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Earth Summit starts up - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2002 11:37:02 AM
- Re: Earth Summit - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2002 4:34:57 PM
  - This rant was barely worth reading, - Tony - 8/26/2002 4:50:34 PM
    - Re: This rant was barely worth reading, - p - 8/26/2002 5:03:14 PM
- Does Mbeki believe in HIV yet? - ebnelson - 8/26/2002 4:25:03 PM
  - Sad to see all that was built there being destroyed. - Lee - 8/27/2002 8:09:20 AM
- Text of Mbeki's speech - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2002 4:05:49 PM
- The Lancet calls for a new global body to fight poverty - Larry J - 8/26/2002 1:37:01 PM

Worth reading - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2002 4:53:23 PM
- Re: Worth reading:: yes it is (n/t) (n/t) - p - 8/26/2002 5:00:19 PM

New Zealand Journalist Killed in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 8/26/2002 4:57:04 PM

Earth Summit, continued... - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2002 4:19:27 PM

Democrats unleashed in the People's Republic of California - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2002 4:31:07 PM
- CA is simply following the trend pioneered in MA - p - 8/25/2002 5:16:32 PM
  - Just why would any business locate in CA? - Scott - 8/26/2002 3:44:23 PM
- They will sow the seeds of Republican victory - ebnelson - 8/25/2002 5:12:53 PM
  - Not holding my breath waiting for Republican victory. - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2002 7:40:34 PM
- Re: They work for the people -- but only after the people threatens to fire them . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 8/25/2002 8:47:10 AM

New York Times starting to get used to egg on its face - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2002 8:18:14 AM
- taking the gloves off - FrankC - 8/24/2002 1:06:55 PM
  - Election time is nearing. - Scott - 8/26/2002 3:26:12 PM
  - The people are listening. (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/24/2002 3:23:02 PM

Isn't it odd that... - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2002 7:13:10 PM
- Re: Isn't it odd that... - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 2:51:11 PM
  - Some hard questions coming up - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2002 5:29:38 PM
    - Preemptive attack - Larry J - 8/23/2002 6:04:16 PM
      - Re: Preemptive attack - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 7:06:44 PM
      - Re: Preemptive attack - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2002 10:48:00 AM
        
        Re: Technicality . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 3:13:37 PM
      - Re: Preemptive attack - Scott - 8/23/2002 9:54:46 AM
    - I've heard pat Buchanan make the argument - Scott - 8/23/2002 5:48:37 PM
      - Hitler declared war on us on December 11, 1941, ... - Larry J - 8/23/2002 6:09:09 PM
        
        Nit picking about history - Gary - 8/23/2002 2:41:24 PM
        
        Re: Nit picking about history - Scott - 8/26/2002 2:17:38 PM
        
        Re: Nit picking about history - Larry J - 8/24/2002 12:26:48 PM
        
        Let's hope some other world leaders take Churchill's words to heart. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2002 9:21:29 AM
        
        Your preachin' to the chior brother... - Scott - 8/23/2002 9:42:17 AM
        
        Seems like you need to read up on history - Lee - 8/23/2002 11:12:08 AM
        
        As do you... - Tony - 8/26/2002 1:29:17 PM
        
        Re: We were already involved . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 4:06:42 PM
    - Re: Some hard questions coming up - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 5:47:35 PM
  - Best definition of politics that I've ever seen.. - Larry J - 8/23/2002 4:42:04 PM
- Inconsistency is the hallmark of many political hacks. - ebnelson - 8/23/2002 2:11:32 PM

