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Alleged Kidnapping of Clark Bowers Met with Skepticism . . . - D. Spires - 1/23/2002 12:37:03 PM
- Yes. - Marcia - 1/23/2002 12:52:39 PM

Relatives of Afghan War Victims Hand Over Claims . . . - D. Spires - 1/23/2002 12:47:06 PM

FBI Says Agents Stopped New Attacks . . . - D. Spires - 1/23/2002 12:16:55 PM

Afghan Warlords Rattling Sabres . . . - D. Spires - 1/23/2002 12:10:33 PM

The next big lawyer enrichment project? (Man, did I pick the wrong profession or what?) - ebnelson - 1/23/2002 10:51:34 AM
- Fine. - Marcia - 1/23/2002 12:09:25 PM

Afghan Minister Backs Chinese Claims of Militants' Links to bin Laden . . . - D. Spires - 1/23/2002 11:55:50 AM

A Long Journey Toward Peace -- Terror Victim's Father Visits Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 1/23/2002 11:45:50 AM

Israel inching towards annihalating Pal. Authority - ebnelson - 1/23/2002 10:31:26 AM

End to Afghan Opium Crops Eyed . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2002 8:56:49 PM

Anderson Under Orders to Shred?? - Lindy - 1/20/2002 9:20:17 AM
- ROTFALMFAO@U, Lindy - ebnelson - 1/20/2002 4:24:50 PM
  - Three Guesses - Splinx - 1/20/2002 6:20:24 PM
    - Surely you can squeeze Whitewater in there somewhere - FrankC - 1/20/2002 7:42:41 PM
      - Ah yes; Whitewater - Splinx - 1/20/2002 8:10:05 PM
        
        Refresh my memory - FrankC - 1/20/2002 9:45:24 AM
        
        Gladly - Splinx - 1/21/2002 6:31:49 PM
        
        Don't Worry Splinx..... (n/t) - Most republicans Can't See Past Their Tax Returns.......n/t - 1/21/2002 7:51:40 PM
        
        My tax return - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 9:09:52 AM
        
        Say what?? - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 7:35:04 PM
        
        Re: Say what?? - Splinx - 1/21/2002 8:01:12 PM
      - And the illegal firings and illegal use of the FBI & IRS against the WH travel office - ebenlson - 1/20/2002 7:47:25 PM
        
        Re: And the illegal firings and illegal use of the FBI & IRS against the WH travel office - Splinx - 1/20/2002 8:50:26 PM
        
        You don't know the difference between the Contra freedom fighters and the Sandinista communist tyrants they defeated? lol. - ebnelson - 1/20/2002 3:39:13 PM
        
        Re: You don't know the difference between the Contra freedom fighters and the Sandinista communist tyrants they defeated? lol. - Publius - 1/21/2002 8:10:09 PM
        
        Caspar Weinberger - Lindy - 1/22/2002 8:44:31 PM
        
        Ortega was never elected. He took power in a revoluiton heavily supported by the USSR and Cuba. - ebnelson - 1/21/2002 8:04:04 PM
        
        Re: You don't know... - Splinx - 1/21/2002 6:48:56 PM
        
        Contrails? Goober? - Splinx - 1/21/2002 5:53:22 PM
        
        Funny thing about the S&L deregulation... - Larry J - 1/21/2002 1:58:14 PM
        
        Yes... - Splinx - 1/21/2002 7:46:57 PM
        
        S&L deregulation... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 2:41:59 PM
- What did God know, and when did He know it? - Matt Burley - 1/20/2002 12:12:15 PM
  - Re: Adaptation - Raoul Lannoy - 1/21/2002 9:47:25 AM
    - What an outstanding post to cap this partisan cock (read male chicken) fight. (n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 1/22/2002 9:44:11 AM

The "Liberal Media" and the S&L Crisis - Splinx - 1/22/2002 2:56:40 PM
- Facs are troubling but lok this up: - ebnelson - 1/22/2002 3:11:33 PM
  - Since you bring it up... - Splinx - 1/22/2002 6:44:01 PM
    - I am sure you will. - ebnelson - 1/22/2002 7:52:14 PM
      - Uh oh...an ACTUAL "boogerhead" post...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2002 8:37:23 PM
  - Now, now. Don't go around breaking people's delusions... - Larry J - 1/22/2002 3:47:09 PM
    - I feel your pain... - Splinx - 1/22/2002 6:58:18 PM
      - Meet you at the flame board, you pos - ebnelson - 1/22/2002 7:53:36 PM
      - If you honestly believe that all of the villians are Republicans - Larry J - 1/22/2002 7:49:02 PM
        
        Once again - Splinx - 1/22/2002 9:15:57 AM
        
        But you DID make the assertion... - Larry J - 1/22/2002 10:07:45 AM
        
        Minor players - Splinx - 1/22/2002 3:26:02 PM
        
        nothing save a sorry affair? - FrankC - 1/22/2002 5:30:25 PM
- Re: The S & L Crisis. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2002 9:04:22 AM

