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AP has called NY-09 race for Republican Bob Turner - TB - 9/14/2011 4:08:59 AM

Japanese earthquake, six months later - TB - 9/14/2011 2:23:41 AM

Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget - BuckGalaxy - 9/12/2011 11:03:18 PM
- Re: Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget - Eri - 9/13/2011 3:59:11 AM
- Re: Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget - ER - 9/12/2011 11:50:46 PM
  - Re: Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget - Jody - 9/13/2011 3:50:37 AM
    - Re: Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget - Eri - 9/13/2011 4:00:19 AM

"Are jobs obsolete?" - Robert - 9/10/2011 1:33:13 AM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/11/2011 6:43:57 PM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/11/2011 12:04:05 PM
  - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/11/2011 3:13:06 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/11/2011 3:28:39 PM
      - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/11/2011 6:14:12 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/11/2011 7:27:46 PM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 9:28:06 PM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 8:12:42 PM
  - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 8:57:27 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 9:19:37 PM
      - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/11/2011 12:23:49 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 9:16:13 PM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 6:47:18 PM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 4:27:02 PM
  - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - Jody - 9/10/2011 4:39:39 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 4:46:20 PM
  - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - Jody - 9/10/2011 4:35:48 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 7:53:06 PM
      - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 8:45:15 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 9:31:01 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/11/2011 1:57:07 AM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/11/2011 11:26:16 AM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/11/2011 6:19:20 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 9:38:14 PM
- Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 2:27:57 AM
  - Define "impossible". - Robert - 9/10/2011 5:46:36 PM
    - Re: Define "impossible". - TB - 9/10/2011 6:33:05 PM
    - Re: Define "impossible". - Jody - 9/10/2011 5:51:17 PM
      - Re: Define "impossible". - Robert - 9/10/2011 6:21:05 PM
        
        Re: Define "impossible". - FrankC - 9/11/2011 10:09:38 PM
        
        Re: Define "impossible". - Jody - 9/11/2011 1:06:16 AM
        
        You forgot the one about liberals eating their children. - Robert - 9/11/2011 1:20:17 AM
        
        Re: You forgot the one about liberals eating their children. - TB - 9/11/2011 2:01:26 AM
        
        No, that is exactly how I respond to a smear. - Robert - 9/11/2011 3:31:43 AM
        
        Re: No, that is exactly how I respond to a smear. - Jody - 9/11/2011 9:11:55 PM
        
        "Cathartic" means using other people as punching bags. That's really nothing to be proud of. - Robert - 9/12/2011 3:46:29 PM
        
        Re: "Cathartic" means using other people as punching bags. That's really nothing to be proud of. - Jody - 9/12/2011 5:45:55 PM
        
        Re: "Cathartic" means using other people as punching bags. That's really nothing to be proud of. - Jody - 9/12/2011 7:23:49 PM
        
        Re: "Cathartic" means using other people as punching bags. That's really nothing to be proud of. - TB - 9/12/2011 4:46:46 PM
        
        Re: No, that is exactly how I respond to a smear. - TB - 9/11/2011 6:04:39 PM
        
        Re: Define "impossible". - TB - 9/10/2011 6:34:33 PM
        
        Straw men, TB. - Robert - 9/10/2011 8:54:29 PM
        
        Re: Straw men, TB. - TB - 9/10/2011 9:11:00 PM
        
        Re: Define "impossible". - ER - 9/10/2011 7:03:18 PM
        
        Re: Define "impossible". - TB - 9/10/2011 7:15:28 PM
        
        Re: Define "impossible". - ER - 9/10/2011 7:43:35 PM
  - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 2:07:28 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 4:49:24 PM
      - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 4:55:03 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 5:02:57 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 5:22:16 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 5:34:14 PM
        
        Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - ER - 9/10/2011 6:02:07 PM
  - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - Jody - 9/10/2011 2:45:13 AM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - Robert - 9/10/2011 6:03:12 PM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - TB - 9/10/2011 2:58:25 AM
    - Re: "Are jobs obsolete?" - Jody - 9/10/2011 2:45:50 AM

