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NY Times: "Oil, Food and a Whole Lot of Questions" - Larry J - 4/23/2003 5:00:05 PM
- Re: NY Times: - p - 4/23/2003 5:09:20 PM
- Follow the money - ebnelson - 4/23/2003 2:10:37 PM

Was it ever announced why that Marine Colonel lost his command during the war? - Buck Galaxy - 4/22/2003 5:08:17 PM
- Re: Was it ever announced why that Marine Colonel lost his command during the war? - Gary - 4/23/2003 4:05:58 PM
- Re: Was it ever announced why that Marine Colonel lost his command during the war? - p - 4/23/2003 12:48:56 PM

Children held at Guantanamo Bay - Jason - 4/23/2003 4:02:00 PM

Now it's the Brit Labor party paid off by Saddam? - phil - 4/22/2003 6:24:54 PM
- Labor MP and Peacenik Galloway demanded MORE $ from Saddam - p - 4/23/2003 1:07:44 PM
- Re: Now it's the Brit Labor party paid off by Saddam? - Perspective - 4/22/2003 8:17:17 AM
  - Please keep up - Tony - 4/22/2003 5:09:58 PM
    - "that Brit basher afore ye" - Perspective - 4/23/2003 3:07:38 PM

Why War? - Lindy - 4/21/2003 5:32:41 PM
- Stop reading horse manure. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 6:53:32 PM
  - Horse manure? How about your own? - Lindy - 4/21/2003 12:24:56 PM
    - "ConsortiumNews." *Sigh* - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 12:38:30 PM
  - Re: Stop reading horse manure. Yours or mine? - Lindy - 4/21/2003 10:19:12 AM
    - "He was there you were not" - Scott - 4/21/2003 11:19:07 AM
    - Web tracks - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 11:13:13 AM
- Re: Why War? - Perspective - 4/21/2003 6:14:54 PM
  - Re: Why Bother? - Davin L. - 4/21/2003 6:30:57 PM
    - Statements - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 7:31:48 PM
      - Nice Photo Op - Lindy - 4/21/2003 10:35:18 AM
        
        Stories - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 11:51:00 AM
      - and the bullshit tide rises higher. - Davin L. - 4/21/2003 8:31:15 AM
        
        Abrasive/Abusive - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 11:17:31 AM
        
        Maybe...... - Lindy - 4/21/2003 11:42:26 AM
        
        Lindy's reference - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 12:04:20 PM
        
        A veritable fountain... - FrankC - 4/21/2003 9:33:34 AM
        
        OhMy! We near the singularity point of BullShit! We're about to go where only the Iraqi Infor Minister has been! - Davin L. - 4/21/2003 9:50:50 AM
        
        if this board is as you say...Then get the hell off. - Scott - 4/21/2003 11:05:11 AM
        
        Stop putting words in my mouth, Scott. - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 2:10:07 PM
        
        You referred to this board as a circle jerk. - Scott - 4/22/2003 2:31:15 PM
        
        No, I did - Fox - 4/22/2003 6:45:54 PM
        
        And I'm not the only one who thinks that way, Scott - Davin EvilLiberal L. - 4/22/2003 2:55:20 PM
        
        For the record... - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 3:57:55 PM
        
        Re: For the record... - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 4:35:12 PM
        
        Quit being so Gregarious - Scott - 4/22/2003 4:15:35 PM
        
        I've reflected... - Scott - 4/22/2003 3:37:42 PM
        
        Ah, Drat! - Davin To Be L. - 4/22/2003 4:23:01 PM
        
        Yeah, well your new clothes are drab too. ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 4:56:03 PM
        
        Easy now Scott...... - Lindy - 4/21/2003 11:48:50 AM
        
        Petulant - Perspective - 4/21/2003 10:04:40 AM
        
        Re: Petulant - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 2:11:28 PM
        
        Re: Petulant - Perspective - 4/22/2003 9:16:45 AM
        
        This is getting absurd ;-) - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 10:34:22 AM
        
