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Meanwhile, up in Canada... - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 5:49:46 PM
- re: As a Canadian, I would like to say - Success_Machine - 8/28/2003 9:29:20 PM

UN tells US to take a walk - Don - 8/26/2003 4:39:23 AM
- re: UN = a truck-load of fools . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 6:47:21 PM
  - re: US = a truck-load of fools . . . - Raoul - 8/27/2003 7:56:05 AM
    - re: Raoul, the whole mess was started by Hussein & Co . . . - D. Spires - 8/27/2003 11:07:09 PM
      - re: Plenty of other countries are as messy (n/t) - Raoul - 8/28/2003 5:35:00 PM
        
        re: We'll get around to them . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 8/28/2003 7:12:18 PM
  - re: UN = a truck-load of fools . . . LOVE THE COW! Loooove the booovine! - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 8:01:36 PM
    - re: Oh, the U.n. and the U.S. will again see eye to eye . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 9:23:22 PM
    - Cows will fly.... - FrankC - 8/26/2003 9:07:19 PM
      - re: Cows will fly.... - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 9:58:15 PM
- And this: Incompetence threatens postwar success - Don - 8/26/2003 4:44:11 AM
  - One solution: It's time to fire Rumsfeld - Don - 8/26/2003 4:46:28 AM
    - Meanwhile: Postwar Iraq Toll Exceeds Combat Deaths - Don - 8/26/2003 1:21:11 PM

WP: "A 60-Year Credit Binge" - Larry J - 8/28/2003 4:08:43 PM
- Makes sense - FrankC - 8/28/2003 6:59:29 PM
- re: WP: "A 60-Year Credit Binge" - Robert - 8/28/2003 5:07:31 PM
  - It can be even more dangerous than that - Larry J - 8/28/2003 5:30:08 PM
    - Exactly - Robert - 8/28/2003 6:08:28 PM

BC forest fires update - LJ - 8/27/2003 9:44:47 PM
- re: BC forest fires update - Lindy - 8/28/2003 2:15:46 AM
  - re: BC forest fires update - LJ - 8/28/2003 3:49:52 PM
    - Thanks LJ - Lindy - 8/28/2003 4:07:42 PM
      - The sky is falling! - LJ - 8/28/2003 5:05:03 PM
        
        re: The sky is falling! - Lindy - 8/28/2003 6:33:41 PM
- PS - kudos to Cher - LJ - 8/27/2003 9:51:15 PM

What goes around, comes around - Don - 8/28/2003 12:23:33 AM
- re: What goes around, comes around - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 6:49:33 AM
  - We treated them like crud - alcaray - 8/28/2003 3:59:46 PM
    - re: We treated THEM like crud?? - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 4:37:27 PM
      - You weren't reading the papers - alcaray - 8/28/2003 5:45:27 PM
- re: What goes around, comes around - Lindy - 8/28/2003 2:12:55 AM
  - Let them eat cake - Don - 8/28/2003 4:10:28 AM
    - So which "people....know what they are doing"? - skeptical - 8/28/2003 5:25:31 AM
      - re: So which "people....know what they are doing"? - Don - 8/28/2003 2:16:44 PM
        
        The glorious victory in Eastern Europe - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 4:52:21 PM
        
        Yes, let's wait four years rather than four months before labeling Iraq a quagmire, disaster, failure etc. n/t (n/t) - skeptical - 8/28/2003 5:32:41 PM
      - Just under four months, actually. - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 6:36:22 AM
  - re: What goes around, comes around - Johannes - 8/28/2003 3:23:22 AM
    - re: What goes around, comes around - Lindy - 8/28/2003 3:52:23 PM

U.K. soldier killed in Basra attack - Don - 8/28/2003 1:31:09 PM
- Meanwhile: Team Bush sticking to its game plan - Don - 8/28/2003 2:21:10 PM
  - Fast and loose with the facts - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 5:25:14 PM
  - And: - Don - 8/28/2003 2:36:36 PM

Insight into the Marxist mind - phil - 8/24/2003 10:34:37 PM
- re: Insight into the Marxist mind - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2003 3:19:00 AM
  - re: Insight into the Marxist mind - Mary Anne - 8/26/2003 2:14:09 AM
    - re: Insight into the Marxist mind - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 6:34:35 AM
      - re: Insight into the Republican mind - Mary Anne - 8/26/2003 1:56:27 PM
        
