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U.S. Sorting Out Terror Suspects . . . - D. Spires - 5/7/2003 8:51:47 AM

Survey Finds U.S. Has High Rate Of Mental Illness, Low Rate Of Treatment Compared To Other Countries - et - 5/7/2003 8:19:28 AM

An incident to contrast with the U.N. looting incident - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 5:07:09 PM
- Woman returns library book 94 years past due. - RobVG - 5/6/2003 5:01:26 PM
- Re: "Small wonder it's becoming more prevalent" - alcaray - 5/6/2003 4:28:37 PM
  - Re: Statistics - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 5:01:21 PM
    - Where did you grow up? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/6/2003 5:08:41 PM
      - Re: Where did you grow up? - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 5:16:33 PM
        
        Re: - alcaray - 5/6/2003 5:46:16 PM
- Not me! Finders Keepers...Losers Weepers! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2003 2:22:13 PM
  - Re: Not me! Finders Keepers...Losers Weepers! - REB - 5/6/2003 2:28:29 PM
    - Re: Not me! Finders Keepers...Losers Weepers! - LJ - 5/6/2003 3:12:51 PM
      - Re: Not me! Finders Keepers...Losers Weepers! - REB - 5/6/2003 3:22:04 PM
        
        Re: Not me! Finders Keepers...Losers Weepers! - LJ - 5/6/2003 3:30:24 PM
  - can we afford to not pick up pennies? - SDG - 5/6/2003 1:23:49 PM
- I had a fun incident last summer - Larry J - 5/6/2003 1:24:26 PM
  - Similar incedent - RobVG - 5/6/2003 4:30:24 PM
- I have had some similar incidents. - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 10:26:43 AM
  - Re: I have had some similar incidents. - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 3:53:32 PM
- :even us liberals can be honest - R.L. - 5/6/2003 8:37:16 AM
  - Don't recall mentioning liberals specifically. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 3:48:59 PM
  - To All: Moral judgements on character can backfire! Be careful what you attribute! - Davin L. - 5/6/2003 2:53:48 PM
    - Re: Moral judgements on character - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 4:27:24 PM
      - Re: Moral judgements on character - Davin L. - 5/6/2003 6:58:18 PM
        
        Re: Moral judgements on character - alcaray - 5/6/2003 8:57:17 AM
        
        Re: Moral judgements on character - Davin L. - 5/6/2003 9:09:56 AM
        
        Re: Moral judgements - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 12:10:08 PM
        
        Re: Moral judgements - Davin L. - 5/6/2003 3:52:54 PM
        
        Is a "satinist" someone who makes you wear that funny underwear? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 4:31:43 PM
        
        We have a collection of Jack Chick tracts - Mary Anne - 5/6/2003 3:51:42 PM
        
        Re: Jack Chick tracts - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 4:30:05 PM
        
        I agree with everything you said. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/6/2003 9:31:14 AM
  - Every day I have to look at my face in a mirror. - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 10:28:19 AM

Faux ally caught back stabbing the USA again? - p - 5/6/2003 6:04:21 PM
- Phil, you're such a blind patriot looking for red herrings - Lindy - 5/6/2003 6:28:38 PM
- Washington Times is a phoney newspaper: The National Enquirer of International Affairs (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 6:11:37 PM
  - Say what you will about the Times, but Bill Gertz is no hack. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 6:21:38 PM
    - Bill Gertz - Raoul Lannoy - 5/6/2003 6:56:06 PM
      - Re: Bill Gertz - p - 5/6/2003 9:36:07 AM
  - Isn't the WT an organ of the Moonies? n/t (n/t) - LJ - 5/6/2003 9:30:34 AM
    - Re: Isn't the WT an organ of the Moonies? - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 10:58:59 AM

A fearless and unambiguous prediction about Iraq's poison gas - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 6:54:58 PM

Watch for this one... - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 7:52:25 PM
- "I hold here in my hand a list..." - Fox - 5/6/2003 8:04:47 AM
  - Articles on the subject - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 6:46:37 PM
    - A good example... - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 8:36:38 AM
      - Is that really a good example? - alcaray - 5/6/2003 9:21:57 AM
        