News on Walker. - Marcia - 1/22/2002 6:05:29 PM
- Re: 'Life in prison. (?!)' - D. Spires - 1/22/2002 7:09:51 PM
  - That's what I thought. - Marcia - 1/22/2002 11:37:11 AM

Womens Studies & the AntiAmerican Left - phil - 1/18/2002 2:54:08 PM
- Women's studies has now become, Women's Politics. - Marcia - 1/19/2002 4:30:47 PM
- You shouldn't judge a course by its reading list - alcaray - 1/18/2002 7:42:29 PM
  - Re: judge a course by its reading list - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2002 10:14:12 AM
  - Re: You shouldn't judge a course by its reading list - phil - 1/18/2002 9:43:41 AM
    - Re: You shouldn't judge a course by its reading list - Publius - 1/18/2002 2:21:04 PM
      - Leftist tolerance - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2002 6:00:10 PM
      - Probably not what? - FrankC - 1/18/2002 4:27:37 PM
    - Whoa - alcaray - 1/18/2002 10:40:32 AM
      - Re: Whoa - phil - 1/18/2002 11:09:18 AM
        
        Just in case anyone gets to page 2 and notices this... - alcaray - 1/22/2002 6:47:01 PM
- Re: Womens Studies & the AntiAmerican Left - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2002 6:32:10 PM
  - What is American? So I know anti-American when I see it? - Adam - 1/19/2002 3:53:35 PM
    - Re: What is American? - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2002 5:47:43 PM
- Re: Womens Studies & the AntiAmerican Left - Publius - 1/18/2002 5:05:30 PM
  - obscenity- you can't define it, but you know what it is when you see it. - FrankC - 1/18/2002 5:51:38 PM
    - Half-truths? - Adam - 1/19/2002 4:01:15 PM

The recent revelations that ENE has been busily shredding documents - ebnelson - 1/22/2002 5:10:30 PM

The Real War, continued... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 8:30:16 PM
- Re: The Real War, continued... - phil - 1/21/2002 8:42:43 PM
  - Re: The Real War, continued... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 8:48:26 PM
    - Re: The Real War, continued... - phil - 1/21/2002 11:25:10 AM
      - Huh? - Buck Galaxy - 1/21/2002 5:59:15 PM
        
        Re: Huh? - phil - 1/22/2002 3:47:39 PM
        
        Re: Huh? - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 6:25:55 PM
- Re: The Real War, continued... - Lindy - 1/21/2002 7:43:59 PM
  - Re: The Real War - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2002 9:44:39 AM
- There may be more problems - FrankC - 1/21/2002 2:23:48 PM
- Close up on Matthews (prior to that article). - Marcia - 1/21/2002 9:51:36 AM
  - Re: Close up on Matthews (prior to that article). - philw - 1/21/2002 11:27:45 AM
- Re: It's all a matter of trust. - Raoul - 1/21/2002 9:33:48 AM

Bush and the Democratic attack - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2002 1:30:12 PM
- Re: Bush and the Democratic attack - Lindy - 1/19/2002 9:39:37 AM
- Re: Enron Collapse Sank DeWine Family's Stock . . . - D. Spires - 1/18/2002 2:51:56 PM
  - Re: Enron Collapse Sank DeWine Family's Stock . . . - Greg - 1/18/2002 7:46:34 PM
    - Re: Enron - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2002 5:31:23 PM
    - Re: How about . . . ? - D. Spires - 1/19/2002 12:25:11 PM
      - Hey Dan......... - Lindy - 1/19/2002 7:09:56 PM
        
        Re: If the job remains incomplete, yes . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2002 2:38:14 PM
- No time for wimps - FrankC - 1/18/2002 2:20:03 PM
  - Well said. If we don't fight now, it will turn to shit fer sure. n/t - ebnelson - 1/20/2002 4:29:58 PM

The Saudi Crisis . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2002 10:43:33 AM

Venezuela's Economy: Fact and Fiction . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2002 10:35:00 AM

Pakistan is a complex place - ebnelson - 1/21/2002 11:44:15 AM
- Re: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan - Success_Machine - 1/21/2002 12:59:26 PM
  - Compulsory education?!?! - ectoterrestrial - 1/22/2002 9:40:43 AM
  - Re: Here is an example - Success_Machine - 1/21/2002 1:49:16 PM

Money Can't Buy Afghanistan Prosperity . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2002 9:19:43 AM

Anthrax, Ebola on the Loose - Lindy - 1/21/2002 5:13:42 PM
- Dancing with the devil in the pale moon light... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/22/2002 9:14:47 AM
- More on this story - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 6:12:24 PM

