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Insightful article on Rumsfeld, etc. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/9/2002 10:13:10 AM

Russia Giving Parts to Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 9/9/2002 8:56:51 AM
- Wow...talk about how things can change. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/9/2002 9:43:25 AM

Fighting in Afghanistan Kills 15 as Governor's Soldiers Expel Rebels . . . - D. Spires - 9/9/2002 8:49:34 AM
- U.S. Operations Under Way in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 9/9/2002 9:05:59 AM

Sept. 11 Changes U.S. Role in World . . . - D. Spires - 9/9/2002 8:32:07 AM

Arafat to Ask for Pledge of Peace . . . - D. Spires - 9/9/2002 8:23:42 AM

Watch out Ann Coulter... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2002 5:29:37 PM
- No wide hips - FrankC - 9/8/2002 5:24:20 PM
  - You're right - Mary Anne - 9/8/2002 6:47:53 PM
- Re: Watch out Ann Coulter... - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 5:40:01 PM
  - Re: Watch out Ann Coulter... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2002 5:44:44 PM
- Re: (missing photo) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2002 5:35:39 PM

Oh, those California Republicans! - Bowser - 9/7/2002 4:47:06 PM
- Re: Oh, those California Republicans! - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 6:25:00 PM
  - He's a natural. - Bowser - 9/7/2002 8:10:35 AM
    - Re: He's a natural. - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 2:59:27 PM
      - Grammar - Mary Anne - 9/8/2002 11:49:29 AM
        
        Communication - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2002 10:10:17 AM
    - Arf, you are projecting again. ‡ (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 1:51:29 PM
      - Cute puppy! - Bowser - 9/7/2002 3:01:05 PM
        
        You wish, wingnut. You wish. - ebnelson - 9/8/2002 5:54:02 PM
        
        Re: Cute puppy! - Lindy - 9/7/2002 3:39:31 PM

Fire 'em! Use a squad. Part II - Bowser - 9/8/2002 5:40:17 PM
- A lesson in dates for Arf - ebnelson - 9/8/2002 5:45:11 PM
  - Re: A lesson in dates for Arf - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2002 9:26:42 AM

A Walk on the "Blind Side" -- Pt. II - Splinx - 9/7/2002 5:21:31 PM
- Legally it's "knew or SHOULD HAVE known". - Bowser - 9/8/2002 3:40:17 PM
- Quoting the insane is never good practice. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/8/2002 1:20:38 PM
  - More...on Ruppert (The last one is the best link) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/8/2002 1:39:00 PM

See what Hillary Clinton looks like lately? - Carl.... - 9/7/2002 3:46:04 PM
- Re: See what Hillary Clinton looks like lately? - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 6:27:34 PM
- Yeah, and who does Dick Cheney's hair? - Mary Anne - 9/7/2002 4:11:35 PM
  - Better yet, will DICK RUN in '04???? - Carl.... - 9/7/2002 8:55:46 AM
    - Oh good - Mary Anne - 9/7/2002 10:48:04 AM
      - Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 9/7/2002 10:57:20 AM
        
        Re: Well . . . - Bowser - 9/7/2002 11:57:55 AM
        
        I get tired, Dan - Mary Anne - 9/7/2002 11:31:48 AM
        
        Thanks for the link! - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 3:09:24 PM
        
        That link is awesome, MA. Thanks. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 1:55:46 PM
        
        Our resident person of interest should spend a few hours at that site (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 9/8/2002 9:49:08 AM

I accuse Germany of pure cowardice.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 5:47:43 PM
- Re: DO YOU? - Raoul - 9/8/2002 8:46:06 AM
- not quite - p - 9/7/2002 2:36:58 PM
- It's not their fault - Lee - 9/6/2002 6:53:11 PM

Fire 'em! Use a squad. - Bowser - 9/6/2002 6:35:10 PM
- Unspecific Threats. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/7/2002 7:54:13 PM
- "Osama bin Laden was planning a huge attack on American soil" - Larry J - 9/7/2002 4:09:09 PM
  - There's a real world out there. - Bowser - 9/7/2002 4:33:41 PM
    - Re: There's a real world out there. - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 6:34:37 PM
      - Easy. What's wrong with "accountability"? - Bowser - 9/7/2002 7:51:11 PM
        
        Re: Easy - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 4:37:50 PM
    - Too bad you don't live in it - Larry J - 9/7/2002 6:05:50 PM
    - Re: There's a real world out there. - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 1:56:56 PM
- "What do they do to sentries who fall asleep with disastrous results? What do they call that?" - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 1:53:23 PM
- Re: Fire 'em! Use a squad. - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 8:05:13 AM

