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Happy Mother's Day. - ER - 5/13/2012 2:06:26 PM
- Re: Happy Mother's Day. - Jody - 5/13/2012 3:13:25 PM

Why Mitt the high school bully matters - BuckGalaxy - 5/11/2012 3:30:09 AM
- So, - TB - 5/11/2012 10:24:25 PM
  - How hypocritical is that!? - BuckGalaxy - 5/12/2012 6:34:02 AM
  - The dog on the roof never bothered me. - ER - 5/12/2012 12:05:30 AM
    - On second thought... - ER - 5/12/2012 12:27:39 AM
      - Re: On second thought... - TB - 5/12/2012 12:33:33 AM
        
        You guys just wouldn't let that go.... - ER - 5/12/2012 12:58:08 AM
        
        And how long before Obama actually effectively responded to that accusation? - TB - 5/12/2012 2:43:14 AM
        
        He responded immediately. - ER - 5/12/2012 3:45:45 AM
        
        "Crush?" On issues like this? - TB - 5/12/2012 4:24:24 AM
        
        Yes, crushed. - ER - 5/12/2012 1:05:01 PM
- Timing. Brilliant on the part of those who released the story. n/t - RobVG - 5/11/2012 3:20:57 PM
  - Looks like the Democrats are going to crawl all the way out to the end of the branch. Again. - TB - 5/11/2012 7:31:01 PM
    - I can't wait til Romney issues a complete denial and challenges the story as false. - ER - 5/11/2012 8:27:36 PM
      - He doesn't have to. It seems to be falling apart by itself. - TB - 5/11/2012 8:49:08 PM
        
        Don't hold your breath - ER - 5/11/2012 9:24:51 PM
        
        The article had conversations with a few of the same people who figure in the current story. - TB - 5/11/2012 9:38:39 PM
        
        It won't be necessary. - ER - 5/11/2012 9:48:05 PM
        
        Sorry, but the Left has a much more consistent record of lying. - TB - 5/11/2012 9:58:43 PM
        
        Something in a swiftboat? - podrock - 5/12/2012 12:43:06 AM
        
        I believe that topic statement as a stand-alone is awesome. - bowser - 5/11/2012 10:47:45 PM
        
        No inconsistency. - ER - 5/11/2012 10:33:54 PM
        
        Re: No inconsistency. - TB - 5/11/2012 10:41:39 PM
        
        Reputation, lawsuits, loss of business. - ER - 5/11/2012 10:47:53 PM
        
        My comment stands. - TB - 5/11/2012 11:54:17 PM
        
        I'm still waiting for Mitt to step up and defend himself. - ER - 5/12/2012 12:15:03 AM
        
        Re: My comment stands. - TB - 5/12/2012 12:00:09 AM
        
        We'll know more when we hear from MItt. - ER - 5/12/2012 12:17:29 AM
        
        Re: Reputation, lawsuits, loss of business. - TB - 5/11/2012 10:56:08 PM
        
        You responded before I finished editing. - ER - 5/11/2012 11:16:05 PM
- Eleven days in May - ER - 5/11/2012 12:10:38 PM
- Re: Why Mitt the high school bully matters - TB - 5/11/2012 4:20:05 AM
  - That one's getting old. I can remember when Conservatives hollared "Character counts!" - bowser - 5/12/2012 5:21:22 AM
  - It's not at the exclusion of other more important issues... - BuckGalaxy - 5/11/2012 5:16:28 AM
    - No dark sarcasm in the classroom - ER - 5/11/2012 12:28:05 PM
      - Just for fun, look up the Punahou School. - TB - 5/11/2012 2:12:18 PM
        
        So its OK for Republicans to be preppies? - ER - 5/11/2012 2:48:34 PM
        
        Re: So its OK for Republicans to be preppies? - TB - 5/11/2012 3:33:32 PM
        
        You insist on bringing this up, don't you? - ER - 5/11/2012 3:37:23 PM
  - Re: Why Mitt the high school bully matters - TB - 5/11/2012 4:28:51 AM
    - Romney described as "evil" lol - BuckGalaxy - 5/11/2012 6:00:14 PM

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO - ER - 5/11/2012 7:23:56 PM

