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You know why I like this site? - R.L. - 11/8/2003 1:09:14 AM
- If you'll pardon the expression, ditto! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2003 1:59:29 AM

126,000 new jobs, unemployment down to 6 percent. - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 5:14:29 PM
- By the way... - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 6:29:27 PM
  - re: By the way... - Buster - 11/7/2003 7:05:13 PM
    - Interest rates - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 7:19:48 PM
      - to bad the chart doesn't show when clinton left office... - Scott Evil - 11/7/2003 9:31:38 PM
        
        Timing - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 9:42:54 PM
        
        Collapse of the tech stocks - Larry J - 11/7/2003 11:47:14 PM
        
        Agreed... Noticce how that charrt makes the stock nose-dive look like a normal correction... - Scott Evil - 11/7/2003 9:59:02 PM

Media "Vietnamization" going full blast - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 5:08:28 PM
- re: Hmmm-m . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 8:55:51 PM
  - Now you're speaking my language... - Scott (Bloodthirsty Hunter) Evil - 11/7/2003 10:31:44 PM

Gallup Poll Assesses Views of Young Americans . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 9:37:39 PM

Public Steady on Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 9:24:02 PM

Extended internet tax ban working its way through Congress - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 7:25:49 PM

National Public Radio beholden to Ronald McDonald - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 6:55:05 PM

Climate change - a vicious plot by the French? - p - 11/7/2003 6:20:49 PM

Canadian Authorities Find Suspicious Money Transactions Worth $460 Million . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 3:30:53 PM
- re: Canadian Authorities Find Suspicious Money Transactions Worth $460 Million . . . - McFly - 11/7/2003 6:15:19 PM

A Lonely Fight - Don - 11/4/2003 2:16:22 PM
- major spin there - Buster - 11/5/2003 5:07:26 PM
- Iraqification: Losing Strategy - Don - 11/4/2003 2:18:56 PM
  - Okay, let me get this straight... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2003 5:12:19 PM
    - re: That's what war is all about - Raoul - 11/4/2003 5:40:27 PM
      - Why do Europeans assume that Democracy is not possible? - Scott Evil - 11/4/2003 6:18:29 PM
        
        re: Experience - Raoul - 11/4/2003 7:37:21 PM
        
        "Cultural Condescension" - Larry J - 11/6/2003 8:30:38 PM
        
        If the mullahs continue to preach a backward political ideology then eventually they will be thrown out by the Muslims themselves. - Scott Evil - 11/7/2003 6:11:56 PM
        
        rHistory is not kind to the Euro decolonization effort. - ebnelson - 11/5/2003 3:13:57 AM
        
        re: Algeria - Raoul - 11/5/2003 11:40:30 AM
        
        Rwanda, Belgian Congo, Vietnam, Lebanon/Palestine - ebnelson - 11/5/2003 1:08:28 PM
        
        alternately.... - Tony - 11/5/2003 9:32:55 PM
        
        Please... - scott Evil - 11/5/2003 11:53:06 PM
        
        The French are frequent loosers at war and peace - Buster - 11/5/2003 4:58:35 PM
        
        re: can do - Raoul - 11/5/2003 9:00:03 PM
        
        re: Experience - Scott Evil - 11/5/2003 12:12:53 AM
        
        One of the most disappointing aspect of the recent discussion here - ebnelson - 11/5/2003 4:55:39 AM
        
        re: Historical lessons - Raoul - 11/5/2003 10:05:22 PM
        
        The difference is simple - Larry J - 11/5/2003 11:08:13 PM
        
        American colonialism and blood for oil - both false claims that won't die - Buster - 11/6/2003 4:59:09 PM
        
        Most strange - Buster - 11/5/2003 4:56:35 PM
        
        False symmetry - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 5:11:54 AM
        
        Republicans clearly pander to creationists - Buster - 11/6/2003 4:52:46 PM
        
        If by that you mean that Republicans aren't actively hostile... - Larry J - 11/6/2003 9:09:58 PM
        
        It appears you forgot the Christian Coalition & Republican attempts to teach creationism as science and even outlaw teaching evolution - Buster - 11/7/2003 4:10:34 PM

Memo from the Democrats - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2003 12:12:53 AM
- re: Memo from the Democrats - Buster - 11/5/2003 2:49:46 PM
  - Tax cuts have been proven to be effective everytime they are tried - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 5:05:24 AM
    - Read my follow-up to FC below - Buster - 11/6/2003 12:55:30 PM
      - Since I disagree with your first point - ebnelson - 11/7/2003 4:09:16 AM
      - Low interest rates DON'T help everyone - Larry J - 11/6/2003 5:59:57 PM
  - tax cuts as an economic stimulous - FrankC - 11/5/2003 5:35:54 PM
    - tax cuts are an economic stimulous - Buster - 11/5/2003 5:48:56 PM
      - re: tax cuts are an economic stimulous - Greg - 11/7/2003 7:34:17 AM
      - re: tax cuts are an economic stimulus - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2003 9:17:27 PM
        
