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About three years ago I advised my family and friends to get out of the stock market (especially mutual funds) and into Gold (and Silver) - mining stocks if they wanted to be more aggressive. In a couple of months the S&P had recovered from about (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.)
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(...) Yep, maybe the War on Terrorism will be the (URL) to End All Wars> ROSCO (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.)
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(...) I'm not sure how relevant that is (if true). I'd imagine it's the view of the editor and owner that hold sway. Remember, every-single-one of Rupert Murdoch's 50+ papers supported the war... he also owns Fox News. The right leaning nature of (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.)
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(...) The "security contractor" (mercenary) is (URL) here> too. (URL) An other> of his mates got the same e-mail. In fact, if you search the web, you'll see he mailed the letter to quite a lot of "friends”... like this (URL) one>. Please read this (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.)
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(...) You do know that it is a matter of public record that slightly over 80 percent of American journalists are registered Democrats right? (...) You also know that John Kerry in early 2002 (and Bill Clinton when he was president) are both on (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.)
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(...) Not the "liberal media" again! Was it them who hid the WMD from George? Did they invent the story about (URL) this picture>? Or even this (URL) story>? Scott A (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.)
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(...) Odd. When I tested the link in the post preview page it worked. Now I can't even get to it using the article search on www.philly.com. Must be after a few days it goes to only registered users. Quite annoying. Given that the newspaper has (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | A footnote (was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism)
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(...) I've known about this since the day it happened, but (URL) here's> a good summation of Bush's pious, vulgarity-free public life. While we're at it, (URL) here's> some video of our born-again, teetotaling Prez back in August of 1992. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Wining Hearts & Minds?>
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(...) That should be Wining and Dining Hearts & Minds... Iraq did once export wine. Scott A (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Wining Hearts & Minds?>
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(URL) Hearts & Minds?> I found this (URL) quote> from Brigadier General Janis Karpinski regarding the lack of information about the ~10,000 “detainees” she was in charge of in Iraq: “We're not trying to withhold information from you. Some (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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