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Al Qaeda Adapts to Life on Run -- U.S. Intelligence . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 2:00:03 PM

No Certainty from Global War on Terrorism . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 1:47:12 PM
- Commentary: The Changing Face of Strategy . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 1:52:48 PM

Civil Affairs Soldiers Assist Afghan Students, Leaders . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 1:41:23 PM

Teen Gunman Surrenders At German School . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 1:12:28 PM

South Dakota voter registration. - Bowser - 10/18/2002 11:17:32 AM

Turkey's Concerns Over Kurds Complicate U.S. War Plans . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 7:58:45 PM
- give the Kurds a homeland in Northern Iraq - Scott - 10/17/2002 9:54:32 AM
  - It'll be another Kosovo. - Lee - 10/18/2002 10:28:39 AM
- In effect this war is still another end-game chapter in the windup of the Ottoman Empire. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 8:59:23 AM

Judge Orders White House Papers' Release - Bowser - 10/18/2002 9:00:46 AM
- You are so cute. - ebnelson - 10/18/2002 9:20:57 AM

War Diary: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002 . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 7:58:11 PM

Update on "Send a Student to Minnesota." - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 2:29:00 PM
- When I went to the site I thought... - alcaray - 10/17/2002 4:16:22 PM
  - Re: If it takes the average Democrat 24 hours . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 4:42:55 PM
    - No, they are just doing it more quietly - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 6:04:10 PM
    - You are absolutely right that the wording at the site was not clear - alcaray - 10/17/2002 5:29:57 PM
      - Re: 'You all'? Tit for tat . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 6:22:04 PM
        
        Re: 'You all'? Tit for tat . . . - alcaray - 10/17/2002 7:09:29 PM
        
        Re: I know . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 8:07:48 AM
  - Re: When I went to the site I thought... - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2002 9:48:31 AM
    - Who said "not for educational purposes"? I must have missed that line at their site. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2002 10:51:25 AM
      - Re: THEY said . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 11:03:16 AM
        
        Re: THEY said . . . - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2002 1:16:26 PM
        
        I agree with pretty much everything that you said, but your subject. - alcaray - 10/17/2002 11:41:54 AM
- You don't usually misrepresent things this badly. - Bowser - 10/16/2002 2:37:39 PM
  - The only group in Florida suing to see that not all votes cast in Florida were counted was tyhe democrats. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 12:26:22 PM
  - Re: You don't usually misrepresent things - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 2:43:53 PM
    - Re: Selective Reading Disorder . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 1:50:00 PM
      - Probably belongs on the FLAME board. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/17/2002 3:38:28 PM
        
        Re: Technicality . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 3:48:38 PM
        
        Y'see?? - Bowser - 10/17/2002 4:04:03 PM
        
        Re: I'm following your thread . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 4:25:32 PM
        
        Nope. You win - I give up! n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/17/2002 4:56:34 PM
        
        Re: You were right, Bowser . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 5:17:43 PM
    - You couldn't haul enough in for just the votes. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/16/2002 4:59:49 PM
      - Every vote counts Bowser. - Lee - 10/17/2002 7:56:10 PM
        
        Only when every vote is counted. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/17/2002 3:40:51 PM
        
        Too bad for the democrats - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 5:55:50 PM
        
        Which ballots? - Tony - 10/17/2002 6:11:40 PM
        
        Re: Which ballots? - Larry J - 10/17/2002 9:24:18 AM
        
        Re: Which ballots? - Tony - 10/17/2002 9:27:09 AM
        
        It was done in his name... - Larry J - 10/17/2002 9:42:08 AM
        
        Actually they were correct, until gore wanted the law rewritten - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 8:58:07 AM
      - Re: in other words -- and illegal election is fine, so long as the right people win . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 1:51:38 PM
        
        ? - Bowser - 10/17/2002 3:39:47 PM
        
        Re: Read your subject line, then figure it out . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 3:49:41 PM
      - Elections are won one vote at a time. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 12:57:44 PM

No October Surprise? - Splinx - 10/17/2002 2:16:02 PM
- Re: No October Surprise? - Bowser - 10/17/2002 4:10:50 PM
  - Re: No October Surprise? - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 6:01:10 PM
    - Re: No Ed Surprise? - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 6:29:03 PM
      - Got it.§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 6:38:43 PM
    - Attention MODERATORS - Lindy - 10/17/2002 6:11:10 PM
      - The "heat of battle", Lindy. - Bowser - 10/17/2002 7:18:21 PM
        
        Re: I know . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 8:08:29 AM
        
        Re: I know . . . - Scott - 10/17/2002 9:56:20 AM
        
        Re: I'm not Tom, and Bowser is living a fantasy right now . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 10:51:16 AM
        
