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SARS - pay attention, folks, this could end up being bigger than Iraq - LJ - 3/26/2003 5:13:45 PM
- Let's just hope it doesn't become a replay of the 1918 influenza pandemic - Larry J - 3/27/2003 3:33:27 PM
- Re: SARS - pay attention, folks, this could end up being bigger than Iraq - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 3:32:48 PM
  - SARS latest info - LJ - 3/27/2003 4:34:56 PM
    - PS - 4% of 6 billion = approx the population of the US n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/27/2003 4:37:47 PM
      - Yes, but that assumes its so contagious everyone gots it once in their lives, like the common cold - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 5:44:26 PM
        
        Re: Yes, but that assumes its so contagious everyone gots it once in their lives, like the common cold - LJ - 3/27/2003 6:47:24 PM
        
        Well, not to be a downer but... Even Worse... - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 7:59:21 PM
        
        A "what if..." - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:02:02 AM
- Re: SARS - pay attention, folks, this could end up being bigger than Iraq - REB - 3/27/2003 2:33:29 PM
  - Re: SARS - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:25:29 PM
- A pretty good article in WP on the disease - FrankC - 3/26/2003 6:16:52 PM
- Re: SARS - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 5:32:39 PM

Al Jazeera footage... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:58:32 PM
- Re: Al Jazeera footage... - RobVG - 3/27/2003 7:12:57 PM
  - Re: Al Jazeera footage... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 12:21:20 PM
  - Re: Al Jazeera footage... - Marcia - 3/27/2003 9:10:51 AM
    - I wouldn't be a party to it - FrankC - 3/27/2003 1:47:44 PM
    - Thanks, but that's not what I saw. - RobVG - 3/27/2003 9:26:11 AM
      - The link - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:56:27 AM
        
        Re: Yes, they look different. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/27/2003 10:39:00 AM
        
        Yes - RobVG - 3/27/2003 10:02:35 AM
        
        scr VS src (blush) n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 3/27/2003 10:05:05 AM
        
        Dyslexia happens.... n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/27/2003 10:14:33 AM
        
        Re: Thanks, guys! n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/27/2003 10:32:04 AM
        
        Sure - RobVG - 3/27/2003 10:55:27 AM
      - Re: Can you try again, Rob? - Marcia - 3/27/2003 9:50:38 AM
- Tom Brosz, LJ, Larry J., McFly, Davin L. Way to go bros, AL-JAZEERA outgoing! - €sunblok€ - 3/27/2003 7:11:00 PM
  - No, must be Microsoft... A clumsy attack that has only worked on 50% (n/t) - Daviin L. - 3/27/2003 7:55:36 PM

It's an ill wind... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 7:45:17 PM
- The sands of Irakis are rich with history - Lee - 3/27/2003 1:08:59 PM

wit and wisdom, it may be overated, but its fun too say - Son of Dan - 3/25/2003 6:34:03 PM
- Bouncing email - Robert - 3/27/2003 6:44:08 PM
- Re: wit and wisdom, it may be overated, but its fun too say - REB - 3/27/2003 6:30:41 PM
  - September 10th - REB - 3/27/2003 7:00:53 PM
- I have thought that a thousand times (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 3/26/2003 1:44:19 PM

National Health Care still lurking out there... - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 8:50:07 PM
- Priorities. Not to worry. - Bowser - 3/26/2003 3:23:58 PM
  - OK but you are forgetting the Republican willingness to borrow whatever it takes - alcaray - 3/26/2003 7:22:54 PM
  - The way you say it - FrankC - 3/26/2003 3:36:00 PM
  - Yep - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 3:26:36 PM
- Yayyy John Conyers! Up with socialized medicine! The real right to life movement! :-) (nt) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 2:39:45 PM
  - God, I wish they still taught economics in schools. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 4:19:55 PM
    - God, I wish they taught common sense where you went to school (nt) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 4:39:05 PM
      - common sense - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 4:54:27 PM
        
        Funny how they've never been able to make Medicare work... - Larry J - 3/26/2003 5:36:29 PM
        
        It's good to be an engineer. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 5:54:46 PM
        
        Economic unobtainium - Larry J - 3/26/2003 6:28:14 PM
        
        Watching this orgy of chior practice with great enjoyment (NT) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 7:35:34 PM
        
        While your "economics of wishful thinking" is rather pathetic - Larry J - 3/26/2003 7:44:32 PM
        
