Does Bush know how to balance a check bo ok?

“That's 21.33 Billion small Falafel Sandwiches or 15.24 Large Falafel Sandwiches.

Sheeite! That's a lotta falafel.”

“Doesn't Chevron have a tanker named after Condi Rice?”

“The reality is that Bush has not been strong enough on the terrorists in Iraq. They are still running roughshod over everything.

He badly underestimated the troops needed for this war. And he has consistently budgeted insufficient funds for the war.

Bush is weak. He should put more money and more troops into Iraq.

Saddam Hussein and the terrorists in Iraq were and are a major threat. This situation demands a President who will go all the way in protecting America from terrorism.”

“No they don't. Your question belies your ignorance.”

“Hell, for a couple billion or so we could have bought off Saddam.”

“How many troops will it take to defend against suicide bombers?”

“Google it

”

“How many troops will it take to defend against illegal immigrants coming into this country?












None..Bush will let them all in”

“bbw, you get a big fat 0 on that final exam. sorry you fail! She was even employed by Chevron.
last edited: 1/25/05 9:15:32 PM”

“How many illegals get in each year?”

“LOL! I thought it was a complete joke! However:

Energy giant Chevron Corp. has quietly renamed one of its big oil tankers.


The Condoleeza Rice, named after the former Chevron director and current National Security Adviser to President Bush, was renamed the Altair Voyager, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in May.


In April, at a White House press briefing, assistant press secretary Scott McLellan was asked about the oil tanker.
The reporter put it this way: “Before she became National Security Advisor, [Rice] was on the board of directors of Chevron Corporation. Chevron –– before she left –– named an oil tanker after her. There’s an oil tanker named the Condoleeza Rice. It’s a 136,000 ton oil tanker that carries oil around the world. Given that Chevron has been accused of human rights abuses with the Nigerian Mobile Police against civilians in Nigeria, I’m wondering whether the president thinks it’s wise to have this close a relationship with Chevron.”


McLellan said that he thought “the issue has already been addressed by Dr. Rice and she will uphold the highest ethical standards in office.”


When asked whether the president should call the CEO of Chevron and say, “Take the name off the tanker,” McLellan said, “I think the issue has been addressed.”
“We made the change to eliminate unnecessary attention caused by the vessel’s original name,” says Chevron spokesperson Fred Gorell.


Asked whether the White House had asked for the name change, Gorell told the San Francisco Chronicle “that’s not for me to discuss.”


In April, when the controversy was brewing, a spokesperson for Chevron said that the company would not rename the Condi Rice tanker. “If you remember, Carla Hills was on our board, and went off the board to take a role in the administration, and we did not rename the tanker,” the spokesperson said at the time.

http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2001/01june/june01names.html”

“to many to count.

I just heard on the news they caught quite a few illegal Mexicans in Idaho. They were armed and carryng a nice little disease Tuberculosis.”

“You can find TB in any "large" city of the US. I think on most city buses there is 1 in 10 carriers

Would you say 15.24-21.33 Billion illegals get in?”

“"Defend" is the incorrect word, bbw. We need to be more offensive. Rather than sitting behind blocks of concrete, we need to be on every streetcorner. We'll build better relationships with local Iraqis and we can go after the terrorists whereever they are.

This will, of course, result in more casualties. But Iraq's welfare and America's core safety are inextricably linked.

Let's talk less about defense and more about offense.”

“I just put anbesol in my mouth........yum.”

“Nigal, the civil war was actually fought for political reasons concerning the souths succession from the Union. The year the war started, 1861, Congress actually passed a constitutional amendment for ratification that would have protected the right to own slaves. If the only agenda of the Confederacy was to protect slavery it could have just stayed in the union. At the time there were still 15 slave owning states so even with 50 states in the union an amendment could not have been ratified that did revoke the right to slavery. Politics have muddied history and tried to paint a picture that is not accurate.

Trivia: Lincoln, the president that illegaly used his authority to start a war with the newly formed nation of the Condederacy, was a member of what newly formed political party?

A: Republican! No wonder we can't get an honest account of history during his presidency!”