is multiculturalism racism? - p - 8/22/2002 7:47:52 PM
- Who was it again that disagreed with me before, - Lee - 8/22/2002 3:37:44 PM
  - The crime-wave in America is caused by whites, hispanics, and blacks. - alcaray - 8/23/2002 3:56:34 PM
  - Cultural diversity can be good - FrankC - 8/23/2002 1:43:35 PM
    - So what's the point? - Lee - 8/23/2002 2:40:46 PM
  - Re: Ri-i-ight . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 12:37:04 PM
    - Affirmative action and forced integration have pretty much laid waste to freedom of association. - Lee - 8/23/2002 2:55:46 PM
      - Re: Occurs to me that your argument here counters itself . . . - D. Spires - 8/24/2002 6:50:10 PM
      - Re: Actually, you can . . . - D. Spires - 8/24/2002 5:52:21 PM
- Re: is multiculturalism racism? - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2002 3:29:45 PM
- Best line of the article: - Matt Burley - 8/22/2002 3:22:54 PM
- Conflicting messages - Larry J - 8/22/2002 9:30:38 AM
  - Re: Conflicting messages - SM - 8/25/2002 1:23:41 PM
  - It is very likely a sign of a very sick culture. (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/22/2002 1:09:52 PM
- No, but when used to destroy an existing culture and to rationalize drime - ebnelson - 8/22/2002 9:03:54 AM

McVeigh's contacts with Middle Eastern folk? - p - 8/24/2002 5:45:48 PM
- Reluctance to pursue unsubstantiated rumors - Matt Burley - 8/24/2002 7:54:30 PM

U.N. true to form - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2002 1:10:17 PM
- United Nations = Joke Against Humanity - Scott - 8/21/2002 6:56:31 PM
- Don't forget that he tolerates slave trading as well. - ebnelson - 8/21/2002 2:12:09 PM
- Re: He's not such a bad guy . . . - D. Spires - 8/21/2002 1:47:04 PM
  - Samuel Doe (Dictator of Liberia) was an Army Master Sargent! n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 8/21/2002 11:47:56 AM
  - Interesting. - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2002 8:39:07 AM
    - Perhaps he thinks Colonel is the highest rank! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/21/2002 9:06:23 AM
      - Re: Dunno -- in his army it just may be . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 8/24/2002 5:59:45 PM
    - Well, there were Captain Strasser and Major Koroma - Larry J - 8/21/2002 8:52:07 AM
- Re: U.N. true to form - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2002 12:31:07 PM
- Solution remains the same: Massive UN deployment - E.P.Grondine - 8/21/2002 10:24:38 AM
  - Re: Sounds like your solution to the posted article is a U.S. deployment to Libya . . . - D. Spires - 8/22/2002 12:19:42 PM
  - Preferably into the Marianas Trench with concrete overshoes...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2002 12:36:26 PM
- Ridiculous!! - FrankC - 8/20/2002 3:41:12 PM

Okay, forget Ashcroft. Let's go after Bill Simon - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2002 8:42:49 AM

U.S. Confirms Transfer of Weapons-Grade Uranium . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 8:23:50 AM
- This certainly would never have happened under Milosevic! n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 8/23/2002 4:13:07 PM

Time to go shopping.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/21/2002 3:31:18 PM
- Lying through his teeth - FrankC - 8/23/2002 3:57:17 PM
- Re: Time to go shopping.... - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2002 7:57:30 PM
  - expected, yes - FrankC - 8/22/2002 2:57:06 PM
- Re: Time to go shopping.... - D. Spires - 8/22/2002 5:08:42 PM

Taliban Documents, Weapons Seized in U.S. Raid . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 2:57:44 PM

Bush's Ranch Hands . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 9:11:56 AM

U.S. Troops Exchange Fire with Afghan Allies . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 8:56:22 AM

Afghanistan 'A Good Country Again' . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 8:37:50 AM
- Carpet Dealers Flocking Home to Afghanistan, Where Bevy of Foreign Workers Brings Brisk Business . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 8:47:30 AM

Britain Offers Cash to Refugees Who Return to Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2002 8:12:53 AM

Abu Nidal shoots self many times--film at 11. - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2002 11:27:23 AM
- All part of the Bush plan? - Lee - 8/22/2002 7:45:47 PM
  - Re: All part of the Bush plan? - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2002 7:59:26 PM
- I'm thinking it may be a diplomatic ovature from somewhere within the Iraqi Government - Scott - 8/21/2002 2:36:30 PM
- From what I've heard, he has faked his death before... - Larry J - 8/21/2002 1:16:49 PM
- Re: Abu Nidal shoots self many times--film at 11. - RNE - 8/21/2002 12:36:38 PM
- The covert teams in Iraq are clearly active and on target. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/20/2002 3:52:53 PM

