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Our friends, the Saudis - p - 8/6/2002 1:18:51 PM
- Re: Our friends, the Saudis - Scott - 8/7/2002 2:47:59 PM
  - Yup, When SADDAM came a Knockin in '90 - Carl..... - 8/7/2002 3:06:25 PM
  - Alternative Fuel Ethanol = net Energy Gain from Production - Scott - 8/7/2002 3:02:58 PM
    - One thing that could make ethanol more economically viable... - Larry J - 8/8/2002 1:36:44 PM
- Our friends, the Israelis - Bowser - 8/6/2002 3:42:25 PM
  - This maybe Israeli disinformation - Gary - 8/6/2002 4:25:19 PM
    - It seems the Saudis are doing a fine job of poisoning the relationship on their own. - Larry J - 8/7/2002 1:50:54 PM
      - latest communique from our "allies" the Saudis - p - 8/7/2002 2:47:39 PM
        
        This is great! Pull all of out troops out of Saudi and let Sadam (and Bin Ladin) have their way. - Scott - 8/7/2002 2:50:33 PM
        
        Re: This is great! Pull all of out troops out of Saudi and let Sadam (and Bin Ladin) have their way. - p - 8/7/2002 2:57:03 PM
        
        Relax, the Saudi royals are notorious wheeler-dealers - - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2002 4:14:12 PM
        
        Re: Relax, the Saudi royals are notorious wheeler-dealers - - Scott - 8/7/2002 4:33:21 PM
  - how could I be so blind? - p - 8/6/2002 4:12:50 PM
    - Still driving you nuts, isn't it? - Bowser - 8/6/2002 4:43:10 PM
      - Re: Still driving you nuts, isn't it? - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2002 5:59:56 PM
        
        Bowser's just having LBJ/Vietnam flashbacks. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2002 7:14:25 PM
      - Bush will be re-elected - Scott - 8/6/2002 5:12:10 PM
  - I agree. Israeli policy was to inextricably link themselves with us. - ebnelson - 8/6/2002 9:48:27 AM
- A bit spooky - FrankC - 8/6/2002 3:25:10 PM

Holy War Engulfs Afghan Feminist . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 7:50:50 PM

Home-Life a Welcome Challenge for Soldiers . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 7:35:08 PM
- When I arrived at Shemya, my CO told me... - Larry J - 8/7/2002 8:31:39 AM

So the left in Europe is tolerent - Lee - 8/7/2002 7:23:10 PM
- That should be tolerant (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 8/7/2002 7:26:07 PM
- That should be idiotic - Tony - 8/7/2002 4:20:29 PM
- Most governments take assassination attempts of their leaders, very seriously. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/7/2002 4:00:59 PM
- The Neonazis advocate and frequently commit violence - Larry J - 8/7/2002 1:43:03 PM

U.S. Forces Kill 4 in Afghan Gunfight . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 7:22:22 PM

15 Die as Afghan Army Clashes With Attackers . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 7:08:07 PM

Left: U.S. Meddling to Turn Philippines into 'Vietnam' . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 6:57:06 PM

I feel so much safer now - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2002 4:20:47 PM
- Re: Kinda makes one wonder when the "authorities" will finally start taking security seriously . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 6:48:47 PM
  - Maybe when more of them have to ride in airliners... - Larry J - 8/7/2002 9:48:43 AM
- What Tom..you mean you haven't seen Small Soldiers? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2002 4:32:14 PM

Musharraf: 'Someone Else' Planned U.S. Attacks . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 1:31:13 PM
- Re: Musharraf: Preping his nation for something? N/T (n/t) - Scott - 8/7/2002 4:45:50 PM
  - Re: He'd better be . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 6:18:05 PM

Baghdad Invites U.S. Politicians . . . - D. Spires - 8/5/2002 1:40:36 PM
- He is confident that the idiots of the world will take this as good faith. - ebnelson - 8/6/2002 12:32:13 PM
- The agenda. - Bowser - 8/5/2002 5:40:59 PM
  - How many inspections include his underground labs and facilities! ROFLMAO! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2002 11:46:22 AM
  - Re: Bush doesn't want war . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 4:17:57 PM
  - We'll see - FrankC - 8/6/2002 3:35:26 PM
    - Re: We could send all the Democrats . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 4:16:52 PM
      - Guess what happened in Vietnam? - Bowser - 8/6/2002 5:09:52 PM
        
        Armed with his deadly urban assault typewriter... - Larry J - 8/6/2002 5:28:42 PM
        
        Re: Hey!! - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 5:31:58 PM
        
        So did I... - Larry J - 8/6/2002 7:09:40 PM
        
        Okay, you vets, so what's an REMF? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2002 7:57:56 PM
        
