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Some people just don't get sarcasm.

Keep this up and you might pass me on the liberal totem pole.

I haven't been called a Dolphins fan yet.

Nice critical thinking there Mr Hypocrite.

Really? I'm liberal? Can you tell me what my thoughts are on Supreme Court Nominations? States Rights issues? Entitlement programs? What is "liberal" about skepticism over intrusive foreign policy and nation building exercises? Can't a conservative be skeptical over the return on investment in both blood and treasure in Iraq? Congratulations though, you got to use your precious rolleyes emiticon.

My thinking is hardly "liberal". It is more closely aligned with Brent Scowcrofts and General Anthony Zinni's thinking. As for thinking critically, you might want to try it some time.

I've been wondering about that too. Zeke tells Ethan that he was supposed to make the list and then bring her in. Ethan tells Zeke that he didn't have any choice because they had the manifest and knew he was not on the plane.

I've been hearing that the resistance has been from a bunch of dead enders in their final throes for a couple of years now. If this was their last big gasp, as you claim, can we bring our troops home now?

Really? Got any proof that I have said this before? Or are you going to whine in a post in another forum on a thread regarding someone elses daughter that I am stalking you?

I'm curious if there is no real sickness but that the "vaccine" Desmond was taking and Ethan was injecting into Claire's womb is a narcotic. The infection is really withdrawal symptoms. Rousseau claimed "the others" were carriers in season 1.

It is really helpful to go back to season 1 and watch Raised By Another again. Raised by Another begins with a night terror/premonition by Claire. In her dream the baby has been cut out of her. She hears the baby crying and goes to look for it. She comes across Locke playing the role of the psychic. Locke tells Claire that she knows what is happening. The baby was her responsibility but she gave him away and everyone would pay the price now. She then sees someone moving through the woods and follows him. She comes across the baby carriage with the carousel. The planes on the carousel clearly had Oceanic written on the sides. There is no baby in the carriage but when she removes the blanket, she finds a bloody, gooey mess. In flashbacks, we learn that Claire was flying to Los Angeles on the advice of a psychic who had initially warned her not to let anyone else raise the child. Later, he encouraged her to travel to Los Angeles specifically on Oceanic flight 815 claiming he'd found a "good" couple in the U.S. to adopt the baby. Interestingly, in this latest episode, Ethan tells Claire that we are good people, we are a good family. At the end of this episode Claire has finally decided to keep the baby and let no one else raise the baby.

Mission Accomplished! Let's bring our boys Home!

I've read stories about how CSI is making it more difficult for prosecutors to secure convictions. Jurists expect forensic evidence to be on the same level as CSI shows and when it doesn't turn out that way, many people doubt the prosecution or think they are hiding something.

He was captured and Charlie shot him.

My question is, what organizations do you and Mickey belong to that your within 4 minutes of posting a link from an obscure news source about and obscure legislative piece?

Smart except for the fact that both India and Israel are outflanked by several "loonies".

Wolfowitz was promoted. Given how badly Rumsfeld and company screwed up Iraq, why would you give him anything bigger and more important to do?

Yeah but I asked the question because he discussed the book in the article.

I guess I missed something, but who is "Friendly"? Didn't Desmond take all of the stash in the Swann hatch?

Did you read the article or just come up with a cynical rational to ignore it?

In his own words Many people have also interpreted my book "The End of History and the Last Man" (1992) as a neoconservative tract, one that argued in favor of the view that there is a universal hunger for liberty in all people that will inevitably lead them to liberal democracy, and that we are living in the midst of an accelerating, transnational movement in favor of that liberal democracy. This is a misreading of the argument. "The End of History" is in the end an argument about modernization. What is initially universal is not the desire for liberal democracy but rather the desire to live in a modern — that is, technologically advanced and prosperous — society, which, if satisfied, tends to drive demands for political participation. Liberal democracy is one of the byproducts of this modernization process, something that becomes a universal aspiration only in the course of historical time.

Maybe he learns from his mistakes? What is wrong with changing your mind?

Guess you didn't bother to read the article.

I know it because of your hypocritical chickenhawk nature. You're all talk but won't back it up by volunteering to serve this country. As for your predictable petty name calling, I'm at peace with myself. I've done far more for this country and its defense than you ever have or ever will. I've actually done more for Israel's defense than you ever have or ever will. BTW, I'm not the one talking tough here, you are. I just know you would never back it up.

I'd really be leery of the mace idea. Mace is illegal in some states. Its probably not allowed on or near a school. Mace/Pepper spray needs to be aimed and can easily be taken away and used against the person who brought the mace. It seems like an unnecessary and dangerous escalation to weapons. What are you going to do if the "gang" escalates to knives or guns?