        You don't even know my economic tastes, just my prod at tom. - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 8:09:26 PM
        
        If you support nationalised health care... - Larry J - 3/26/2003 8:19:34 PM
        
        Riiiight, Larry.... - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 8:40:31 PM
        
        Have you actually lived under government ran health care? - Larry J - 3/26/2003 8:58:58 PM
        
        Works pretty well in Canada, actually... n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/26/2003 10:40:20 AM
        
        Re: Works pretty well in Canada, actually... n/t - McFly - 3/26/2003 12:33:54 PM
        
        Then why do so many Canadians come south for medical care? nt (n/t) - Larry J - 3/26/2003 10:52:20 AM
        
        Very few do, actually - LJ - 3/26/2003 1:55:16 PM
        
        Yes, and for much longer than you. - Tony - 3/26/2003 9:42:53 AM
        
        a little now, more later - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 9:28:04 AM
        
        Why I say Medicare doesn't work... - Larry J - 3/26/2003 10:15:14 AM
        
        Wow, shiver me timbers! - Davin OhSoSurprised L. - 3/26/2003 12:55:50 PM
        
        You can cover your ears and pretend the problems don't exist... - Larry J - 3/27/2003 3:37:02 PM
        
        awww, how cute! You learned Sarcasm! - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 6:43:01 PM
        
        Medicare - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 2:47:25 PM
        
        Myths? - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 2:28:25 PM

Thanks again, weasels - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 5:58:09 PM
- Oil for food. - RobVG - 3/27/2003 4:32:23 PM
  - Ah. "Milburn Drysdale" syndrome. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:12:03 PM
    - lol. Acutally who I thought he was. Good one (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/27/2003 6:30:33 PM
  - And now you see why they want the US to go through the UN for reconstruction... - Larry J - 3/27/2003 5:21:00 PM
  - 500 not likely per year. Total?(n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/27/2003 4:39:08 PM
    - No, that was probably right. - RobVG - 3/27/2003 4:50:49 PM
  - Screw the UN Oil for food program... - Scott - 3/27/2003 9:17:09 AM
- UN Security Council should do something more meaningful...like going bowling or see a movie n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 3/27/2003 1:18:18 PM
- At the end of the day, we will roll them over. - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 12:59:20 PM

Iraq propaganda mill - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 4:24:29 PM
- My god, tom, you have stumbled on something! - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 4:28:50 PM
  - Just wait - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 5:30:06 PM
    - Hey robert! - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 3:35:07 PM
      - Not that funny... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:18:52 PM
        
        Re: Not that funny... - McFly - 3/27/2003 6:30:06 PM
      - Re: Hey davin! - Robert - 3/27/2003 4:01:49 PM
        
        Re: Hey davin! - McFly - 3/27/2003 4:19:14 PM
        
        More like the Half-Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - Larry J - 3/27/2003 5:22:43 PM
        
        I've been selling membership cards...Its a great 2nd income source - Scott - 3/27/2003 4:31:50 PM
        
        It's funny how obvious it is that your own guys are not conspirators... - alcaray - 3/27/2003 5:38:02 PM

A couple new entries from Iraqi blogger - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 4:32:09 PM
- Interesting - FrankC - 3/26/2003 6:00:32 PM
  - Re: Interesting - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 6:03:17 PM
    - "Bombing us into Democracy" - Lindy - 3/26/2003 7:03:02 PM
      - It worked for Japan, Germany, and Italy - Larry J - 3/27/2003 2:37:02 PM
        
        One big difference... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:14:37 PM

31 marines wounded in "friendly fire" - LJ - 3/27/2003 4:44:39 PM
- No one ever said that war was a good thing... - Larry J - 3/27/2003 5:09:58 PM
  - I never said "no war is ever justified" - LJ - 3/27/2003 6:14:14 PM

SARS - R.L. - 3/27/2003 5:50:09 PM

Kevelar: Don't leave home without it. - Larry J - 3/27/2003 5:17:44 PM
- Ridge suggests duct tape for US civilians. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 3/27/2003 11:29:38 AM

Journalistic Subtlety - An Analysis Re: Kurds - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2003 4:49:29 PM

No end to Bush's perfidy........ - Publius - 3/25/2003 12:58:43 PM
- Cheney-halliburton links - LJ - 3/25/2003 6:46:59 PM
  - Re: Cheney-halliburton links - Robert - 3/26/2003 5:23:51 PM
    - Re: Cheney-halliburton links - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 5:57:23 PM
      - My head would explode! - Robert - 3/26/2003 6:33:33 PM
        
