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Iraq memoir -- against the "hearts and minds" approach - dtb - 7/28/2009 6:55:09 PM
- re: against the "hearts and minds" approach - TB - 7/28/2009 8:14:37 PM

Housing markets shows signs of LIFE in sales - carl - 7/28/2009 4:13:27 PM

The Democratic Party's Idea of Recycling Money - David F Mayer - 7/28/2009 12:50:25 AM

"National Debt Road Trip" - TB - 7/27/2009 7:09:32 PM
- I hate to bring this up, but when the Republicans controlled the Presidence and BOTH houses of Congress, - David F Mayer - 7/28/2009 12:33:35 AM
  - The point was a matter of degree. - TB - 7/28/2009 12:44:04 AM

Why are some cops such damn, arrogant jerks at times? - z - 7/23/2009 2:11:57 PM
- Because they are HUMAN, like the rest of us. Humans are jerks. All of us, at least sometimes. Including me. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/27/2009 1:14:37 AM
- ...breaking news...professor Henry Gates arrested again!... - z - 7/24/2009 12:20:37 PM
  - Yes but did he *spill* the milk?? - Jody - 7/24/2009 4:47:25 PM
    - that kind of behavior is almost certain to elicit tears (n/t) - FrankC - 7/25/2009 9:27:56 PM
  - LEO's are TRAINED LAIRS - carl - 7/24/2009 1:45:35 PM
- Gates's words - RobVG - 7/24/2009 1:10:11 AM
- Question not whether Gates a jerk, but a lawbreaker - dtb - 7/23/2009 11:29:10 PM
- re: Why are Harvard professors such damn, arrogant jerks at times? - SDAi-Tech1 - 7/23/2009 10:08:57 PM
- The police report - TB - 7/23/2009 5:34:13 PM
  - Gates was obviously a total jerk - FrankC - 7/25/2009 9:38:50 PM
  - Here's just one example proving that the cop fabricated his report - z - 7/23/2009 10:13:57 PM
    - Not to belabor a point... - TB - 7/23/2009 10:51:27 PM
      - The race of the cop in the foreground is completely irrelevant - z - 7/24/2009 12:14:14 PM
        
        The witness was racial profiling? - TB - 7/24/2009 3:51:36 PM
        
        Absolutely. She called to report "two big black men" trying to break into a house - z - 7/24/2009 5:57:16 PM
      - If my understanding is correct, there were no witnesses. - alcaray - 7/24/2009 2:18:49 AM
        
        Read the police report - TB - 7/24/2009 4:21:28 AM
        
        Another bizarre item in the police report - z - 7/24/2009 12:57:52 PM
      - And... - TB - 7/24/2009 12:38:04 AM
        
        I on the other hand... - alcaray - 7/24/2009 2:20:05 AM
        
        We've got two sides. - TB - 7/24/2009 4:25:04 AM
        
        Arrest was taped - TB - 7/24/2009 4:14:17 PM
        
        And suddenly, for the race-obsessed Left, it's all about "moving on." - TB - 7/27/2009 6:04:01 PM
  - "Gates told me the door was un securable due to a previous break attempt at the residence." - RobVG - 7/23/2009 7:20:09 PM
    - So how come he was having such a hard time getting in? (n/t) - TB - 7/23/2009 7:20:48 PM
      - Who knows? - RobVG - 7/23/2009 7:52:59 PM
        
        Exactly. - Eri - 7/25/2009 12:55:36 AM
  - Why would you be so quick to believe the contents of a police report? - z - 7/23/2009 6:38:47 PM
    - re: The contents of a police report - TB - 7/23/2009 6:42:06 PM
      - Altercation? Alarming the public? And exactly what was causing that? - z - 7/23/2009 8:08:09 PM

Remember Sweden, Poster Child of Socialism? - TB - 7/26/2009 11:16:21 PM
- Red Flags - Marsby - 7/27/2009 4:02:04 AM
  - re: Red Flags - TB - 7/27/2009 4:38:26 AM

Figure out the health care plan yet? - RobVG - 7/25/2009 5:57:31 PM
- A solution that may not have a problem - TB - 7/26/2009 8:45:24 PM
- It does not exist yet. - alcaray - 7/26/2009 5:09:23 AM
  - I couldn't help notice the term "your agenda". - RobVG - 7/26/2009 5:31:41 AM
    - One's agenda. Left, right or moderate, depending. - alcaray - 7/26/2009 7:53:31 AM
- re: Figure out the health care plan yet? - TB - 7/25/2009 7:28:10 PM
  - Latest from the CBO - TB - 7/25/2009 7:36:08 PM
    - What? - RobVG - 7/25/2009 8:47:32 PM
      - By the way... - TB - 7/26/2009 4:31:24 AM
        
        What "Medicare Payment Advisory Commission"? - RobVG - 7/26/2009 5:08:50 AM
        
        "Predigestion" - TB - 7/26/2009 7:30:35 PM
        
        Thanks (n/t) - RobVG - 7/26/2009 7:40:19 PM
      - re: What? - TB - 7/25/2009 10:39:38 PM
        
