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Where's the eyepatch? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2002 1:40:24 PM

Israel Preparing for Gaza Campaign . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/13/2002 9:41:00 AM

Ashcroft's stance - p - 4/10/2002 6:00:25 PM
- Ashcroft opposes murdering women - Mary Anne - 4/10/2002 6:42:32 PM
  - Re: Ashcroft opposes murdering women - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 7:24:55 PM
    - Re: Ashcroft opposes murdering women - Mary Anne - 4/10/2002 8:02:55 AM
      - Re: Ashcroft opposes murdering fully clothed women - Publius - 4/10/2002 1:38:10 PM
- Re: Why is Ashcroft picking on poor computer programers? n/a (n/t) - Publius - 4/10/2002 1:25:30 PM
- What is this??!! - Bowser - 4/10/2002 9:53:23 AM
  - Re: What is this??!! - FrankC - 4/10/2002 1:59:12 PM
    - Re: What is this??!! - Bowser - 4/10/2002 2:21:52 PM
  - Re: Maybe it was just doing the right thing . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 4/10/2002 10:53:13 AM
    - Exactly, and that is rare enough to warrant a press conference?n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 4/10/2002 12:24:56 PM
      - Re: Yes, it does . . . - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 9:47:02 AM
        
        Re: Yes, it does . . . - Bowser - 4/12/2002 5:04:27 PM
        
        Re: He was on Letterman the other night, played the piano . . . - D. Spires - 4/12/2002 7:56:05 PM

Possible Powell Visit Points To Syria's Importance . . . - D. Spires - 4/12/2002 7:47:37 PM

Cowboys and Indians - Bowser - 4/12/2002 3:26:17 PM
- Re: Further clarification - Tom Brosz - 4/12/2002 5:37:24 PM
- How many Palestinians were armed and attacking? - Tom Brosz - 4/12/2002 5:31:39 PM
  - What's it gonna take, Tom? - Bowser - 4/12/2002 6:03:03 PM
    - I'll believe the Isrealies are deliberatly attacking civilians when... - Scott - 4/12/2002 6:59:39 PM
    - To fall into line? - Tom Brosz - 4/12/2002 6:43:10 PM
      - I don't think you mean what you're saying. - Bowser - 4/12/2002 7:28:18 PM
        
        Re: I don't think - Tom Brosz - 4/12/2002 7:45:35 PM
        
        I give up. - Bowser - 4/12/2002 8:07:05 AM
        
        Re: I don't think you mean what you're saying. - Scott - 4/12/2002 7:39:59 PM
      - need more evidence to buy the ghetto analogy - Scott - 4/12/2002 7:05:22 PM
      - Through the looking glass - Mary Anne - 4/12/2002 12:56:59 PM
        
        Re: Through the looking glass - Tom Brosz - 4/12/2002 2:01:34 PM

Rocky Start to Powell's Middle East Tour . . . - D. Spires - 4/12/2002 7:43:06 PM

Congresscritter Accuses Bush of Masterminding 911 - p - 4/12/2002 7:38:35 PM
- She can't help that she has been "educated" in this line of thinking - Scott - 4/12/2002 7:42:40 PM
- You know what makes her accusations particularly assinine - Matt Burley - 4/12/2002 4:55:02 PM
- Her racist paranoic spew is hurting this country. - ebnelson - 4/12/2002 3:39:50 PM
- Re: Well, for his defense . . . - D. Spires - 4/12/2002 8:17:00 AM

Bush's AntiScientific Policies - p - 4/12/2002 1:43:33 PM
- I think you're being too hard on Bush - alcaray - 4/12/2002 6:59:24 PM
  - WOW! I Agree with you! - Scott - 4/12/2002 7:34:14 PM

Bush Admin Promises to Consult with Its Allies First - p - 4/12/2002 7:24:50 PM

Summit May Signal U.K.-U.S. Split Over Israel . . . - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 9:16:02 AM
- Israel needs to wake up and smell the coffee. - ebnelson - 4/11/2002 9:24:37 AM
  - This is the most bizarre issue! - alcaray - 4/11/2002 10:15:29 AM
    - Re: This is the most bizarre issue! - Bowser - 4/11/2002 11:28:54 AM
      - Israel overly defensive? - Tom Brosz - 4/11/2002 11:52:07 AM
        
        The point, maybe a bit more clearly. - Bowser - 4/11/2002 12:24:13 PM
        
        Re: Very true . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 4/12/2002 9:42:10 AM
        