        LOL n/t (n/t) - Perspective - 4/23/2003 1:15:17 PM
      - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 8:21:11 AM
    - Discourse? - Perspective - 4/21/2003 6:52:10 PM
      - Re: Discourse? - Davin L. - 4/21/2003 7:00:04 PM
    - You and Lindy are the sheep in this thread. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/21/2003 2:09:08 PM
      - Yeah, the Black ones- check the opinion polls, Nelson. (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 2:12:58 PM
  - Re: Why War? - Lindy - 4/21/2003 11:03:20 AM
    - Actually, Lindy - LJ - 4/22/2003 3:37:53 PM
- Re: Why War? - McFly - 4/21/2003 6:04:12 PM
  - Re: Why War? - Lindy - 4/21/2003 10:48:55 AM
- Re: Because it is effective . . . - D. Spires - 4/21/2003 2:33:38 PM
- Why Lindy? - ebnelson - 4/21/2003 2:07:36 PM
  - Answers for Ed - Lindy - 4/21/2003 3:39:29 PM
- Gawd, it's jest killin' you lefties, you were SO wrong n/t (n/t) - p - 4/21/2003 9:18:00 AM
  - My resistance to this war increases with dumb statements like this Phil (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 4/21/2003 10:52:24 AM
    - Tell it to someone who gives a... n/t (n/t) - p - 4/22/2003 3:24:46 PM
- Because war was the moral thing to do. - Scott - 4/21/2003 8:42:57 AM
  - Re: Because war was the moral thing to do. - Lindy - 4/21/2003 10:06:33 AM
    - They weren't living in peace - Scott - 4/21/2003 10:54:02 AM
      - Strictly for Scott - Lindy - 4/21/2003 3:14:33 PM
        
        Good article (hope it's ok that I read it) :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/22/2003 2:44:29 PM
        
        Thanks Lindy - Scott - 4/22/2003 2:11:43 PM
        
        More for Scott....US Speak with Forked Tongue - Lindy - 4/22/2003 5:37:27 PM
        
        What is a pre-cursor for anthrax and botulism? Isn't that like a pre-cursor for pregnancy? - Scott - 4/22/2003 10:20:40 AM

Another reason why the price of oil is trending downward - Scott - 4/21/2003 9:28:43 AM
- I smell a scam. . . . - Justin Kelly - 4/22/2003 9:22:32 AM
  - Maybe not - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 3:48:12 PM
  - Re: I smell a scam. . . . (RL, whats this called?) - Davin L - 4/22/2003 2:30:43 PM
    - Maxwell's demon - R.L. - 4/23/2003 9:55:40 AM
  - Honestly, that was my initial thought too... - Scott - 4/22/2003 2:21:25 PM
  - Energy may not be the issue, but chemistry. - Mary Anne - 4/22/2003 12:51:37 PM
- I smell a scam. . . (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 4/22/2003 9:18:23 AM

Iraq arms hunt erodes U.S. assurance - Don - 4/22/2003 12:47:53 PM
- Are we there yet? Are we there yet? - Bart Simpson - 4/22/2003 7:03:23 PM
  - LOL That's the best analogy I've seen. n/t (n/t) - Perspective - 4/22/2003 7:51:00 PM
- Re: Iraq arms hunt - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 3:44:03 PM
- Phooey. The UN "Inspectors" had 12 years, we have had a week so far. - David F Mayer - 4/22/2003 2:12:50 PM
  - Re: With a huuuuge difference! - Raoul - 4/22/2003 3:49:04 PM
    - The huuuugest difference! - Robert - 4/22/2003 6:00:18 PM
      - Re: The huuuugest difference! - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 6:03:27 PM
      - Re: consequences - Raoul - 4/22/2003 9:47:23 AM
        
        It was Powell that made the case for WMD... Not Me... - Don Rumsfeild - 4/22/2003 10:37:46 AM
    - I think a ot of people still fear Saddam - LJ - 4/22/2003 5:19:15 PM
    - I don't fear Sadam! - Scott - 4/22/2003 4:16:52 PM
- REUTERS: Empty-Handed U.S. Focuses on Iraqi Arms Scientists - Don - 4/22/2003 1:02:27 PM
  - Re:Brain drain - Raoul - 4/22/2003 4:17:44 PM
    - Re: Re:Brain drain - gbaikie - 4/22/2003 11:21:32 AM

