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CNN host corners Priebus over Fox TV producing Hillary Clinton miniseries - ER - 8/12/2013 2:41:10 AM

Would you shoot down a drone over your property? - bowser - 8/8/2013 9:24:45 PM
- Honey...I am a Queen Bee...I would nevah shoot my little stud muffins. - Jody - 8/10/2013 1:22:00 AM
  - Just couldn't resist it, could you. :-) - bowser - 8/10/2013 7:44:47 PM
- What is the HOA's position on shooting down drones? - FrankC - 8/9/2013 11:03:49 PM
- Wear a ski mask, blame your neighbor. n/t - RobVG - 8/9/2013 12:51:15 AM

Separated at Birth - ER - 8/7/2013 12:13:48 AM

Hmm. - TB - 8/5/2013 9:18:11 PM
- From twitter - Robert - 8/5/2013 11:12:43 PM
- I know what you mean - Robert - 8/5/2013 11:07:49 PM

It's all relative. - ER - 8/3/2013 5:40:45 PM
- Re: It's all relative. - bowser - 8/4/2013 12:23:02 AM

GOP budget stategy collapses - BuckGalaxy - 8/1/2013 11:26:23 PM
- "When moose and squirrel open door, iss stragedy". - ER - 8/2/2013 1:11:07 AM

Tappan Zee Tragedy - ER - 7/30/2013 1:41:44 AM
- Just another DUII. - bowser - 7/30/2013 6:18:08 AM
- I came close. - RobVG - 7/30/2013 3:49:51 AM
  - I don't know how anyone gets to the age of 30. - bowser - 7/30/2013 9:31:04 AM
- Oh ER... - Jody - 7/30/2013 3:05:33 AM
  - I watch " Below Deck" - Jody - 7/30/2013 3:13:39 AM

Bankruptcy: unclear on the concept - TB - 7/28/2013 8:15:03 PM
- One word: Corporate Welfare. - ER - 7/28/2013 8:44:56 PM
  - Corporate extortion - FrankC - 7/29/2013 4:43:37 AM
    - Economic Power - ER - 7/29/2013 5:26:04 PM
  - Spot on. - TB - 7/28/2013 8:57:56 PM

Unprecedented & Contemptible. - BuckGalaxy - 7/27/2013 5:18:47 AM
- What about this, then, Buck? - Jody - 7/28/2013 5:12:07 PM
  - Disconnect - BuckGalaxy - 7/29/2013 1:02:29 AM
    - Oh...so this has happened before? - Jody - 7/29/2013 3:17:58 AM
      - Were you living under a rock in 2011? - BuckGalaxy - 7/29/2013 6:00:58 AM
- But not unexpected - ER - 7/27/2013 12:56:05 PM
  - It's not just conservatives - SteveS - 7/27/2013 7:18:55 PM
    - I'm not convinced Obamacare is going to work either. - ER - 7/27/2013 8:50:26 PM
      - It's a start - SteveS - 7/27/2013 9:41:48 PM
        
        I keep hearing about all these Canadians so eager to come here for health care. - ER - 7/27/2013 10:20:04 PM
        
        Re: I keep hearing about all these Canadians so eager to come here for health care. - SteveS - 7/28/2013 1:56:40 PM
        
        Medical Tourism - ER - 7/28/2013 2:48:29 PM
    - Shutting down the government is just conservatives. - alcaray - 7/27/2013 8:05:11 PM
      - Not exactly - SteveS - 7/27/2013 9:27:24 PM
        
        Exactly as I thought. - ER - 7/27/2013 10:31:57 PM
        
        Shutdown threats from a slightly higher official: (updated) - TB - 7/27/2013 10:47:47 PM
        
        So republicans threaten to shut down the government and/or default on the debt unless Obama bends to there demands - BuckGalaxy - 7/29/2013 1:46:49 AM
        
        Talking to idiots - TB - 7/29/2013 4:12:37 AM
        
        Nice try - BuckGalaxy - 7/29/2013 6:20:46 AM
        
        Tom Terrific to the the rescue... - ER - 7/27/2013 11:27:34 PM
        
        Re: Tom Terrific to the the rescue... - TB - 7/27/2013 11:37:39 PM
        
        By the way, did YOU read the article Buck linked to? - ER - 7/28/2013 12:16:24 AM
        
