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Chad or no chad...Its a beautiful thing.
Scott Evil
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12/15/2005 6:13:21 PM
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Courage is so under-appreciated these days.
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has anyone mentioned here Bush's acknowledging 30,000 Civilian casualties in Iraq?
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Daniel
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12/15/2005 12:19:11 AM
re: has anyone mentioned that this is hardly news?
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 4:01:20 AM
You dont seem to grasp the fact....
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R.L.
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12/15/2005 9:48:47 AM
:) Just waiting for irrelavent comparisons to WW2
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R.L.
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12/15/2005 9:57:17 AM
Nobody said freedom was cheap.
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Scott Evil
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12/15/2005 5:54:03 PM
What price freedom/
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Doug Ellison
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12/15/2005 11:21:26 PM
re: What price freedom/
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SDG
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12/16/2005 5:08:01 PM
Freedom vs Lives is not a valid equation
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azstrummer
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12/16/2005 7:20:52 PM
The scary part is.........
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Lindy
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12/16/2005 12:33:44 AM
re: Nobody said freedom was cheap.
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az
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12/15/2005 6:36:53 PM
Okay, now I'm really confused.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 6:47:10 PM
re: Okay, now I'm really confused.
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 7:17:01 PM
Isolationism
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 7:37:06 PM
This thread is about Iraq.
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Doug Ellisont
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12/15/2005 11:26:53 PM
re: This thread is about Iraq.
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azstrummer
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12/16/2005 3:25:08 PM
re: This thread is about Iraq.
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Tom Brosz
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12/16/2005 12:09:50 AM
re: Isolationism
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 7:49:21 PM
re: Isolationism
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 8:56:30 PM
We were asking for it?
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azstrummer
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12/16/2005 8:08:19 PM
We were asking for it?
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azstrummer
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12/16/2005 8:04:31 PM
Non-threatening
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Tom Brosz
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12/16/2005 8:58:31 PM
re: Nobody said freedom was cheap.
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 6:37:40 PM
Liberals don't do "alternatives."
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 6:04:04 PM
OK, so it includes military casualties. And it's not new information either.
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Daniel
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12/15/2005 7:25:39 AM
We went over a lot of this a long time ago.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 5:59:20 PM
Is it your suggestion the US should now invade Iran?
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Publius
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12/16/2005 2:55:36 PM
re: We went over a lot of this a long time ago.
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 6:42:03 PM
Never mind
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Donald
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12/15/2005 2:10:44 AM
Good point but
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Buck Galaxy
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12/15/2005 9:36:05 AM
yes those elections are very good news. Think of this though:
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Daniel
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12/15/2005 12:56:29 PM
I've got a better one.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 6:02:16 PM
Freedom and democracy...and where would that be?
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 6:45:34 PM
that's not really the point here
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Daniel
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12/16/2005 2:38:17 AM
"Could anyone still say, 'this is worth 30,000 deaths'?"
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Tom Brosz
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12/16/2005 8:08:47 AM
"The Iraqis will decide if the toll is worth it or not."
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R.L.
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12/16/2005 7:09:48 PM
it is exactly our question to answer, as it was OUR governments which initiated the invasion
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Daniel
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12/16/2005 9:30:11 AM
it is exactly our question to answer, as it was OUR governments which initiated the invasion
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Daniel
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12/16/2005 9:29:58 AM
More on Iraqi memories of Saddam
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Tom Brosz
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12/16/2005 8:59:46 AM
yep credit is due to the benefits
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Daniel
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12/16/2005 9:49:50 AM
Get real.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 7:39:21 PM
re: Get real.
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 8:22:45 PM
re: Get real, continued.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 8:59:13 PM
re: Get real, continued.
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Azstrummer
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12/16/2005 7:31:49 PM
re: See the alternate timeline and please tell me where my assumptions are wrong.
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Scott Evil
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12/15/2005 5:56:40 PM
your assumptions were your assumptions. can't be wrong.
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alcaray
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12/15/2005 7:36:04 PM
re: has anyone mentioned here Bush's acknowledging 30,000 Civilian casualties in Iraq?
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SDG
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12/15/2005 12:58:25 AM
Good post.
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Scott Evil
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12/15/2005 6:03:11 PM
NOW you want to critically question your president?
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R.L.
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12/15/2005 9:52:57 AM
re: NOW you want to critically question your president?
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SDG
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12/15/2005 4:01:59 PM
Well, they were going to die sometime anyway, so Bush isn't really responsible.
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Bowser
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12/15/2005 12:50:26 AM
"I ask merely for information......."
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Lindy
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12/15/2005 12:45:41 AM
Meanwhile, as the American Left desperately prays for failure...
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 4:06:21 AM
We know the election is going to be a success.....Katherine Harris was placed in charge...
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Publius
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12/15/2005 10:45:37 PM
I'll admit, the 2002 election in Iraq was much smoother.
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Tom Brosz
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12/16/2005 12:11:39 AM
re: I'll admit, the 2002 election in Iraq was much smoother.
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Lindy
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12/16/2005 4:50:38 PM
LOL
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SDG
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12/16/2005 1:01:31 AM
So which finger has the paint on it?
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 5:30:31 PM
Are you trying to validate Tom's post?
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SteveS
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12/15/2005 8:06:40 PM
re: Are you trying to validate Tom's post?
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 8:25:19 PM
re: Are you trying to validate Tom's post?
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SteveS
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12/15/2005 9:24:06 PM
IMHO Tom's posts are invalid by default
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azstrummer
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12/16/2005 3:44:54 PM
re: IMHO Tom's posts are invalid by default
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SteveS
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12/16/2005 7:36:09 PM
The support he provides is hardly balanced.
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azstrummer
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12/16/2005 10:14:59 PM
Wow.
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Tom Brosz
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12/17/2005 3:48:07 AM
Dear Tom, F*** off.
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Tony
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12/15/2005 1:41:07 PM
Yeah, right.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 6:19:54 PM
Same as your first reaction:
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alcaray
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12/17/2005 6:43:17 PM
Wishful thinking hardly makes that worth replying to.
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 7:21:48 PM
Yeah, the same indignant blowfish response again.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 7:41:10 PM
I see the old adage about a picture saying a thousand words still holds true.
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Scott Evil
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12/15/2005 6:06:26 PM
Steady on, old chap
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Sam F.
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12/15/2005 4:41:37 PM
Yeah that's right, the Brits were not involved were they
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Daniel
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12/15/2005 4:57:27 PM
Tom said the "American Left"
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Sam F.
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12/16/2005 8:19:46 AM
re: Meanwhile, as the American Left desperately prays for failure...
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Doug Ellison
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12/15/2005 11:04:30 AM
Q.E.D.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 6:14:08 PM
re: Meanwhile, as the American Left desperately prays for failure...
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azstrummer
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12/15/2005 5:29:14 PM
Is that a purple chad?
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Lindy
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12/15/2005 4:14:25 AM
No.
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Tom Brosz
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12/15/2005 4:35:02 AM
Chad or no chad...Its a beautiful thing.
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Scott Evil
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12/15/2005 6:13:21 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.