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Taliban Killed in New Operation in Afghanistan Mountains . . . - D. Spires - 5/17/2002 11:17:27 AM
- Troubling aspects. - Bowser - 5/18/2002 10:27:46 AM
  - Troubling? Any Afghan who shoots at coalition forces should be killed - Matt Burley - 5/19/2002 10:38:55 AM
    - Re: Taj Mohammad Wardak's closing reference may well be true . . . - D. Spires - 5/20/2002 3:29:28 PM
  - Re: Agreed . . . - D. Spires - 5/18/2002 10:56:20 AM
    - Isolated incidents - FrankC - 5/18/2002 4:46:40 PM
      - Re: Isolated incidents - Bowser - 5/18/2002 6:01:46 PM
        
        dehumanize? underestimate? - FrankC - 5/19/2002 4:46:29 PM
        
        Boy, I'd have to disagree on this one. - Bowser - 5/19/2002 12:56:36 PM
        
        Re: Of course you would . . . - D. Spires - 5/20/2002 3:23:40 PM
        
        OK. Have it your way. - Bowser - 5/20/2002 5:30:19 PM
        
        Re: I stand corrected, B . . . - D. Spires - 5/20/2002 6:32:54 PM
        
        I think you are wrong - FrankC - 5/19/2002 3:20:59 PM
        
        Well. - Bowser - 5/19/2002 5:20:09 PM
        
        Re: Well. - FrankC - 5/20/2002 1:52:02 PM
        
        Re: 'Fer sure' . . . ? - D. Spires - 5/18/2002 6:48:51 PM
        
        Re: 'Fer sure' . . . ? - Bowser - 5/19/2002 7:28:01 PM
- Condor Men are Sent into Action . . . - D. Spires - 5/17/2002 11:24:50 AM

In case Google.com isn't your homepage... - SM - 5/20/2002 5:19:23 PM

Lyndon Baines Bush? - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 12:45:39 PM
- Ronny Reagan Bush. - Bowser - 5/18/2002 1:12:02 PM
  - Re: Ronny Reagan Bush. - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 3:23:54 PM
    - Hmmm? - Bowser - 5/18/2002 6:11:42 PM
      - Neither one of you is thinking about energy and oil - E.P. Grondine - 5/19/2002 5:44:14 PM
      - Re: Hmmm. - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2002 9:16:19 AM

Intelligent services. - Bowser - 5/18/2002 9:51:48 AM
- reasonable... - McFly - 5/18/2002 2:36:53 PM
- Re: Intelligent services. - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 11:08:10 AM
  - Re: Intelligent services. - Dave Goodrich - 5/19/2002 1:35:50 PM
    - One more complicating advance for elint. - Bowser - 5/19/2002 3:47:46 PM
    - You're missing a very important point about about US, and Western, intelligence services - Matt Burley - 5/19/2002 2:52:28 PM

Israel's war on terrorism - it's working! Here's why. - Matt Burley - 5/16/2002 4:37:28 PM
- Time will tell - alcaray - 5/17/2002 5:21:48 PM
  - Time has told. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 5/17/2002 7:03:45 PM
    - Yes, it has. Only one suicide bombing since April 12 n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 5/17/2002 7:49:46 PM
      - Did you go to school? - Bowser - 5/17/2002 10:46:03 AM
        
        Wake up Dude - Buck Galaxy - 5/17/2002 3:33:17 PM
        
        Re: Did you go to school? - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 2:02:49 PM
        
        Relax. It's just ethnic cleansing. - Bowser - 5/17/2002 6:09:42 PM
        
        I'm not going to respond to your childish personal insults, Bowser - Matt Burley - 5/18/2002 4:23:41 PM
        
        A - good. - Bowser - 5/18/2002 4:59:16 PM
        
        Quotes - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 7:46:23 PM
        
        "Extremist?" - Bowser - 5/18/2002 11:17:15 AM
        
        Re: - Dave Goodrich - 5/19/2002 3:11:23 PM
        
        Wow, Bowser. Looks like someone's on your team here. ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2002 9:20:42 AM

Speaking of (potentially) new nations, what the heck are we going to do with Kosovo? - Matt Burley - 5/19/2002 10:08:36 AM

