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(...) Do you mean the neo-conservatives in the USA? ;) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well so says Paul Wolfowitz (Deputy Defence Secretary): WMD just a convenient excuse for war, admits Wolfowitz (URL) ==+== The Bush administration focused on alleged weapons of mass destruction as the primary justification for toppling Saddam (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) ...and now "intelligence" suggests Iran is a problem... Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) It tells me that a television show these days must entertain as well as educate. Unfortunately no matter how hard I try to get my son to watch this show, he simply will not. He has been able to read since he was three, but finds this show (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"The case for war is blown apart" (URL) leaves no doubt that Iraq continues to possess and conceal lethal weapons" -- George Bush, US President 18 March, 2003 "We are asked to accept Saddam decided to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Egypt Withdraws from WTO GM Complaint" (URL) delighted that Egypt has withdrawn from this US attempt to force GM food and crops into Europe. Countries should be allowed to choose what they eat and what they grow in their fields. The United States (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"'Reading Rainbow' fights for survival" (URL) YORK (AP) -- In a plea for the life of "Reading Rainbow," host LeVar Burton returned to a familiar setting: the stage where he picked up the PBS show's seventh Emmy Award for best children's television (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But...but...it was a great victory! We kicked a dictator's hairy butt! Never mind it cost us a bazillion dollars! Never mind that all the religious zealots are coming out of the woodwork and want to run Iraq. Ooooooo, when did all this cute (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You should know better than that, Scott! You can't quote the Guardian here and 'xpect folks to heed! Beyond that, I've noticed that the new 'Merican Media expression (the 'old' one was "SH will use these non-existant WoMD near the end of the (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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US finds evidence of WMD at last (URL) good news for the Pentagon yesterday was that its investigators had finally unearthed evidence of weapons of mass destruction, including 100 vials of anthrax and other dangerous bacteria. ==+== Scott A (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Joining any party is a compromise. The party system has its good points, but most of the time I wish I were governed by individuals rather than parties stuffed full of "yes-men". (...) If the electorate paid more attention, it would not be (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I wasn't really holding the guy up for sainthood, mind you -- there not being too many politicians on the side of the angels. I agree with your assessment of politics as usual. If Byrd is making a bid for a soundbite, at least I am not disagreeing (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) just have to get me a set of those. :-) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Let's try this again. "The Truth Will Emerge..." (URL) truth will emerge"... more like "the PORK will emerge". Byrd may be right about Iraq, for the most part. Unnecessary war, and what appears to be a bungling of the aftermath in a much more (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not exactly. That append got posted before it was finished, my bad. I'll FUT in a sec, including the rest of what I meant to say.... (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't see much wrong with a senator appropriating funds 'n stuff for his district--aren't senators suppose to do that? Especially this one, which seems not only good for his district, but good for America. I like Richard's link a little (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The Truth Will Emerge..." (URL) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> He saved his life, didn't he? :-) JOHN (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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A few years ago I had a professor who told this tale, which I recount now as close to verbatim as I am able to recall. Any distortion is due to my poor recollection and shouldn't reflect upon the original story. During grad school my future (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"The Truth Will Emerge" (URL) Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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