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If you need legal counsel, try MY lawyers - David F Mayer - 10/5/2003 4:09:08 AM

sacre bleu!! - FrankC - 10/3/2003 9:05:47 PM
- Poles mistaken, story retracted - Pete - 10/4/2003 6:05:47 PM
  - Many new jokes to follow... (n/t) - p - can't help himself - 10/5/2003 12:53:35 AM
- re: Ben, Ã§a alors! - Raoul - 10/3/2003 9:48:57 PM
  - missles - Pete - 10/4/2003 6:44:56 AM
    - re: missiles - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2003 7:15:32 AM
  - bad link? (n/t) - FrankC - 10/3/2003 10:31:38 PM
    - re: bad link? - gbaikie - 10/4/2003 6:25:13 AM
      - re: bad link? - Raoul - 10/4/2003 7:10:54 AM
        
        re: bad link? - gbaikie - 10/4/2003 9:14:12 AM

And of course, the last resort of the antiwar folks: "Kay is lying." - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 8:49:30 PM
- re: It vindicates the UN - Raoul - 10/4/2003 7:18:57 AM
  - re: It vindicates the UN - gbaikie - 10/4/2003 11:14:49 PM
  - re: It vindicates the UN - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2003 8:34:41 AM
- I'm convinced, this sums up the WMD situation..... - Publius - 10/4/2003 1:42:23 AM

Arnold's Deal Making with ENRON's Ken Lay - Lindy - 10/4/2003 5:56:58 AM
- Davis is incompetent - E.P. Grondine - 10/4/2003 3:57:35 PM

Another soldier dies in Iraq - Riots ignite in Baghdad - Don - 10/4/2003 3:56:21 PM

Chutzpah Award of the Week - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2003 7:13:05 AM

Roy Horn critically injured by tiger. - Lee - 10/4/2003 6:56:39 AM

A daring thought - Raoul - 10/2/2003 6:14:07 PM
- re: A daring thought - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 8:01:01 PM
  - re: A daring thought - gbaikie - 10/4/2003 6:08:52 AM
- If what we are trying to do now fails.. - FrankC - 10/2/2003 6:37:24 PM
- No. Anything that Pat Buchananan would advocate must have something bad in it. ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 10/2/2003 6:18:17 PM

Bush to request $600 million appropriation to shore up reelection prospects - Robert - 10/2/2003 8:00:42 PM
- It's part of the $87 billion, simply called out as a separate item. Relax. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 2:10:57 AM
  - Huh? - Robert - 10/3/2003 2:25:22 AM
    - Kay's efforts - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 5:23:03 AM
      - Grasping at straws - Robert - 10/3/2003 3:09:34 PM
        
        re: Grasping at straws - gbaikie - 10/4/2003 2:48:35 AM
      - re:Proving a case - Raoul - 10/3/2003 5:43:50 AM
        
        Missing the point - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 6:13:58 AM
- Throwing good money after bad - Don - 10/3/2003 1:51:08 AM

LA Times 'journalism' - p - 10/3/2003 6:48:39 PM
- re: LA Times - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 7:02:50 PM
  - Nice to see Arnie knows both Reagan and Bush defenses - Tony - 10/3/2003 8:14:00 PM
    - re: Nice to see Arnie knows both Reagan and Bush defenses - p - 10/3/2003 8:46:09 PM
      - re: Nice to see Arnie knows both Reagan and Bush defenses - gbaikie - 10/4/2003 2:14:15 AM
      - Just a dig against the broad-brushers ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 10/3/2003 9:29:38 PM
    - re: Reagan and Bush defenses - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 8:32:17 PM
      - Tripe - Tony - 10/3/2003 8:49:29 PM
        
        Give me a break. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 11:13:43 PM
  - re: Moveon.org - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 7:41:25 PM
- re: LA Times 'journalism' - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 6:57:52 PM

'Horizontal Fusion' Makes Troops Less Vulnerable, More Lethal . . . - D. Spires - 10/4/2003 12:54:10 AM

Women Say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them - Don - 10/2/2003 4:18:33 AM
- steroids - Greg - 10/3/2003 4:35:35 AM
- Schwarzenegger apologizes - Fox - 10/3/2003 1:40:37 AM
  - Wife's Re-action? - Lindy - 10/3/2003 2:17:54 AM
    - Are you serious? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/3/2003 2:34:44 AM
- That's a lot of stuff - FrankC - 10/2/2003 4:04:29 PM
  - Must have been a religious experience for those women. - Lee - 10/3/2003 7:34:51 AM
    - Memories - FrankC - 10/3/2003 11:07:38 PM
    - If Arnold pinched my rear, I would not forget ever (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2003 4:17:34 PM
      - Maybe you should put some ice on that... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 7:42:55 PM
    - I remember the day I was robbed in some detail too - Mary Anne - 10/3/2003 2:07:53 PM
  - Patterns of Behaviour - Lindy - 10/2/2003 5:01:20 PM
- I will make a bet that the media will somehow find these women much more credible than Juanita Broadrick. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 5:10:52 AM
  - How will we evaluate who wins? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/2/2003 6:16:12 PM
- And: Limbaugh quites ESPN - Don - 10/2/2003 4:24:43 AM
  - Finally: Bush errors in Iraq - Don - 10/2/2003 4:28:55 AM