        Re: By the way, did YOU read the article Buck linked to? - TB - 7/28/2013 12:23:03 AM
        
        Any comments? - ER - 7/28/2013 1:23:53 AM
        
        I was going to stay out of the fray today. - TB - 7/28/2013 2:03:26 AM
        
        I was going to stay out of the fray, too. - ER - 7/28/2013 2:10:17 AM
        
        No, "Tom Terrific" was "pompous twit. - TB - 7/28/2013 2:12:31 AM
        
        Secondary Explosion! - ER - 7/28/2013 2:23:06 AM
        
        Read this - ER - 7/27/2013 11:45:48 PM
        
        The Budget Control Act was also passed by Congress and signed by the President. - TB - 7/27/2013 11:50:33 PM
        
        Dems are NOT threatening to shut anything down to end the sequester - BuckGalaxy - 7/29/2013 12:59:49 AM
        
        Need I remind you there was also an election in 2012? - ER - 7/28/2013 12:02:58 AM
        
        Because not agreeing with the Republicans forces the Republicans to shut down the government. - alcaray - 7/27/2013 11:06:45 PM

Vulture Capitalism - ER - 7/29/2013 12:23:01 AM

Reality of TV news editing - TB - 7/28/2013 9:30:09 PM

XL pipeline will be evaluated on CO2 increase. - RobVG - 7/28/2013 8:21:05 PM

Okay, I would like to start a thread and I would really like it to stay on topic, if at all possible. - Jody - 7/23/2013 3:09:50 PM
- "Middle-out" Economics. - RobVG - 7/24/2013 3:56:19 AM
  - Names matter - Robert - 7/24/2013 4:41:56 PM
    - Question - SteveS - 7/25/2013 2:50:33 PM
      - I guess it depends on your age - Robert - 7/25/2013 7:17:03 PM
        
        The Pew Report - TB - 7/26/2013 8:11:51 PM
        
        Age of the fantasy - SteveS - 7/26/2013 5:00:49 PM
        
        Note the 1970-1980 dip... - ER - 7/25/2013 9:39:07 PM
        
        Here ya go... - TB - 7/25/2013 8:51:21 PM
        
        thanks! - Robert - 7/25/2013 9:30:48 PM
        
        Actually, that chart doesn't show who's in those groups over time at all. - TB - 7/25/2013 10:19:06 PM
    - Trickle down economics - ER - 7/24/2013 7:15:02 PM
    - Did you read the article? - TB - 7/24/2013 5:42:13 PM
      - "every Democratic policy over the past five years" - Robert - 7/24/2013 6:16:59 PM
        
        Obamacare was signed into law on March of 2010. - TB - 7/24/2013 7:01:58 PM
  - Are you a recent convert? Welcome :-) - BuckGalaxy - 7/24/2013 5:47:55 AM
  - Aw, Rob... - TB - 7/24/2013 4:59:42 AM
    - I know, I know . n/t - RobVG - 7/24/2013 5:22:42 AM
- Simple, Right to Work Laws - SteveS - 7/23/2013 7:55:35 PM
  - You probably mean and believe that. Brainwashing is effective. - bowser - 7/24/2013 2:46:45 AM
  - That sword cuts both ways. - ER - 7/23/2013 8:53:22 PM
  - Leftism demands compulsion. - TB - 7/23/2013 8:44:02 PM
    - If it weren't for the compulsion, you'd be screwed. - bowser - 7/24/2013 12:09:02 AM
- You might have better luck on Current Events - Robert - 7/23/2013 5:34:34 PM
  - Sure Robert go ahead and move it...and thank you in advance.:) - Jody - 7/23/2013 6:08:48 PM
    - You can move threads of your own too, Jody. - TB - 7/23/2013 6:10:35 PM
      - Too late - Robert - 7/23/2013 6:12:12 PM
        
