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The Health Care Bill No One Can See - TB - 12/19/2009 7:47:21 PM
- No public option, no medicare buy in... - BuckGalaxy - 12/20/2009 10:12:39 AM
  - Wait for it. - TB - 12/20/2009 10:05:42 PM
    - "destroying free markets" - BuckGalaxy - 12/21/2009 6:55:08 PM
      - Re: "destroying free markets" - TB - 12/21/2009 7:05:19 PM
        
        Re: Re: "destroying free markets" - BuckGalaxy - 12/21/2009 7:43:29 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: "destroying free markets" - TB - 12/21/2009 10:47:09 PM
  - And those few things took over 2,000 pages? - Lee - 12/20/2009 4:30:00 PM
- A serious and nonpartisan question for everyone. - Lee - 12/19/2009 10:52:32 PM
  - A serious and nonpartisan answer just for you. - ER - 12/19/2009 11:31:14 PM
    - Re: A serious and nonpartisan answer just for you. - Marcia - 12/20/2009 1:44:08 AM
    - I know it's a bipartisan issue. - lee - 12/19/2009 11:50:20 PM
      - Re: I know it's a bipartisan issue. - ER - 12/20/2009 12:09:39 AM
        
        Re: Re: I know it's a bipartisan issue. - TB - 12/20/2009 12:56:11 AM
        
        Funny you should say that. - ER - 12/20/2009 1:32:26 AM
        
        Re: Funny you should say that. - TB - 12/20/2009 5:35:22 AM
        
        Re: Re: Funny you should say that. - Nick_H - 12/21/2009 11:37:39 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Funny you should say that. - TB - 12/22/2009 12:18:45 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Funny you should say that. - Nick_H - 12/22/2009 6:10:33 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Funny you should say that. - TB - 12/22/2009 6:21:14 AM
    - Re: A serious and nonpartisan answer just for you. - TB - 12/19/2009 11:42:04 PM
      - Re: Re: A serious and nonpartisan answer just for you. - ER - 12/20/2009 12:43:33 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: A serious answer - TB - 12/20/2009 1:04:27 AM
        
        Well, you certainly didn't disappoint me. - ER - 12/20/2009 1:22:47 AM

Drilling down on opposition to Health Care reform - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2009 4:28:33 AM

I've lost respect for former VP Al Gore. - Jeff-Wash - 12/18/2009 7:45:49 PM
- I can't lose respect for Al Gore. I never had any. - DavidFMayerPhD - 12/21/2009 12:53:26 AM
  - And yet... - TB - 12/21/2009 1:06:55 AM
    - From a recent poll - TB - 12/21/2009 11:11:34 PM

Christopher Monckton Speaking in St. Paul - Lee - 12/20/2009 7:56:28 AM

Lieutenant Colonel Allen West, in his own words. - Lee - 12/18/2009 3:14:55 AM
- Domestic terrorism - robert - 12/18/2009 7:20:51 PM
  - Oh brother... - RobVG - 12/19/2009 3:33:03 AM
    - Yeah, you missed something - robert - 12/19/2009 4:13:33 AM
      - You can't be serious. - RobVG - 12/19/2009 4:20:30 AM
        
        It's a red herring, Rob. - TB - 12/19/2009 5:10:50 AM
        
        But threats of "long hot Summers" don't phase them. - Lee - 12/19/2009 6:11:05 AM
        
        Metaphor or deniability? - robert - 12/19/2009 4:38:32 AM
        
        Re: Metaphor or deniability? - RobVG - 12/19/2009 5:49:40 AM
  - Re: Domestic terrorism - TB - 12/19/2009 12:21:19 AM
  - Re: Domestic terrorism - Jeff-Wash - 12/18/2009 7:36:00 PM
    - Re: Re: Domestic terrorism - hank - 12/18/2009 11:17:15 PM
      - Re: Re: Re: Domestic terrorism - TB - 12/19/2009 12:23:41 AM
        
        Did you read Lee's post that Hank responded to? - alcaray - 12/19/2009 12:49:22 AM
    - Re: Re: Domestic terrorism - robert - 12/18/2009 8:02:41 PM
      - You have to ask yourself. - Lee - 12/18/2009 10:21:12 PM
        
        Ask yourself.... - robert - 12/19/2009 3:51:59 AM

this must be how the indians felt... - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 3:21:28 AM
- Why? - Lee - 12/17/2009 3:33:34 AM
  - Here's one reason....they're good breeders - Lindy - 12/17/2009 11:38:00 PM
  - Whoa, Dude! - ER - 12/17/2009 10:28:18 PM
    - Re: Whoa, Dude! - lee - 12/17/2009 10:57:31 PM
      - You people are crazy. - gothgirl - 12/18/2009 11:08:13 AM
        
        Again!? - RobVG - 12/19/2009 1:55:42 AM
      - . - lee - 12/18/2009 12:08:49 AM
      - Re: Re: Whoa, Dude! - ER - 12/17/2009 11:28:47 PM
        
