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Iron Hammer - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 10:35:57 PM

Another Dem candidate heads for the dumper - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 5:55:02 PM
- The leather jacket motorcycle thing was a Dukakis tank moment - p - 11/12/2003 10:32:27 PM
- Good riddance. - et - 11/12/2003 9:22:06 PM

Come back, Newt! All is forgiven! - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 6:36:16 PM
- The BS colored glasses are back..... - et - 11/12/2003 9:30:50 PM
  - Don't quite understand your point - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 10:00:47 PM

Good article on U.S. intelligence problems - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 6:59:59 PM
- Superficial BS - E.P. Grondine - 11/12/2003 9:35:44 PM
- litmus test for people talking about intelligence - Justin Kelly - 11/12/2003 1:25:05 AM
  - re: litmus test for people talking about intelligence - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 3:34:49 AM
- re: Very interesting, thanks Tom (n/t) - Raoul - 11/11/2003 11:06:25 PM

Politicizing Intelligence - Larry J - 11/5/2003 9:56:42 PM
- Not a player - E.P. Grondine - 11/6/2003 11:57:32 PM
  - The demohacks admit to it - ebnelson - 11/7/2003 3:49:34 AM
    - Do tell... - E.P. Grondine - 11/7/2003 9:32:12 PM
      - Rockefeller said in an interview - ebnelson - 11/8/2003 2:35:24 AM
        
        Yes, I am a journalist, and what I am watching are attempts at spin and muddying the waters - E.P. Grondine - 11/8/2003 8:39:44 PM
        
        Questions - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2003 11:43:07 PM
        
        Yes, NPR regularly smears dems in interviews - ebnelson - 11/8/2003 8:56:32 PM
- Anybody notice... - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 9:35:00 PM
- "Heads should roll", Senator Zell Miller, D-GA (n/t) - p - 11/6/2003 5:58:18 PM
  - re: "Heads should roll", Senator Zell Miller, D-GA - .higg - 11/12/2003 7:30:03 PM
- Zell's a Democrat but with the soul of a Republican. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2003 8:25:38 AM
- re: Politicizing Intelligence - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 5:40:17 AM
- Did post on this below, but you added a lot of good new information. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2003 10:03:20 PM

Why I don't trust the United Nations to keep us safe. - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 5:07:27 AM
- More on this - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 7:03:28 PM
- This just justifies why we went into Iraq without the UN - SteveS - 11/11/2003 9:01:39 PM

"Hooey, Hogwash and Malarkey from the Critics of the Iraq War" - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 6:53:29 PM

US current policies an analysis - Raoul - 11/11/2003 2:11:44 PM
- re: US current policies an analysis - gbaikie - 11/11/2003 5:41:00 PM
- and a bad one - Buster - 11/11/2003 4:04:42 PM
  - re: Blame - Raoul - 11/12/2003 5:46:43 PM

Terrorists planned attacks on pilgrims in Mecca - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 5:08:58 PM

Axis of Disinformation - S - 11/11/2003 8:55:02 PM
- The magic of conspiracy wackjobs like this article - ebnelson - 11/12/2003 6:02:00 AM
  - And: reality to wackjob---- it ain't a quagmire. it ain't even close. - ebnelson - 11/12/2003 6:04:38 AM
- Original paper link - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 9:29:08 PM

don't forget the benefits Bush is bringing to the country from his war.... - Publius - 11/11/2003 5:49:56 AM
- Oh, by the way... - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 3:36:12 AM
  - re: Oh, and this too - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 5:27:09 AM
    - re: And don't forget this... - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 5:29:33 AM
- I am sure it impressed you to post that - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:53:30 AM

Another good Veteran's Day story - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 5:19:07 AM

War in Iraq: the other half of the story. - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 6:27:47 AM
- More like 90% of the story - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 1:06:49 PM
  - Are you referring to the Donner party? - Buster - 11/11/2003 3:10:39 PM
- re: Sacrebleu... - Raoul - 11/11/2003 10:42:30 AM
  - one is a front page the other is in french - Buster - 11/11/2003 3:08:48 PM
    - There's a translation button at the bottom of the article - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 6:47:47 PM
      - I wanted my daughter to learn a foreign language - Buster - 11/11/2003 8:50:31 PM
        
        re: Ia foreign language - Raoul - 11/11/2003 11:11:16 PM
        
        Where I live, Spanish is just more useful. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 5:07:56 AM