Red State Socialism - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 7:54:24 PM
- An interesting correlation. - ER - 5/10/2012 8:38:10 PM
  - Of course data can be manipulated - BuckGalaxy - 5/11/2012 12:33:59 AM
    - I'm not going to start taking apart these stats, and I'm not trained to do it. - ER - 5/11/2012 1:35:24 AM
      - I understand your point - BuckGalaxy - 5/11/2012 3:33:26 AM
        
        It may very well be causal. - ER - 5/11/2012 12:55:23 PM

Brave political move on marriage equality - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 3:17:55 AM
- This was strictly a political move. - ER - 5/10/2012 1:19:05 PM
  - I think the terms "bigot" and "bigotry" are under-used on this issue - Robert - 5/10/2012 4:51:08 PM
    - Most Republicans aren't bigots. - ER - 5/10/2012 5:01:40 PM
      - That equation balances - Robert - 5/10/2012 5:52:04 PM
        
        I do believe you've stumbled onto something, Robert. - ER - 5/10/2012 6:32:11 PM
        
        To me the freedoms are a matched set - Robert - 5/10/2012 7:51:50 PM
        
        People who are afraid and insecure... - ER - 5/10/2012 9:01:26 PM
  - I disagree. The politics are not clear on this - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 4:41:27 PM
    - Buck... - TB - 5/10/2012 4:59:40 PM
      - And now let's look at the bigger picture... - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 5:23:06 PM
    - I hope you're right. - ER - 5/10/2012 4:56:55 PM
  - Operational Tempo. - ER - 5/10/2012 4:37:00 PM
    - I'm not saying the delivery wasn't calculated - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 4:52:45 PM
- Re: Brave political move on marriage equality - TB - 5/10/2012 3:40:45 AM
  - Could it be because it's Republicans who coined the term and make such a big deal about it? - Robert - 5/10/2012 4:40:26 PM
  - Most people can see and relate with the evolution of Obama's views on this. - bowser - 5/10/2012 5:51:49 AM
  - Obama just got all the closet republican vote. - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 4:11:09 AM
  - And on a completely unrelated note... - TB - 5/10/2012 3:49:23 AM
    - "Courage"? What's that about? - bowser - 5/10/2012 6:41:03 AM
      - It is yet another in the growing repertoire of Conservative dog-whistles. - ER - 5/10/2012 1:45:54 PM
        
        No, it was a comment on Buck's use of the word "brave." - TB - 5/10/2012 2:05:36 PM
        
        By the way... - TB - 5/10/2012 3:44:03 PM
        
        Your points are always steam hammers. - ER - 5/10/2012 3:58:29 PM
    - There was some political calculation but this wasn't really necessay - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2012 4:19:02 AM

The Trouble in Tampa - ER - 5/3/2012 10:04:34 PM
- Were I 50 years younger, I'd want to help. - bowser - 5/4/2012 12:41:21 AM
  - It seemed like a great idea at the time. - ER - 5/4/2012 2:31:53 AM
    - tst - ER - 5/6/2012 11:06:09 PM

Is Social Security Really "Exhausted"? - ER - 4/27/2012 3:07:31 PM
- Social Security Exhaustion: - TB - 4/30/2012 10:30:28 PM
  - I think you missed the point of my post. - ER - 5/2/2012 1:49:21 PM
    - You're evading the issue. Just like the Democrats. - TB - 5/2/2012 3:59:50 PM
      - Just for information - TB - 5/2/2012 4:14:39 PM
        
        No one is denying there's a problem. - ER - 5/2/2012 4:21:56 PM
        
        "We've got nothing but we don't like your solutions" is getting old. - TB - 5/2/2012 4:32:29 PM
        
        That's not the way a reasonable person would see it. - ER - 5/2/2012 4:56:34 PM
  - Re: Social Security Exhaustion: - TB - 4/30/2012 10:34:43 PM

Happy Mayday, Comrades. - ER - 5/1/2012 6:55:47 PM
- Does this thing just crash from time to time, or does an "editor" mess with the format? - bowser - 5/1/2012 8:09:55 PM
- Comment test - ER - 5/1/2012 6:57:35 PM
  - Seems too much like vork, comrade! - bob - 5/1/2012 7:58:32 PM

Wind farms may cause warming - RobVG - 4/30/2012 5:02:02 AM
- That's interesting. - bowser - 4/30/2012 3:09:48 PM
  - test - ER - 4/30/2012 11:10:36 PM
    - Help Help - ER - 4/30/2012 11:14:03 PM
      - Roger Roger - Robert - 5/1/2012 5:57:54 PM
        
