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Jane Swift wins the wimp of the year award - Matt Burley - 3/19/2002 6:21:47 PM
- Yipes!!!! - Bowser - 3/20/2002 4:35:23 PM
  - Failure to communicate. - FrankC - 3/20/2002 6:23:58 PM
    - Oh, my. - Bowser - 3/20/2002 7:08:23 PM
      - Not much attention - FrankC - 3/20/2002 8:06:17 PM
      - Dude, take a breath. - alcaray - 3/20/2002 12:31:57 PM
        
        Son-of-a-gun! - Bowser - 3/20/2002 1:55:22 PM
  - Sorry, but I believe more in democracy than blinding supporting the Republicans - Matt Burley - 3/20/2002 9:02:06 AM
- Cardinal Law take note - p - 3/20/2002 3:36:42 PM
- The dems are pissed - FrankC - 3/19/2002 6:26:42 PM

Sources Say Members in Hiding, Waiting for Right Time . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 7:25:34 PM
- An excellent reason for the CIA to hang out the 'Help Wanted' sign in Pakistan - Matt Burley - 3/20/2002 3:02:50 PM

Urban rescue vehicles - Larry J - 3/20/2002 7:22:46 PM
- More info on similar concepts - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2002 12:15:43 PM
- Re: It needs to be a lot bigger . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 10:48:33 AM

Roff versus Sieff - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/19/2002 4:05:17 PM
- Law of the Wild - Lindy - 3/19/2002 7:48:18 PM
  - Just for S&G - FrankC - 3/20/2002 6:57:37 PM
  - Earth to Lindy....she is on meds and in an institution. - ebnelson - 3/20/2002 3:41:24 PM
- The impression Rusty is giving here in Houston - ebnelson - 3/19/2002 10:11:43 AM

Clinton Praises His Successor . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 6:28:53 PM

1st results are in on England's outlawing guns - p - 3/20/2002 6:27:21 PM
- the link - p - 3/20/2002 6:28:15 PM
  - Interesting editorial - alcaray - 3/20/2002 10:55:18 AM
    - Re: Very interesting editorial - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2002 12:29:25 PM
    - Re: Interesting editorial - Marcia - 3/20/2002 11:35:48 AM
      - Re: Well, there's an incentive for you . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 11:46:55 AM
- Here's a thought - FrankC - 3/20/2002 10:54:40 AM

Fort Drum training accident kills 1, wounds 14 - Larry J - 3/20/2002 5:44:32 PM
- Re: Someone's gonna get a new 'chief of smoke' . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 6:21:06 PM

Allegiances are Challenged in Debate Over Reciting Pledge . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 5:49:28 PM
- Re: Allegiances are Challenged . . . - Publius - 3/20/2002 4:31:10 PM
- Re: Allegiances are Challenged - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 6:39:13 PM
  - I detest the idea of loyalty pledges of any kind. - alcaray - 3/18/2002 9:57:11 AM
    - Question - Larry J - 3/18/2002 1:49:12 PM
      - You and Tom are absolutely correct! - alcaray - 3/19/2002 4:56:56 PM
      - I assumed he meant forced loyalty oaths - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 6:18:11 PM
    - loyalty pledges - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 10:27:34 AM
      - Re: loyalty pledges - alcaray - 3/18/2002 11:42:12 AM
    - Re: Well, then . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 10:15:33 AM
      - Thought I'd stir up a nest! - alcaray - 3/18/2002 11:34:17 AM
        
        Re: But now I see where you're coming from . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 1:21:20 PM
        
        I've pretty much lost interest in this thread, but you deserve a response - alcaray - 3/19/2002 5:24:43 PM
        
        OK, I feel safer now - Mary Anne - 3/18/2002 2:07:43 PM
        
        Re: If I ever do go mad, Mary Anne . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:41:50 PM
        
        The Quiet Man - Mary Anne - 3/18/2002 3:49:19 PM
        
        Re: I do miss Marty . . . (n/t) ;^) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:14:47 PM
        
        You've probably seen this before - Larry J - 3/18/2002 2:23:57 PM
        
        Yes, I have - Mary Anne - 3/18/2002 3:28:55 PM
- What's the goal? - Bowser - 3/18/2002 12:51:35 PM
  - Re: Here . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 1:28:27 PM

Cheney Fails to Win Support for Tougher Iraq Policy . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 10:22:24 AM
- With one very notable exception... - Matt Burley - 3/20/2002 2:20:43 PM

U.S. Keeps Eye on China with Balikatan Expansion Proposal . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 1:59:54 PM

Missile Defense Test Score Goes Three-in-a-row . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 10:00:54 AM
- Yeah, probably because it had a tracking device on board - Lindy - 3/18/2002 7:22:40 PM
  - Double standard - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2002 3:26:26 PM
    - Re: -Ouch!- (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 1:42:17 PM
  - The kinetic kill vehicle uses optical and IR sensors - Larry J - 3/19/2002 11:25:19 AM
  - No tracking devices - p - 3/19/2002 9:37:16 AM