        Do you notice that although the topic is about the dnc deliberately putting our nation at risk while at war - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 6:03:50 AM
        
        something you failed to notice - Buster - 11/7/2003 4:03:48 PM
        
        Yes, I noticed that too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 6:32:08 PM
      - If people believe they will earn a greater after tax return they are more likely to invest in new plant, equipment, expanded Payroll, etc... - Scott Evil - 11/5/2003 6:56:21 PM
        
        you got a point but - Buster - 11/6/2003 4:42:52 PM
        
        Dividend tax rate cuts...And the Democratic spin machine - Scott Evil - 11/7/2003 12:06:57 AM
- Heard another interview with Sen. Rockefeller - ebnelson - 11/5/2003 3:01:45 AM
  - heard the same interview - FrankC - 11/5/2003 3:14:55 AM
    - Just like some of our local patriots (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/5/2003 3:43:54 AM

Terrorist Threat to Commercial Airplanes . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 3:32:48 PM

Comprehensive Plan to Thwart Possible Terrorist Attacks . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 3:31:53 PM

UN Names 58 Countries that Failed to Report on Terrorism . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 3:29:49 PM

Partial Birth Abortion law passes - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2003 10:17:50 PM
- Not to worry, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and NOW will fight - ebnelson - 11/7/2003 5:52:10 AM
- re: Partial Birth Abortion - SteveS - 11/6/2003 10:31:57 PM

Some soldiers would rather desert than return to Iraq - Greg - 11/7/2003 4:35:28 AM
- re: Well, take it easy, Greg . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2003 5:03:08 AM

Lynch Book Says She Was Raped . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2003 6:30:07 PM
- re: Lynch Book Says She Was Raped . . . - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2003 4:06:04 AM

Two More U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq - Don - 11/6/2003 1:02:57 PM
- Meanwhile: Reports say Baghdad officials sought dialogue ahead of war - Donald - 11/6/2003 1:12:24 PM
  - Key phrase: "if there is any truth to the story" - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 5:19:31 PM
  - Spam it on, Don - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 1:22:18 PM
    - Not Just Name-Calling - Donald - 11/6/2003 1:44:16 PM
      - They are the ones who need to cave in and admit they are wrong - ebnelson - 11/7/2003 3:32:36 AM
      - re: Not Just Name-Calling - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 5:32:25 PM
        
        re: Geography - Raoul - 11/6/2003 9:45:46 PM
        
        I will spot our geography aginast the knoweldge of history displayed by opponents of our policy anyday (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/7/2003 3:47:01 AM
        
        re: Geography - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 10:37:44 PM

Baghdad deal? - RobVG - 11/6/2003 2:46:24 AM
- re: Baghdad deal? - SteveS - 11/6/2003 11:40:35 PM
- too little too late? - FrankC - 11/6/2003 3:36:45 PM
- re: Baghdad deal?nope. - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 4:36:12 AM
- This doesn't make sense - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 4:24:54 AM
- re: Baghdad deal? - RobVG - 11/6/2003 2:52:44 AM
  - War could have been avoided if that Moron Roosevelt wouldn't have placed an embargo against the Japs! - Scott Evil - 11/6/2003 4:44:41 PM
  - After reading it - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 4:41:29 AM
  - Potentially explosive - Donald - 11/6/2003 3:17:53 AM
    - re: Potentially explosive - RobVG - 11/6/2003 3:29:19 AM
      - You sorta glooss over 12 years of sanctions and clinton's firm talk for 8 - ebnslon - 11/6/2003 4:45:49 AM
      - re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2003 4:12:42 AM
      - Could be very problematic for the Bush administration - Donald - 11/6/2003 3:45:13 AM

Saudis learning a little something about the Truce of the Bear - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 6:54:36 PM
- re: While there might logically be no better place to become a martyr than Holy Mecca . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2003 9:18:15 PM

Army Mom: 'My Children Have Always Been First' . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2003 8:15:10 PM

Hello? Democratic Party? - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2003 6:49:25 PM
- Hello? Last I checked our economy was more successful than either of those (n/t) - Buster - 11/5/2003 4:47:26 PM
  - re: Last I checked - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2003 6:42:03 PM
  - See Mary Anne, it is possible (n/t) - Buster - 11/6/2003 12:58:24 PM

Righteous Brother Hatfield Dies . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2003 6:31:05 PM

From Iraq: how it really is. - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2003 5:15:16 PM
- Yet another source for the defeatists to ignore (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 12:38:14 PM

Sharon-Qorei Meeting Soon, Hamas Offers Olive Branch . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2003 10:07:43 PM
- Hamas holds football, Charlie Brown running at it again... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2003 10:19:23 PM
  - re: But -- that simply cannot be . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2003 10:55:34 PM
    - As Kinky Frieman pointed out, - ebnelson - 11/6/2003 5:56:52 AM

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