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Well the NYT is finally getting to it - SteveS - 12/16/2008 11:01:15 PM
- Yeah, we know, it's all Schumer's/Franks' fault. - Tony - 12/17/2008 6:15:54 PM
  - Don't forget the rest of the democrats - SteveS - 12/17/2008 8:58:37 PM
    - Holy moly! Schumer rendered Bush, Cheney and Congress irrelevant. - Bowser - 12/18/2008 3:47:07 AM
      - Interesting physiotherapy - SteveS - 12/18/2008 2:40:18 PM
        
        You missed Bowser's point - Tony - 12/18/2008 7:31:35 PM
        
        re: You missed Bowser's point - SteveS - 12/19/2008 12:28:11 AM
        
        None sae blind as cannae see - Tony - 12/19/2008 3:29:27 PM
        
        Yes deliberately - SteveS - 12/20/2008 2:56:22 PM
        
        re: Yes deliberately - TB - 12/20/2008 10:21:06 PM
        
        I know - SteveS - 12/21/2008 3:13:25 PM
        
        Are you another one of those Bush apologists? - Lindy - 12/21/2008 5:10:28 PM
        
        You still don't get it - SteveS - 12/22/2008 2:25:04 PM
        
        Hey I never picked on you before this! - Lindy - 12/22/2008 7:21:56 PM

Meeting of the Prezs At WHITE HOUSE Jan 09 - carl - 12/19/2008 4:30:38 PM
- Ummm, Reagan is deceased. - Eri - 12/20/2008 3:20:59 AM
  - Exactly when was that noticed? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/20/2008 6:33:42 AM
    - Nancy STILL BURYING Him? - carl - 12/22/2008 7:21:24 PM
    - Somewhere during his Presidency, I'd guess. (n/t) - Eri - 12/20/2008 3:53:53 PM
      - Hey!... Be nice. (n/t) - Jacob - 12/20/2008 6:55:24 PM

Merry Christmas - ER - 12/21/2008 3:53:02 PM
- Bahhh, HUMBUGGGG!!!!!!!! - carl - 12/22/2008 7:19:05 PM
- Hah! "Footnoter." - TB - 12/21/2008 5:28:55 PM
  - re: Hah! "Footnoter." - ER - 12/21/2008 6:48:58 PM
    - Physics and engineering - TB - 12/21/2008 8:11:20 PM
      - Termites - ER - 12/21/2008 8:38:49 PM
        
        Power - TB - 12/22/2008 1:51:05 AM
        
        And just exactly which political group has expanded that power? - Bowser - 12/22/2008 2:27:38 AM
        
        re: And just exactly which political group has expanded that power? - gbaikie - 12/22/2008 9:08:41 AM
        
        re: Termites - gbaikie - 12/21/2008 11:47:29 PM

5 Found Guilty in Fort Dix terror Plot - carl - 12/22/2008 7:16:47 PM

Obama pushes the envelope, clearly steps over a line. - Bowser - 12/18/2008 2:08:05 AM
- As an agnostic, and hard core non christian, I think it makes sense - Buck Galaxy - 12/20/2008 8:00:28 PM
- From an atheist. A big who cares. - azstrummer - 12/19/2008 1:46:09 PM
- Oh, get over it! - Eri - 12/19/2008 3:44:40 AM
  - After Bush we don't need to encourage more bigots, do you think? - Bowser - 12/19/2008 6:19:00 AM
    - I don't damn anyone for beliefs unless... - Eri - 12/19/2008 6:50:59 PM
- More "progressive" complaining - TB - 12/18/2008 5:35:55 PM
  - Washington Insider or pragmatist - FrankC - 12/20/2008 7:34:10 PM
  - re: More "progressive" complaining - Lindy - 12/19/2008 12:56:38 AM
- Liberal's definition of "diversity" - TB - 12/18/2008 2:55:11 AM
  - Nah, that's the Conservative's definition. - Eri - 12/20/2008 3:22:43 AM
  - Migawd, you've described Conservatives, neocons and chickenhawks. - Bowser - 12/18/2008 3:31:23 AM
    - "God of Conservatives" - SteveS - 12/18/2008 4:00:03 PM
      - "Obama is trying to show that all religions can live together." - Bowser - 12/18/2008 6:00:00 PM
        
        re: "Obama is trying to show that all religions can live together." - SteveS - 12/18/2008 6:49:40 PM
        