        I like the dashboard. - TB - 7/23/2013 6:16:04 PM
  - Freedom - TB - 7/23/2013 5:45:47 PM
    - I can definitely see a mental block being demonstrated here. - ER - 7/23/2013 9:38:29 PM
      - Yeah, me too. - TB - 7/23/2013 10:36:24 PM
- Unions, collective bargaining, and the right to strike. - ER - 7/23/2013 3:42:38 PM
  - Yeah, I think we all owe a debt to unions. - RobVG - 7/24/2013 12:35:14 AM
  - I don't think that is realistic anymore, ER. - Jody - 7/23/2013 4:10:07 PM
    - Take my word for it, - ER - 7/23/2013 4:17:00 PM
      - Maybe what is needed is a global minimum wage. n/t - RobVG - 7/24/2013 12:36:35 AM
      - 20 percent of the Chinese population is unionized. - TB - 7/23/2013 5:02:09 PM
        
        Wages in China are raising - Jody - 7/23/2013 6:17:51 PM
        
        To be fair, that's probably not because of unions. - TB - 7/23/2013 6:28:22 PM
        
        But do they have any real economic power? - ER - 7/23/2013 5:06:51 PM
        
        That is human nature ER...and on that note... - Jody - 7/23/2013 6:10:30 PM
        
        Re: But do they have any real economic power? - TB - 7/23/2013 5:12:06 PM
        
        Now you sound like Ed McMahon introducing Karnak the Magnificent. - ER - 7/23/2013 5:24:17 PM
        
        Another example of government/union synergy: - TB - 7/23/2013 5:23:07 PM
        
        In a free society, - ER - 7/23/2013 5:31:32 PM
        
        And another... - TB - 7/23/2013 5:28:21 PM
      - But we can't exist on what ifs...the fact is that now..at this time and place...we - Jody - 7/23/2013 4:25:36 PM
        
        ER's point is not some theoretical construct - BuckGalaxy - 7/23/2013 5:22:44 PM
        
        Okay...what about Auto workers? - Jody - 7/23/2013 6:12:39 PM
        
        GM and Chrystler are doing fine - BuckGalaxy - 7/24/2013 5:41:47 AM
        
        When resources are limited, there will be a struggle to divide them. - ER - 7/23/2013 4:59:37 PM

Halliburton admits destroying evidence - Jody - 7/26/2013 4:09:13 PM
- Re: Halliburton admits destroying evidence - TB - 7/26/2013 6:58:45 PM
- Where is the outrage? - Robert - 7/26/2013 5:19:47 PM
  - Very good m'dear! :) - Jody - 7/26/2013 5:34:11 PM
    - ...and I agree with you. - Jody - 7/26/2013 5:38:59 PM
      - If wishes were horses then beggars would ride... - Jody - 7/26/2013 6:36:44 PM

Afterburner with Bill Whittle about the Martin/Zimmerman *lynching* - Jody - 7/24/2013 4:34:24 PM
- So Martin was the stalker and Zimmerman was the victim. Are you convinced of this? - alcaray - 7/25/2013 12:33:31 AM
  - alcaray...the truth is somewhere in between. - Jody - 7/25/2013 1:34:13 AM
    - Yes, Jody. The truth is always somewhere in between. - ER - 7/25/2013 2:45:42 PM

Wal Mart in Washington - Jody - 7/24/2013 3:06:45 AM
- Dang... - TB - 7/24/2013 3:50:38 AM
  - Right you are ole' man...guess I will post some pictures on my Facebook page instead. - Jody - 7/24/2013 4:23:12 PM
    - Re: Right you are ole' man...guess I will post some pictures on my Facebook page instead. - TB - 7/24/2013 4:27:29 PM

Just going on the record here... - TB - 7/23/2013 8:46:29 PM
- There's not a lot of international conflicts this guy has NOT wanted us in. - BuckGalaxy - 7/24/2013 5:35:43 AM
- I agree. - ER - 7/23/2013 9:01:15 PM

Ending Stand Your Ground Laws - BuckGalaxy - 7/19/2013 6:42:53 PM
- Boycott Florida, Florida products and Florida businesses. - bowser - 7/20/2013 7:32:35 AM
  - You might want to check on how many states have the same law. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:24:39 PM
- Trayvon Martin got exactly what was coming to him. - ER - 7/19/2013 9:26:24 PM
  - Fact: Trayvon Martin was enormously culpable in his own death. - RobVG - 7/23/2013 2:45:02 AM
    - Trayvon Martin was just "standing his ground". - ER - 7/23/2013 2:51:05 AM
      - You obviously didn't watch the same trial I did. n/t - RobVG - 7/23/2013 3:04:19 AM
        