        Thanks, that does clear it up. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/11/2002 12:49:03 PM
    - There's a large Jewish settlement in New York - Scott - 4/11/2002 10:21:28 AM
      - To answer your first question, - alcaray - 4/12/2002 3:51:07 PM
        
        Re: To answer your first question, - Scott - 4/12/2002 7:17:18 PM
      - Re: Too much religious history . . . - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 11:26:42 AM
        
        Re: Too much religious history . . . - Publius - 4/11/2002 2:38:32 PM
  - I don't think Isreal will go out of existence any time soon. - Scott - 4/11/2002 10:09:28 AM

Kennedys in the news! - p - 4/12/2002 6:08:04 PM
- Link (having a bad typo day) - p - 4/12/2002 6:09:17 PM

PLO deadbeats evicted from Washington DC office - Matt Burley - 4/11/2002 4:25:09 PM
- SA is too busy bribing Pal families into sending out their kids to blow themselves up. - ebnelson - 4/12/2002 12:46:16 PM
- No money? - Bowser - 4/11/2002 5:31:21 PM
  - Raising a hand... - Matt Burley - 4/12/2002 2:41:27 PM
    - Re: Raising a hand... - Bowser - 4/12/2002 3:09:52 PM
      - When's the last time you looked at a map of the Middle East? - Matt Burley - 4/12/2002 4:17:45 PM

Afghani Muslim Scientist Heros - p - 4/11/2002 5:39:30 PM
- Nobel Peace Prize Candidates? - p - 4/12/2002 1:33:49 PM
- Whew... - E.P. Grondine - 4/11/2002 5:54:30 PM

Netanyahu's complete speech to the Senate - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 11:17:08 AM
- You are allowing lying extremists to from Israel to dictate our policy. - ebnelson - 4/11/2002 12:11:28 PM
- Language is the first casualty - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 5:45:33 PM
  - Re: Language is the first casualty - Bowser - 4/10/2002 6:11:51 PM
    - Re: Deed Restrictions - Publius - 4/12/2002 1:33:39 PM
    - What about Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai? - Matt Burley - 4/11/2002 5:08:23 PM
      - Rabin paid the same price at the hands of Israeli radicals. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/11/2002 6:32:30 PM
      - Morrocco, Turkey and Jordan have made peace - ebnelson - 4/11/2002 5:42:19 PM

One possible reason for Bush having to waffle on Mideast - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 8:19:45 AM
- wow, *remarkable* thread...tremendous insights n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/11/2002 1:23:31 PM
- ...was Sharon's deliberately timed attack on the Palestinians - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 5:24:07 PM
  - Of course there's no chance the attack was a response to the deliberate killing of Israeli civilians...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/11/2002 4:10:14 PM
  - Sahron has succeeded in his tail wagging our dog. - ebnelson - 4/11/2002 12:07:23 PM
- Exageration IMO - FrankC - 4/10/2002 2:36:30 PM
- a distressing article - McFly - 4/10/2002 10:20:03 AM
- To boil down their logic a bit... - alcaray - 4/10/2002 9:48:53 AM
  - Re: To boil down their logic a bit... - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 10:36:29 AM
    - Where was the will? - Bowser - 4/10/2002 11:57:55 AM
      - Re: An interesting point...rethinking. - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 12:22:34 PM
        
        Re: Re: An interesting point...rethinking. - RNE - 4/11/2002 12:46:17 PM
        
        Rebuilding can be very expensive... - Larry J - 4/10/2002 3:43:50 PM
        
        Remember Pearl Harbor - Mary Anne - 4/10/2002 1:48:13 PM
        
        You might be right - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 4:07:08 PM
        
        -smile- - Mary Anne - 4/11/2002 3:30:27 PM
        
        Modern manufacturing, etc. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/11/2002 6:18:38 PM
        
        Lack of infrastructure to support that kind of weapons production - Larry J - 4/11/2002 10:06:03 AM
        
        True...but... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/11/2002 5:03:20 PM
    - I guess it was too difficult - alcaray - 4/10/2002 11:24:00 AM
      - Re: difficult - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 12:25:40 PM
    - The military was gutted because people wanted a "peace dividend." - Larry J - 4/10/2002 10:52:53 AM
- Well, there's the line: "waffling" - That's bullshit. (nt) - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 9:16:30 AM
  - Re: Well, - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 11:13:16 AM
    - Bush CLEARLY said the Israeli problem was not the equivalent of our war after 911. - ebnelson - 4/11/2002 12:09:16 PM
    - Re: Well,well,well - Publius - 4/10/2002 1:19:16 PM
      - If the Israeli army misses any terrorists... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/10/2002 2:52:51 PM
        
