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I really shouldn't do this But... Pick your favorite wallpaper for the upcoming war! - Scott - 2/28/2003 4:45:21 PM

The resaon why we're going to war - p - 2/27/2003 6:21:39 PM
- Yes - FrankC - 2/27/2003 9:11:31 AM
  - I agree with Frank - Gary - 2/27/2003 5:50:29 PM
    - Carter Botched Iran badly...And the Terrorist Era was born - Scott - 2/28/2003 3:00:40 PM
      - Iran and what's next - Gary - 2/28/2003 4:23:44 PM

Crude oil spikes to near $40 a barrel - SM - 2/27/2003 9:48:14 AM
- It's still far cheaper than it was in the 1979-82 timeframe - Larry J - 2/28/2003 4:02:38 PM
- Free market - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 10:37:35 AM
  - Externalities - Buck Galaxy - 2/27/2003 6:58:46 PM
  - Re: Free market--NOT ! - Publius - 2/27/2003 1:01:15 PM
    - Re: Free market - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 2:35:57 PM
      - Re: what I really meant was - SM - 2/27/2003 3:07:24 PM
- Re: Laws for flexible fuelling, research for ocean biomass ethanol - SM - 2/27/2003 10:07:07 AM

"Nobel laureate urges Europe to confront Saddam" - Larry J - 2/28/2003 3:51:58 PM

The so-called "Rush to War" - Larry J - 2/28/2003 3:47:00 PM

This is hysterical... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/28/2003 1:38:39 PM

Can I call em or what! - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/28/2003 10:53:49 AM

America's Cup - Raoul - 2/28/2003 10:05:26 AM

Our very own secretive Bush administration. - Jack Herer - 1/3/2003 1:37:07 PM
- Yes, and so is Sadam Hussain with his secret WMD programs. - Scott - 1/3/2003 8:49:07 PM
  - Re: Yes, and so is Sadam Hussain with his secret WMD programs. - president bush - 2/7/2003 11:44:38 AM
    - Re: Yes, and so is Sadam Hussain with his secret WMD programs. - angela - 2/7/2003 11:59:18 AM
- Re: Bush administration. - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2003 6:36:33 PM
  - The Bush family is very sneaky - Jason Hamilton - 2/28/2003 9:30:50 AM
  - Re: Bush regime. - Robert - 1/3/2003 9:14:27 AM
- How to destroy a democracy. - Bowser - 1/3/2003 4:24:50 PM
  - Democracies perish when the mob decides to vote itself other people's money. - ebnelson - 1/3/2003 7:15:44 PM
- Quotes - Jack Herer - 1/3/2003 1:55:36 PM
  - Hmmm... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/3/2003 4:58:29 PM
  - This from the "Emperor of Hemp?" ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/3/2003 4:21:56 PM
    - Re: FYI on hemp - Publius - 1/4/2003 8:46:36 PM
    - Mind Altering Chemicals? - Lindy - 1/3/2003 6:42:57 PM
  - Secret Pleasures - Lindy - 1/3/2003 12:32:38 PM

Why I support the war - Clara Fill - 2/26/2003 9:16:46 AM
- Hi Clara! I missed you at card club last week. - Anne Leftleaner - 2/26/2003 3:11:15 PM
  - Thanks Anne! - Clara Fill - 2/27/2003 8:48:28 PM
- I hope this isn't SDAI Tech 7 posting? - SDG - 2/26/2003 12:59:35 PM
  - You didn't catch the "Clara Fill/Chlorophyll" gag? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 4:30:58 PM
    - I caught it, but it was about 30 seconds after I posted. n/t (n/t) - SDG - 2/27/2003 3:37:41 PM
      - G. Reany, Plan T, Lee Fie, Trie Trung - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/27/2003 8:56:48 PM
- So much for the cynical reasons - ebnelson - 2/26/2003 12:15:16 PM
- Re: Consuming less - Raoul - 2/26/2003 10:26:20 AM

Saddam speaks - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 8:55:42 PM

Update: Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 9:13:20 AM
- war rugs - SDG - 2/27/2003 8:41:15 PM
- I would love to find - Lee - 2/27/2003 7:47:31 PM

