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not President Clinton, it is President Bush -- so of course different standards must apply - Greg - 12/6/2001 3:59:37 PM
- How could an energy company go bankrupt on Bush's watch - Scott - 12/6/2001 6:40:09 PM
  - I'm sort of with you on this one, Scott - alcaray - 12/7/2001 5:34:13 PM
  - My Responses - Buck Galaxy - 12/6/2001 4:17:27 PM
  - Re: Bush's watch - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2001 2:39:50 PM
- Yes, different standards: please show the Republican party stonewalling, Sr. Republicans getting free rides to space, attacks by the whitehouse against the investigators, etc. - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 4:49:18 PM
- Some of it has to do with timing. (n/t) - Dan - 12/6/2001 4:25:19 PM

Makes me go Hm-m-m-m! - phil - 12/5/2001 12:04:45 PM
- Undercover Taliban - FrankC - 12/6/2001 3:42:34 PM
  - real undercover actions of the past - phil - 12/6/2001 4:44:09 PM
- Re: A kid would be a shoo-in, Phil . . . - D. Spires - 12/5/2001 3:45:32 PM
- Not necessarily - Larry J - 12/5/2001 1:40:27 PM
  - Do I remember something about infiltrating the Moonies? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/6/2001 5:21:49 PM
  - 3 points - phil - 12/6/2001 1:55:35 PM
    - Re: 1 counter-point . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 2:28:09 PM
      - Re: 1 counter-point . . . - Marcia - 12/7/2001 10:36:14 AM
      - cop out - phil - 12/6/2001 2:36:15 PM
        
        Re: cop out - alcaray - 12/6/2001 5:19:15 PM
        
        Re: cop out - phil - 12/6/2001 8:48:08 PM
        
        Sorry, I'm not "hearing" the silence you are describing. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/6/2001 11:53:56 AM
        
        Then cite several examples...you cannot (n/t) (n/t) - phil - 12/7/2001 2:23:31 PM
        
        Re: Then cite several examples...you cannot (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2001 5:28:36 PM
        
        Re: Agreed, but it ain't gonna happen . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 2:49:23 PM
  - Re: Not necessarily - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2001 2:35:46 PM

Tora Bora captured...no bin Laden yet. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2001 6:09:45 PM
- For someone who doesn't hesitate to send others on suicide missions - Matt Burley - 12/7/2001 1:56:14 PM
  - You don't know the half of it... - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2001 4:01:55 PM
    - Re: Understanding . . . - D. Spires - 12/7/2001 4:19:29 PM

Australia, Indonesia Tackling Refugee Crisis . . . - D. Spires - 12/7/2001 2:31:35 PM

Israelis, Islamists Both Gunning for Arafat . . . - D. Spires - 12/7/2001 2:30:02 PM

Israeli Planes Hit Gaza Police Post . . . - D. Spires - 12/7/2001 2:14:32 PM

Oliver North - McFly - 12/7/2001 11:08:10 AM
- Urban legend. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2001 11:52:17 AM

America's military tribunals through the ages. - Greg - 12/6/2001 8:11:12 PM

The Mother of all conventional weapons? - Matt Burley - 11/6/2001 7:43:47 PM
- Re: The Mother of all conventional weapons? - Dan™ - 11/6/2001 8:36:36 PM
- Nah, for a bunch of people caught out in the open... - Larry J - 11/6/2001 7:55:23 PM
  - Re: Nah, for a bunch of people caught out in the open... - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2001 9:33:36 AM
    - Re: Nah, for a bunch of people caught out in the open... - Larry J - 11/6/2001 9:40:36 AM
      - Re: Nah, for a bunch of people caught out in the open... - albkim - 12/6/2001 7:52:57 PM
- Re: The Mother of all conventional weapons? - phil - 11/6/2001 9:37:43 AM
  - Like I said below - Larry J - 11/6/2001 9:47:15 AM
    - Re: Like I said below - phil - 11/6/2001 10:11:29 AM
      - Sounds like a plan - Larry J - 11/6/2001 10:24:04 AM

