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Latest NYT "truth massage." - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 2:45:32 PM
- Maureen, Helen, Raines and Blair - ebnelson - 5/14/2003 3:01:55 PM

Texas Rangers sent to arrest absent "lawmakers" - p - 5/12/2003 10:13:20 AM
- Meanwhile............ - Tony - 5/13/2003 4:56:47 PM
  - Re: Meanwhile............ - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 6:00:38 PM
    - Re: Meanwhile............ - REB - 5/14/2003 11:15:14 AM
      - Was that the last redistricting or is that the proposal for this redistricting... - Scott - 5/14/2003 2:52:22 PM
- Re: Texas Rangers sent to arrest absent - REB - 5/13/2003 10:59:37 AM
  - The Republicans should just redraw the map... - Scott - 5/13/2003 4:33:18 PM
    - ...and - REB - 5/13/2003 4:54:49 PM
    - Re: The Republicans should just redraw the map... - REB - 5/13/2003 4:50:29 PM
- It is an old tradition - ebnelson - 5/12/2003 4:06:06 PM

The short nation-rebuilding career of Jay Garner - LJ - 5/13/2003 10:39:14 AM
- You'll probably see a revolving door of interim leaders - Scott - 5/14/2003 2:33:13 PM
- Garner - Buck Galaxy - 5/13/2003 5:41:30 PM
- I think DoS is likely to have more success than DoD with post war Iraq. - ebnelson - 5/13/2003 1:23:18 PM
- Re: The short nation-rebuilding career of Jay Garner - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 12:19:28 PM
  - It has nothing to do with the fact that he's ex-military... - Robert - 5/13/2003 2:30:32 PM
- Well, some attention... - LJ - 5/13/2003 11:11:04 AM
- Re: The short nation-rebuilding career of Jay Garner - gbaikie - 5/13/2003 11:10:42 AM

North Korea's nukes - LJ - 5/13/2003 8:47:34 AM
- Playing the hand as dealt - ebnelson - 5/13/2003 3:15:20 PM
  - Economic sanctions against North Korea - David F Mayer - 5/14/2003 1:35:52 PM

Judge Rejects Suspended Student's Motion Over Hazing Incident . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:25:19 AM
- A judge with the toughness to say, "take a hike" - ebnelson - 5/14/2003 1:06:41 PM

Red Flag Raised Over 'Normal' Blood Pressure . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:33:27 AM

Powell in Moscow Talks as Suicide Bombers Strike . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:10:37 AM

Russia Saved NATO from Disintegration . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:02:47 AM

American Generals: Soldiers Only Shoot in Self-Defense . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 8:52:37 AM

Lynch Has Trauma-Related Memory Loss . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 8:45:13 AM

Soldiers to Fight Terrorists on Horn of Africa . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 8:39:38 AM

U.S. weapons search team quits - no banned weapons found - Don - 5/11/2003 1:31:47 PM
- Meanwhile on the front page of MSNBC - Justin Kelly - 5/11/2003 1:51:31 PM
  - Re: The lab itself is a banned weapon . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 7:20:02 PM
- Commentary - Don - 5/11/2003 1:41:09 PM
  - Re: Commentary - Buck Galaxy - 5/11/2003 7:21:16 PM
    - Right On! - Davin Satirist L. - 5/12/2003 1:43:43 PM
    - Re: Commentary - Don - 5/11/2003 7:32:10 PM
      - Re: Commentary - gbaikie - 5/11/2003 9:06:29 AM
  - Re: Commentary - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2003 6:21:49 PM
    - Re: Commentary - Don - 5/11/2003 7:20:59 PM
      - Re: Commentary - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2003 4:42:30 PM
      - Re: Commentary - gbaikie - 5/11/2003 8:58:02 AM
    - Re: Commentary - Raoul Lannoy - 5/11/2003 6:56:15 PM
      - And then there's this - Don - 5/11/2003 7:42:10 PM
        
        Re: And then there's this - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2003 4:39:46 PM
      - Re: Commentary - gbaikie - 5/11/2003 9:21:52 AM
        
        Re:The US doens't have the European experience of having been invaded - Raoul Lannoy - 5/12/2003 4:37:35 PM
        
