble - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 11:41:48 PM
- Let the finger-pointing begin - Donald - 1/26/2004 1:15:44 AM
  - You hacks began it months ago - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 3:04:14 AM
- Link to CNN article - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 12:38:55 AM
  - Imagine what the modern 'patriots' would have done to FDR for Pearl Harbor - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 3:31:08 AM
    - Cookie! - Odin - 1/26/2004 10:59:50 AM
      - You get no cookie - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 1:36:05 PM
        
        run away, Ed . . . - Odin - 1/26/2004 8:44:30 PM
        
        Odin the troll - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:05:59 AM
        
        Lame, Ed. Hobble away - Odin - 1/27/2004 6:11:57 PM
        
        woosh over your head - ebnelson - 1/28/2004 11:40:26 AM

White House Retreats From Weapons Claims - Donald - 1/27/2004 3:01:34 AM
- Kerry condemns himself - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:58:53 AM
- I'd wait for the Wednesday hearing before you do any end-zone dances - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 4:50:34 AM
  - You just don't get it - Donald - 1/27/2004 5:46:21 AM
    - "Kay agrees with Mr. Hussein" - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 7:21:35 AM
      - You ignore the point - Donald - 1/27/2004 1:47:06 PM
        
        A simple analysis from a very simple mind - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 1:49:43 PM
        
        Avoiding the obvious - Donald - 1/27/2004 1:59:25 PM
        
        It is plain and obvious that you specialize in misquoting people - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 2:22:05 PM
        
        Reinventing history - Donald - 1/27/2004 2:43:34 PM
        
        Reinventing language: you don't know truth and you clearly don't know lie - ebnelson - 1/28/2004 11:36:52 AM
      - Don is so far into his lie he might convince himself he believes it - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 1:19:59 PM
    - re: You just don't get it - gbaikie - 1/27/2004 7:05:49 AM
- Meanwhile: Hill Budget Office Sees 10-Year Deficits - Donald - 1/27/2004 4:49:57 AM
  - 4 years ago the same office predicted surpluses forever - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:37:31 AM
  - Predictions - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 4:57:12 AM

Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2004 10:50:13 AM

Three U.S. Soldiers Killed West of Baghdad - Don - 1/27/2004 1:41:30 PM
- Perfectly timed for the New Hampshire Primary - Scott Evil - 1/27/2004 6:33:28 PM
  - " it's written in the starlight and every line on your palm . . . " (n/t) - Odin - 1/28/2004 4:39:03 AM
- Mr. Cheney, Meet Mr. Kay - Donald - 1/27/2004 1:44:08 PM
  - A Flawed Intelligence - Donald - 1/27/2004 1:55:45 PM
  - Iraq posed no WMD threat - Don - 1/27/2004 1:51:19 PM
    - and another fig leaf falls - Greg - 1/27/2004 5:13:24 PM

U.N. to send election assessment team - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 8:30:36 PM
- Finally, 3 years and 3 months overdue! Oh, wait... you meant they were sending them to Iraq? Nevermind 8^) (n/t) - R.L. - 1/28/2004 3:22:30 AM

Iraq Bombings Kill 6 U.S. Soldiers - Donald - 1/28/2004 1:13:28 AM

Dean pushing the "voting machine" excuse. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 7:42:34 PM
- For the idiots who think that the voting machines will be fixed, the IEEE committee on electronic voting standards has already decided a fair way to do things. - David F Mayer - 1/27/2004 9:00:16 PM
- Is wacko Dean still saying "Bush knoew of 911 beforehand?" (n/t) - p - 1/22/2004 9:13:11 PM
- Excuse me while I correct your error. - Tony - 1/22/2004 9:00:23 PM
  - re: Excuse me - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 9:59:41 PM
    - Excuse moi - Tony - 1/23/2004 1:56:21 AM
      - re: Excuse moi - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 4:35:04 AM

This is hard to deny - - - - no matter what your politics. - 1/27/2004 3:23:10 AM
- Pure BS, just like all political diatribes from Chomsky, the crazy anarchist. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/27/2004 8:53:45 PM
- re: This is hard to deny - - - - gbaikie - 1/27/2004 7:14:13 AM
- Who else caught this? - Lee - 1/27/2004 6:34:05 AM
  - The only consistent stand of Chomsky is that the US is evil - e - 1/27/2004 1:47:35 PM
- I usually agree with Chomsky, but . . . - Odin - 1/27/2004 5:29:14 AM
- It takes a linguist to lie as well as Chomsky does (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 4:56:51 AM
  - He's an evil genius (n/t) - Gary - 1/27/2004 6:02:27 AM
    - More like really clever and obsessed - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 6:07:05 AM
- Not really. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 4:47:24 AM

