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U.S. Officials: Top bin Laden Aide Voice on Tape . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 12:24:23 PM
- Hmm...last week the Russians said he was dead - Matt Burley - 10/9/2002 2:03:59 PM
  - Re: The tape is considered to be at least a few weeks old . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/10/2002 11:57:18 AM

Hey Bowser, lets hear you opine on this... - Anne Leftleaner - 10/8/2002 2:24:52 PM
- The shame of it - Splinx - 10/9/2002 2:40:16 PM
  - Its pretty well known that Henry Ford thought highly of Hitler - Scott - 10/9/2002 2:52:40 PM
    - Shame and Guilt - Splinx - 10/9/2002 3:26:59 PM
      - The Link - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 4:14:08 PM
      - Re: Shame and Guilt - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 4:13:03 PM
      - we should have stuck it to those Germans after the war, Eh? - Scott - 10/9/2002 3:30:37 PM
        
        Effortless Miscomprehension - Splinx - 10/9/2002 3:45:30 PM
        
        Re: Effortless Miscomprehension - Scott - 10/9/2002 3:54:31 PM
        
        Re: Splinx broke link is the same Tom posted above . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 10:57:52 AM
    - Re: I recall that Hitler was fond of the Marx Brothers, of all people . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 9:18:53 AM
- Re: Hey Bowser, lets hear you opine on this... - Bowser - 10/8/2002 5:20:52 PM
  - Re: Hey Bowser - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 5:32:40 PM
    - A protohuman - - - - Bowser - 10/9/2002 7:58:16 PM
    - The "fetus" - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2002 7:35:35 PM
- Some dictators are more equal than others. - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 3:30:59 PM
  - Re: Von Braun . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 1:52:27 PM
    - I was gonna go there too.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2002 2:44:16 PM
      - Re: It's almost sci-fi . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 5:03:07 PM
        
        He was played by Michael York once. - Mary Anne - 10/9/2002 3:28:36 PM
        
        "I aim at the Stars - The Wernher von Braun Story" - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2002 8:44:27 AM
  - Tom Lehrer - Mary Anne - 10/9/2002 11:47:58 AM
    - Saddam Lyrics - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2002 2:31:20 PM

Daschle exposed placing party above country's security - p - 10/9/2002 1:54:17 PM
- Just exactly what is "the security of this country"? - Bowser - 10/9/2002 4:44:59 PM
  - If you can't tell the difference between traffic deaths and deaths due to military/terrorist attacks - ebnelson - 10/9/2002 7:27:11 PM
  - Deconstructing Bowser posts...a thankless task, but... - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 5:52:42 PM
    - fwiw, thanks Tom :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 10/9/2002 7:41:42 PM
    - Tom, Tom, Tom - - - - - Bowser - 10/9/2002 7:13:10 PM
      - I said it was a thankless task... - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 7:23:35 PM
        
        Re: Bucking for that degree in Bowserworldology . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 7:59:41 PM
        
        I'm proud of your restraint!! - Bowser - 10/9/2002 8:27:33 AM
        
        Incredible - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 10:31:59 AM
  - the pup's on a roll - McFly - 10/9/2002 5:19:09 PM
- placing party above country's security - Buck Galaxy - 10/9/2002 2:08:04 PM
  - Kosovo - Larry J - 10/9/2002 4:11:27 PM
  - I stand corrected - p - 10/9/2002 3:32:28 PM
    - Re: I stand corrected - Scott - 10/9/2002 3:41:24 PM
  - Please coordinate this better with Bowser. - ebnelson - 10/9/2002 2:54:18 PM
    - All us bleeding heart liberals have to think alike? - Tony - 10/9/2002 3:39:09 PM
      - Somalia - Larry J - 10/9/2002 4:07:20 PM
      - I won't call you treasonous Tony - Scott - 10/9/2002 3:47:23 PM

Democrats know a good trick when they have it... - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 6:52:33 PM
- This is scary, Tom. - Bowser - 10/9/2002 7:48:51 PM
  - You be hallucinating, bowser. - ebnelson - 10/9/2002 7:57:01 PM
  - This post doesn't mention Clinton either. Oops. - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 9:43:43 AM
  - What's scary is where did he mention Clinton as you accuse? n/t (n/t) - p - 10/9/2002 8:35:35 AM
    - He sounds broken-hearted - - - - Bowser - 10/9/2002 8:44:52 AM
      - Re: He sounds broken-hearted - - - - p - 10/9/2002 8:51:59 AM
- We will see.Didn't Shakespeare have one of his characters wisely suggest - ebnelson - 10/9/2002 7:29:04 PM

