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20,000 psi? - RobVG - 5/27/2010 3:32:03 PM
- Pipe - Lee - 5/27/2010 7:42:56 PM

Leave it to Palin to back this nitwit. - Eri - 5/26/2010 6:28:02 PM

Kevin Costner rides to the rescue (BP oil spill) - Eri - 5/25/2010 8:35:03 PM
- Here's a video of a demonstration - Eri - 5/26/2010 2:16:26 PM
- I hope it works - FrankC - 5/25/2010 11:03:58 PM
  - Re: I don't know. - TB - 5/25/2010 11:42:20 PM
    - Yes, but it doesn't pump and SEPARATE (clean). - Eri - 5/25/2010 11:51:41 PM
      - Re: pump - TB - 5/26/2010 1:03:39 AM
        
        So how about 1000 units? - RobVG - 5/26/2010 2:00:33 AM
        
        Re: So how about 1000 units? - TB - 5/26/2010 3:29:55 PM
  - KS? - Eri - 5/25/2010 11:40:32 PM
    - OK, it was a CBS story - Eri - 5/25/2010 11:44:08 PM

Oops! Duplicated BP post. - Eri - 5/25/2010 8:34:04 PM

Mexican president deployed the "American weapons" lie. - TB - 5/25/2010 3:40:28 PM

Coming for the light bulbs - TB - 5/24/2010 10:45:44 PM

Los Angeles gets a reality check - TB - 5/19/2010 5:31:28 PM
- Congress will never allow it - BuckGalaxy - 5/22/2010 5:51:36 AM
  - As it turns out... - Eri - 5/22/2010 1:03:26 PM
  - Read the letter, - TB - 5/22/2010 7:54:59 AM
    - L.A. owns share of AZ power - BuckGalaxy - 5/22/2010 4:45:11 PM
      - Re: L.A. owns share of AZ power - TB - 5/24/2010 1:15:48 AM
      - It also shows their lack of knowledge - Eri - 5/22/2010 9:15:41 PM
- Darkness. Is. Coming. - SDAI-Tech - 5/21/2010 3:24:46 AM
  - What about that standing ovation? - Lee - 5/21/2010 4:06:12 AM
    - Re: What about that standing ovation? - SDAI-Tech - 5/21/2010 4:20:36 AM

Long week for Rand - BuckGalaxy - 5/22/2010 6:01:35 AM
- I'm not sure this guy will last in politics - Eri - 5/22/2010 1:05:45 PM
  - Not ready for prime time, or even Sunday MTP - BuckGalaxy - 5/22/2010 4:54:21 PM
- Re: Long week for Rand - TB - 5/22/2010 7:49:53 AM
  - Never hold a rightwinger responsible for anything - robert - 5/22/2010 3:37:54 PM
    - Re: Never hold a rightwinger responsible for anything - TB - 5/24/2010 12:20:36 AM
      - You can dismiss Rand Paul completely now. - Eri - 5/24/2010 12:44:50 AM

Hasn't it always been hypothesized that legalizing drugs was the best way to go? - Eri - 5/23/2010 12:05:14 PM
- Re: Hasn't it always been hypothesized that legalizing drugs was the best way to go? - FrankC - 5/24/2010 12:27:09 AM
  - The problem with that, Frank... - Eri - 5/24/2010 12:40:42 AM
- Re: hypothesized - TB - 5/24/2010 12:14:24 AM

Is it any wonder I've turned my back on my Church? - Eri - 5/23/2010 12:16:53 PM

Chutzpah Award - TB - 5/18/2010 7:44:47 PM
- More like "Moral Disconnect" nt - BuckGalaxy - 5/22/2010 5:16:46 PM
- TB...I know - Jody - 5/19/2010 12:08:56 AM
  - Re: I know - TB - 5/19/2010 12:44:02 AM
- I repeat... - Jody - 5/18/2010 8:29:15 PM
  - Re: I repeat... - TB - 5/18/2010 9:58:08 PM

BPISS - Eri - 5/22/2010 5:05:55 AM

BP turns corner on spill? - ER - 5/17/2010 12:36:40 AM
- Let's hope so - robert - 5/17/2010 9:05:22 PM
  - Re: Let's hope so - Marcia - 5/17/2010 10:56:40 PM
    - same page - robert - 5/21/2010 9:11:44 PM
  - Re: Let's hope so - ER - 5/17/2010 9:38:13 PM
    - Detonation vs. explosion - robert - 5/18/2010 2:17:14 AM
      - Re: Detonation vs. explosion - podrock - 5/18/2010 3:31:47 AM
      - Re: Detonation vs. explosion - ER - 5/18/2010 3:24:43 AM
        
