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(...) (URL) particular incident may in fact do just that: Win some hearts and minds if it's handled correctly. (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Its relevant because most printed editorials in my local papers are liberal propaganda. (...) Yup, that is a good source of conservative propaganda. (...) See overall the media is dead center. That is why liberals think it is right wing biased (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, let's be pragmatic about this. If Dubya complains about Sharon's choice to defy worldwide consensus and employ unilateral military intervention, then Dubya can hardly maintain his Straussian "invade them all and let Rumsfeld sort them (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) (URL) 50 retired US diplomats> think Bush and Sharon are part of the problem; On Bush: "Your unabashed support of Sharon's extra-judicial assassinations, Israel's Berlin-Wall-like barrier, its harsh military measures in occupied territories (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Steve, if we all invested in gold, rather than the stock market, the stock market would fail. In fact, capitalism would fail! Good luck! Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(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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(...) Hey, give credit where it's due! At his last press conference, Dubya didn't answer a single question. To go from zero to "every question" is quite a shift. It's just a pity he's not under oath. Of course, Scott McClellan harumphed that Bush (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think it's just dandy. It's not prostitution 'cause there's no money exchanged And as long as it's consensual, who are we to meddle in what's going behind other consenting adults' closed doors? And if the 'Organization' is doing this for the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL): "I was never advised by my counsel to not answer anything. I answered every question they asked" That's kind of a given; not something to brag about. Was it his counsel who suggested he should not answer questions under oath, or that the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it's weird. I got in somehow without signing up. I think I pasted the link into the URL bar and fixed it up to end with .html. Then it served up the article and also must've redirected me to the odd looking mangled link. Now I get the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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