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are condoms considered birth control, and thereby contributing to abortion under this rule change? should they be classified under the same definition as bc pills?

ya, what about that part that he thinks Putin is the most effective leader in the world today... I kinda agree, but then he does things like the old school soviets, which are hard to give him kudos for

figures you'd take a WH 'end around' that impinges women's rights and turn it into a partisan bash

thanx, I fixed it also

totally agree. I would hope Planned Parenthood and the pill makers would have some information campaign to help educate the ones who've been denied and steer them to alternative sources like mail order.

Interested parties should check out this CSPAN broadcast of the American Enterprise Institute panel on the Georgia invasion. It's clearly biased against the Russians, but panelists like Fred Kagan provide some really detailed analysis of what actually happened, prior to and during, as well as what they expect is the Russian strategy through all this. EDIT: fixed link

Seems like the vast majority of Americans get their prescriptions from the corporate giants like CVS (who also owns CareMark, the biggest mail order drug company), Walgreens, etc. The concept that a CVS pharmacist would be making religious decisions like this is hard to accept. Your local, home owned pharmacy, certainly possible.

My biggest problem with this is the way they're going about it, bypassing congress and the American people's ability to decide if it makes sense for us. This kind of backdoor rule making has to stop.

yes, but... you have to admit, there was some really bad pre-war intelligence and justification that created that vote. It's ridiculous to play hindsight 20-20, but if congress was briefed a wee bit more accurately, the vote would have been totally different. however, we can't change history, what's done is done.

Bill Kristol is definitely not firing on all cylinders, but he's the Weekly Standard editor and has a lot of clout in the conservative press.

ok, still doesn't work IE 7 behaves the same way, doesn't remember the check box setting, but set to allow cookies any other ideas?

I really like what this guy Ed Thompson says about Peters

I added twobillsdrive.com to ALLOW under Exceptions - Cookies, is that it?

click btw, different topic... the checkbox for spawning a new window on tbd is nice, but it doesn't remember my selection. I'm using Mozilla Firefox and I have uncheck it and check it again every time I reopen Firefox to tbd. Is that a Firefox problem? I admit I haven't it tried it with IE or Safari.

try this one

real good post

you're kidding, right? support or lack thereof is not a gray area. the US was almost universally panned worldwide. I cannot understand why you're even questioning this

maybe, but seems like the offense was installed before TE was the anointed starter and he was drafted before Walsh's endorsement came in. Contracts, maybe... Fairchild totally blew our chances with either QB last year and Jauron blindly supported him. Thank god he took another job offer and created the opening for a different set of play calling.

let's see... 9/11 - condemnation of the attack, strong support and public opinion from outside the US Afghanistan - some support waned, but overall probably maintained justification of our attack, and thereby public opinion as well Iraq - outside of the UK, almost no support, and strong condemnation against the US, public opinion in the toilet ~2006 - some changes and softening of anger towards the USA 2008 - Bush is a lame duck, and they believe Obama will act more in line with where they think the US's role should be in world affairs, and opinion is poised to improve considerably. once again, IMO and I have no clue what will happen if McCain wins.

wow, here's my answer from Gorby himself

huh? I listed a bunch of pretty sizable issues that we disagree on from a foreign relations standpoint. Germans will likely vote in support of climate change (regardless of whether the US is on board or not) and domestic issues of importance to them, not whether their candidate appears to be more friendly with the USA. It's the issues that count.

enemies was a poor choice of words. but our traditional allies like the EU have tanked in their support, and otherwise positive image of the USA since Iraq; some might argue before that as well. It's a little better than it was a couple years ago, but still very negative. I'm guessing, but based on the recent Obama trip, they seem perceive him as a positive change from the current administration and thereby a more moderate approach.

surely you know what IMO means... Not everything comes across in statistics, sample sizes, and hard facts. I didn't say "without any thought". I said it doesn't matter as much as it does to average americans. Go over there, talk to people, read a newspaper during an election year, and you might conclude that they care alot more about their own longevity than whether their next prime minister will kiss up to Washington. It's my opinion, nothing more or less.

naw, but I've spent a lot of time there and talked to people in those countries. IMO, they just don't get worked up over other countries' politics with respect to their elections. They vote for who will do the most for them. Protectionism carries a lot more weight than who might like the USA. They have strong opinions about the US and other countries, but it doesn't seem to influence who they vote for...

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