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I share a negative opinion of this article (an another account of the interview I read from another source). We have different resons for our negative opinions. IMO Peter is looking in things in a vacuum and as a zero sum game. He doesn't like Bush therefore everything Bush does is wrong. I have a negative opinion of the article because of the arrogance of the man being interviewed. I don't understand how he can brag about the wonderful "infrastructure" and so forth and make comments as if it is going to be sooooo easy to catch OBL. We haven't caught him yet. We may indeed have a web around him, but whether we do or not this guy should shut his yap. Unless this is deliberate misinformation of some sort, this guy is a loser.

Does anyone know what happened to the French reporters that were being held in Iraq and the demands about the religious items at schools?

I'm so conservative I refer to Rush, Hannity and Michael Savage as "those left wing loonies", but Martina McBride could make me wear a Chairman Mao t-shirt.

How dare you insult him? He is the single best player in the history of the NFL.

Don't limit yourself to well known conservative chicks. If you think Barbra Streisand is hot, feel free to use her and just assume she wanted you to become a conservative. I would imagine most of the "answers" will be names with no known political affiliation. It might also be fun to use an extreme example like this: "I'm a lefty, but Michelle Malkin could make me join the NRA."

BiB posted this earlier. It is not 100% up to date but provides some info. It is about the conflict overall, not the siege. link BTW, If all these terrorists wanted was a separate government did they think they would get it via this act? Is there any way they could have possibly thought that their goal would be achieved by doing this? If so, why would they not seek to take more in the same or similar fashion? If not, why would they want to capture and kill hundreds of children? People who would do this offer no evidence that they could ever offer anything of value to the human race IMO. They may have had unfair circumstances thrust upon them in their individual lives, they may be angry at things around the world they see as unfair, they may have psychological problems, but they offer nothing but fear, suffering and death to the rest of us. They are too far gone. They must be found and killed. I wish it were not true, but it is. I wish there were another solution, but there is not. At the same time, we must do everything we can to be sure that new generations do not have incentives (or lack of options) to continue this. The Muslim community at large around the world must help in this effort. If they do not, the situation runs the risk of turning far uglier than it is now.

Here's a good question for all the PPPers. Which honey could make you switch from conservative to liberal or vice versa? If no one could, which one would you like to have give it a try?

I hope all goes well. Here I go saying something stupid........ Despite my impression that Clinton is (slightly) overweight, this really surprises me. He is young and generally gives off a vibe of being enrgetic and "healthy as a horse". I know that is stupid and these problems can happen to anyone but I'm still surprised. Here's to a quick and healthy recovery........

Her crusade to "take back the name" reminds me of an old (bad) song. Sing it with me will you? And a one and a two and a three......... She ran calling Wiiiiiiilllllllldddddd Fire.....She ran calling Willllllllldddddd Fire. She ran calliiiiiiiing Wiiiiii-iiiii-iiiii-iiilllllddddd Fire. Translation: The horse is long gone from the barn when it comes to that particular vernacular. BTW, I think the description of the procedure is what bothers people the most. I think the name partial birth abortion describes that procedure in a non-technical way. It is also true that non-controversial medical procedures and items have technical names and non-technical names. You know, like knee surgery, headaches, sore throat, chest pain, bypass, and funny bone. It shouldn't be surprising that this does. I have a question, Mick. Does calling someone a "Lamb of God" lessen their right to an opinion or does it merely mock them in an needless way?

Is that a sentence? What does it mean?

We should fire him now. If we go 1-3 in preseason we'll be out of the playoff race before the season even starts. Thank God the patsies have a couple losses too. At least we're staying close to them. Fire Gray before it is too late.

How much does a rape go for these days? I agree that it will likely happen. It is shameful for everyone involved and does not speak well for our society.

I was listening to the news on the radio this morning and it was filled with democrats asking for quarters. I think I counted up about $3.75 worth. There was actually a sound bite from Edwards saying he thought there was too much rhetoric at the convention, it was "over the top" and should be stopped. I know the dems would never have a speaker saying things like Bush betrayed his country and the trust the people (cough Gore cough cough). That would be over the top.

