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Or I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down! - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 4:56:57 PM
- Asymmetrical War. - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 2:44:49 PM
  - Re: Asymmetrical War. - Tom Brosz - 6/6/2002 4:31:58 PM
    - Arafat has led a coalition of shifting characters, as I understand it. - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 6:34:12 PM
      - Re: Arafat has led a coalition of shifting characters, as I understand it. - Dave Goodrich - 6/6/2002 9:51:56 AM
        
        Aren't you British? - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 10:25:31 AM
- Okay, so now they went home? - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 5:31:08 PM
  - Another possibility - alcaray - 6/6/2002 6:33:36 PM
  - "Coitus interruptus"? n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 6/5/2002 6:40:09 PM
- They got you. - Bowser - 6/5/2002 5:24:43 PM
  - "transfer" of palestinians - Buck Galaxy - 6/6/2002 7:39:49 PM
    - Maybe Sharon is just waiting for a big enough story. - alcaray - 6/6/2002 6:29:20 PM
      - like the next major terrorist attack on the US? - E.P. Grondine - 6/6/2002 2:20:13 PM
    - You need to come to grips with reality - E.P. Grondine - 6/6/2002 5:32:40 PM
- Idiotic, pointless, ridiculous - FrankC - 6/5/2002 5:12:35 PM

Not as easy as it looks... - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 8:49:55 AM
- Well, giving people unorganized data is a classic way to avoid - Bowser - 6/5/2002 9:23:44 AM
  - According to a broadcast news piece last night... - Larry J - 6/5/2002 3:30:14 PM
    - Options. - Bowser - 6/6/2002 5:54:15 PM
  - I am still waiting for responsible oversight. - ebnelson - 6/5/2002 9:41:57 AM
  - Unorganized data - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 9:31:25 AM
    - One last thought- I promise. - Bowser - 6/5/2002 10:30:35 AM
    - Another way to say it. - Bowser - 6/5/2002 10:11:44 AM
      - Just keep thinking about this... - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:40:25 PM
      - I agree on this: - ebnelson - 6/5/2002 10:27:38 AM

Homeland Security Dept - FrankC - 6/6/2002 2:08:32 PM
- Sen. Lardass Kennedy is personally responsible for much of the vulnerability. - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 3:01:36 PM

More on the European-Muslim threat... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/31/2002 2:59:39 PM
- Re: More on the European-Muslim threat... - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2002 4:12:48 PM
  - Well they could hit Kabul - Lee - 5/31/2002 5:03:16 PM
  - The greatest danger is the fragility and instability of Pakistan - Matt Burley - 5/31/2002 4:45:12 PM
    - Re: The greatest danger is the fragility and instability of Pakistan - Dave Goodrich - 6/6/2002 9:08:20 AM
  - Kashmir, Pakistan & India - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/31/2002 4:36:09 PM

Environmental Scientists Quit over Bush's Lack of Concern - Lindy - 6/3/2002 6:44:29 PM
- dude ,everybody's got to retire sometime... - Scott - 6/6/2002 8:32:30 AM
- Re: Environmental Scientists Quit over Bush's Lack of Concern - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/4/2002 6:48:56 PM
  - Bush's Lack of Concern - Lindy - 6/4/2002 3:47:51 PM
    - Re: Bush's Lack of Concern - R.L. - 6/5/2002 3:00:23 PM
      - I see you've missed me! - Lindy - 6/5/2002 3:24:02 PM
- Don't let the door hit his ass on the way out. ººº (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/4/2002 9:16:04 AM

"Security Bill" larded with pork - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 5:35:06 PM
- My guess is FEMA still headquartered in downtown DC - E.P. Grondine - 6/5/2002 8:00:25 AM