        7 minutes - podrock - 5/18/2010 3:34:19 AM
- Re: BP turns corner on spill? - Eri - 5/17/2010 1:29:37 AM
  - I hope good engineering works better than either - TB - 5/17/2010 3:37:48 AM
- More details - TB - 5/17/2010 1:21:11 AM

Primaries - TB - 5/19/2010 4:12:59 PM
- Yeah, they're incumbents. - Eri - 5/19/2010 6:25:34 PM
  - Or maybe not. - Eri - 5/19/2010 8:16:19 PM
    - Check this out. - TB - 5/19/2010 9:25:53 PM

What is the reason/s you are so passionate about politics? - Jody - 5/16/2010 3:53:48 AM
- Self defense. - TB - 5/16/2010 6:50:07 PM
  - I posted your response on my blog also TB.. - Jody - 5/17/2010 2:42:14 PM
  - No truth is simple. - Eri - 5/16/2010 8:19:10 PM
    - You've got to be kidding. - TB - 5/16/2010 9:18:40 PM
      - Re: You've got to be kidding. - Eri - 5/17/2010 9:00:15 PM
        
        Re: Re: You've got to be kidding. - er - 5/18/2010 1:51:39 AM
        
        "Them" and "us" - TB - 5/18/2010 4:10:04 AM
        
        Re: "Them" and "us" - ER - 5/18/2010 12:11:57 PM
        
        Re: Re: "Them" and "us" - TB - 5/18/2010 5:39:21 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: "Them" and "us" - er - 5/18/2010 7:07:51 PM
        
        Re: "Them" and "us" - TB - 5/18/2010 7:38:35 PM
        
        "I wish I knew who burned you so badly." - er - 5/18/2010 9:08:51 PM
        
        An observation from the peanut gallery.. - Jody - 5/19/2010 12:40:45 AM
        
        I wanna be the oil. Or the piece of glass. (n/t) - TB - 5/19/2010 4:06:46 AM
        
        That depends TB... - Jody - 5/19/2010 2:34:06 PM
        
        Jolokia Pepper. (n/t) - TB - 5/19/2010 2:45:17 PM
        
        okay now you are making shit up... - Jody - 5/19/2010 2:49:09 PM
        
        Look up "ghost chili oil." :).....(n/t) - TB - 5/19/2010 3:44:02 PM
        
        Did you know... - Eri - 5/19/2010 1:23:16 AM
        
        add an egg... - Jody - 5/19/2010 1:32:32 AM
        
        Re: Re: You've got to be kidding. - TB - 5/17/2010 11:14:19 PM
- Holy Cow! - Jody - 5/16/2010 2:52:53 PM
  - Re: Holy Cow! - ER - 5/16/2010 3:46:50 PM
- Re: What is the reason/s you are so passionate about politics? - ER - 5/16/2010 10:11:12 AM
  - A Farewell To Arms - FrankC - 5/16/2010 5:13:18 PM
    - Truer words have not been spoken. - Eri - 5/16/2010 8:20:26 PM

FYI - Jody - 5/17/2010 3:53:07 PM
- In chart format - TB - 5/17/2010 11:07:21 PM
  - The health care implosion begins - TB - 5/18/2010 7:59:16 PM
    - *sigh* - Jody - 5/18/2010 8:27:14 PM

Historical Bombshell - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2010 10:03:55 PM
- "four dead in Ohio"...and now we know that it was deliberate (n/t) - robert - 5/10/2010 10:20:36 PM
  - So it's true! You extreme leftwing fanatics live in the past,. - Jeff-Wash - 5/13/2010 6:19:57 PM
    - What? - robert - 5/14/2010 3:59:28 PM
      - Never bring rocks to a gun fight. - Lee - 5/14/2010 4:34:55 PM
        
        This from somebody who still holds a grudge over the Civil War? - robert - 5/14/2010 5:22:41 PM
        
