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Key to economic prosperity - TB - 1/4/2010 6:56:42 PM
- Tyranny and Poverty Go Together, as Venezuela Is Now Learning the Hard Way. - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/10/2010 2:04:34 PM
  - Re: Venezuela Is Now Learning the Hard Way. - TB - 1/10/2010 9:16:34 PM

How to read the healthcare bill - robvg - 1/10/2010 7:17:42 PM

The Cost of Winning the War in Iraq, Afganistan, ....(Pakistan and Yemen) - Lindy - 1/6/2010 2:07:10 AM
- The cost of LOSING in these places - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/10/2010 1:52:38 PM
- Seems to me somebody's not doing their homework. n/t - robvg - 1/6/2010 4:46:32 AM
  - Re: Seems to me somebody's not doing their homework. n/t - Lindy - 1/6/2010 7:24:07 PM
    - No not you lindy. - RobVG - 1/6/2010 8:11:11 PM

Chris Dodd falls on sword to save Democratic supermajority... - TB - 1/6/2010 6:20:31 AM
- More proof of the need for stringent term limits. - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/10/2010 1:48:07 PM
- The supermajority will be history - BuckGalaxy - 1/8/2010 2:55:35 AM
  - Paint it however you like - TB - 1/8/2010 4:42:57 AM

Charts of the Day 2 (Health care division) - TB - 1/6/2010 6:22:00 PM
- I think I know how markets work. - alcaray - 1/7/2010 9:02:10 PM
  - Let me have a try at it. - Lee - 1/8/2010 4:35:47 AM
  - One way to look at it.... - RobVG - 1/7/2010 11:50:36 PM
    - The same thing is happening with higher education costs - TB - 1/8/2010 7:16:19 AM
  - Wow. - TB - 1/7/2010 10:51:27 PM
    - Why can't you answer a simple question, from time to time? - alcaray - 1/8/2010 2:04:34 AM
      - Re: a simple question - TB - 1/8/2010 4:55:33 AM
        
        I don't understand how I frustrated you, but I apologize, none the less. - alcaray - 1/8/2010 7:26:46 AM

EPA tightens smog standards - robvg - 1/8/2010 6:41:56 AM
- Re: EPA tightens smog standards - TB - 1/8/2010 7:05:58 AM

Dubai - lee - 1/8/2010 6:11:03 AM
- Re: Dubai - TB - 1/8/2010 6:52:16 AM

Chart of the Day - TB - 1/6/2010 6:12:19 PM
- Re: Chart of the Day - BuckGalaxy - 1/7/2010 8:09:26 AM
- TB deception of the Day - BuckGalaxy - 1/7/2010 3:27:13 AM
  - Re: deception - TB - 1/7/2010 5:38:19 AM
    - Re: Re: deception - BuckGalaxy - 1/7/2010 11:17:04 PM

Russia testing U.S. president - TB - 12/30/2009 1:15:36 AM
- This is a crucial test for Obama. If he flunks it, he will go down as a wimp, like Jimmy Stupid. - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/4/2010 2:56:54 AM
  - Re: "by no means brilliant..." - TB - 1/4/2010 3:29:54 AM
- Re: Russia testing U.S. president - BuckGalaxy - 1/1/2010 12:46:46 AM
  - Re: Re: Russia testing U.S. president - TB - 1/1/2010 10:47:05 PM
    - I know he's not your guy, and never will be... - mcfly - 1/2/2010 11:46:18 PM
      - Re: pushover - TB - 1/3/2010 12:54:21 AM
        
        pushover? - BuckGalaxy - 1/3/2010 6:26:20 AM
        
        TB, you're so full of it - Eri - 1/3/2010 4:27:37 AM
        
        Re: full of it - TB - 1/3/2010 9:18:46 PM

The Watch List - BuckGalaxy - 12/31/2009 9:38:29 PM
- Double standards - RobVG - 1/2/2010 8:05:16 PM
  - Re: Double standards - Lindy - 1/2/2010 11:36:01 PM
- Re: The Watch List - TB - 1/1/2010 12:29:14 AM
  - Blame bush gag - BuckGalaxy - 1/1/2010 12:35:47 AM
    - Re: Blame bush gag - TB - 1/1/2010 1:00:42 AM
      - Ownership apparantly transfers after 9/11 but before 12/25. n/t - alcaray - 1/1/2010 3:42:45 AM
- Re: The Watch List - FrankC - 12/31/2009 11:13:00 PM
  - ROFLMAO! - Eri - 1/1/2010 12:04:58 AM

Zero combat deaths in Iraq last month - TB - 1/1/2010 7:27:13 PM
- Re: Zero combat deaths in Iraq last month - TAFKASE - 1/1/2010 7:53:05 PM

Today is Obama's "end of the year" deadline for Iran - TB - 1/1/2010 5:16:48 AM

Journalist, 4 soldiers die in Afghan blast - mcfly - 1/1/2010 1:42:34 AM

Michael Yon from Afghanistan - TB - 12/31/2009 6:10:25 AM

Government eats another bite of the financial sector - TB - 12/30/2009 10:30:49 PM
- Well, this is one way of nationalizing everything - Eri - 12/31/2009 1:27:14 AM

Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium - TB - 12/29/2009 8:41:28 PM
- Insisting on evidence while debating with someone... - alcaray - 12/29/2009 9:43:29 PM
  - Then... - TB - 12/30/2009 12:31:54 AM
    - Wow! Thanks for asking! - alcaray - 12/30/2009 2:08:05 AM