“I think Lincoln was a great American President, probably the greatest, but some of the ways he used his power during the Civil War makes the current Bush look like an alter boy. That being said, Lincoln accomplished great things and saved the union. I can't think of a single great accomplishment during Bush's tenure as President. Bush is a divider.
last edited: 1/25/05 10:22:43 PM”

“I know, even though I feel history was shady during the time I've never harbored any resentment for Lincoln. I just couldn't resist the Republican crack!”

“To avoid controversy oil tankers should be named after favorite dogs, preferably lap dogs.

Dang Bearmagnet, I'm gettin' falafel fever here!”

“My first post on Trail Talk:

Links showing Saddam's connection with AQ et al.

source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327993/posts

The 90's:

Saddam's Fingerprints on NY Bombing
June 28, 1993. The Wall Street Journal. Laurie Mylroie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1115387/posts

The Clinton Justice Department's indictment against OBL in federal court which mentions the terrorist's connections to Iraq.
November 4, 1998. The federal indictment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985906/posts?page=30#30

Iraq and AQ agree to cooperate. The federal indictment against OBL working in concert with Iraq and Iran is mentioned.
November 1998. The New York Times
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985906/posts

Saddam reaching out to OBL
January 1, 1999. Newsweek
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158277/posts

ABC news reports on the Osama/Saddam connections
January 14, 1999. ABC News
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1229608/posts?page=1

Osama and Saddam Work Together
January 27, 1999. Laurie Mylroie interview. She is a former Clinton terrorism czar.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158482/posts

Western Nightmare: Saddam and OBL versus the World. Iraq recruited OBL.
February 6, 1999. The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,798270,00.html

Saddam's Link to OBL
February 6, 1999. The Guardian
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/866105/posts

Saddam offered asylum to bin Laden
February 13, 1999. AP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158274/posts

Son of Saddam coordinates with OBL.
Iraqi Special Ops coordinates with Bin Laden's terrorist activities.
August 6, 1999. Yossef Bodansky, National Press Club
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/951911/posts



2001:

The Iraqis, who for several years paid smaller groups to do their dirty work, were quick to discover the advantages of Al-Qaeda.
September 19, 2001. Jane's.
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/fr/fr010919_1_n.shtml

Bin Laden met Iraqi Agent.
September 28, 2001. The Miami Herald.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/534617/posts

German investigators link Iraq to anthrax attack.
October 26, 2001. Anova.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/780782/posts

Saddam behind first WTC attack.
October 18, 2001. Laurie Mylroie, Clinton anti-terrorism czar. PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/interviews/mylroie.html

Hijacker given anthrax by Iraq
October 27, 2001. The Times.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/557446/posts



2002:

Salman Pak. Satellite discussion about the terror camps in Iraq.
January 7, 2002. Aviation Weekly.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/865435/posts

Intercepted call links Saddam to AQ.
February 7, 2002. The Telegraph
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837605/posts

Report linking anthrax and 9/11 hijackers is probed.
March 23, 2002. The New York Times.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/652000/posts

Osama met with Saddam in Iraq.
March 23, 2002. The Times of India
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/746741/posts

Militia Defector says Baghdad trained Al Qaeda fighters in chemical weapons.
July 14, 2002. The Sunday Times.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/743892/posts

September 11 Victims Sue Iraq.
September 4, 2002. BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2237332.stm

Families sue Iraq over 9/11. Thousands of 9/11 victims and family members sue Iraq based on evidence that Iraq knew the attacks were coming, approved the attacks, and supported Al Qaeda for a decade. The lawsuit also notes Iraq's involvement in the first WTC attack.
September 5, 2002. CBS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/05/september11/main520874.shtml

Gephardt says lots of intelligence links OBL and Saddam.
October 6, 2002. Newsmax.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/764011/posts



2003:

Colin Powell: Iraq and Al Qaeda were partners for years.
February 5, 2003. Colin Powell interview on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/05/sprj.irq.alqaeda.links/

Freeper Republic Strategist's list of links between AQ and Iraq.
February 7, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/850346/post

Saddam and OBL Make a Pact.
February 10, 2003. The New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030210fa_fact