        Dang link - SteveS - 12/18/2008 6:57:45 PM
        
        re: religions - TB - 12/18/2008 6:13:44 PM
        
        Hey! I've read the "Sermon on the Mount". Here's a test and a trap for you. - Bowser - 12/19/2008 4:05:03 AM
        
        Avoided the trap and flunked the test. I'm the one who believes in Jesus, and I'm not "Christian". - Bowser - 12/20/2008 4:25:24 AM
        
        Jesus...The Man... - Jody - 12/21/2008 1:28:06 PM
        
        Best version of Sermon on the Mount - Life of Brian - azstrummer - 12/19/2008 1:49:30 PM
    - re: Migawd, you've described Conservatives, neocons and chickenhawks. - gbaikie - 12/18/2008 3:59:22 AM

Some advice for the new President. - Jacob - 12/20/2008 6:53:47 PM
- Interesting idea. - Lindy - 12/21/2008 6:14:47 AM

While the economy tanks Congress gives themselves a $4,700 pay increase!!! - Jack Herer - 12/19/2008 4:06:09 PM
- In the democracy under my roof I voted for a pay increase too. - Jody - 12/20/2008 7:46:29 PM
  - re: In the democracy under my roof I voted for a pay increase too. - Eri - 12/21/2008 2:43:05 AM
- shame on them! - Eri - 12/20/2008 6:03:44 AM

US funding Pakistani support of Taliban, dying to prop up corrupt narco-state. - Bowser - 12/20/2008 5:25:02 AM

Bush wants AutoMakers to have a CONTROLLED Bankuptcy? - carl - 12/18/2008 11:50:42 PM
- They see it as their best-ever chance - McFly - 12/19/2008 1:59:53 AM
  - Now 17.4 Billion Bailout - carl - 12/19/2008 4:27:48 PM

Boscovich this should be here - Roger - 12/14/2008 11:10:27 AM
- Contradictions in Special Relativity - roger - 12/19/2008 7:57:05 AM
- Repeating a post word for word starts to get close to the "spam" zone. (n/t) - TB - 12/14/2008 3:41:06 PM
  - No - Lindy - 12/14/2008 5:25:49 PM
  - re: Repeating a post word for word starts to get close to the "spam" zone. - Roger - 12/14/2008 4:50:27 PM
- Einstein's mistakes - Roger - 12/14/2008 11:16:48 AM
- Unified field theory 18 th century - Roger - 12/14/2008 11:14:11 AM
  - re: Interesting subject matter. - Johannes - 12/15/2008 12:27:29 AM
  - Special Relativity is Galilean Relativity - Roger - 12/14/2008 1:36:59 PM

Obama's enviro / energy / science picks - dtb - 12/19/2008 2:49:37 AM

First Lady of Star Trek passes away - McFly - 12/18/2008 9:41:07 PM
- Number 1 #1 - carl - 12/18/2008 11:38:38 PM

The smoking gun - ER - 12/16/2008 2:29:48 AM
- Credible evidence from Republican insiders. And the other impeachable offence. - Bowser - 12/16/2008 7:37:35 PM
  - "A cursory glance at Saudi Arabia would have sufficed to show who was behind the action." - Lindy - 12/17/2008 1:34:46 AM
- Investigations - TB - 12/16/2008 5:53:56 PM
  - You've turned into a flat-out liar - azstrummer - 12/16/2008 9:30:03 PM
  - First Nixon, then Reagan, now Bush II. What a legacy. - ER - 12/16/2008 7:06:21 PM
    - "Footnoting?" - TB - 12/16/2008 7:31:52 PM
      - Yes, "Footnoting". - ER - 12/16/2008 8:22:29 PM
        