        Just testing... - Scott - 10/17/2002 12:21:29 PM
      - Re: Attention Lindy . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 6:29:06 PM
- A silk purse out of a sow's ear - FrankC - 10/17/2002 4:06:49 PM
  - Bonzo Goes to Washington - Lindy - 10/17/2002 6:06:02 PM
- Re: Not exactly a 'Current Event', though . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 3:28:09 PM
- More... - Splinx - 10/17/2002 2:41:19 PM
  - Re: I guess quotation marks makes it official . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 6:31:36 PM
  - And every bit is bs. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 5:53:42 PM
    - Re: Do we have a link to this . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 6:31:54 PM
      - Dan, the truth of what I say is there, and since the conspiracy folks - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 7:35:43 PM
        
        I love to be swayed. Show me. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2002 11:43:52 AM
- Get mad all you want - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 2:37:20 PM

A manifesto appropriate for our times - p - 10/17/2002 3:09:55 PM
- I like it. Sign me up. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 6:02:40 PM
- He Da Man!! - Bowser - 10/17/2002 3:57:32 PM
- Re: I like that . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 3:47:18 PM
- Re:an approriate manifesto - Fox - 10/17/2002 2:49:39 PM
  - Re: an approriate manifesto - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2002 6:24:13 PM

Another part of the empty clinton legacy collapses - ebnelson - 10/16/2002 1:16:10 PM
- Yeah. Reneging on an international arms control treaty! - Tony - 10/17/2002 1:36:13 PM
  - Article XV - Larry J - 10/17/2002 1:58:41 PM
  - We backed out as provided in the treaty - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 1:41:25 PM
    - Facts only trouble me when I dont remember 'em (n/t) (n/t) - Tony - 10/17/2002 2:06:36 PM
- Why do nations make agreements with totalitarian/communist states? - Gary - 10/16/2002 5:47:35 PM
  - Some treaties with these states have been beneficial - alcaray - 10/17/2002 4:37:20 PM
    - So in otherwords, this treaty was beneficial to Clinton - Scott - 10/17/2002 5:38:09 PM
      - Gary and I were talking about the biowar treaty with the Soviets n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2002 10:55:05 AM
  - Yup! - Mary Anne - 10/17/2002 12:13:04 PM
    - the Saudis - McFly - 10/17/2002 1:43:51 PM
    - I think NK is the clear and present danger. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 12:28:56 PM
- From a website gushing with nauseating praise of Jimmy Carter and his Nobel Prize - Matt Burley - 10/16/2002 3:04:05 PM
  - Re: Incarnating America - Raoul - 10/16/2002 5:50:03 PM
  - "Nauseating" praise for Jimmy Carter - Gary - 10/16/2002 5:37:29 PM
    - I'd give Carter a D- - Buck Galaxy - 10/17/2002 3:34:57 PM
      - I'd grade him somewhat higher - Larry J - 10/17/2002 4:05:32 PM
    - Shady deals derailed Carter's attempts to free hostages - Splinx - 10/16/2002 5:55:28 PM
      - You conspiracy whackos are amazing - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 12:33:34 PM
        
        It was still a shady deal, probably treasonous - Splinx - 10/17/2002 1:59:16 PM
        
        shady deal - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2002 1:24:38 PM
- Guess they'll just have to take a number. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 2:10:12 PM

Medical wizardry saves sniper vicitim - LJ - 10/17/2002 4:28:29 PM
- Re: I really needed that, LJ -- thanx . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 8:48:30 AM

Did anybody catch Harry Belafontie on Larry King last night? - Scott - 10/16/2002 3:09:00 PM
- Re: Did anybody catch Harry Belafontie on Larry King last night? - p - 10/16/2002 4:31:00 PM
  - Re: Did anybody catch Harry Belafontie on Larry King last night? - alcaray - 10/16/2002 5:33:49 PM
    - Harry Belafonte - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 5:54:26 PM
      - Well, I don't like name-calling... - alcaray - 10/16/2002 6:29:47 PM
    - Is that why Harry is living in California? - Lee - 10/16/2002 9:50:16 AM
      - More about Harry than I ever wanted to know: - alcaray - 10/16/2002 10:43:01 AM
      - Re: Harry's 'native land' is New York City . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 10:02:25 AM
        
        Then he needs to stop crying about the islands then. (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 10/17/2002 8:03:04 AM
- Re: Phil touched on this the other day . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 3:50:51 PM
- Harry actually said - ebnelson - 10/16/2002 12:55:05 PM
  - Sounds like Rush n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2002 4:04:42 PM

