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What Iraqis think causes the terrorism - alcaray - 8/20/2003 11:07:52 PM
- Musta left a quotation mark off of my reference - alcaray - 8/21/2003 3:43:16 PM
- re: What Iraqis think causes the terrorism - gbaikie - 8/21/2003 6:49:47 AM
  - It's a survey - alcaray - 8/21/2003 3:45:33 PM
- Once again - FrankC - 8/21/2003 5:16:35 AM

Citizen Gore: Bush is dishonest - Don - 8/8/2003 1:56:24 PM
- Blogger: Same Old Al Gore - Larry J - 8/8/2003 2:17:39 PM
  - Selecting truth and untruth - Don - 8/8/2003 2:34:45 PM
    - How are you so very certain there are no WMD? - Larry J - 8/8/2003 2:45:53 PM
      - Because they don't exist - Don - 8/8/2003 3:20:03 PM
        
        WMD's found, endanger 35,000 Americans..... - Publius - 8/8/2003 7:58:57 PM
        
        You're as bad as Rush Limbaugh... - Larry J - 8/8/2003 5:10:31 PM
        
        Excuse me but.... - Don - 8/9/2003 4:00:25 AM
        
        re: Excuse me but.... - Larry J - 8/9/2003 10:19:15 PM
        
        re: Excuse me but.... - Davin L. - 8/10/2003 5:01:24 AM
        
        re: Excuse me but.... - Davin L. - 8/9/2003 4:20:11 AM
        
        re: You're as bad as Rush Limbaugh... - Davin L. - 8/8/2003 5:40:12 PM
        
        Have you been out in the field with the investigators? - Larry J - 8/8/2003 5:57:49 PM
        
        PS: Larry, I'm still waiting..... - Davin L. - 8/11/2003 2:43:02 PM
        
        No, but neither have you... - Davin L. - 8/8/2003 6:28:04 PM
        
        BTW - Fox - 8/9/2003 4:13:11 AM
        
        Thank you, Fox, but - Davin L. - 8/9/2003 5:05:59 AM
        
        Recourse to reason - Fox - 8/9/2003 4:27:24 PM
        
        re: Recourse to reason - Davin L. - 8/10/2003 6:09:13 AM
        
        Solid Arguments - Lindy - 8/9/2003 3:29:58 PM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - Davin L. - 8/10/2003 5:19:55 AM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - Davin L. - 8/10/2003 5:19:45 AM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/21/2003 8:13:34 AM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/21/2003 9:41:57 AM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/9/2003 8:23:35 PM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - Davin L. - 8/10/2003 4:42:37 AM
        
        re: Solid Arguments - Joe_Nietzsche - 8/21/2003 7:57:27 AM

Name three good things Bush has done - Greg - 8/20/2003 11:34:34 AM
- re: Name three good things Bush has done - ebnelson - 8/21/2003 5:32:18 AM
- re: Name three good things Bush has done - ebnelson - 8/21/2003 5:32:09 AM
- re: Name three good things Bush has done - alcaray - 8/20/2003 4:40:06 PM
  - Good job - FrankC - 8/21/2003 5:04:58 AM
  - Don't tell me I'm the only one on the board who can find something nice to say about Bush??? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/20/2003 10:40:00 PM
    - And an admirable effort at that - Don - 8/21/2003 1:58:30 AM
- The top three - Don - 8/20/2003 1:58:03 PM
  - maybe you didn't read this post - Justin Kelly - 8/21/2003 3:12:24 AM
    - re: maybe you didn't read this post - Greg - 8/21/2003 6:55:38 AM

Empire Rising: A Satirical History, Part I - Greg - 8/21/2003 6:47:17 AM

An observation on the California recall... - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2003 7:13:45 AM
- Not true - alcaray - 8/20/2003 4:15:31 PM
- I have heard different opinions - FrankC - 8/20/2003 1:28:12 PM
  - This is true - Don - 8/20/2003 1:40:41 PM
- The root of the Californis recall that is largely ignored: - ebnelson - 8/20/2003 12:15:13 PM
- The root of the Californis recall that is largely ignored: - ebnelson - 8/20/2003 12:15:03 PM
- The root of the Californis recall that is largely ignored: - ebnelson - 8/20/2003 12:14:48 PM
  - re: The root of the Californis recall that is largely ignored - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2003 4:33:43 PM
    - I doubt that can be called a "root" - alcaray - 8/20/2003 5:10:36 PM
  - Well that will be hard to ignore (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/20/2003 12:16:29 PM
    - Stop stammering Ed - Don - 8/20/2003 2:00:42 PM
      - Well OK, DDDDDDon - ebnelson - 8/21/2003 5:33:36 AM

