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[quote]Originally posted by Exercise in Frivolity: It would be suicide for them to even try. MAD assures that. Unlike some other nuts, they don't think the will all go to heaven and have 70 virgins when they are killed...I'm not saying that we…
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[quote]Originally posted by Exercise in Frivolity: And it was a pipe dream that two planes could take down the world trade center. Don't underestimate their capabilities. That's how we went wrong in the first place, bosco. I don't. That's wh…
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[quote]Originally posted by Exercise in Frivolity: p.s. how does MAD hold any sway over the North Koreans? Believe it or not...they want to kill us and *gasp* NOT DIE THEMSELVES! Believe it or not... M.A.D. has bloody nothing to do with the…
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[quote]Originally posted by powerdoc: Pim Fortuyn was not a big fan of Jean Marie Le Pen. They where not friends. I believe macvasco was being ironic when he called Fortuyn "our so-called Le Pen". I would also say that Le Pen probably isn't a …
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The New York Times May 31, 2002
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from Mickey Kaus' Friday Stuart Taylor fleshes out the argument that while the FBI may have been incompetent, it really was hamstrung by a) the stringent requirements for obtaining a search warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and…
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[quote]Originally posted by THT: "Probable cause" is entirely dependent on whether it could be proven that Moussaoui was funded by al Queda and or went through the al Queda terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. If the French intel…
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[quote]Originally posted by THT: Yes I agree. It always should be. I don't think the law enforcement agencies need more powers whatsoever, and they didn't need it to stop the Sept. 11 hijackings. As said before, I'm not out to nor do I believe th…
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[quote]Originally posted by THT: I find Rowley's memo more persuasive than Turley's article, and Turley looks to be defending the 4th amendment on principle. Admirable, but seems beside the point because Rowley was arguing that the MPLS FBI had p…
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May 31, 2002, 4:08PM
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: So that mp3 is that Alice Cooper? I use to like his earlier stuff. Social Distortion. They were a L.A. punk band from the '80s. Actually, I guess they got their start in the late '70s but I didn't discover t…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: Age is not an issue here unless you question that I'm old enough to remember certain events... I just wanted to know. It was just a question. Most people here don't have actual memories of those events.
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: So I guess this means you're going to continue to post here about the subject at hand? Well, I guess I will also. But, if I disagree with something you or anyone else says or have something to add you'll hear a…
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[quote]Originally posted by applenut: if musical interest is the basis of what age you think people are then I guess I'm 49 as well Jimmac is off by about a dozen years in his estimate of my age as well.
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: Spaceman_Spiff, It's you who keeps insisting this is about anything other the subject in this thread. It's you who started talking about something else when you saw I wouldn't back down from my position. Th…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: I want you to please keep this discussion in the forum not my email. Now I've asked you nicely please comply. Just because I made a statement then you made a retort and then you say it's over doesn't mean I…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: Hey, if you really have something to counter with say it here so everyone can hear. No. Check your messages again.
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: What's to be confused about? You're singling out certain people and alleging they aren't interested in accountability, etc. It's not as if there isn't a mechanism for oversight already in place. You are …
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Excuse me but those committees didn't just spring into existence. They've been around for years. What on earth made you think these matters would never be looked into unless somebody made a political stink? If that's what you think, sounds like you…
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: pardon the hyperbole... just a thought Hyperbole is a good way of describing it. How is advocating closed hearings before the intelligence committees the same as not wanting accountability? It is, after all,…