More Democratic voting fraud (I could keep this up all day!) - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2002 11:34:04 AM
- Hate to find myself defending DSA, but... - alcaray - 10/16/2002 6:23:59 PM
  - Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 6:33:28 PM
    - Re: Well . . . - alcaray - 10/16/2002 10:13:05 AM
      - Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 10:27:25 AM
        
        Must be nice... - alcaray - 10/17/2002 3:58:16 PM
- The text - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 6:11:58 PM
  - You mean-spirited conservative! - Larry J - 10/16/2002 6:16:56 PM
- "Wasn't us, and you can't prove a thing..." - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 11:19:51 AM
  - If what they were doing was illegal... - alcaray - 10/17/2002 4:03:33 PM

A prize for peace!!! Oh, yeah!!! - Bowser - 10/16/2002 8:05:27 AM
- Without the United States there would be no Middle Eastern Peace - Scott - 10/16/2002 3:51:51 PM
  - There's peace in the Middle East???? - Mary Anne - 10/17/2002 12:08:21 PM
- You laugh - ebnelson - 10/16/2002 1:18:34 PM
- Re: A prize for peace!!! Oh, yeah!!! - McFly - 10/16/2002 9:07:45 AM
  - For a lifetime of dedication to the ways of peace - Mary Anne - 10/17/2002 12:46:43 PM
    - I think it is reasonable to give him the prize. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 1:43:10 PM
    - Re: For a lifetime of dedication to the ways of peace - McFly - 10/17/2002 1:34:46 PM
      - Re: Wait -- I get it . . . ! - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 1:47:08 PM
- Re: An excellent opinion piece -- thanx . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 8:31:33 AM

News Flash! Osama bin Laden Still Dead! - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 6:56:30 PM
- No blaze of glory - FrankC - 10/16/2002 11:15:32 AM
  - well, perhaps a blaze, but still no glory :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 10/17/2002 1:46:52 PM

U.S. Calls Special Warriors to Lead in Unconventional Fight . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 10:15:49 AM
- What a crock! - Bowser - 10/16/2002 11:50:15 AM
  - No, there is no end to your BS - ebnelson - 10/16/2002 12:52:43 PM
    - ALERT - Belongs on the FLAME Board! - 10/16/2002 4:16:24 PM
  - Re: Seriously doubting you ever 'really' served anywhere . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 12:05:49 PM
    - Re: Seriously doubting you ever 'really' served anywhere . . . - Bowser - 10/16/2002 12:16:05 PM
      - "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country..." - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 2:15:35 PM
        
        A "war" with no casualties is a slaughter. - Bowser - 10/16/2002 2:30:10 PM
        
        Re: Excuse me, Bowser . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 1:41:37 PM
        
        You sond like Saddam when we kicked his ass. - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 12:35:09 PM
        
        This is nuts... - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2002 4:19:14 PM
        
        In Bowser-world - ebnelson - 10/17/2002 12:37:08 PM
        
        If Afganistan wasn't a war... - Federal Internet Monitoring Service - 10/16/2002 3:39:50 PM
        
        He seems sad there have not been more, very strangeley. - ebnelson - 10/16/2002 2:19:17 PM
      - Re: Yes, it is a war . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 12:43:24 PM
        
        Bowser & sure. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/16/2002 2:16:35 PM

Regional Al Qaeda Threat Extends Beyond Southeast Asia . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 1:35:56 PM

Rumsfeld Describes Guidelines for Committing American Troops . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 11:43:41 AM
- Oh, thank a merciful God!!! - Bowser - 10/17/2002 11:52:47 AM

Bush Hopes for Peaceful Iraqi Disarmament . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 11:32:42 AM
- Methinks he speak with forked tongue. - Bowser - 10/17/2002 11:35:47 AM
  - Re: Good . . . - D. Spires - 10/17/2002 11:44:27 AM

Lebanon stops Sharon cold - E.P. Grondine - 10/17/2002 9:22:26 AM

Countering 21st Century Enemies and WMD Threats . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 5:29:33 PM
- Re: Countering 21st Century Enemies - Raoul - 10/16/2002 7:17:30 PM
  - Re: Whose obsession . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 7:54:43 PM
  - Why this obsession of far too complex devices (Nuke bombs)? - Scott - 10/16/2002 7:54:22 PM
    - Re: The mind - Raoul - 10/16/2002 8:49:17 AM
      - Re: The mind -- I would agree to a rephrase . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 9:40:49 AM
        
        Re: The mind -- I would agree to a rephrase . . . - Raoul - 10/16/2002 10:13:44 AM
        
        Re: That's the continuing war on terror . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 10:23:46 AM

Pentagon Joins Hunt For Washington-Area Sniper . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 7:39:36 PM

Terrorism California Style - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2002 9:53:30 AM
- Re: A fair question . . . - D. Spires - 10/16/2002 5:09:43 PM

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