NEWSFLASH: Rep Cynthia McKinney STILL an Idiot - p - 5/18/2002 2:32:48 PM
- All this 'what did Bush know' is such nonsense - Matt Burley - 5/18/2002 4:43:38 PM
  - True. Very little. About anything. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 5/18/2002 5:44:34 PM
    - Leaving Bowser an opening is like leaving a loaded gun around a child. ô-ô (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/18/2002 7:07:28 PM
      - Bowser's still grumpy about 2000... - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 7:31:49 PM
        
        It was a cheap shot, true. (Coach said they all counted.) - Bowser - 5/18/2002 10:07:54 AM
        
        Re: It was a cheap shot - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 11:14:36 AM

Key Republican calls 9/11 warning report old news. - Marcia - 5/18/2002 6:31:51 PM
- Current warnings--now what? - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 7:11:29 PM

Mullah Omar: US in Afghanistan Doomed . . . - D. Spires - 5/17/2002 11:07:23 AM
- The Palestinians need to pray very earnestly - ebnelson - 5/18/2002 2:12:16 PM
- If what's left of the Taliban has to go out of its way to insist OBL is still alive - Matt Burley - 5/17/2002 3:47:31 PM
- Re: Mullah Omar - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 2:01:08 PM
- Yess Mullah Omar is really putting it too those infidels - Scott - 5/17/2002 11:22:41 AM
  - Let's hold a PRESS CONFERENCE FORHIM!!!!! - Carl........ - 5/18/2002 3:26:48 PM

Y do the NGuard and others walk AIRPORT.... - Carl.... - 5/17/2002 3:41:34 PM
- UPDATE...Security concerns and PASSES.... - Carl..... - 5/18/2002 3:24:39 PM

And this isn't political?? - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 6:00:31 PM
- The last time your prose turned this shade of purple... - alcaray - 5/17/2002 7:01:27 PM
  - Because it's old news. A shot wad. - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 1:31:36 PM
- Phony outrage. - Bowser - 5/17/2002 6:56:51 PM
  - Very well said, basically. - ebnelson - 5/17/2002 8:11:05 AM
  - Re: Phony outrage. (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/17/2002 8:09:31 AM
- A total waste of time - FrankC - 5/17/2002 10:14:35 AM
- Of course it is! - Fox - 5/17/2002 8:05:56 AM
  - I hope you're right. - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 1:50:27 PM
    - Racial pandering... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2002 3:34:36 PM
      - Re: Racial pandering...a small correction - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 4:53:27 PM
        
        Re: Racial pandering...a small correction - p - 5/18/2002 1:19:31 PM

Osama Bin Laden's plan to create an Islamic Empire in Central Asia - Matt Burley - 5/18/2002 10:53:08 AM

Trying again - Bush Jr pre WTC attacks - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:54:36 AM
- and part 2 - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:57:49 AM
  - and my take on it - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 9:02:36 AM

Very Predictable... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/16/2002 8:11:16 AM
- You're soooo behind the times.......... (n/t) - Lindy - 5/17/2002 7:05:22 PM
- Much as I hate to play spoiler... - alcaray - 5/16/2002 10:11:03 AM

Something that Daschle doesn't want you to think about - ebnelson - 5/17/2002 1:00:41 PM
- Shallow, venal blame game - Buck Galaxy - 5/17/2002 4:00:25 PM
  - Blame game - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 6:05:43 PM
  - Yes, democrats ignoring facts of history and cheaply controlling the agenda - ebnelson - 5/17/2002 4:58:47 PM
  - The truth is that both parties are to blame for neglecting terrorism and OBL - Matt Burley - 5/17/2002 8:52:27 AM

It’s ridiculous for Democrats to criticize the GOP for using a photo that simply shows President Bush doing his job - Matt Burley - 5/15/2002 4:41:14 PM
- Why I am making no comment - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 6:54:13 PM
- Seriously, I think this flap is great for Bush - Scott - 5/16/2002 5:00:17 PM
  - Can you imagine what would have happened if FDR had been - ebnelson - 5/16/2002 6:31:25 PM
- I agree - Buck Galaxy - 5/15/2002 6:56:32 PM
  - Yes. FDR was a great President, but... - Matt Burley - 5/16/2002 3:35:25 PM
- Re: It’s ridiculous - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2002 4:53:40 PM
  - Hey - - Bowser - 5/15/2002 5:21:08 PM
    - Re: Hey - - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 7:03:22 PM
      - But it's getting better, isn't it? - Bowser - 5/15/2002 7:41:01 PM
        
