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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (48281)	9/13/2004 12:55:23 AM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 81568

Let's talk about a few traits of the candidates. How about this one for starters: Which candidate has exemplified the most courage under fire? We are all awaiting your response, as that is why you are here, to represent and answer for your candidate. That's a fair deal to me.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (48281)	9/13/2004 9:32:29 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 81568

Right. Let's go back. You insult me and make bogus accusations in Message 20516241 , I ask for clarification on the bogus accusations, and you respond by claiming you don't respond. I'm amused, although it's all pretty typical of conservative "facts and logic".

To: The Philosopher who wrote (48281)	9/13/2004 9:58:25 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 81568

Things getting "better" and "better" in "liberated" Iraq. (For the benefit of the idiotic fans of Dumbya Bush, the above comment is made in sarcasm mode) 09/13/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty Pfc. Jason T. Poindexter, 20, of San Angelo, Texas, died Sept. 12 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. 09/13/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty 1st Lt. Alexander E. Wetherbee, 27, of Fairfax, Va., died Sept. 12 from injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. 09/13/04 Newsweek: It's Worse Than You Think Sixteen months after the war's supposed end, Iraq's insurgency is spreading. Each successful demand by kidnappers has spawned more hostage-takings ...The few relief groups that remain in Iraq are talking seriously about leaving. 09/13/04 Reuters: Powell: Unlikely WMD Stocks Will Be Found in Iraq Secretary of State Colin Powell, who made the case to the world that pre-war Iraq had stocks of chemical and biological weapons, said on Monday he now thought these will probably never be found. 09/13/04 CJTF7: Terrorists attacked ING and MNF joined patrol LT joined patrol consisting of Iraqi National Guard (ING) and Multi-national Forces (MNF) soldiers from MND CS 1st Brigade Combat Team was attacked by vehicle-born improvised explosive device and improvised explosive device on the road to Al Mashru 09/13/04 CJTF7: Anti-Iraqi Forces attack Multi-National Division Central A 2nd Brigade Combat Team patrol encountered an improvised explosive device while on patrol Sept. 12. The IED hit the last armed vehicle of the convoy, but no casualties and damage was reported 09/13/04 Reuters: U.S.-Turkish Relations Strained The United States reassured Turkey over a military operation in northern Iraq which has reportedly claimed the lives of ethnic Turkmen civilians, but Ankara appeared unimpressed. 09/13/04 Reuters: U.S. Military Set on Pacifying Iraq Before Elections U.S. offensives in rebel-held Iraqi cities in recent weeks are part of a major push to wrest them from insurgents before the end of December to allow local security forces to oversee elections, U.S. commanders said. 09/13/04 AP: Web Site Shows Beheading of Hostages A videotape purporting to show the beheading of a Turkish driver kidnapped last month in Iraq surfaced Monday on the Web site of an al-Qaida-linked militant group. 09/13/04 AP: Injured Marine comes home to recover Lance Cpl. Joseph J. Nolte, 19, of Mason City, suffered a leg injury Aug. 25 while serving with his platoon near the Syrian border. He arrived home on Saturday on a 40-day leave. 09/13/04 The Australian: Two Australians snatched in Iraq TWO Australians and two Asians have been kidnapped in Iraq, said a statement purportedly from the Islamic Secret Army handed out in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Samarra today. 09/13/04 AP: Iraqi militia release Turkish journalist Iraqi militiamen have released a Turkish journalist who was abducted and held captive for two days in northern Iraq, her paper said today. Zeynep Tugrul, a journalist for Turkey's Sabah daily, was abducted on September 8 ... 09/13/04 CanWest News Service: Canadian caught in hostage ordeal Veteran Canadian war correspondent, author and magazine publisher Scott Taylor has survived a horror-filled, brush-with-death kidnapping in Iraq by Muslim terrorists who came within a hair of beheading him. 09/13/04 AFP: Turkey Summons U.S. Envoy On Tall Afar The Turkish foreign ministry summoned US Ambassador Eric Edelman on Monday over the situation in the mostly Turcoman populated Iraqi town of Tall Afar, where US strikes have claimed more than 50 lives. 09/13/04 Reuters: Italy races to save hostages Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has flown into Kuwait to appeal for the release of Italian hostages ahead of a purported 24-hour deadline by their captors to kill them unless Italy withdraws forces from Iraq. 09/13/04 AP: Suspected Militant Hideout Bombed in Iraq U.S. warplanes pounded a suspected hideout of several al-Qaida-linked militants in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 12, officials and witnesses said. 09/13/04 LATimes: Violence Escalates Across Iraq A bloody and chaotic day of violence across Iraq including at least three suicide car bombings and an exchange of gunfire between an Iraqi crowd and a U.S. helicopter crew — killed dozens and injured scores of others Sunday. 09/12/04 AP: Bloody Sunday leaves nearly 60 dead in Iraq, 37 in capital Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that left nearly 60 dead nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control. 09/12/04 AP: Three Polish Soldiers Killed in Iraq Three Polish soldiers were killed in Iraq Sunday when they were attacked with grenades and machine-gun fire as they returned to their base from a demining operation, a Polish military spokesman said. 09/12/04 AFP: Three Iraqi soldiers killed TWO powerful bombs exploded simultaneously today on a road near Hillah in central Iraq, killing at least three Iraqi National Guard members and seriously wounding three others, a Polish military spokesman said