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Israel has announced its intention to "remove" Arafat. - David F Mayer - 9/14/2003 2:33:11 AM
- re: Martyr - Raoul - 9/14/2003 4:50:12 PM
- re: Israel has announced its intention to "remove" Arafat. - ebnelson - 9/14/2003 1:22:51 PM

The work done by this Administration represents the largest, most rapid transfer of public funds to private individuals in world history; there is no equal. If Mr. Bush is driven from power tomorrow,… - Lindy - 9/11/2003 6:17:20 PM
- Our good friends the Saudis - Pete - 9/12/2003 6:54:28 AM
  - re: Our good friends the Saudis - Lindy - 9/13/2003 5:32:29 AM
    - reply part 2 - Oil. Not advocating theft. - Pete - 9/13/2003 7:31:18 AM
    - response part 1- debt and CIA - Pete - 9/13/2003 6:42:30 AM
      - Part 1- debt and CIA - Lindy - 9/14/2003 3:55:21 PM
      - Wow! - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 7:02:24 AM
    - re: Our good friends the Saudis - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 5:51:15 AM
- apparently 1/3 goes to Halliburton n/t (n/t) - Greg - 9/12/2003 3:37:43 AM
- re: The work done by this Administration represents the largest, most rapid transfer of public funds to private individuals in world history; there is no equal. If Mr. Bush is driven from power tomor… - Tom Brosz - 9/11/2003 11:40:27 PM
  - Tom the Yammerhead - Lindy - 9/12/2003 1:23:37 AM
    - Tom, I suggest you spend your time teaching pigs to fly (n/t) - p - 9/12/2003 3:45:51 PM
      - I have. It's easier. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 6:31:37 PM
- Some people can't tell smell crap 2 inches in front of their face as long as its labeled truth - Buster - 9/11/2003 7:03:24 PM

Soldier Killed in Iraq Roadside Bombing - Don - 9/14/2003 1:49:35 PM
- Meanwhile: Public Says $87 Billion Too Much - Don - 9/14/2003 2:14:40 PM
  - Soldier honored by President last year killed in firefight - Don - 9/14/2003 2:48:35 PM

The People of Texas Vote to Limit Lawyer Greed - ebnelson - 9/14/2003 1:50:20 PM

US power outage: Sequence of voltage cascade revealed - Greg - 9/14/2003 2:32:24 AM
- Perhaps it is time to change major transmission trunks to DC. - David F Mayer - 9/14/2003 2:46:20 AM
  - re: Perhaps it is time to change major transmission trunks to DC. - Greg - 9/14/2003 5:01:26 AM

The Latest Obscenity Has Seven Letters . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 2:07:18 AM

Rapid Growth Seen for U.S. Economy . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 1:41:33 AM

Democrats Find Some Traction on Capitol Hill . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 1:28:02 AM

Shutdown of Nuclear Complex Deepens North Korean Mystery . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 1:19:54 AM

Ground Zero Plan Seems to Circle Back . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 1:11:48 AM

Overseers Missed Big Picture as Failures Led to Blackout . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 12:56:24 AM

U.S.-French Rift Reopened as Powell Arrives for Talks . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2003 12:37:18 AM

California Democrats trying the judicial loophole trick - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2003 12:34:08 AM

Wolfowitz retracts claim of al-Qaida strength in Iraq - Don - 9/13/2003 2:21:57 PM
- re: Wolfowitz retracts claim of al-Qaida strength in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 6:42:06 PM
  - You're a bit mixed up on this Tom - Don - 9/13/2003 7:06:17 PM
    - Does it actually matter? - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 11:15:38 PM
    - re: You're a bit mixed up on this Tom - Pete - 9/13/2003 7:23:35 PM
- Meanwhile: U.S. Apologizes for Friendly Fire in Iraq - Don - 9/13/2003 6:40:49 PM
- re: Wolfowitz retracts claim of al-Qaida strength in Iraq - Pete - 9/13/2003 5:53:01 PM
  - Bushspin - Don - 9/13/2003 6:37:39 PM
    - More on this - Don - 9/13/2003 6:45:10 PM
      - re: More on this - Pete - 9/13/2003 7:18:59 PM
        
        re: More on this - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 11:28:04 PM
        
        His name really is not Greg, Don - Mary Anne - 9/13/2003 8:16:12 PM
        
        Geez, Mary Anne... - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 11:18:15 PM
        
        Homework - Mary Anne - 9/14/2003 12:29:38 AM

Iraq WMD search: Coming up short - Don - 9/12/2003 11:58:24 PM
- Meanwhile: Iraq war costs escalate sharply - Don - 9/13/2003 5:31:39 AM
  - re: Meanwhile: Iraq war benefits escalate sharply - Pete - 9/13/2003 8:20:20 AM
    - re: Meanwhile: Iraq war delusions escalate sharply - Robert - 9/13/2003 5:34:07 PM
      - So, how many terrorists are NOT "gullible foreign cannon fodder?" - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 7:31:12 PM
        
        Afghanistan - Robert - 9/13/2003 9:18:13 PM
        
        re: So, how many terrorists are NOT "gullible foreign cannon fodder?" - Robert - 9/13/2003 9:15:04 PM
        