        To hell with karma - lee - 12/18/2009 12:11:32 AM
  - why? a cheap, trouble-free labor force, that's why. - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 1:26:56 PM
    - It's out of my hands. - Lee - 12/17/2009 7:47:15 PM

heard in passing - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 1:18:31 PM
- Re: heard in passing - mcfly - 12/18/2009 7:14:19 PM
- Re: heard in passing - TB - 12/17/2009 7:17:31 PM
  - Re: heard in passing - ER - 12/17/2009 10:58:16 PM

Man of the Year - hank - 12/16/2009 1:39:04 PM
- Re: Person of the Year - TB - 12/16/2009 5:19:45 PM
  - Re: Re: Person of the Year - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 2:43:31 AM
    - He's one of the people who created the meltdown in the first place. - Lee - 12/17/2009 3:38:05 AM
      - Re: He's one of the people who created the meltdown in the first place. - TB - 12/17/2009 4:03:53 AM
        
        you guys are a hoot - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 12:58:35 PM
        
        Try to keep up - TB - 12/17/2009 7:22:13 PM
        
        I don't ever remember supporting it. - Lee - 12/17/2009 8:06:31 PM
        
        Re: I don't ever remember supporting it. - ER - 12/17/2009 10:02:17 PM
        
        It proves our argument. - Lee - 12/18/2009 1:48:46 AM

Health care fiasco: cooking the books - TB - 12/16/2009 5:32:52 PM
- americans don't need no stinkin' health care reform. - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 2:33:26 AM
  - Re: stinkin' health care reform - TB - 12/17/2009 5:21:48 AM
    - "welfare reform" had a nice buzz too - gothgirl - 12/17/2009 12:49:55 PM
      - Re: nice buzz - TB - 12/17/2009 7:33:29 PM

rape in the military? - gothgirl - 12/14/2009 5:01:54 PM
- Anecdotally - robert - 12/14/2009 7:10:17 PM
  - Re: Anecdotally - ER - 12/14/2009 9:48:45 PM
    - Racial prejudice is a luxury - bowser - 12/15/2009 6:51:43 AM
      - Re: Racial prejudice is a luxury - ER - 12/15/2009 11:56:00 AM
        
        Re: People are talking about it. - TB - 12/15/2009 5:41:40 PM
        
        No one wants to be out front in a bureaucracy. - bowser - 12/15/2009 4:44:15 PM
- Re: rape in the military? - TB - 12/14/2009 6:34:46 PM
- Violence breeds violence - Lindy - 12/14/2009 5:20:23 PM

Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2009 2:55:22 AM
- Re: Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel - Nick_H - 12/15/2009 7:45:46 AM
- And I say - Eri - 12/12/2009 7:00:22 PM

No Public Option? No Problem! - buckgalaxy - 12/12/2009 1:28:39 AM
- It also does nothing bring costs down. - Lee - 12/12/2009 1:40:48 AM
  - Re: It also does nothing bring costs down. - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2009 3:05:53 AM
    - Re: costs - TB - 12/12/2009 3:39:51 AM
      - Re: Re: costs - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2009 3:56:34 AM
        
        Re: How does that change my point? - TB - 12/12/2009 4:38:57 AM
        
        Dang again. Moved! - TB - 12/12/2009 5:06:15 AM
        
        Lost in the noise - buckgalaxy - 12/12/2009 4:45:56 AM
        
        Re: Going broke - TB - 12/12/2009 5:07:26 AM
        
        Re: Re: Going broke - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2009 6:11:36 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Going broke - TB - 12/12/2009 7:24:10 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Going broke - buckgalaxy - 12/12/2009 8:32:13 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Going broke - TB - 12/12/2009 7:43:10 PM
        
        exactly how I've felt for YEARS - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2009 2:36:55 AM
        
        The fix... - TB - 12/13/2009 3:04:23 AM
        
        Huge levels of loot - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2009 7:35:09 AM
        
        Re: loot - TB - 12/13/2009 7:51:50 AM
        
        Re: "It's all on you" - TB - 12/13/2009 8:11:06 PM
        
        Re: Re: loot - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2009 7:59:30 AM
        
        Atlanta Rhythm Section - hank - 12/13/2009 12:57:21 PM
        
        Re: Atlanta Rhythm Section - TB - 12/13/2009 6:58:38 PM
        
        Re: Re: Atlanta Rhythm Section - ER - 12/13/2009 8:22:50 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Atlanta Rhythm Section - TB - 12/13/2009 9:19:26 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Atlanta Rhythm Section - ER - 12/13/2009 9:48:19 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Atlanta Rhythm Section - TB - 12/13/2009 11:29:37 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Atlanta Rhythm Section - er - 12/14/2009 2:04:33 AM
        