Bush Appoints Belafonte As Weapons Inspector - p - 10/9/2002 5:52:59 PM

Dan - "Bowser chew toys"? - Bowser - 10/8/2002 12:27:01 PM
- Your Analogy reeks of Rotton Eggs...Again - Scott - 10/8/2002 2:41:43 PM
  - Busted - Lindy - 10/8/2002 2:56:21 PM
    - POT...KETTLE...BLACK - p - 10/9/2002 1:03:26 PM
      - Re: POT...KETTLE...BLACK - Lindy - 10/9/2002 3:00:02 PM
    - The Habitable Monologues.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 3:46:09 PM
      - Re: The Habitable Monologues.... - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 5:34:22 PM
        
        Re: The Habitable Monologues.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 6:02:43 PM
        
        Re: The Habitable Monologues.... - Lindy - 10/9/2002 3:19:10 PM
        
        Believe what you will... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2002 3:41:48 PM
        
        P.S. - Scott - 10/9/2002 4:01:03 PM
        
        Re: It's his real name . . . - D. spires - 10/9/2002 5:14:00 PM
        
        Re: P.S. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2002 11:49:19 AM
        
        Don't get sad... - Scott - 10/9/2002 3:59:38 PM
        
        Sniff. Thanks Scott. ;-) n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/9/2002 4:03:33 PM
    - Actually, I am Jeb Bush - Scott - 10/8/2002 3:09:36 PM
- Re: Suffice, we're not going to see eye to eye on very much . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 12:52:07 PM
  - TTFN? - Bowser - 10/8/2002 5:27:51 PM
    - Re: I dunno, B . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 8:21:21 AM
    - Re: "Ta Ta For Now." An old acronym. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 5:35:15 PM
      - Huh! - Bowser - 10/9/2002 3:36:22 PM
- Probably should shift to Offtopic or somewhere. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/8/2002 12:30:49 PM
  - Re: It's very on-topic . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 12:52:50 PM

Watching Byrd today... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 1:25:24 PM
- I bet Byrd would stop this nonsense if they attached a rider to the resolution promising some more pork for West Virgina n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 10/8/2002 2:39:29 PM
  - Senator Byrd is the Doomsday Device - Larry J - 10/9/2002 4:46:34 PM
  - forgive the old fart...He sniffed a little too much Kerosine during his days in the KKK - Scott - 10/8/2002 2:45:20 PM

Bush - 'slanted and sometimes entirely false"? Say it ain't so!! - Bowser - 10/9/2002 10:59:15 AM
- 911. The pros missed that one pretty well. - ebnelson - 10/9/2002 12:21:55 PM
- Re: Bush - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 11:27:53 AM
  - Defending Saddam? - Bowser - 10/9/2002 2:59:24 PM
    - Yes, you do defend Saddam: - ebneson - 10/9/2002 3:35:48 PM
- Re: Not really . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 11:12:54 AM
  - That's cute. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/9/2002 3:01:04 PM

Terrorist cell in Maryland. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2002 4:13:43 PM
- What's an "Activated Sleeper Cell?" (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 10/7/2002 6:01:19 PM
  - Cell - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2002 6:20:56 PM
- Re: Terrorist cell in Maryland. - p - 10/7/2002 5:38:01 PM
  - Insufficient data - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2002 6:58:53 PM
    - Re: Oportunity . . . - D. Spires - 10/7/2002 7:48:15 PM
      - I don't buy the army sniper bit... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2002 10:15:44 AM
        
        Besides, what self-respecting sniper would use a 5.56mm weapon? - Larry J - 10/8/2002 1:36:21 PM
        
        Re: Who claims the perp to be 'self-respecting' . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 1:46:33 PM
        
        I think he's extremely self-respecting - Larry J - 10/8/2002 4:27:56 PM
        
        Re: I don't buy the army sniper bit... - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2002 11:41:32 AM
        
        Re: That's reasonable . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/7/2002 11:11:31 AM
  - Duet - Mary Anne - 10/7/2002 6:24:30 PM
    - Colombine analogy... - Scott - 10/7/2002 10:16:27 AM
      - I don't care how they catch them, as long as it's soon. - Lee - 10/7/2002 12:55:44 PM
        
        I'd just like to beat on him for a little while... - Scott - 10/9/2002 3:14:56 PM

