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    The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there. —Mike Petrucelli
   Quite interesting. (URL) Petrucelli (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there. —Thomas Stangl
   You want to give the gist of it? I refuse to sign up at every danged news site across the world just to pick up one story here or there. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there. —Don Heyse
   (...) (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there. —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there. —Don Heyse
   (...) 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)
   
        The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Mike Petrucelli
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Scott Arthur
     (...) 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)
    
         Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Mike Petrucelli
     (...) 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)
    
         Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Scott Arthur
      (...) 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)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Mike Petrucelli
      (...) 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)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Scott Arthur
      (...) Inquirer (...) media" (...) relations. (...) over 80 (...) liberal (...) Your comment sounds more than a little subjective. (...) Rupert (...) So we agree that your country’s main TV news source is not liberal? (...) a fact. (...) is right (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Being realistic —Scott Arthur
       (...) (URL) Things are worse> than I understood: the CIA's former counter-terrorism chief Cofer Black has been quoted as saying about interrogation techniques that "after 9/11, the gloves came off". It is now being reported that there have been (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Mike Petrucelli
      (...) And yours aren't as well? (...) Fox is hardly the country's main news source. The much more liberal leaning ABC, NBC, and CBS are the big three. (...) Re-read the previous sentance as it answers your question. (...) The UN has never in its (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Pedro Silva
       (...) I wonder what Diem's thoughts on the matter would be? Pedro (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Scott Arthur
      (...) (URL) This> kills both your points. (...) The last time I looked the UN disarmed Iraq... then Bush invaded. (...) Why ask and then ignore the answer? (...) Who hand-picked the IGC? Who decides who gets power at the end of June? Who rigged the (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Mike Petrucelli
      (...) So Fox a free network channel has better ratings than CNN a 'pay for' cable channel. What does that have to do with ABC, NBC, and CBS (all free network channels) all having better ratings than Fox? (...) If you actually belive that, it (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Scott Arthur
       (...) Oops. Is (URL) this> any better? (...) Read (URL) this>. (...) lol. So he only wanted to involve the international community on his terms? (...) BTW: I thought we'd already established that Bush is not interested in eliminating dictatorships (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
     
          Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Dave Schuler
      (...) That's not really a good comparison, though. FOX is a 24-hour news/propaganda outlet, while ABC and NBC are entertainment channels with occasional news coverage (and pretty crappy coverage, at that). CBS is also an entertainment channel and (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
    
         Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Ross Crawford
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: The Essay (was Re: The status of Iraq from a soldier who is there.) —Scott Arthur
   (...) 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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