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2701Message to the Arab world: Democracy works. BY MICHAEL RUBIN Wednesday, DecemPeter Dierks-12/14/2005
2700Maybe Lindsey Graham can run for Vice President and fail to deliver his home staPeter Dierks-12/14/2005
2699Demographics and Iran's imperial design By Spengler atimes.com Aging populPeter Dierks-12/14/2005
2698Lindsey Graham had better watch it, or the people of SC will send him home for ssandintoes-12/14/2005
2697Peter, Some of the tribes are turning to non-Indian management people, but withihaqihana-12/14/2005
2696The senior partner of the law firm had to leave town, so he entrusted a difficulparet-12/14/2005
2695Disney's 'Narnia': Christ Need Not Apply Jim Meyers, NewsMax FridayPeter Dierks-12/13/2005
2694rotfl. Nice pun.Peter Dierks-12/13/2005
2693"they are getting back at the white man. There is a pipe line across the enPeter Dierks-12/13/2005
2692SC is closely contested. It sounds like the tradition of one term Senators is gePeter Dierks-12/13/2005
2691No but the Republican who won did such a rotten job, he was kicked out the next sandintoes-12/13/2005
2690The difference is the whine and cheese..sandintoes-12/13/2005
2689A friend who retired from active duty as a Marine claims that IHO the propagandaPeter Dierks-12/13/2005
2688-----Original Message----- From: General Frank A. Catalano, Jr. [mailto:fac1@i-5Geoff Altman-12/13/2005
2687<i>Her Senate counterpart, Minority Leader Harry Reid, averred through a sGeoff Altman-12/13/2005
2686Oral, There is no doubt that we have elected people that ended up disappointing haqihana-12/13/2005
2685Many people are delighted to learn that they are building a Big Dig or a Bridge Peter Dierks-12/13/2005
2684We all have a problem giving up our pets also. We want them to cut but all screOral Roberts-12/13/2005
2683Peter, The government has a problem remembering where the money they waste comeshaqihana-12/13/2005
2682Kleptomaniacs steal without remorse. So does the government. How many DemocratsPeter Dierks-12/13/2005
2681Oral, That definition nails it square on the head.haqihana-12/13/2005
2680klep·toc·ra·cy Pronunciation (klp-tkr-s) n. pl. klep·tocOral Roberts-12/13/2005
2679Peter, I don't know what a kleptocrasy is, but know that this nation is beinhaqihana-12/13/2005
2678Silly me, I thought history referred to that which had happened so far. ActuallPeter Dierks-12/13/2005
2677Peter, >>America is the longest lasting republic in history.<< Whaqihana-12/13/2005
2676Peter, Yes, they were put upon by the European settlers, and then by the Americahaqihana-12/13/2005
2675Grading Congressional Tax Bills: “B” for the House, “D” for the Senate by DanielPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2674Conservative crossroads Dec 12, 2005 by Michael Barone Has the American conservPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2673Democrats assail one of their own for backing the war. Monday, December 12, 20Peter Dierks-12/12/2005
2672<b>Graham Questions Dems' Patriotism</b> It actually happened! APeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2671I am not sure what the ancient Greek "democracy" looked like. The RomaPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2670Many tribes evolved different cultures. This was done to deal with the differentPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2669Peter, Some people say that the ancient Greeks had the first democracy, but IMO haqihana-12/12/2005
2668Peter, The history of the American Indian tribes is now amid the retrieving of ahaqihana-12/12/2005
2667'Meathead' Is at It Again Rob Reiner pushes an initiative that would wrPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2666Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.Peter Dierks-12/12/2005
2665We cannot always have our own way.Peter Dierks-12/12/2005
2664Yes, I see your point now. There are the SF fruitcakes, and the Hollywood fruitcPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2663Mutts are stronger genetically than any of the genes that they come from. My GerPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2662The ideal that we lived by before the French helped us to see it was, "SendPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2661It is a vital link to our past. The American Indians ruled the land for thousandPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2660The former editor of a regional paper spent a few years in Canada prior to the pPeter Dierks-12/12/2005
2659<i>History's lesson is this: in modern America, the path to war is besGeoff Altman-12/12/2005
2658Peter, I appreciate your laugh, but I didn't coin that phrase.haqihana-12/12/2005
2657Geoff, I didn't know that the old Indian schools were still in operation in haqihana-12/12/2005
2656<I>Many Huguenots also settled in the area around the current site of Charsandintoes-12/12/2005
2655They head for Calif. and then sort it out...sandintoes-12/12/2005
2654A guest-worker program is good politics for the GOP. Friday, December 9, 2005 Peter Dierks-12/11/2005
2653We've been hearing variations on "BUSH LIED!!!!" for at least 60 yPeter Dierks-12/11/2005
2652Within six months of my eighteenth birthday selective service registration was sPeter Dierks-12/11/2005