        "I think you channel Ayn Rand" - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 11:08:09 PM
        
        re: "I think you channel Ayn Rand" - Mary Anne - 8/27/2003 2:02:49 AM
        
        Focus - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 7:14:19 AM
      - Holy Jesus Fuggin Christ! - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 7:02:27 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 7:51:17 AM
        
        As requested,... with no crazy leftist ingredients! - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 7:48:42 PM
        
        re: As requested - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 10:57:47 PM
        
        re: As requested,... with no crazy leftist ingredients! - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 10:57:38 PM
        
        Nice an comfy with mass murder,... and a Business Week article - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 11:17:43 PM
        
        Who's the liar? - skeptical - 8/26/2003 11:43:59 PM
        
        re: Who's the liar? Me, me, me!! Oooh, Oooh, can I get some lies too!? - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 11:56:50 PM
        
        950,000 bombs is not the same as 950,000 dead Iraqis - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2003 1:33:34 AM
        
        *ahem* Moo! - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/27/2003 1:54:48 AM
        
        Deaths in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 7:25:52 AM
        
        "I did get the statement wrong" Case closed. n/t (n/t) - skeptical - 8/27/2003 5:03:10 AM
        
        You made the claim. You provide the link. - skeptical - 8/27/2003 1:06:21 AM
        
        The training wheels' er, uh ... I mean, link requested. - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/27/2003 1:16:12 AM
        
        Training wheels? This from someone who doesn't know basic HTML to make a clickable link. - skeptical - 8/27/2003 4:59:07 AM
        
        lol,... nice,.. would you like a lolipop to sooth that tantrum? - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/27/2003 5:32:31 AM
        
        heya Tommy Boy - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 9:38:48 AM
        
        A few numbers... - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 7:41:53 AM
        
        Fun with names - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 9:04:20 AM
        
        re: Fun with names - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 10:22:58 PM
        
        re: Fun with broad generalizations - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 10:35:54 PM
        
        re: broad generalizations - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 10:55:42 PM
        
        re: broad generalizations - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 11:25:30 PM
        
        re: broad generalizations - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2003 1:43:46 AM
        
        re: broad generalizations - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/27/2003 2:25:09 AM
        
        re: broad generalizations - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2003 7:36:59 AM
        
        re: broad fat assed generalizations made again by Tom. - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/28/2003 4:17:37 PM
  - re: Insight into the Marxist mind - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/25/2003 7:57:35 AM
    - Did you just say anything other than, â€œyou suck!â€? - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2003 10:25:47 PM
      - re: Did you just say anything other than, â€œyou suck!â€? - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/26/2003 12:40:10 AM

A Lesson from John Paul Vann . . . - D. Spires - 8/28/2003 1:09:01 AM

New Technology Takes Aim at Friendly Fire . . . - D. Spires - 8/28/2003 12:58:52 AM

U.S. Set to Take a Hard Line in Talks on Korean Arms . . . - D. Spires - 8/28/2003 12:47:39 AM

CBO: Gov't Faces Years of More Bush Deficits - Don - 8/27/2003 1:34:06 AM
- re: CBO - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2003 2:33:33 AM
  - Exactly my point - Don - 8/27/2003 4:06:20 AM
    - re: losses - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2003 5:06:53 AM

Insight into the Republican mind 'Variety Hour' - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/27/2003 12:32:53 AM
- You really need to stop listening to short wave radio (n/t) - FrankC - 8/27/2003 1:55:28 AM
  - I also need to stop posting on these goddamn boards,... heeeelp meee! (n/t) - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/27/2003 2:28:27 AM

Shite debate on Iraqi government - FrankC - 8/27/2003 2:21:18 AM

Is Saddam Hussein's Post-War Plan Unfolding? - Greg - 8/25/2003 2:33:53 PM
- Small flaws in Saddam's master plan - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 9:22:20 PM

Shiite Clerics Clashing Over How to Reshape Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 7:08:26 PM

