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"Support for Iraq War at Lowest Level 35-percentage-point drop from high in '03 by Bill Nichols and Mona Mahmoud Support…
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Thanks, I needed that.  I suspect Putin is controlling the situation by presenting it to the players he moves around…
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I'm old enough to remember that a driver's license, and military serial number were separate.  And no one had access…
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Should be "nukes still".  From what I've read the N.Koreans have a mid-range missile, but there are conflicting analyses of…
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The '96 Telecom Act was an attempt to deregulate the "telecom" industry following the mess created by the AT&T breakup…
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Still waiting for that infallible computer on the bridge (Picard's).  Then again, I still want my flying car.
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Thank you for the analysis.  No comparison to Enron.  From  Bloomberg [today, Update 7].  What's the difference between "owned" and…
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rather snide remark Not meant to be snide.  Colonials of all stripes showed little respect for indigenous people's cultures and/or…
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I agree with your humble opinion, and understand the time it will take to bring peace - or a least…
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being the traditional power structure, why superimpose a variant of "western european" government?  Are historical and modern mutually exclusive? Until…
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Instructions included with regular handkerchief:  blow me.  (Maybe a bad translation.)  Strange way to encourage a religious experience.
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I'm still trying to figure out how the profound message of Jesus resulted in multi-billion dollar global corporations.  I thought…
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State Department Section 2207 Report on Iraq Relief and Reconstruction [Executive Summary] When you get to the end of your…
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Political:  Someone forgot to tell one of the squads of 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment that…
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I think kos (obviously pissed) could've taken another tack. The articles cited in BooMan's diary [Ellen Knickmeyer, WaPo], and gilgamesh's…
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How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen .... suitcases full of cash. Picture the daily…
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Never a dull page in that book.  
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And what does the author suggest can be done to change the system?  What I'm reading here is those responsible…
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From GWU'sNSA site, dated 10 May '05: Document 12: FBI, January 24, 1977, Secret Report, "Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations…
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Might be time.  Also wouldn't hurt to "de-privatize" the military.  
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