        What? (n/t) - Captain Jack Sparrow - 7/26/2009 1:20:50 AM

Warning about Greens under the bed - TB - 7/24/2009 9:43:50 PM
- Or Use Common Sense - Marsby - 7/25/2009 4:33:12 AM
  - re: Common Sense - TB - 7/25/2009 5:31:02 PM
    - Get Real Tom - Marsby - 7/26/2009 5:06:42 AM
- I didn't think you mean salad... (n/t) - RobVG - 7/24/2009 10:56:02 PM
  - "Meant" - RobVG - 7/24/2009 10:58:28 PM

Another very different, and somewhat amusing, angle to the Gates controversy - z - 7/25/2009 1:10:54 PM

Neocons new strategy: succession? - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:40:30 PM

And a bit more on taxes - TB - 7/16/2009 9:19:59 PM
- It's going to be tough servicing the Reagan and Bush debts - E.P. - 7/22/2009 9:43:47 PM
- The single guy earning 285K and the couple making 1.5 million - z - 7/17/2009 5:54:12 PM
  - "If I think they have too much money, I get to take it from them!" - TB - 7/17/2009 11:53:41 PM
    - Converse Of - Marsby - 7/20/2009 7:45:07 PM
      - re: This time for sure - TB - 7/20/2009 10:49:53 PM
        
        How's 24K a Year? - Marsby - 7/23/2009 4:11:49 PM
        
        re: 24K a Year - TB - 7/23/2009 6:50:32 PM
      - AND we don't have $100,000,000,000 to wateflying a few people Mars - E.P. - 7/20/2009 8:08:05 PM
        
        Wateflying? - Marsby - 7/21/2009 4:29:05 AM
        
        Waste flying a few men to Mars right now - E.P. - 7/22/2009 9:40:40 PM
        
        Put up or shut up, EP - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2009 4:03:24 AM
        
        With all respect, Butt out, Nick - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:08:03 PM
  - Since when does a woman baking muffins make $80,000 a year? - Lindy - 7/17/2009 6:00:26 PM
    - Women "baking muffins" has historically been *VERY* lucrative. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/18/2009 5:40:35 AM

ORGAN-ized Crime ..........NJ Style - carl - 7/24/2009 1:56:28 PM

Most Lucrative College Degrees - Marsby - 7/24/2009 1:43:25 PM

ANYBODY Got info on BO's Current Health Care BILL? - carl - 7/22/2009 2:21:45 PM
- HR 3200 - TB - 7/22/2009 5:41:01 PM
  - I'm Gonna be a SENIOR by the Time I'm Done.... - carl - 7/22/2009 6:56:51 PM
    - To keep you from knowing what's in it. - TB - 7/22/2009 7:01:53 PM
      - re: To keep you from knowing what's in it. - Doug Ellison - 7/23/2009 11:08:35 AM
        
        Good Lord. - TB - 7/23/2009 5:38:26 PM
        
        re: Good Lord. - Doug Ellison - 7/24/2009 6:57:52 AM
        
        re: Good Lord. - Doug Ellison - 7/24/2009 6:57:49 AM
        
        Most PEOPLE don't Wanna ROCK the BOAT - carl - 7/23/2009 1:55:04 PM

ANYTIME the Feds get involved in Private Sectors or Biz - carl - 7/23/2009 1:52:15 PM

2012 Presidential candidate... - Jody - 7/22/2009 8:44:59 PM
- Pretty cheesey - algorithms - 7/23/2009 4:55:12 AM
- Not Cosby - RobVG - 7/22/2009 9:31:48 PM
  - D'OH - Jody - 7/23/2009 1:05:25 AM
    - Hope that didn't sound too harsh. - RobVG - 7/23/2009 2:20:39 AM
      - I'll see your 2 cents... - Jody - 7/23/2009 1:48:30 PM
      - BS filter - TB - 7/23/2009 3:16:44 AM

Anybody remember "nuclear weapons in Iran are unacceptable?" - TB - 7/22/2009 7:17:49 PM

Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe - TB - 7/22/2009 5:48:49 PM

More fun in the outposts in Palestine. - alcaray - 7/22/2009 5:06:21 AM

What we don't know... - TB - 7/20/2009 4:45:44 PM
- re: What we don't know... Well, I have an idea. - Marcia - 7/20/2009 11:55:12 PM

NOVA exposes incompetents at FDA - E.P. - 7/20/2009 8:13:52 PM

It is now time for the Democrats to recognize the grim reality - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2009 2:59:31 AM
- More on Democratic "bipartisanism." - TB - 7/19/2009 4:43:52 AM
- Incidentally, the real reason Obama has to push this load through Congress before the recess... - TB - 7/18/2009 5:19:29 PM
  - A public option is very popular - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2009 2:33:31 AM
    - Just not this public option - Baroke Obama - 7/20/2009 11:28:09 AM
    - Read the polls - TB - 7/19/2009 3:56:44 AM
- Democratic definition of "bipartisan:" Republicans doing what the Democrats want. - TB - 7/18/2009 4:02:20 AM
  - Democrats have already been bipartisan - Buck Galaxy - 7/18/2009 5:13:19 AM
    - re: competition - TB - 7/18/2009 4:41:10 PM
    - re: Democrats have already been bipartisan - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/18/2009 5:26:37 AM

