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Iraq Rejects U.N. Draft Resolution - FrankC - 11/11/2002 6:04:38 PM
- Playing as Cassandra - Gary - 11/11/2002 8:02:27 PM
  - Very plausible (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 11/11/2002 8:35:35 PM
  - Re: Playing as Cassandra - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 8:10:28 PM
- From CNN, it is clear Iraa is just dancing this around. - ebnelson - 11/11/2002 7:31:07 PM
- Article is dated Sept. 29th - Vince - 11/11/2002 6:23:14 PM
  - Re: Article is dated Sept. 29th - FrankC - 11/11/2002 6:48:34 PM

Bin Laden is alive - Interpol - Bowser - 11/8/2002 6:04:33 PM
- Dead or Alive, the real question is his guilt - Splinx - 11/11/2002 5:24:38 PM
  - Re: And your life would be worth 2 cents . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 6:34:12 PM
    - More equivocation - Splinx - 11/11/2002 8:24:31 PM
      - Re: So . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 9:44:05 AM
- Re: Possibly, but I doubt it . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 7:31:24 PM
  - Thank you for a sensible response! - Mary Anne - 11/9/2002 1:09:13 PM
    - Re: MIAs . . . - D. Spires - 11/9/2002 9:58:00 AM
- Interpol - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2002 7:30:39 PM
  - Thank you for an entertaining post - Mary Anne - 11/9/2002 1:33:31 PM
    - Always like to make someone smile... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/9/2002 10:44:55 AM
      - I see - Mary Anne - 11/10/2002 8:21:07 PM
        
        Seeing beyond - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/10/2002 7:37:51 PM
- Bin Laden is pushing up cactuses - Me - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 6:56:34 PM
  - Thank you for admitting there's two sides to this - Mary Anne - 11/9/2002 1:46:49 PM
    - two sides to this - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2002 1:48:49 PM

The Left is out on the end of a very thin branch - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 12:47:45 PM
- Nonsense. - Bowser - 11/8/2002 1:02:05 PM
  - Get your meds checked, bowser. - ebnelson - 11/9/2002 3:34:04 PM
  - Bowser the Magic Puppy - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2002 2:13:01 PM
  - Re: Nonsense. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 1:36:22 PM
    - The Logical Fallacy here... - Splinx - 11/11/2002 4:35:06 PM
      - The Logical Fallacy - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 8:18:36 PM
      - Re: I would say no . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 4:45:52 PM
    - You're looking for "False Analogy" - Mary Anne - 11/10/2002 3:41:24 PM
      - Re: 'True' Analogy . . . ? - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 1:39:07 PM
        
        Re: 'True' Analogy . . . ? - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 8:22:47 PM
  - Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 1:36:21 PM
    - BTW (by the way) - Bowser - 11/8/2002 2:21:02 PM
      - Re: sigh . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 2:36:50 PM
        
        Pretty well written. Congragulations. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 11/8/2002 6:36:00 PM
        
        Re: I practice . . . - D. Spires - 11/9/2002 11:06:36 AM

Censorship, secrecy and "democracy". - Bowser - 11/10/2002 6:14:37 PM
- Oh, NOW we trust the wisdom of the Dead White Guys? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2002 8:02:08 PM
  - aka "Founding Fathers"? "Framers of the Constitution"? n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 11/10/2002 10:02:50 AM
    - Re: aka - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2002 11:41:37 AM
      - Re: Stop confusing him, Tom . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 1:47:18 PM
        
        "Confuse-A-Bowser," a subsidiary of Confuse A Cat, Ltd. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 8:14:32 PM
- You missed the news: Pitt got fired. - ebnelson - 11/10/2002 7:36:53 PM

Now, really. - Bowser - 11/10/2002 2:05:18 PM
- Part II - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/11/2002 6:18:10 PM
  - Pretty damn good, SDAI. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 8:12:48 PM
- Re: Still nothing to say, I see . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 3:50:53 PM
  - check again - Splinx - 11/11/2002 4:21:20 PM
    - Re: The Bowser reference . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 4:50:12 PM
- Me and my bloodthirsty conservative freinds were discussing this last night. - Scott - 11/11/2002 10:38:01 AM
  - bloodthirsty conservative friends - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 11:59:35 AM
    - Re: It's very rare . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 1:39:54 PM
- Re: Now, really. - gbaikie - 11/10/2002 6:36:58 PM
- Re: Now, really. - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2002 2:52:03 PM
  - Bullfrog legs are rubbery but taste like chicken, li'l ketchup and ving goes great n/t - €sunblok€ - 11/10/2002 7:44:11 PM

Global Allies Stumble . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 3:47:10 PM

Afghan President Contends His Multi-Ethnic Country is United . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 3:37:07 PM

Vote Proves World United Against Saddam, Bush Says . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 3:28:37 PM

What now for Democrats? - Tom Brosz - 11/9/2002 4:16:53 PM
- Who cares? - ebnelson - 11/9/2002 4:19:30 PM
  - Re: Untrue . . . - D. Spires - 11/11/2002 1:42:22 PM