Bush Iraq plan hits snag in Senate - Bowser - 10/8/2002 10:22:53 AM
- the pooch (and that Tenet guy) may have a point - McFly - 10/8/2002 1:11:30 PM
  - Tenet raises an important issue - ebnelson - 10/9/2002 1:30:39 PM
  - Hate to point this out... - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 1:18:33 PM
    - Re: Hate to point this out... - McFly - 10/9/2002 1:26:46 PM
      - Re: He still has the option of contaminating his oil reserves . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 1:32:37 PM
- Good. Let Sadam's defenders in the Senate Drag this out until Sadam does attack - Scott - 10/8/2002 10:40:01 AM

Message From the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the One-Year Anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 8:55:34 AM
- Next, they give themselves medals. They the men!!! n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/8/2002 10:15:59 AM
  - Why not? they did damn good. - Scott - 10/8/2002 10:17:11 AM
    - Re: He just has nothing to say . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 11:10:22 AM
      - What are you talking about? - Bowser - 10/8/2002 11:28:46 AM
        
        Re: Like you, I can post where I like, and crank whom I wish . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 11:33:38 AM
        
        I found one, I'll look for some more. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/8/2002 11:50:06 AM
        
        Re: One more time . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 11:57:25 AM
    - You be the funny one! - Bowser - 10/8/2002 10:28:25 AM
      - Check your geography - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 3:17:08 PM
        
        Re: Miracle called technology . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 1:30:10 PM
      - It a sure bet you'll never win one - Scott - 10/8/2002 10:29:44 AM
        
        You'd lose! n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 10/8/2002 10:41:22 AM
        
        You must have won a purple heart. - Scott - 10/8/2002 10:45:24 AM
        
        Re: You don't get the PH for repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 11:11:46 AM
        
        Now Dan, - RNE - 10/9/2002 12:02:51 PM
- Central Command Marks Anniversary of War on Terrorism . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 9:02:11 AM

More mosquito diseases - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 1:14:29 PM
- Re: China . . .` - D. - 10/9/2002 1:26:27 PM
  - Re: Think I'll trim that nail now . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 1:27:12 PM

Iraqi Denial and Deception Far Beyond Battlefield Tactics . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 9:27:10 AM
- The $64,000 question - Gary - 10/8/2002 5:42:32 PM
  - Re: The $32,000 reply . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 1:24:16 PM

U.S. to Pursue Stability in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 12:43:15 PM

Terror Suspect Ordered Back to U.S. . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 12:36:42 PM

Second Attack on U.S. Forces Averted . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 12:00:33 PM
- U.S. Investigates al-Qaida Link to Kuwait Shooting Attack . . . - D. Spires - 10/9/2002 12:16:22 PM

Please note - - Bowser - 10/9/2002 10:54:34 AM
- Re: Please note - - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2002 11:00:12 AM
  - Didn't think of that. - Bowser - 10/9/2002 11:09:27 AM

A call for diversity in university faculties - p - 10/8/2002 4:31:33 PM
- David Horowitz's efforts - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 6:00:02 PM
- Wouldn't work. - Bowser - 10/8/2002 5:07:07 PM
  - You are the best comedy relief on the internet - ebnelson - 10/8/2002 6:15:36 PM
  - Learning and "diversity" - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 5:52:25 PM
    - Unwittingly, you are confirming my theses. - Bowser - 10/8/2002 7:53:12 PM
  - Re: Really . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 5:16:31 PM
    - Really!! - Bowser - 10/8/2002 5:50:01 PM
      - Re: Oh . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 7:17:07 PM
        
        There's a common experience here. - Bowser - 10/8/2002 7:35:09 PM
        
        Knock knock. Anybody in there? - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 7:54:38 PM
        
        You aren't serious! By the way - - - - Bowser - 10/8/2002 8:12:13 AM
        
        By the way - - - - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 9:26:17 AM
        
        You do not call in Spectres unless you know!!! - Bowser - 10/8/2002 10:14:01 AM
        
        Re: Post the reference material for this claim -- if you have one . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 11:20:01 AM
        
        Semi-rational. Let me tell you a story. - Bowser - 10/8/2002 11:42:43 AM
        
        Re: Nice 'manual' . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 11:58:55 AM
        
        Re: Okay, for all but one . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 8:08:11 AM
      - You are the only person calling for curtailment of civil rights - ebnelson - 10/8/2002 6:24:06 PM

