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MCAULIFFE =E-ville (hot off the press) - FrankC - 1/28/2002 7:37:20 PM
- A lot of politicians are going to be really sorry they opened this can of worms...(may not be suitable for Raoul) - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2002 5:50:58 PM
  - REALLY sorry... - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 10:33:50 AM
  - Re:If... - Raoul - 1/29/2002 7:01:40 PM
    - Re: Re:If... - Scott - 1/29/2002 12:51:57 PM
- Those pesky Chinese again - FrankC - 1/29/2002 5:29:30 PM
- I don't understand the story, I guess. - alcaray - 1/29/2002 4:26:27 PM
  - Follow the story. - FrankC - 1/29/2002 5:11:16 PM
  - Re: I don't understand the story, I guess. - Larry J - 1/29/2002 4:31:31 PM
    - An exercise for the student... - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2002 5:56:30 PM
      - Global Crossing is not the biggest bankruptcy that America (the world?) has ever seen. Enron is. - alcaray - 1/29/2002 8:27:49 PM
        
        Enron's connection is to Congress as well - Larry J - 1/29/2002 8:53:04 PM
        
        I was only rebutting the sentiment that... - alcaray - 1/30/2002 4:23:33 PM
        
        Cheney's refusal is based on the Constitutional separation of powers - Larry J - 1/30/2002 5:04:57 PM
        
        I appreciate Cheney's arguement - alcaray - 1/30/2002 7:29:26 PM
        
        I must nadmit that I wonder if it is a hill worth fighting for. (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 1/30/2002 8:22:02 PM
        
        Chaney's position... - Larry J - 1/30/2002 8:45:41 PM
        
        The request isn't frivilous, it's blatently political - Larry J - 1/30/2002 7:55:12 PM
        
        Cheney's argument - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 9:37:00 AM
        
        Re: Cheney's argument - Publius - 1/30/2002 12:58:08 PM
        
        Wrong again - Larry J - 1/30/2002 3:42:58 PM
        
        Appearance of impropriety, Caesar's wife, etc. - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 1:40:02 PM
- Re: Played right . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 2:05:55 PM
  - Re: Played right . . . - FrankC - 1/29/2002 5:21:47 PM
    - Yeah, but it's the ideology that will eventually come up and bite you. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2002 5:52:43 PM

Anti-Gun Rights Extremists With Power are Very Dangerous to Liberty - ebnelson - 1/29/2002 12:57:38 PM
- Re: I don't think so, Ed . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 5:08:50 PM
  - Some good points, Dan - ebnelson - 1/30/2002 4:20:32 PM
    - Re: Not untouchable -- unless his name is Kennedy . . . - D. Spires - 1/30/2002 8:45:12 PM
- Re: Anti-Gun Rights Extremists With Power are Very Dangerous to Liberty - Justin Kelly - 1/29/2002 4:03:28 PM
  - That the police are ina position to deny a law-abiding citizen the choice of carrying is outrageous. - ebnelson - 1/30/2002 4:17:35 PM

A very disturbing trend - Raoul - 1/29/2002 7:58:51 PM
- Solution remains the same as before: UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 1/29/2002 8:38:14 PM
  - Didn't Work Well in 1967 - ebnelson - 1/30/2002 5:04:11 PM
  - So, should we deploy UN troops to France, Belgium, Germany, etc? - Larry J - 1/29/2002 8:56:35 PM
- Re: A very disturbing trend - FrankC - 1/29/2002 8:11:56 PM
  - Re: A very disturbing trend - Raoul - 1/29/2002 9:11:04 AM
    - Prisoners of history - Larry J - 1/29/2002 9:35:00 AM
      - Re: Prisoners of history - Raoul - 1/29/2002 9:55:40 AM
        
        Heads of state can only do so much - Larry J - 1/29/2002 10:34:39 AM
- Thoughtful post - ebnelson - 1/29/2002 8:11:45 PM
- Re: A very disturbing trend - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2002 10:19:30 AM

Border Security Initiative Boosts Coast Guard Funds . . . - D. Spires - 1/30/2002 12:37:20 PM

GAO to Sue Cheney on Documents . . . - D. Spires - 1/30/2002 11:52:36 AM
- Ahhaaaa. Cheney and Enron planned Enron's collapse - Rep. Henry Waxmoron, D-Calif. - 1/30/2002 12:34:57 PM

Tribal Rivals Clash in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 1/30/2002 11:20:44 AM