Greek bonds - TB - 9/12/2011 3:39:49 PM

9/11 - TB - 9/11/2011 6:57:03 PM
- Re: 9/11 - Jody - 9/12/2011 3:11:42 AM
- Re: 9/11 - TB - 9/12/2011 1:35:15 AM
- Re: 9/11 - TB - 9/12/2011 1:28:23 AM

The story of "Lucky" Penney - TB - 9/11/2011 2:35:54 AM
- Re: The story of "Lucky" Penney - Lee - 9/11/2011 2:14:07 PM
  - Re: The story of "Lucky" Penney - Eri - 9/12/2011 1:27:40 AM
  - Re: The story of "Lucky" Penney - TB - 9/11/2011 3:02:45 PM
    - Re: The story of "Lucky" Penney - Lee - 9/11/2011 4:39:01 PM
- Re: The story of "Lucky" Penney - ER - 9/11/2011 12:33:34 PM

Ten years after Pearl Harbor - TB - 9/10/2011 2:22:17 AM
- Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - ER - 9/11/2011 1:04:45 PM
  - Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - Jeff-Wash - 9/11/2011 10:09:05 PM
  - Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - TB - 9/11/2011 3:05:38 PM
    - Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - Jeff-Wash - 9/11/2011 10:18:47 PM
      - Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - Jeff-Wash - 9/11/2011 10:28:56 PM
        
        Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - TB - 9/12/2011 12:56:18 AM
    - Re: Ten years after Pearl Harbor - ER - 9/11/2011 4:01:48 PM

The end of Pax Americana? - TB - 9/7/2011 3:08:33 PM
- Re: The end of Pax Americana? - BuckGalaxy - 9/8/2011 1:42:43 AM
  - Re: The end of Pax Americana? - ER - 9/8/2011 2:31:17 AM
- Re: The end of Pax Americana? - ER - 9/7/2011 3:34:15 PM
  - It's all very 19th century - Robert - 9/7/2011 9:24:47 PM
    - Re: It's all very 19th century - Eri - 9/8/2011 1:26:52 AM
      - For some of us, though, the leaps are a little too mind-boggling. - Robert - 9/8/2011 7:20:40 PM
        
        Re: For some of us, though, the leaps are a little too mind-boggling. - TB - 9/8/2011 7:26:13 PM
        
        Well, yeah, but young people are by definition immune to future shock, having experienced little of the future so far. - Robert - 9/9/2011 2:28:33 AM
        
        Re: Well, yeah, but young people are by definition immune to future shock, having experienced little of the future so far. - TB - 9/9/2011 4:09:53 AM
    - Re: It's all very 19th century - ER - 9/7/2011 11:30:02 PM
      - History will repeat itself with the Internet? - Robert - 9/8/2011 12:18:33 AM
        
        Re: History will repeat itself with the Internet? - ER - 9/8/2011 2:04:24 AM
        
        One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - Robert - 9/8/2011 7:16:43 PM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - ER - 9/8/2011 9:09:28 PM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - TB - 9/8/2011 9:46:48 PM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - ER - 9/9/2011 1:34:15 AM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - Robert - 9/9/2011 2:39:56 AM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - ER - 9/10/2011 2:38:26 PM
        
        I'm sorry, ER. - Robert - 9/10/2011 6:12:29 PM
        
        Re: History will repeat itself with the Internet? - TB - 9/8/2011 2:18:53 AM
        
        Re: History will repeat itself with the Internet? - TB - 9/8/2011 12:51:13 AM

Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party - BuckGalaxy - 9/10/2011 1:29:18 AM
- Re: Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party - ER - 9/10/2011 1:40:46 PM
- Holy crap! - Eri - 9/10/2011 6:25:52 AM

Time for Israel to reoccupy the Sinai. - Lee - 9/10/2011 4:12:48 AM

Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? - TB - 9/8/2011 7:02:42 PM
- Re: Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? - Eri - 9/9/2011 1:31:54 AM
  - Re: Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? - TB - 9/9/2011 4:10:34 AM
    - Re: Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? - Eri - 9/9/2011 11:00:47 AM
      - Re: Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? - TB - 9/9/2011 1:00:43 PM

