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Bush's man rejects Blair weapon claim - Greg - 12/28/2003 3:28:57 AM
- re: weapon claim - Tom Brosz - 12/28/2003 6:19:30 AM
  - re: weapon claim - Raoul - 12/28/2003 10:16:35 AM
    - Did either of you actually read the original report? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/29/2003 8:18:47 AM
      - re: Kay report - Raoul - 12/29/2003 5:46:40 PM
        
        No. Not the CNN transcript. - Tom Brosz - 12/29/2003 8:24:12 PM
        
        re: Kay is not lying - Raoul - 12/29/2003 9:11:11 PM
        
        And neither was Pres. Bush - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 6:09:32 AM
  - while you're at it try convincing Bremer - Greg - 12/28/2003 7:52:55 AM
    - re: convincing Bremer - Raoul - 12/29/2003 9:14:49 PM
      - re: convincing Bremer - D - 1/27/2004 12:13:22 AM

Dick Cheney -- still lying after all these years - Odin - 1/22/2004 9:03:01 AM
- If this is the best you can come up with, you might want to work a little harder. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 5:01:24 PM
- Odin the troll - ebnelson - 1/22/2004 1:32:17 PM
  - Witch hunts and dogs that won't . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 11:52:27 PM
    - Odin the troll, you is what you is. Spam on (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 12:39:26 AM
- re: Dick Cheney -- still lying after all these years - gbaikie - 1/22/2004 11:37:14 AM
  - Of course it's a better lie . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 9:21:32 PM
- disgusting wasn't it - Greg - 1/22/2004 9:58:42 AM
  - Cheney is so Shady.......... - Lindy - 1/22/2004 4:22:25 PM
  - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2004 11:27:53 AM
    - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 10:29:44 PM
      - re: All you have to do is agree that I'm right . . . - D. Spires - 1/24/2004 6:14:22 AM
        
        If that long-awaited day comes when you are right about something, rest assured your success will be acknowledged. It's good you still believe you could be right. Don't give up. n/t - Odin - 1/26/2004 2:42:05 AM
        
        re: I guess you just love that keyboard . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 1/26/2004 8:49:00 PM
      - never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity (n/t) - Greg - 1/23/2004 5:08:14 AM
        
        Malice? Where do you see anyone attributing Cheney's lie to malice? n/t - Odin - 1/23/2004 6:51:13 AM
        
        I mean in this case Cheny may be no more than an idiot, after all being near W all the time must wear you down (it got to Dean Martin in the end) (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 5:28:50 AM
        
        I figgered that's what you meant, but it aint either or -- stupid or malicious. All lies aren't malicious. Cheney's weren't. n/t. - Odin - 1/26/2004 2:33:54 AM
        
        Uh...then you actually have no point at all, right? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 9:40:48 PM
        
        Thank you for your feeble reply. What do we have for this world-class feeb, Johnny? A lifetime supply of Uhs, the perfect addition to any Neanderthal's vocabulary. Tired of communicating with your fe… - Odin - 1/26/2004 2:55:55 AM
        
        Like I said, no point. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:23:10 PM
        
        Try not to be dumber than nature intended you to be. - Odin - 1/26/2004 9:08:22 PM
        
        Okay, dropping to sublight... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 1:52:48 AM
        
        You can't really be this stupid, can you? - Odin - 1/27/2004 3:58:28 AM
        
        Lying is telling untruth with intent, troll - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:10:21 AM
        
        Nothing is sadder to see in public than something like Odin's display of failed wit - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 1:53:40 PM
    - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - Greg - 1/22/2004 2:44:14 PM
      - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 10:46:20 PM
        
        You assume much, deaniac - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 1:48:43 AM
        
        You've become tiresome. I'm gonna stand over here now. - Odin - 1/23/2004 2:20:36 AM
        
        If you are tired or bored - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 2:33:13 AM