        I believe you responded while I was still editing. - ER - 7/23/2013 3:31:14 AM
  - Oh, and I almost forgot. - ER - 7/19/2013 11:07:33 PM
- Wait, is that why "the media" chose the Zimmerman case to cover? - alcaray - 7/19/2013 7:52:27 PM
  - Hey now! TBs post that I responded to disappeared. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 7:53:26 PM
    - Whatever. - TB - 7/19/2013 8:05:51 PM
      - Dunno about Buck or Maddow. I was just trying to figure out the stand you were taking without taking a stand. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 9:01:46 PM

Meanwhile in southern California... - TB - 7/20/2013 3:00:32 AM
- Oh dear gawd...someone wearing a hoodie will get shot...by a neighborhood watch wanna be cop - Jody - 7/20/2013 6:24:39 PM
- I'll bet that spreads, and it's a terrifying thought. - bowser - 7/20/2013 6:04:23 AM

Stand your ground... - ER - 7/19/2013 1:07:24 AM
- I doubt he'll have the balls to shoot that prick again! - bowser - 7/19/2013 4:27:10 PM
  - Bowser, that was funny! - bowser - 7/20/2013 12:18:08 AM
- OMG - Jody - 7/19/2013 3:04:52 AM
  - That poor dude will be shootin' blanks. - Jody - 7/19/2013 3:10:39 PM
    - I doubt he'll be able to lock and load. - ER - 7/19/2013 6:10:49 PM

Detroit files for Chapter 9 - TB - 7/18/2013 10:03:18 PM
- Horror story - FrankC - 7/19/2013 4:09:36 PM
- A once powerfull city - SteveS - 7/19/2013 3:27:07 PM
- Romney's wish came true. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 1:43:04 AM
  - Yeah, this is what happens when someone like Romney is president. - TB - 7/19/2013 1:47:25 AM
    - ? - alcaray - 7/19/2013 1:53:10 AM
      - Because we get weary of dems invoking a GOP name for an event that ... - FrankC - 7/19/2013 4:14:45 PM
        
        Wow. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 4:50:06 PM
        
        offended is too strong a word I think, perhaps mildly annoyed - FrankC - 7/19/2013 6:51:21 PM
        
        Romney and Detroit - TB - 7/19/2013 7:24:30 PM
        
        No. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 7:19:32 PM

An excuse for murder. - bowser - 7/18/2013 4:39:26 AM
- What bothers me is that both people can justifiably attack each other simultaneously. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 1:51:25 AM
  - That's why they have trials in the legal system. - TB - 7/19/2013 2:40:14 AM
    - These are the jokes folks. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 3:10:23 AM
- NO!....the import of illegal guns, the need for power, the need to feel badass, the lust for money, drugs and entitlement issues leads to murder. - Jody - 7/18/2013 7:15:51 PM
  - That ZOOM was the point, Jody. :-) - bowser - 7/19/2013 12:01:35 AM
    - I knew that. I was testing you. - Jody - 7/19/2013 3:11:08 AM
- It's not that complicated, Bowz. - ER - 7/18/2013 2:56:56 PM
  - Yeah, we don't want "complicated." - TB - 7/18/2013 4:08:18 PM
    - "Marching morons" - bowser - 7/18/2013 6:53:49 PM
      - Let them speak, Bowz. - ER - 7/18/2013 8:59:20 PM
        
        I "promote dictatorship?" - TB - 7/18/2013 9:32:26 PM
        
        Yes, TB, you do support a dictatorship, and can't even see it.. - bowser - 7/19/2013 12:00:19 AM
        
        No, - ER - 7/18/2013 11:53:43 PM
        
        "Partisan propagandists monopolizing the conversation." - TB - 7/19/2013 12:33:32 AM
        
        "Every now and then?" - ER - 7/19/2013 12:49:35 AM
    - Not all Republicans are racists - ER - 7/18/2013 4:29:40 PM
      - All racist are Republicans - SteveS - 7/18/2013 6:59:26 PM
        
