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I would have settled for "as newsworthy."
re:"I picked a side I really wanted to win. Others did too, from the very start."
Yeti
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11/27/2006 6:01:40 AM
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Ohhh.... Puuuuhhhhleaase!
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Hey, whatever happened to all those 'good news from Iraq' posts?
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R.L.
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11/27/2006 2:35:47 AM
Don't look at me
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FrankC
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11/28/2006 8:02:27 PM
re: The dems are in control now
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Yeti
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11/28/2006 8:05:10 PM
Oh bother that, perception is what counts
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FrankC
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11/28/2006 11:33:44 PM
Knd of like the perception that Iraq had somehting to do with 911?
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 6:40:24 PM
pretty much
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FrankC
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12/1/2006 4:45:39 AM
re: The situation has degenerated. The Democrats called it. They were brilliant prognosticators.
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Scott Evil
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11/27/2006 2:44:30 PM
re: 'good news from Iraq' posts
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TB
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11/27/2006 4:35:07 AM
Your good news was welcome but you never acknowledged the bad.
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azstrummer
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11/27/2006 11:05:07 PM
Is it your contention that the good news is more newsworthy than the obvious carnage?
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R.L.
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11/27/2006 4:42:28 AM
I would have settled for "as newsworthy."
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TB
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11/27/2006 5:07:50 AM
Only hear what you want to hear and disregard the rest, hmm-hmm-mmmm
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Tony
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11/27/2006 4:49:41 PM
Wearing your boxers again?
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Fox
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11/30/2006 7:34:25 PM
Nah. Lost them in a clearing somewhere.
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Tony
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11/30/2006 9:19:38 PM
And Average Google Time Is?
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ID
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11/29/2006 11:37:41 PM
Waht part of "good news is spiked" didn't you get?
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PPD
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11/30/2006 5:49:20 PM
Are You Really That Simple Minded?
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ID
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12/1/2006 4:31:49 AM
Good grief
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PPD
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12/1/2006 3:25:13 PM
False Pretext Strawman Uncovered Again
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ID
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12/1/2006 5:11:55 PM
Actually It Was A Split Hair
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ID
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12/1/2006 5:14:10 PM
Here ya go
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Tony
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12/1/2006 6:56:43 PM
OK Tom is guilty of exageration from time to time.
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ID
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12/1/2006 8:59:59 PM
Hehehehe.
(n/t)
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 6:18:17 PM
re:"I picked a side I really wanted to win. Others did too, from the very start."
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Yeti
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11/27/2006 6:01:40 AM
"Ohhh.... Puuuuhhhhleaase!" "Yeah, Right!" "What BS"
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TB
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11/27/2006 6:09:35 AM
Why should I grace that crud with an 'eloquent counterargument'?
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Yeti
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11/27/2006 6:32:23 AM
"Left-leaning Americans"
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TB
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11/27/2006 6:41:46 AM
re: "Left-leaning Americans"
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Un-Cute Yeti
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11/28/2006 7:18:14 PM
re: "Left-leaning Americans"
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/29/2006 3:19:47 AM
re: "same leftist PR rhetoric we keep hearing from the MSM"
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Bored Yeti
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11/29/2006 3:35:48 AM
And ...
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/29/2006 4:36:44 AM
Wow. So that's tryptophan withdrawal.
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TB
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11/29/2006 12:16:56 AM
tryptophan withdrawal? Now who is indulging in 'cuteness'?
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 5:42:46 PM
Wow, someone woke up
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azstrummer
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11/28/2006 10:55:47 PM
re: Wow, someone woke up
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Yetster
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11/29/2006 5:54:07 PM
Sparring
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azstrummer
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11/29/2006 6:25:21 PM
Your Fixation on Tom Is Ridiculous
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ID
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12/1/2006 4:08:43 AM
"protected status"
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TB
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11/29/2006 7:41:28 PM
I disagree, that wasn't a flame, and Brosz did demand I 'stop acting cute'
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 3:31:25 AM
I'm okay with it staying here.
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TB
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11/29/2006 6:57:09 AM
re: Wow, someone woke up
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Robert
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11/29/2006 12:28:16 AM
re: "Left-leaning Americans"
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Larry Summers
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11/28/2006 9:30:58 PM
So Rush is looking for new work?
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azstrummer
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11/28/2006 10:57:26 PM
Tom is right about one thing
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Tony
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11/28/2006 8:45:28 PM
Good points, BTW, and well put
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Yeti Wielding Yeti Stick of Unreason
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11/29/2006 6:17:32 PM
Well Thank Gr#@$%$k for that!. ;-) thanks. Nice Howitzer you placed up there...
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Tony
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11/29/2006 7:25:29 PM
I am gonna find a bomb shelter-
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R.L.
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11/28/2006 7:45:56 PM
What can I say: I woke up on the wrong side of my Ice Cave this morning
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Yeti
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11/28/2006 8:10:53 PM
Yowzah!
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Robert
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11/28/2006 8:07:10 PM
Ummm so....Republican Hagel is one of 'those people'?
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R.L.
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11/27/2006 8:09:39 AM
Yeah right
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R.L.
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11/27/2006 5:33:43 AM
re: Yeah right
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TB
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11/27/2006 6:06:05 AM
re: Yeah right
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TB
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11/28/2006 4:17:11 AM
Here it is, distilled down:
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TB
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11/28/2006 4:44:12 AM
so hundreds havent been found tortured and killed?
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R.L.
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11/28/2006 4:48:59 AM
That's an excellent question.
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TB
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11/28/2006 5:11:29 AM
Hariyau contraire
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Tony
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11/27/2006 5:11:28 PM
Anyone want to bet that within 2 months the right will be blaming our failure in Iraq on the liberals?