Australia PM has lots of information regarding Iraq/AQ connections.
March 14, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/864277/posts

Spain links 9/11 suspect to Baghdad.
March 16, 2003. The Observer.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,915142,00.html

The AQ connection to Iraq
April 12, 2003. The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/944617/posts?page=2

Saddam's regime linked to several religious extremist groups.
April 17, 2003. The Daily Telegraph.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894721/posts

More evidence. Newspaper finds documents in Baghdad which directly prove the links between OBL and Saddam. The paperwork details meetings and when and where they occurred. Also found documents that Russia passed on to Iraq detailing private conversations between Blair and Italy's Berlusconi.
April 27, 2003. The Telegraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F04%2F27%2Fwalq27.xml

Wolfowitz Says Saddam behind 9/11 Attacks:
June 1, 2003. Newsweek.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/921398/posts

Oil for Food Scandal Ties Iraq and Al Qaeda.
June 20, 2003. Forward Magazine.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125899/posts

A judge sees the documents linking OBL and Saddam.
June 25, 2003. The Tennessean.
http://tennessean.com/nation-world/archives/03/06/34908297.shtml?Element_ID=34908297

The Al Qaeda Connection.
July 11, 2003. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/944617/posts?page=2

List of newspaper articles written in the 90's which mention the world's concern regarding the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam.
July 14, 2003. FrontPage Magazine.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/946809/posts?page=1

Growing Evidence of Saddam and Al Qaeda Link.
July 16, 2003. FrontPage Magazine.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/946997/posts

What the administration said. And what they didn't use, but could have regarding the relationship between OBL and Saddam.
The Iraqi regime paid Zawahiri $300,000 in '98 when his Islamic jihad merged with Al Qaeda.
September 1, 2003. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/969032/posts

Free Republic Thread that mentions books on this topic. Former CIA Director James Woolsey and other notables recommend these books as well.
September 6, 2003.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/977221/posts?page=8

Memo shows Iraq and Iraq contacted OBL.
September 12, 2003. The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20030912-012437-3992r.htm

Vice President Cheney lectures Russert on Iraq/911 Link
Al Qaeda sent personnel to Baghdad to get training for terrorist activities. He mentions Iraq's involvement in the first WTC bombing in 1993.
September 15, 2003. Interview.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/982713/posts

Iraq and terrorism - no doubt about it. Specific names of Al Qaeda terrorists working in and with Iraq
September 19, 2003. National Review.
http://www.nationalreview.com/robbins/robbins091903.asp

Iraq and AQ: A Federal Judge's Point of View
September 20, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986293/posts

Mohammed's Account links Iraq to 9/11 and first WTC attack:
September 22, 2003. Newsweek.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/987075/posts

Richard Miniter details the names and specific connections including the Iraqi who was involved in the first WTC bombing and lived in Iraq.
September 25, 2003. Richard Minister
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989201/posts

Saddam's Terror Ties that Critics Ignore.
October 21, 2003. The National Review.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1005579/posts

Osama's Best Friend: The Further Connections Between Al Qaeda and Saddam.
November 3, 2003. The Weekly Standard
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1007969/posts

Stephen Hayes book, The Intel Links OBL and Saddam.
November 15, 2003. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103176,00.html

The media certainly were pushing Iraq as being connected to AQ and possibly behind 9/11 shortly after September 11, 2001. A compilation of media comments and articles:
November 17, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/984758/posts

Case Closed.
November 24, 2003. The Weekly Standard
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/378fmxyz.asp

The Terrorist behind 9/11 was trained by Saddam
December 14, 2003. The Telegraph.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1146356/posts?page=1

The Clinton View of Iraq/AQ Ties.
December 29, 2003. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/527uwabl.asp



2004:

Saddam behind anthrax attacks?
January 1, 2004. Accuracy in Media.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1052221/posts?page=33
4:

Tape Shows General Wesley Clark linking Iraq and AQ
January 12, 2004. The New York Times.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1056113/posts

Saddam's Ambassador to Al Qaeda.
February 23, 2004, The Weekly Standard.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1083778/posts