Democrats move into a flanking position - TB - 7/19/2009 12:42:31 AM
- CBO estimates - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2009 2:28:36 AM
  - Wrong. - TB - 7/19/2009 4:23:34 AM

Latest CBO report on ongoing health care plan - TB - 7/15/2009 4:14:12 AM
- re: Latest CBO report on ongoing health care plan - Buck Galaxy - 7/15/2009 9:34:14 PM
  - "Huge savings??" - TB - 7/16/2009 1:10:50 AM
    - Still playing dumb? - Buck Galaxy - 7/16/2009 3:26:44 PM
      - re: Dumb - TB - 7/16/2009 5:46:36 PM
        
        Unless you're contending that each and every American can find a good job in the healthcare sector - z - 7/17/2009 12:46:27 PM
        
        re: "Reform" and costs - TB - 7/17/2009 2:39:20 PM
        
        Sorry, you're right. The current system is idyllic and indefinitely solvent. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/16/2009 7:50:30 PM
        
        Just because you've got a bullet hole in your leg doesn't mean you should blow your head off with a shotgun. - TB - 7/16/2009 8:51:47 PM
        
        Two Problems ("hospitalization insurance") - dtb - 7/18/2009 8:32:11 PM
        
        Insurance - TB - 7/18/2009 11:57:30 PM
        
        And preventative care - TB - 7/19/2009 12:05:51 AM

End22.com - TB - 5/3/2009 5:56:46 AM
- re: End22.com - springtimeforwilbur - 7/7/2009 8:39:10 PM
- re: End22.com - springtimeforwilbur - 7/7/2009 8:33:22 PM
- This is a great idea. I love Roosevelt - Baroke America - 7/5/2009 1:35:37 AM
- Well, if Obama wasn't enormously popular, - z - 5/5/2009 5:01:49 AM
  - re: Well, if Obama wasn't enormously popular, - duke of omaha - 7/17/2009 10:58:55 PM
  - It will take at least 3 terms to reverse the global warming probelm - Baroke America - 7/5/2009 1:49:58 AM
    - Responsibility belongs to every one of us - Lindy - 7/18/2009 3:48:08 PM
- The Site Is Obviously Run by Morons. - David F Mayer - 5/4/2009 3:25:10 AM
- Never change the constitution for one person. - Lee - 5/3/2009 9:26:23 PM
  - re: Never change the constitution for one person. - Lindy - 7/18/2009 3:49:15 PM
- re: End22.com - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/3/2009 9:17:44 PM
  - re: End22.com - TB - 5/3/2009 10:46:28 PM
    - re: End22.com - springtimeforwilbur - 7/7/2009 7:55:39 PM
    - No, I'm right. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/3/2009 11:14:36 PM
      - and PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/3/2009 11:46:09 PM
- re: End22.com - Mary Anne - 5/3/2009 2:45:14 PM
  - re: End22.com - Pat Gidaro - 7/4/2009 2:43:25 AM
    - Don't you people read? - Mary Anne - 7/6/2009 1:34:57 AM
  - The OPFOR seems to have targeted us. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/3/2009 6:57:31 PM
    - And what joy their visit brings! - Mary Anne - 7/6/2009 1:34:30 AM
  - re: End22.com - Chris - 7/2/2009 4:41:07 PM
    - Do you not think that better minds than yours have examined this? - Mary Anne - 7/6/2009 1:26:01 AM
  - re: End22.com - Donna - 7/1/2009 9:48:52 PM
    - See my reply to Pat G., above. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/6/2009 1:23:14 AM
    - re: End22.com - Kathleen Rodriguez - 7/3/2009 4:19:26 PM
    - re: End22.com - Kathleen Rodriguez - 7/3/2009 4:19:04 PM
      - "We are scared of him" is not grounds for impeachment. - Mary Anne - 7/6/2009 1:45:26 AM
    - re: End22.com - W.T. Ramirez, Sr. - 7/2/2009 7:26:04 PM
  - Anonymous activism - TB - 5/3/2009 10:32:16 PM
    - The Wicked Messenger - ER - 7/3/2009 8:23:06 PM
    - I remember your outrage at the Swift Boat veteran's funding. - Bowser - 5/3/2009 11:03:28 PM
- First, poor form. Second, you know it. And silly me, I tried to open the dead link. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/3/2009 6:56:19 AM
  - re: silly me - TB - 5/3/2009 7:47:11 AM
    - Sorry. It was my browser which was partially locked up. - Bowser - 5/3/2009 2:42:01 PM
      - Bowser's browser ...hmmm..nice ring to it. (n/t) - Jody - 5/3/2009 6:06:44 PM

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