FBI Chief Warns of al-Qaida in Southeast Asia . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 1:40:21 PM

Campaign finance reform rolls on through... - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 12:01:56 PM
- This will be bounced out of the courts so fast it will make your head swim. - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 2:16:44 PM
  - Absolutely, patently, absurdly false!!! - Bowser - 3/18/2002 3:34:42 PM
    - Re: She seems to be doing a pretty good job of it . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/19/2002 5:22:14 PM
      - You must be closer to that situation that either Bill or I. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 3/19/2002 5:58:18 PM
        
        Re: Teah, she's cheap enough . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/19/2002 6:23:04 PM
        
        But, Dan, even free???!!! - Bowser - 3/19/2002 6:47:20 PM
  - ED! - Mary Anne - 3/18/2002 3:21:46 PM
    - Mary Anne, my reference was to Caligula - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 5:07:32 PM
      - btw, MA: - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 5:08:15 PM
    - Sorry, Mary Anne, he's right. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 4:59:57 PM
      - My grandfather was a Democratic politician - Mary Anne - 3/18/2002 5:16:20 PM
        
        Re: My grandfather was a Democratic politician - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 6:11:13 PM
        
        Busted... if you could call it that :) - Mary Anne - 3/19/2002 12:41:52 PM
        
        Relatives and opinions - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2002 3:21:59 PM
        
        Good Mary Anne Hunting? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/19/2002 4:14:57 PM
        
        HZ Barbeque? - Lindy - 3/19/2002 6:42:27 PM
        
        Re: Good Mary Anne Hunting? - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2002 11:39:06 AM
- The more things change, - - - - - Bowser - 3/18/2002 1:56:48 PM
  - Re: The more things change, - - - - - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 2:40:02 PM
- Hey, Tom! Get a load of this! - Mary Anne - 3/18/2002 1:23:02 PM
  - Re: Hey, Tom! Get a load of this! - Publius - 3/20/2002 11:48:29 AM
    - Re: Hey, Tom! Get a load of this! - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2002 12:46:53 PM
  - ARGH! Having Slate flashbacks...make them go away!! n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/19/2002 8:28:38 PM
  - I think this will backfire on the dems in ways they can't begin to comprehend. - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 2:18:41 PM
  - It's interesting how the author admits parts of the law are unconstitutional - Larry J - 3/18/2002 1:42:30 PM
    - Unconstitutional as in parts of the Patriot Act, for instance? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/19/2002 5:38:14 PM
      - That would be one of many - Larry J - 3/19/2002 6:06:38 PM
        
        Re: That would be one of many - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2002 12:19:21 PM

Pentagon's Radio Afghanistan Goes Off the Air . . . - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 9:10:34 AM

Staggering end to Antarctic ice shelf - Bowser - 3/19/2002 6:38:02 PM
- What does the normal movement of ice have to do with industry? - ebnelson - 3/19/2002 8:58:13 PM

Someone has to nip this in the bud! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/18/2002 6:03:00 PM
- Hard to find good help anymore - FrankC - 3/19/2002 1:58:05 PM
- Very Tasteless, SDAI - Lindy - 3/18/2002 6:58:47 PM
  - I Never know when to quit... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/19/2002 8:17:13 PM
    - Then was my typing error, truely a Freudian slipped...SADI-Tech1 hehhehehe n/t (n/t) - sunblok - 3/19/2002 2:45:25 PM

Test on profiling - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2002 12:19:21 PM
- I was 'profiled' at LAX this past Saturday - Matt Burley - 3/15/2002 3:59:22 PM
  - Anal Profiling - Lindy - 3/16/2002 9:58:19 AM
    - What on earth is your point, Lindy? - Matt Burley - 3/16/2002 6:40:56 PM
    - Your point? - FrankC - 3/16/2002 4:06:03 PM
      - Anal Profiling - Lindy - 3/18/2002 5:25:59 PM
        
        Re: An awful wide blanket your throwing around there, Lindy . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 5:54:31 PM
        
        Criticizing Bureaucracy - Lindy - 3/18/2002 7:42:20 PM
        
        Re: Because it's not illegal . . . - D. Spires - 3/19/2002 7:41:01 PM
      - govt employees & airline security - a debacle - p - 3/16/2002 4:33:31 PM
        
        Re: Umm-m . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 5:20:39 PM

Yo, what happened to the recession? - p - 3/18/2002 11:05:51 AM
- Next 2 weeks will tell... - E.P. Grondine - 3/19/2002 5:09:55 PM
  - specifics - p - 3/19/2002 6:46:22 PM
- That is just what do-nothing Daschle has been wondering. - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 2:21:13 PM
- Re: Yo, what happened to the recession? - alcaray - 3/18/2002 12:05:14 PM
  - My God, we agree! - p - 3/19/2002 1:28:40 PM
    - Good for you! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/19/2002 4:48:08 PM

