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Never forget - TB - 10/2/2012 12:13:53 AM
- I respect this a great deal. - BuckGalaxy - 10/3/2012 2:59:47 AM
- Re: Never forget - Jody - 10/3/2012 2:44:06 AM
- Only in America. - bowser - 10/2/2012 1:59:28 AM
  - There are aspects of the jewish holocast that make it slightly worse - BuckGalaxy - 10/3/2012 3:07:18 AM
    - Napalm, Agent Orange, Atomic bombs, cluster bombs, etc., and so on. All instruments of government policy. - bowser - 10/3/2012 3:15:47 AM
      - Again, all horrific - BuckGalaxy - 10/3/2012 6:10:18 AM
        
        If we all thought the same these boards would look like a Republican Congress. - bowser - 10/3/2012 6:41:02 AM

California's brave new world - TB - 10/2/2012 5:49:37 PM
- Quite common in the primaries. - bowser - 10/3/2012 1:11:59 AM
- New? - BuckGalaxy - 10/2/2012 5:57:32 PM

A flaw in the way the media handles things in the US. - bowser - 9/30/2012 6:31:54 AM
- And in a completely unrelated story... - TB - 9/30/2012 5:10:46 PM
  - You've noticed that parties try to lower expectations before a debate? Good for you! - alcaray - 10/1/2012 10:03:22 PM
    - What I've noticed... - TB - 10/1/2012 10:22:46 PM
      - I wonder if you remember how Romney said he was going to clobber Obama in debates, back during primary season? - alcaray - 10/1/2012 11:57:04 PM
        
        You realize you just contradicted your previous post? - TB - 10/2/2012 12:05:25 AM
        
        Right. I said Christy, meant Ryan. - alcaray - 10/2/2012 5:33:20 PM
- You're right. - TB - 9/30/2012 3:52:42 PM

Well, this should be interesting. - TB - 9/29/2012 11:10:48 PM
- Wait. That was in 2007. - alcaray - 9/30/2012 12:50:56 AM
- Whaat? Is Perry Lakota? - alcaray - 9/30/2012 12:47:10 AM

Ann Romney worried about Mitt's mental state. - BuckGalaxy - 9/29/2012 5:19:52 AM
- Re: Ann Romney worried about Mitt's mental state. - Jody - 9/29/2012 5:15:55 PM
  - Honestly, I'm worried about both Mitt and Ann's mental state - BuckGalaxy - 9/29/2012 8:00:53 PM

‘Piss Christ’ Causes Bloody Riots in Manhattan - TB - 9/28/2012 3:46:41 PM
- Another headline: - alcaray - 9/29/2012 12:38:45 AM
  - More educated but no smarter. - BuckGalaxy - 9/29/2012 5:49:50 AM
    - Citizens of a third world country are not equivalent to Americans. - alcaray - 9/29/2012 3:53:48 PM
      - Re: Citizens of a third world country are not equivalent to Americans. - Jody - 9/29/2012 5:13:35 PM
  - Re: Another headline: - Jody - 9/29/2012 2:07:51 AM
- Piss Christ and the story around it should be required reading in the muslim world. - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 4:56:36 PM
- Seriously, it's become impossible to tell satire from the Tea Party. - bowser - 9/28/2012 4:36:24 PM

Pro GOP Super Pacs are floundering. Here's why: - BuckGalaxy - 9/29/2012 6:16:17 AM

Ready for Taxmageddon? - TB - 9/27/2012 11:34:50 PM
- The sky is falling, the sky is falling. - bowser - 9/28/2012 1:06:21 AM
  - Like - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 4:11:31 AM
- Pretending again? - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 11:58:38 PM
  - Re: Pretending again? - TB - 9/28/2012 12:06:31 AM
    - That will depend on what and grand bargain or tax reform looks like, now won't it? - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 12:17:09 AM
      - Let's give some of those things a try. - TB - 9/28/2012 12:53:04 AM
        
        Let's wrap this up - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 2:45:37 AM
        
        You're not paying attention to the details of the tax hike. - TB - 9/28/2012 3:26:45 AM
        
        I'm fully aware of the middle class proporation - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 3:38:03 AM
        
