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Trent Lott's Final Message to the Nation - p - 12/21/2002 3:05:38 PM
- LOL I love it....nomsayin? (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 12/21/2002 10:05:20 AM

Inspection fiasco continued... - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2002 2:48:46 PM

So much for the clinton claim that the NKs were in complaince when he left office: - ebnelson` - 12/19/2002 2:46:37 PM
- Ah, knew it had to his fault - Tony - 12/19/2002 4:15:08 PM
  - NK is NK's fault. False claims about NK are clinton's fault. - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 5:03:04 PM
  - Yep. - Robert E. B. - 12/19/2002 4:48:29 PM
    - Re: Involvment - Raoul - 12/19/2002 5:39:55 PM
      - Raoul, just because Iraq is putatively secular - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 5:47:30 PM
        
        Re: Conspiracies - Raoul - 12/19/2002 9:47:10 AM
        
        Re: Conspiracies - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 6:03:30 PM
        
        Re: 2 weights 2 measures - Raoul - 12/20/2002 9:36:20 AM
        
        How soon you forget. - Larry J - 12/20/2002 2:54:11 PM
        
        Re: How soon I forget. - Raoul - 12/20/2002 3:33:50 PM
        
        Re: How soon I forget. - Larry J - 12/20/2002 3:51:10 PM
        
        Re:Nuclear use? - Raoul - 12/21/2002 11:11:03 AM

Helicopter crash in Kabul - Raoul - 12/21/2002 9:09:59 AM

Korean election results - Justin Kelly - 12/19/2002 12:40:57 PM
- The South Koreans are suffering from what the West Germans did just before the Wall collapsed. - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 5:57:22 PM
  - I'll ditto that. Be Careful Justin. - Scott - 12/20/2002 5:00:30 PM
- Somewhat Depressing... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/19/2002 2:52:10 PM
  - Accident killing 2 South Korean girls - Raoul Lannoy - 12/20/2002 9:46:39 AM
    - Sometimes an accident is really just an accident - Larry J - 12/20/2002 2:50:22 PM

Why did this happen? - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 6:19:36 PM
- Maybe Janet Reno and Bill Clinton have Big Bank Accounts in Riyadh - Scott - 12/20/2002 4:31:56 PM
- a worrisome tale of staggering foolishness n/t (n/t) - McFly - 12/20/2002 3:33:13 PM

Hillary begins consolidation of power - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 5:50:28 PM
- Mr. Norquist doesn't invite to his meetings big oil, big tobacco, steel, et. al.? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/18/2002 7:16:41 PM
  - Re: Mr. Norquist doesn't invite to his meetings big oil, big tobacco, steel, et. al.? n/t - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 8:41:36 PM
    - You don't see a parallel between... - alcaray - 12/18/2002 10:19:57 AM
      - Do you think tobacco subsidies are Republican? - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 10:34:30 AM
        
        how so? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/18/2002 11:14:01 AM
        
        Re: how so? - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 2:35:58 PM
        
        And trial lawyers make contributions to Republicans. So? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/19/2002 4:19:35 PM
        
        Actually, they don't. - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 6:22:57 PM
        
        Well, before your horse gets too high... - Tony - 12/19/2002 7:47:50 PM
        
        Unless I misunderstand your graph, it clearly shows that they do. What am I missing? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/19/2002 9:43:47 AM
        
        Re: Unless I misunderstand your graph - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 12:22:28 PM
        
        Holy cripes, do you even remember what we were talking about? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/20/2002 4:23:37 PM

No occupation - Raoul - 12/20/2002 3:42:08 PM

Was Lott really making a racist remark? - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/18/2002 2:35:07 PM
- Irrelevant. - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 5:19:13 PM
- Lott could have managed this and gotten that impression out there. - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 3:22:29 PM
- I think so - Larry J - 12/18/2002 2:43:46 PM
  - Maybe so... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/18/2002 3:03:59 PM
    - Re: Maybe so... - Larry J - 12/18/2002 7:57:39 PM
      - A Southen Issue? - Lee - 12/18/2002 8:34:44 PM
        
        My brother Steve used to talk about "2nd Period Race Riot" at school every day - Larry J - 12/18/2002 8:48:33 PM
        