        Money and power - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 8:02:01 PM
        
        Actually, Tom... - Robert - 3/26/2003 8:25:13 PM
        
        Did you bother checking Lynn Cheney's holdings? - Lindy - 3/26/2003 4:41:05 PM
        
        Yes - Robert - 3/27/2003 4:39:29 PM
- Going to get Volkswagen outlawed... - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 3:09:14 PM
- I guess he should have kept his stock in it them hu? That was stupid of him ;-) n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/25/2003 1:55:55 PM
  - No one is this naive. - Bowser - 3/25/2003 2:00:31 PM
    - That sounds like a good mission for you there Bowser - Justin Kelly - 3/25/2003 2:42:06 PM
      - Justin, you are arguing with a guy who couldn't even find a protest good enough to join - ebnelson - 3/25/2003 5:09:34 PM
      - OK. You win!! Someone is. - Bowser - 3/25/2003 2:56:41 PM
        
        burden of proof is on you, show me the money big dog n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/25/2003 2:59:20 PM
        
        Do you really think . . . - Bowser - 3/25/2003 3:30:05 PM
        
        Re: Better Halliburton than Enron. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/26/2003 3:38:18 PM
    - You are more so daily. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/25/2003 2:11:11 PM
- And how is this perfidy? - ebnelson - 3/25/2003 1:48:36 PM
- None. - Bowser - 3/25/2003 1:26:52 PM
  - Putting out fires - LJ - 3/25/2003 1:41:18 PM
    - Well you gotta pay to play...Just ask France and Russia... - Scott - 3/25/2003 2:41:53 PM
    - Payback for Canada's stance? - FrankC - 3/25/2003 2:28:34 PM
      - Re: Payback for Canada's stance? - LJ - 3/25/2003 2:37:25 PM
- And how exactly does this enrich Dick Cheney? - Matt Burley - 3/25/2003 1:19:02 PM

Reports that Saddam's henchmen have massacred hundreds of Kurds - Matt Burley - 3/27/2003 3:52:46 PM
- Sounds like it's payback time. - Larry J - 3/27/2003 4:36:24 PM

Jesse Jackson calls for a truce - Scott - 3/27/2003 2:59:30 PM
- What a poltroon he is. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 3:31:22 PM

The AlQueda-Iraq smoking gun found? - Scott - 3/27/2003 11:26:37 AM
- Makes more sense than the US and Pakistan. - Bowser - 3/27/2003 1:52:41 PM

Bush, Blair stand united on war - Bowser - 3/27/2003 1:48:01 PM

SARS - more to think about - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:32:09 AM
- Re: Airlines to Screen Travelers for SARS . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 11:06:14 AM

Iraqi opinion, continued... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 9:34:35 AM

Saddam intercepted on the web! - p - 3/27/2003 9:12:19 AM
- Re: X^D . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 9:31:50 AM

Okay, what's THIS all about? - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 5:24:39 PM
- A MSNBC embedded reporter gave a report from a Kuwaiti airfield. - Lee - 3/26/2003 7:40:06 PM
- Re: Okay, what's THIS all about? - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 5:46:31 PM
- I think that means Allah is about to run out of virgins - Matt Burley - 3/26/2003 5:40:36 PM
  - The ironic thing is . . . - Bowser - 3/26/2003 6:20:57 PM
    - I don't hold either belief so I guess I can sneer all I want n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 3/26/2003 7:51:32 PM
      - I'm a fundamentalist Athiest ;-) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 8:06:46 PM
        
        I've been a Fundamentalist Agnostic for over 20 years - Larry J - 3/26/2003 8:47:59 PM
        
        Re: I've been a Fundamentalist Agnostic for over 20 years - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 8:50:37 PM
        
        Re: I've been a Fundamentalist Agnostic for over 20 years - gbaikie - 3/26/2003 1:19:47 PM
        
        I consider myself more agnostic than atheist as well. - Lee - 3/26/2003 11:11:17 AM
        
        Easy It's creation - Mark Eby - 3/26/2003 12:28:45 PM
        
        Thats as good as any other.... - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 12:59:14 PM
        
