The Guild 2-18-2003 I am girly man, hear me roar!

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When was it made law...?

I believe it was at the time of the Church Committee...Frank Church, Senator-D-Idaho. It came on the heels of CIA involvement in Vietnam, Nixon-era shenanigans, etc. I'm pretty sure that's where the "firewall" originated. Anti-CIA has been a favorite shiboleth of the loony left ever since. (Funny, I've never worried about whether the CIA was investigating ME!)

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I protested the war 20 minutes ago....didn't you notice???


(Protest: WHAT THE HECK IS TAKING SO LONG?!)

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Breakthrough! Turkey's on board! (for now)

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I was confused because I've heard Hannity rail on about clinton's policies that weakened our CIA. Maybe Hannity was just talking about not allowing the CIA to use "the undesirables" for spying and whatnot.

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UPI opines in a speculative frenzy that Turkish and American forces would destroy democracy in Iraq. Yes, democracy. Apparently, there's a little pocket of it among Kurds.

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Great thread.

At least someone, somewhere has something right.

A protestor holds a board reading 'Mugabe murderer' as he stands behind a Zimbabwean flag during a demonstration against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, in front of French Justice ministry, February 19, 2003. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is in Paris to attend a Franco-African summit from February 20 to 22. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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That's right. It was on Clinton's watch that the change was made prohibiting the use of "undesirables" for espionage. But on a larger scale all the Dems had the CIA cowered for years.

HERE is one of the best articles I've read in a long time putting the entire war on terror in perspective. To those who say: "What does Iraq have to do with al Quaeda?"...Hanson points out that in WWII Germany had NOTHING to do with Japan (other than their both being led by totalitarian dictators)...yet we had to fight both at the same time. It's a very insightful piece. (Trudge through the part about the Peloponnesian Wars...it gets better after that.)

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I should have added that Reuters has picked up this mantra (Turks are very bad - especially now that they've reached an agreement with the evil U.S.)

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Funny how the anti's used to complain that we had no Muslims on our side. I guess Turkey isn't "Muslim enough".

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Thanks, that was a good one.

Another analogy to Japan and Germany is when they surrendered they complied with the agreements they signed and disarmed. If they hadn't should we have flopped around for twelve years throwing resolutions at them? How is Iraq any different?

Unfortunately for us that worthless fleshbag posing as a president who continually kicked that can down the road didn't do anything (just as bin Laden & Saddam knew) to right the problem.

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Did someone say "Useful Idiots"?

A peace activist dances with Iraqis and other members of the peace group Human Shields Project, in a Baghdad market Feb. 17.

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A perfect fit for prison. Buh-bye worm.

Great White singer Jack Russell looks out to the crowd during a performance at the Star of the Desert Arena at Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino in Primm, Nevada, in this file image from September 2, 1999. Great White was performing at a club called 'The Station' early February 21, 2003 when a pyrotechinics display caught the club on fire, killing a reported 75 people and injuring 170. NO SALES REUTERS/Ethan Miller/file

Make that 95 killed now.

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Those two men behind her are admiring another sort of piece. Maybe she can file a sexual harrassment suit against them.

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I think she looks like a poster girl for the saying "Ignorance is Bliss".

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You mean besides that outfit? :-) You have freepmail.

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No theme necessary...just get StickGuy up there and go with it - please and Thank you.

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Timeout has something she wants to post. Hang in there, shouldn't be too much longer.

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LOL - ;-)

Hugs to me.

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I hope this makes the wait a bit easier.

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Thanks for the intermission eye candy!

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