        Well, it isn't a term of endearment... - Larry J - 8/6/2002 8:46:14 AM
        
        Re: Oh, oh . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 8:36:10 AM
        
        I see... - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2002 10:51:56 AM
        
        Except BUFF is a term of endearment, REMF most definitely is not. nt - Larry J - 8/6/2002 2:31:35 PM
        
        term of endearment - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2002 2:42:20 PM
        
        Tooth to tail ratio - Larry J - 8/7/2002 4:22:28 PM
        
        Re: I doubt most of them have ever even heard the term before . . . - D. Spires - 8/7/2002 2:54:56 PM
        
        Re: Oh, I'm sorry . . . - D, Spires - 8/6/2002 5:23:42 PM
        
        Bad joke. - Bowser - 8/6/2002 5:38:30 PM
        
        Re: Bad dog . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 5:40:30 PM
- Interesting... - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 2:41:47 PM

Analysis: What Do Afghan Women Want . . . ? - D. Spires - 8/5/2002 2:25:07 PM
- I know, a PLAYBOY spread, THE WOMAN of.... - Carl...... - 8/7/2002 3:13:56 PM
- It will hardly be the first time the revolutionaries everyone loves - ebnelson - 8/6/2002 12:38:27 PM
- 's funny. - Bowser - 8/5/2002 4:01:24 PM
  - Excuse me? - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 4:27:08 PM
    - The leftists are upset because the eeevvviilll right wing - ebnelson - 8/6/2002 12:37:04 PM
    - Well, - - - - - Bowser - 8/5/2002 4:46:11 PM
      - Re: Well, - - - - - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 4:54:23 PM
        
        Re: Well, - - - - - Bowser - 8/5/2002 5:28:24 PM

Bush Reviews Iraq Attack Options . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 5:48:24 PM
- Iraq Postures Against Aggression . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 7:59:46 PM
- Making Up Our Minds About Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 12:05:31 PM
- U.N. Wants Iraq to Clarify Weapons Talks . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 8:20:20 AM
- Domestic Politics Drive EU Debate on Iraq Attack . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 8:07:12 AM

Florida judge strikes down school vouchers - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 9:10:32 AM
- What is it about Florida judges and their ignorance of Federal law? - ebnelson - 8/5/2002 10:48:24 AM
- Holding the line vs. another entitlement program? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/5/2002 9:42:39 AM
  - Entitlement program - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 10:36:21 AM
    - Re: Entitlement program - alcaray - 8/5/2002 11:05:42 AM
      - Re: Entitlement program - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 12:39:37 PM
        
        I'm not really implying anything - alcaray - 8/6/2002 2:48:41 PM
        
        Govt. money - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2002 6:06:10 PM
      - First, Very little federal money goes for K-12 education...v - Larry J - 8/5/2002 12:36:01 PM

Bush Signs Trade Promotion Bill . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 5:39:06 PM
- This is something clinton could never get the dems to give him. - ebnelson - 8/6/2002 11:40:34 AM

Warlord Pushes for Control of a Corner of Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 4:48:00 PM

Macapagal Shifts Target from Abus to Communists . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 4:36:40 PM

Solution remains the same: massive UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 8/6/2002 4:14:28 PM

Delusions versus Reality... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2002 7:41:19 PM
- Bush Snr looks like he's under the weather - E.P. Grondine - 8/6/2002 4:04:38 PM
- Re: Correction . . . - D. Spires - 8/3/2002 11:41:01 AM

China and Taiwan - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 9:19:03 AM
- Two realities. - Bowser - 8/6/2002 3:22:20 PM

Israeli Army Arrests Hamas Head . . . - D. Spires - 8/5/2002 2:02:08 PM
- Re: Israeli Army Arrests Hamas Head . . . - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2002 2:39:23 PM
  - Re: The finer points of combat . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2002 1:15:55 PM

SWS: Filipinos Satisfied With U.S. Help . . . - D. spires - 8/6/2002 12:49:51 PM

Another Example of why when in doubt, despising clinton is still the proper course. - ebnelson - 8/4/2002 8:54:49 AM
- I don't follow you. - alcaray - 8/5/2002 4:03:10 PM
  - Re: I don't follow you. - Buck Galaxy - 8/6/2002 8:15:18 AM
- Another Example of Ed in denial n/t - Buck Galaxy - 8/5/2002 3:58:57 PM
- Another Example of Ed in denial n/t - Buck Galaxy - 8/5/2002 3:58:56 PM
  - As the facts are developing, it is you who are in denial. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/5/2002 10:49:53 AM

A Letter from Matthew Simmons, CEO of Simmons & Co. Int'l - SM - 8/5/2002 6:34:04 PM

Ex-King Returns to Palace . . . - D. Spires - 8/5/2002 6:28:59 PM

Rockets Fired at Base in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 8/5/2002 6:16:32 PM

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