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R.L.
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11/27/2006 4:09:34 AM
Watch TV
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Yeti
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11/28/2006 7:21:37 PM
Really its not a failure...
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Scott Evil
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11/27/2006 2:49:03 PM
They started blaming the left way before the election.
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ER
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11/27/2006 12:13:51 PM
A lot of that blame will have been honestly earned.
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TB
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11/27/2006 4:41:37 AM
Superstition I
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Robert
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11/29/2006 5:54:36 PM
Hey- you have to pay a licensing fee if you want to bang on tom with the superstition Bat
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 6:06:38 PM
But then, we'd owe TB royalties for the technique of constant repetition
(n/t)
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Robert
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11/29/2006 8:23:48 PM
No, no, no... You have it all wrong
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IP YetiLawyer
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11/29/2006 8:46:20 PM
re: prior 'art'
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Yeti wielding the Yeti Stick of Unreason
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11/29/2006 6:15:39 PM
I feel rather current actually
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azstrummer
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11/29/2006 8:29:24 PM
Okay, lets assume your bullshit here smells like a rose
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Bluff-Calling Yeti
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11/28/2006 7:27:49 PM
Effect on the war
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TB
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11/29/2006 12:24:29 AM
Hold on a second
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 3:41:17 AM
re: Hold on a second
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TB
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11/29/2006 7:15:21 AM
Don't Ask A Yeti To Follow Simple Reason
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ID
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11/29/2006 11:45:06 PM
Superstition II
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Robert
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11/29/2006 5:54:51 PM
Holy Straw Cow
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ID
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11/30/2006 12:48:19 AM
Superstition III
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Robert
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11/29/2006 8:33:11 PM
Are You Serious?
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ID
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11/30/2006 1:06:18 AM
You're not
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Robert
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11/30/2006 5:45:05 PM
Oh Yes I Am, You're Just Not Being Honest
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ID
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12/1/2006 3:28:43 AM
"cut-and-run" is nothing BUT jingoism
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Robert
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12/1/2006 6:45:51 PM
You're Going Off The Deep End Robert (Lord Of The Flies)
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ID
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12/1/2006 10:46:55 PM
You know you're a Winger when...
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Robert
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12/2/2006 5:17:07 PM
You Just Can't Face Your Own Faults Can You?
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Mark Eby
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12/4/2006 4:13:56 AM
As You said: Yowzah!
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Yeti
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11/30/2006 7:01:21 PM
frustration
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Robert
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11/30/2006 9:18:49 PM
I think you are wrong on one count, unfortunately
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Yetster.
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12/1/2006 11:21:23 PM
You may be right
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Robert
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12/2/2006 5:34:06 PM
Circle Jerk Indeed
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ID
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12/4/2006 3:02:06 PM
So Now You Want To Think?
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ID
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12/1/2006 3:36:47 AM
You might want to substitute reasoning for thinking. My dog thinks.
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azstrummer
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12/1/2006 3:45:41 AM
Read His Post Dittohead
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ID
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12/1/2006 3:59:04 AM
"Party of cut and run?" Maybe not.
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TB
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11/30/2006 1:58:00 AM
Tried To Be Careful
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ID
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11/30/2006 2:31:28 AM
So Mr. Armchair Warrior.....
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azstrummer
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12/1/2006 3:39:29 AM
Try Paying Attention Some Time
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ID
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12/1/2006 4:22:16 AM
re: Try Paying Attention Some Time
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azstrummer
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12/1/2006 1:52:39 PM
re: Try Paying Attention Some Time
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ID
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12/1/2006 2:29:39 PM
Ok, I'm willing to regroup here
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azstrummer
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12/1/2006 9:52:34 PM
On Tom
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ID
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12/1/2006 11:18:15 PM
Reasonable But I Disagree
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ID
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12/1/2006 11:00:37 PM
That puts you a lot closer to most Dems than it does to the admin
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PPD
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11/30/2006 9:13:15 PM
Uh Duh
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ID
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12/1/2006 3:15:33 AM
Glad to see that the bleeding obvious is finally getting through.
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PPD
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12/1/2006 3:16:08 PM
Neither
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ID
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12/1/2006 4:42:27 PM
I agree with just about everything you wrote
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PPD
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12/1/2006 6:17:15 PM
Perhaps You Can Explain To Robert Then
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ID
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12/4/2006 3:03:50 PM
Touche
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ID
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12/1/2006 10:53:49 PM
What planet do you live on?
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Yeti
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11/29/2006 5:31:48 PM
Outcomes
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TB
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11/29/2006 7:03:47 PM
specifics schmecifics
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Tony
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11/29/2006 7:34:57 PM
re: specifics
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TB
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11/29/2006 7:59:14 PM
Still didnt register huh?
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Tony
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11/29/2006 10:17:02 PM
How MANY times must I explain it?
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/30/2006 12:28:58 AM
As many times as we roll our eyes and ignore you.
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Yeti
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11/30/2006 1:06:06 AM
Let me guess you smoke heavily, drink heavily, use pharmeceuticals and want the US out of Iraq?
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/30/2006 1:21:13 AM
Batting 500 if it was for me :-D
(n/t)
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Tony
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12/1/2006 3:26:40 PM
Wrong on every count!
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Yeti
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11/30/2006 1:38:13 AM
I apologize.
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/30/2006 1:52:34 AM
re: I apologize.
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Yeti
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11/30/2006 3:36:27 AM
I thought the topic was Iraq.
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Mary Anne
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11/29/2006 1:18:25 PM
What BS
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R.L.
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11/27/2006 4:43:52 AM
re: What BS
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gbaikie
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11/28/2006 5:00:18 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.