        Re: A Southen Issue? NOT! - FrankC - 12/18/2002 11:31:39 AM
        
        Re: A Southen Issue? NOT! - Robert E. B - 12/20/2002 3:32:17 PM
- Far more stupid than racist - FrankC - 12/18/2002 11:17:54 AM

Now we can talk about clinton's affection and support for his mentor, the racist Fulbright - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 11:06:15 AM
- Clinton's a whore. Now that Carter has his, Clinton wants his own Nobel Piece Prize - Scott - 12/19/2002 11:06:42 AM
- Heh, heh, heh. Not about Clinton, not about Fullbright. - Bowser - 12/18/2002 12:40:05 PM
  - Heh heh yourself. clintoon opened up the topic. - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 4:43:41 PM
  - It is rough belonging to a party that has standards. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 2:26:16 PM
    - Yeah, yeah - Tony - 12/19/2002 4:09:46 PM
      - Tricks - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 6:16:19 PM
        
        If you did it in heavily democratic areas, then yes - Tony - 12/19/2002 7:39:41 PM
        
        Re: If you did it in heavily stupid areas, then yes - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 8:39:37 PM
        
        and such areas would be controlled by the Dems. - Robert E. B - 12/19/2002 8:33:55 PM
      - Or in South Dakota - alcaray - 12/19/2002 4:48:07 PM
        
        So preventing dead people from voting is intimidating to democrats? - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 5:09:47 PM
        
        It's the live American Indians that I'm worried about. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/19/2002 5:50:31 PM
        
        You may want to check this out. - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 6:18:14 PM
        
        and this - alcaray - 12/19/2002 9:39:35 AM
    - Ho, ho, ho!!! - Bowser - 12/18/2002 2:40:36 PM
      - Trent is not being pecked to death. - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 4:44:51 PM

From the leftist Twilight Zone... - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 5:06:41 PM
- From the Rightist Twilight Zone... - Robert - 12/19/2002 3:05:42 PM
  - One edged sword - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 5:35:39 PM
    - Re: One edged sword - Robert - 12/19/2002 8:03:58 PM
      - I stand by the first sentence of that post. You know I'm right. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 8:33:21 PM
- Your prejudice is showing. - Bowser - 12/18/2002 6:37:06 PM
  - Re: Your prejudice is showing. - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 5:38:17 PM
  - Re: Your prejudice is showing. - Robert E. B. - 12/19/2002 3:06:31 PM
    - Hmmm. Didn't see Jesse's post. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 12/19/2002 6:36:00 PM
      - You are the one that said.... - Robert E. B - 12/19/2002 6:45:46 PM
        
        Louis Farrakhan - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 8:17:12 PM
        
        Re: Louis Farrakhan - Robert E. B - 12/19/2002 8:37:56 PM
    - Speaking of Jesse, watch him dance for the Democrats - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 12:32:29 PM
  - Except he s qualified in every respect, except that he is a black conservative. - ebnelson - 12/19/2002 2:32:33 PM

Interesting take on the Lott debate. - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 4:53:21 PM
- Re: Interesting take - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 5:14:19 PM
- consider the viewer's perspective - philw - 12/18/2002 5:11:37 PM
- So we've moved from the... - alcaray - 12/18/2002 11:21:38 AM
  - Re: So we've moved from the... - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 4:26:51 PM
    - Getting serious - alcaray - 12/19/2002 4:40:58 PM
      - Re: Getting serious - Tom Brosz - 12/19/2002 6:38:27 PM

Baghdad Stock Market Soars as Iraqis Anticipate Liberation from Saddam - Matt Burley - 12/19/2002 6:21:09 PM

It looks like Iraq will be declared in material breech... - Larry J - 12/19/2002 1:43:46 PM
- The French received a wake up call... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/19/2002 2:34:44 PM

Bob Novak: "Chalk one up for the taxpayers" - Larry J - 12/19/2002 1:09:42 PM

A sigh of relief: Gore's not running - Fox - 12/16/2002 3:40:31 PM
- Re: A sigh of relief: Gore's not running - Larry J - 12/17/2002 5:20:20 PM
- From an evil lefty... - R.L. - 12/16/2002 7:18:19 PM
  - From another - Fox - 12/17/2002 3:15:09 PM
    - Woman president - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 7:24:36 PM
      - Yup, TBW proved Rand to be right :-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 12/19/2002 10:00:19 AM
- Whew!!! - Bowser - 12/16/2002 4:30:31 PM
  - Kerry - Tom Brosz - 12/16/2002 6:11:05 PM
    - Re: Kerry - former Kerry campaigner - 12/17/2002 2:52:47 PM
      - I don't know much about "John F. Kerry" - Larry J - 12/17/2002 8:07:17 PM
      - sad to hear...do the Dems have anyone who can swing the political bat like Bush can? (ps. "political bat" is not a reference to Hillary) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 12/17/2002 7:39:50 PM
      - Kerry married very well. That is important these days - ebnelson - 12/17/2002 4:40:25 PM