        I saw the banner for your msg, but couldn't read it. - ER - 5/1/2012 6:33:25 PM
  - The ones up in Lake Benton, MN are all on farms. - TB - 4/30/2012 3:44:42 PM
  - Roscoe Texas - RobVG - 4/30/2012 3:25:32 PM
    - Yup. Thanks. - bowser - 4/30/2012 3:28:13 PM
  - "The Deep Environmentalists aren’t about clean energy. They’re about hating human beings." - bowser - 4/30/2012 3:13:42 PM
    - Where did money come into this? - TB - 4/30/2012 3:47:42 PM
    - Should be under TBs "Good Grief" post. - bowser - 4/30/2012 3:15:11 PM
- Good grief. - TB - 4/30/2012 3:09:28 PM

"Taxmageddon" - RobVG - 4/28/2012 4:13:25 AM
- Re: "Taxmageddon" - TB - 4/28/2012 2:35:31 PM
  - More details - RobVG - 4/28/2012 5:23:47 PM
    - The CBO "baseline" analysis of our future deficits assumes that all of these laws expire on schedule. - TB - 4/28/2012 5:52:12 PM

These stories come in like clockwork. - bowser - 4/28/2012 12:46:55 AM
- Re: These stories come in like clockwork. - ER - 4/28/2012 2:53:37 AM
  - Re: These stories come in like clockwork. - bowser - 4/28/2012 9:23:47 AM
    - Re: These stories come in like clockwork. - ER - 4/28/2012 4:31:56 PM

Experimentum crucis? - ER - 4/25/2012 4:51:07 PM
- Please don't tell me you support Romney... pretty please? - VelociraptorBlade - 4/26/2012 3:07:02 AM
  - Re: Please don't tell me you support Romney... pretty please? - ER - 4/26/2012 4:00:11 AM
    - Wow. Total nuclear warfare by the Republicans. - TB - 4/26/2012 4:53:58 AM
      - Re: Wow. Total nuclear warfare by the Republicans. - ER - 4/26/2012 12:31:28 PM
        
        The Republicans had nothing to do with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. - TB - 4/26/2012 4:54:27 PM
        
        Re: The Republicans had nothing to do with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. - ER - 4/26/2012 5:16:46 PM
        
        What does that have to do with anything I just said? But whatever. - TB - 4/26/2012 5:31:06 PM
        
        What does that have to do with anything I just said? - ER - 4/26/2012 6:10:09 PM
        
        My original point: The Republicans didn't actually manage to sabotage anything, - TB - 4/26/2012 6:46:45 PM
        
        Re: My original point: The Republicans didn't actually manage to sabotage anything, - bowser - 4/26/2012 7:10:26 PM
        
        Re: My original point: The Republicans didn't actually manage to sabotage anything, - TB - 4/26/2012 7:24:44 PM
  - You might be out of luck: - TB - 4/26/2012 3:50:01 AM
    - Re: You might be out of luck: - VelociraptorBlade - 4/26/2012 9:35:29 AM
      - Which says what? - TB - 4/26/2012 4:39:52 PM
        
        Re: Which says what? - ER - 4/26/2012 5:22:04 PM
        
        Caught doing what??? Seriously. - TB - 4/26/2012 5:32:21 PM
        
        Re: Caught doing what??? Seriously. - ER - 4/26/2012 5:55:17 PM
        
        What ER said. - VelociraptorBlade - 4/27/2012 3:25:06 AM
        
        Re: Caught doing what??? Seriously. - VelociraptorBlade - 4/26/2012 5:42:17 PM
        
        Re: Caught doing what??? Seriously. - TB - 4/26/2012 6:06:17 PM
        
        Re: Caught doing what??? Seriously. - VelociraptorBlade - 4/27/2012 3:27:40 AM
      - You learn quickly, grasshopper. - ER - 4/26/2012 1:11:00 PM
- The Austerity Debacle - ER - 4/25/2012 7:54:59 PM
  - A commentary on Krugman's article here. - TB - 4/25/2012 8:33:39 PM
    - Re: A commentary on Krugman's article here. - ER - 4/25/2012 9:04:17 PM
      - What's his bio got to do with it? - TB - 4/25/2012 10:31:57 PM
        