        Can we try to remember that deficits actually were at Bush-era levels during the Bush era? - TB - 9/28/2012 3:42:47 AM
        
        Not sure what your point is... Unless you are somehow trying to say Obama didn't inherit htis mess? - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 4:04:55 AM
        
        Re: Not sure what your point is... Unless you are somehow trying to say Obama didn't inherit htis mess? - TB - 9/28/2012 4:22:43 AM
        
        Look at the graph - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 4:54:34 AM
        
        Ah. Never. - TB - 9/28/2012 5:20:24 AM
        
        If you have I missed it. I usually only read a fraction of the posts here - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 7:53:24 AM
        
        Sorry. - TB - 9/28/2012 1:54:29 PM
        
        So not a word about dramatically reduced revenues. Disappointing. - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 4:53:29 PM
        
        Okay, let's talk revenues - TB - 9/28/2012 5:20:20 PM
        
        Blatant dishonety - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 5:36:50 PM
        
        Math is hard. - TB - 9/28/2012 6:19:40 PM
        
        Let's not play stupid here - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 7:02:28 PM
        
        Remember when the costs of the wars were excluded from the budget? - alcaray - 9/28/2012 3:46:59 AM
      - We should call their bluff. - ER - 9/28/2012 12:48:26 AM
        
        Bravo! - BuckGalaxy - 9/28/2012 3:59:28 AM

"90 percent" - TB - 9/28/2012 4:52:47 PM

BLS finds 400k more jobs in revision, pushing Obama into net positive job growth - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 8:31:53 PM
- good - RobVG - 9/28/2012 4:05:02 AM
- Convenient. - TB - 9/27/2012 8:38:38 PM
  - Yes convenient. Because we all know the BLS is partisan for Obama - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 9:41:35 PM
  - Last month was inconvenient. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 8:52:13 PM

The United States of Obama... - Jody - 9/21/2012 1:18:48 AM
- A big zero up there... - SDAI-Tech - 9/26/2012 10:52:48 AM
- Now that is a stretch. - bowser - 9/21/2012 3:55:47 AM
- Sorry Jody, I'm not buying this one. n/t - RobVG - 9/21/2012 3:32:51 AM
- An expression of artistic patriotism - BuckGalaxy - 9/21/2012 1:46:27 AM
  - Re: An expression of artistic patriotism - Jody - 9/21/2012 1:51:32 AM
    - I have more problems with things like this: - TB - 9/21/2012 3:21:21 AM
      - Looks very Reaganesque, - BuckGalaxy - 9/21/2012 5:25:18 AM
        
        Back that up. - TB - 9/21/2012 7:47:14 PM
        
        How about these instead? - BuckGalaxy - 9/22/2012 12:22:37 AM
        
        We could compare tallies for Bush and Cheney. - TB - 9/22/2012 1:08:21 AM
        
        The multitudes who believe this insane caricature far outnumber the few who think Obama perfect. - BuckGalaxy - 9/22/2012 4:28:23 AM
        
        "Deeply disappointed" - TB - 9/22/2012 6:07:32 PM
        
        Please - BuckGalaxy - 9/23/2012 12:48:48 AM
        
        I get it now! - alcaray - 9/22/2012 6:24:56 PM
        
        For a good time, google "Reagan fetish" - Robert - 9/21/2012 8:29:52 PM
        
        Don't do an end zone dance just yet. - TB - 9/21/2012 10:12:35 PM
        
        Monsters from the id - Robert - 9/22/2012 6:06:48 PM
        
        Marlboro Man vs. Soviet Worker - TB - 9/22/2012 6:22:02 PM
        
        Creepy and relevant - Robert - 9/22/2012 6:45:20 PM
        
        You could say it is "we" who do that elevation. - alcaray - 9/23/2012 8:13:35 PM
        
        Oh goody, primatology! - Robert - 9/24/2012 3:01:26 AM
        
        "I love the smell of rightwing fear, and it’s getting downright intoxicating." - ER - 9/28/2012 1:04:06 AM
        
        Villification by the nuts on the far right has gone far beyond any young liberal politico's idolizing of Obama - BuckGalaxy - 9/22/2012 12:41:35 AM
        