        I see your fantasy scenario and raise you... - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 4:20:16 PM
        
        "To infinity.... and BEYOND!!" - Mary Anne - 4/11/2002 3:33:49 PM
        
        Re: I see your fantasy scenario and raise you... - Publilus - 4/11/2002 2:08:04 PM
      - With all due respect, - Bowser - 4/10/2002 2:38:21 PM
        
        Yes, With all due respect, - Buck Galaxy - 4/11/2002 7:24:17 PM
        
        Re: Yes, With all due respect, - p - 4/11/2002 12:42:42 PM

One left-wing radical lawyer down... - Tom Brosz - 4/9/2002 11:53:05 AM
- If she was in on the crime, let her do the time. - ebnelson - 4/10/2002 1:05:14 PM
- High dudgeon? - Bowser - 4/9/2002 2:35:54 PM
  - Re:the Low Down on the High dudgeon? - Publius - 4/10/2002 1:58:00 PM
    - "X" rated! - Bowser - 4/11/2002 7:06:28 PM
  - Re: High treason - Tom Brosz - 4/9/2002 2:59:50 PM
    - Two issues. - Bowser - 4/9/2002 6:21:42 PM
      - Re: Two issues. - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 4:55:23 PM
        
        It will be interesting to see it develop. - FrankC - 4/10/2002 6:25:23 PM

Republicans to Cheney - Drop Dead! - Bowser - 4/11/2002 5:55:26 PM

Palestinian refugees - Tom Brosz - 4/11/2002 4:44:14 PM
- European feelings of guilt - Scott - 4/11/2002 10:15:05 AM

Master Terrorist Caught . . . - D. Spires - 4/9/2002 9:45:36 AM
- Journalists never cease to amaze me. - FrankC - 4/9/2002 1:10:04 PM
  - Re: I agree, Frank . . . - D. Spires - 4/9/2002 2:46:03 PM
    - Re: I agree, Frank . . . - Publius - 4/10/2002 2:20:13 PM
      - Re: No, I'm afraid not . . . - D. Spires - 4/10/2002 3:16:37 PM
        
        My take on Publius' post: - alcaray - 4/11/2002 9:02:29 AM
        
        Re: Possibly . . . - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 9:48:47 AM
  - First time you've ever read a NYT article, Frank? - Tom Brosz - 4/9/2002 2:16:40 PM
    - Liberal bias aside - FrankC - 4/10/2002 6:14:19 PM

Peru's Post-Fujimori Intelligence Significantly Weaker . . . - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 9:27:59 AM

'Islamic Unity' at Odds With Geopolitical Realities . . . - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 9:14:53 AM

Venezuela: Violence Awaiting Anti-Chavez Protesters . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/11/2002 9:13:21 AM

Solution remains the same: UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 8:32:37 AM
- Re: Solution remains the same: UN deployment - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 4:48:54 PM
  - Bingo! - p - 4/10/2002 5:02:20 PM
  - The idea is to enforce the Camp David Accords - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 8:01:43 AM
    - Re: Israel outvoted - Tom Brosz - 4/10/2002 8:13:02 AM
      - Very few think Israel "should eat shit and die" - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 9:27:32 AM
- It was tried and failed in 1967. - ebnelson - 4/10/2002 2:18:30 PM
- Solution remains the same Neutron Bomb Mideast deployment - p - 4/10/2002 1:20:16 PM
  - Well, at least that will be cleaner for the folks living downwind - E.P. Grondine - 4/10/2002 8:06:59 AM

Military Bots - p - 4/10/2002 3:31:19 PM
- Re: Cool! Have you seen . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/10/2002 10:42:38 AM

Mainstream press finally catches a clue on tax brackets - Tom Brosz - 4/9/2002 11:32:07 AM
- Maybe we could just have a bake sale instead?n/a (n/t) - Publius - 4/10/2002 2:40:17 PM
- Re: Mainstream press finally catches a clue on tax brackets - p - 4/10/2002 1:34:14 PM
  - My only objection to a consumption tax... - Larry J - 4/10/2002 2:24:57 PM

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