        Re: What's his bio got to do with it? - ER - 4/25/2012 10:46:31 PM
        
        Of course I was name-dropping, same as you. - TB - 4/25/2012 11:35:57 PM
        
        Re: Of course I was name-dropping, same as you. - ER - 4/25/2012 11:45:22 PM
        
        It's not about using them. It's about being willing to show them, and think about them. - TB - 4/26/2012 12:16:42 AM
        
        Re: It's not about using them. It's about being willing to show them, and think about them. - ER - 4/26/2012 12:57:20 AM
        
        You know, there's a certain amount of amusement value to this, - TB - 4/26/2012 1:05:53 AM
        
        Re: You know, there's a certain amount of amusement value to this, - ER - 4/26/2012 1:20:36 AM
- You're not seeing an experiment beginning. You're seeing the results of one that has been completed. - TB - 4/25/2012 6:22:22 PM
- Re: Experimentum crucis? - bowser - 4/25/2012 5:53:45 PM

New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. - bowser - 4/27/2012 12:19:36 AM
- Re: New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. - ER - 4/27/2012 12:56:03 AM
  - Re: New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. - bowser - 4/27/2012 3:02:13 AM
- Re: New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. - TB - 4/27/2012 12:47:19 AM

North Korea parade missiles fake? - TB - 4/26/2012 7:11:27 PM
- Re: North Korea parade missiles fake? - ER - 4/26/2012 7:48:12 PM
  - Re: North Korea parade missiles fake? - ER - 4/26/2012 7:59:44 PM
    - Re: North Korea parade missiles fake? - bowser - 4/26/2012 9:53:19 PM
    - Re: North Korea parade missiles fake? - TB - 4/26/2012 9:24:03 PM
- Re: North Korea parade missiles fake? - bowser - 4/26/2012 7:27:37 PM

Both Sides Now - ER - 4/26/2012 2:42:38 AM
- Re: Both Sides Now - bowser - 4/26/2012 7:14:33 PM
  - Re: Both Sides Now - ER - 4/26/2012 8:37:44 PM

Russia's Million Dollar Hackers. - Jody - 4/25/2012 2:38:50 PM

Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" - TB - 4/21/2012 8:56:31 PM
- Re: Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" - bowser - 4/24/2012 3:51:47 AM
  - Anybody can ask a question. - TB - 4/24/2012 4:31:03 AM
    - Re: Anybody can ask a question. - bowser - 4/24/2012 5:14:38 AM
      - Okay. Let's go over it again. - TB - 4/24/2012 3:02:58 PM
        
        Re: Okay. Let's go over it again. - bowser - 4/24/2012 4:51:56 PM
        
        These refineries are not being permanently shut down. - TB - 4/24/2012 6:30:00 PM
        
        Re: These refineries are not being permanently shut down. - bowser - 4/24/2012 8:38:46 PM
- So the futures market is not a problem? - RobVG - 4/22/2012 4:41:04 PM
  - Okay, we'll investigate it for another four years. - TB - 4/22/2012 7:57:51 PM
    - I had a reply but I lost it. [Edit] - RobVG - 4/23/2012 2:59:37 PM
      - Update on that Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group here. - TB - 4/23/2012 4:05:00 PM
        
        Well, there might be a difference between an actual supply problem and an anticipated drop in supply that's never realized? - RobVG - 4/24/2012 12:38:45 AM
  - Way to go, Rob! - ER - 4/22/2012 5:06:09 PM
    - Re: Way to go, Rob! - TB - 4/22/2012 11:56:19 PM
      - Re: Way to go, Rob! - ER - 4/23/2012 12:25:45 AM
        
        Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) - TB - 4/23/2012 2:11:39 AM
        
        Re: Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) - ER - 4/23/2012 4:17:22 AM

The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - Jody - 4/22/2012 10:45:41 PM
- Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - TB - 4/22/2012 11:43:37 PM
- Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - bowser - 4/22/2012 10:56:27 PM
  - Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - Jody - 4/22/2012 11:27:20 PM
    - Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - bowser - 4/22/2012 11:35:33 PM
      - Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - Jody - 4/22/2012 11:59:45 PM
        
        Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - bowser - 4/23/2012 12:05:17 AM
        
        Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - Jody - 4/23/2012 10:55:09 AM
        