Article details the number of terrorists who have attacked America in the past and taken refuge in Iraq. Loaded with interesting bullet points.
March 14, 2004. Scripps Howard News Service via NewsMax.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1097521/posts?page=1

James Woolsey, former CIA Director, links Iraq and AQ. See also Posts #34 and #35.
March 23, 2004. CNN Interview
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1104121/posts

Less than two months before 9/11/01, the state-controlled Iraqi newspaper “Al-Nasiriya” carried a column headlined, “American, an Obsession called Osama Bin Ladin.” (July 21, 2001)

In the piece, Baath Party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the US “with the seriousness of the Bedouin of the desert about the way he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.”

The same state-approved column also insisted that bin Laden “will strike America on the arm that is already hurting,” and that the US “will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs” – an apparent reference to the Sinatra classic, “New York, New York”.
March 28, 2004, NewsMax
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1106657/posts?page=1

Al Qaeda's Poison Gas
April 29,2 004. The Wall Street Journal
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005016

Saddam Linked to 9/11.
May 11, 2004. FrontPage Magazine. Laurie Mylroie, Clinton's anti-terrorism czar.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133317/posts

Bush says Zarqawi killed Berg. Cites Saddam ties.
May 15, 2004. Reuters.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1136076/posts

The Connections. Detailed.
May 28, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1144123/posts?page=11

Saddam's role in 9/11.
May 29, 2004. A Freeper book.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1144699/posts?page=5

Clinton mentioned how AQ was developing a relationship with Iraq. Also see Post #5.
June 1, 2004. The Miami Herald.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1145787/posts

Read into the Congressional Record regarding the ties between OBL and Saddam. (Part 1)
June 1, 2004
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r108:42:./temp/~r1082srpxN:e0:

More read into the Congressional Record (Part 2).
June 1, 2004
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r108:42:./temp/~r1082srpxN:e2357:

More read into the Congressional Record (Part 3).
June 1, 2004
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r108:42:./temp/~r1082srpxN:e12612:

More read into the Congressional Record (Part 4).
June 1, 2004
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r108:42:./temp/~r1082srpxN:e23985:

Exploring the links between 9/11 and Iraq.
June 2, 2004. CBN.com
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1146319/posts?page=1

New Iraqi Chief Links 9/11 to Saddam.
June 2, 2004. NewsMax.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1146579/posts?page=1

Pre-Bush Timeline of Saddam/OBL Ties
June 12, 2004. Freeper Blackrain4xmas research
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1152923/posts?page=1

Cheney claims Iraq/AQ connections
June 14, 2004. Associated Press
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1153781/posts?page=20

Britain insists that AQ was in Iraq pre war.
June 17, 2004. MiddleEast Online.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1155369/posts

Cheney says definite ties between Iraq/AQ and outraged at NYT Misleading Headline.
June 17, 2004. CNBC Capitol Report via Drudge
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1155520/posts?page=1

How the Networks Pretend to Ignore their own Reporting from the 1990's.
June 17, 2004. Media Research Center
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040617.asp

There was a link between OBL and Saddam.
June 20, 2004. The Sunday Telegraph.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1156634/posts

9/11 Commission says prominent member of AQ served in Iraq's militia.
June 20, 2004. Reuters.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1156957/posts

9/11 Commission reaffirms Bush administration view of Iraq/AQ ties.
June 21, 2004. RNC.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1157478/posts

How Saddam collaborated with Osama bin Laden. Interview with Stephen Hayes with excellent information.
June 23, 2004. FrontPage Magazine.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158493/posts

The Clinton Administration first linked Saddam and OBL.
June 25, 2004. The Washington Times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040624-112921-3401r.htm

Documents Shows Iraq Intel Agents Met with OBL.
June 25, 2004. Associated Press.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160146/posts

More evidence of Iraq/AQ relationship.
June 25, 2004. New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/politics/25TERR.html?ei=5070&en=441dbd2a3bae663c&ex=1089259200&pagewanted=print&position=

Putin warned President Bush after 9/11 that Saddam Hussein planned to attack America.
June 28, 2004. Media Research Center.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1161677/posts