        Dates from the 80s? Look at my link (below) for the current, typical commercial stuff. - alcaray - 9/21/2012 10:33:00 PM
        
        Actually, Buck gave a pretty good first response to Jody's initial post. - TB - 9/21/2012 11:16:20 PM
        
        My hope is to have wonderful representatives, and to have the people appreciate them. - alcaray - 9/22/2012 1:14:37 AM
        
        Re: My hope is to have wonderful representatives, and to have the people appreciate them. - TB - 9/22/2012 4:10:08 AM
        
        That's what the constitution and the courts are for. - alcaray - 9/22/2012 5:19:25 AM
        
        P.S. - TB - 9/21/2012 10:24:29 PM
        
        Schwarzeneggeresque - Robert - 9/22/2012 6:12:57 PM
        
        Are you kidding? - TB - 9/22/2012 6:30:50 PM
        
        Reagan's acting career is off-limits? Like Romney's business career? - Robert - 9/22/2012 7:09:36 PM
        
        And you're not trying at all. - TB - 9/22/2012 8:32:43 PM
        
        Does it work? - alcaray - 9/21/2012 10:34:17 PM
        
        Re: For a good time, google "Reagan fetish" - Jody - 9/21/2012 8:36:30 PM
        
        Naw, just Tom - Robert - 9/21/2012 8:46:18 PM
        
        Good grief. I think you believe it. - alcaray - 9/21/2012 8:05:04 PM

Terrorism evolution timeline - TB - 9/27/2012 5:57:59 PM
- I do not believe ANYONE could stoop so low. - bowser - 9/27/2012 7:12:39 PM
  - Re: I do not believe ANYONE could stoop so low. - Jody - 9/28/2012 12:49:28 AM
- Re: Terrorism evolution timeline - Jody - 9/27/2012 6:16:15 PM
  - I don't really understand the accusation. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 9:56:24 PM
    - Re: I don't really understand the accusation. - Jody - 9/27/2012 11:05:18 PM
      - Re: I don't really understand the accusation. - Jody - 9/28/2012 12:51:06 AM
    - Romney has not had one word of what he would do differently - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 10:18:06 PM
      - Well... - TB - 9/27/2012 10:33:42 PM
        
        Did YOU read it? LOL - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 10:59:19 PM
        
        Good. - TB - 9/27/2012 11:08:20 PM
        
        I know where Obama stands on foreign policy - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 11:32:15 PM
        
        Re: I know where Obama stands on foreign policy - TB - 9/27/2012 11:37:27 PM
        
        So because the only place you can find anything, no matter how vague, about Romney's foreign policy is is website, you want to limit Obama to the same? - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 11:54:39 PM
        
        Is Buck a reporter? - alcaray - 9/27/2012 10:52:36 PM
        
        No, - TB - 9/27/2012 11:00:59 PM
        
        More likely he's watching the Romney commercials and speeches. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 11:03:04 PM
  - Re: Terrorism evolution timeline - ER - 9/27/2012 7:12:37 PM
  - Very simple. There's an ongoing investigation - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 7:05:15 PM
    - As I pointed out earlier, - TB - 9/27/2012 9:06:33 PM
    - "...some differentiation between comments...about the video" - ER - 9/27/2012 7:31:15 PM

Romney sites ER room as health care for the uninsured. - BuckGalaxy - 9/24/2012 9:28:53 PM
- ER room won't help if you get cancer of the nut - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 8:38:41 PM

The butterfly - TB - 9/26/2012 8:28:23 PM
- Isn't it a little early to be rehearsing your excuses? - ER - 9/27/2012 5:22:08 PM
  - I didn't write the article, and I doubt you read it. - TB - 9/27/2012 5:30:50 PM
- The media are capitalists. - SDAI-Tech - 9/27/2012 12:53:21 AM
  - The media is responsible for the recession? You guys. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 1:36:18 AM
- Better yet. Step on a rock. Step on a turd. Which are you going to talk about? - bowser - 9/26/2012 11:13:37 PM
- When Conservatives win, it's an informed electorate. When they lose, it's a conspiracy. - bowser - 9/26/2012 11:08:01 PM
  - Re: When Conservatives win, it's an informed electorate. When they lose, it's a conspiracy. - TB - 9/26/2012 11:23:09 PM
    - Huffpost is msm? - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 6:09:19 AM
      - I don't think you understand the message. - TB - 9/27/2012 4:48:05 PM
        