Unexpected allies - Tom Brosz - 11/11/2002 12:06:25 PM

'a Biblical worldview' in American politics? - Bowser - 11/10/2002 6:02:27 PM
- Is Dennis Hastert no longer the House Majority Leader? - Scott - 11/11/2002 9:34:24 AM
- A leftist worldview in American politics - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2002 8:19:41 PM
- Bill Moyers...Bill Moyers...Oh yeah the guy who helped LBJ lie his way into office. - ebnelson - 11/10/2002 7:38:18 PM

Terror Suspect Photos Spark Pentagon Probe . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 3:36:00 PM
- At least the didn't have to eat airline food. - RobVG - 11/10/2002 7:30:59 PM
- Pentagon Trying to Find Out Who Released Latest Photos of Terror Suspects . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 3:36:37 PM

Ah, those Canadians! The "real" target? - Bowser - 11/10/2002 1:49:05 PM
- You ever see that movie 'Insomnia'? - ebnelson - 11/10/2002 2:51:52 PM

Wellstone pilot exaggerated - FrankC - 11/10/2002 12:27:53 PM

Pelosi in? - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 7:02:31 PM
- Pelosi's On the Record Positions - p - 11/8/2002 8:42:25 PM
- Frost's bailout letter - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 7:27:12 PM
  - This just keeps getting better! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2002 7:45:10 PM
    - I'm a little giddy myself. :) (n/t) - FrankC - 11/8/2002 8:38:11 PM
      - I'm sure you are, but for some of us - - - - Bowser - 11/8/2002 11:28:14 AM
        
        You should subscribe to Reader Digest - FrankC - 11/8/2002 1:00:56 PM
        
        That's YOUR intellectual apex and I'm proud of you. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2002 6:23:15 PM
        
        Re: So much for impressing your friends and relatives with big words . . . - D. Spires - 11/9/2002 10:02:15 AM
    - Your drool is tarting to leak out of my monitor. Stop it. :-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 11/8/2002 8:36:29 PM
    - All we need now is a bill to start exploiting er...opps I mean drilling in the Artic... - Scott - 11/8/2002 10:30:35 AM
      - Hope so, my SUV is getting thursty. - Lee - 11/8/2002 2:27:07 PM
- Re: Pelosi sure as heck thinks she's in - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 12:54:45 PM

Trent Lott... - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 11:20:09 AM
- We'll have to see how much true power is shared. - Scott - 11/8/2002 11:23:52 AM
  - He should be replaced for even suggesting it. - ebnelson - 11/9/2002 3:37:48 PM

France agrees with US - Tony - 11/7/2002 9:37:50 AM
- Re: France agrees with US - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2002 5:02:22 PM
  - I think you're reading too much into it - Tony - 11/8/2002 8:11:56 PM
  - Re: It was a global vote . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 1:15:51 PM
    - "Again, Europe trembles in the face of American resolve," (?) - Bowser - 11/8/2002 5:41:48 PM
      - Re: Thank you for you input . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 7:12:14 PM
        
        Again - How did Europe "tremble"? - Bowser - 11/8/2002 11:22:51 AM
        
        Re: What I have to say does not matter to you . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 12:44:29 PM
        
        Re: Again - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 11:37:02 AM
        
        "Passed instantly"? - Bowser - 11/8/2002 2:36:12 PM
      - The news is great over there... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2002 7:10:31 PM
    - Re: It was a global vote . . . - Raoul Lannoy - 11/8/2002 1:28:03 PM
      - Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 2:25:25 PM
- With France on board... - FrankC - 11/7/2002 11:45:55 AM
  - Re: Syria - Raoul Lannoy - 11/8/2002 1:30:11 PM
- U.N. to Vote on Iraq Resolution, Bush Says . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2002 10:59:54 AM

New congress to have a positive effect on the aerospace business - Scott - 11/8/2002 5:21:00 PM
- You don't know HOW good! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2002 7:53:45 PM
- "increased military spending" - not space. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 11/8/2002 6:20:18 PM
  - Military spending is good - Lee - 11/8/2002 6:51:30 PM

Clinton still in charge of Democrats? - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2002 5:12:20 PM
- Two Newsmax links - Buck Galaxy - 11/8/2002 5:10:11 PM
  - Re: Two Newsmax links - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 7:13:01 PM
  - Re: Two Newsmax links - p - 11/8/2002 6:13:37 PM
  - Re: Doubtful . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 5:31:50 PM
- Re: Well, he is the best they've got . . . - D. Spires - 11/7/2002 5:34:15 PM
  - This DNC scramble is going to be a riot. - Scott - 11/7/2002 7:52:39 PM

U.N. passes resolution. Unanimously. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2002 4:08:20 PM
- if I didn't know better... - McFly - 11/8/2002 5:08:24 PM
  - As some said, they didn't follow the Fed Rate decrease... - Scott - 11/8/2002 10:33:05 AM
- Re: Was that a purr, or a growl . . . ? - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 4:36:01 PM
- Real peace may have a chance now. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/8/2002 4:24:16 PM

U.S. Probe Confirms 'Friendly Fire' Deaths of Soldiers in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 4:02:10 PM

Terror Fear Sparks Mid East Travel Alert . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 3:52:20 PM

UNHCR: Poor Countries Give Asylum to Most of the World's Refugees . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 3:44:38 PM

Taliban, al Qaeda Forces Fire on Special Forces Troops . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 3:41:09 PM

Russia Seeks Regime Change To Prevent Iraq War . . . - D. Spires - 11/8/2002 3:14:11 PM

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