        No, he won't. - Eri - 5/14/2010 7:08:11 PM
        
        Re: Never bring rocks to a gun fight. - er - 5/14/2010 5:05:16 PM
        
        "whose side I was on" - TB - 5/14/2010 10:45:12 PM
        
        Re: Re: Never bring rocks to a gun fight. - SDAI-Tech - 5/14/2010 10:00:07 PM
        
        Question; Re: Never bring rocks to a gun fight. - podrock - 5/14/2010 10:26:40 PM
        
        Re: Question; Re: Never bring rocks to a gun fight. - SDAI-Tech - 5/15/2010 1:18:18 AM
        
        Re: Question; Re: Never bring rocks to a gun fight. - ER - 5/15/2010 12:44:31 AM
        
        "It is obvious now that we were all mistaken" - TB - 5/15/2010 5:05:41 AM
        
        Re: "It is obvious now that we were all mistaken" - er - 5/15/2010 11:45:23 AM
        
        Re: Re: "It is obvious now that we were all mistaken" - SDAI-Tech - 5/15/2010 4:51:33 PM
        
        Wow... - TB - 5/15/2010 4:34:39 PM
        
        Wow...indeed - ER - 5/15/2010 6:39:23 PM
        
        Re: indeed - TB - 5/15/2010 6:56:50 PM
        
        Re: Re: indeed - er - 5/16/2010 3:19:55 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: indeed - TB - 5/17/2010 11:50:40 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: indeed - er - 5/18/2010 1:18:29 AM
        
        Interesting. - TB - 5/18/2010 1:26:29 AM
        
        Re: Interesting. - er - 5/18/2010 1:46:16 AM
        
        Draft - TB - 5/14/2010 10:56:30 PM
        
        Obviously you don't. - Eri - 5/14/2010 10:12:16 PM
        
        Re: Obviously you don't. - SDAI-Tech - 5/15/2010 12:02:33 AM
        
        You DO get, don't you... - Eri - 5/15/2010 1:38:55 AM
        
        Not justification. - SDAI-Tech - 5/15/2010 2:02:32 AM
        
        Beautifully said. (n/t) - robert - 5/14/2010 5:24:34 PM
    - Re: So it's true! You extreme leftwing fanatics live in the past,. - er - 5/13/2010 7:38:29 PM

You know you're a Redneck IF - Eri - 5/17/2010 9:12:50 PM

"Huge oil plumes found under Gulf as BP struggles" - er - 5/16/2010 4:57:21 PM
- "New kind of phenomenon" - TB - 5/16/2010 7:30:30 PM
- Re: BP struggles - TB - 5/16/2010 7:16:41 PM
  - You are the one who keeps yelling Nanny State! - Eri - 5/16/2010 8:15:38 PM
    - Re: You are the one who keeps yelling Nanny State! - ER - 5/16/2010 8:52:23 PM
      - Bingo? - TB - 5/16/2010 8:55:05 PM
        
        Re: Bingo? - ER - 5/16/2010 9:11:23 PM
        
        Re: Re: Bingo - TB - 5/16/2010 9:23:47 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Bingo - ER - 5/16/2010 9:42:37 PM
        
        That's more like it. - TB - 5/17/2010 1:16:30 AM
        
        Re: That's more like it. - ER - 5/17/2010 1:25:35 AM
        
        Actually... - TB - 5/17/2010 3:34:15 AM

On the long list of nations whose arses the U.S. has saved... - TB - 5/16/2010 7:22:21 PM

Barack "Bush Did It" Obama lectures us on "finger-pointing." - TB - 5/15/2010 12:15:55 AM
- Bush did it - robert - 5/15/2010 4:47:07 PM
  - Re: Bush did it - Eri - 5/16/2010 4:09:53 PM
  - Is it me or is everyone blind to the silver lining? - SDAI-Tech - 5/16/2010 6:47:18 AM
  - And Halliburtun is up to its armpits in the whole mess. n/t - ER - 5/15/2010 6:54:11 PM
  - Re: Bush did it - TB - 5/15/2010 6:46:28 PM
  - How much have things changed? - robert - 5/15/2010 5:12:06 PM
- Better link - TB - 5/15/2010 12:27:03 AM

Red Vs. Blue States - Eri - 5/12/2010 7:19:11 PM
- Two more opinions - TB - 5/12/2010 8:03:52 PM
  - I stumbled onto this... - ER - 5/12/2010 9:59:53 PM
    - Re: I stumbled onto this... - TB - 5/12/2010 11:19:45 PM
      - Let me take a stab at it - robert - 5/13/2010 4:20:10 PM
        