The Cheney Tour: A Confrontation of Fears . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:12:56 PM
- This would explain Pres. Bush's blunt warnings about nuke weapons. - ebnelson - 3/19/2002 5:38:29 PM

N. R. A. heaven - Bowser - 3/19/2002 4:37:35 PM

Another example of the government living by different rules - Larry J - 3/19/2002 4:34:05 PM
- The link is good, but here it is - Larry J - 3/19/2002 11:01:48 AM
- Please post the article, if you can. Thanks n/t - ebnelson - 3/19/2002 10:05:30 AM

You know your prez is doing a good job... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/19/2002 3:31:21 PM

Is Anybody Listening . . . ? - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 6:51:54 PM
- Arafat may be doing more to destroy his cause than any zionist plot ever could. - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 7:59:09 PM
  - Re: As I've stated before . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 8:37:21 PM
- I don't understand the Palestinians at all - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 11:41:35 AM
  - A possibility - FrankC - 3/18/2002 3:02:34 PM
  - This might help. - Bowser - 3/18/2002 1:42:15 PM
    - Re: Well, apparently Bowser's not listening . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:02:02 PM
      - Let me see if I understand. - Bowser - 3/18/2002 4:35:16 PM
        
        Re: Everybody in the world has a legitimate grievance . . . - D. Spires - 3/19/2002 1:37:43 PM
  - The only thing that comes to mind - Larry J - 3/18/2002 1:34:12 PM
    - Re: The only thing that comes to mind - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 2:44:31 PM
      - Re: There are ways to piss off the Arab nations as well . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:46:00 PM

Illegal Workers Protest - p - 3/18/2002 10:51:15 AM
- Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 3/19/2002 1:24:37 PM

Lott retaliates for Pickering loss - Bowser - 3/16/2002 6:15:28 PM
- Do Nothing Daschle should enjoy his time as ML while he can. - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 3:23:10 PM
  - Usually... - alcaray - 3/18/2002 10:08:05 AM
    - Actually, that seems to apply to the House more than the Senate - Larry J - 3/18/2002 1:58:30 PM
- Re: Lott retaliates for Pickering loss - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2002 10:53:21 AM
  - Here's the windup - - - - Bowser - 3/16/2002 11:08:07 AM
    - Give it your best shot - FrankC - 3/16/2002 12:58:01 PM
      - Bowser flirt with hypocrisy? lol - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 3:24:43 PM
      - You're not too bright, are you? - Bowser - 3/16/2002 1:56:31 PM
        
        Obsessed with bright Corky? - FrankC - 3/16/2002 4:18:06 PM
        
        Is Bowser the famous ol' Corky? lol - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 5:55:51 PM
        
        The circumstantial evidence is strong. - FrankC - 3/16/2002 6:45:20 PM
        
        Yes, Bowser=Corky who slunk away from MSNBC politics boards in defeat (n/t) (n/t) - p - 3/17/2002 4:19:51 PM
        
        Good ol' Corky. He will be too drunk to post much today. - ebnelson - 3/17/2002 6:07:20 PM
    - Re: Here's the windup - - - - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2002 12:38:28 PM
      - Still the windup - - - - Bowser - 3/16/2002 12:52:04 PM
        
        "That doesn't mean I think I'm always right, I'm not. It does mean that I don't like to LOOK dumb." Croky/bowser.... - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 6:13:09 PM
        
        Throw the damn ball, or hit the showers - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2002 5:44:01 PM
        
        I'm going to move this over to Off Topic (n/t) - Bowser - 3/16/2002 6:41:28 PM
        
        Actually this is pretty amusing... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2002 5:58:33 PM
        
        Re: Actually this is pretty amusing... - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2002 7:53:54 PM
        
        Re: LOL . . .(n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 6:51:49 PM
        
        What you consider "proof" and what others consider proof - Larry J - 3/16/2002 1:00:28 PM
        
        Yes, Larry, you can go outside and play. - Bowser - 3/16/2002 2:04:31 PM
        
        Re: Excuse me . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 3:51:22 PM
        
        So, it seems your concept of proof is little more than... - Larry J - 3/16/2002 2:20:52 PM
        
        Ya see, Bowser is an expert investigator. Anything he says is fact, and any rebuttal made is simply posturing. - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 3:25:53 PM
        
        You and Frank. - Bowser - 3/16/2002 2:28:53 PM
        
        You've yet to show that he's forcing his views on ANYONE - Larry J - 3/18/2002 8:16:32 PM
        
        Re: Larry . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 8:47:58 PM
        
        All these posts and not a single fact offered - Larry J - 3/17/2002 3:50:32 PM
        
        Re: He's got you there, Larry . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 3:52:06 PM

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