DEBKAfile - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 5:02:46 PM
- More on the same subject from elsewhere - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 6:42:46 PM
  - Great quote - p - 4/22/2003 7:12:27 PM
    - Re: Great quote - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 7:48:49 PM
      - Re: Great quote - p - 4/22/2003 8:50:08 AM
- More clay pigeons to use for target practice. - David F Mayer - 4/22/2003 9:30:41 AM

Bush and the Moonies? - LJ - 4/22/2003 5:16:41 PM
- Ah, so now we have religious means testing? - p - 4/22/2003 5:55:51 PM
  - Re: Wackos - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 6:01:50 PM
    - Re: Wackos - LJ - 4/22/2003 8:51:41 AM
- And this is a problem, because...? - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 5:27:25 PM
  - Can I Field This One? - Perspective - 4/22/2003 7:39:27 PM
  - There is no "flap". And if Clinton had done this, you would have been all over it. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/22/2003 6:02:29 PM
    - If Clinton had done it, nobody would have even pointed it out. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 6:04:16 PM
      - Certainly there's no one around here who likes to troll the net for bad things to say about Democrats - alcaray - 4/22/2003 8:59:32 AM
  - Re: And this is a problem, because...? - LJ - 4/22/2003 8:26:19 AM
    - Re: And this is a problem, because...? - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 12:12:15 PM
- Ok, I get it.. - Fox - 4/22/2003 12:08:12 PM

Stupid Hollywood Tricks - Mark Eby - 4/19/2003 4:10:17 PM
- Second Aspect Of Backlash - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 3:47:30 PM
  - Re: Celebrities - Raoul - 4/20/2003 4:20:46 PM
    - Most activist actors - ebnelson - 4/21/2003 12:50:35 PM
      - Hey Ed - Robert - 4/21/2003 4:59:47 PM
    - Nonsense - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 4:46:14 PM
      - Re: Sorry - Raoul - 4/20/2003 5:15:07 PM
        
        Just Plain Spoken - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 9:40:12 AM
        
        Re: even more.. - Raoul - 4/20/2003 10:05:44 AM
        
        OOPs - Mark Eby - 4/21/2003 3:36:27 PM
        
        Yes, Think A Little More Deeply - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 10:16:02 AM
        
        Re: Yes, Think A Little More Deeply - Raoul - 4/21/2003 7:30:19 PM
    - Re: Celebrities - gbaikie - 4/20/2003 9:36:26 AM
- Re: Stupid Hollywood Tricks - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2003 5:54:08 PM
  - For Robbins and Sarandon, - ebnelson - 4/20/2003 12:06:47 PM
    - An alternative view, by Mitch Albom - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 9:17:58 AM
      - Re: Petrofsky - p - 4/21/2003 9:29:06 AM
      - We ahve the right to ignore or listen to anyone we want to. - ebnelson - 4/20/2003 11:03:54 AM
        
        To have that right, first there must be an opportunity - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 11:13:54 AM
        
        Agreed, but there is public vs. private. - ebnelson - 4/20/2003 3:57:40 PM
      - Boycotts - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 10:08:31 AM
        
        Brings Up A Good Point - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 10:27:04 AM
      - Oh Yes We Do - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 9:54:44 AM
        
        Read it again. - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 10:16:25 AM
        
        Library bias - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 1:31:36 PM
        
        Re: Library bias - Mary Anne - 4/21/2003 12:09:24 PM
        
        "chances are very good that only the most alert patron will notice." - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/21/2003 6:22:01 PM
        
        Re: Actually... - Mary Anne - 4/21/2003 12:35:57 PM
        
        The darker side of small towns... - Robert - 4/21/2003 5:19:34 PM
        
        Drat! Unmasked.... - Mary Anne - 4/21/2003 3:43:42 PM
        
        Re: Drat! Unmasked.... - Robert - 4/22/2003 6:52:27 PM
        
        Annotated Hansel and Gretel?? - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 5:08:33 PM
        