A good laugh from Benedict Ritter - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2002 7:00:21 PM
- You're so full of **it SDAI! - Lindy - 10/7/2002 5:18:24 PM
  - Keep staring at your contrails, Lindy. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/8/2002 2:05:00 PM
  - Hmmm. I don't feel constipated... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2002 6:06:09 PM
- Ya ever wonder? - Bowser - 10/7/2002 8:57:47 AM
  - A worthy effort but... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/7/2002 3:27:05 PM
    - An unflattering documentary of America? - Ms. Flak Jacket - 10/7/2002 5:29:29 PM
      - Yes, the big payoff. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 1:52:44 PM
        
        Opinions - Lindy - 10/8/2002 3:36:39 PM
        
        HTML - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 3:53:06 PM
        
        Re: HTML - Lindy - 10/8/2002 7:36:39 PM
        
        Re: Here ya go, Lindy (you'll need to scroll right) . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 8:39:25 AM
        
        If at first you don't succeed..... - Lindy - 10/8/2002 9:45:22 AM

U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2002 5:59:52 PM
- Again, with link. Bugger. - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2002 6:01:16 PM
  - Protests... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 7:12:00 PM
    - Re: Protests... - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 3:40:31 PM
      - Re: Protests... - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 3:54:19 PM
        
        Nope. I can see the top part of that "C" sticking out. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 4:18:57 PM
        
        Re: Well, yeah -- if I put on my glasses . . . X^| (squinting) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 4:22:54 PM
    - Re: Protests... - McFly - 10/8/2002 1:57:47 PM
      - Scary isn't it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 2:23:07 PM
        
        Re: A sad state, when the solution seems to be to just ignore it . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 2:37:34 PM

History, redux. - Bowser - 10/7/2002 7:35:56 PM
- Was Fisk asleep when Iraq agreed to surrender that measure of sovereignty after the Gulf War?? - Matt Burley - 10/7/2002 11:06:08 AM
- Then Saddam should not have agreed in 1991. Saddam, and you, keep forgetting who won the Gulf War. - ebnelson - 10/7/2002 10:24:02 AM
- How do you get "unfettered access" for inspection without free and unimpeded passage? - Tony - 10/7/2002 8:22:07 AM
  - Re: Everything in Bowserworld is easy . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/7/2002 9:14:02 AM
    - When you start lying it gets complex! Get with reality - - - - Bowser - 10/7/2002 9:56:53 AM
      - Re: Just try answering a few of my questions . . . - D. Spires - 10/7/2002 11:19:48 AM
        
        What questions? - Bowser - 10/7/2002 12:09:45 PM
        
        Re: I told you . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 12:40:57 PM
        
        Games - Bowser - 10/8/2002 4:14:15 PM
        
        Re: Bowser Chew-Toys . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 4:36:31 PM
        
        Re: One of those was from S_M (the 'repeat performance') . . . - D. spires - 10/8/2002 4:39:23 PM
        
        Re: I told you . . . - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 3:46:26 PM
        
        Re: I told you . . . - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 2:11:43 PM
        
        Comment - Lindy - 10/8/2002 7:03:42 PM
        
        Re: I can hope . . . ;^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 2:20:24 PM
      - More self-projection from Bowser. I think he knows he istrying to mislead people - ebnelson - 10/7/2002 11:12:33 AM
  - Easy. - Bowser - 10/7/2002 8:38:19 AM
    - And of course you have the link showing where the USA is going to occupy Iraq for the inspections to be acceptable?§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/7/2002 10:25:39 AM
    - "As long as the sun shall shine and the grass shall"...wait, what's that in the river? - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2002 10:12:40 AM
    - Re: Easy. - Tony - 10/7/2002 10:05:23 AM
      - Of course I'm extreme! - Bowser - 10/7/2002 12:05:07 PM
        
        You are gibbering. Saddam agreed, as a term of the truce, to the inspections - ebnelson - 10/7/2002 12:48:38 PM

briefing on Iraqi denial and deception - McFly - 10/8/2002 6:35:33 PM

Voices of Experience . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 5:39:17 PM

Hey look it's those nice Iraqis trying to kill us... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/8/2002 2:52:01 PM
- Hellfire Missiles and brimstone - Aim for the X at the top of their heads - 10/8/2002 4:27:52 PM
  - Re: Hellfire Missiles and brimstone - Tom Brosz - 10/8/2002 5:32:00 PM

Portland Pair Enter Pleas; 2 More Held . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 4:52:36 PM
- Terror Suspect Surprised by Allegation . . . - D. Spires - 10/8/2002 5:24:40 PM

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