Army Probes Death Of Reporter . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 8:44:23 PM

How NOT to Use Light Armored Vehicles . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 8:42:45 PM

Families, Vets Urge Troops Come Home . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 8:40:38 PM

Car Bomb in Afghanistan Meant for Canadians . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2003 8:31:42 PM

Iraq: A Mission Imperiled - Don - 8/20/2003 4:56:42 AM
- UN declined offers for tigher security - Larry J - 8/20/2003 8:09:08 PM
- Attack Shows the Limits of U.S. Control - Don - 8/20/2003 5:03:57 AM

Sergio de Mello - Raoul - 8/19/2003 5:40:11 PM
- What kind of crazy barbarians would blow up the UN?? - Matt Burley - 8/20/2003 2:19:41 AM
  - re: Poorly protected - Raoul - 8/20/2003 6:01:57 AM
- re: Sergio de Mello - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 11:05:53 PM
  - re: Since Gulf War 1 - Raoul - 8/20/2003 6:04:34 AM
    - re: Since Gulf War 1 - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2003 6:13:43 AM
      - re: Protections - Raoul - 8/20/2003 7:12:17 AM
        
        re: Protections - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2003 5:09:05 PM
- Yes... Blame america - Scott Evil - 8/19/2003 8:19:27 PM

Iraqis Sample Free Enterprise - Justin Kelly - 8/20/2003 5:17:08 AM
- re: Iraqis Sample Free Enterprise - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2003 6:21:56 AM

Reuters cameraman - Raoul - 8/18/2003 6:26:14 PM
- One second to decide... - Larry J - 8/19/2003 12:31:46 PM
  - re: One second.... - Johannes - 8/20/2003 12:40:09 AM
- No one made him carry around something that looked like and RPG on his shoulder - Justin Kelly - 8/19/2003 4:36:24 AM
  - re: Defending the culprit? - Raoul - 8/19/2003 5:36:47 AM
    - re: Defending the soldier -- as usual . . . - D. Spires - 8/19/2003 7:11:32 PM
    - The "culprit" thought he was defending himself. - Justin Kelly - 8/19/2003 7:18:49 AM
      - Fine. Let's just shoot everybody. - Mary Anne - 8/19/2003 11:40:31 AM
        
        re: Fine. Let's just shoot everybody. - SDG - 8/19/2003 4:23:03 PM
        
        re: Fine. Let's just shoot everybody. - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 7:49:48 PM
        
        Children weilding toy guns have been shot by police - Scott Evill - 8/19/2003 2:25:01 PM
        
        Yes, and there have been investigations and remediation, not shrugged shoulders. - Mary Anne - 8/19/2003 4:20:58 PM
        
        This incident is being investigated - Larry J - 8/19/2003 6:21:19 PM
        
        Remediation suggestion: Shoot a BBC reporter too (n/t) - p - 8/19/2003 5:17:38 PM
- Just another example of a reporter seeking out military action, finding it, and getting to close... - Scott Evil - 8/18/2003 10:58:34 PM

Democracy might be impossible, US was told - alcaray - 8/18/2003 5:32:58 PM
- re: Democracy might be impossible, US was told - gbaikie - 8/18/2003 8:46:39 PM
  - Good Post. - Scott Evil - 8/18/2003 10:54:59 PM
- not yet - FrankC - 8/18/2003 5:58:12 PM
  - Then When? Ever? - Davin L. - 8/18/2003 9:43:13 PM
    - fundamental differences - FrankC - 8/18/2003 10:23:41 PM
      - re: fundamental differences - Davin L. - 8/18/2003 10:41:02 PM
        
        re: fundamental differences - FrankC - 8/19/2003 3:04:42 AM
        
        Issues tangential to the discussion of fundamentalism - Davin L. - 8/19/2003 2:48:49 PM
        
        re: Issues tangential to the discussion of fundamentalism - FrankC - 8/19/2003 5:54:08 PM
        
        re: Issues tangential to the discussion of fundamentalism - Davin L. - 8/19/2003 10:00:59 PM
        