        So you expect people to work for free? - Lee - 12/13/2009 4:17:41 PM
        
        Re: So you expect people to work for free? - gothgirl - 12/13/2009 5:33:36 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Going broke, cont. - TB - 12/12/2009 7:35:37 AM
- Re: Problem - TB - 12/12/2009 1:35:57 AM

Arghandab and the Battle for Kandahar - TB - 12/14/2009 12:59:33 AM

Congress violated the constitution over ACORN - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2009 8:03:33 AM
- Re: Congress violated the constitution over ACORN - Lee - 12/13/2009 4:10:20 PM
  - Read the article - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2009 9:03:12 PM
- Re: Congress violated the constitution over ACORN - gothgirl - 12/13/2009 12:28:35 PM
  - Re: ACORN - TB - 12/13/2009 8:51:19 PM
    - "judicial ploy" - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2009 11:43:49 PM
      - Re: "judicial ploy" - TB - 12/14/2009 12:00:25 AM
        
        Re: Re: "judicial ploy" - BuckGalaxy - 12/14/2009 12:24:23 AM

Climate e-mail issue: a detailed update - TB - 12/14/2009 12:18:21 AM

Health care fiasco update... - TB - 12/13/2009 4:14:22 AM
- This government shouldn't even be listened to anymore. - Lee - 12/13/2009 11:50:51 PM
  - Re: This government - TB - 12/14/2009 12:01:53 AM

Newsweek: An Empire at Risk - mcfly - 12/13/2009 7:22:44 PM

Damn hecklers are at it again. - alcaray - 12/11/2009 8:59:45 PM
- Re: Damn hecklers - TB - 12/12/2009 1:20:17 AM
  - Why the change of heart? - alcaray - 12/12/2009 2:13:17 AM
    - Re: No change. - TB - 12/12/2009 2:17:13 AM
      - The teabagging incidents went on for quite a while. - alcaray - 12/12/2009 3:55:13 AM
        
        Re: The incidents - TB - 12/12/2009 4:16:41 AM
        
        "regular americans"? - gothgirl - 12/12/2009 1:52:39 PM
        
        Re: "regular americans" - TB - 12/13/2009 3:09:57 AM
        
        That sounds like a tacit "no". n/t - alcaray - 12/12/2009 6:08:31 AM
- Subject, venue and balance of power. n/t (n/t) - robvg - 12/11/2009 9:29:44 PM
  - Can't tell if that's a quip or an actual... - alcaray - 12/12/2009 12:57:30 AM
    - Well then... - robvg - 12/12/2009 2:11:48 AM
      - I'm sorry I did not get your joke. - alcaray - 12/12/2009 3:48:41 AM
        
        I'm sorry I was so cryptic - RobVG - 12/12/2009 5:22:13 PM

Scientist Uses UN Security To Stop Questions About ClimateGate - Ainz - 12/12/2009 1:32:48 AM

Obama poll ratings not looking good - TB - 12/11/2009 6:59:46 AM
- Re: Obama poll ratings not looking good - buckgalaxy - 12/12/2009 1:12:32 AM
  - Re: Re: Obama poll ratings not looking good - TB - 12/12/2009 1:27:39 AM
- polls don't mean squat, dept. - gothgirl - 12/11/2009 11:49:53 AM
  - Re: polls don't mean squat - TB - 12/11/2009 5:56:37 PM
    - Re: Re: polls don't mean squat - gothgirl - 12/11/2009 6:20:13 PM
      - Re: I can agree with that. - TB - 12/11/2009 6:29:03 PM

I'm guessing Gay Marriage is off the table in Ugunda - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2009 12:53:32 AM

The "Beast of Kandahar" - TB - 12/11/2009 2:53:00 AM
- Kind of a waste to use (and expose them) in Afganistan. - alcaray - 12/11/2009 2:57:31 AM
  - Re: Kind of a waste to use (and expose them) in Afganistan. - ER - 12/11/2009 1:57:38 PM
    - Dang. Moved. - TB - 12/11/2009 6:35:46 PM
    - Re: Re: Kind of a waste - TB - 12/11/2009 6:00:16 PM
      - Re: Re: Re: Kind of a waste - ER - 12/11/2009 6:25:07 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Kind of a waste - TB - 12/11/2009 6:37:08 PM
  - Re: Kind of a waste to use (and expose them) in Afganistan. - Ainz - 12/11/2009 9:12:39 AM

World's Golden Golfer loses Image - Lindy - 12/6/2009 5:54:05 PM
- Helpless to the will of the mob? - lindy - 12/6/2009 6:26:12 PM
- Tiger defanged. - Eri - 12/6/2009 6:12:55 PM
  - SNL skit - Lindy - 12/7/2009 2:10:40 AM
    - That was pretty funny! - Eri - 12/10/2009 12:26:27 AM

Oh, Baghdad is "secure" allright - lindy - 12/8/2009 7:04:01 PM

Give this man some nuclear weapons! - TB - 12/8/2009 3:40:39 AM

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