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Okay, Thats it - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 1:58:23 AM
- Inability to concede a point... - FrankC - 7/21/2003 6:45:21 PM
  - Inability to provide proof.... - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 7:36:33 PM
    - Sure - FrankC - 7/21/2003 7:59:02 PM
      - Tiresome - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 8:17:43 PM
        
        re: Tiresome - FrankC - 7/21/2003 8:55:19 PM
        
        re: Tiresome - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 9:26:22 PM
- Okay...Lets call them "Patriots of the highest order"...Now what??? - Scott Evil - 7/21/2003 4:59:12 PM
  - No, lets just not call every single one a terrorist... That will do nicely - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 5:17:19 PM
- Very well put. - Todd - 7/21/2003 5:49:06 AM
  - re: Very well put. - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 3:11:36 PM
- The true Iraqi patriots are working with the transitional Governing Council and the US/UK authorities - Matt Burley - 7/21/2003 5:08:46 AM
  - Says YOU, Matt!!! - Davin L - 7/21/2003 3:04:24 PM
    - Excellent article by Iranian author Amir Taheri on the Saddamite goons, terrorists and criminals attacking our troops in Iraq - Matt Burley - 7/21/2003 10:43:15 PM
      - re: Excellent article by Iranian author Amir Taheri on the Saddamite goons, terrorists and criminals attacking our troops in Iraq - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 11:29:33 PM
        
        Source - Matt Burley - 7/22/2003 1:41:28 AM
        
        re: Source - Davin L. - 7/22/2003 2:11:55 AM
        
        No, Davin, you're clearly intelligent and informed on many issues - Matt Burley - 7/22/2003 4:19:47 AM
        
        re: No, Davin - Davin L - 7/22/2003 3:25:14 PM
    - re: Says YOU - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 5:18:52 PM
      - re: Says YOU - Davin L - 7/21/2003 5:36:38 PM
        
        re: Says me. - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 6:01:20 PM
        
        re: Says me. - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 7:44:05 PM
        
        Noble intent? - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 8:28:15 PM
        
        re: Noble intent? - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 8:47:47 PM
        
        Iraqi viewpoints - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2003 1:12:36 AM
- My solution - Don - 7/21/2003 3:05:29 AM
  - I've got an idea....... - Lindy - 7/21/2003 3:18:16 AM

Should US soldiers who were savagely tortured by Saddam's henchmen in 1991 receive frozen Iraqi assets or not? - Matt Burley - 7/22/2003 2:04:11 AM
- No. - Scott Evil - 7/22/2003 2:56:47 PM
- re: Should US soldiers who were savagely tortured by Saddam's henchmen in 1991 receive frozen Iraqi assets or not? - gbaikie - 7/22/2003 3:40:44 AM

People are begining to see the big lie of the Patriot act. - Jack Herer - 7/22/2003 12:48:23 PM

New attack leaves U.S. soldier dead - Don - 7/22/2003 12:40:43 PM

Andrew Sullivan - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2003 7:06:38 AM

Another letter from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2003 4:22:42 AM

Declassified report: Iraqi leader posed more danger after war - Don - 7/21/2003 12:59:48 PM
- You're going to have to make a decision here... - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 4:58:59 PM
  - Why? - Robert - 7/21/2003 11:43:11 PM
    - re: Why? - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2003 1:00:19 AM
      - re: Why? - Robert - 7/22/2003 1:37:30 AM
        
        re: Why? - gbaikie - 7/22/2003 4:05:58 AM
        
        re: Why? - Robert - 7/22/2003 4:21:30 AM
- Meanwhile: No letup in Iraq insurgency - Don - 7/21/2003 1:03:18 PM

Funny... - Joe - 7/22/2003 1:28:18 AM
- That's been around a long time. They know about it. n/t (n/t) - Todd - 7/22/2003 1:46:41 AM

Axis Annie and Tokyo Rose: eat your hearts out - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 10:27:26 PM
- Your questions answered - alcaray - 7/21/2003 9:23:25 PM
- Should we mark this date? - Splinx - 7/20/2003 6:42:41 PM
  - liberal media - p - 7/20/2003 8:54:28 PM
- Chill, tom - Davin L. - 7/20/2003 5:48:08 AM
  - Sorry. Just getting tired of all the crap. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 6:35:37 AM
    - re: Sorry. Just getting tired of all the crap. - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 1:38:11 AM
      - re: Sorry - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 4:42:45 AM
        