Saudis funding Belgian mosques as terrorist traing centers - p - 6/1/2002 2:43:34 PM
- US funding IRA - E.P. Grondine - 6/5/2002 4:22:51 PM
- Perhaps the International Community make a free trade arrangement for ideology: - ebnelson - 6/1/2002 5:17:37 PM
- Bushes, First and Second. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 3:48:56 PM
  - Re: Bushes, First and Second. - p - 6/1/2002 5:47:52 PM
    - Middle East. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 7:01:19 PM
- Re: Saudis funding Belgian mosques as terrorist traing centers - Raoul - 6/1/2002 2:57:15 PM
  - Re: Saudis funding Belgian mosques as terrorist traing centers - Raoul - 6/1/2002 3:01:57 PM
    - Good news and bad news. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 3:40:06 PM
    - Re: Saudis funding Belgian mosques as terrorist traing centers - p - 6/1/2002 3:19:28 PM
- On the contrary, today Bush sounds like the war on terrorism is just beginning - Matt Burley - 6/1/2002 11:14:23 AM
  - Re: On the contrary, today Bush sounds like the war on terrorism is just beginning - p - 6/2/2002 4:48:46 PM

Conservative criticism of Ashcroft, FBI, heats up - Bowser - 6/4/2002 4:04:09 PM
- Agenda-shift. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/4/2002 7:08:45 PM
  - Starting to worry about you S&T - alcaray - 6/4/2002 8:50:53 AM
    - Maybe a little bit. - Bowser - 6/4/2002 9:09:05 AM
      - Oops! So it does! - alcaray - 6/5/2002 3:14:05 PM
        
        Money is at the heart of all these debates... ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/5/2002 8:18:29 AM

Mideast in turmoil again. - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 8:41:29 AM
- The same but different - FrankC - 6/5/2002 8:54:22 AM

More on those lousy missiles. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 4:59:57 PM
- Re: More on those lousy missiles. - Lindy - 6/1/2002 6:00:29 PM
  - Re: More on those lousy missiles. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 6:16:22 PM
    - Re: More on those lousy missiles. - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2002 10:24:23 AM
      - Re: More on those lousy missiles. - Dave Goodrich - 6/3/2002 8:29:52 AM
        
        Nuclear power plants. - Bowser - 6/3/2002 8:44:54 AM
        
        Re: Nuclear power plants. - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 5:48:39 PM
        
        Re: Nuclear power plants. - Dave Goodrich - 6/4/2002 5:50:12 PM

Key Republican blasts new FBI guidelines - Bowser - 6/2/2002 5:55:46 PM
- More on the history of FBI guidelines - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 6:24:28 PM
  - The length of the leash isn't important. - Bowser - 6/4/2002 4:59:44 PM
- Re: Key Republican blasts new FBI guidelines - p - 6/3/2002 1:44:50 PM
  - Land of the free, home of the brave - Bowser - 6/3/2002 2:32:25 PM
    - Re: Land of the free, home of the brave - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 5:40:37 PM
    - Re: Land of the free, home of the brave - p - 6/3/2002 4:13:07 PM
      - Re: Not an easy thing to do . . . - D. Spires - 6/3/2002 10:45:24 AM
  - until we get hit reaaly hard, we are going to have dumbass "leaders" like this. §§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/3/2002 2:19:36 PM

airport (false) security - p - 6/3/2002 1:42:50 PM

The American Kosher Delhi - E.P. Grondine - 6/1/2002 6:59:40 PM
- Make that Rumsfeld - E.P. Grondine - 6/1/2002 7:02:52 PM
  - Thought you were making a joke - ebnelson - 6/1/2002 1:36:26 PM
    - our new age - E.P. Grondine - 6/2/2002 3:37:37 PM
- Huh! - Bowser - 6/1/2002 11:17:58 AM
  - What I read on heroin and Taliban - ebnelson - 6/1/2002 1:33:25 PM

Heads Should Be Rolling in the FBI - Lindy - 6/1/2002 7:04:21 PM
- More on the FBI from the mainstream press - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2002 7:09:56 PM
  - FBI and their budget - Bowser - 6/1/2002 7:52:54 PM
- Yes they should - philw - 6/1/2002 3:23:43 PM
  - It Stinks to High Heaven - Lindy - 6/1/2002 6:31:50 PM
    - Re: It Stinks to High Heaven - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2002 10:26:35 AM
      - Couldn't agree more. - Bowser - 6/2/2002 11:30:10 AM