        Just following your lead - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 7:46:46 PM
      - Hey - you stretched my monitor with that one! :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 5/15/2002 10:01:41 AM
    - Re: Hey - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2002 5:40:43 PM
      - Al Gore. - Bowser - 5/15/2002 4:22:02 PM
      - Hey, I'll be back soon to rebut that comment - Al Gore - 5/15/2002 2:09:40 PM
        
        Hey Al, why don't you dig up that picture of you on the phone raising money from your white house office - Bill Clinton - 5/16/2002 4:50:58 PM
        
        I like the picture of me inventing the internet better. - al gore - 5/16/2002 7:41:00 PM
    - Soft money aside.. - FrankC - 5/15/2002 12:10:48 PM
      - Now see, Frank - Bowser - 5/15/2002 1:07:10 PM
        
        Re: Now see - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2002 2:33:48 PM
        
        Tom, Bowser doesn't see. He is special. - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 4:17:57 PM
        
        Well, damn! - Bowser - 5/15/2002 4:08:36 PM
        
        Re: Well - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2002 4:16:23 PM
        
        Re: Well - Bowser - 5/15/2002 4:58:05 PM
        
        Taxes are not productive - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 9:33:16 AM
        
        Don't like the US, eh? - Bowser - 5/16/2002 10:08:41 AM
        
        Re: Don't like the gigantic government - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 1:45:02 PM
        
        Well, there's another consideration. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 5:57:59 PM
        
        You make some good points - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 5:14:07 PM
- Dimohacks are just pissed off because Bush is a good fund raiser. - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 4:46:14 PM
- Thats hillarious - Justin Kelly - 5/15/2002 9:29:31 AM

Palestinian Mandela? - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 5:08:05 PM
- Not if the Palestinian Idi Amin has his way - Matt Burley - 5/17/2002 8:39:00 AM

supposed clues re: 9/11 - McFly - 5/16/2002 5:37:08 PM
- Re: supposed clues re: 9/11 - p - 5/16/2002 6:59:44 PM
- Couple of thoughts - Bowser - 5/16/2002 9:57:33 AM
  - Re: Couple of thoughts - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 11:16:05 AM
    - Another one. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 11:43:56 AM
- Re: supposed clues re: 9/11 = The attack on the SS Cole. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 5/16/2002 9:30:49 AM
  - Re: Absolutely . . . - D. Spires - 5/16/2002 11:48:33 AM
    - I think that proper use of intel... - alcaray - 5/17/2002 4:59:49 PM
- Re: supposed controversy - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 8:00:29 AM
  - The exact nature of the intel is not yet published - alcaray - 5/16/2002 8:27:08 AM
    - And the Democrats and press AREN'T jumping the gun? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 9:15:14 AM
      - No, Democrats and press *and Republicans* calling for an investigation are not jumping the gun. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/16/2002 9:30:23 AM
        
        An investigation - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 9:39:00 AM
        
        Certainly you are right that investigations can be or become politically-driven messes. - alcaray - 5/16/2002 9:53:01 AM
        
        Investigation politically-driven. - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 11:33:19 AM
        
        Re: Investigation politically-driven. - Buck Galaxy - 5/17/2002 4:17:00 PM
        
        Kind of insulting to Ken Starr, isn't it? - Bowser - 5/16/2002 6:05:50 PM
        
        I appreciate your misgivings, but... - alcaray - 5/16/2002 11:57:52 AM
  - This may backfire much worse than Daschle's last two idiotic moves. - ebnelson - 5/16/2002 8:17:15 AM

Sic Transit Gloria Napster! - p - 5/16/2002 6:26:26 PM
- I like Winmx.com better anyway n/t - Buck Galaxy - 5/17/2002 4:04:45 PM
- Er, that's Sienfeld (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/16/2002 7:12:59 PM
  - My bad. Never watched "Friends" either (n/t) (n/t) - p - 5/16/2002 7:13:54 PM
    - No Friends - FrankC - 5/16/2002 1:08:13 PM
      - Seinfeld - LJ - 5/17/2002 4:40:18 PM