New Threat Issued Against U.S. Reporter . . . - D. Spires - 1/30/2002 10:49:07 AM
- This reminds me of something that happened in Beruit - Larry J - 1/30/2002 10:57:16 AM

Ft. Campbell Area Told War Could Last Five Years . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 7:49:56 PM

Bush Lukewarm on Troop Request . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 7:32:46 PM

Few Have Sympathy for Lindh . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 7:24:56 PM

Rice for Bin Lin Raises Fears at St. George Post Office . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 7:14:49 PM

U.S. Offers Karzai Help; Helicopter Crashes . . . - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 7:01:44 PM

They vowed to fight to the death,... - Larry J - 1/28/2002 11:09:00 AM
- Re: The fully armed Red Cross . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2002 12:30:11 PM
  - Re: The fully armed Red Cross . . . - SDG - 1/28/2002 1:09:51 PM
    - Re: The fully armed Red Cross . . . - FrankC - 1/28/2002 3:08:28 PM
      - Re: The fully armed Red Cross . . . - Justin Kelly - 1/29/2002 9:09:53 AM
        
        Christian Childrens Fund - FrankC - 1/29/2002 5:43:35 PM
    - In this case, it's probably the International Red Cross - Larry J - 1/28/2002 1:15:08 PM

Two related topics covered as one piece of promising good news. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/29/2002 3:42:49 PM
- Terror will return upon the terrorists. - FrankC - 1/29/2002 5:37:33 PM
- Re: Two related topics covered as one piece of promising good news. - p - 1/29/2002 4:30:17 PM
  - Re: Two related topics covered as one piece of promising good news. - D. Spires - 1/29/2002 4:40:50 PM

Colin Powell Breaks With Bush and Other Cabinet Members (n/t) - and asks that Taliban prisoners be treated as POW's under Geneve Convention - 1/27/2002 8:31:44 PM
- Re: Colin Powell Breaks With Bush and Other Cabinet Members - Marcia - 1/28/2002 10:28:57 AM
- Here's the Text - Lindy - 1/27/2002 8:33:54 PM
  - Re: Powell is absolutely correct . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2002 4:38:08 PM
  - Thanks. It shows how little the original poster read the article - ebnelson - 1/27/2002 2:24:56 PM
- Good Show, Mr. Powell! - Splinx - 1/27/2002 6:26:58 PM
  - A few thoughts... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 8:05:10 PM
  - Semantics and more - FrankC - 1/27/2002 10:26:29 AM
- Terrorists are not POW's - Matt Burley - 1/27/2002 1:04:00 PM
  - In addition... - Larry J - 1/28/2002 11:12:06 AM
    - I wonder though... - Splinx - 1/28/2002 1:28:22 PM
      - irrefutable connection? - FrankC - 1/28/2002 3:18:48 PM
        
        Terrorist groups claiming "credit" - Larry J - 1/29/2002 2:40:39 PM
      - In general, we get condemned no matter what we do - Larry J - 1/28/2002 2:01:18 PM
        
        Agreed; I was just watching that...(n/t) - Splinx - 1/28/2002 2:16:05 PM
  - Exactly. nt (n/t) - Marcia - 1/28/2002 10:37:50 AM

If the accusation in this article is true - ebnelson - 1/28/2002 10:40:42 AM
- Solution remains the same as before: UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 1/29/2002 9:04:22 AM

Warhead Storage Ensures More Than U.S. Nuclear Superiority . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 8:00:44 PM
- Re: Warhead Storage - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2002 8:58:19 PM
  - Re: Warhead Storage - SDG - 1/28/2002 6:22:53 PM

No Wonder We Didn't Let Schwartztkoff Finish Hussein - Lindy - 1/25/2002 7:07:39 PM
- A book by a fellow conspiracy nut is perfect for you - ebnelson - 1/26/2002 1:13:08 PM
  - take it easy Ed. - Justin Kelly - 1/26/2002 11:42:19 AM
    - Sorry. Long Week and kinda down about Slick. - ebnelson - 1/26/2002 7:19:12 PM
      - Re: Sorry. Long Week and kinda down about Slick. - Justin Kelly - 1/27/2002 6:00:30 PM
        
        Good Advice - Buck Galaxy - 1/28/2002 4:37:55 PM
        
        Re: Better Advice . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2002 9:08:05 AM

