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The Bride of Frankenstein - Lindy - 3/3/2003 6:06:25 PM
- A pretty good theory on why we're going to war. - Lee - 3/4/2003 8:45:09 PM
  - interesting indeed - McFly - 3/4/2003 2:47:24 PM
    - Near term and long term - Larry J - 3/4/2003 3:30:03 PM
      - Ideas - Lindy - 3/4/2003 5:29:34 PM
        
        Re: Ideas - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 8:56:53 PM
        
        Thanks Tom - Lindy - 3/5/2003 12:34:38 PM

"Now, who will help me eat the bread?" - Little Red Hen - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 8:06:04 PM
- Of course we will. - Scott - 3/5/2003 8:48:17 PM

Sharpton update... - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2003 7:08:58 PM

Why we will go to war without the UN - Scott - 3/5/2003 4:21:22 PM
- Basically because the UN is unethical, immoral, corrupt, foolish, and irrelevant - and we're not n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 3/5/2003 4:33:44 PM
  - Re: LOL ! (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul Lannoy - 3/5/2003 6:29:03 PM
    - Oui, c’est un peu exagere, et je savais que tu allais rigoler! - Matt Burley - 3/5/2003 6:58:44 PM
      - Is this some perverted terrorist encoding of messages? n/t (n/t) - p - 3/5/2003 9:42:05 AM
        
        Osama a de longues moustaches. Je repete...n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 3/5/2003 10:43:28 AM
        
        Re: Evidemment, mon vieux et pourquoi s'en priver? (n/t)orist encoding of messages? n/t (n/t) - Raoul Lannoy - 3/5/2003 10:16:45 AM
  - And can be counted on to always agree with us. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 11:00:43 AM
    - Can't, I meant. drat n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2003 11:01:28 AM

Interesting interview in Der Spiegel... - Larry J - 3/5/2003 4:21:24 PM
- Very interesting! - Gary - 3/5/2003 4:52:00 PM

Intelligence services announce yet another lead to the entire solar system - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 4:59:35 PM
- Tom, they are smoking him out. - ebnelson - 3/4/2003 5:13:52 PM
  - Re: Tom, they are smoking him out. - Scott - 3/5/2003 4:27:25 PM
  - Re: Tom, they are smoking him out. - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 5:15:41 PM

Military tribunals - We may soon have a trial or two! - Scott - 3/5/2003 10:59:06 AM
- I doubt it, for security reasons - Matt Burley - 3/5/2003 4:22:59 PM

Another Democrat makes a fool of herself by justifying Radical Islam's place in the Middle East - Scott - 3/5/2003 12:55:19 PM
- Yes - gbaikie - 3/5/2003 2:17:18 PM
- Re: Another Democrat makes a fool of herself by justifying Radical Islam's place in the Middle East - Marcia - 3/5/2003 1:48:38 PM

Anybody else fasting for peace....Er. I mean Ash Wednesday? - Scott - 3/5/2003 12:50:30 PM

How to get Kahleed Mohammed to talk - p - 3/5/2003 9:55:33 AM
- I saw this one this morning - Larry J - 3/5/2003 10:07:37 AM

Catching the bad guys...and being obsessed with Bush - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2003 8:27:03 PM
- Link being obsessed with Bush - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2003 8:28:07 PM

Now THAT'S funny! - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 8:04:10 PM

Leaders possessed by evil!!! - p - 3/4/2003 7:25:49 PM
- Re: Opposites - Raoul Lannoy - 3/4/2003 9:46:28 AM
  - 'good and evil is old fashioned'? - ebnelson - 3/4/2003 4:38:29 PM
  - Re: Opposites - p - 3/4/2003 10:00:36 AM

Hollywood worried about another blacklist episode - Scott - 3/4/2003 4:06:14 PM
- Must be a fantasy sequence - alcaray - 3/4/2003 6:38:06 PM
- The marketplace will be the ultimate authority on this - Larry J - 3/4/2003 5:37:58 PM

Basic Liberties being taken away from Afghani citizens - SM - 3/4/2003 2:37:21 PM
- Re: Basic Liberties - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2003 4:51:53 PM
- Re: More on Basic Liberties - SM - 3/4/2003 2:44:34 PM
  - Re: Afghans facing Taliban-like rule by post-Taliban governor Ismail Khan - Success_Machine - 3/4/2003 3:08:15 PM
    - Re: Afghanistan: Warlords Face International Criminal Court on May 1, 2003. - Marcia - 3/4/2003 4:47:58 PM

A Vietnam Era protestor asked, "Was I That Stupid?" - Larry J - 3/3/2003 4:18:34 PM
- Thanks Larry. Excellent Piece. n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2003 4:49:17 PM
- Re: A Vietnam Era protestor - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2003 4:28:48 PM
  - Re: A Vietnam Era protestor - p - 3/3/2003 6:07:46 PM
    - Re: A Vietnam Era protestor - gbaikie - 3/3/2003 4:38:03 PM