Missiles smuggled into US. - Bowser - 5/31/2002 11:49:30 AM
- Vulnerability depends on a lot of factors - Larry J - 5/31/2002 1:19:12 PM
  - EMP among the factors - E.P. Grondine - 6/1/2002 9:35:09 AM
  - Super info! - Bowser - 5/31/2002 5:53:27 PM
    - There were a lot of helicopters used in Afghanistan - Larry J - 6/1/2002 12:33:39 PM
      - Re: There were a lot of helicopters used in Afghanistan - Bowser - 6/1/2002 3:20:08 PM
        
        The Russians lost a lot of helicopters in Afghanistan - Larry J - 6/1/2002 10:52:13 AM
        
        333 - Bowser - 6/1/2002 2:43:11 PM
        
        Re: Some comments - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2002 10:40:46 AM
        
        Some comments on comments - Bowser - 6/2/2002 11:15:01 AM
  - Welcome back Larry... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/31/2002 3:17:39 PM

Why don't we see this from the Palestinians, Bowser? - Buck Galaxy - 5/31/2002 9:12:00 AM
- Solution remains the same: UN Deployment - E.P. Grondine - 5/31/2002 4:47:42 PM
  - Re: UN Deployment . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 5:24:04 PM
- Gee whiz, get real. - Bowser - 5/31/2002 2:56:01 PM
  - Clearly you missed my point - Buck Galaxy - 5/31/2002 4:29:39 PM
    - Re: But -- that's not happening in Bowser's 'real' world . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 5:21:19 PM
      - Reflecting. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 4:00:37 PM
        
        Re: They are one an the same . . . - D. Spires - 6/1/2002 3:32:05 PM
      - Dan, Dan, Dan. - Bowser - 5/31/2002 11:12:15 AM
        
        Re: Thank you for for the fine example of side-stepping the issue . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 11:50:32 AM
        
        Kindly respond. - Bowser - 5/31/2002 12:08:02 PM
        
        Re: Sure, but it's getting late . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 12:33:30 PM
        
        Perception without basis. - Bowser - 5/31/2002 12:59:09 PM
        
        Re: Perception with basis -- in the posts I read from you . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 4:59:53 PM
        
        Again, too much. - Bowser - 5/31/2002 6:55:46 PM
        
        Re: And More . . . - D. Spires - 6/1/2002 3:30:27 PM
    - Frustrating, ain't it? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2002 4:31:44 PM
    - If you want to stop the butt-patting long enough, - Bowser - 5/31/2002 10:39:27 AM
      - Pitiful - Buck Galaxy - 5/31/2002 3:11:48 PM
        
        Re: Pitiful - Bowser - 5/31/2002 6:25:09 PM
        
        Strawman arguments - Buck Galaxy - 6/1/2002 3:53:18 PM
        
        By the way. - Bowser - 6/1/2002 4:21:52 PM
        
        Are you for real? - Buck Galaxy - 6/1/2002 12:52:40 PM
        
        It's gotta be difficult - Bowser - 6/1/2002 2:25:06 PM
        
        Re: It's gotta be difficult - Buck Galaxy - 6/1/2002 3:59:53 PM
        
        Nablus - Bowser - 6/1/2002 4:09:07 PM
      - Re: Square One . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 12:03:49 PM
    - Ignoring the point - FrankC - 5/31/2002 8:57:19 AM
  - Bowser, you make very good points - ebnelson - 5/31/2002 3:49:47 PM
- Re: Suicide - Raoul - 5/31/2002 11:41:04 AM
  - Re: Not entirely so . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 12:19:25 PM
    - Re: lack of pespective - Raoul - 6/1/2002 10:42:23 AM
      - Re: Good points . . . - D. Spires - 6/1/2002 5:56:46 PM
    - Myths - Bowser - 5/31/2002 12:42:00 PM
      - Re: Hardly . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 12:46:08 PM

Secret News: Arizona going to give the GOP the House and the SENATE, - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/30/2002 5:02:31 PM
- Er, they may be talking about the Arizona House and Senate...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2002 6:39:55 PM
  - Darn it Tom you spoiled a perfectly good ruse.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/31/2002 7:29:36 PM
- PS Joyous GLEE Iis/i the emotion I am trying to get across! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/30/2002 5:06:56 PM
  - Good news requires no spin. §§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/31/2002 12:22:44 PM

Pied Piper of science dies at 86 (an almost-current event) - Mary Anne - 5/31/2002 5:06:26 PM
- Re: Pied Piper of science - Fox - 5/31/2002 7:28:00 PM

