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Another thing to thank dnc leadership for: - ebnelson - 3/8/2003 3:54:17 PM

Human Shield effort falling apart in Baghdad - Matt Burley - 3/7/2003 6:36:31 PM
- Re: Human Shield effort falling apart in Baghdad - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2003 7:06:33 PM
  - Re: Human Shield effort falling apart in Baghdad - p - 3/8/2003 2:37:49 PM

Here we go... IRAQ BORDER BREACHED....all the latest news packed in one post - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/8/2003 1:35:56 PM

For those who think enron was evil - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/7/2003 8:51:12 PM

Bin Laden is Alive - Lindy - 3/6/2003 3:45:30 PM
- D'oh! - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 7:38:59 PM
  - I've said the same, but I hope he is alive... - Scott - 3/6/2003 8:56:45 PM
    - I've said the same, as well - alcaray - 3/7/2003 8:46:28 PM
      - Don't recall anyone saying it was (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2003 8:50:31 PM
- Re: Bin Laden is Alive - McFly - 3/6/2003 6:06:54 PM
  - I wonder if CBS interviews this guy... - Scott - 3/6/2003 6:40:42 PM
    - You have a point - Tony - 3/6/2003 7:22:25 PM

A monster died 50 years ago today... - Larry J - 3/5/2003 3:47:25 PM
- Another good article... - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 8:30:47 PM
- More... - Larry J - 3/5/2003 4:30:40 PM
  - And yet... - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 5:35:01 PM
    - Re: And yet... - alcaray - 3/5/2003 6:39:23 PM
      - Re: And yet... - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 7:13:06 PM
        
        Terminology - alcaray - 3/5/2003 7:25:43 PM
        
        Re: Terminology - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 7:39:25 PM
        
        Correct about rants - alcaray - 3/5/2003 9:53:32 AM
        
        I can't be - Lee - 3/5/2003 9:33:59 AM
        
        I grew up in a Marxist organization - alcaray - 3/5/2003 10:05:28 AM
        
        Re: I grew up in a Marxist organization - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 2:46:43 PM
        
        No I don't "know it". Please elaborate. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/6/2003 4:42:53 PM
        
        Geez. The "obtuse defense" again. - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 8:43:13 PM
        
        Re: Geez. The - alcaray - 3/6/2003 11:49:02 AM
        
        Well as a good Marxist... - Scott - 3/5/2003 10:26:36 AM
        
        Was your family so different? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 10:43:39 AM
        
        No not really - Scott - 3/5/2003 10:52:38 AM
        
        Ok. Lost train of thought - Scott - 3/5/2003 12:39:56 PM
        
        That's wit, right? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 10:57:19 AM
        
        Re: Huh? n/t (n/t) - Scott - 3/5/2003 11:07:18 AM
        
        We got disconnected somehow - alcaray - 3/5/2003 11:34:47 AM
        
        OK. I'm lost in Argumentation - Scott - 3/5/2003 12:42:03 PM
        
        That should read, "It can't be." (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 3/5/2003 9:42:57 AM
        
        You raise an interesting point...Concerning our peception of Nazism. (Rant on Historical Revisionism) - Scott - 3/5/2003 9:16:46 AM
        
        I don't think anyone is revising anything - alcaray - 3/5/2003 9:59:19 AM
        
        Keeping to my original point - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 3:01:22 PM
        
        Your point has wandered a bit - alcaray - 3/6/2003 4:53:36 PM
        
        No Marxists in classrooms? - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 9:02:09 AM
        
        You keep switching back and forth - alcaray - 3/6/2003 11:58:39 AM
        
        you have an interesting version of historical revisionism - Tony - 3/5/2003 9:58:27 AM
        
        Are you denying that Sadam is a Totalitarian Leader? - Scott - 3/5/2003 10:23:51 AM
        
        Saddam v. Hitler, a discomparison - Tony - 3/6/2003 3:54:02 PM
      - I never said that all dictators are Marxists... - Larry J - 3/5/2003 6:51:09 PM
        
        Re: I never said that all dictators are Marxists... - alcaray - 3/5/2003 6:57:52 PM
        