31 percent of young Germans have apparently lost their minds - Matt Burley - 7/24/2003 3:33:29 AM
- There's always that possibility.......... - Lindy - 7/24/2003 5:37:05 PM
  - Not for any rational person there isn't - Matt Burley - 7/24/2003 9:59:25 PM
    - Three questions for a "rational" person - Splinx - 7/25/2003 5:37:13 AM
      - re: a "rational" person - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2003 7:05:31 AM
        
        Facts on facts - Splinx - 7/25/2003 6:54:01 PM
        
        re: Facts on facts - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2003 7:05:50 PM
        
        re: Detailed replies - Splinx - 7/27/2003 3:43:40 PM
        
        Sigh.... - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 7:10:50 AM
        
        The truth - Splinx - 7/28/2003 11:44:28 PM
        
        re: The truth - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 8:12:04 PM
        
        re: The truth - Martin Longman - 8/23/2003 7:52:50 PM
        
        And by the way - Splinx - 7/28/2003 11:47:30 PM
        
        Chuckle - Davin L. - 7/28/2003 4:31:58 PM
        
        re: Chuckle - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 8:13:00 PM
- I'd like to see the poll. And hear some details about who was polled. - alcaray - 7/24/2003 5:09:02 PM
  - Lost minds - Splinx - 7/24/2003 5:44:17 PM
    - I give no credence to this paranoid stuff - alcaray - 7/24/2003 8:58:01 PM
      - And yet... - Splinx - 7/25/2003 5:28:43 AM
        
        Poor Paul! (n/t) - alcaray - 7/25/2003 3:32:12 PM
        
        Poor Discussion; Poor Truth! (n/t) - Splinx - 7/25/2003 6:59:22 PM
    - Egg on their faces? - Lindy - 7/24/2003 6:33:11 PM
      - Of course the US facilitated the attacks..The REAL TRUTH at LAST! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/24/2003 7:05:41 PM
        
        Hold it there...... - Lindy - 7/24/2003 7:40:14 PM
        
        How does "Nixonian" mean one would permit thousands of your citizens to be killed? - alcaray - 7/24/2003 10:43:05 PM
        
        While we're "speculating" based on fuzzy data - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2003 10:28:58 PM
      - Of course the US facilitated the attacks..The REAL TRUTH at LAST! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/24/2003 7:05:29 PM
- Oh their not that dumb. Most are bilingual. - Scott Evil - 7/24/2003 2:04:14 PM
- re: 31 percent of young Germans have apparently lost their minds - gbaikie - 7/24/2003 4:33:09 AM
  - See Raoul's "Love Day" post? German youth are mostly leftist wankers (n/t) - p - 7/24/2003 12:59:44 PM
    - re: German youth are mostly leftist wankers - changa - 8/26/2003 6:47:21 PM

Boston Ordered to Hire White Firefighters . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 6:39:33 PM

Lead UN Envoy Killed in Blast . . . - D. Spires - 8/19/2003 6:09:44 PM
- re: Lead UN Envoy Killed in Blast . . . - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 7:24:18 PM
  - Can you clarify? - alcaray - 8/19/2003 10:12:52 PM
    - re: Yeah -- they just misspelled U.S. when they hit the U.N. . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 4:29:09 AM
      - What does "Screw to the board, alcaray." mean? Should I be offended? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/20/2003 4:52:07 PM
        
        re: I missed it . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 6:04:31 PM
        
        I understood your story with crystal clarity - alcaray - 8/20/2003 6:23:05 PM
        
        re: The source avoids the issue, but . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 7:22:28 PM
        
        Some of the pieces of the puzzle are starting to fall into place - alcaray - 8/20/2003 9:14:52 PM
        
        re: You asked -- I supplied . . . - D. Spires - 8/21/2003 8:44:02 PM
        
        Consignments - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2003 6:02:35 AM
        
        I hear you and I sympathize - alcaray - 8/21/2003 3:50:38 PM
        
        re: I hear you and I sympathize - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2003 11:54:29 PM
        
        To answer your questions - alcaray - 8/22/2003 5:03:13 PM
        
        Jews in the Middle East - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 9:28:17 AM
        
        re: Jews in the Middle East - alcaray - 8/25/2003 4:27:43 PM
        
        re: Jews in the Middle East - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 8:27:41 AM
        
        re: To answer your questions - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 7:37:59 AM
        
