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- Who Is Responsible for the Economic Debacle?
- There's enough blame to go around ffor everyone.
- There's enough blame to go around ffor everyone.
- "While there was some crime in the mortgage industry..."
- Not one politician anywhere to be seen. (n/t)
- You do not pay for a war with tax cuts for the wealthy
- Gee. And I thought it was the Clinton Administration.
- Poll: Obama's rating at all-time high
- Lindy was right.
- Obama's pick for NIC
- An example of Obama picking someone who thinks differently than himself
- Bush's #3 at CIA nailed on corruption, 3 years in the slam.
- Obama's pick for Health and Human Services.
- A trillion dollars in new taxes over the next ten years
- A trillion dollars in new taxes on the wealthy over the next ten years
- Bush debt $5,000,000,000,000 ($5 Trillion) (n/t)
- Snapping the spine
- Oh yes! The affluent Hollywood crowd will keep their millions in America
- "Big picture?"
- "The government is in the hands of people who are economically insane."
- Have you blown a gasket?
- Tom?... It's over!....Talk is now cheap.
- I think the BTU Tax will be coming back...
- OMB 2010 budget website
- bump. (n/t)
- Yucca Mountain waste site off the table?
- Nuclear power is similar to war.
- There are atolls in the Pacific.
- Bali Hai is calling...follow me, follow me.
- Above ground is the safest.
- Not necessarily,
- Given your timeframe...
- Fission fusion hybrid, purebred bogosity.
- Given your timeframe...
- No NIMBY's on military restricted areas. (n/t)
- Not necessarily,
- Above ground is the safest.
- Keep it simple.
- Bali Hai is calling...follow me, follow me.
- No nuclear power?
- The empire expands -" 50,000 troops expected to remain for cleanup and protection operations"
- Reality Intrudes on the Drug War
- National Geographic
- Prohibition NEVER works. It just makes sale more profitable. (n/t)
- It'll work. We just need a government that's serious about stopping it.
- re: It'll work. We just need a government that's serious about stopping it.
- Force should be used.
- Why? What is the reason for Drug Prohibition? None that I can see! (n/t)
- The same as not putting lead in cereal or arsnic in soft drinks.
- Why? What is the reason for Drug Prohibition? None that I can see! (n/t)
- Force should be used.
- Serious about stopping it?
- It's all messed up.
- Lee's against drugs? Crap, there's a reason to legalize them.
- re: It'll work. We just need a government that's serious about stopping it.
- It'll work. We just need a government that's serious about stopping it.
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