        Fundamentalists are different ;-) - Davin L. - 8/19/2003 2:22:57 PM
        
        any sort of way I can fathom - FrankC - 8/19/2003 5:02:48 PM
        
        re: any sort of way I can fathom - Davin L. - 8/19/2003 5:38:21 PM
        
        Absurd - FrankC - 8/19/2003 7:10:55 PM
        
        Absurd means Absurd, not Full of stuffing. - Davin L. - 8/19/2003 10:06:01 PM
        
        correction - Davin L. - 8/18/2003 10:50:42 PM

Basayev Buys Female Bombers for $1500 . . . - D. Spires - 8/19/2003 5:59:01 PM
- That family should convert to another religion. - Scott Evil - 8/19/2003 8:15:10 PM

Political positions on the power grid - p - 8/16/2003 5:38:27 PM
- re: Political positions on the power grid - Fox - 8/16/2003 6:02:55 PM
  - Three quesses as to who will have to pay for the upgrades... - Larry J - 8/18/2003 8:25:37 PM
  - The CAVE society - FrankC - 8/16/2003 8:12:37 PM
    - re: The CAVE society - gbaikie - 8/17/2003 2:47:09 AM
      - Left or right doesn't apply - FrankC - 8/17/2003 4:37:13 PM
        
        re: Left or right doesn't apply - gbaikie - 8/17/2003 10:04:53 PM
  - re: Political positions on the power grid - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2003 7:17:03 PM
    - A lot of good comments, Tom - Fox - 8/16/2003 9:38:16 PM
      - re: A lot of good comments, Tom - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2003 11:25:39 PM
      - Wireless power... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/16/2003 11:23:36 PM
        
        re: Wireless power... - Johannes - 8/17/2003 1:28:39 AM
        
        re: Wireless power... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/18/2003 2:12:59 AM
        
        re: Wireless power... - Johannes - 8/19/2003 7:50:27 PM
        
        Yeah, something about using the ionosphere for a conductor. (n/t) - RobVG - 8/17/2003 3:49:39 AM

Baghdad: A Three-Hour Tour . . . - D. Spires - 8/19/2003 6:40:23 PM

Blackout Probe Focuses on Phone System . . . - D. Spires - 8/19/2003 6:23:59 PM

Well...TSHTF up here in Toronto. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/16/2003 5:13:15 PM
- But, but, but guns are outlawed in Canada, how can that be? (n/t) - p - 8/16/2003 5:32:25 PM
  - re: Isn't it obvious -- only the criminals have guns. It's a goddam breakthrough in social engineering! - Success_Machine - 8/19/2003 11:41:11 AM

Power outage, up close and personal - Tom Brosz - 8/15/2003 5:08:23 PM
- re: The problem may be somewhere around Lake Erie - Success_Machine - 8/16/2003 6:27:01 AM
  - re: Investigation points to loss of power line in Cleaveland, Ohio - Success_Machine - 8/16/2003 2:11:30 PM
- re: Tsk. - Marcia - 8/15/2003 10:22:36 PM
- I hate to think of the economic impact of all this - Larry J - 8/15/2003 6:59:31 PM
- Power systems designed by StarFleet - Robert - 8/15/2003 6:38:13 PM
- The adventure continues, huh? :-) Welcome back! (n/t) - McFly - 8/15/2003 6:11:57 PM
- re: No excuse - Fox - 8/15/2003 6:00:04 PM
  - re: No excuse - SDG - 8/18/2003 8:04:33 PM
  - Oh - by the way... welcome back! - Fox - 8/17/2003 2:43:51 PM
    - The Luggage - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2003 10:14:33 PM
- Nice timing. Welcome back! (n/t) - alcaray - 8/15/2003 5:44:06 PM

A brilliant idea whose time has come - p - 8/18/2003 6:19:36 PM

Socialized medicine: Take 246... - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2003 10:07:33 PM
- re: Socialized medicine: Take 246... - FrankC - 8/18/2003 2:37:52 AM
  - One definition of insanity... - Tom Brosz - 8/18/2003 4:54:11 AM

Inside the resistance - Greg - 8/17/2003 3:31:18 PM

Idi Amin Dada - Raoul - 8/16/2003 10:10:05 AM
- What's distressing is how Muslim states embraced Idi Amin - Matt Burley - 8/17/2003 3:36:49 AM
- Good Riddance - Don - 8/16/2003 2:03:57 PM

Democrat Bustamante leads in California recall race - Don - 8/16/2003 3:22:38 PM

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