Poetic justice - Bowser - 12/17/2002 9:20:01 AM
- Ass kissing is more like it (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 12/18/2002 8:48:50 PM

What Lott has set off he has failed to control. He is gone before New Year's - ebnelson - 12/17/2002 10:21:32 AM
- Unbelievable. - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2002 2:09:16 PM
  - Walter Williams: "Selective 'racists': Dems double standards" - Larry J - 12/18/2002 2:36:41 PM
  - Fact is stranger than fiction. Trent caused this, not the BYT. - ebnelson - 12/17/2002 3:31:37 PM
    - Trent has the fortitude of a spineless eunuch - Lee - 12/18/2002 8:30:56 PM
    - Ed - Robert - 12/17/2002 3:58:39 PM
      - Re: Sympathy - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2002 4:26:21 PM
        
        Thanks to you both. - ebnelson - 12/18/2002 3:21:35 PM
- US News and World Report is predicting he'll be gone in days... - Larry J - 12/17/2002 10:32:39 AM
  - My attribution on that article got lost. Thanks for posting it with a link. - ebnelson - 12/17/2002 10:42:42 AM
    - Tell that to John Rocker - Larry J - 12/17/2002 10:56:07 AM
    - Re: My attribution on that article got lost. Thanks for posting it with a link. - p - 12/17/2002 10:47:46 AM

OK let me just ask......as a sane liberal - r.l. - 12/18/2002 8:13:19 PM
- Re: OK let me just ask......as a sane liberal - philw - 12/18/2002 2:19:06 PM
- Nice try... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/18/2002 1:09:49 PM

Centennial of Flight celebration begins - Larry J - 12/17/2002 8:53:17 PM
- Just for that.... - R.L. - 12/17/2002 7:59:29 PM
  - HMMMMM I wasny posting to you - R.L. - 12/18/2002 8:04:14 PM

They just keep rolling along. - Bowser - 12/17/2002 7:02:53 PM
- Re: Rumsfeld - Raoul - 12/18/2002 9:33:00 AM
  - Aha!! It makes sense, finally! - Bowser - 12/18/2002 5:29:42 PM
    - Just curious... - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 6:00:21 PM
      - Re: Just curious... - Bowser - 12/18/2002 6:23:12 PM
        
        Dirty bomb - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2002 7:14:45 PM

Web access for prisoners - Robert E. B. - 12/18/2002 6:42:48 PM
- Why, you mean-spirited old reprobate - Larry J - 12/18/2002 7:05:28 PM
  - Re: Why, you mean-spirited old reprobate - Robert E. B. - 12/18/2002 7:13:51 PM

Welcome to John Kerry - p - 12/18/2002 2:17:03 PM
- And??? - Bowser - 12/18/2002 5:24:04 PM
  - Re: And??? - p - 12/18/2002 6:19:35 PM

Toronto Star: Debunking the bin Laden tape - Larry J - 12/17/2002 7:33:44 PM
- That whole thing is a puzzlement, at least to me. - Bowser - 12/17/2002 9:25:18 AM
  - Re: That whole thing is a puzzlement, at least to me. - Robert - 12/17/2002 11:29:16 AM
    - Yeah, it's obvious - Gary - 12/17/2002 12:52:57 PM
      - Entirely plausible (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 12/17/2002 1:23:11 PM
        
        Yeah, those damn Jews are so sneaky...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2002 2:21:25 PM
        
        Knock it off - Robert - 12/17/2002 2:40:52 PM
        
        Sorry - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2002 4:38:47 PM
        
        OK - Robert - 12/18/2002 5:07:34 PM

4 arrested - Raoul - 12/17/2002 10:00:07 AM
- Re: 4 arrested - Tom Brosz - 12/17/2002 2:15:17 PM
  - Re: 4 arrested - Raoul - 12/18/2002 3:47:19 PM

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