When you cut through the political BS, this is what Sen. Leahy's whining boils down to: - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 5:29:17 PM
- Re: When you cut through the political BS, this is what Sen. Leahy's whining boils down to: - Dan™ - 12/6/2001 7:35:56 PM
  - Re: Odd . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 9:41:16 AM
- Political BS - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2001 5:43:23 PM

ACLU sues Ashcroft over detainees - Greg - 12/6/2001 4:03:59 PM
- I think the ACLU needs to go help liberate Afghanistan. - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 4:40:37 PM
  - Was it Ashcroft or was it Rumsfeld - alcaray - 12/6/2001 5:54:24 PM
    - The lawsuit is appropriate - FrankC - 12/6/2001 7:32:44 PM
    - I agree: power must be balanced by accountability - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 6:03:07 PM

Congress Must "Support and Defend the Constitution" - Greg - 12/6/2001 7:09:12 PM

Peter Blake assassinated - Raoul - 12/6/2001 5:48:41 PM

Fighting for a -- Good Book . . . - D. Spires - 12/5/2001 5:15:59 PM
- Thanks Dan - alcaray - 12/6/2001 5:34:19 PM

Homeland Defense: Guard Members Safeguard U.S. Turf, Skies . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 5:13:18 PM

Three GIs Killed by U.S. Bomb . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 4:46:57 PM
- The DoD Release . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 5:04:53 PM
- Service turf war? - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2001 9:07:30 AM
  - Re: I think it's going hot and heavy . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 9:37:31 AM
  - Re: Service turf war? - Larry J - 12/6/2001 9:35:39 AM

'Magic Lantern' Rubs the Wrong Way - Greg - 12/5/2001 9:06:01 AM
- Australia won't be hit....unless.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/6/2001 1:16:59 PM
  - Re: Australia won't be hit....unless.... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2001 3:21:50 PM
    - Re: The issue today, I believe, is cats . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 3:26:25 PM
- Re: 'Magic Lantern' Rubs the Wrong Way - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2001 5:35:03 PM

We are now at the most dangerous part of this war - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 3:19:18 PM

Iraq, Terrorism and Geopolitics . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 2:10:11 PM

Taiwan: Local Politics Trump State Security . . . - D. Spires - 12/6/2001 2:09:30 PM

If Osama thought he had problems before... - Larry J - 12/6/2001 10:56:18 AM

Arkansas "Tax Me More" fund off to a slow start - Larry J - 12/5/2001 7:27:14 PM
- Re: Chuckling . . . - D. Spires - 12/5/2001 8:23:30 PM

Father Hopes U.S. Has Mercy on Taliban Fighter Son . . . - D. Spires - 12/4/2001 8:25:34 PM
- Re: Father Hopes U.S. Has Mercy on Taliban Fighter Son . . . - Marcia - 12/5/2001 3:38:09 PM
  - Re: NA SOP . . . - D. Spires - 12/5/2001 4:27:43 PM
    - Re: NA SOP . . . - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2001 5:39:36 PM
- He should be turned over to the Afghan authorities - Larry J - 12/4/2001 9:08:04 AM
  - sympathy for the devil - phil - 12/4/2001 11:25:48 AM
    - Exactly on, phil. Walker's father should be ashamed of himself. - ebnelson - 12/4/2001 3:39:08 PM
      - Re: Not at all, Ed . . . - D. spires - 12/4/2001 4:44:17 PM
        
        I feel for the dad - Gary - 12/4/2001 7:40:57 PM
        
        I would have grief if my son did something like that - ebnelson - 12/4/2001 5:38:44 PM
        
        Re: I would find every lawyer possible -- to save his life . . . - D. Spires - 12/5/2001 4:47:56 PM
        
        I respect the sentiment, but the boy has put himself way past the reach of habeus corpus - ebnelson - 12/5/2001 7:40:07 PM

It is as if - Raoul - 12/3/2001 7:12:03 PM
- Re: It is as if - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2001 8:09:36 PM
  - Re: Whether Arafat is a radical who believes Israel must be destroyed, or whether he believes that if he made peace with Israel, his own people would kill him (likely), the result is the same. - Scott - 12/3/2001 8:57:57 PM
    - Fourth Alternative - alcaray - 12/4/2001 11:33:51 AM
  - phil defends Clinton - phil - 12/3/2001 9:01:16 AM
    - Re: A successor? - Raoul - 12/3/2001 6:44:37 PM
      - Re: A successor? - Justin Kelly - 12/4/2001 1:54:24 PM
        