Baghdad blast kills U.S. soldier - Donald - 11/9/2003 3:46:57 PM
- Meanwhile: Insecurity May Delay Iraq Constitution - Donald - 11/9/2003 3:56:08 PM
  - And then, this little tidbit... - Donald - 11/9/2003 3:58:23 PM
    - Finally: Military families speak against war - Donald - 11/9/2003 3:59:47 PM
      - You think your prayer for American collapse in Iraq is coming true? - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:41:00 AM
      - re: Military families speak against war - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2003 9:59:59 PM
        
        Once again - Donald - 11/10/2003 1:58:32 AM
        
        Bush has already failed? - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:45:15 AM
        
        re: Once again - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2003 2:43:41 AM
        
        Tom, Don knows he is lying. - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:48:11 AM
        
        re: Once again - Raoul - 11/10/2003 10:04:02 AM
        
        I think you are wrong Rauol: No matter who was President, there was going to be a war in Iraq. - Scott Evil - 11/10/2003 6:12:57 PM
        
        re: there was going to be a war in Iraq. - Raoul - 11/11/2003 12:35:36 AM
        
        Answer the bloody question... - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2003 4:54:34 PM
        
        re: My Bloody Answer:NO - Raoul - 11/11/2003 12:45:34 AM
        
        Your ignorance of history is showing - Larry J - 11/12/2003 1:31:29 AM
        
        With all respect - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:50:56 AM
        
        re: With all respect - Raoul - 11/11/2003 9:54:45 AM
        
        "Your country was never invaded nor occupied and it shows in your posts." - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 3:50:15 AM
        
        The US was invaded since 1945?!? Say it ain't so! - Mary Anne - 11/11/2003 6:55:45 AM
        
        Not since 1945, but... - Larry J - 11/11/2003 7:56:29 PM
        
        This is where subtlety gets me. - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 7:40:57 PM
        
        re: subtlety - Raoul - 11/11/2003 11:28:45 PM
        
        Uh....why? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 4:37:13 AM
        
        I used to think that poor education was unique to America. It seems to be another example of globalization. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:55:49 AM
        
        re: Global thinking - Raoul - 11/11/2003 1:25:44 PM
        
        re: Global thinking - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 1:32:38 PM
      - And to punctuate the point - Donald - 11/9/2003 4:02:12 PM

Veterans - SteveS - 11/11/2003 8:36:41 PM
- re: Thank you, Steve . . . - D. Spires - 11/12/2003 2:24:36 AM
- "What is a vet?" - Larry J - 11/12/2003 1:41:22 AM
  - Thanks... - Tom Brosz - 11/12/2003 3:56:52 AM
- Yes - RobVG - 11/12/2003 1:07:32 AM

Soldiers and Veterans - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 8:34:36 PM
- re: Homecoming . . . - D. Spires - 11/12/2003 1:02:33 AM

No one likes us - FrankC - 11/10/2003 8:41:34 PM
- re: No one likes us (n/t) - peterPeter - 11/11/2003 8:22:57 PM
- The new isolationism - Mary Anne - 11/11/2003 6:45:14 AM
  - re: The new isolationism - gbaikie - 11/11/2003 9:50:38 PM
  - Proving once again that words are cheap - Larry J - 11/11/2003 5:10:08 PM
  - what history are you talking about? - Buster - 11/11/2003 3:28:29 PM
- Irony meter- [....../] (n/t) - Marcus - 11/11/2003 12:46:39 AM
- Does that mean we're French? (n/t) - p the worried - 11/10/2003 11:24:09 PM
  - no, we don't fail repeatedly and still think we are superior (n/t) - Buster - 11/11/2003 3:12:43 PM