Makes sense! But wait a minute - - - Bowser - 9/6/2002 7:12:20 PM
- Gimme some oil..YEAH!. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 7:37:50 PM
- But you were jsut telling us Afghnistan was all about oil. - ebnelson - 9/6/2002 7:35:36 PM
- Makes no sense because it's increasingly obvious that Bin Laden is dead n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 9/6/2002 11:08:53 AM
- Wait a minute - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2002 10:29:27 AM
  - "So why not take over Kuwait instead?" - Buck Galaxy - 9/7/2002 1:09:42 PM
    - Re: We did invade Kuwate . . . - D. Spires - 9/7/2002 6:28:20 PM
  - Re: Interestingly enough -- Clinton raises excellent reasons for an attack on Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 12:46:34 PM
- Re: Makes sense! - Raoul - 9/6/2002 10:08:08 AM
  - Prevailing wisdom in Afghanistan. - Bowser - 9/6/2002 11:43:16 AM
    - In what sense is America going to loot Iraq? - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 2:26:57 PM
    - Are you Palestinian? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 4:43:04 PM
- Clinton has long been obsessed with OBL - FrankC - 9/6/2002 8:21:41 AM
- Simpler, for tweedle-dumb and tweedle-dumber - - Bowser - 9/6/2002 8:01:52 AM
  - Re: "KILL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLING YOU!" - Buck Galaxy - 9/6/2002 1:36:30 PM

I salute Michael R. Sullivan... - Jacob Samorodin - 9/7/2002 6:22:11 PM

Flight 11 -- An Escort of Lies - Splinx - 9/5/2002 7:13:28 PM
- A little research... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2002 7:33:05 PM
  - No, all info at CCR is well documented (n/t) - Splinx - 9/5/2002 8:02:16 AM
- I don't see a problem in this. - ebnelson - 9/5/2002 7:25:36 PM
- Corrections - Larry J - 9/5/2002 2:36:47 PM
  - Essentially trivial - Splinx - 9/5/2002 4:07:12 PM
    - Why bother addressing the issue... - Scott - 9/6/2002 7:58:18 PM
    - Why bother to tell you the truth when you've already made up your mind? - Larry J - 9/6/2002 8:26:08 AM
      - RE: Why bother? - Splinx - 9/6/2002 10:55:07 AM
        
        Re: RE: Why bother? - Larry J - 9/6/2002 1:37:52 PM
        
        Shame - Splinx - 9/6/2002 3:24:47 PM
        
        And you still are viewing the situation in hindsight - Larry J - 9/7/2002 4:01:33 PM
        
        note -- correction - Splinx - 9/6/2002 4:03:08 PM
        
        Some notes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 1:27:04 PM
      - Center for Cooperative Research - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 8:52:05 AM
- Call Donahue... I hear he needs some interesting material for his new talk show - Scott - 9/5/2002 11:52:40 AM
  - Wisecracks seem somehow inappropriate... - Splinx - 9/5/2002 12:18:58 PM
    - Your conspiracy theory is hardly intelligent - Scott - 9/5/2002 12:30:41 PM
      - Facts please - Splinx - 9/5/2002 12:57:35 PM
- "Blindsided" my foot! - Lindy - 9/5/2002 11:00:04 AM
  - "Blindsided" my foot! Take Two - Lindy - 9/5/2002 11:28:22 AM
    - Connecting the Dots - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 3:44:07 PM
    - Re: take two - Splinx - 9/5/2002 2:00:11 PM
  - There you go... trying to divide the US when we are about to go to war with Iraq - Scott - 9/5/2002 11:05:27 AM
    - Re: There you go... trying to divide the US when we are about to go to war with Iraq - Lindy - 9/5/2002 11:12:49 AM
      - Scott is Scott not SDAI-Tech1 - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2002 1:10:24 PM
        
        Re: Scott is Scott not SDAI-Tech1 - Lindy - 9/5/2002 2:33:21 PM
      - I wish Vietnam was behing the attack on 9/11 - Scott - 9/5/2002 11:20:55 AM
- Re: Flight 11 -- probably a moot point. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 10:43:59 AM
  - NORAD spokesman on interceptions - Splinx - 9/5/2002 10:57:58 AM
    - Re: NORAD spokesman on interceptions - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 11:23:03 AM
      - It's the same bogus excuse - Splinx - 9/5/2002 11:37:52 AM
        