The Brosz call on the Democratic candidate: Edwards - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:34:56 AM
- If '0%' is the answer, what is the question? - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 1:33:42 PM
- Kerry or Dean - Odin - 1/26/2004 7:34:39 AM
  - Kerry - Buck Galaxy - 1/26/2004 7:44:17 AM
    - Andrew Sullivan on Kerry, the strongest candidate vs Bush - phil - 1/26/2004 6:45:42 PM
      - Kerry will wear very badly over time - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:02:42 AM

More David Kay from the New York Times. Hot stuff. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 4:40:14 PM
- The bottom line... - Donald - 1/27/2004 3:05:11 AM
  - You know... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 5:00:11 AM
  - re: The bottom line... - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 4:59:48 AM
- Let me see if I have this right - Tony - 1/26/2004 8:52:21 PM
  - P.S. Blix was guessing. Now we know. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 1:16:58 AM
  - From the NPR interview: - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 1:16:11 AM
- The Syria connection - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 4:54:22 PM

How long will the current regime stay in power in North Korea? My gut feeling is not much longer. Information is seeping into the country from South Korea and the lies of KJI are being exposed. Comme… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/15/2004 5:28:10 PM
- re: How long will the current regime stay in power in North Korea? My gut feeling is not much longer. Information is seeping into the country from South Korea and the lies of KJI are being exposed. C… - hans - 1/17/2004 6:11:04 AM
  - re: How long will the current regime stay in power in North Korea? My gut feeling is not much longer. Information is seeping into the country from South Korea and the lies of KJI are being exposed. C… - David F Mayer - 1/18/2004 12:46:04 AM
- How cold is the winter there this year? - ebnelson - 1/16/2004 4:25:14 AM
  - Frankly, I doubt if North Korea has any operational nukes. My reason is simple: Kim Jong-Il has claimed that he has them. Since almost everything that he says is a lie, I have my doubts. - David F Mayer - 1/16/2004 5:57:29 PM
    - I agree. Their army may be in as bad of shape as the Iraqi under saddam - ebnelson - 1/17/2004 2:37:18 AM
      - I believe that the North Korean Army is in far worse shape than Saddam's Army. Iraq always had abundand food. "An army travels on its stomach." -- Napoleaon Bonaparte (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/18/2004 12:35:56 AM
        
        re: I believe that the North Korean Army is in far worse shape than Saddam's Army. Iraq always had abundand food. "An army travels on its stomach." -- Napoleaon Bonaparte - NBM - 1/26/2004 11:13:39 PM
- re: How long will the current regime stay in power in North Korea? My gut feeling is not much longer. Information is seeping into the country from South Korea and the lies of KJI are being exposed. C… - McFly - 1/15/2004 10:02:39 PM

California and immigration, for Mary Anne - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 6:43:39 PM

French sacrifice all dignity sucking up to the Chinese - Justin Kelly - 1/26/2004 11:09:55 AM
- re: And where are all the dollars going to? - Raoul - 1/26/2004 5:58:17 PM
- Your question: "why are the French so determined to screw the world over?" ... My answer: "Money" (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/26/2004 5:53:22 PM
- OK, I'm too harsh - Justin Kelly - 1/26/2004 11:34:28 AM

Iraq WMD Flap May Bolster U.N. Position - Donald - 1/25/2004 8:20:59 PM
- Juan Cole - Greg - 1/26/2004 4:45:17 PM

North Korean nukes - "uncomfortable parallels" - 1/20/2004 8:29:39 PM
- The parallels to Libya or Pakistan are much more troubling - ebnelson - 1/21/2004 4:23:17 AM
- I used to work at a plant that performed isotopic separation of uranium. I designed and built a safety warning system to detect uranium hex leaks, etc. I can tell you that the technology is not at al… - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 9:54:20 PM
- And exactly the same question comes up... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 9:40:12 PM
  - I believe that the solution to the North Korean problem lies in information. By smuggling in radios, etc, we can help the North Koreans hear the radio broadcasts of their brothers in the South. They… - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 10:07:25 PM
    - Ok, you take the first radio in. I'll take the next lot when you come back out. (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 7:02:45 AM
      - That is NOT the way it is being done. There is a thriving smuggling trade between North Korea and China. - David F Mayer - 1/26/2004 3:11:00 PM