Freeper blog (Windsofchange) and links to 9/11 Commission report with specific references to the ways in which Iraq/AQ were connected and worked together.
July 11, 2004.
http://windsofchange.net/archives/005191.php#al-qaeda

Long List of Clinton Administration Officials who Believed There was an AQ/Iraq connection.
July 12, 2004. NewsMax.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169397/posts

Gore, Cohen, Clinton linked AQ and Saddam.
July 15, 2004. The Daily Texan.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165515/posts

Gore, Cohen, Clinton linked AQ and Saddam.
July 15, 2004. The Daily Texan.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165515/posts

What the Senate Intelligence Report REALLY said about the connections between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
July 22, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173423/posts

The 9/11 Commission found specific connections between Iraq and AQ. Specific names and dates are given from the report.
July 22, 2004. The Daily Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/354tdeij.asp

The 9/11 Commission and Iraq/AQ Connections.
July 26, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173008/posts

Clinton feared Iraq gave AQ chemical weapons in Sudan under a cooperative agreement they had.
July 2004. 9/11 Commission
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087373948467

Information about Shakir, the Iraqi who met with AQ at a pre-9/11 planning meeting. Also information about the Iraqi who mixed the chemicals for the bomb of the first WTC bombing.
August 2, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/357lnryy.asp?pg=2

Specific quotes from 9/11 Commission Report regarding links between AQ and Iraq.
July 30, 2004.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182042/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193821/posts

Contact between OBL and Saddam are beyond dispute.
August 18, 2004. The Washington Times.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193821/posts

List of CIA and various Reports regarding Iraq's support for terrorists, terrorism and AQ.
September 16, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/631slkle.asp

Kerry disputing 9/11 Commission and Senate Intelligence Reports. Actual page numbers and quotes within article of what the Reports DID say regarding the connections.
September 20, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1214954/posts

Fox News reports that Saddam may have used Oil for Food money to fund Al Qaeda.
September 20, 2004. Fox News Channel.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132682,00.html

Both the Senate Intelligence Committee Report and the 9/11 Commission documented the links and relationship between AQ and Iraq.
October 5, 2005. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/731hezhy.asp?pg=2

Osama bin Laden was considered an Iraqi Intelligence asset.
October 14, 2004. National Review.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1246505/posts

Senate Intelligence Report says Zarqawi operated out of Saddam controlled territory - Baghdad.
October 20, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/803czhfn.asp

It looks like the 9/11 Commission got an important detail wrong. Shakir probably DID work the Iraqi Fedayeen and he had documents on him when arrested that linked him to the 1993 WTC bombing. And he drove the 9/11 hijackers to a planning meeting.
October 23, 2004. The Hoover Institute. http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1254304/posts?page=1

Saddam was the ATM to Al Qaeda.
November 16, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15919

CIA Agent Scheuer USED to believe there was an Iraq/AQ link. Now he just wants face time on television and is pretending there was never a link.
November 23, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286540/posts

Oil for Food Scandal may have funded 9/11.
December 4, 2004. NewsMax quotes The Weekly Standard.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1294424/posts?page=35

Iraqi Intelligence officers planted a sleeper cell (at least one) in the United States. The man is now under arrest and Iraqi agents are cooperating.
December 22, 2004. CBS.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306842/posts



MISCELLANEOUS
(anthrax connections to Iraq and Freeper research)

9/11 Hijacker sought treatment for red hands (anthrax).
October 11, 2001. Palm Beach Post.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/546116/posts

Tabloid Editor rented apartment to two 9/11 hijackers. The tabloid lost a worker to anthrax.
October 15, 2001. Miami Herald.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/548061/posts

Hijackers linked to anthrax.
October 15, 2001. St. Petersburg Times.
http://www.sptimes.com/News/101501/Worldandnation/Hijackers_linked_to_t.shtml

9/11 Hijackers treated for anthrax.
March 23, 2002. The New York Times.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/652000/posts

Remember Anthrax?
April 20, 2002. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/669487/posts
9/24/01. ABC.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/531023/posts

Hijacker treated for anthrax.
May 9, 2002. The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/682921/posts