        Re: It's the same bogus excuse - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2002 12:53:05 PM
        
        Re: Manipulation - Splinx - 9/5/2002 1:26:48 PM
        
        correction -- - Splinx - 9/5/2002 11:49:09 AM
        
        Re: correction -- - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 12:40:55 PM
        
        Yes - Splinx - 9/5/2002 1:18:58 PM
        
        Re: Yes - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 2:08:43 PM
        
        Not quite - Splinx - 9/5/2002 4:36:36 PM
        
        Re: Not quite - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2002 10:40:31 AM
        
        Au Contraire - Splinx - 9/6/2002 11:00:58 AM
        
        Mike Ruppert - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 1:56:00 PM
        
        FTW - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2002 11:59:10 AM
        
        Specifics please - Splinx - 9/6/2002 12:30:53 PM
        
        Re: Specifics please - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2002 1:14:39 PM
        
        OK - Splinx - 9/6/2002 2:18:26 PM
        
        Re: All right then. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2002 2:53:59 PM
        
        Re: Yes - Lindy - 9/5/2002 2:55:26 PM

German Position on Iraq could be Destabilizing for Allies. . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 1:49:47 PM
- Heh, heh! American, not German, Position on Iraq could be Destabilizing for Allies. . .n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/6/2002 5:33:52 PM
- Real politic - Gary - 9/6/2002 4:42:11 PM
  - I wouldn't mind seeing Germany stand on it's own two feet again, but - Lee - 9/7/2002 3:22:26 PM
  - Yes, the Greens are composed of neurotics and Europe is fast becoming a mirror of the third world. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 4:50:41 PM

Major attack or routine mission? - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2002 2:25:33 PM
- Wouldn't SH like to know? § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 2:27:32 PM

Chamberlain and, well, Blair. - Bowser - 9/6/2002 1:48:00 PM
- Barf, you have entered into the wongnut zone. - ebnelson - 9/7/2002 1:59:04 PM
- Re: Chamberlain and, well, Blair. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 5:27:17 PM

Progress on arming pilots - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 11:01:17 AM
- good article - p - 9/6/2002 7:58:47 PM
- Re: Progress on arming pilots - p - 9/6/2002 7:30:21 PM

Lest we forget, continued.. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 5:02:03 PM
- Re: Lest we forget, continued.. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2002 7:58:43 PM
  - Just to prove I'm not SCAI-Tech1 - Scott - 9/6/2002 11:05:32 AM

Bridging the Gap Between Muslim World and the West . . . - D. Spires - 9/5/2002 7:54:02 PM
- It'll never work - Lee - 9/6/2002 6:40:10 PM

So now UC Berkley is afraid of being political...lolol@them - ebnelson - 9/5/2002 10:03:24 AM
- Their rock turned over, Berkeley leftists squeal as sunlight hits... - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2002 12:22:21 PM
- Nothing much to add, pretty much speaks for itself. - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2002 10:36:01 AM
  - Probably won't do any good, but - Lee - 9/6/2002 6:26:40 PM
- My lousy spelling: UC Berkeley. ‡ (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/5/2002 10:20:20 AM
- Un-freakin-believable! - p - 9/5/2002 10:16:05 AM
  - Freak about sums it up - Scott - 9/5/2002 10:25:01 AM

Iraq, War on Terror Cloud U.S. Elections . . . - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 8:20:55 AM
- That, and oil, are the only purposes. And GHWBs pride. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/4/2002 8:31:57 AM
  - Why isn't oil worth fighting for? - Lee - 9/5/2002 8:05:51 AM
    - Re: Why isn't oil worth fighting for? - McFly - 9/5/2002 7:58:20 PM
      - Re: Lives are unimportant . . . - D. Spires - 9/5/2002 8:44:06 AM
    - Re: The human mind - Raoul - 9/5/2002 5:47:19 PM
      - But that still doesn't change the fact. - Lee - 9/6/2002 5:48:04 PM
  - For you, "n/t" must mean "no thought" - ebnelson - 9/4/2002 11:28:07 AM
  - I would think that attacking Iraq would be an admission that GHWB was a failure - Scott - 9/4/2002 10:00:34 AM
    - attacking Iraq - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2002 2:28:48 PM

World Leaders Cautious on Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 2:10:20 PM
- Bush Meets Stiff Opposition on Iraq from Allies . . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 2:51:11 PM

Eurostocks Gain on Tech, Economy Relief, Iraq Eyed . . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 2:41:30 PM

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