Fiscal News Seen Gloomy as Bush Prepares Budget - Don - 1/26/2004 1:34:28 PM

French sacrifice all dignity sucking up to the Chinese - Justin Kelly - 1/26/2004 11:07:33 AM
- re: No lessons - Raoul - 1/26/2004 11:32:02 AM

New weapons inspector for Iraq - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 1:14:53 AM
- Is Cheney off in a private little world all his own, surrounded by aides who don't dare tell him that he believes things that are not true? Is he mentally unbalanced? Or is he too old for the job? - Greg - 1/24/2004 3:46:10 AM
  - None of the above . . . - Odin - 1/26/2004 7:17:04 AM
  - re: Cheney - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 3:55:01 AM
    - lol (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 5:18:27 AM
    - The attacks on Pres. Bush have failed, so they hope to go after VP Cheney - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 5:14:27 AM
- Leftist meme?!? - Don - 1/24/2004 1:49:16 AM
  - I don't think they existed," Kay told Reuters in a telephone interview. - Greg - 1/24/2004 3:22:04 AM
    - re: Kay told Reuters in a telephone interview - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 3:56:39 AM
      - In denial - Donald - 1/24/2004 4:23:19 PM
  - re: Leftist meme?!? - gbaikie - 1/24/2004 3:15:33 AM
    - Reference to Kay's admission - Don - 1/24/2004 2:49:40 PM
      - re: Reference to Kay's admission - gbaikie - 1/25/2004 6:41:23 AM

Long distance flights - Raoul Lannoy - 1/25/2004 5:14:25 PM
- re: Long distance flights - gbaikie - 1/26/2004 7:14:41 AM

Democrats Call for Probe of Iraq Weapons Claims - Don - 1/26/2004 2:35:01 AM
- Kerry obviously hasn't read all of Kay's remarks either. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:29:13 AM
- re: Democrats Call for Probe of Iraq Weapons Claims - Odin - 1/26/2004 3:50:14 AM
- Kery is selling used cattle feed on this and the only happy consumers - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 3:21:13 AM

Was Ronald Reagan a conniving genius, a guy who willfully ignored the facts, or just a complete idiot? I find myself asking the same questions after reading this L.A. Times story about Dick Cheney to… - Greg - 1/25/2004 5:51:52 AM
- Ronald Reagan a conniving genius? LOL - Odin - 1/26/2004 4:11:55 AM
- Thanks. I hadn't read any truly braindead dimohack crap today (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 8:09:52 PM

Powell: Possible Iraq Had No Banned Arms! - Donald - 1/24/2004 6:28:49 PM
- Don, he did not. You lied. Again. - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 11:12:27 PM
  - Uh...Ed - Donald - 1/25/2004 4:13:56 AM
    - If you don't want credit, use quotes (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 5:11:17 AM
    - Again, the headline was quite a stretch from "we don't know yet." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 4:22:50 AM
- Getting an awful lot of mileage out of "we don't know yet." - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 9:35:41 PM
  - re: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Raoul - 1/24/2004 10:35:27 PM
    - Speaking of extraordinary claims - S - 1/25/2004 2:32:39 AM
    - re: Extraordinary claims - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 11:58:31 PM
      - re: Extraordinary claims - Raoul - 1/25/2004 6:58:21 AM
      - "Saddam must go" - S - 1/25/2004 2:19:57 AM
        
        BTW, we were already at war, so 'no war' is a non-starter - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 5:15:54 AM
        
        re: War? - Raoul - 1/25/2004 7:43:29 AM
        
        >sigh< Inspite of French and German breach of the ceasefire agreements, and Iraqi non-compliance, - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 8:12:14 PM
        
        re: War? - gbaikie - 1/25/2004 10:00:23 AM
        
        re: War? - Raoul - 1/25/2004 10:30:38 AM
        
        Interesting article... - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 10:43:57 AM
        