Atta tried to buy a cropduster.
June 6, 2002. ABC.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/695924/posts

Analysis of anthrax letters.
June 19, 2002. Instapundit.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/703075/posts?page=44#44

Freeper My Identity research on anthrax letters. Post #44.
6/20/02.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/703075/posts?page=44#44

The silica used in the anthrax attacks traced to Iraq.
October 28, 2002. The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A28334-2002Oct27¬Found=true

Freeper Backhoe's list of links.
February 2, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838309/posts

Freeper Republican Strategist list of links.
February 24, 2003.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/850346/posts

Freeper polemikos list of links to investigations regarding anthrax.
December 26, 2003.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047022/posts

Evidence Iraq behind anthrax attacks.
January 1, 2004. Accuracy in Media
http://www.aim.org/publications/media_monitor/2004/01/01.html

Freeper Christie's list of links. Great chart.
September 26, 2004.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1227437/posts?page=1”

“Welcome oryx!”

“Thanks, UltraPecker!”

“bush makes wacko liberal leftist welfare weenies look like penny pinchers.

bush believes in big deficits, big spending, and big government.”

“oryx I looked at a few of those links, they are were garbage - speculation after and rumours of speculation without hard evidence.

A lot of it just reports the Bush and CIA people were making the claims that the 9/11 commission found were unsubstantiated.
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“Thanks, pedxing.”

“You must have picked a poor sample, pedxing. Or you must have a prejudice against Free Republic (and I would understand this). For instance, this shows a link between AQ and Saddam:

Bin Laden met Iraqi agent

WASHINGTON -- (AP) -- A 1998 meeting between Osama bin Laden and a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in Afghanistan is coming under renewed scrutiny as U.S. officials search for clues of a state sponsor of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Farouk Hijazi, an Iraqi intelligence officer who is Iraq's ambassador to Turkey, met with bin Laden in Kandahar, a region in southeastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is known to have training camps, a U.S. official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. It is not known what was discussed at the December 1998 meeting.



That's just one of many such articles from the mainstream press in those links.”

“Ped, ya beat me to it. I just checked some of those out, too. After the first 4 and the bottom two, I didn't find anything of substance, either. Not wasting another minute on this crap! Welcome to the board, Oryx!”

“Welp, you can lead a horse to water, but...

Thanks for the welcome, Treebeard.”

“Hey, it's ok. I gave your post a fair chance. Sorry, I am not biting on this, but I see nothing convincing...”

“"I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess."

-Dennis Miller”

“Jump your fellow man at every opportunity, thus 'kinging' yourself, Nigal? Sounds about right for this bunch of twits!”

“Let's not ruin a perfectly fine and funny quote by adding to it or trying to explain it. Let's just sit for a spell and quietly chuckle...

:)”

“Actually, I didn't think it was funny. And, I am someone who has laughed at lots of Miller's jokes through the years. Maybe I missed the point. Ah, well...”

“"I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess."

Translation: “Bush is a simple man who lacks the mental capacity to see and understand the complexities of a global political landscape.”

Phucking killjoy…


:P”

“Sorry to piss on the parade. Hey, sometimes we overlook the obvious. My bad...
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“deadliest day in Iraq today since the beginning of the war - 36 americans died. so far the death toll is 1417. I don't see where things are improving.”

“The United Nations said yesterday that the US must reduce its fiscal deficit rather than rely on a depreciation of the dollar if "an abrupt and globally damaging correction" to the world economy was to be avoided.

In its annual report on the world economy, the UN said American citizens must also be encouraged to save more and steps must be taken to increase domestic demand in the US's largest trade partners.

The weakening dollar will devalue the huge US dollar-based assets held by Chinese and Japanese central banks, says the report. This could lead to softening global demand, which would curb appetite for US exports and thereby undo some effects of a weaker dollar.

Jose Antonio Ocampo, UN under-secretary general for economic and social affairs, said: "The possibility of an abrupt and globally damaging correction persists since a depreciation of the dollar alone seems unlikely to be sufficient to reduce the global imbalances to sustainable levels in an orderly fashion."