        Of course it's gut driven. - Lee - 5/13/2010 4:59:49 PM
        
        Thanks - robert - 5/13/2010 6:28:11 PM
        
        Re: Thanks - er - 5/13/2010 7:04:57 PM
        
        The origin of partisan politics - Eri - 5/13/2010 10:10:59 PM
        
        Doing it over - TB - 5/13/2010 7:04:28 PM
        
        Re: Doing it over - robert - 5/14/2010 3:52:33 PM
        
        I would not disagree with that. - Eri - 5/13/2010 10:13:21 PM
        
        That's a great idea, - er - 5/13/2010 7:16:03 PM
        
        Re: great idea - TB - 5/13/2010 7:49:35 PM
        
        Re: Re: great idea, - er - 5/13/2010 8:51:20 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: great idea - TB - 5/14/2010 3:37:25 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: great idea - ER - 5/14/2010 12:46:18 PM
        
        Sidebar: "The Nature of Government" - TB - 5/13/2010 8:00:28 PM
        
        The Revolution - TB - 5/13/2010 5:42:44 PM
        
        Re: stab at it - TB - 5/13/2010 4:53:23 PM
        
        For the record... - TB - 5/13/2010 5:36:06 PM
      - On a related note re: the "right" schools - TB - 5/13/2010 2:45:43 AM
      - So I get "points"? - ER - 5/13/2010 12:47:10 AM
        
        Re: So I get "points"? - Eri - 5/13/2010 2:46:30 AM
        
        Re: points - TB - 5/13/2010 2:29:38 AM
        
        Re: Re: points - ER - 5/13/2010 11:15:40 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: points - TB - 5/13/2010 4:27:19 PM
        
        TB Logic - The Eightfold Way - ER - 5/13/2010 5:57:21 PM
        
        Re: Pretty good - TB - 5/13/2010 6:14:48 PM
        
        Thanks. - ER - 5/13/2010 6:16:58 PM
        
        Touche! :)...(n/t) - TB - 5/13/2010 7:05:33 PM
  - Re: Two more opinions - Eri - 5/12/2010 8:56:16 PM
    - Re: Re: Two more opinions - ER - 5/13/2010 1:15:24 PM

Carly Fiorina: "contrast my proven record of success with Barbara Boxer's failed 28-year career" - robert - 5/11/2010 8:50:16 PM
- Re: Carly Fiorina: "contrast my proven record of success with Barbara Boxer's failed 28-year career" - ER - 5/11/2010 10:02:13 PM
- Cool. - TB - 5/11/2010 9:29:40 PM
  - Re: Cool. - robert - 5/11/2010 9:43:59 PM
    - Re: Re: Cool. - TB - 5/11/2010 11:10:09 PM
      - Moved! And it wasn't easy... - TB - 5/12/2010 5:08:51 AM
      - Re: Re: Re: Cool. - robert - 5/12/2010 2:01:41 AM
        
        Separation - TB - 5/12/2010 4:54:29 AM
        
        Separation anxiety - robert - 5/12/2010 6:56:26 AM
        
        Re: Separation anxiety - TB - 5/12/2010 4:13:49 PM
        
        Midnight Ramble - er - 5/12/2010 4:11:59 AM
        
        natural collusion, and natural limits to growth - robert - 5/12/2010 6:42:28 AM
        
        Hey, cheer up! - TB - 5/12/2010 5:19:00 AM
        
        Zero sum games and closed systems - robert - 5/12/2010 3:11:53 PM
        
        Re: Zero sum games and closed systems - TB - 5/12/2010 4:25:10 PM
        
        Re: Zero sum games and closed systems - er - 5/12/2010 3:53:03 PM
        
        Re: Re: Zero sum games and closed systems - SDAI-Tech - 5/13/2010 12:23:37 AM
        
        Re: Hey, cheer up! - er - 5/12/2010 1:12:35 PM

Speaking of referees playing the game... - TB - 5/12/2010 11:30:45 PM
- More... - TB - 5/12/2010 11:47:10 PM

The heavy hitters in political donations - something new - TB - 5/12/2010 5:20:54 PM
- Jack Abramoff's fingerprints - robert - 5/12/2010 7:17:21 PM
  - Re: Jack Abramoff - TB - 5/12/2010 7:56:12 PM

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