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I recall the good old days
Wish we could evoke that precedent now
Yeti
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3/24/2008 6:51:28 PM
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And throw ALL the bums out of office.
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Iraq, $5,000 Per Second?
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Algorithms
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3/23/2008 2:42:35 PM
"So, I have a wager for you. If no significant amounts* of WMD show up before the next election, I?ll vote for a Democrat. " - ROBVG
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 9:23:10 PM
You got me, and it looks like I will.
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RobVG
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3/25/2008 1:46:55 AM
No he's jut parnoid and needs a life.
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TAFKASE
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3/25/2008 12:57:26 PM
More like borderline stalking.
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Lee
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3/26/2008 4:12:16 AM
You didn't say vote for what though.
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Lee
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3/25/2008 2:55:42 AM
The Yeti Chuckles sadly, and remembers when he used to write such better stuff.
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Yeti
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3/25/2008 2:40:20 AM
You bet Bud.
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RobVG
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3/25/2008 3:55:28 AM
Correction
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Yeti
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3/25/2008 2:42:36 AM
re: Cheney doesn’t care about the American public’s views on the war
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Eric
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3/24/2008 4:27:19 PM
No, he cares about some Americans views.
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SDAI-Tech1
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3/25/2008 2:13:44 AM
re: Unfortunately, the transcript does not capture the snide smirk he had on his face- that was the real priceless part.
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Yeti
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3/24/2008 4:41:32 PM
re: Video
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Eric
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3/24/2008 5:44:13 PM
Thanks.
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Yeti
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3/24/2008 6:52:08 PM
And for what?
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Bowser
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3/24/2008 4:07:49 PM
4000 Americans dead, well over 30,000 Americans wounded, a total cost of ~3000 billion dollars....
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 2:23:06 AM
4,000
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Algorithms
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3/24/2008 2:38:24 AM
re: 4000 Americans dead, well over 30,000 Americans wounded, a total cost of ~3000 billion dollars....
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TB
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3/24/2008 2:29:45 AM
Your words
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 3:04:19 AM
And yeah, I WILL continue to bring that quote up over and over until you own up to it...
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 1:52:52 PM
It's always 6 months.
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Tony
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3/24/2008 12:45:08 PM
Well, Tony- a good bald-faced lie takes time....
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Yeti
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3/24/2008 3:53:54 PM
Kinda convienient that we dont keep track of civilian deaths, isn't it
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 2:45:14 AM
Civilian deaths
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TB
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3/24/2008 4:54:38 AM
BTW, For those playing at home that makes 50,000 iraqi civillians dead just in the last 2 years as aknowledged by TB...
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 11:55:10 AM
But unless 'coalition' (snurk! He still uses that word!) forces put a bullett in them, they don't count.
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Yeti
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3/24/2008 2:08:32 PM
"Coalition forces were responsible for about 600 of about 26,000 civilians killed. In 2007, Coalition forces accounted for about 1,200 of 24,000 civilians killed."
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 11:49:55 AM
It's a simple question, TB, surely you have nothing to fear by answering it...
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 8:58:28 PM
No
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Lee
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3/24/2008 5:55:17 PM
:) There is a reason that TB is not answering, I am not surprised you missed it...
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 9:01:05 PM
Just as funny now as it was then.
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Lee
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3/24/2008 10:44:21 PM
And now, just as then, you are the ONLY one laughing...
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 10:50:41 PM
I take it you don't like bush meat.
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Lee
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3/26/2008 4:05:08 AM
50,000 dead is 18.2 times the 9-11 death toll in a country that has 1/11 th our population
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 2:29:18 PM
Shall we also consider the millions of displaced citizens?
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 3:18:30 AM
And the $3 trillion? Still crap.
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TB
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3/24/2008 2:30:36 AM
nope, still pretty reasonable... but hey, tell you what, lets start with you justifying this with a price tag 1/3rd that much...
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Arrell
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3/24/2008 2:47:14 AM
I recall the good old days
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Tony
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3/24/2008 12:36:43 PM
Wish we could evoke that precedent now
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Yeti
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3/24/2008 6:51:28 PM
Ahhh yes, the good old days "It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."- Rumsfeld
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 1:27:04 PM
ugh, typo
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ARRELL
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3/24/2008 2:26:10 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.