        Don't be sorry, just be more rhetorically mature about it. - Davin L. - 7/21/2003 4:25:39 PM
    - Man bites dog. - Mary Anne - 7/20/2003 12:36:14 PM
      - And besides, Americans are in season over there - Eri - 7/20/2003 2:49:28 PM
- Don't lump us all together - Eri - 7/19/2003 11:28:15 PM
  - Was referring primarily to people in the media and the Democratic Party - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 12:27:53 AM
    - Option C: - Mary Anne - 7/20/2003 1:13:55 AM
      - re: Option C: - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 2:47:30 AM
    - re: Was referring primarily to people in the media and the Democratic Party - Eri - 7/20/2003 1:12:04 AM
- This story is a sterling example: - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 11:20:27 PM
  - If you want this sort of story censored - alcaray - 7/21/2003 10:02:23 PM
    - Of course I'm going to blame the goddam press - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2003 1:30:26 AM
- I don't think you get it - Don - 7/19/2003 11:03:55 PM
  - The Yugoslavia analogy actually greatly bolsters the case for the war - Matt Burley - 7/19/2003 11:59:49 PM
  - Oh, I get it all right. - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 11:57:33 PM
    - The key difference - Don - 7/20/2003 1:16:04 PM
      - The invasion of Iraq also had international support. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 7:04:29 PM
    - Please remember who you are addressing. - ebnelson - 7/20/2003 2:22:49 AM
- P.S. - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 10:37:02 PM

What liberal media? - p - 5/28/2003 1:01:03 PM
- re: What liberal media? - YoursTruly - 5/29/2003 4:13:33 AM
  - Ted Turner (AOL-Time-Warner). The Disney Corporation. Viacom. Saban. - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2003 7:06:50 AM
    - re: Ted Turner (AOL-Time-Warner). The Disney Corporation. Viacom. Saban. - Elaine Gillespie - 7/21/2003 10:26:24 PM
    - The Price of the Liberal Media Myth - YoursTruly - 5/29/2003 4:34:34 PM
      - "Are you going to believe me or your own lying eyes?" - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2003 6:46:38 PM
        
        Lying eyes, lying mouths - YoursTruly - 5/29/2003 7:05:08 PM
        
        Disney owns ABC. Turner ran CNN. You really have no idea what you're talking about, do you? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2003 12:17:38 AM

The cost of conquering Iraq - Robert - 7/20/2003 5:23:14 PM
- Wait a minute...I thought we were going to make money off all that oil we are stealing. - Scott Evil - 7/21/2003 3:07:40 PM
  - Dear Mr. Evil - Robert - 7/21/2003 5:36:16 PM
    - The last I heard, we still have troops in Japan. - Scott Evil - 7/21/2003 10:10:22 PM
- re: The cost of conquering Iraq - gbaikie - 7/20/2003 10:36:49 PM
- Transcript - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 8:28:33 PM
  - Correction - Robert - 7/20/2003 8:49:32 PM
- re: UN - Raoul - 7/20/2003 6:34:41 PM
- re: The cost of conquering Iraq - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 6:33:52 PM
- All good questions - Don - 7/20/2003 6:07:33 PM

The budget deficit - Robert - 7/21/2003 7:28:18 PM
- re: The budget deficit - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 8:12:47 PM

Stratfor's thought provoking analysis of the Iraq war - Matt Burley - 7/20/2003 10:24:57 PM
- re: Stratfor's thought provoking analysis of the Iraq war - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 11:16:56 PM
  - re: It makes no sense . . . - D. Spires - 7/21/2003 7:22:23 PM

Questions about North Korea: polish up your crystal balls and respond. - David F Mayer - 7/20/2003 4:45:08 AM
- re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 7/21/2003 6:03:59 PM
- You did ask for the crystal ball... - Eri - 7/20/2003 5:20:48 PM
- Off the top of my head... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 5:45:46 AM

Okay, that's it... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 6:02:59 PM
- What label would you prefer? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2003 6:01:34 PM
- "Resistance" is to be expected from the Saddam loyalists - Larry J - 7/21/2003 2:13:29 PM
- re: Okay, that's it... - Publius - 7/21/2003 12:04:09 AM
- Just words - FrankC - 7/20/2003 7:11:22 PM
- Nah, not really - Robert - 7/20/2003 6:58:39 PM

Another soldier dies in Iraq - Don - 7/21/2003 12:21:09 PM
- Meanwhile: Bush's 16 words still hotly debated - Don - 7/21/2003 12:54:27 PM

