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No more bible quotes on intelligence briefings.
I think was a wise choice....
Jody
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5/20/2009 1:49:11 AM
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It was very inappropriate.
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No more bible quotes on intelligence briefings.
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RobVG
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5/19/2009 8:54:13 PM
I wonder if..200 years down the road...
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Jody
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5/20/2009 1:32:14 PM
It will depend on who wins it.
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ER
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5/20/2009 1:51:39 PM
In American history...
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Jody
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5/20/2009 2:06:40 PM
Today we often let surrogates fight our wars
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azstrummer
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5/21/2009 2:57:48 PM
We initiated many of them.
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ER
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5/20/2009 2:29:07 PM
re: No more bible quotes on intelligence briefings.
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Jody
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5/20/2009 1:08:35 PM
re: No more bible quotes on intelligence briefings.
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ER
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5/20/2009 10:46:15 AM
This country had one very close call. Those people are/were nuts.
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Bowser
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5/20/2009 5:17:31 AM
re: Those people are/were nuts.
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TB
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5/20/2009 6:18:57 AM
re: Those people are/were nuts.
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TB
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5/20/2009 6:27:18 AM
George W Bush looked right into the camera and swore it wasn't a religious war.
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Robert
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5/20/2009 5:26:09 PM
FDR
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TB
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5/20/2009 7:03:21 PM
And incidentally...
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TB
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5/20/2009 7:08:06 PM
Bush never read them...bush-never-read-them.
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RobVG
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5/21/2009 2:48:49 AM
Bush never saw them.
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TB
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5/21/2009 4:40:02 AM
Climate. Atmosphere. Tone. Subtly (sut-el-ee).
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Bowser
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5/21/2009 2:40:28 PM
The cover pages
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RobVG
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5/22/2009 2:01:24 AM
It looks like you're right.
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RobVG
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5/21/2009 1:58:59 PM
Bush never read them.
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ER
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5/21/2009 3:33:21 PM
"crammed down the throat"
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TB
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5/21/2009 5:19:41 PM
re: "crammed down the throat"
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ER
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5/21/2009 6:39:33 PM
PS
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ER
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5/21/2009 7:06:36 PM
I worked for a over decade with the YMCA
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azstrummer
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5/21/2009 10:15:40 PM
An atheist in church.
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ER
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5/22/2009 2:05:43 AM
Atheist prayer...
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Jody
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5/22/2009 1:04:22 AM
We were attacked by a nation and drew on faith- it's a little different than starting a war.
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RobVG
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5/20/2009 10:03:01 AM
The bible quotes were a great example of well intentioned but dumb policy
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z
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5/20/2009 2:41:49 AM
The response from Rumsfeld
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TB
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5/20/2009 4:08:22 AM
Motivation to expose our warts
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azstrummer
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5/21/2009 3:06:35 PM
re: Motivation to expose our warts
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TB
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5/21/2009 5:29:09 PM
I think was a wise choice....
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Jody
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5/20/2009 1:49:11 AM
They gave insight to the mindset at the time.
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RobVG
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5/20/2009 2:07:14 AM
Good Point.
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Jody
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5/20/2009 1:07:02 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.