        So you just linked to an article critical of the president's handling of the Libyan attack - from the WP - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2012 7:11:23 PM
- I could go on a several-hours hunt and clip... - alcaray - 9/26/2012 9:12:00 PM
  - Re: I could go on a several-hours hunt and clip... - TB - 9/26/2012 10:52:49 PM
    - I can't find any that say it's Bush's fault either. - alcaray - 9/26/2012 11:05:27 PM
      - Let me get this straight: - TB - 9/26/2012 11:21:22 PM
        
        For the worst recession since the 20's, yes. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 12:36:54 AM
        
        With the requisite financial system melt-down. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 12:53:41 AM
        
        And a congress whose reason for existence is to block anything the president did. - alcaray - 9/27/2012 12:54:38 AM
        
        In your estimation, how long should it take for Happy Days to be Here Again, in those circumstances? - alcaray - 9/27/2012 12:55:47 AM
      - Oh, here's one I saw this morning. - alcaray - 9/26/2012 11:08:57 PM

What did they know and when did they know it? - TB - 9/26/2012 5:54:24 PM
- You think those mobs were made up of Al Queda members? - alcaray - 9/26/2012 8:07:30 PM
  - Mob? - TB - 9/26/2012 8:43:01 PM
    - Yes, that is one of the mobs I referred to. Point? - alcaray - 9/26/2012 9:05:52 PM
- Do you think it's wise for the Admin to tip it's hand publicly on that? - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 6:24:40 PM
  - The information that this was a pre-planned and organized attack was in British newspapers on September 14. - TB - 9/26/2012 7:07:00 PM
    - Interview with president of Libya - TB - 9/26/2012 7:26:24 PM
- TB, why not concentrate on what was known prior to 9-11 if you want a scandal. - bowser - 9/26/2012 6:13:02 PM

OMFG. Ryan goes rouge! Calls Romney "The Stench" - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 5:45:48 AM
- "Stench" vs "Gilligan" - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 5:11:43 PM
- You know, you really have to work on your credulity filter. - TB - 9/26/2012 7:04:40 AM
  - More - TB - 9/26/2012 7:18:31 AM
    - Dive out the windows? - bowser - 9/26/2012 8:02:24 AM
      - Yep. Right out the windows. - TB - 9/26/2012 5:17:22 PM
    - Snicker - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 7:38:16 AM
      - You're reaching. - TB - 9/26/2012 5:12:10 PM
        
        Damn two in a row for you! - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 5:21:24 PM
        
        Part of the problem is that Simon apparently has a very weird idea of what "satire" is. - TB - 9/26/2012 5:34:02 PM
        
        Agreed it was not satirical enough. A number of major pundits bit on this - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 6:10:01 PM
        
        Keep track of the pundits that did, for future reference. - TB - 9/26/2012 7:10:31 PM
- Makes Palin look loyal. - bowser - 9/26/2012 6:31:47 AM

Hey Republicans, that 47% Romney was talking about is you! - BuckGalaxy - 9/18/2012 3:01:59 AM
- I'll bet if you try real hard you can guess who populates Texas and New Mexico and the southersn states. - SDAI-Tech - 9/26/2012 10:49:42 AM
- By the way... - TB - 9/20/2012 5:51:55 AM
- Now we know why he doesn't want to reveal his tax returns. He's one of the 47%. - ER - 9/18/2012 2:22:07 PM
  - Re: Now we know why he doesn't want to reveal his tax returns. He's one of the 47%. - Jody - 9/18/2012 3:35:24 PM
    - Jody, where this is coming from: - TB - 9/18/2012 4:12:34 PM
      - Q: You know what happens in recessions? - alcaray - 9/20/2012 6:14:57 AM
        
        Here's a different chart. - TB - 9/20/2012 6:13:26 PM
        
        Sp when are you going to acknowledge the majority of the 47% are retired people? - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 8:35:58 PM
        