        We were the invaders, here. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/12/2003 6:11:52 PM
        
        Re: Exactly! - Raoul Lannoy - 5/12/2003 6:21:28 PM
        
        Re: Exactly! - gbaikie - 5/12/2003 7:22:34 PM
        
        Re: Exactly! - Raoul Lannoy - 5/12/2003 7:49:57 PM
        
        Re: Exactly! - gbaikie - 5/12/2003 8:28:47 AM
        
        It'll be a cold day in hell when the occupation of Lebanon is referred to as such. Only America is evil, see. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2003 12:34:39 PM
        
        Almost forgot...Israel is evil too. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2003 12:39:49 PM
        
        Re: Almost forgot...Israel is evil too. - gbaikie - 5/12/2003 2:36:28 PM
        
        Start here - Fox - 5/12/2003 1:44:44 PM
        
        Okay, I guess I should have expected Jewish references to use the term. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2003 3:13:13 PM
        
        Try again - Fox - 5/13/2003 7:52:16 PM
        
        Re: The US doens't have the European experience of having been invaded - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2003 5:03:50 PM
        
        Re: Tyrannies - Raoul Lannoy - 5/12/2003 6:37:52 PM
        
        Re: Tyrannies - gbaikie - 5/12/2003 7:13:49 PM
        
        Re: Tyrannies - LJ - 5/12/2003 8:05:10 AM
        
        Not with the same frequency or result, true - Fox - 5/12/2003 10:09:26 AM
    - Since the French were actively assisting Saddam - ebnelson - 5/11/2003 11:25:34 AM

Something that occurred to me... - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2003 5:43:26 PM
- A few other conditions - Mary Anne - 5/13/2003 12:22:23 PM
  - Re: A few other conditions - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 5:45:53 PM
    - In principle, you're right - Fox - 5/13/2003 7:23:34 PM
- The problem with this... - Don - 5/12/2003 1:58:43 PM
  - Re: The problem with this... - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2003 4:10:01 PM
    - Re: The problem with this... - Mary Anne - 5/13/2003 12:41:12 PM
      - In Tom's defence, it was Don's context: he (Don) used the word strident. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2003 2:36:25 PM
        
        Point taken, though I kind-of glossed the "strident" thing when I read the post. - Mary Anne - 5/13/2003 4:40:15 PM
- Women, voting? It is against the will of Allah. - David F Mayer - 5/12/2003 1:58:21 PM
- The fundies may use that as their excuse - ebnelson - 5/12/2003 12:56:59 PM
  - Not just the fundies. - alcaray - 5/12/2003 4:51:33 PM

Osama might be dead - Raoul Lannoy - 5/11/2003 9:16:55 AM
- Re: Osama might be dead - Don - 5/11/2003 1:56:49 PM
  - Re: Osama might be dead - Raoul Lannoy - 5/11/2003 2:24:28 PM
    - Will this do? ;) - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2003 6:36:51 PM
      - Re: Not sure ;) - Raoul Lannoy - 5/11/2003 8:49:00 AM
- May it be true - ebnelson - 5/11/2003 1:12:24 PM
- For the 1000th time, I will believe that Osama (or Saddam) is dead AFTER forensic experts have positively identified the remains. - David F Mayer - 5/11/2003 10:47:12 AM
  - Who cares, dude? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/12/2003 5:19:24 PM
  - On the contrary... - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2003 5:31:22 PM
    - Osama has lived in the shadows for decades. It is just like him to disappear for a few years while hatching yet another murderous plot. - David F Mayer - 5/12/2003 10:14:11 AM
      - Re: He has never been so completely silent . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 7:13:12 PM

Democracy in Iraq a Success? - Lindy - 5/7/2003 4:06:46 PM
- Re: What is 'Arab Democracy', Lindy . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/8/2003 6:53:49 PM
  - There Ain't None, Dan........ - Lindy - 5/8/2003 9:51:17 AM
    - Talk about your Shock and Awe :-) - McFly - 5/9/2003 2:26:29 PM
      - I have my opinions.......... - Lindy - 5/10/2003 5:09:54 PM
        
