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Powell: U.S. Not Trying to Oust Saddam - Bowser - 12/16/2002 11:55:01 AM

NEWSWEEK: A Brussels-based think tank did a poll about the impending war with Iraq - Larry J - 12/16/2002 9:56:10 AM

Bomb Shelter Archaeology - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 10:08:38 AM
- Re: Bomb Shelter Archaeology - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 5:53:59 PM
  - Re: Bomb Shelter Politics - Fox - 12/14/2002 5:16:30 PM
    - Re: Bomb Shelter Politics - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2002 8:36:32 PM
      - Re: Bomb Shelter Politics - Fox - 12/15/2002 2:26:39 PM
        
        I agree - the US never had proper shelters - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/15/2002 7:43:21 PM
  - I remeber an old grade school buddy... - Scott - 12/13/2002 6:32:34 PM

Oh, goody, goody, goody, goody!!! (Lott post, disregard if tired of this subject.) - Bowser - 12/13/2002 11:41:41 AM
- For the record, based on politics and what I have researched on Lott, I think he should have resigned as Majority Leader. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 12:35:59 PM
- Before we get too smug about our past sins... - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 12:19:09 PM
- This is harmful how exactly? - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 11:54:05 AM
  - If the Frican Americans weren't monoliyhic reactionaries, they could have had some leverage. - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 1:33:51 PM
    - Like I said before. - Lee - 12/13/2002 2:47:55 PM
      - You are a neanderthal bigot - R.L. - 12/15/2002 5:28:27 PM
        
        So I guess that segregation on their part is ok by you. - Lee - 12/15/2002 1:04:19 PM
    - Bedtime, ed. Put the pillow on the curb. :-) n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 12/13/2002 2:16:20 PM
    - Good example of risk of typing with too mant pain killers - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 2:15:35 PM
      - BS. That be the real you. (Try the Lott excuses next.) n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 12/13/2002 2:17:55 PM
        
        Re: BS. That be the real you. (Try the Lott excuses next.) n/t - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 4:36:22 PM

Peggy Noonan. Good column. - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 12:36:37 PM
- Swell and fine...but inaccurate. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 1:50:59 PM
  - Dang, hadn't thought of those points. Jury's out again for me. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 4:19:51 PM
  - I agree with you - Mary Anne - 12/13/2002 2:50:48 PM
    - Re: I agree with you - R.L. - 12/15/2002 5:23:41 PM
      - Fitting the Republicans for white sheets again... - Tom Brosz - 12/15/2002 11:11:12 AM
        
        You must be a neanderthal bigot too Tom (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 12/15/2002 3:16:49 PM
        
        Actually, neanderthals were typically victims of bigotry - Tom Brosz - 12/15/2002 4:09:42 PM
        
        They should've had a NAANP - Lee - 12/15/2002 4:30:42 PM
    - Lott's just the first - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:15:11 PM
    - Exactly correct, MA - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 5:11:09 PM
    - Re: I agree with you - gbaikie - 12/13/2002 4:08:03 PM
    - Someone pass me the smelling salts... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 3:50:35 PM

Watching John Poindexter - Tom Brosz - 12/15/2002 11:55:32 AM
- Re: Watch John Poindexter - Robert - 12/15/2002 1:41:16 PM

Propaganda wars - Raoul - 12/15/2002 10:29:03 AM
- Re: Propaganda wars - gbaikie - 12/15/2002 1:15:02 PM

More on Venezuela. - ebnelson - 12/15/2002 12:40:31 PM

A Jew's take on Zionism - Splinx - 12/13/2002 2:51:24 PM
- Re: A Jew's take - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 5:31:57 PM
  - Help me understand this. - Bowser - 12/13/2002 5:58:50 PM
    - Another Jew's take - Fox - 12/14/2002 1:49:33 PM
      - Re: Another Jew's take - Splinx - 12/14/2002 2:11:47 PM
        
        Gods and rulers - Tom Brosz - 12/15/2002 11:18:29 AM
    - Well, according to the Jews... - alcaray - 12/13/2002 7:03:24 PM
      - Short history sortie - Mary Anne - 12/13/2002 2:10:24 PM
        
        In the spirit of Talmud... - Fox - 12/14/2002 3:51:27 PM
        
        Short, but dazzling - Splinx - 12/14/2002 2:37:50 PM
    - Re: Help me understand this. - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:06:10 PM
- My bad - Splinx - 12/13/2002 4:05:06 PM