        How much more time? A month, a year, a decade? - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 5:13:43 AM
        
        re: "Saddam must go" - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 3:39:47 AM
        
        re: US safety - Raoul - 1/25/2004 7:55:50 AM
        
        We were not the ones who beleived nuetrality would keep the Germans out (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 10:44:41 PM
        
        re: US safety - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 9:43:00 AM
        
        The whole issue is a red herring - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 10:47:58 PM
        
        re: US safety - Raoul - 1/25/2004 10:24:54 AM
        
        why war - Odin - 1/26/2004 3:34:07 AM
- re: Powell: Possible Iraq Had No Banned Arms! - gbaikie - 1/24/2004 8:00:45 PM
  - Don doesn't need stinkin' facts - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 11:18:22 PM

This is kind of interesting... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 1:51:21 AM

"Iraq Pilgrims in Saudi Thank God for Saddam's Fall" - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 1:32:06 AM

Don't You Love Unregulated Capitalism? - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 2:06:13 AM
- re: Don't You Love Unregulated Capitalism? - David F Mayer - 1/25/2004 2:41:54 PM
- it's the genius of the free market at work (n/t) - Greg - 1/25/2004 12:13:26 PM
  - Don't Get Me Wrong - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 10:10:57 PM
    - Resources and property rights - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 1:28:21 AM

After four years of "compassionate conservatism"â€”what is it? - Greg - 1/25/2004 2:34:18 AM
- >yawn< if the precious govt. account was in surplus in the late years of clinton, when was the debt repaid? (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 11:58:58 PM

Liberal media bias, itemized - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 9:30:32 PM
- 4 words: Talk radio, Fox News (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 12:34:45 PM
  - Now, balance that against the other side. Lot more than four words, isn't there? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 11:31:42 PM
    - what's your point? - Greg - 1/25/2004 3:57:53 AM
      - "As to the printed media bias I don't think there is much of it." - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 9:09:46 PM

The complete Reuters interview with Kay - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 11:24:20 AM
- Meanwhile another GI dies in Iraq - Donald - 1/25/2004 1:43:04 PM
- this must be very painful for you (n/t) - Greg - 1/25/2004 12:09:21 PM
  - Why? You DID read the whole interview, didn't you? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 8:46:27 PM

BBC: Powell casts doubt on Iraq WMDs - Donald - 1/25/2004 4:37:36 AM
- So now you spam us the media outlets repeating the same story - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 5:36:23 AM
  - No...Ed - Donald - 1/25/2004 1:39:41 PM
    - Yes...Don - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 8:04:06 PM
  - Don't sweat it Ed. It's painfully obvious that he never read beyond the headlines of any of these articles. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 6:31:22 AM
    - More than just that is painfully obvious. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/25/2004 10:56:23 AM
- CNN: Powell unsure whether WMD will be found in Iraq - Don - 1/25/2004 4:47:06 AM
- FOX News: Powell Admits Possibility Iraq Had No WMD - Don - 1/25/2004 4:44:42 AM
- Washington Post: Powell Voices Doubts About Iraqi Weapons - Donald - 1/25/2004 4:41:20 AM

Inspector: Saddam moved contraband to Syria - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 11:03:31 AM
- Sounds unlikely: However, during the 1991 war, Saddam (the idiot) flew his fighter jets to Iran (his enemy) rather than let the USsA destroy them. Who knows what that jackass might have done? He is n… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/25/2004 4:30:06 PM
- you mean Powell wasn't an oracle of truth before this or isn't now (n/t) - Greg - 1/25/2004 12:12:18 PM
- Be interesting to see if this gets the headlines Kay's other statement did... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 11:16:20 AM

first Andrew Sullivan and now Tacitus - Greg - 1/25/2004 3:09:06 PM

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