        Re: Library bias - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 4:00:41 PM
        
        That Depends - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 10:46:16 AM
        
        Re: That Depends - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 11:03:58 AM
        
        Difference Between Legal & Ethical - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 12:01:10 PM
        
        PS On McCarthyism - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 10:09:53 AM
        
        And one person using his or her public position to pre-empt public access would be... ?? n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 10:27:52 AM
  - Re: Freedom of speech - Raoul - 4/20/2003 11:30:47 AM
    - Newsflash - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 3:28:41 PM
  - I had fogotten about Dr Laura and the way her show was killed. - David F Mayer - 4/20/2003 11:05:48 AM
    - Re: If Dr. Laura had just decided to give advice to people who sought it... - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 6:30:46 PM
      - Works Both Ways - Mark Eby - 4/20/2003 10:00:09 AM
      - Re: Dr. Laura - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 9:49:55 AM
        
        Re: Dr. Laura - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 10:50:51 AM
        
        Re: Your profession - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 1:35:23 PM
        
        People who design spacecraft are responsible for all the accidents involving spacecraft. - Mary Anne - 4/21/2003 11:24:50 AM

Chirac update - p - 4/22/2003 6:32:12 PM
- Re: Trying? - Raoul - 4/22/2003 9:34:38 AM
  - Re: Trying? - gbaikie - 4/22/2003 10:47:45 AM

What was Odai doing with all those HIV test kits? - REB - 4/21/2003 6:18:25 PM
- He was apparently quite the hedonist - Perspective - 4/21/2003 9:18:58 AM
  - Now, now... - Don - 4/21/2003 1:21:05 PM
    - Every Redblooded American Teenage Boy? - Perspective - 4/21/2003 1:55:47 PM
      - Youch! - Don - 4/22/2003 12:55:54 PM
        
        LOL Now THERE'S an Idea! n/t (n/t) - Perspective - 4/22/2003 6:06:43 PM
        
        Uday among the Taliban...best idea you've had all week! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 3:49:50 PM
  - They need to start auctioning off some of this stuff to raise funds for the Iraqi people. - Scott - 4/21/2003 9:44:19 AM
  - hilarious - p - 4/21/2003 9:23:50 AM
    - Sounds like a CIA front - Scott - 4/21/2003 9:46:46 AM

As per Austin Powers: The dirty dutch - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 5:40:54 PM
- Re: As per Austin Powers: The dirty dutch - gbaikie - 4/22/2003 9:31:01 AM
  - Re: As per Austin Powers: The dirty dutch - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 10:37:43 AM

from Salon.com - McFly - 4/22/2003 4:41:57 PM
- Re: from Salon.com - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 4:54:15 PM

"Keep the sanctions!" - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 4:22:01 PM
- Forget the sanctions...What did the UN do with the $8 billion it already collected?? - Scott - 4/21/2003 4:35:32 PM
  - U.N., R.I.P. - Perspective - 4/21/2003 5:10:35 PM
    - Re: U.N., R.I.P. - LJ - 4/22/2003 4:51:48 PM
    - I wonder if the only reason we let the UN linger on... - Scott - 4/21/2003 7:17:54 PM
      - UN functions - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 7:55:54 PM
        
        The problem is if you raise the bar of membership... - Scott - 4/21/2003 8:08:48 AM
      - That's Very Possible - Perspective - 4/21/2003 7:38:36 PM
        
        I would agree to keep the UN, but marginalize it - Scott - 4/21/2003 7:59:35 PM
        
        Re: The UN - Raoul - 4/21/2003 9:46:07 AM

Museum looting - LL - 4/22/2003 4:32:47 PM
- That's me, being fumble-fingered as usual, not LL n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/22/2003 4:36:45 PM