What the Arabs think of the democracy plans - Raoul - 11/8/2003 11:49:36 AM
- I am glad they agree democracy is the best system - SteveS - 11/8/2003 2:35:07 PM
- Do you think that you are possibly inferring a large decision from a rather small sampling? - ebnelson - 11/8/2003 12:15:03 PM
  - re: To start with.... - Raoul - 11/8/2003 4:38:50 PM
    - For GAWD'S sake Raoul - Buck Galaxy - 11/9/2003 6:11:35 AM
      - I think Isreal should immediatly declare that the Palestinian State exists... - Scott Evil - 11/10/2003 6:32:05 PM
      - Face it, Buck... - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2003 6:50:40 AM
        
        re: The problem is... - Raoul - 11/9/2003 11:02:56 AM
        
        "The whole issue is about humiliation" - Buck Galaxy - 11/10/2003 2:48:31 AM
        
        Humiliation - SteveS - 11/9/2003 4:28:43 PM
        
        re: Humiliation - R.L. - 11/10/2003 11:43:31 PM
        
        re: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Raoul - 11/11/2003 1:30:12 AM
        
        re: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - SteveS - 11/11/2003 2:36:06 AM
        
        re: Jernigan - Raoul - 11/11/2003 10:04:51 AM
        
        re: Jernigan - SteveS - 11/11/2003 9:37:14 PM
        
        Keep up the good work...egghead ;-) - SteveS - 11/11/2003 1:09:01 AM
        
        re: Keep up the good work...egghead ;-) - R.L. - 11/11/2003 3:02:47 AM
        
        Questions - Mary Anne - 11/10/2003 4:48:25 AM
        
        You mean a lot of questions ;-) - SteveS - 11/10/2003 6:15:52 AM
        
        Targetting has *everything* to do with this thread - Mary Anne - 11/10/2003 1:18:28 PM
        
        "Dispossessed?" - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2003 5:55:41 PM
        
        Palestine's made themselves targets - SteveS - 11/10/2003 4:19:14 PM
        
        re: Questions - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2003 5:46:03 AM
        
        An appropriate response - Mary Anne - 11/10/2003 12:55:05 PM
        
        Okay, let me nail it down a little bit tighter... - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2003 5:36:50 PM
        
        re: An appropriate response - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2003 3:58:02 PM
        
        re: Palestinian Diaspora - Raoul - 11/11/2003 1:19:40 AM
        
        Sorry -- one of my questions you had already answered - Mary Anne - 11/10/2003 5:02:28 AM
        
        More answers - SteveS - 11/10/2003 6:24:01 AM
        
        Supply and demand - Mary Anne - 11/10/2003 1:00:30 PM
        
        You can't compromise security for demand - SteveS - 11/10/2003 4:52:19 PM
        
        re: Humiliation - Raoul - 11/9/2003 9:24:23 PM

Sadr City Mayor killed - Raoul - 11/11/2003 11:03:54 AM
- More on this from CNN - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 7:59:10 PM

Where's the economy heading? - Gary - 11/10/2003 2:52:16 AM
- Why would inflation cause the value of your real estate to decrease? - Scott Evil - 11/10/2003 5:17:25 PM
  - real estate - Gary - 11/11/2003 3:26:54 AM
    - The failure of Social Security and Medicare is virutally assured.. - Larry J - 11/11/2003 7:22:01 PM
- re: Where's the economy heading? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2003 2:58:56 PM

Restating the Case for War - FrankC - 11/10/2003 2:39:59 AM
- Pearls before swine. The revisionists don't need no stinkin' facts. - ebnelson - 11/11/2003 5:38:16 AM
  - re: I wonder if it is wining votes for the Democrats in Florida - Scott Evil - 11/11/2003 3:40:44 PM
- And not very well at that - Donald - 11/10/2003 1:46:24 PM

Afghan Court Condemns Beauty Pageant . . . - D. Spires - 10/29/2003 9:52:28 PM
- re: Afghan Court Condemns Beauty Pageant . . . - HAROON - 11/11/2003 3:02:00 PM

Alma and Lila Levy - Raoul - 10/19/2003 7:38:17 PM
- re: Alma and Lila Levy - FrankC - 10/19/2003 9:18:54 PM
  - I respectfully disagree. - Todd - 10/20/2003 2:12:05 AM
    - not much respect in your disagreement - Aamir - 11/11/2003 1:12:33 PM
    - using their faith as a form of oppression - FrankC - 10/20/2003 4:46:42 PM

Another Vietnam analogy - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2003 5:09:33 AM

Al-Queda, to put it technically, "scews the pooch" - R.L. - 11/11/2003 3:20:14 AM

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