The co$t of war - LJ - 12/13/2002 10:13:09 AM
- Re: The co$t of war - Lindy - 12/15/2002 10:45:12 AM

Sad update on Venezuela - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 1:29:33 PM
- Re: Sad update on Venezuela - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2002 8:57:31 PM

Just say Nyet! - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 10:29:37 AM
- Re: Just say Nyet! - LJ - 12/13/2002 5:40:23 PM
- What have you got against rice? - Mary Anne - 12/13/2002 5:24:58 PM
  - Two Sushi bars in La Jolla on Prospect... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 5:58:13 PM
    - Food poisoning - Mary Anne - 12/13/2002 6:11:25 PM
      - Some ethnic food practices... - alcaray - 12/13/2002 7:20:56 PM
        
        That which does not kill us makes us stronger - Larry J - 12/13/2002 7:59:31 PM
        
        Some research supports what you say - alcaray - 12/13/2002 8:03:15 PM
      - I like shrimp... - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:21:05 PM
        
        Liver - Mary Anne - 12/13/2002 6:33:37 PM
      - Re: Food poisoning - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 6:20:18 PM
        
        Re: Food poisoning - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:22:59 PM
        
        You guy's crack me up. - RobVG - 12/13/2002 7:21:46 PM
        
        Yeah! A nice blood-rare steak! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/13/2002 7:49:58 PM
        
        Now thats what I'm talkin' about! :-) (ignore you know who...) (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 12/13/2002 8:41:01 PM
        
        Here...I just slit open a cow..eat up boys! ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 8:36:27 PM
        
        The SDAI spectra - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 6:32:57 PM
  - I say it's raw fish and to heck with it. - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 5:40:58 PM
    - You don't know what you're missing - Larry J - 12/13/2002 6:47:11 PM
      - Hot sauce - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 10:35:55 AM
        
        My brother Clark says that "food should not hurt" - Larry J - 12/14/2002 6:23:44 PM
        
        Wasabi! That's the word I couldn't remember. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2002 8:10:59 PM
    - Re: "I say it's raw fish and to heck with it." LOL!! - Mary Anne - 12/13/2002 5:56:11 PM
    - P.S. I love cooked Japanese food! - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 5:42:53 PM
  - Yeah, but the fishy ones are the best. Yellowtail rules! - alcaray - 12/13/2002 5:37:23 PM
    - Sure...I'll try it...someday. ;-) Thanks for the heads up. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 6:11:28 PM
- Raw fish makes strange bedfellows - Splinx - 12/13/2002 11:58:46 AM
  - Sound advice from the Japanese! Thanks. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 2:05:36 PM

Consequences of visa restrictions - Raoul - 12/14/2002 5:46:28 PM
- Re: Consequences of visa restrictions - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2002 8:08:32 PM

Yipes!! “Vaccine boosted by extra genes” - Bowser - 12/14/2002 6:49:58 PM
- Re: Yipes!! - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2002 8:05:36 PM

DEBKAfile bragging about scoop on Iranian reactors - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:53:38 PM
- Garbage in / Garbage out - Gary - 12/14/2002 7:06:57 PM

Imperative that bombing Baghdad begin NOW! - p - 12/13/2002 8:57:09 PM
- Who are those guys? - Gary - 12/14/2002 6:59:56 PM

Well, all right! - Larry J - 12/14/2002 6:32:45 PM

More on Lott's racist history... - Scott - 12/12/2002 1:39:17 PM
- If I were Trent Lott, - Lee - 12/13/2002 8:25:47 PM
- Yet another nail for the coffin! Die! Die! - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 4:30:17 PM
- I doubt that will get off the ground - FrankC - 12/12/2002 2:50:14 PM
  - Another shovelful of dirt. - Bowser - 12/12/2002 7:09:06 PM

2005 Military base closeure recommendations - Larry J - 12/13/2002 8:10:35 PM

Breaking News on Bush - Better Make a Copy of This - 12/12/2002 6:20:22 PM
- And then there's this! - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 7:36:19 PM
  - That's old news...this is BREAKING NEWS - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 8:04:40 PM
    - Yeah, what do they know... - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 5:58:58 PM
- Live Link - Let's see if it's still up in the morning - 12/12/2002 7:04:01 PM
  - typing v e r y slowly - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 5:30:01 PM
    - Re: typing v e r y slowly - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:00:03 PM
      - TYPICAL - Lindy - 12/13/2002 7:16:32 PM
        