And this is "retaliation" for - - what? - Bowser - 5/16/2002 2:50:16 PM
- They're doing it because it works - Matt Burley - 5/16/2002 3:43:00 PM
  - Foolish. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 5:01:48 PM
    - Good question. - ebnelson - 5/17/2002 1:09:29 PM
- I'm sure they're just doing this for fun - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 3:23:02 PM
  - I'm beginning to think it's fun for them, too. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 5:17:25 PM
    - Human shields - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 4:12:37 PM

Our university values at work (another in an endless series...) - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 9:49:12 AM
- Re: Our university values at work (another in an endless series...) - p - 5/17/2002 1:29:59 PM
- Re: I wish Corrigan well during his tenure, and may he remain vigilant . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/16/2002 11:38:29 AM
- What's the "right thing" that they should do? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/16/2002 10:53:11 AM
  - Sorry...thought letter from University president was self-explanatory - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 10:59:16 AM
    - They were rioting??? - alcaray - 5/16/2002 11:55:20 AM
      - Re: They were rioting??? - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2002 1:51:49 PM
      - Re: They were rioting??? - D. Spires - 5/16/2002 1:04:57 PM

Keeping a Lid on Violence . . . - D. Spires - 5/17/2002 11:36:36 AM

Was Pearl’s Body Found? Body Samples Sent for DNA Analysis . . . - D. Spires - 5/17/2002 10:27:08 AM

Re: mythology of colonial gun owner-ship and second amendment! - Publius - 5/14/2002 3:13:01 PM
- Gun ownership - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2002 5:16:37 PM
  - Re: Gun ownership - Publius - 5/14/2002 7:41:01 PM
    - The FBI says 25 to 1 - Bowser - 5/14/2002 7:55:17 PM
      - I keep my guns in the kids room - Scott - 5/15/2002 12:45:58 PM
      - Re: The FBI says 25 to 1 - Publius - 5/14/2002 8:04:54 AM
        
        That issue has been settled. - Bowser - 5/14/2002 8:26:57 AM
        
        A small nitpick... - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2002 8:58:14 AM
        
        Sorry, Charlie. - Bowser - 5/14/2002 9:59:03 AM
        
        I guess it depends on your definition of militia - Scott - 5/15/2002 12:51:46 PM
        
        Iowa State Constitution: The Militia - Scott - 5/16/2002 4:40:19 PM
        
        I guess the 'right(s) of the people' don't matter. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 5/14/2002 10:02:49 AM
        
        Your call on the 2nd Amendment does not seem to hold up - ebnelson - 5/14/2002 8:42:55 AM
        
        It'll take a few days. - Bowser - 5/14/2002 10:04:18 AM
        
        Some people - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 7:48:49 PM
- Bellesiles discredited - p - 5/14/2002 3:53:42 PM
  - Re: Bellesiles discredited--not really - Publius - 5/14/2002 4:30:11 PM
    - Re: Bellesiles discredited--not really - ebnelson - 5/14/2002 4:32:56 PM
      - Gee Ed, I believed you were a warm, kind, loving human being! n/a (n/t) - Publius - 5/14/2002 7:30:30 PM
- That "research" was busted a long time ago. - ebnelson - 5/14/2002 3:41:34 PM
  - Suggest you take time to read the article, not just the headline!! n/a (n/t) - Publius - 5/14/2002 7:55:41 PM
    - Re: Suggest you take time to read the article, not just the headline!! n/a - Lindy - 5/14/2002 4:45:37 PM
      - That quote. - Bowser - 5/15/2002 5:37:59 PM
      - Whoa! THAT was a brief hiatus! - p - 5/15/2002 2:05:21 PM

Greedy Palistinians Trashed the Church of the Nativity - Scott - 5/15/2002 12:41:43 PM
- Missing...The Outrage - p - 5/15/2002 4:46:01 PM
  - Preaching to the choir. - Bowser - 5/15/2002 5:48:45 PM
    - Bowser, while I support the Pals in their quest for justice, I don't turn a blind eye. Why do you? - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 7:09:51 PM
- Let's not be too quick to criticize. - FrankC - 5/15/2002 12:18:11 PM

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