Michael Bloomberg - Eri - 9/7/2011 1:52:30 PM
- Re: Michael Bloomberg - ER - 9/7/2011 3:37:34 PM
  - Re: Michael Bloomberg - Eri - 9/8/2011 1:09:35 PM
    - Re: Michael Bloomberg - ER - 9/8/2011 2:09:09 PM
      - One more Republican - Eri - 9/9/2011 1:38:47 AM

Possible anniversary terror threat? - TB - 9/9/2011 12:19:44 AM

FBI raids solar power company - TB - 9/8/2011 5:22:20 PM

Wind energy? "Whoa." - TB - 9/6/2011 10:02:59 PM
- Re: Wind energy? "Whoa." - ER - 9/7/2011 3:12:41 PM
  - Re: Wind energy? "Whoa." - TB - 9/7/2011 3:30:12 PM
    - Less gas than was thought. - podrock - 9/7/2011 6:35:54 PM
      - Re: Less gas than was thought. - TB - 9/7/2011 8:18:28 PM
        
        Re: Less gas than was thought. - podrock - 9/8/2011 12:11:46 AM
        
        Re: Less gas than was thought. - TB - 9/8/2011 12:43:05 AM
    - Re: Wind energy? "Whoa." - ER - 9/7/2011 4:00:41 PM
- Well, if I have anything to say, - Eri - 9/7/2011 1:21:33 AM
  - Re: Well, if I have anything to say, - TB - 9/7/2011 1:51:54 AM
    - Re: Well, if I have anything to say, - Eri - 9/7/2011 3:35:49 AM
  - Re: Well, if I have anything to say, - TB - 9/7/2011 1:37:22 AM

It won't be that much longer - Eri - 9/4/2011 2:28:19 AM
- Re: It won't be that much longer - ER - 9/4/2011 5:41:49 PM
  - Re: It won't be that much longer - TB - 9/4/2011 5:56:12 PM
    - Re: It won't be that much longer - ER - 9/4/2011 6:10:31 PM
      - Re: It won't be that much longer - TB - 9/4/2011 6:26:56 PM
        
        Re: It won't be that much longer - ER - 9/4/2011 6:39:15 PM
        
        Re: It won't be that much longer - TB - 9/4/2011 6:52:59 PM
        
        mp3 @ amazon - Robert - 9/5/2011 7:04:17 PM
        
        Re: It won't be that much longer - ER - 9/4/2011 7:08:21 PM
- Re: It won't be that much longer - ER - 9/4/2011 12:49:03 PM

Top Secret America - TB - 9/4/2011 8:02:15 PM
- Re: Top Secret America - ER - 9/4/2011 8:18:55 PM

Meet the real Rick Perry - Eri - 9/4/2011 2:25:51 AM
- Re: Meet the real Rick Perry - Jody - 9/4/2011 6:08:00 PM

Tropical storm Lee heads onshore - TB - 9/4/2011 5:42:05 PM

....and then there is this... - Jody - 9/3/2011 4:56:14 PM
- Re: ....and then there is this... - ER - 9/3/2011 5:30:22 PM
  - Re: ....and then there is this... - Jody - 9/3/2011 7:05:33 PM
    - Re: ....and then there is this... - ER - 9/3/2011 7:13:28 PM

The current Wikileaks disaster - TB - 9/2/2011 10:43:30 PM

CEO's earn more than companies pay in taxes - Eri - 8/31/2011 12:12:21 PM
- Re: CEO's earn more than companies pay in taxes - ER - 8/31/2011 1:12:34 PM
  - Re: CEO's earn more than companies pay in taxes - Eri - 8/31/2011 7:53:29 PM
    - Re: CEO's earn more than companies pay in taxes - ER - 8/31/2011 8:17:32 PM
      - Re: CEO's earn more than companies pay in taxes - Eri - 8/31/2011 9:46:58 PM

Cheney afraid of War Crimes Prosecution? - Eri - 8/31/2011 12:10:24 PM

Huh? - Eri - 8/30/2011 2:32:51 PM
- Re: Huh? - ER - 8/30/2011 3:04:55 PM
  - Re: Huh? - Eri - 8/30/2011 6:28:28 PM
    - Re: Huh? - ER - 8/30/2011 6:52:05 PM

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