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"The Soft Line Idealogues" - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 8:05:28 AM

An interesting NPR radio broadcast about Saudi Arabia - Gary - 1/12/2004 6:42:06 AM
- re: An interesting NPR radio broadcast about Saudi Arabia - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 7:55:30 AM

Some news from Iraq that somehow eluded the news services - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 7:49:06 AM

News from the glorious people's paradise of Cuba - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 2:09:35 AM
- My bet is that the claim of 100% literacy is as untrue as every other claim about Cuba: - ebnelson - 1/12/2004 5:02:04 AM
  - Oh, yeah, in case we'd completely forgotten the Cuban librarians - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 6:24:25 AM

Willie Nelson demonstrates results of very long term pot smoking - ebnelson - 1/1/2004 3:49:37 PM
- ebNelson demonstrates results of very long term pot avoidance - Fox - 1/11/2004 6:10:36 AM
  - Interesting concept but - ebnelson - 1/12/2004 5:08:56 AM
- re: Willie Nelson demonstrates results of very long term pot smoking - D Ramsey - 1/10/2004 10:53:30 PM

Democrats losing? It's because the voters are stupid, of course. - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2004 6:41:02 PM
- The Republicans should NOT consider the 2004 elections "in the bag" just yet. As Yogi Berra said, "It ain't over 'til it's over." (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/7/2004 12:41:14 AM
  - Very good advice. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:40:51 AM
- so you therefore think the Democrats are stupid themselves - Greg - 1/6/2004 5:52:49 AM
  - As Will Rogers said, "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." - Larry J - 1/6/2004 6:42:29 PM
    - willful ignorance sounds a lot like stupid to me - Greg - 1/7/2004 2:46:24 AM
      - The willfully ignorant are stupid, IMO - Larry J - 1/7/2004 2:48:31 PM
        
        so there the debate ends - Greg - 1/8/2004 3:16:58 AM
        
        Historical evidence verses theories - Larry J - 1/8/2004 2:41:11 PM
        
        so where are the emperor's clothes - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:30:47 AM
      - re: willful ignorance - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:26:57 AM
        
        economics is brain surgery - Greg - 1/7/2004 8:36:49 AM
        
        No. It isn't. - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 5:37:04 PM
        
        so there's no such thing as compex economics - Greg - 1/8/2004 3:22:11 AM
        
        In your dreams - Larry J - 1/7/2004 2:38:22 PM
        
        Not worth the effort, Larry. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2004 7:01:58 AM
        
        No, I won't believe your economic theories until I see peer reviewed papers on it. (n/t) - Greg - 1/8/2004 7:21:21 AM
        
        no longer joined at the hip - Greg - 1/8/2004 3:30:03 AM
        
        If the "economic experts" are running the economies around the world, - Larry J - 1/8/2004 6:27:23 PM
        
        so in other words you don't know anything - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:33:14 AM
        
        Show me the evidence - Larry J - 1/9/2004 2:28:35 PM
        
        Forget it Larry. Might as well try to convince Zeno that Achilles is faster than a tortoise. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 5:32:12 AM
        
        Yeah, you're right. He's the living embodiment of the Orwell quote` - Larry J - 1/9/2004 2:22:51 PM
        
        so show me some references - Greg - 1/9/2004 5:57:39 PM
        
        Imagine, giving tax cuts to the people who pay the most in taxes! - Larry J - 1/9/2004 6:46:54 PM
        
        Yes In A Time Of Suffering We Should Always Help Those That Need It The Least First - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 6:16:16 PM
        
        re: Those That Need It The Least - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 11:32:28 PM
        
        When Will You Learn The Supposed Goal Of Capitalism? - Mark Eby - 1/11/2004 10:26:31 PM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 1:53:33 AM
        
        re: Goal Of Capitalism? - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 1:48:44 AM
  - I think they are mistaken, not stupid - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2004 5:19:34 PM
    - if you wouldn't trust them to feed your goldfish you think they are stupid - Greg - 1/7/2004 3:02:37 AM
      - re: tax cuts working - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:34:31 AM
        
        re: tax cuts working - Greg - 1/7/2004 8:34:11 AM
        
        Cripes. Have it your way. - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 5:44:09 PM
        
        try posting some real evidence or try finding out what evidence is - Greg - 1/8/2004 9:59:12 AM
        
        Sorry, Greg. Now you're just nuts. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2004 7:00:20 PM
        
        so let's toss out all the red herrings and ask again - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:37:20 AM
- Live near Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ - we get this attitude all the time (n/t) - p - 1/5/2004 9:09:41 PM
- That's only one step removed from the mindset... - Larry J - 1/5/2004 8:02:40 PM
- Tim Blair comments - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2004 7:55:57 PM
  - One of the best was... - Larry J - 1/6/2004 2:39:44 AM
- Five words: "Un be leave a bull"...it's always a thrill to see such staggering arrogance in action (n/t) - McFly - 1/5/2004 7:53:55 PM
  - Most liberals are a lot more subtle about their elitism than this guy (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2004 7:58:43 PM
- You prefer it coming from Republicans? - BG - 1/5/2004 7:41:25 PM

the recovery will continue apace for another few months... but will start to die out by summer 2004. - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:36:30 AM
- Sipping mint juleps on the veranda kind of early, eh democrats? - ebnelson - 1/11/2004 8:16:23 PM

Unsettling Indicators - Nick - 1/11/2004 4:15:29 PM

Freedom of the press, worldwide - Raoul Lannoy - 1/11/2004 4:10:34 PM

Another point of view on Iraq - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 3:10:19 PM