To help replace the demand for global goods that the US provides, countries that have large trade surpluses with the US - especially Japan and the eurozone - should stimulate domestic demand, preferably by investment, the report says.

more...”

“Let's put aside WMD and support for terrorist for a moment.
We are stabilizing the Middle East.
We've invaded countries on either side or Iran, thus proving they have no need for nuclear weapons.”

“Huh?

This is a joke, no?

Maybe they think they will need nukes to prevent a U.S. attack.”

“



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“Well, that has a shade more substance than the BS I saw, but barely: an anonymous person in the US government claims that the Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey met with Bin Lden in 1998? And the Ambassador was involved in Iraqi intelligence? Most ambassadors are invlved in their nations intelligence.

Heck we funneled money to Bin-Laden years ago, so the nut jobs who claim the US was behind Bin-Laden have more evidence.

If this is one of the highlights of what can be gleaned from the links, then they are incredibly weak. Again the 9/11 commission found no credible evidence of collaboration between Iraq and Al-Qeda.”

“What's for lunch?”

“The 9/11 commission stated there was communication between Al Queda and Iraq but there was no "collaborative operation relationship". Great, they called each other on the weekends to talk about moms brownies and we used that justify a war. Please, the links are nothing more then conversation with no action stemming from that communication. Al Queda operated on its own and GW made a mistake. A big one. Bigger than his hat.”

“It cracks me up to read these impassioned defenses of Bush's War by Bison. I can just see his eyes buggin out and the veins in his forehead poppin out as well. Sheesh! I'd of thought that love would have mellowed him by now. Must be the cigarettes.”

“..and I'd say the answer to ENS's question is NO. The Bushes aren't checkbook balancing people. They have others write their checks...like you and me. Plunder on W!”

“he ran his oil company into the ground, why not run the US into the ground. I guess he'll get out of the "ceo" seat right before the proverbial plane crashes into the proverbial mountain like he did with his oil company.”

“Ran his own oil company into the ground?

Talk about a mass distortion. Bush made money for his investors during a bust cycle in the industry when a lot of other good businessmen lost a lot of money. I'd hardly call that flying his proverbial plan into a mountain. I'd call it landing nicely.

And lets not forget that the improvements he made for the Rangers were nothing short of spectacular, not the results of a poor businessman.
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“I read that the company went bankrupt”

“No ENS, Harken acquired Spectrum 7, assumed the debt (3.1 million), and paid more than 2.2 million in a stock swap. By then there weren't many investors left, but those who stuck through it came out with a profit.”

“Euchre strategy and the war in Iraq.

I don't think that the world is a black and white place. I tend to think that there are a range of options with varying gradations of potential for good.

I have always and continue to feel that the war in Iraq was an utterly stupid thing to do - strategically. Just think of all the places we could have put these troops and this money.

However, there is one aspect of the Bush strategy that I do like.

When you play euchre, it is almost invariably better to push the play. Calling the suit takes control of the situation. You might have a really bad hand one out of five times, but if you name it those five times, no one else gets a chance. You tend to win.

I do think that there is something to be said for this in the Middle East. Regardless of Saddam's guilt or innocence, we have pushed the play. The bad guys have to react.

However, this means being aggressive at all times. You don't name a hand on three lower diamonds and an offsuit ace and then play timid when the cards are thrown down. You have to risk it all.

I think that this is what Bush has done. He decided to call the suit and go to war. Yet he seems wholly incapable of taking the high casualty rates and aggressive action that could actually make this strategy successful.

Back to the range of options.

#1 Best Option: Don't go to war. Spend money on Afghanistan, social security, small business loans, national debt.

#2 Option: Go to war and go full throttle. Spend all the money you can print. Sacrifice whatever troops necessary. Damn the political consequences. If it really is important, then act like it.

#3 Worst Option: Go to war, then pull back behind the damned barricades. Move cautiously. Refuse to acknowledge the true cost of the war and run like a frightened puppy back to Congress every three months. Have your generals running around talking about a "broken force" because you don't have the balls to raise troop pay or reinstitute the draft. Let the Saudis run around like the damned fools that they are because you are scared to upset them.

Guess which one our guy picked?”