Kay repeats his conclusions on NPR - Don - 1/25/2004 4:36:56 PM
- How about Kay's other quote? - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 10:59:43 PM
  - and the silly mobile trailer theory bites the dust - Greg - 1/26/2004 4:14:27 PM
    - Speaking as a rocket engineer... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:19:20 PM
      - You must be Cheney, no one else would believe such drivel. (n/t) - Greg - 1/26/2004 6:23:46 PM
        
        I made a specific statement. Do you have an actual response? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 6:46:41 PM
        
        No, I think that covers it - Greg - 1/27/2004 2:02:36 PM
        
        That's what I thought. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 8:16:54 PM
  - yet from the npr interview.... - Tony - 1/26/2004 2:04:18 AM
    - BTW...I couldn't find your exact Kay quote in the linked article - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:56:21 AM
      - See Ed's post above - Tony - 1/26/2004 3:53:22 PM
        
        Direct quotes are the best. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:10:18 PM
        
        Here ya go - Tony - 1/26/2004 9:02:16 PM
        
        Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 1:27:52 AM
    - re: yet from the npr interview.... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:31:11 AM
  - This is going to be like O'Neil - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 11:46:57 PM
- Meanwhile: U.S. General Says Qaeda, Iraq Links May Be Growing - Donald - 1/25/2004 4:59:58 PM
  - So, let me get this straight... - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 8:54:46 PM
    - Huh?!? - Don - 1/25/2004 9:47:10 PM
      - re: Huh - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 10:50:53 PM
        
        He has trained hard to be able to ignore this stuff, Tom - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 11:29:20 PM
  - Your "Key Quote" was by the Reuters reporter, not the general. - RobVG - 1/25/2004 6:39:58 PM
    - You're grasping for straws - Don - 1/25/2004 11:06:51 PM
      - re: You're ignoring reality. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 1:38:43 AM
        
        while you are ignoring Powell......... (n/t) - Tony - 1/26/2004 9:04:27 PM
    - Hitler & Stalin were great pals when it was time to divvy up Poland - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 8:34:08 PM
    - Rob - Don - 1/25/2004 7:10:50 PM
      - Two ways to look at it. - RobVG - 1/25/2004 7:44:36 PM
        
        Have to agree - Donald - 1/25/2004 8:31:17 PM
  - And: - Don - 1/25/2004 5:03:45 PM
    - Only to the incredulous (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 10:30:30 PM
    - "Right now Mr. Hassan's credibility is a bit better than Mr. Bush, Mr. Rumsfeld, Mr. Powell and Mr. Roberts." Pretty much says it all. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 8:56:32 PM

R We flying a CYPHER UAV in Metro NYC AREA? - carl - 1/26/2004 8:46:08 PM
- Yes - Tony - 1/26/2004 9:45:36 PM
  - And for the love of Pete, drop your rifle! Those suckers pack a punch... (n/t) - McFly - 1/26/2004 10:29:32 PM
- re: R We flying a CYPHER UAV in Metro NYC AREA? - Nick - 1/26/2004 9:36:04 PM
  - Tom, remember you are dealing with Nick (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 2:23:47 PM
  - Why the heck would this be any less legal than a police helicopter? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 12:45:11 AM
    - Uhh, looked like the second one - carl - 1/27/2004 7:41:49 PM

FBI Urges Police to Watch for People Carrying Almanacs!? - Nick - 1/1/2004 6:40:31 PM
- I guess you don't know about the history of encryption - Larry J - 1/2/2004 3:24:29 PM
  - This just in... - R.L. - 1/3/2004 2:57:18 AM
  - re: The Key to Rebecca . . . - D. Spires - 1/2/2004 9:23:29 PM
- Oh poo! - Lost Stock in Louisiana - 1/2/2004 3:00:07 AM
- P.S. - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2004 7:22:09 PM
  - re: P.S. - Betsy - 1/1/2004 9:59:58 PM
- re: FBI Urges Police to Watch for People Carrying Almanacs!? - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2004 7:20:22 PM
- reactionary soundbites vs. actually doing something - ebnelson - 1/1/2004 6:55:14 PM
  - re: reactionary soundbites vs. actually doing something - lauren - 1/27/2004 5:38:41 PM

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