Filipino Bandits Now Blamed for Grisly Killings . . . - D. Spires - 8/22/2002 6:23:56 PM
- Solution: Massive UN occupation of the Phillipines - p - 8/22/2002 7:31:49 PM

Afghan Defense Minister Denies Pakistani Charges of Taleban 'Regrouping' . . . - D. Spires - 8/22/2002 6:40:09 PM

In Impoverished Afghanistan, English Becomes Language of Jobs & Opportunity . . . - D. Spires - 8/22/2002 6:05:49 PM

Mass grave in Afghanistan - Raoul - 8/20/2002 5:32:50 PM
- Funny... - RobVG - 8/22/2002 4:09:06 PM
- Seeking The Truth In Afghan Graves - Bowser - 8/21/2002 5:57:33 PM
  - Well of course the killing of the prisoners was - ebnelson - 8/22/2002 2:00:43 PM
  - Hot gas alert - FrankC - 8/22/2002 1:25:52 PM
- Re: Mass grave in Afghanistan - Scott - 8/21/2002 2:54:54 PM
  - Re: Mass grave in Afghanistan - Raoul - 8/21/2002 3:56:54 PM
    - There may be a reason why more concern wasn't expressed in this case... - Larry J - 8/21/2002 6:20:24 PM
  - Re: Very true . . . - D. Spires - 8/21/2002 3:16:38 PM
- Re: Why should there have been comments . . . ? - D. Spires - 8/21/2002 2:37:40 PM
- It could have been worse - FrankC - 8/21/2002 1:28:42 PM
  - Re: Ain't no story at Gitmo . . . - D. Spires - 8/21/2002 2:45:07 PM
    - Darn reporters! Who wants to hear about stories like this. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/21/2002 3:37:35 PM
      - Re: Darn reporters! Who wants to hear about stories like this. n/t - Marcia - 8/21/2002 5:03:15 PM
- The important lesson in this matter - Matt Burley - 8/21/2002 12:31:39 PM
  - That is about right, I am afraid. (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/22/2002 2:01:38 PM

So, where is the ACLU? - Larry J - 8/20/2002 5:06:55 PM
- OK , I'll ask again - Tony - 8/20/2002 7:58:28 PM
  - SInce I don't have access to a "Wayback Machine"... - Larry J - 8/20/2002 8:23:22 AM
    - Re: It's been a 'everyone else is better than you' world for so long . . . - D. Spires - 8/20/2002 1:31:52 PM
- Perhaps they are able (like the courts) to distinguish between privately funded and publicly funded institutions. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/20/2002 7:51:27 PM
  - The University of North Carolina is publically funded, is it not? - Larry J - 8/20/2002 8:24:22 AM
- Perhaps they have better things to do... - Tony - 8/20/2002 6:20:43 PM
  - Sure, all they have to do is write a paper on why... - Larry J - 8/20/2002 6:27:45 PM
    - My post didnt come out quite right... - Tony - 8/20/2002 6:47:55 PM
      - In case you didn't notice... - Larry J - 8/20/2002 6:54:14 PM
- Apparently subtle distinction. - Bowser - 8/20/2002 6:07:14 PM
  - So Ashcroft gets lumped in with the Ayatollah? - ebnelson - 8/20/2002 6:42:47 PM
  - Re: Apparently subtle distinction. - Larry J - 8/20/2002 6:16:53 PM
    - See? I was right. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 8/20/2002 7:30:09 PM
      - No, you' (n/t) - Larry J - 8/20/2002 7:44:24 PM
        
        Damned fingers (Part II) No, you're just... - Larry J - 8/20/2002 7:45:59 PM
  - Re: Apparently subtle distinction. - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2002 11:14:43 AM
    - Aren't you the guy who said all liberals hate Christianity? - Bowser - 8/20/2002 5:56:36 PM
      - Re: Aren't you the guy - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2002 9:11:13 AM
        
        The next time - - - - Bowser - 8/22/2002 4:08:21 PM
- The hypocrisy of the left is so well documented. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/20/2002 5:46:25 PM

Bob Barr Ousted - FrankC - 8/20/2002 3:24:32 PM
- Maybe this is SDAI's version of karma in action - Tony - 8/21/2002 12:47:47 PM

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