        re: Yes, "Footnoting". - gbaikie - 12/17/2008 2:45:14 AM
        
        Do you propose we invade them all? - ER - 12/17/2008 3:44:39 AM
        
        re: Do you propose we invade them all? - gbaikie - 12/18/2008 12:03:10 AM
        
        Just curious... - TB - 12/17/2008 3:53:09 AM
        
        Why would anyone look at your links? - azstrummer - 12/18/2008 7:46:49 PM
        
        No, I did not. (n/t) - ER - 12/17/2008 3:54:21 AM
- re: The smoking gun-but is the govt paid to be "moral"? - Andrew - 12/16/2008 5:12:06 AM
  - Supposition # 3 total Hogwash - Lindy - 12/17/2008 2:03:12 AM
    - re: Supposition # 3 total Hogwash-rebutal - Andrew - 12/17/2008 5:24:47 AM
  - Your excuses sound hauntingly familiar. - ER - 12/16/2008 1:43:18 PM
    - So does your post. - TB - 12/16/2008 6:04:23 PM
      - re: So does your post. - ER - 12/16/2008 6:53:03 PM
        
        About Bowser - McFly - 12/17/2008 7:02:01 PM
        
        "coming from you, fills me with pride......." - Lindy - 12/17/2008 2:05:48 AM
        
        Nay (n/t) - RobVG - 12/17/2008 7:01:34 AM
        
        And that's pretty much the name of the game, isn't it. (n/t) - TB - 12/17/2008 3:37:56 AM
      - Oh really? - dtb - 12/16/2008 6:45:41 PM
        
        re: Oh really? - Lindy - 12/17/2008 2:08:22 AM
  - What? - Bowser - 12/16/2008 7:59:19 AM
  - No matter who - Raoul - 12/16/2008 6:42:56 AM
- It'll never happen. - Eri - 12/16/2008 3:40:11 AM
  - Just wait until after January 20 - Socrates II - 12/16/2008 4:11:55 AM
    - It won't happen in the US, but maybe Italy, Germany? - Bowser - 12/16/2008 5:54:21 AM

New Weapons of Mass Destruction=SHOES - Lindy - 12/14/2008 10:20:09 PM
- I bet Bush is glad he hadn't invaded Holland. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/17/2008 4:46:09 PM
  - Or Seoul, South Korea - Socrates II - 12/17/2008 9:23:06 PM
- Shoe Fly (n/t) - RobVG - 12/16/2008 6:53:58 AM
  - Shoes Unclean in Muslim Culture - carl - 12/16/2008 5:19:58 PM
- That would be an APDS? - Nick Hoffman - 12/16/2008 4:09:02 AM
- Bush has been waiting for the other shoe to drop for a while now. (n/t) - ER - 12/16/2008 3:30:02 AM
  - He was getting the boot, anyway. (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 12/16/2008 9:41:50 AM
- "Shoo" - traditional term for getting rid of an unwanted animal. - Bowser - 12/15/2008 9:29:41 PM
  - Yes, so just stay away from my slippers! (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 12/18/2008 1:26:42 PM
- Have they determined if the journalist was the sole assailant? (n/t) - z - 12/15/2008 4:49:52 PM
  - Nope, considered Him a SOLE BROTHER - carl - 12/15/2008 5:44:38 PM
    - Bush did say he'd seen into the guy's sole. (n/t) - Eri - 12/15/2008 7:51:49 PM
      - Symbolic, since Bush has been a do-nothing, LOAFER of a president since the markets collapsed (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 12/17/2008 6:32:52 AM
        
        Are you tying to get in a political sneaker? Or are you flip-flopping? (n/t) - ER - 12/17/2008 6:58:36 PM
        
        He just likes socking it to Bush - The Silent Majority - 12/18/2008 1:24:54 PM
      - We have "boots on the ground", they have boots in the air. (n/t) - ER - 12/16/2008 2:36:38 AM
        
