Forum: Politics
04-05-2007, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 249
Re: Nancy Pelosi Going to Syria
The only difference between Bush and Pelosi on Syria is that she wants direct talks with Syria whereas Bush prefers doing nothing while hoping for a pretext for subversion and violence.
Pelosi's...
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Forum: Politics
04-05-2007, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 249
Re: Nancy Pelosi Going to Syria
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"The power to conduct and negotiate foreign policy lies with the executive branch and the executive branch only...."
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Something that distinguishes left from right in this...
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Forum: Politics
04-04-2007, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 171
Re: A question about the US attorneys firing...
"Pleasure of the President" isn't license to fire attorneys for any reason. If Bush had these attorneys fired to punish them for investigating Republicans or to otherwise intimidate or influence who...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-27-2007, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 564
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Forum: Politics
11-25-2006, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 69
Re: Treason?
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"While the bolded part may not have been abused yet"
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They've ben abused over and over. Gene Debs got 20 years under the Espionage Act for giving a speech in a park...
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Forum: Politics
11-24-2006, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 69
Re: Treason?
We've arrived at a sad state if this question even needs asking. Of course there's no law against dissauding people from entering the military. Any efforts of this sort would almost certainly fall...
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Forum: Politics
11-15-2006, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 97
Re: The decline of The British Empire
I think you're right about the diet in Greenland -- they tried relying on livestock instead of emultating the natives. I also understand that some of the most striking archeological evidence was...
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Forum: Politics
11-15-2006, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 97
Re: The decline of The British Empire
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Vikings-> fell due to unwillingness to eat fish, penguins whales and seals.
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Fish were a Viking staple and it's unlikely they ever came within 1,000 miles of a penguin. ...
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Forum: Politics
11-11-2006, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 194
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Forum: Internet Gambling
11-07-2006, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 409
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Forum: Politics
11-05-2006, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 246
Re: Seriously... Why are the Dems so Inept?
Of course he wasn't and even several leading Republicans (see below) have said as much. The so-called "insult" didn't make any sense in the context of the speech and Kerry's prepared remarks showed...
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Forum: Politics
11-04-2006, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 246
Re: Seriously... Why are the Dems so Inept?
Kerry left out the word "us" in a written joke obviously aimed at Bush. The right-wing smear machine immediately went into action to proclaim the joke was actually intended as an insult to U.S....
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Forum: Politics
11-03-2006, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
Re: Mark Halperin acknowledges liberal media bias
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The overwhelming percentage of complaints of a liberal bias as compared to conservative bias in the mainstream press is to be ignored of course, just the result of a deliberate attempt of...
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Forum: Politics
11-03-2006, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
Re: Mark Halperin acknowledges liberal media bias
It's become an institutionalized lie, or maybe an institutionalized cognative dissonance because the right wing has painted itself so far into a corner that one of the few things it can fall back...
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Forum: Politics
11-03-2006, 04:00 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
Re: Mark Halperin acknowledges liberal media bias
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"This is an incredibly weak and frankly disappointng attempt at showing Matthews to somehow be a Republican hack out to mischaracterize Dems at every opportunity."
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You cited...
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Forum: Politics
11-02-2006, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
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Forum: Politics
11-02-2006, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
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Forum: Politics
11-02-2006, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
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Forum: Politics
11-01-2006, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 203
Re: Mark Halperin acknowledges liberal media bias
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"For many years now the only argument I hear against liberal bias in the news is the "well they are controlled by big corporations so they would never allow liberal bias"."
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Forum: Politics
10-20-2006, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 216
Re: The age of horrorism
Now try finding any reference to "Abu Saqer" or his so-called "movement" apart from you WND piece by fanatic pro-settler Zionist Aaron Klein, purportedly based on his exclusive interview with the...
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Forum: Politics
10-20-2006, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 216
Re: The age of horrorism
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"Manzikert? Are you insane?"
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Maybe he'll refute this by lecturing passersby about his need to avenge a 1,000-year-old battle in Anatolia between two dead cultures,...
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Forum: Politics
10-14-2006, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 127
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Forum: Politics
10-13-2006, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 201
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Forum: Politics
10-12-2006, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 85
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Forum: Politics
10-12-2006, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 201
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