Florida in the News Again - Lindy - 1/19/2002 10:00:23 AM
- Enron - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/20/2002 4:24:51 PM
- Part of usual stratgey to weaken government employee unions - E.P. Grondine - 1/20/2002 9:06:23 AM
  - EP, I can only respectfully point out that credibility is precious and easily diminished. - ebnelson - 1/20/2002 4:25:51 PM
    - The way people usually work... - E.P. Grondine - 1/20/2002 5:40:44 PM
      - Some workable ideas. Thanks. - ebenlson - 1/20/2002 7:49:50 PM
- Re: Florida in the News Again - Publius - 1/19/2002 2:41:20 PM
  - You actually are saying with a straight face that "the Republicans are making war on the poor?" YGTBK - ebnelson - 1/19/2002 6:25:28 PM
    - Re: You actually are saying with a straight face that - Lindy - 1/19/2002 7:27:07 PM
      - A Florida trailer park cracker sending me a razor? - ebnelson - 1/20/2002 4:19:02 PM
  - Re: Florida in the News Again - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2002 5:20:46 PM
    - I am SO offended I can hardly type! - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/20/2002 4:38:48 PM
  - Words and language - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2002 5:19:21 PM
    - Re: Words and language - Lindy - 1/20/2002 8:26:07 PM
      - Now for Lindy... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2002 12:58:33 PM
      - Of course Tom has a chip on his shoulder - E.P. Grondine - 1/20/2002 9:17:08 AM
        
        So a good tax boost would help the nation at this juncture, EP? - ebnelson - 1/20/2002 4:28:34 PM
        
        No - E.P. Grondine - 1/20/2002 5:50:52 PM
        
        And finally, last but not least, E.P. (whew.) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2002 1:39:05 PM
        
        Old beliefs fade slowly, except when suddenly confronted by reality - E. P. Grondine - 1/20/2002 3:51:07 PM
        
        Re: Old beliefs - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2002 5:44:55 PM
    - Re: Words and language - Publius - 1/20/2002 7:29:36 PM
      - Cripes, I'm overworked here, but here goes. First Publius... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2002 12:28:39 PM
        
        Re: Cripes, I'm overworked here, but here goes. First Publius... - Publius - 1/20/2002 3:14:09 PM
        
        What's that....oh the Cavalry is here! - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/20/2002 5:26:49 PM
        
        Now this is getting fun... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2002 4:56:03 PM
        
        Re: Now this is getting fun... - Publius - 1/20/2002 7:08:22 PM
        
        Henchman? - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/21/2002 9:31:55 AM
        
        I don't have henchmen. I have minions! Not on the board, though...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 6:11:49 PM
        
        Re: Henchman? - Publius - 1/21/2002 4:21:19 PM
        
        Empathy gland just fine, thanks. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 6:24:33 PM
        
        Re: lack of gland recuses you. - Publius - 1/21/2002 11:18:31 AM
        
        Re: Now this is getting fun... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2002 7:56:25 PM
        
        Re: Now this is getting fun...let the games go on - Publius - 1/21/2002 5:21:38 PM
        
        The bottom of the page is approaching fast... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2002 6:43:47 PM
    - Re: Words and language - E'telekeli - 1/19/2002 6:52:28 PM
      - Democracy - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2002 7:51:18 PM
        
        Re: Democracy (Thanks, Tom) - Marcia - 1/20/2002 6:06:01 PM
      - Definitely not either of you! - FrankC - 1/19/2002 7:09:19 PM
  - Would you mind sharing the source of those statistics (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 1/19/2002 4:36:13 PM
    - Re: Would you mind sharing the source of those statistics (nt) - Publius - 1/20/2002 1:49:38 PM
  - Publius, what do taxes have to do with those issues you posted? - Marcia - 1/19/2002 3:25:18 PM
    - Re: Publius, what do taxes have to do with those issues you posted? - Publius - 1/20/2002 7:43:14 PM
      - Taxes might have played a role... - Marcia - 1/20/2002 9:52:52 AM
- Re: Florida in the News Again - Marcia - 1/19/2002 1:34:00 PM

Serious questions: What does the Geneva Convention say about... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/21/2002 4:41:00 PM
- Re: reductive - Raoul - 1/21/2002 5:22:11 PM
  - Unfortunately, the stereotype for POW's comes from Hollywood. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/21/2002 6:14:50 PM

EFF Analysis Of The Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act - Greg - 12/5/2001 9:09:39 AM
- The EFF's opinion is worth a hearing - Robert - 12/5/2001 7:53:46 PM
  - Re: The EFF's opinion is worth a hearing - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2001 10:26:46 AM
    - Is Mike Godwin still involved with EFF? - ebnelson - 12/5/2001 11:16:01 AM
      - Re: Is Mike Godwin still involved with EFF? - Mike Godwin - 1/21/2002 3:32:11 PM

Israel will be happy to oblige him, I (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/21/2002 10:52:22 AM
- Re: Israel will be happy to oblige him, I'm sure (pardon the fat fingers) - ebnelson - 1/21/2002 10:53:35 AM

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