        Iraq was meant to be a "shoe-in", but in the face? (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 12/16/2008 9:28:28 AM
- Is this what they mean by a lame DUCK? - ER - 12/14/2008 11:11:07 PM
  - Nah, were they really good - azstrummer - 12/15/2008 1:54:27 PM
  - Reflexes - Lindy - 12/14/2008 11:39:01 PM
  - Where's Khrushchev when you need him? (n/t) - Jacob - 12/14/2008 11:26:15 PM

Gingrich on GOP priorities - McFly - 12/17/2008 10:52:56 PM
- I have just recently become acutely aware of Ginrich... - Jody - 12/17/2008 11:44:13 PM

Rand Corporation Lobbies Pentagon To Start Major War To Save The US Economy - Lindy - 12/16/2008 1:48:13 AM
- Just out of curiosity... - TB - 12/16/2008 7:53:02 PM
  - You have a point - Lindy - 12/16/2008 10:58:06 PM
- Worked for WW II Generation - carl - 12/16/2008 5:18:17 PM
  - Jeeps can't run on Melamine. - Eri - 12/16/2008 5:23:31 PM
    - Here is something that Rand is really doing - Socrates II - 12/17/2008 9:52:08 PM

Feds Slash Key Rate to Near ZERO..FREE MONEY!!!!!! - carl - 12/16/2008 8:26:57 PM
- Just ask for a loan - trouble is, you have to offer a security - Nick Hoffman - 12/17/2008 12:35:09 AM
  - We Have SOCIAL SECURITY - carl - 12/17/2008 5:29:58 PM

How, Bernie, how? - Bowser - 12/16/2008 6:13:23 AM
- re: How, Bernie, how? - SteveS - 12/17/2008 4:07:32 PM
- Bernie's political donations - TB - 12/17/2008 12:51:13 AM
  - The Bush Administration is corrupt but not all corruption is in the Bush Administration. - Bowser - 12/17/2008 1:52:56 AM
    - Clarifications, I guess. - Bowser - 12/17/2008 2:53:18 AM
  - Somebody do the math...is that .5% of his total donations? - Lindy - 12/17/2008 1:17:17 AM

It's official. - Eri - 12/16/2008 12:09:53 AM

Why, Bernie? Why? - ER - 12/14/2008 9:23:21 PM
- He did it because he could. - Eri - 12/15/2008 7:54:17 PM
- Care to supply a link? - Lindy - 12/14/2008 10:34:30 PM
  - Sorry. - ER - 12/14/2008 10:57:50 PM
    - Oh, THAT guy - Lindy - 12/14/2008 11:48:15 PM

8 really scary predictions from top economists - Lindy - 12/15/2008 4:18:24 AM

One hand gives, "'Endgame" for US mission in Iraq" - Bowser - 12/14/2008 2:26:32 AM
- You're imagining things. Obama promised! (n/t) - TB - 12/14/2008 3:47:01 PM
- I keep thinking back to the reasons for the US invasion of Iraq - zed - 12/14/2008 4:13:17 AM
  - "why the US is there right now?" - Lindy - 12/14/2008 6:56:02 PM
  - Only Bush can answer that question - Raoul - 12/14/2008 10:06:53 AM
  - US imperialism. "a greater power acting or being perceived to act at the expense of a lesser power " - BowseR - 12/14/2008 4:55:16 AM

Michael Yon is in Afghanistan now - TB - 12/8/2008 6:54:28 PM
- "Witness the latest unprovoked attack on our friends in India." - Bowser - 12/14/2008 4:06:25 PM
- Part Two - TB - 12/13/2008 5:33:06 PM

Bush inadvertently highlights failed Iraq situation. - Bowser - 12/14/2008 2:06:08 PM

Big Business sitting on Cash Cushion - Eri - 12/13/2008 1:55:35 AM
- re: Big Business sitting on Cash Cushion - God - 12/13/2008 8:43:54 AM
  - And whois God that he hides behind himself? (n/t) - Eri - 12/13/2008 8:34:39 PM
    - you got it Eri...a man - Jody - 12/14/2008 1:13:45 AM

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