AP: Iraqi Trailers Are Re-Examined - Don - 10/3/2003 12:41:29 PM
- US intel agencies - Pete - 10/3/2003 8:09:50 PM
- re: Iraqi Trailers - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 5:05:20 PM
- Gee, how did we find out about them? - RobVG - 10/3/2003 3:29:52 PM
- The "Smoking Gun" - Don - 10/3/2003 1:39:06 PM
- Meanwhile: U.S. commander paints bleak picture of Iraq - Don - 10/3/2003 12:44:27 PM
  - And: U.S. Gets Unusual Rebuff From Annan on Iraq - Don - 10/3/2003 2:13:36 PM
    - re: A rebuff From Annan on Iraq is unusual? Did I miss something? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 5:44:04 PM
    - France Germany & the UN want more say in Iraq but are unwilling to send troops to help. - Scott Evil - 10/3/2003 5:25:49 PM

Here it comes... - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 5:41:50 PM

Limbaugh pill probe - FrankC - 10/2/2003 3:30:53 PM
- Has Rush just redifned the term "Oxymoron"? ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 10/3/2003 5:07:11 PM
- Aww, who cares about that blow-hard? - Pete - 10/3/2003 4:55:20 AM
- re: Limbaugh pill probe - Lindy - 10/2/2003 4:32:14 PM
  - painkillers and deafness - Greg - 10/3/2003 1:29:05 PM
  - re: former pharmacy tech ? - estral - 10/2/2003 5:53:02 PM
    - Wilma - Lindy - 10/2/2003 10:32:18 PM
      - Maybe she was bringing them in from Mexico - Scott Evil - 10/2/2003 10:49:50 PM
  - Lindy's likely correct. Now preparing for onslaught of flying pigs (n/t) - p - 10/2/2003 5:42:10 PM
  - Guys...it's the TABLOIDS. I'm pretty sure Elvis is dead, too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 4:35:59 PM
    - Awful lot of smoke - FrankC - 10/2/2003 6:07:37 PM
    - re: Guys...it's the TABLOIDS. I'm pretty sure Elvis is dead, too. - Lindy - 10/2/2003 4:51:05 PM

New earthquake in Altai - Jason - 10/3/2003 4:41:31 PM

Talking Points Memo interviews Wesley Clark - Greg - 10/3/2003 4:31:05 PM

Good news for CA republicans who like bad actors as governors - Tony - 8/7/2003 2:17:25 AM
- Let's face it... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/8/2003 1:44:08 AM
  - Come on...tell us how you really feel. - Scott Evil - 8/8/2003 4:18:16 PM
    - California myths - alcaray - 8/8/2003 4:30:15 PM
  - Are you making up those numbers or quoting a really lousy source? - alcaray - 8/8/2003 3:27:39 PM
    - re: Are you making up those numbers or quoting a really lousy source? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/8/2003 7:54:45 PM
      - They really should militarize the border patrol. - Lee - 8/9/2003 3:48:34 AM
        
        It would also be nice to see a little policing south of the border... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/9/2003 10:54:37 PM
        
        Methodology, please - Mary Anne - 8/10/2003 8:58:26 PM
        
        Oh, I've had my audience with the Holy See... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/10/2003 11:57:26 PM
        
        Felonies and loss of voting rights - Mary Anne - 8/11/2003 12:24:49 AM
        
        re: Felonies and loss of voting rights - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2003 5:10:55 AM
        
        Rich felons - Mary Anne - 8/11/2003 11:19:30 AM
        
        You're going about it all wrong. - Lee - 8/12/2003 3:57:16 AM
        
        Yep...that's me...Mr. Heartless. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/12/2003 2:53:19 AM
        
        re: Yep...that's me...Mr. Heartless. - KAREN - 10/3/2003 2:21:07 PM
        
        That's how most civilizations fall. - Lee - 8/10/2003 3:57:59 AM
- re: Democracy at work . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2003 10:26:47 PM
- At least he's entering the arena... - Larry J - 8/7/2003 5:04:12 PM
- I think it's obvious that our recall laws need some fine-tuning - alcaray - 8/7/2003 3:56:17 PM
  - re: I think it's obvious that our recall laws need some fine-tuning - Tony - 8/7/2003 4:36:10 PM
    - Outrage? - alcaray - 8/7/2003 4:49:31 PM
- I've got my popcorn and soda ready... - McFly - 8/7/2003 2:14:30 PM
- Cripes... - Don - 8/7/2003 1:38:14 PM
- Shocked - FrankC - 8/7/2003 6:35:27 AM
- Flakey politics in California has a long tradition - Gary - 8/7/2003 4:49:28 AM
  - re: Flakes in California - Fox - 8/7/2003 4:04:13 PM
  - I can't believe anyone would want to take over the mess in California - Scott Evil - 8/7/2003 2:06:21 PM
- Wouldn't be the end of the world... (no pun intended, of course) - Davin L - 8/7/2003 3:21:48 AM
  - re: Wouldn't be the end of the world... (no pun intended, of course) - Justin Kelly - 8/7/2003 4:38:02 AM
    - I'm sorry, but that's incorrect - alcaray - 8/7/2003 3:43:22 PM
      - re: I'm sorry, but that's incorrect - Davin L. - 8/7/2003 4:04:43 PM
        