Enron Exec Death a Suicide . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 3:46:24 PM
- The scandal is very useful - ebnelson - 1/27/2002 2:31:11 PM
- Re: South Florida Sun-Sentinel seems to have trouble with their web-sites . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 3:55:17 PM
  - Re: South Florida Sun-Sentinel seems to have trouble with their web-sites . . . - Publius - 1/27/2002 3:14:26 PM
    - Re: South Florida Sun-Sentinel . . . - D. Spires - 1/28/2002 2:18:28 PM
    - Ft. Lauderdale's Sun Sentinnel site is constantly updated. - Marcia - 1/27/2002 4:05:39 PM
      - Re: Agreed . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 1/28/2002 3:35:59 PM
        
        btw - Marcia - 1/28/2002 9:59:33 AM

Kabul's One-Eyed Lion Dies . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 3:20:05 PM
- Re: Kabul's One-Eyed Lion Dies . . . - McFly - 1/28/2002 3:30:18 PM
- Re: Kabul's One-Eyed Lion Dies . . .at least he experienced a bit of goodness towards the end. nt (n/t) - Marcia - 1/28/2002 10:32:57 AM
- Ironic - FrankC - 1/27/2002 3:49:54 PM

War isn't pretty. Modern war looks clean from a distance. It looks quite different at close range. - Larry J - 1/25/2002 7:27:17 PM
- Actually the phot is from Chechnya - ebnelson - 1/26/2002 1:16:06 PM
- MODERN WAR? - Lindy - 1/25/2002 5:27:44 PM
  - Is it really? - Larry J - 1/26/2002 1:09:36 PM
    - Re: Is it really? - Lindy - 1/27/2002 5:50:45 PM
      - No, my complaint is over the use of the word "ALL" - Larry J - 1/28/2002 2:52:05 PM
  - A shot across the bow - SDG - 1/25/2002 6:20:43 PM
    - Re: A shot across the bow - Lindy - 1/25/2002 7:13:43 PM
      - Re: Precious life . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 7:17:07 PM
        
        You're very noble, Dan..... - Lindy - 1/27/2002 5:56:13 PM
        
        Re: Precious life . . . - Publius - 1/27/2002 3:02:36 PM

Interesting series starting on Sept. 11 attacks - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 4:12:07 PM
- "We'll pick them off one at a time" - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/28/2002 12:35:36 PM

Terrorists getting a second wind? - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 8:42:28 PM
- Re: Terrorists getting a second wind? - Marcia - 1/27/2002 9:53:53 AM
- A dangerous phase - Splinx - 1/27/2002 9:37:25 AM
  - Re: A dangerous phase - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 9:55:31 AM
    - Addendum... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 12:08:35 PM

Volunteer Force Accuse YMCA of Promoting Witchcraft . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 9:20:56 AM
- That's hittin' 'em where it really hurts, by golly - Splinx - 1/27/2002 7:07:04 PM
  - s/b...strategic hub of commerce... - Splinx - 1/27/2002 7:11:32 PM
- Harry Potter and the right - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2002 12:32:45 PM
  - This is my county, Tom - Mary Anne - 1/27/2002 4:03:58 PM
    - Cripes, Mary Anne... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 8:25:41 PM
      - Not exactly... - Mary Anne - 1/27/2002 10:05:29 AM
        
        Suggestion: - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 12:20:16 PM
    - That's "Legion of Decency". Oops. n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 1/27/2002 6:06:56 PM
  - Very well said, Tom. n/t - ebnelson - 1/27/2002 2:32:23 PM
  - A little more on bookburning - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2002 12:42:15 PM
    - A note on pacifism from somebody who hits people - Mary Anne - 1/27/2002 5:26:30 PM
      - Re: A note on pacifism - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2002 8:12:55 PM
      - pacifism from somebody who saw it first hand - FrankC - 1/27/2002 11:44:22 AM
- So... - Marcia - 1/26/2002 9:51:03 AM
  - Re: I was forced to watch it . . . - D. Spires - 1/26/2002 11:01:25 AM

Sorry to scare everyone (bound to happen) - Success_Machine - 1/26/2002 8:51:26 PM
- S_M, Don't worry - ebnelson - 1/26/2002 7:17:33 PM
  - Re: Little more than 1 trillion barrels of oil reserves - Success_Machine - 1/27/2002 8:06:21 PM
    - You forget the natural gas, the oil shales, the tar sands - ebnelson - 1/27/2002 3:04:51 PM

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