2651As mutts we come from good genetic stock. My ancestry sure wasn't part of tGeoff Altman-12/11/2005
2650I was a long time ago, during the late 60s. I definitely wasn't seeing themGeoff Altman-12/11/2005
2649Peter, I like that. That makes us Americans only, without the baggage from the ohaqihana-12/11/2005
2648Peter, I have no doubt that you would have served you country with all you couldhaqihana-12/11/2005
2647Peter, That makes sense. It must have whizzed right past my head.haqihana-12/11/2005
2646Geoff, You mean injun get fire water? Ugh! That must have been quite some time haqihana-12/11/2005
2645Most Americans are mutts.Peter Dierks-12/11/2005
2644<i>The idea of fleeing to France or Canada is abhorrent to any patriotic AGeoff Altman-12/11/2005
2643Prussia was the most successful military principality in the Germanic states. WaPeter Dierks-12/11/2005
2642I was not forced to make the choice. If called I would have served. The idea of Peter Dierks-12/11/2005
2641Gary's number was low enough that he thought it likely he would be called upPeter Dierks-12/11/2005
2640Yes, actually I was attempting to be coy. when I capitalized Hole it was meant tPeter Dierks-12/11/2005
2639ROTFLAMAO! There must be a constant battle inside you! You're so right aGeoff Altman-12/11/2005
2638Geoff, I have an almost fatal blood line. Irish, Welsh, English, German, French,haqihana-12/11/2005
2637Prussia Germany England Ireland My ancestors were great runners <g>.Geoff Altman-12/10/2005
2636Rave NY TIMES Review for homosexual cowboy movie ..............................paret-12/10/2005
2635Peter, Joining the reserve, or National Guard, is a closer step to combat than ahaqihana-12/10/2005
2634Gary himself is circumspect about his joining the Reserves. At the end of the ViPeter Dierks-12/10/2005
2633Peter, Anytime I hear someone belittle the reserves, or the National Guard, I tehaqihana-12/10/2005
2632I don't think I would have hesitated to do the same as Gary if my number wasGeoff Altman-12/9/2005
2631Gary is one of what the left defines as a draft dodger. He was in the reserves dPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2630I would but they ignore me just like I ignore the poster paper of the left.Peter Dierks-12/9/2005
2629Our liberation of Iraq does have similarities to Japan after WWII. It also resemPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2628Not at the time. en.wikipedia.orgPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2627I thought guys with makeup headed for San Francisco. A friend of my wife had sevPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2626Peter, The hole of a doughnut has been pushed out by the extremes. That makes ithaqihana-12/9/2005
2625Peter, The first sentence by Gary said it all. "Let's stop pussy footihaqihana-12/9/2005
2624It is, but, like I said it really cuts into my posting time...<g>Geoff Altman-12/9/2005
2623Tell that to all the nut case liberals that refuse to live in the real world....Geoff Altman-12/9/2005
2622Peter, I've always thought our invasion of Iraq had much more in common withGeoff Altman-12/9/2005
2621I thought there was freedom of religion...sandintoes-12/9/2005
2620Not Laxatives...Los Angeles. I thought you might be changing your life style ifsandintoes-12/9/2005
2619You've hit the nail on the head with that one....sandintoes-12/9/2005
2618A nation of extremes starts to look like a donut. Except in the case of US politPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2617Busy working? It is good for you.Peter Dierks-12/9/2005
2616"The fundamental fact is we cannot afford to leave that area under conditioPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2615My families came from: Denmark Germany France Scotland Others? The first to arrPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2614An email exchange witha friend read first to last: Peter: We have three choicesPeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2613Geoff, If there is nothing but extremists, there is no place for the level headehaqihana-12/9/2005
2612<i>That can cause a knock down, drag out, fight, and then nobody wins</Geoff Altman-12/9/2005
2611Geoff, Basically, we are a nation of extremes, and an extreme anything is not gohaqihana-12/9/2005
2610Haqi, I'm just about at the point of writing them all off. It's just toGeoff Altman-12/9/2005
2609You are a very punny gal. And no, i do not need any LAXatives. I'll keep rePeter Dierks-12/9/2005
2608Geoff, The vast majority of them are blind, deaf, and dumb, to the truth.haqihana-12/9/2005
2607<i>Kissinger said the global threat of terrorism and nuclear attack requirGeoff Altman-12/9/2005
2606Besides, we didn't lose 2,000 -- we lost 5,000. Or are those lives lost onparet-12/9/2005
2605What was your family, Dutch?sandintoes-12/9/2005
2604Carolyn and I are very good at make up...we'll help you. Are you planning asandintoes-12/9/2005
2603Unforgivable...ever! He doesn't belong there, he should be long ago locked sandintoes-12/9/2005
2602Kissinger: U.S. Should Stay in Iraq for Now Dec 8 2005 Top AP News LITTLE ROCKPeter Dierks-12/8/2005
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