Gas shells found buried in Iraq? - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2004 12:07:10 AM
- The fact that Saddam used chemical weapons 15 times to kill thousands is totally meaningless - Howard Dean - 1/11/2004 4:52:54 AM
- 36 mortar shells - Donald - 1/11/2004 12:41:43 AM
  - I agree: at this point it's a non-story. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2004 3:44:58 AM
- Explosives can deteriorate and liquify, especially if exposeed to water. - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 12:40:15 AM
  - re: Explosives can deteriorate and liquify, especially if exposeed to water. - Hans - 1/11/2004 9:56:03 AM

Unemployment figures - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 5:10:08 AM
- From where I sit, the job market is just as bleak as it has been. - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 2:13:15 AM
- this is the same recovery you've been crowing about isn't it? (n/t) - Greg - 1/10/2004 5:08:14 PM
  - Still am. - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 9:03:28 PM

Israel-Palestine situation worsens as PLO threatens first a "bilateral state" and the very next day, declaration of "Palestine" as an independent state. - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 12:06:25 AM
- Let Arafat go for it. - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2004 12:12:14 AM

Treasury Secretary O'Neill: Bush is "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," (n/t) - Nick - 1/10/2004 2:33:22 AM
- In the definition of 'sour grapes' the picture is that of O'Neill - ebnelson - 1/10/2004 3:21:22 PM
  - A Lot Of People On Both Sides Of The Isle Wanted O'Neill Dumped (n/t) - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 6:21:34 PM

Hearts and minds... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2004 6:14:24 AM
- A View from the Other Side....... - Lindy - 1/6/2004 6:35:56 AM
  - re: A View from the Other Side...........noo - Betsy - 1/7/2004 5:01:17 AM
    - I defer to you Betsy..... - Lindy (being pissy) - 1/8/2004 5:34:35 AM
      - hmm.. - Betsy - 1/8/2004 6:24:06 AM
        
        re: hmm.. - Lindy - 1/8/2004 5:56:51 PM
        
        Psycho hose beasts - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2004 9:04:17 PM
        
        re: Psycho hose beasts - Lindy - 1/10/2004 6:16:16 PM
        
        Betsy the superlurker - SDG - 1/9/2004 9:05:29 PM
        
        C'est Moi - Betsy - 1/10/2004 8:46:49 AM
        
        oops should be under Betsy's post - SDG - 1/9/2004 9:21:51 PM
        
        A cup o'tea, dear? - Betsy - 1/8/2004 8:55:55 PM
        
        Observations - Lindy - 1/10/2004 8:32:46 AM
        
        I'm perhaps a little early, but have a happy birthday, Betsy :-) (n/t) - McFly - 1/8/2004 3:51:42 PM
        
        Fellow Illinoisian.. - Betsy - 1/8/2004 9:07:13 PM
    - Open mind essential - FrankC - 1/8/2004 2:40:27 AM
      - re: Open mind essential - Betsy - 1/8/2004 5:49:59 AM
  - You might want to ask this Iraqi... - Larry J - 1/6/2004 7:15:22 PM
  - re: A REAL View from the Other Side....... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2004 5:11:51 PM
  - Price Examples - Lindy - 1/6/2004 6:46:25 AM
    - re: Price Examples - McFly - 1/8/2004 6:26:06 PM
      - argh...sorry - McFly - 1/8/2004 6:46:09 PM
    - re: Price Examples - FrankC - 1/8/2004 2:50:52 AM
    - re: Price Examples - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2004 5:04:10 PM

Global warming "biggest threat" - Donald - 1/10/2004 2:36:11 PM
- re: Global warming "biggest threat" - John - 1/10/2004 5:21:35 PM

The Concord Coalition - Greg - 1/10/2004 5:06:59 PM

"Iraq: Setbacks, Advances, Prospects" - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 1:10:16 AM
- re: "Neighbouring countries; all worth it? - Raoul - 1/10/2004 9:10:47 AM
  - re: Bush Sr - SteveS - 1/10/2004 2:53:10 PM

A first crack at the CEIP paper - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 9:00:32 PM
- A Simple Analysis - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 4:40:13 AM

Treasury Secretary O'Neill: Hush is "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," (n/t) - Nick - 1/10/2004 2:33:04 AM
- Uh, what the heck is that supposed to mean, anyway? - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 3:56:26 AM
- All right, all right. WE'RE not deaf! ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 3:48:39 AM

Treasury Secretary O'Neill: Bush is "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," (n/t) - Nick - 1/10/2004 2:33:13 AM

U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Approach 500 - Donald - 1/9/2004 1:46:05 PM
- As horrible as that is... - Larry J - 1/9/2004 7:07:32 PM
  - Casualty figures - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 7:47:29 PM
- A key quote from the article - Donald - 1/9/2004 1:50:24 PM
  - You do know... - FrankC - 1/9/2004 11:07:05 PM
  - So, you would support massive aerial bombardment as a tactic? - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 4:41:20 PM

Live NASA TV: Mini Tes results. (Carbonates?! Drill, drill !) (n/t) - Marcia - 1/9/2004 5:21:00 PM
- re: Sorry, the above belongs on the Space Board. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/9/2004 5:25:40 PM

Why Did Attorney General Ashcroft Remove Himself From The Valerie Plame Wilson Leak Investigation? - Greg - 1/9/2004 10:18:08 AM
- Hard to say at this point - Donald - 1/9/2004 2:11:53 PM

more drawings of WMD uncovered - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:50:58 AM
- Laugh it up - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 3:09:59 AM
  - actually I thought the robot was pretty scary - Greg - 1/9/2004 8:08:06 AM
  - re: Laugh it up - Raoul - 1/9/2004 6:48:53 AM
  - Indeed I am - Donald - 1/9/2004 4:13:30 AM
    - re: Indeed I am - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 4:48:38 AM

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