        Re: I never said that all dictators are Marxists... - Larry J - 3/5/2003 7:45:41 PM
        
        Re: I never said that all dictators are Marxists... - alcaray - 3/5/2003 10:24:39 AM
  - Whatever you do, don't call him "evil" that's too judgemental n/t (n/t) - p - 3/5/2003 5:18:23 PM
    - But of course. That would be wrong. - Larry J - 3/5/2003 6:34:22 PM
      - Re: Dictionary. - Raoul Lannoy - 3/5/2003 10:12:24 AM
        
        You just showed how "Old Europe" will be destroyed - Larry J - 3/5/2003 2:15:31 PM
        
        Re: LOL! - Raoul Lannoy - 3/6/2003 6:54:29 PM
        
        He who laughs last... - Larry J - 3/6/2003 4:18:37 PM
        
        Congrats, Larry - Tony - 3/6/2003 5:36:44 PM
        
        Guess again - Larry J - 3/6/2003 3:55:46 PM
        
        Where is the proof? - Tony - 3/7/2003 2:51:36 PM
        
        "Demographics is destiny" - Larry J - 3/7/2003 7:08:53 PM
        
        So you have nothing, nada, diddley, zippo zilch. n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/7/2003 7:19:02 PM
        
        Nope - Larry J - 3/7/2003 8:17:45 PM
        
        OPerhaps you have trouble understanding. Period. - Tony - 3/7/2003 8:34:59 PM
        
        One very big difference - Larry J - 3/7/2003 10:22:16 AM
        
        Re: Congrats, Larry - gbaikie - 3/6/2003 11:02:25 AM
        
        The backlash will come before it gets that far - Lee - 3/5/2003 5:38:40 PM
        
        Re: Dictionary. - gbaikie - 3/5/2003 11:01:55 AM
      - Re: But of course. That would be wrong. - p - 3/5/2003 9:40:52 AM
        
        Re: But of course. That would be wrong. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 3:03:54 PM
- Re: A monster died 50 years ago today... - Raoul - 3/5/2003 9:56:31 AM

AP: "Saddam's popularity among Arab masses may be waning" - Larry J - 3/7/2003 7:24:04 PM
- We are faceing a facist menace... - Scott - 3/7/2003 10:56:32 AM

VDH: "Postmodern War" - Larry J - 3/7/2003 7:13:13 PM

Drudge us REALLY teasing us now... - Matt Burley - 3/6/2003 9:50:37 AM
- Further proof that this is not a news site ;-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/7/2003 2:53:54 PM
- what Bush is gonna say... - p - 3/6/2003 10:41:06 AM
  - Either way...I'm keeping a bottle of French Champaign nearby... - Scott - 3/6/2003 10:47:58 AM
- You said it...Rumor has it the US is going to move troops away from the DMZ!!! - Scott - 3/6/2003 10:03:58 AM

Americans are killing captives in Afganistan - Anne Leftleaner - 3/7/2003 2:46:34 PM

NEWSFLASH - Castro reelected - SDG - 3/7/2003 11:57:54 AM
- is this like Saddam getting 100% of the vote?? (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/7/2003 2:04:03 PM

Alistair Cooke article: "Peace For Our Time." - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2003 12:11:53 PM

I told you the war was all about oil and lining the pockets of Bush & Cheney's cronies! - Anne Leftleaner - 3/7/2003 11:47:10 AM

American taliban assulted in prison - Scott - 3/6/2003 5:21:28 PM
- John Walker Lindh is a kid - Lindy - 3/6/2003 7:23:55 PM
  - Re: John Walker Lindh is a kid - "Scott" - 3/6/2003 8:48:38 PM
    - Kids - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 9:09:39 AM
      - I didn't intend it as a cheap shot at her kids... - Scott - 3/6/2003 9:51:52 AM
  - Re: John Walker Lindh is a kid - McFly - 3/6/2003 8:28:29 PM
    - Oh, but that's different! - Larry J - 3/6/2003 8:41:44 PM
    - Observations - Lindy - 3/6/2003 4:13:36 PM
  - He's older than a lot of our troops in Kuwait - Larry J - 3/6/2003 8:05:38 PM
    - Re: He's older than a lot of our troops - Lindy - 3/6/2003 8:22:10 PM
      - Back to those web sites again... - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 8:36:56 PM
  - Re: John Walker Lindh - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 7:36:31 PM
  - His fate over there? - ebnelson - 3/6/2003 2:02:31 PM