        Re: When you actually travel to the desert lands . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 6:34:26 PM
    - Whoa...check out the liberal! - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2003 3:59:01 PM
    - Re: Too negative . . . - D. Spires - 5/8/2003 10:45:21 AM
- To soon to judge - Don - 5/8/2003 12:22:45 PM
  - Saddam Hussein and his Ba'athis thugs had more than 20 years to ruin Iraq. It might just take a few years to straighten things up. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/8/2003 12:51:41 PM
    - The people of Umm Qasr... - Don - 5/8/2003 1:28:21 PM
      - The people of Umm Qasr suffered under Saddam Hussein for more than 20 years. - David F Mayer - 5/8/2003 5:39:22 PM
- So it is a failure in just three weeks? - ebnelson - 5/7/2003 4:39:47 PM

California wants to recall...their governor. - REB - 5/13/2003 5:38:38 PM
- It's a Republican thing n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2003 5:44:55 PM
  - ?????? - REB - 5/13/2003 5:54:04 PM
  - Not entirely - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 5:51:28 PM
    - Guess I wasn't clear - alcaray - 5/13/2003 6:33:24 PM
      - And for the record... - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 11:45:19 AM
      - Re: Guess I wasn't clear - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 11:42:47 AM

Don't applaud questionable motives - Don - 5/13/2003 1:38:42 PM
- Re: questionable motives - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 4:14:43 PM
  - Anybody seen any non-civilian Iraqi casualty figures? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2003 5:26:13 PM
    - Good question. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2003 5:58:21 PM
  - Still waiting for the "Arab Street" to rise up in rebelion! - Scott - 5/13/2003 4:26:18 PM
  - Re: questionable motives - LJ - 5/13/2003 4:21:59 PM
    - That is true. I'm still waiting for his body count statistics... - Scott - 5/13/2003 4:28:06 PM
  - Re: questionable motives - LJ - 5/13/2003 10:59:48 AM
  - It ain't over yet as long as our troops are there - pwokenyaw - 5/13/2003 10:29:08 AM
- It figures that she would quote Theodore Roosevelt - Scott - 5/13/2003 4:09:32 PM
- Don Quixote rides on - ebnelson - 5/13/2003 3:18:10 PM
- Hopefully the old bat's anti-senescence drugs will begin working soon n/t (n/t) - p - 5/13/2003 1:44:46 PM
- Re: Don't applaud questionable motives - gbaikie - 5/13/2003 10:11:31 AM

Australian Special Forces Raid Heroin Ship - Justin Kelly - 5/12/2003 12:44:17 PM
- Yep, a great benefit of the war was teaching NK a lesson... Making sure they come to heel...um.. Yep..(nt) (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/13/2003 1:17:23 PM
  - The international war on terror might just have a positive effect on the war on drugs. - Scott - 5/13/2003 4:21:37 PM
- North Korean Heroin Ship that is N/T (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 5/12/2003 1:23:45 PM

Hey look! A Democrat Pretending to have landed on an Aircraft Carrier! - Scott - 5/13/2003 3:50:57 PM
- Hey look! Here's another! - Fox - 5/13/2003 8:16:59 AM

Material from the International Institute for Strategic Studies - LJ - 5/13/2003 9:39:34 AM
- Re:Imagination - Raoul - 5/13/2003 10:09:39 AM
  - Vengeance is a meal that's eaten cold - LJ - 5/13/2003 10:49:56 AM
  - Re: And the media hype . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 10:32:48 AM
    - Re: And the media hype . . . - LJ - 5/13/2003 10:47:13 AM
      - Re: I did . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 12:46:00 PM

Amazing Find: Pocahontas' Village Dug Up . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 9:16:06 AM
- More on the dig - Fox - 5/13/2003 12:19:41 PM

AEAS wargaming civilian WMD strikes - Hans - 5/13/2003 10:30:11 AM

DOD Identifies Marine Casualties . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 10:03:58 AM
- DOD Identifies Army Casualties . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 10:09:18 AM

Winning the Peace in Baghdad . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 9:54:21 AM

Afghanistan More Stable Today Than One Year Ago . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2003 9:46:48 AM

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