        War IS Bad, Unfortunately There Are Worse Things N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 3/26/2003 3:32:55 PM
    - wit and wisdom, it may be overated, but it's fun to say, III - Son of Dan - 3/26/2003 6:45:23 PM
    - Bowser...(ugh...argh..ouch) .has got a good point - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 6:30:14 PM
- Heh, heh, heh - Larry J - 3/26/2003 5:29:28 PM
  - Re: Heh, heh, heh - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 5:50:49 PM
    - Re: Heh, heh, heh - RNE - 3/26/2003 12:41:34 PM
- Re: Sand storms shoud be subsiding by now. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/26/2003 5:28:34 PM
- Shooting Gallery - RNE - 3/26/2003 12:47:51 PM

Senate votes to slash tax cuts in half - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 8:04:47 PM
- Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Mark Eby - 3/26/2003 3:06:08 PM
- I'm not sure right now is a good time for tax cuts - SDG - 3/25/2003 8:26:32 PM
  - Tax cuts explained - LJ - 3/25/2003 8:49:23 PM
    - I like your reply better than mine...;-) (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 3/25/2003 9:34:29 AM
      - Doonesbury - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 10:43:18 AM
        
        Gingrich Where He Belongs - Mark Eby - 3/26/2003 3:21:04 PM
        
        We know, Tom, we know n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/25/2003 10:50:09 AM
        
        Re: We know - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 11:15:41 AM
  - Re: I'm not sure right now is a good time for tax cuts - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 8:39:33 PM
    - willful tunnel vision - Robert - 3/25/2003 9:27:22 AM
      - Re: willful tunnel vision - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 10:20:59 AM
        
        $75bill is just the cost of running the military for 1 month. I predict the total bill will be at least 5 times that. More likely 10 times. n/t. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/25/2003 12:19:41 PM
        
        Senate cuts cuts - LJ - 3/25/2003 10:35:11 AM
        
        Re: Senate cuts cuts - Marcia - 3/25/2003 10:56:15 AM
      - Static verses dynamic analysis - Larry J - 3/25/2003 9:45:47 AM
        
        Two variables versus three - Robert - 3/25/2003 10:05:15 AM
        
        The problem is the rate of growth in spending - Larry J - 3/25/2003 10:44:59 AM
        
        N-variables, and nonlinearity - Robert - 3/25/2003 12:18:08 PM
        
        Re: N-variables, and nonlinearity - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 4:43:39 PM
        
        Waste - Robert - 3/25/2003 4:50:30 PM
        
        Re: My old age. Feeling about 80 right now anyway. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 8:26:59 PM
        
        I can tell. Try to relax a little, Tom. (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 3/26/2003 3:46:14 PM
        
        Thanks, I will. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 8:06:51 PM
        
        Re: The problem is the rate of growth in spending - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 11:11:26 AM
        
        Re: The problem is the rate of growth in spending - Robert - 3/25/2003 12:23:34 PM
        
        agreed - SDG - 3/25/2003 11:14:21 AM
        
        Re: agreed - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 11:16:48 AM
        
        confessions of a deficit spender - SDG - 3/25/2003 11:43:00 AM
        
        Re: confessions of a deficit spender - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 3:28:14 PM
        
        Re: Two variables versus three - SDG - 3/25/2003 10:20:24 AM
        
        Well said: 'rationing tax cuts and spending' (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 3/25/2003 12:32:58 PM
        
        Re: Static verses dynamic analysis - Marcia - 3/25/2003 9:55:40 AM
        
        Tax the sports stars more, too... n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/25/2003 10:14:30 AM
        
        I'm shocked! - Robert - 3/25/2003 10:06:32 AM
        
        Re: I'm shocked! - Marcia - 3/25/2003 10:30:18 AM
        
        Re: I'm shocked! - Robert - 3/25/2003 12:31:41 PM
        
        in the same boat - SDG - 3/25/2003 11:26:54 AM

Some OTHER signs seen at protests... - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 7:52:04 PM
- Re: Some OTHER signs seen at protests... - D. Spires - 3/26/2003 10:45:24 AM

Iraqi casualties - Raoul - 3/26/2003 7:14:59 PM
- What goes up must come down. - Lee - 3/26/2003 7:50:27 PM
- Conflicting reports - Larry J - 3/26/2003 7:43:02 PM
- Wait on this one. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 7:27:51 PM
- It will happen again. - Scott - 3/26/2003 9:36:20 AM

Sabbatical from the media - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 7:47:20 PM
- What goes around comes around... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 12:09:44 PM
- WOW. Ritter is probably going to get his butt kicked if he ever runs into a real US Marine - Scott - 3/26/2003 10:39:47 AM

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