        When it's true. - TB - 9/20/2012 9:32:35 PM
        
        They acknowledge the baby boom is a problem only when it fits the particular argument they make at the time. - alcaray - 9/20/2012 8:47:28 PM
        
        It isn't just the elderly. - TB - 9/20/2012 10:04:20 PM
        
        Baby boom shows up at all levels of your graph making it go up slightly faster than a straight line. (of course) - alcaray - 9/21/2012 1:06:39 AM
        
        "Slightly faster than a straight line." - TB - 9/21/2012 3:28:01 AM
      - More numbers - TB - 9/18/2012 6:50:52 PM
    - Mr Romney just told us he believes half the country will not take responsibility for their lives. - ER - 9/18/2012 4:12:16 PM

I like Rachel Maddow's take on Romney's airplane window idiocy... - BuckGalaxy - 9/25/2012 4:55:40 PM
- Another wonderful talking point for the debates. - RobVG - 9/26/2012 1:14:49 AM
  - I've heard several conservatives say the same thing around here. Why is it ok for you? - alcaray - 9/26/2012 6:19:07 AM
  - This won't make the debates - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 3:56:35 AM
- On the other hand... - TB - 9/25/2012 10:16:09 PM
  - Re: On the other hand... - Jody - 9/26/2012 1:26:20 AM
    - I just watched that episode a few days ago...he was seated in the exit row. - podrock - 9/26/2012 2:01:40 AM
  - Too good to be true I guess... - BuckGalaxy - 9/25/2012 10:21:27 PM

The best news of the day - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2012 4:30:53 AM
- Illinois politics - TB - 9/26/2012 5:08:13 AM
  - Illinois - where the politicians make the license plates. - bowser - 9/26/2012 6:03:33 AM

Romney's fascinating twist on an old theme. - bowser - 9/26/2012 6:01:07 AM

Republican poll shows Obama up by 4 in NC. - BuckGalaxy - 9/24/2012 7:12:22 PM
- That's not much. - bowser - 9/24/2012 8:51:56 PM
  - Romney was leading in NC for the last 6 months. Not now. - BuckGalaxy - 9/24/2012 9:23:14 PM

Athletes supporting gay marriage - RobVG - 9/17/2012 3:36:39 AM
- The slippery slope argument - TB - 9/17/2012 4:37:35 AM
  - I'm tired of this! Done, finished, the rawest form of intolerance. - bowser - 9/23/2012 5:43:20 AM
    - Wow. You're a dead ringer for Chris Kluwe n/t - RobVG - 9/23/2012 5:48:54 AM
      - Never heard of the person, but they sure nailed it, huh!!?? - bowser - 9/23/2012 1:44:28 PM
        
        Re: Never heard of the person, but they sure nailed it, huh!!?? - Jody - 9/23/2012 11:03:47 PM
  - Slippery slope argument, continued... - TB - 9/23/2012 2:48:31 AM
    - Toronto apparently has a problem with gay-bashing in their schools. - alcaray - 9/23/2012 4:54:29 AM
      - Maybe I need to put arrows on the picture. - TB - 9/23/2012 8:55:22 PM
  - Will the enlightened be less tolerant than us? Seems an odd argument for less tolerance? - alcaray - 9/17/2012 5:48:40 AM
    - I didn't notice that I was arguing in favor of less tolerance. - TB - 9/17/2012 4:01:26 PM
      - Permitting something is more tolerant than not permitting it. Good grief. - alcaray - 9/17/2012 6:57:38 PM
      - I have a conservative friend with Mormon roots - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 4:50:13 PM
        
        The "interfamily marriage" only matters if members of a marriage are different sexes. - TB - 9/17/2012 5:38:34 PM
    - As Jody says, Karma can be a bitch. - ER - 9/17/2012 12:01:00 PM
- Re: Athletes supporting gay marriage - Jody - 9/17/2012 3:50:03 AM
  - Good one n/t - RobVG - 9/17/2012 3:53:33 AM

...and from another buddy... - Jody - 9/22/2012 4:22:20 PM

"running away like Usain Bolt" - BuckGalaxy - 9/22/2012 6:35:06 AM

Obama ad takes Romney comments out of context! - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 11:18:29 PM

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