        Re: Is that really a good example? - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 12:44:38 PM
- Nixon Rose To Prominance Because He Found One - Mark Eby - 5/5/2003 7:57:54 PM
  - "McCarthyism" - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 8:24:50 AM

Sarah, terrorist hunter - p - 5/6/2003 3:28:28 PM
- Re: Sarah, terrorist hunter - LJ - 5/6/2003 3:32:59 PM
  - You are right! Terrorism Operates on MONEY, just like other types of operation. Cut off the money, and you smother terrorism. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 6:00:23 PM
    - Not ALL individual efforts but the expensive "suitcase nukes" etc. kind n/t (n/t) - p - 5/6/2003 6:05:39 PM

Why do Bush's financial appointees keep resigning? - alcaray - 5/6/2003 5:17:17 PM
- Uh...because he wants to run for Governor? Nothing sinister here. Keep flinging!...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 6:05:28 PM
  - Not flinging - alcaray - 5/6/2003 8:43:40 AM
    - If they all had good reasons, why would it look funny to anybody? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 8:58:21 AM
      - Anybody can come up with a good reason for anything - alcaray - 5/6/2003 9:28:23 AM

Bad news for Galloway apologists - p - 5/6/2003 5:54:59 PM

U.S. Officials 'Confident' of Weapons Lab Find - REB - 5/6/2003 11:11:01 AM
- I think I'll wait until Rumsfeld announces it in a press conference. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 3:47:18 PM
  - I just wanted to keep Don updated. - REB - 5/6/2003 4:48:04 PM
    - Hey so long as I have - Tony - 5/6/2003 5:48:07 PM
- Is lie! That's a mobile brewery! - Former Iraqi Information Minister - 5/6/2003 1:30:36 PM

Republicans circling the wagons - alcaray - 5/6/2003 5:38:30 PM

WHY i HATE THE "DIXIiE CHICKS" - R.L. - 5/5/2003 4:43:52 PM
- It was't that bad. - RobVG - 5/6/2003 5:31:54 PM
  - I like covers - alcaray - 5/6/2003 9:02:25 AM
    - It's been rumored... - RobVG - 5/6/2003 9:28:16 AM
- You been drinking again? - Lindy - 5/6/2003 11:51:54 AM
  - What?! - R.L. - 5/6/2003 12:39:38 PM

The cost of war? The Indian view - Hans - 5/6/2003 5:09:36 PM

"A tale of two nations" - Larry J - 5/6/2003 2:54:11 PM
- Re: Hard and Soft America - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 3:35:42 PM
  - Hard or soft? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2003 4:16:45 PM

Scots save humanity - yet again - p - 5/6/2003 3:54:10 PM

Pakistan and India - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 6:11:55 PM
- Re: Pakistan and India - LJ - 5/6/2003 3:10:17 PM

The war on terrorism is working - we're winning. - Matt Burley - 5/6/2003 1:09:23 PM
- If I were bin Laden - LJ - 5/6/2003 2:59:47 PM

Gone - Raoul Lannoy - 5/6/2003 9:00:55 AM
- Re: Hmm-m . . . - D. Spires - 5/6/2003 2:54:49 PM
- The good news... - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 9:09:24 AM
- $1 billion should support Uday's hooker and drug habits for a couple of months...n/t (n/t) - McFly - 5/6/2003 9:05:22 AM

U.N. Wants to Investigate Iraq Nuclear Looting . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 8:29:34 AM
- Re:Irony. . - Raoul Lannoy - 5/5/2003 5:51:01 PM
  - Re: If it's in terrorist hands, it's there because that's where it was going anyway . . . - D. Spires - 5/6/2003 2:11:56 PM
  - I feel sorry for the looters who did not know what they were doing. - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 10:29:47 AM

So, where is Saddam Hussein? - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 10:43:22 AM
- Probabaly Hiding Out In Paris (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 1:41:09 PM

Great minds think alike. Sort of. - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2003 12:49:41 PM
- bad track record - pwokenyaw - 5/6/2003 1:09:25 PM
  - DEBKAFILE should be listed under "Fiction". (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/6/2003 1:39:41 PM