        Something like seven percent of private employees are unionized. - TB - 4/23/2012 12:17:15 AM
        
        Re: Something like seven percent of private employees are unionized. - ER - 4/23/2012 12:36:42 AM
        
        Re: Something like seven percent of private employees are unionized. - bowser - 4/23/2012 4:07:57 AM
        
        I said "private employees." - TB - 4/23/2012 2:09:12 AM
      - Re: The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... - Jody - 4/22/2012 11:57:51 PM

US, Afghans seal deal for 'strategic partnership' after withdrawal - 10 years - bowser - 4/22/2012 11:07:24 PM
- Re: US, Afghans seal deal for 'strategic partnership' after withdrawal - 10 years - ER - 4/23/2012 1:04:18 AM

Charles Colson dies. - bowser - 4/21/2012 11:09:18 PM

Beating the Bracelet - ER - 4/21/2012 10:58:48 AM
- Re: Beating the Bracelet - TB - 4/21/2012 4:52:59 PM
- Re: Beating the Bracelet - bowser - 4/21/2012 11:43:16 AM
  - Re: Beating the Bracelet - ER - 4/21/2012 3:34:05 PM

Zimmerman out on bail, apologizes to family. n/t - RobVG - 4/20/2012 3:34:50 PM
- My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, - ER - 4/20/2012 4:01:08 PM
  - Guilty of what? - RobVG - 4/20/2012 11:49:03 PM
    - Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman - ER - 4/21/2012 3:37:40 AM
      - Re: Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman - TB - 4/21/2012 3:52:36 AM
        
        Re: Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman - ER - 4/21/2012 4:04:37 AM
        
        Re: Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman - bowser - 4/21/2012 11:45:42 AM
  - Re: My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, - bowser - 4/20/2012 6:36:01 PM
    - Re: My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, - Jody - 4/20/2012 9:01:23 PM
      - Re: My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, - bowser - 4/20/2012 11:29:21 PM
        
        Barney Fife and his gun, here. - TB - 4/21/2012 3:17:21 AM
      - I don't know Zimmerman, I have no idea what kind of man he really is. - ER - 4/20/2012 10:30:38 PM

I miss the old Ted - ER - 4/18/2012 2:20:46 PM
- Re: I miss the old Ted - VelociraptorBlade - 4/19/2012 6:50:23 AM
  - Re: I miss the old Ted - ER - 4/19/2012 12:15:53 PM
    - Re: I miss the old Ted - VelociraptorBlade - 4/20/2012 2:30:40 AM
      - Re: I miss the old Ted - ER - 4/20/2012 3:54:06 AM
- Re: I miss the old Ted - Jody - 4/18/2012 6:32:24 PM
  - Re: I miss the old Ted - ER - 4/18/2012 7:17:33 PM
- Re: I miss the old Ted - TB - 4/18/2012 4:13:55 PM
  - Re: I miss the old Ted - bowser - 4/18/2012 5:43:39 PM
    - Re: I miss the old Ted - TB - 4/18/2012 6:05:37 PM
- Re: I miss the old Ted - Jody - 4/18/2012 3:58:24 PM
  - Just what the doctor ordered - ER - 4/18/2012 4:18:41 PM

The Secret Service scandal. - bowser - 4/17/2012 10:18:32 PM
- Stormtroopin' - ER - 4/18/2012 10:14:12 PM

GSA Spending Scandal - RobVG - 4/13/2012 3:35:15 PM
- Re: GSA Spending Scandal - bowser - 4/17/2012 5:41:33 PM
  - Re: GSA Spending Scandal - bowser - 4/17/2012 6:03:32 PM
- Re: GSA Spending Scandal - bowser - 4/14/2012 2:43:35 AM
  - You have a point - RobVG - 4/14/2012 3:59:23 PM
  - I guess the "morality" depends on which party is dropping money down the rathole. - TB - 4/14/2012 3:04:39 AM
    - Re: I guess the "morality" depends on which party is dropping money down the rathole. - bowser - 4/14/2012 3:45:35 AM
- It keeps getting worse - RobVG - 4/14/2012 1:14:52 AM
- Re: GSA Spending Scandal - VelociraptorBlade - 4/13/2012 5:17:02 PM
- Re: GSA Spending Scandal - TB - 4/13/2012 3:42:21 PM

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