        The FERC - Robert - 8/8/2003 9:49:20 PM
        
        I'm not an expert - alcaray - 8/7/2003 4:19:27 PM
    - re: Wouldn't be the end of the world... (no pun intended, of course) - Davin L. - 8/7/2003 2:29:34 PM

Food Aid Sold In North Korea - Justin Kelly - 10/3/2003 2:36:35 AM
- Gloriously Eat Grass for the Dear Leader! - Pete - 10/3/2003 4:29:37 AM
  - Don't eat UN donated food! - Anne Leftleaner - 10/3/2003 2:17:32 PM

The real history of the California recall - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 5:46:33 AM
- Its all water under the bridge now... expect to here soon the Arrnold wants to out law Vegitarianism... - Scott Evil - 10/3/2003 1:53:28 PM

Limbaugh does to sports what he's done to politics - Don - 10/1/2003 8:12:03 PM
- ABC radio news...Limbaugh has resigned from the football gig. - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 4:09:11 AM
  - correction, Conservatives are strewing flowers in his path (n/t) - Greg - 10/3/2003 12:32:06 PM
  - No conservative may mention race in any context whatsoever without being labeled a racist. - RobVG - 10/2/2003 3:42:36 PM
    - re: No conservative may mention race in any context whatsoever without being labeled a racist. - FrankC - 10/2/2003 6:28:52 PM
  - No root beer for you, Snoopy - Fox - 10/2/2003 3:21:13 PM
    - A few points: - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 4:49:38 PM
  - batting 1.000 - FrankC - 10/2/2003 4:33:59 AM
- re: Limbaugh - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 9:25:41 PM
  - first cut - Mary Anne - 10/2/2003 2:16:24 AM
    - find any major sports article (n/t) - gbaikie - 10/2/2003 5:41:36 AM
      - The last one is CBS. Is that major enough for you, or do you only read Sports Illustrated? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/2/2003 11:43:08 AM
  - Exercise for the teacher - Tony - 10/2/2003 1:22:31 AM
    - Whoa...looks like I ate it big time on this one. - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 3:46:06 AM
      - McNabb's bad season - Tony - 10/2/2003 4:18:49 AM
        
        I have to admit that the graphic is bookmarked... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 5:20:03 AM
    - Sigh - Tony - 10/2/2003 2:03:19 AM
- Bothers you Rush does? - FrankC - 10/1/2003 9:12:46 PM

U.S. Expert Says No WMD Found in Iraq Yet - Don - 10/3/2003 1:02:10 AM
- Meanwhile: 3-6 GIs Die Each Week in Iraq - Don - 10/3/2003 1:04:33 AM
  - Re: Meanwhile... - Pete - 10/3/2003 5:03:46 AM
  - And, as expected: Poll Shows Increased Doubts About Iraq War, Bush - Don - 10/3/2003 1:22:20 AM
    - re: As expected - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 1:53:21 AM
      - Its amazing... - Don - 10/3/2003 2:17:25 AM
        
        Well, first of all your statements aren't quite accurate. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 4:16:04 AM

WMD report to raise new questions - Don - 10/2/2003 1:38:51 PM
- Meanwhile: Three soldiers died on wednesday - Don - 10/2/2003 1:46:35 PM
  - David Kay: "No smoking gun" - Don - 10/2/2003 1:49:01 PM
    - Truman beats Dewey (n/t) - FrankC - 10/2/2003 10:40:09 PM
    - George Will does it again - Don - 10/2/2003 2:29:02 PM
      - Think about this... - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 3:08:39 PM
        
        Think again - Fox - 10/3/2003 1:20:53 AM
        
        re: Think again - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2003 2:56:55 AM
        
        A couple more thoughts - Fox - 10/3/2003 4:28:47 AM
        
        re: And this.... - Raoul - 10/2/2003 4:37:37 PM

Coalition helps Iraqi child walk again - Justin Kelly - 10/3/2003 4:16:56 AM

George Plimpton, Urbane and Witty Writer, Dies at 76 . . . - D. Spires - 9/27/2003 12:32:32 AM
- according to Hunter S. Thompson - Greg - 10/2/2003 7:57:42 AM
  - re: I always enjoyed him . . . - D. Spires - 10/2/2003 11:01:51 PM

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