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David St. Hubbins: Not to be too confusing but what about the Air India bombing? I think that qualifies as a terrorist attack (although not Al Qaeda). The truth is that there is more than one reason for terrorism. Ask Tim McVeigh.... Well, not in this life, of course. And the Arar issue with CSIS? We all have terrorism issues. The thing is, you either go to horrific lengths to stop it or accept that the possibility of an "even

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blogic: Secret service and FBI agents will be storming your place presently. Oh! Wait a minute...... Sorry, wrong George. Enjoy the game!

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d3adzOmbie: The scenario you present (and most of the ones I've looked at over the past 3 years) rely on a complete revamping of the concept of what security means in a free country. As someone who travels to Canada quite often I can tell you that anyone who really wanted to get a weapon across the border would have no trouble doing so. Someone who wanted to ship a bomb into a port for transport across the U.S. would have no trouble doing so

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LeapingLizard: Gaiman is an excellent writer who is currently directing his first film. Some of his writings are a bit dark but I especially liked Good Omens that he wrote with Terry Pratchett. I can also recommend for kids The Wee Free Men by Pratchett.

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Grim: I got the data I used from the national archive. It's a pretty impressive site. Link

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Blogic: The interesting thing is that Bush continues to approve any spending bill sent by the Republicans into law and at the same time calls for tax cuts. That's the formula for the next 4 years too. Bush has more tax cuts in the works. That is why Republicans in the Senate are constantly working with Democrats to block house bills on spending. Some of them would like to last longer than 2008.

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Grim: Actually, we have had a national debt pretty much since the beginning of the Republic with the debt rising over 1 trillion for the first time in 1981. However, it is easy to lose sight of the immensity of it now at 7.5 trillion because of how large the number is. A better way of looking at it is that every man, woman and child (if billed equally) owes over $25,000 each. Another way of looking at it is that the bill for the interest is

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sandy2: Actually, the U.S. has spare capacity, but has always kept what probably is 100's of millions of barrels in the ground in case we ever had to rely solely on them. The amount is unknown because much of it is offshore between Canada (the Yukon) and Alaska. Both countries claim the territory. That being said, wells currently in operation can produce 83.4 million barrels per day (when fully running) but the demand for next yea

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Sally: Good article. Blogging as a medium for discussion reminds me of Isaac Asimov's belief that mankind basically tries to isolate itself from its own kind even though it needs to be together. Really, it is very freeing in that you have the opportunity to say what you think and believe as you live your life and share what others are thinking. That's when the medium is at it's best. At it's worst, it brings out the fears and ang

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M-Post: Good point! Sort of like broccoli. Good for you, but yucky! Hehehe. BTW: The 2008 Election Campaign begins November 3rd. Be the first on your block not to put up a sign, shoot at a candidate or write a blog in favor of anyone!

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Dr. Guy: The program that Sinclair intends to show is a political statement and not a news report. That requires equal time to the candidate to rebut the program. This is not the same as Fox interviewing Kitty Kelley about her book. Kelly is not a 527 group and this is. Once again we have a case where politicking gets ugly because both sides think this election is so crucial that they are willing to sacrifice everything (includin

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pictatorus: No, higher oil prices aren't a boon to anyone but the oil companies and producers. You see, higher energy prices means people don't drive, don't spend on consumer goods and thus the economy fails, not succeeds. No one wants a bad economy. Remember when Clinton got taxes raised in 1993? Republicans and Conservatives were screaming bloody murder that the economy would fall into depression. Limbaugh claimed that it would be worse

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Ok, I get it (not real often....but that's a different blog).

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O G San: Well written, well worth the read. By the way, as the election gets closer look for one side or the other to start talking about how the other is just not "vote-worthy" and totally disregard the issues and use more and more name calling. Of course, I wouldn't assert anyone on this blog would do that......

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Tractor-Chick: Most teachers unions support Mr. Kerry because of the drop in educational funding over the past couple of years (in real dollar terms). Bush is also perceived as not emphasizing education and is not seen as a very educated man, although that perception is not true. Bush supports alternative and private education that threatens public education. So, even those teachers that I talk to that support Bush on foreign policy are ver

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Myrrander: Why "insane" laughter? Wouldn't it "rational" laughter done after careful consideration? Like say 20 or 30 nanoseconds?

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Dr. Guy: Well, if you and I lived close to one another I'd bet you a beer it wouldn't happen but since we're not, let's just say that if it does in 6 months I will write an article about the wisdom you showed and if it doesn't (I'd say less than 10% chance now that $50 has become a base price) you do the same for me. That would be on or before March 12, 2005. Agreed? If it were just oil I might agree, but with the falling dollar and

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Daiwa: Just as an update, the IEA said this morning that DEMAND for energy was rising faster than expected. Shouldn't John Snow's intelligence in this matter be a little better than the IEA? Actually, I have reports from independent journalists that say that the IEA forecast this morning was lower than what is really expected. Now, do you see why I am concerned?

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drmiler: Even if you like the President it's ok to point out both inconsistency in policy and problems with decisions made by the government. Part of living in a free country is accepting that there are other views than your own, that they could be valid and that there are better ways to do things than what we are doing them now. This article points out that Bush and his administration have a very tenuous connection with the econom

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Myrrander (Tongue slightly in cheek): Now we all know Mr. Bush is the: (chose any 5): A) Peace President, B) The Personal Responsibility President C) The Man "Who Made Us Safe" President D) The "We're Working Hard and Harder" President, E) The "No Business Lobbyist Left Behind" President. No one ever accused W of being a business guy. Although he does have lumber company shares to sell you... Need any wood?

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BakerStreet: I would agree with you on some matters that the President has at his right hand information that we will never see (or at least for 25 years). However, that doesn't give him wisdom (which many think he does not show on economic policy). I know many sources for economics that I would trust long before the White House and most are Republican. I will not hold "reverence" for any political figure. I criticised Clinton on

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Sandy2: I would say top 100 is very good. Top 20 is quite exclusive company (points in the 20,000 and above range). I find the point system amusing because I think "blogging for points" is probably not a good "reality show theme" (These 16 individuals placed in separate rooms to blog on-line, each day our studio audience will decide which will be thrown out of their cubicle and which one will be the "Last Blogger Sitting!" hehehe). But wh

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Grim: I looked at the links but while sanctions have been "threatened" (what a concept that is) I don't think production has fallen because of the Darfur situation. OR did I miss something?

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BakerStreet: Yeah...all we have on our side of the argument are the facts. I guess resume is more important to you. Gosh, would you mind paying my gas and electric and gasoline bill this winter? Because I know the Yale man is probably going to cost me even more than I paid last year for it. You know very well, BTW, that Bush has pushed for tax cuts, has had ties to Saudi corporations and has no impetus to save you or me money on

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Sandy2: First, I wanted to thank you for your article "5 Things I would do as President" I really enjoyed it. I don't think you're naive as your articles show. This is one area that I don't think Bush knows much about. (He didn't even know he received dividends from that timber company.) These folks have so much money they have to have accountants for their accountants to figure it all out.