My response to this topic of "Should they torture terrorists or not"? - Jacob Samorodin - 3/6/2003 6:35:18 PM
- No Torture, No Way!!! - FrankC - 3/6/2003 8:40:47 PM
  - Sounds like rotating shift work - Larry J - 3/6/2003 8:47:23 PM
- They are gonna accuse the US of torture either way... - Scott - 3/6/2003 6:50:22 PM
  - Good point about definitions. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/6/2003 7:08:46 PM

Just who exactly are the protesters protecting... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/5/2003 2:12:24 PM
- Will you stop with your sophism? - Lindy - 3/5/2003 4:47:05 PM
  - If his position means nothing then............ - RNE - 3/6/2003 4:42:17 PM
    - The Right to Have an Opinion, even if it Means Nothing - Lindy - 3/6/2003 5:16:01 PM
      - Re: The Right to Have an Opinion, even if it Means Nothing - RNE - 3/6/2003 5:37:55 PM
        
        Opinions - Lindy - 3/6/2003 6:29:44 PM
        
        Point of view - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 8:22:37 PM
  - Re: Will you stop with your sophism? - McFly - 3/6/2003 4:16:23 PM
    - Presumptuous you ask? - Lindy - 3/6/2003 6:59:55 PM
      - Re: Presumptuous you ask? - McFly - 3/6/2003 8:41:30 PM
  - "Moral Conscience" - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/6/2003 4:04:23 PM
  - expand on your outrageous claim - p - 3/6/2003 1:41:36 PM
    - Re: expand on your outrageous claim - Lindy - 3/6/2003 7:08:44 PM
      - Re: expand on your outrageous claim - p - 3/6/2003 10:46:52 AM
  - "Your point of view means nothing" - ebnelson - 3/6/2003 1:31:00 PM

Well, here's one Democrat who's ready to kick Saddam's ass! - Matt Burley - 3/5/2003 4:09:14 PM
- Her husband smells victory - ebnelson - 3/5/2003 4:28:40 PM
  - I think Hillary smells the White House in 2008! - Matt Burley - 3/5/2003 4:31:48 PM
    - Re: I think Hillary smells the White House in 2008! - ebnelson - 3/6/2003 1:29:55 PM
      - Re: I think Hillary smells - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 7:40:37 PM
        
        Bad smell or not. But right now she's the only Democrat with a hope of winning. - Scott - 3/6/2003 10:06:07 AM

Impeach Bush and stop the war on Iraq! - Anne Leftleaner - 3/6/2003 6:06:11 PM

The genesis of the "anti-war" protests... - Larry J - 3/3/2003 6:46:38 PM
- Dawn breaks over the liberal media? - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2003 6:52:37 PM
  - but not over your head - Tony - 3/3/2003 8:41:16 PM
  - You know Tom... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/3/2003 7:12:54 PM
  - To "rightists" and anyone else uncomfortable with democratic institutions: - alcaray - 3/3/2003 10:44:09 AM
    - Re: To "rightists" - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2003 7:10:41 PM
      - Re: To - alcaray - 3/4/2003 3:55:24 PM
        
        And then there's this... - Larry J - 3/4/2003 8:40:43 PM
        
        Why the need to discredit those who disagree? - alcaray - 3/4/2003 10:39:46 AM
        
        He discredits himself - Larry J - 3/4/2003 10:57:33 AM
        
        Who the heck cares what David Taylor says, whoever he is? - alcaray - 3/4/2003 11:10:07 AM
        
        He's one of the organizers - Larry J - 3/4/2003 3:45:19 PM
        
        You are a mean-spirited son of a gun n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 4:23:15 PM
        
        No, I just value hard objective truth over political bullshit and fantasy. - Larry J - 3/5/2003 5:00:04 PM
        