        Good grief. - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 11:24:05 AM

North Korea hopes we're as stupid as they think we are - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 6:54:07 PM
- What would you do? - Bowser - 12/12/2002 7:09:29 PM
  - Re: What would you do? - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 10:53:38 AM
    - I think Bowser was looking for a solution that did not require a time machine. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/12/2002 12:23:40 PM
      - They could renounce their nuclear weapons program today... - Larry J - 12/13/2002 2:23:36 PM
        
        I'm with you - alcaray - 12/13/2002 5:22:25 PM
        
        If they fully complied with their 1994 agreement... - Larry J - 12/13/2002 7:55:02 PM
- Well, shoot, I jus' think they're real good peaceful folks! n/t (n/t) - Jimmy Carter - 12/12/2002 7:03:42 PM

"We all will become Taliban..." - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 9:48:59 AM
- It must be true. - Scott - 12/13/2002 3:58:11 PM
  - Sorry Scott... Wrong Link!!!! Corrected now... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 6:56:02 PM

Cross Burning - alcaray - 12/12/2002 6:52:07 PM
- Re: Cross Burning - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 7:00:23 PM
  - Yeah. Liberals like Clarence Thomas. - alcaray - 12/12/2002 7:09:57 PM
    - Re: Yeah. Liberals like Clarence Thomas. - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 7:26:33 PM
      - Re: Yeah. Liberals like Clarence Thomas. - alcaray - 12/12/2002 7:37:33 PM
        
        Re: Yeah. Liberals like Clarence Thomas. - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 7:54:26 PM
        
        I don't think anyone believes that flag-burning and cross-burning - alcaray - 12/12/2002 8:01:52 PM
        
        Re: I don't think anyone believes that flag-burning and cross-burning - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 8:05:23 PM
        
        There are no constitutional protections from being offended. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/12/2002 8:27:26 PM
        
        Re: There are no constitutional protections from being offended. n/t - Robert E. B. - 12/13/2002 2:38:19 PM
        
        No you can't - alcaray - 12/13/2002 5:30:13 PM
        
        Re: No you can't - Robert E. B. - 12/13/2002 5:43:17 PM
        
        So that means cross burning is okay? - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 8:33:52 PM
        
        Re: So that means cross burning is okay? - SDG - 12/12/2002 8:55:49 PM
        
        You're either not paying attention or being obtuse. - Tony - 12/12/2002 8:39:47 PM
        
        That is your opinion. Others feel different. - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 8:44:00 PM
        
        Last try - Tony - 12/12/2002 8:49:18 PM
        
        Re: Last try - Robert E. B. - 12/13/2002 12:04:43 PM
        
        Good one, Tony - Fox - 12/12/2002 9:32:51 AM
        
        Re: Good one, Tony - SDG - 12/12/2002 9:59:13 AM
        
        There goes the neighborhood... - Fox - 12/13/2002 4:02:08 PM
        
        Re: There goes the neighborhood... - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:24:53 PM
        
        Both (n/t) - Scott - 12/12/2002 9:09:39 AM
        
        fire has been used as a symbol of terrorism for a long time. - Scott - 12/12/2002 9:25:08 AM
- Remember Madonna in the 1989 video 'Like A Prayer'? - Matt Burley - 12/12/2002 12:07:15 PM
- Re: Cross Burning - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 11:24:54 AM
- Re: Cross Burning article - Fox - 12/12/2002 9:03:46 AM

Bush Denounces Lott's Remarks. (Is Lott as ML history?) - Bowser - 12/12/2002 7:24:18 PM
- "Die, die, die, die, die!" - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 10:34:24 AM
  - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 10:49:32 AM
    - Remember William Jefferson Clinton? - Bowser - 12/12/2002 12:51:11 PM
      - He's pretty hard to forget out there in the limelight - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 1:25:13 PM
    - I don't have a problem with being wrong in the past... - alcaray - 12/12/2002 12:22:35 PM
      - Re: I don't have a problem with being wrong in the past... - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 1:30:08 PM
        
        Not what I said at all - alcaray - 12/13/2002 5:09:57 PM
        
        Well, it IS the Democrat's fault. - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 6:14:05 PM

Kissinger to Withhold Client List - Bowser - 12/13/2002 5:53:16 PM

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