Whatever. If the report I saw was correct, it was the first time the rape shield law in Colorado had been interpreted in this fashion. That's ok though, he's a big star and those three days prove she is a worthless slut that deserved what she got (at least that was the defense strategy, that the judge played into). I agree that leaks are common, but leaks by the court published to the internet with the victim's name (TWICE) aren't that common as far as I can tell. Kobe's "apology" was likely a bargain as you stated in the other post. What gets me is that an innocent man should never sign something that said "I can see now how she thought it was not consensual". The best that memo does is keep some vague possibility of weasling a "she's crazy" analysis by the Kobe sycophants. It sure doesn't smell right to me. I admit to having formed an opinion on this before yesterday (strong, but not definitive). Those statements did nothing to sway me away from that opinion and everything to make it stronger. If the truth is that he raped her, the ONLY reason he was not convicted is because of the battering his legal team and the inept court gave the victim. Spin it any way you'd like but that isn't right. P.S. Look at you defending the rich guy manipulating the system while I'm standing up for the rights of the hotel worker.

I saw this in the USA Today: Link Lucky for him he also now understands how a good team of lawyers can brow beat a judge into excluding "bad" evidence and including "good" evidence like the victims past sexual history. Lucky for him these exceptions are only made in certain cases such as his. We wouldn't want to have every rape victims name be made public and have her medical records for sale to the highest sleazy media bidder. That wouldn't be right. We should only do it to the ones that have the gaul to accuse a superstar like Kobe. That way their "fans" can call the victim with death threats. This will take care of any problems that the lawyers can't handle with the judge. This case turned my stomach. I don't think any of the main participants in this case are heroes, but to me the judge is an even bigger culprit than Kobe (if that is possible). He was manhandled and manipulated right in to the results Kobe's team wanted. He has no business upholding laws if he can be intimidated into decisions and if he can't control the proceedings enough to at least not let the victims name be published on the internet.....TWICE. As for Kobe's apology, how can he see that the victim would see the incident as non-consensual now when he couldn't before? He was there. Here's another question: Why would he release a statement with that much detail publicly?

Too bad that the liberal thought process is not more conducive to spelling. BTW, I agree about Hannity. I should point out that his one strong trait is his use of a Martina McBride intro song on his radio show (hubba hubba ).

I'm not sure that I understood your post properly. Are you saying that those four speakers (pataki, et. al.) believe in limited government and have a record that shows it? If so.......................................................................... If not, what speakers are you typing about?

Will Clark and Grace Slick? Other than the San Francisco commonality it seems odd to me. Who's Ellen?

Was that so nice that you had to say it twice?

When I saw that first toy, I thought it was just a random thing. Now I wonder..... Coincidence?

Hicks wasn't even on the Bisons. He was on the OL before the Bills cut him. They were looking in the wrong stadium. Geez. I hate to nit-pick but their spelling is also in need of work.

When was that? What actions are examples of this?

How does this relate to my example? Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones had equal "strength" thorugh their whole lives. Mr. Smith is now being milked by Mr. Jones. How does your weight example refute the usefullness of the original post in the thread? When taxes are paid solely on purchases, he who purchases more carries more of the weight.

I'm not rooting against them. If they lose, I think it should be a wake up call to the person really at fault....... David Stern. The NBA has ceased being basketball. The NBA players over there are playing a game that has rules and where the home team doesn't shoot 85% of the free throws. It's no wonder they were confused at first. If they win it will be a credit to them and to Larry Brown. If they win, Stern will go about his business putting a smiley face on the WWE like farce that is the NBA. If they lose, he'll take none of the blame. I don't think fans should root against the US, but I do give those that are some credit. They may not like the personalities (although how can you not like Tim Duncan for goodness sake), they may not like the NBA, but I doubt race has anything to do with it. If it did, everyone would have rooted against the Jordan-led dream team.

I think he should give it back. Judgement errors, missed calls and "possible changed routines" are different than simple, straghtforward math errors. Winning on a technicality because someone was late filing a protest is lame. I'm sure it would be heartbreaking to have a gold in your hand and have to give it back, but if it is the right thing to do, it should be done. The saddest thing is that the guy should be IMMENSELY PROUD of the silver medal that he earned. 72 hoops, Roy Jones and other examples all fall into the category of "2 wrongs, don't make a right". With all of that said the IOC is handling this terribly. They should either switch the official results or affirm them. They have no business shifting the pressure to Hamm or even the US organization. The mistake was theirs. They should correct it.