        Here you go - alcaray - 8/25/2003 10:22:56 PM
        
        I'll respond to this when I get a minute. Later today? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/25/2003 5:39:47 PM
        
        re: To answer your questions - gbaikie - 8/22/2003 11:37:34 PM
    - I sincerrly doubt that their goal is to evict the US from Iraq - Scott Evil - 8/19/2003 11:06:33 PM
      - re: Motivation . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 4:31:13 AM
      - re: "What do you think they are?" - alcaray - 8/20/2003 12:04:09 AM
    - re: Can you clarify? - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 10:47:39 PM
      - a couple of problems - alcaray - 8/19/2003 11:57:38 PM
        
        re: a couple of problems - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2003 1:28:51 AM
      - Good point visa vzzzzzz the UN - Scott Evil - 8/19/2003 11:09:32 PM
        
        re: "But of course some will choose to claim otherwise." - alcaray - 8/19/2003 11:59:42 PM
        
        Small clarification... - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 11:18:13 PM
      - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 10:51:21 PM
        
        re: "this kind of P.R." You came back from France in a hyperbolic mood, dude. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/20/2003 12:06:07 AM
        
        re: in a hyperbolic mood - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2003 2:12:51 AM
        
        AARP - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2003 3:38:11 AM
        
        Don't join - FrankC - 8/20/2003 3:25:08 AM

Ethnic Fighting Spreads in Northern Iraq - Don - 8/24/2003 12:46:50 PM
- Meanwhile: Poll: Most See U.S. Bogged Down in Iraq - Don - 8/24/2003 12:50:59 PM
  - And now another Bush Iraq claim bites the dust - Don - 8/24/2003 7:46:59 PM
    - Excuse me Tom, but... - Don - 8/25/2003 1:00:37 PM
    - re: another Bush Iraq claim - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2003 3:36:49 AM
      - Tom, thats a new low for you. - Davin L. - 8/25/2003 4:41:45 PM
        
        You're doing the same thing again... - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 8:08:22 AM
    - And, Blair still in deep yogurt - Don - 8/24/2003 7:50:56 PM

Old ID Card Gives New Status to Mexicans in U.S. . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 2:49:00 AM

Technology and Brain Power Used to Tame an Aging Grid . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 2:39:50 AM

U.S. Marines Withdraw to Warships Off the Liberian Coast . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2003 2:25:43 AM

Interesting... - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2003 9:03:36 PM
- It was the looters, as Bush stated had taken the the WMD to stow away for a rainy day. (n/t) - John - 8/26/2003 12:34:36 AM
- re: Interesting... - gbaikie - 8/25/2003 9:31:12 PM

Iraq troops face parts shortages - Don - 8/23/2003 2:00:27 PM
- Three troops killed in Basra attack - Don - 8/23/2003 2:22:47 PM
  - Bush's illusory boogeymen become real foes - Don - 8/23/2003 2:37:02 PM
    - "Baghdad Don" in top form today... - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 6:31:47 PM
      - Not my stuff Tom - Don - 8/23/2003 6:54:22 PM
        
        re: Not my stuff - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 7:46:24 PM
        
        Its much simpler than all that - Don - 8/24/2003 2:45:07 PM
        
        Simple is right - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2003 3:45:12 AM
        
        Fortunately For Don - Mark Eby - 8/25/2003 1:46:52 PM
    - why not? - Greg - 8/23/2003 3:07:52 PM
      - re: why not? - Don - 8/23/2003 3:29:04 PM
        
        we want you to like us - Greg - 8/24/2003 4:09:13 AM
        
        Yes Let's Always Be Afraid Of World Opinion - Mark Eby - 8/23/2003 4:50:35 PM
        
        Afraid Of World Opinion?!? - Don - 8/23/2003 5:20:07 PM
        
        re: Afraid Of World Opinion?!? - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2003 6:24:30 PM

Foreign Fighters in Iraq Raise Stakes for Bush - Don - 8/25/2003 1:27:57 PM
- Meanwhile: Red Cross scaling back staff in Iraq - Don - 8/25/2003 1:31:18 PM
  - And: U.S. Military Strength Called Lacking in Iraq - Don - 8/25/2003 1:44:36 PM

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