NO WMDs: The questions won't go away - Don - 5/5/2003 1:19:41 PM
- Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash in U.S. custody - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 3:53:34 PM
- The Iraq's WHD senario should be called "The Fun of All Fears" - sunblok - 5/5/2003 3:21:28 PM
- Don, please be patient. The UN inspectors had 12 years. - David F Mayer - 5/5/2003 1:35:41 PM
  - Not me - Don - 5/5/2003 2:06:32 PM
    - Re: Not me - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 3:43:37 PM
- Once again, Don's daily spam - Larry J - 5/5/2003 1:32:38 PM
  - Not my spam - Don - 5/5/2003 2:13:13 PM
    - Constant posts on the same topic are little better than spam - Larry J - 5/5/2003 2:59:18 PM
      - Valid questions are not spam - Lindy - 5/5/2003 6:55:28 PM
        
        Every frigging day the same thing? - Larry J - 5/5/2003 9:21:41 AM
        
        It is his hobby - REB - 5/6/2003 11:07:50 AM
        
        Yup - Fox - 5/6/2003 8:18:39 AM
        
        Re: Valid questions - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 8:31:05 AM
        
        Security Situations Deteriorating - Lindy - 5/5/2003 2:31:29 PM
      - Re: Then you don't have to read the posts. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2003 3:23:31 PM
- Re: Also... - Raoul Lannoy - 5/5/2003 9:00:21 AM

Reminder For Democrats & Republicans - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 5:27:56 PM
- Re: Reminder For Democrats & Republicans - RobVG - 5/3/2003 7:24:41 PM
  - Re: Reminder For Democrats & Republicans - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2003 10:01:03 AM
    - And Tom We Already Had A Tax Cut - Mark Eby - 5/4/2003 12:48:05 PM
      - We Already Had A Tax Cut - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 4:28:35 PM
        
        You Got That Right - Mark Eby - 5/5/2003 7:52:41 PM
    - Don't You Guys Know How Interest Rates Effect Stock Markets? N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 5/4/2003 12:40:32 PM

Baby Assad wets his pants. - David F Mayer - 5/3/2003 2:28:16 PM
- When the teacher whacks one of the delinquents in the classroom... - Matt Burley - 5/3/2003 2:49:10 PM
  - Re: the other kids tend to shut up, sit up straight, and pay attention. - LJ - 5/5/2003 7:32:53 PM

Hypocrisy Alert! - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 7:12:34 PM
- Gambling addiction - Larry J - 5/5/2003 7:03:50 PM
- Re: “Over 10 years, I’d say I’ve come out pretty close to even,” - alcaray - 5/5/2003 5:49:39 PM
  - Re: behavior - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 5:58:56 PM
    - Re: 'the Left to suddenly "discover" moral virtue' - alcaray - 5/5/2003 6:24:45 PM
      - Re: the Left - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 10:15:43 AM
        
        "It's not like it's just me making this stuff up." - LJ - 5/5/2003 10:58:19 AM
        
        Of course you can come up with examples of left-of-centers' immorality - alcaray - 5/5/2003 10:27:52 AM
        
        Re: examples - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 11:22:18 AM
  - close to even - FrankC - 5/5/2003 9:58:24 AM
- Speaking of Hypocrisy... - Larry J - 5/5/2003 9:48:33 AM
- Re: Hypocrisy Alert! - Don - 5/4/2003 7:33:23 PM
  - Re: Hypocrisy Alert! - Hans - 5/4/2003 4:51:50 PM
    - Hans the "james debunker"? n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/5/2003 1:50:59 PM
      - Re: Hans the - Hans - 5/5/2003 5:43:15 PM
        
        :-) Welcome n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/5/2003 6:31:17 PM
    - Welcome Hans - FrankC - 5/5/2003 1:23:44 PM
      - Re: Welcome Hans - Hans - 5/5/2003 5:41:52 PM
  - Mike who? - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 10:21:02 AM
  - Mike Price - FrankC - 5/4/2003 8:04:23 AM
    - Re: Mike Price - Don - 5/4/2003 8:13:57 AM
- Yes and no - ebnelson - 5/4/2003 7:17:54 PM

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