Value and Price, How much? - Johannes - 3/1/2003 7:10:45 PM
- Iraqi convoy bombed and strafed as it ran away from Kuwait? - Matt Burley - 3/1/2003 7:31:24 PM
  - Re: Iraqi convoy bombed Kuwait? - Johannes - 3/2/2003 9:39:51 AM
    - Who are you to define pain and suffering... - Anne Leftleaner - 3/3/2003 4:37:53 PM
      - I think the survivors of the Iraqi army slaughtered so cruelly in 1991 - ebnelson - 3/3/2003 4:52:48 PM
      - Re: Matt and Anne AGREE ?????????? - Johannes - 3/3/2003 4:34:54 PM
        
        You're joking, right? - Matt Burley - 3/4/2003 1:19:10 PM
        
        Re: Yes, no, no, and no - Johannes - 3/4/2003 3:49:45 PM
    - Some thoughts - Matt Burley - 3/2/2003 11:07:12 AM

What if dealing with dictators... - Raoul Lannoy - 3/3/2003 8:18:07 PM
- Re: What if dealing with dictators... - Larry J - 3/3/2003 8:35:09 PM
- Re: What if dealing with dictators... - ebnelson - 3/3/2003 4:50:19 PM

"The Horrors of 'Peace'" - Larry J - 3/3/2003 8:11:59 PM

Ya gotta love Condi! - Bowser - 3/1/2003 1:27:45 PM
- Tom and Gary: Anglicized spelling - Robert - 3/2/2003 4:39:27 PM
  - Modifying source material - Gary - 3/2/2003 5:24:28 PM
    - The footnote wasn't there when I first checked the article. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2003 8:03:07 PM
    - What modification of source material? - Robert - 3/2/2003 5:54:02 PM
- I hope it's true... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/2/2003 10:10:08 AM
- Memo text - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2003 5:09:18 PM
  - This 'scoop' is to serve only one purpose - ebnelson - 3/1/2003 5:22:34 PM
- Got sucked in by the Guardian - Gary - 3/1/2003 5:00:09 PM

Shock! Islamists behaving badly! - p - 3/1/2003 3:08:31 PM
- Re: Children, not islamists - Raoul Lannoy - 3/1/2003 3:40:08 PM
- Mirror that nightmare through all the overrun neighborhoods... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/1/2003 3:35:39 PM
  - The European governments had better get a grip on reality, and fast. - Lee - 3/3/2003 7:27:09 PM
    - and i's obvious that neither of you have the slightest f-ing clue about Europe. - Tony - 3/3/2003 10:06:27 AM

Another Iraqi official bites the dust - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2003 6:57:51 PM
- Re: Another Iraqi official bites the dust - p - 3/3/2003 7:21:43 PM

Loose lips? - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2003 4:20:35 PM
- Re: Loose lips? - Robert E. B. - 3/3/2003 6:17:53 PM
  - Re: Loose lips? - p - 3/3/2003 6:37:19 PM
    - Re: Loose lips? - Robert E. B. - 3/3/2003 7:00:13 PM

Major Iraqi opposition groups unite to form leadership council and 'prepare for liberation' - Matt Burley - 3/1/2003 2:55:13 PM
- Iraq may be uniquely situated to progess quickly - ebnelson - 3/1/2003 5:40:11 PM
  - Not only that... - Scott - 3/3/2003 6:48:50 PM
- Do they ever learn? - Bowser - 3/1/2003 4:24:49 PM
  - Re:Forgotten - Raoul Lannoy - 3/2/2003 7:06:22 PM
  - Bad news for Bow-wow, as commerce and confidence grow in Kabul - Matt Burley - 3/2/2003 10:31:58 AM
  - Re: Do they ever learn? - gbaikie - 3/2/2003 9:36:32 AM
  - Japan and Germany had free press exactly when and how? - ebnelson - 3/1/2003 5:08:51 PM
    - Re: Germany's free press - Raoul Lannoy - 3/2/2003 9:55:30 AM
      - You demonstrated the syndrome of 'Euro short term memory loss' perfectly. - ebnelson - 3/2/2003 7:10:20 PM
        
        Re:and ... - Raoul Lannoy - 3/2/2003 9:03:10 AM
      - The context. - Bowser - 3/2/2003 4:30:20 PM
        
        Re: How did that come about? - Marcia - 3/2/2003 5:33:08 PM
        
        I doubt you know! - Bowser - 3/2/2003 8:35:14 PM
        
        Japan didn't declare war on the US... - Larry J - 3/3/2003 11:09:06 AM
        
        Re: Feel free to doubt... - Marcia - 3/2/2003 9:11:43 AM
        
        Re: Feel free to doubt... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/2/2003 9:26:26 AM

Playing tricks? - Raoul Lannoy - 3/2/2003 1:19:40 PM
- Re: Playing tricks? - McFly - 3/3/2003 6:30:18 PM
- Discussed earlier. a not-too-credible planteed story. - ebnelson - 3/2/2003 7:08:05 PM
- Maybe, maybe not. - Bowser - 3/2/2003 4:25:48 PM
  - Some people will stop at nothing..... - Lindy - 3/2/2003 7:39:15 PM
    - Yes, of course... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/2/2003 9:00:31 AM
      - Meanwhile, somewhere in remote Pakistan - Scott - 3/3/2003 6:36:43 PM

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