        Not really. Some are Zoroastrians. - ER - 7/18/2013 8:55:46 PM
        
        So Zoroastrians are not racist? - SteveS - 7/18/2013 9:40:22 PM
        
        Yep he does. - Jody - 7/18/2013 7:11:58 PM
        
        You define racism a bit broadly? - alcaray - 7/19/2013 1:55:16 AM
        
        ? Don't understand what you mean. - Jody - 7/19/2013 3:09:13 AM
        
        I think that you said... - alcaray - 7/19/2013 3:12:16 AM

The Roderick Scott case - TB - 7/18/2013 1:18:53 AM
- WOW! - Jody - 7/18/2013 1:54:26 AM
  - Yeah. That's what I said. - TB - 7/18/2013 2:10:55 AM
- What is your explanation, then? - alcaray - 7/18/2013 1:41:27 AM
  - One reason I don't get too worked up, alcaray, about the Martin/Zimmerman fiasco - Jody - 7/18/2013 1:58:42 AM
  - I've explained the political motivations for the current witch hunt several times. - TB - 7/18/2013 1:46:11 AM
    - Why do you think the one case was chosen over the other... - alcaray - 7/18/2013 2:44:17 AM
      - I'll tell you what I think - Jody - 7/18/2013 6:15:43 PM
        
        To answer your question: - alcaray - 7/19/2013 1:41:27 AM

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow - Robert - 7/18/2013 4:18:28 PM
- The rest of the letter, - TB - 7/18/2013 5:01:40 PM
  - The letter - Robert - 7/18/2013 8:28:01 PM
    - Good post - TB - 7/18/2013 8:39:12 PM

Zimmerman / Martin - Jody - 7/17/2013 1:51:04 AM
- The answer to their question: - alcaray - 7/17/2013 3:22:42 AM
- The core of the issue: - TB - 7/17/2013 3:21:57 AM
  - Humor me...if you please. - Jody - 7/17/2013 3:58:22 AM
    - I agree with you on the involuntary manslaughter - FrankC - 7/17/2013 7:57:11 AM
      - Do you think that the "stand your ground" law is a good one? - Robert - 7/17/2013 9:12:14 PM
        
        Wasn't it Martin that was standing his ground? - podrock - 7/18/2013 1:35:13 AM
        
        In my opinion the law is broad enough to allow great latitude in it's enforcement - FrankC - 7/17/2013 10:26:52 PM
        
        Does anyone care that "stand your ground" was not part of the defense? - TB - 7/18/2013 12:10:09 AM
        
        You need to look at the instructions to the jury. - alcaray - 7/18/2013 1:29:52 AM
        
        Boilerplate. - TB - 7/18/2013 1:40:43 AM
        
        That which is in the instructions to the jury is a critical part of the trial. - alcaray - 7/18/2013 1:48:09 AM
        
        I left out the importance of the instructions to the jury to the jury. - alcaray - 7/18/2013 2:48:52 AM
        
        splitting hairs again - Robert - 7/18/2013 1:23:13 AM
        
        P.S. - TB - 7/18/2013 1:58:22 AM
        
        Re: splitting hairs again - TB - 7/18/2013 1:43:25 AM
        
        I didn't follow the trial - FrankC - 7/18/2013 12:41:11 AM
        
        Re: I didn't follow the trial - TB - 7/18/2013 12:51:20 AM
      - Pot stirrers... - Jody - 7/17/2013 4:25:26 PM
        
        That's how I feel about people who don't care what "stand your ground" is going to do in our courts. - alcaray - 7/17/2013 5:37:41 PM
        
        You are an admirable advocate alcaray - Jody - 7/17/2013 7:03:00 PM
        
        I think I take you at your word. Choose others if you want me to have a different opinion. - alcaray - 7/17/2013 11:49:08 PM
        
        Well that's the spirit. - Jody - 7/18/2013 1:00:02 AM
        
        It's Florida. - bowser - 7/17/2013 5:53:02 PM
        
        20-something states have passed these "Make My Day" laws in the last few years. - alcaray - 7/17/2013 11:53:06 PM

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