"Anti-Americanism is the prevailing disease of intellectuals today" - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2003 5:57:19 AM
- Anti-intellectualism is the prevailing disease of Americans today - Fox - 7/19/2003 8:24:48 PM
  - Nice try, but blowing smoke isn't your style. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 4:11:03 AM
    - Blowing smoke? - Fox - 7/21/2003 2:00:31 AM
      - Intellectuals...new and old - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 5:14:02 AM
    - "metacomment" - Mary Anne - 7/20/2003 3:34:53 PM
      - Makes sense to me. Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 6:47:40 PM
- re: Intellectuals - Raoul - 7/18/2003 7:10:59 PM
  - re: Intellectuals - gbaikie - 7/18/2003 10:22:13 PM
  - re: Intellectuals - Tom Brosz - 7/18/2003 8:36:27 PM
    - re: re:Canada - Raoul - 7/19/2003 10:17:14 PM
      - E-mail in France - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 10:55:49 PM
        
        re: E-mail in France - Raoul - 7/20/2003 9:44:33 AM
        
        re: E-mail in France - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 6:44:18 PM
  - re: Intellectuals - p - 7/18/2003 7:37:19 PM
    - re: BHL - Raoul - 7/19/2003 6:32:48 PM
    - Do you care to back your list up with actual examples? - Mary Anne - 7/19/2003 5:42:09 AM
      - re: actual examples? - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 7:01:17 AM
        
        re: actual examples? - Mary Anne - 7/19/2003 12:30:03 PM
- to whom is this news? (n/t) - p - 7/18/2003 2:13:00 PM

Democrats acting like a--es again? Naturally. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/18/2003 10:24:15 PM
- As far as I know - Eri - 7/19/2003 4:41:35 AM
- According to the article itself - Mary Anne - 7/19/2003 4:30:20 AM
  - re: According to the article itself - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2003 6:29:10 AM
    - re: According to the article itself - Mary Anne - 7/19/2003 11:43:54 AM
- And you think the Republicans come out looking good in this? - Robert - 7/19/2003 12:26:37 AM
  - Well Tom did suggest that the thread be permanently archived... - Tony - 7/20/2003 5:25:17 AM
  - Nazism = Republicans? - Todd - 7/19/2003 2:12:20 AM
    - Good! - Mary Anne - 7/19/2003 4:42:20 AM
      - Yes ma'am - Robert - 7/19/2003 5:01:05 AM
- Rather than staying home - FrankC - 7/18/2003 11:54:24 PM
- Wow. Instant "bad vibes." - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/18/2003 11:30:46 PM
  - re: Wow. Instant "bad vibes." - ItBme - 7/19/2003 2:17:16 PM
    - re: Wow. Instant "bad vibes." - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2003 4:45:39 AM

Lying -- a Bush Family Value - Splinx - 7/20/2003 7:16:03 PM
- Amazing... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 7:39:01 PM
  - You're backpeddaling, Tom - Lindy - 7/21/2003 1:31:54 AM
  - re: Amazing... - Publius - 7/21/2003 12:16:31 AM
    - I call them like I see them - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2003 1:40:32 AM

Tour de France - Raoul - 7/20/2003 3:04:23 PM
- It appears that Armstrong has suffered due to the unusually hot weather - Matt Burley - 7/20/2003 8:29:14 PM
  - re: Temperature - Raoul - 7/20/2003 9:15:45 PM
    - That matters less than you'd think - Matt Burley - 7/20/2003 9:46:27 PM
- re: Tour de France - Don - 7/20/2003 3:35:59 PM

Blair in real trouble - Don - 7/20/2003 3:45:21 PM
- IMO, it isn't Blair who's in trouble here. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 8:57:06 PM
  - and maybe if Kelly had not slit his wrists, he'd still be alive... (n/t) - Eri - 7/20/2003 9:12:35 PM
- I hope he weathers it - Eri - 7/20/2003 5:35:21 PM
  - re:Even if - Raoul - 7/20/2003 6:53:29 PM
    - If there is an election in Britain - Eri - 7/20/2003 9:15:46 PM

Ohhh, those natsy historical revisionists....... - Publius - 7/20/2003 5:32:12 PM
- re: Deceptions and words - Raoul - 7/20/2003 6:48:17 PM
  - WMD definition - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 7:10:09 PM
- So, Saddam with just bioweapons factories is fine with you? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 6:00:47 PM
- "But I thought he was armed, judge....really I do" - George Bush - 7/20/2003 5:54:06 PM

Justifications for and against war in Iraq - Raoul - 7/20/2003 9:37:39 AM
- If the first two work out - FrankC - 7/20/2003 5:19:33 PM
- re: Justifications for and against war in Iraq - gbaikie - 7/20/2003 11:59:33 AM

Just for fun... - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2003 9:03:05 AM
- Bro, it's all politics - Eri - 7/20/2003 2:39:48 PM

Another two soldiers die - Don - 7/20/2003 12:40:09 PM
- Commentary - Don - 7/20/2003 12:58:30 PM
  - And then this... - Don - 7/20/2003 1:10:25 PM

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