Bomb Saddam? - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2002 7:21:52 PM
- Re: Bomb Saddam! - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2002 7:03:04 PM
- Totally misrepresented... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/29/2002 2:40:40 PM
  - Re: Totally misrepresented... - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2002 3:26:35 PM
    - Options - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/29/2002 4:42:25 PM
      - Say What?? - Lindy - 5/29/2002 5:59:09 PM
        
        Hey, I voted for Al Gore! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/30/2002 9:37:31 AM
        
        Re: Hey, I voted for Al Gore! - Lindy - 5/31/2002 6:16:17 PM
        
        Most people did. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 5/30/2002 12:36:55 PM
        
        No, most people did not. - Matt Burley - 5/30/2002 2:48:20 PM
        
        Certainly most people who have trouble poking holes in cardboard did (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2002 2:03:32 PM
- Re: An excellent, and frightening, report . . . - D. Spires - 5/29/2002 11:14:57 AM
  - Well he was elected by the people. - Lee - 5/29/2002 2:26:09 PM
- Why Iraq? - Bowser - 5/29/2002 10:11:47 AM
  - Leave Iran alone. - Lee - 5/29/2002 2:36:23 PM
  - Re: Why Iran? - D. Spires - 5/29/2002 11:29:23 AM
    - Doesn't seem to "fly". - Bowser - 5/29/2002 11:49:09 AM
      - Re: Oh. I guess it's alright then . . . - D. Spires - 5/29/2002 1:17:49 PM

"Why don't the FBI and CIA DO something?" - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2002 3:44:39 PM
- Of course... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/29/2002 5:13:01 PM
  - (This was supposed to be under Bowser's post) n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/29/2002 5:16:25 PM
- I can understand your glee! - Bowser - 5/29/2002 4:21:48 PM
  - The FBI can be like anyone else. - ebnelson - 5/30/2002 1:28:58 PM
  - Bad Apples - Lindy - 5/29/2002 5:47:45 PM
    - Hello, Lindy - Bowser - 5/30/2002 3:55:45 PM
      - Re: Hello, Lindy - Lindy - 5/30/2002 4:59:18 PM
        
        Re: Hello, Lindy - Bowser - 5/30/2002 6:02:14 PM
        
        Lindy..Lindy.. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/30/2002 9:30:49 AM
        
        Just Say "No" - Lindy - 5/31/2002 6:10:01 PM
  - "Glee" wasn't the emotion I was trying to get across. - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2002 5:19:16 PM
    - "Them" v. "Us" - Bowser - 5/30/2002 3:33:57 PM
      - Re: 'Them' v. 'Us' . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2002 9:57:34 AM
        
        True. - Bowser - 5/30/2002 12:21:36 PM
        
        Re: Judy Holliday . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2002 2:18:07 PM

Pentagon estimates of India-Pakistan war casualties - LJ - 5/31/2002 6:00:41 PM

A real loss....and a heckuva woman! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/30/2002 1:39:39 PM
- Well said! (n/t) (n/t) - LJ - 5/31/2002 5:51:50 PM
- Re: Definitely one tough cookie, gotta agree . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 9:17:37 AM
  - Tom Swift - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2002 9:53:21 AM
    - Re: Been a while (heh!), but I seem to recall 7 floors for the Lab . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 10:10:05 AM
  - Re: Hmm-m . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 9:20:52 AM
    - Re: More Hmm-m . . . - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 9:41:17 AM

CIA leaked its own memo? - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2002 3:42:06 PM

Daniel Pearl's son born - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2002 9:55:58 AM
- Re: I needed that . . . :^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/31/2002 10:14:30 AM

I hope you're wrong, Scott... - Marcia - 5/30/2002 7:01:15 PM
- I hope I am too - Scott - 5/30/2002 9:26:02 AM
  - Re: 'Some sort of perverted divine will . . .' - D. Spires - 5/30/2002 9:35:04 AM
    - There is no greater rage... - Matt Burley - 5/30/2002 1:24:40 PM
      - Re: There is no greater rage... - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2002 1:53:25 PM
        
        Re: Um . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2002 2:14:41 PM

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