        Clarifications: - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 11:41:28 PM
        
        Reasonable enough. Thanks. (n/t) - Robert - 9/14/2003 12:23:28 AM
      - Cannon fodder, certianly. - Pete - 9/13/2003 6:20:18 PM
        
        re: Cannon fodder, certianly. - Robert - 9/13/2003 9:06:33 PM
- re: Iraq WMD search - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 2:28:02 AM
  - Aw, c'mon Tom - Robert - 9/13/2003 2:59:49 AM
    - re: Aw, c'mon Robert - gbaikie - 9/13/2003 7:41:06 AM

Update on the "Loss of Artifacts" issue. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 4:14:16 PM
- Don't know about other papers - Tony - 9/12/2003 6:03:05 PM
  - re: Retractions . . . - D. Spires - 9/12/2003 11:13:55 PM
    - If a rightist does not read an article, does it ever exist? - Tony - 9/13/2003 3:23:46 PM
      - re: Glad to see you almost read what I had to say . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2003 9:49:24 PM
- For a minute there... - Fox - 9/12/2003 4:40:01 PM
- Your pantload, Tom - LJ - 9/12/2003 4:34:45 PM
  - The Freedom of the liberal press to misrepresent stories and avoid responsibility - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 12:53:10 AM
  - re: Your pantload, Tom - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 5:23:08 PM
    - re: Your pantload, Tom - LJ - 9/12/2003 6:37:09 PM
      - re: Your pantload, Tom - LJ - 9/12/2003 6:48:06 PM
        
        re: Your pantload, Tom - Pete - 9/12/2003 8:13:59 PM

Answer to Mark - Raoul - 9/13/2003 7:25:30 AM
- Thanks Raoul - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 8:46:18 PM

GAHH! Don't DO that!! - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 5:04:21 AM
- oh...my...GOD - Robert - 9/13/2003 3:43:31 PM
  - So! You figured it all out, eh? - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 6:49:59 PM
    - It's all so clear to me now - Robert - 9/13/2003 8:00:23 PM
- re: GAHH! Don't DO that!! - gbaikie - 9/13/2003 7:37:21 AM

Collectivists: Dumber than Dirt - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/11/2003 1:33:17 AM
- SDAI with clean fingernails and no real job arrogant and insensitive as usual - Lindy - 9/11/2003 5:15:41 PM
  - Sorry, suicide and those that think it's a form of protest = D.T.D. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/12/2003 1:04:06 PM
    - Can you wait until tomorrow for an answer? - Lindy - 9/13/2003 5:36:41 AM
      - I can wait... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2003 6:53:06 AM
        
        Conservative Dreams - Lindy - 9/13/2003 6:51:39 PM
  - Both posts should be on the Flame Board n/t (n/t) - Lindy - 9/11/2003 8:05:59 PM

Democrats going to the mattresses on school choice - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 6:55:31 PM
- The meanness of the liberals on this is striking. - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 12:48:52 AM
  - re: The meanness of the liberals on this is striking. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 4:40:27 AM
    - I think their real motives in this are as transparent as the lawyers in Texas - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 3:11:50 PM

The abridged 9/11 timeline - Greg - 9/13/2003 7:02:55 AM

2 U.S. Troops Killed, 7 Hurt in Iraq Raid - Don - 9/12/2003 12:55:34 PM
- Meanwhile: U.S. troops mistakenly kill ten Iraqi police - Don - 9/12/2003 12:57:58 PM
  - re: Meanwhile: U.S. troops mistakenly kill ten Iraqi police - Raoul - 9/12/2003 5:58:13 PM
  - And while we are mired in Iraq... - Don - 9/12/2003 1:07:34 PM
    - N Korea - Pete - 9/12/2003 8:22:53 PM
      - China takeover would be better than the status quo - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 4:43:51 AM
      - re: N Korea - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 2:51:58 AM
    - You can thank your man Clinton and the democrats for that. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/12/2003 1:21:19 PM
      - Utter nonsense - Don - 9/12/2003 1:49:53 PM
        
        Utterly wrong - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 12:58:09 AM
        
        So if you're right... - Don - 9/13/2003 1:02:38 AM
        
        re: So if you're right... - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 2:49:20 AM
        
        Nice try. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 5:02:13 PM
        
        Excuse me but... - Don - 9/13/2003 12:26:35 AM
        
        re: Excuse me but... - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 4:48:46 AM
        
        Read This Report - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/12/2003 2:40:10 PM
        
        Uh...Tech - Don - 9/13/2003 12:08:53 AM

Johnny Cash, John Ritter Die . . . - D. Spires - 9/12/2003 5:48:56 PM
- The blood and the guts and the beer... - RobVG - 9/13/2003 1:28:49 AM

Democrats going to the mattresses on conservative talk radio. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 6:49:34 PM
- The Orwellian world of liberals - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 12:15:40 AM
- Whatever happened to the widely touted upcomming Liberal radio talk shows? (n/t) - p - 9/12/2003 7:52:12 PM
  - If they can get the law changed or get a judge to ban it, they can save a lot of money. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/13/2003 12:59:51 AM

Economic forecasts - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2003 11:01:53 PM

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