        Re: A successor? - Raoul - 12/4/2001 5:17:16 PM
        
        Re: A successor? - Justin Kelly - 12/4/2001 6:26:19 PM
- Arafat a moderate?? Nonsense. He's part of a Palestinian terrorist coalition - Matt Burley - 12/3/2001 3:10:36 PM
  - Re: Arafat is actually a moderator, and certainly NOT a leader . . . - D. Spires - 12/5/2001 5:40:18 PM

Dick Cheney, Haliburton Oil, Afghanistan - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 1:33:16 PM
- Keep Thinking, S_M...... - Dennis - 11/7/2001 8:38:08 PM
  - Remember the Cyanide Pill Dennis... - Peterator5005 - 12/1/2001 5:34:17 PM
  - Re: Is this an attack on the board, or are you just agreeing with S_M? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/7/2001 2:19:51 PM
    - Re: Is this an attack on the board, or are you just agreeing with S_M? (n/t) - Dennis - 11/7/2001 4:00:46 PM
      - Re: So, the war is all about oil and U.S. designs for a siege on Canada? - D. Spires - 11/7/2001 4:11:29 PM
        
        Re: So, the war is all about oil and U.S. designs for a siege on Canada? - Dennis - 11/7/2001 7:15:32 PM
- Were you not paying attention when Al Queda warned America of more airplane attacks and told American Muslims not to work in tall buildings?? - Matt Burley - 11/7/2001 1:21:15 PM
  - you are all a bunch of gay rednecks (n/t) - Big Loochens - 12/5/2001 3:40:27 PM
  - you are all ab unch of gay rednecks (n/t) - Big Loochens - 12/5/2001 3:40:17 PM
  - Re: Were you not paying attention when Al Queda warned America of more airplane attacks and told American Muslims not to work in tall buildings?? (n/t) - Big Loochens - 12/5/2001 3:39:52 PM
  - Re: I never heard that report... tell me about it! - Success_Machine - 11/7/2001 1:46:55 PM
    - Good grief, S_M, have you been living in a cave or something? - Matt Burley - 11/7/2001 1:59:01 PM
      - And also... - Raoul - 11/7/2001 5:21:29 PM
        
        Re: And also... - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2001 5:40:56 PM
        
        Re: And also... - Raoul - 11/7/2001 6:32:34 PM
        
        et une autre victime d'Osama! - Matt Burley - 11/7/2001 7:53:03 PM
        
        Re: C'était déjà prévisible bien avant, je crains. - Raoul - 11/7/2001 8:51:09 PM
        
        The reason why German and Japanese participation gets attention - Larry J - 11/7/2001 6:44:24 PM
- Re: Go back to bed, S_M. When you wake up, the mean ol' guv'ment will be all gone . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/6/2001 4:34:42 PM
  - Re: It doesn't stop with Afghanistan, Canada is next - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 5:17:50 PM
    - We're not going to take over Canada until we run out of wood. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2001 6:15:03 PM
    - Re: Logic Dictates - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 5:26:05 PM
      - Re: Who built the al Quaida? - D. Spires - 11/6/2001 5:28:01 PM
- Re: Dick Cheney, Haliburton Oil, Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2001 2:46:45 PM
  - Re: Dick Cheney, Haliburton Oil, Afghanistan - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 3:07:15 PM
- Re: Why am I suspicious? - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 1:40:53 PM
  - My opinion is you drink too much strange brew - ebnelson - 11/6/2001 5:44:47 PM
    - Re: There's lots of info on the Caspian Oil issue - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 5:52:13 PM
  - Re: Because you're sleepy . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2001 4:43:44 PM
  - Re: Why am I suspicious? - Success_Machine - 11/6/2001 2:09:24 PM
    - You SHOULD be Suspicious - Dennis - 11/7/2001 8:03:52 PM
      - CNN Success Machine - Peterator5005 - 12/1/2001 6:01:14 PM

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