        And if you believe that, - Tony - 3/5/2003 5:54:29 PM
        
        Re: And if you believe that, - Larry J - 3/5/2003 6:13:51 PM
        
        You're quoting Russell? (n/t) - Tony - 3/5/2003 7:30:14 PM
        
        Yeah, and if it hadn't been for all those protesters in the 70s - alcaray - 3/5/2003 7:14:10 PM
        
        Some have noted that those protests stopped immediately after the draft ended... - Larry J - 3/5/2003 8:37:35 PM
        
        Why we lost the Viet Nam War - alcaray - 3/5/2003 10:41:30 AM
        
        Try reading some history - Larry J - 3/6/2003 2:32:39 PM
        
        Certainly I have read history on this - alcaray - 3/6/2003 5:18:58 PM
        
        Re: Why we lost the Viet Nam War - gbaikie - 3/5/2003 1:28:43 PM
        
        Re: Yeah, and we might have won. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 8:17:41 PM
        
        Guess again - Larry J - 3/4/2003 8:27:48 PM
        
        Re: Guess again - alcaray - 3/4/2003 11:42:34 AM
        
        Re: Guess again - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 1:52:51 PM
        
        Those polls are at least a couple weeks old... - Larry J - 3/4/2003 1:19:40 PM

Missile defense a top priority... - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 12:48:52 PM
- Color me skeptical - Larry J - 3/5/2003 8:56:50 PM
  - Re: Color me skeptical - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/6/2003 10:47:29 AM
- My guess is that it is true, and that is the reason for stepped up tensions... - Scott - 3/5/2003 4:04:59 PM
  - So it was not Bush who a month ago offered NK aid in return for end to nuclear activities? n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/5/2003 5:59:53 PM
- Another thing to thank the dnc 'leadership' for: - ebnelson - 3/5/2003 2:25:33 PM
- It's true. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2003 3:15:31 PM
  - Star Wars Part II - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2003 4:14:05 PM
    - Another Boondoggle? - Lindy - 3/4/2003 5:46:32 PM
      - Re: Another Boondoggle? - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 7:52:33 PM
        
        Anyone with a sailboat can deliver a nuke to America - alcaray - 3/5/2003 11:57:59 AM
        
        Re: Anyone with a sailboat can deliver a nuke - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 9:21:41 AM
        
        Re: Anyone with a sailboat can deliver a nuke - alcaray - 3/6/2003 5:05:36 PM
        
        When North Korea scraps its missile program, and starts building sailboats, get back to me. - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 9:23:49 AM
        
        Well thank God North Korea has no sail boats! - alcaray - 3/6/2003 12:26:46 PM
        
        Security legislation - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 3:56:33 PM
        
        I propose the Strategic Sailboat Defense Initiative n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/5/2003 12:18:29 PM

Suggested use of duct tape for Homeland Security - Jack Herer - 3/6/2003 1:00:09 PM
- Now THAT's a Good One! (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 3/6/2003 3:30:02 PM

If you thought the Daisy Cutter was a big deal... - Larry J - 3/4/2003 1:54:35 PM
- and so the drooling begins....n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/6/2003 3:13:01 PM
- Pretty bomb! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 6:45:12 PM
  - Worthy of doing a Slim Pickins on! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 6:45:58 PM
    - Be my guest, but I really wouldn't recommend it. - Larry J - 3/5/2003 6:52:09 PM
- what a great site! - McFly - 3/5/2003 2:59:20 PM
  - Re: what a great site! - Larry J - 3/5/2003 3:38:55 PM
    - Re: what a great site! - McFly - 3/5/2003 5:44:56 PM
      - Thanks, I was having trouble finding the link - Larry J - 3/5/2003 6:07:22 PM
- Re: If you thought the Daisy Cutter was a big deal... - R.L. - 3/4/2003 6:13:19 PM

Mary McGrory alters her position. Again. - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 12:44:56 PM
- Re: Mary McGrory alters her position. Again. - gbaikie - 3/6/2003 2:32:29 PM

Iraqi dirty tricks...one of what promises to be a long series - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2003 11:55:06 AM

Iraq wins the praise of environmentalists! - Scott - 3/6/2003 10:25:08 AM
- BWAAH HAH HA HAHA HAH!!!!!..... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/6/2003 10:34:12 AM

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