Did the Hun make a deal with Saddam? - p - 4/21/2003 9:40:53 AM
- Or how about a prominent Labour Party politician... - Larry J - 4/21/2003 2:28:57 PM
  - Careful - don't confuse prominent with "loud-mouth" n/t (n/t) - Tony - 4/22/2003 4:34:10 PM
  - We're going to see a LOT of this kind of thing as documents come out. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 3:06:42 PM
  - Puts 'no blood for oil' in context. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/21/2003 2:43:06 PM

REUTERS: Iraqi Shi'ites Denounce U.S. 'Occupation' - Don - 4/22/2003 12:35:52 PM
- Iran is dumping agitators into Iraq like there's no tomorrow. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 4:06:00 PM
- Meanwhile: Cheers greet Garner in north Iraq - Don - 4/22/2003 12:39:59 PM
  - And then... - Don - 4/22/2003 12:46:22 PM

Imported cannon fodder in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 1:17:28 PM
- expertise - p - 4/22/2003 3:23:10 PM
- Don't you just feel terrible for them? - Scott - 4/22/2003 1:51:39 PM
  - I do, somewhat - pwokenyaw - 4/22/2003 3:19:57 PM
- Re: Many lessons in life are painful . . . - D. Spires - 4/21/2003 2:05:23 PM

B. Rutan for president! - Davin L. - 4/22/2003 3:02:07 PM

Be Careful Out There - alcaray - 4/22/2003 10:04:04 AM

I Knew It!!! - Perspective - 4/21/2003 2:49:18 PM
- Radicals never cease to amaze me - FrankC - 4/21/2003 4:03:32 PM
  - "There is no fetal homicide statute in New Jersey" - alcaray - 4/21/2003 5:10:18 PM
    - Point? - Perspective - 4/21/2003 5:22:39 PM
      - Point! - alcaray - 4/21/2003 6:09:30 PM
        
        Re: Point! - Perspective - 4/21/2003 6:31:58 PM
        
        I stand corrected. - alcaray - 4/21/2003 10:12:42 AM
        
        Isn't it the woman's choice? - Lee - 4/21/2003 6:25:00 PM
  - NOW should just quietly disband - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 12:23:30 PM

Iraqi 'Most-Wanted' Deck of Playing Cards . . . - D. Spires - 4/15/2003 3:18:26 PM
- Deck of 55, is this a French suited deck and who are the three Jokers ? n/t - €sunblok€ - 4/15/2003 5:05:43 PM
- A Late Idea - Perspective - 4/15/2003 3:36:18 PM
  - Re: A Late Idea - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 5:36:49 PM
    - Re: A Late Idea - Perspective - 4/15/2003 6:46:52 PM
      - Re: A Late Idea - gbaikie - 4/15/2003 7:32:54 PM
        
        Re: A Late Idea - p - 4/15/2003 7:37:48 PM
- Re: You might need to try connecting a few times . . . - D. Spires - 4/15/2003 3:22:03 PM
  - Newsmax has a similiar offer - Scott - 4/15/2003 3:29:49 PM
    - Re: Newsmax has a similiar offer - sadam hussein - 4/21/2003 4:41:10 PM

What is it with the airlines, anyway? - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2003 3:02:05 PM
- How much does SW charge for fares? - Lee - 4/20/2003 3:03:45 PM
  - Re: How much does SW charge for fares? - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 4:35:16 PM
- MBA Mentality - David F Mayer - 4/19/2003 4:40:50 PM
  - Sounds like a plausible answer to me. - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2003 5:56:23 PM
    - don't give Ted Kennedy an Idea - Scott - 4/21/2003 4:10:12 PM

New York Times reports some chemical weapons may have been destroyed just before war - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 4:37:16 PM
- Re: New York Times reports some chemical weapons may have been destroyed just before war - Scott - 4/21/2003 2:25:43 PM
- Don, did you see this? - REB - 4/21/2003 1:04:05 PM
  - Yes - Don - 4/21/2003 1:31:44 PM
    - "We shall see where this leads." My take on it too, right now. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 3:34:48 PM
- Re: New York Times reports some chemical weapons may have been destroyed just before war - Gary - 4/20/2003 6:18:48 PM

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