Antiwar or anti-America? - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2003 8:28:58 PM
- Let's see what Theodore Roosevelt has to say on this matter. - Jack Herer - 2/26/2003 5:29:28 PM
  - Re: Let's see what Theodore Roosevelt has to say - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 5:43:37 PM
    - and Abraham Lincoln said...... - Publius - 2/27/2003 3:11:21 PM
    - Hey Tom, don't forget George Washington...... - Publius - 2/27/2003 12:54:33 PM
      - Don't forget George Washington...... - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 6:12:51 PM
  - ....and Mark Twain had this to say ....... - Publius - 2/26/2003 2:44:08 PM
    - Mark Twain - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 4:37:55 PM
- " It's obvious to anyone who is being at all objective about it t" - Tony - 2/26/2003 1:31:36 PM
  - Flippancy aside - what is the pro-war motivation? - Tony - 2/26/2003 2:18:00 PM
    - Re: Flippancy aside - what is the pro-war motivation? - Publius - 2/27/2003 2:10:13 PM
    - Pro-war motivation not the point of the post - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 5:08:34 PM
      - Pardon me, I'll start a new one. Meanwhile... - Tony - 2/26/2003 5:48:54 PM
        
        Most protesters are... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/26/2003 11:47:41 AM
        
        Meanwhile... - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 10:27:12 AM
        
        "I anticipated this canned "they're not all Marxists" retort in my first post." - Mary Anne - 2/26/2003 12:35:49 PM
      - We have very well organized peace churches around here. - Mary Anne - 2/26/2003 10:06:25 AM
        
        Peace churches - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 4:52:39 PM
        
        Re: Peace churches re: evolution - Mary Anne - 2/27/2003 4:48:58 PM
    - It could be related to this... - Scott - 2/26/2003 3:21:17 PM
      - a page very much worth reading, thanks Scott n/t (n/t) - McFly - 2/26/2003 4:40:09 PM
    - I know of no one who is "pro war," but plenty who are powerfully anti-Saddam n/t (n/t) - McFly - 2/26/2003 2:23:26 PM
      - OK, how about the "I'm not against using our troops in a military action to depose Saddam" faction n/t (n/t) - Tony - 2/26/2003 2:39:48 PM
- There you have it Tom - in a nutshell - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2003 2:59:12 PM
  - Nasty, nasty....... - Lindy - 2/25/2003 4:52:13 PM
    - I'm still smarting after that Clooney Comment. :-O ! -n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2003 7:05:30 PM
- Re: Antiwar or anti-America? - Lindy - 2/25/2003 12:23:04 PM
  - Re: Antiwar or anti-America? - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2003 6:37:43 PM
- Lessee. - Bowser - 2/25/2003 11:49:33 AM
  - Re: Lessee. - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2003 6:39:36 PM
- Re: Antiwar or anti-America? - Raoul Lannoy - 2/25/2003 11:09:27 AM
  - Raoul, the people who protest the US - ebnelson - 2/25/2003 4:22:36 PM
    - Chosen terror? - Mary Anne - 2/26/2003 12:19:39 PM
    - Re:Far more complex.. - Raoul Lannoy - 2/25/2003 6:41:49 PM
      - Over analyzing is not a substitute for thinking - ebnelson - 2/26/2003 12:20:01 PM
  - Anti-Saddam protestors very well hidden if they exist. - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2003 11:20:05 AM
- Re: Antiwar or anti-America? - Marcia - 2/25/2003 9:17:36 AM

Update on IT - p - 2/26/2003 8:29:50 PM
- The fatal flaw - FrankC - 2/27/2003 2:54:00 PM
- Arms for hostages - RobVG - 2/26/2003 6:56:31 PM
- Pretty much everyone saw that coming - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 9:48:27 AM
  - "It' is just an expensive toy at this point. - Robert E. B. - 2/27/2003 2:50:16 PM