Sen. Kirk on why this health care reform bill should be supported - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2009 4:48:55 AM
- So... - Lee - 12/22/2009 7:19:12 AM
  - and btw - BuckGalaxy - 12/24/2009 4:26:50 AM
    - Commerical plug - Lee - 12/24/2009 6:45:47 AM
  - Re: So... - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2009 4:55:44 PM
- "Reform" - TB - 12/22/2009 6:13:38 AM
  - The Private Health Insurers Will Make Out Like Bandits On This - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/29/2009 2:39:53 AM
    - Re: Bandits - TB - 12/29/2009 5:04:34 AM
      - I admit that Obamacare is not much, but at least it is an attempt - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/29/2009 4:12:34 PM
        
        Re: a bad attempt is often worse than no attempt at all. - TB - 12/29/2009 8:01:10 PM
        
        A bad attempt is often worse than no attempt at all.-TRUE! - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/30/2009 12:21:04 AM
        
        Re: A bad attempt - TB - 12/30/2009 1:10:12 AM

For the Anti-Gun Leftist--a Tweak of their Noses - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/29/2009 4:01:50 PM

Update: Venezuela - TB - 12/26/2009 11:52:28 PM
- Yes, bring in those great carmakers from Russia & China. - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/29/2009 2:34:02 AM
- Re: Update: Venezuela - Marcia - 12/29/2009 1:46:04 AM
  - Re: Re: Update: Venezuela - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/29/2009 2:35:32 AM
- Hmmm. - Eri - 12/27/2009 12:24:31 AM

America has dodged a bullet again. - Jeff-Wash - 12/26/2009 10:59:03 PM
- Re: America has dodged a bullet again. - TB - 12/26/2009 11:46:21 PM

Diane Feinstein scuttles 13 solar plants and wind farms in California desert - TB - 12/23/2009 1:24:00 AM
- What does she expect, MAGIC? A mystical device the size of a pea - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/24/2009 7:37:56 AM
  - No, she expects us to know our place. - Lee - 12/24/2009 4:49:03 PM
- A typical nuclear plant takes up around 2 sq miles. - Lee - 12/23/2009 6:36:33 PM
- So, nukes it is, then... - mcfly - 12/23/2009 6:21:52 PM
- Re: Diane Feinstein scuttles 13 solar plants and wind farms in California desert - BuckGalaxy - 12/23/2009 4:17:00 PM
  - Re: There's another option besides "insane" - TB - 12/25/2009 9:35:19 PM
- Re: Diane Feinstein scuttles 13 solar plants and wind farms in California desert - Marcia - 12/23/2009 3:01:44 AM

Gates proposes $2 billion for unstable countries - mcfly - 12/24/2009 2:47:25 PM

Health care news: Dean now on board, Lieberman way down in polls - BuckGalaxy - 12/24/2009 6:32:38 AM

Tom Coburn wanted senate to pray for Robert Byrd's death? - BuckGalaxy - 12/21/2009 7:11:10 PM
- Re: "Death?" - TB - 12/21/2009 10:36:18 PM
  - Re: Re: moved - TB - 12/22/2009 5:30:39 PM
  - GOP forcing sick 92 year old Sen Byrd to Capitol every day - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2009 5:16:45 PM
    - If he can't do the job, then he needs to vacate the position. - Lee - 12/23/2009 6:38:45 PM
    - Re: "sane world" (moved here) - TB - 12/22/2009 5:31:21 PM
      - Hopefully, it'll be tied up in the courts for a good long while. - Lee - 12/23/2009 6:41:35 PM

Health care claims denied - TB - 12/21/2009 12:10:45 AM
- Re: Health care claims denied - BuckGalaxy - 12/21/2009 6:59:33 PM
- I don't know if anyone's thought of this. - Lee - 12/21/2009 5:21:21 PM
  - Re: I don't know if anyone's thought of this. - Nick_H - 12/21/2009 11:27:24 PM
    - You haven't been around crystal meth, have you? - Lee - 12/21/2009 11:57:32 PM
      - I haven't been around the drug, but I've been around the users... - alcaray - 12/22/2009 10:01:22 AM
        
        I've yet to meet an addict who admits they have a problem. - Lee - 12/22/2009 4:01:43 PM
        
        I've met many... - alcaray - 12/22/2009 8:22:27 PM
        
        What I meant to say. - Lee - 12/22/2009 10:09:54 PM
        
        You continue to sound like you get your info about addicts from Starsky & Hutch reruns. - alcaray - 12/23/2009 12:05:29 AM
        
        If only they were as lovable as Huggy Bear. - Lee - 12/23/2009 6:33:09 AM
        
        I'm an addict, I have a problem. - bowser - 12/22/2009 6:03:53 PM
      - Re: You haven't been around crystal meth, have you? - Nick_H - 12/22/2009 6:01:25 AM
      - Um, no.... (n/t) - TB - 12/22/2009 12:03:34 AM
  - Re: I don't know if anyone's thought of this. - mcfly - 12/21/2009 6:28:07 PM
    - That too. - Lee - 12/21/2009 7:57:41 PM
- Re: Health care claims denied, the spin is on - Lindy - 12/21/2009 3:06:45 PM
  - Re: Re: Health care claims denied, the spin is on - TB - 12/21/2009 10:28:19 PM

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