What are the motivations of the (deep breath)... - Tony - 2/26/2003 6:13:56 PM
- Andrew Sullivan's two cents worth - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 9:16:27 AM
- Now be reasonable - FrankC - 2/26/2003 8:08:17 PM
- Re: the motivations - Raoul Lannoy - 2/26/2003 7:55:37 PM
  - Re: the motivations - gbaikie - 2/27/2003 1:57:57 PM
  - All of your concerns - FrankC - 2/26/2003 8:26:20 PM
- Re: What are the motivations of the (deep breath)... - McFly - 2/26/2003 7:29:55 PM
- Why can't it be your choice of excluded motives? - ebnelson - 2/26/2003 12:13:07 PM

"Rove cancels trip to New Hamshire March 12" - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 11:29:23 AM

All right! - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2003 10:46:02 AM

Turkey balks a bit - Tony - 2/27/2003 9:35:17 AM

More proof for the mirror principle... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/26/2003 8:04:12 PM
- If I were Tony Blair, I would insist that I have never been in the same room with that woman...Eh...Man... (n/t) - Scott - 2/26/2003 3:27:09 PM

Strident liberal bores audience; show cancelled - p - 2/25/2003 10:31:35 AM
- Or it's more fun watching an idiot like O'Reilly rant and rave at people...n/t (n/t) - Tony - 2/26/2003 2:50:57 PM
  - Yes it is... you anti-Hibernian bigot! :) n/t (n/t) - p - 2/26/2003 5:37:51 PM
    - Anti-Hibernian - Tony - 2/26/2003 7:41:31 PM
      - Re: Anti-Hibernian - p - 2/26/2003 7:49:08 PM
    - Wasn't Red Sonja Hibernian? Loved her! - alcaray - 2/26/2003 10:51:26 AM

(no subject) - Publius - 2/22/2003 4:48:14 PM
- You make some good points - ebnelson - 2/23/2003 1:42:45 PM
- Re: (no subject) - Tom Brosz - 2/22/2003 6:08:10 PM
  - Re: Phillipines: No U.S. combat role. - Marcia - 2/23/2003 4:17:47 PM
    - No U.S. combat role? Well, okay, but I've heard that one before...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/23/2003 9:24:49 AM
- Re: (no subject) Thinking about the coming war....n/t (n/t) - Publius - 2/22/2003 4:51:58 PM
  - War on......... - Lindy - 2/22/2003 5:39:04 PM
    - What's the cost of peace if it means another 9/11? - Scott - 2/24/2003 7:48:21 PM
      - You sound like a gun control advocate - Mary Anne - 2/24/2003 7:46:31 PM
        
        I can guarantee you that you're wrong... ;-) n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/26/2003 7:47:03 PM
      - .. the cost of peace if it means another 9/11? hmmm, maybe the cost of Viet Nam? n/t (n/t) - Publius - 2/24/2003 12:20:02 PM
        
        Better Red than dead. - Scott - 2/24/2003 12:42:24 PM

france desperate to continue its support of saddam - ebnelson - 2/26/2003 12:24:25 PM
- I'm starting to wonder if Chiraq really represents the French veiw. - Scott - 2/26/2003 3:03:06 PM
  - Re:More than ever - Raoul Lannoy - 2/26/2003 6:46:17 PM

preznits prayer team....now online - Publius - 2/25/2003 2:08:40 PM
- Re: Whirring... yep, that's TJ, all right [n/t] (n/t) - Fox - 2/26/2003 9:57:12 AM
  - If Jefferson was really going to be spinning in his grave... - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2003 4:59:14 PM
- Re: preznits prayer team....now online - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2003 5:04:32 PM
  - from the left..... - Publius - 2/25/2003 9:00:36 AM
- Is that whirring sound Thomas Jefferson spinning in his grave? - ebnelson - 2/25/2003 4:24:05 PM
- Thanks for the great link! We should all pray for guidance once in a while (Some of use might even find the need 7 times a day) - Scott - 2/25/2003 3:19:56 PM
  - tax dollars at work.... (n/t) - Publius - 2/25/2003 8:51:24 PM
  - gov. funded propaganda... (n/t) - Publius - 2/25/2003 8:49:15 PM
    - Re: gov. funded propaganda... - Publius - 2/25/2003 8:55:51 PM

Has it really been 10 years? - Robert E. B. - 2/26/2003 1:00:55 PM

Another successful day of inspections in Iraq - Matt Burley - 2/26/2003 11:06:31 AM

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