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Syrian reactor site update - TB - 11/20/2008 8:19:12 AM

"Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job." - Bowser - 11/17/2008 11:39:48 PM
- "...chance he knows a bit more about all this than I. " bingo. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 11/20/2008 7:21:15 AM
- re: Hillary will turn it down... - Jack Herer - 11/18/2008 9:10:32 PM
  - I'm still holding out hope for Wes Clark - azstrummer - 11/19/2008 1:59:22 PM
    - Sure, might as well go for a complete Clinton sweep. (n/t) - TB - 11/19/2008 6:45:00 PM
      - So if Colin Powell was chosen - azstrummer - 11/19/2008 10:31:30 PM
  - I hope not Richardson.1 - Eri - 11/19/2008 4:02:52 AM
  - The Foundation alone would seem to raise serious complications (n/t) - McFly - 11/18/2008 9:45:43 PM

46.6% of Alaskan voters pick 7-time felon. - Bowser - 11/19/2008 3:12:20 AM
- William J. Jefferson's trial starts in about two weeks. (n/t) - TB - 11/19/2008 3:50:40 AM
  - Still waiting for that pardon list to roll in....should be a doozie. (n/t) - et - 11/19/2008 11:54:23 PM
  - (Sounds like an alias for Slick Willy.) (n/t) - Bowser - 11/19/2008 4:23:00 AM

Obama's appointments to date v. "change". - Bowser - 11/19/2008 7:03:10 PM
- Fascinating. - TB - 11/19/2008 7:31:01 PM
  - Hell, I wouldn't mind him retaining Bush people if..... - azstrummer - 11/19/2008 10:23:47 PM
  - Bush demanded ideological purity, total fealty. Besides, - Bowser - 11/19/2008 8:46:32 PM
  - Make a note: 15 days... - dtb - 11/19/2008 7:37:06 PM
    - re: Make a note - TB - 11/19/2008 9:01:07 PM
      - Re "socialism. Check what Bush has done. Not said, but done. - Bowser - 11/19/2008 11:42:05 PM
    - Oh that "socialist" talk was just electioneering - Tony - 11/19/2008 7:55:51 PM
      - re: Oh that "socialist" talk was just electioneering - gbaikie - 11/19/2008 8:47:03 PM

Obama election spurs race crimes around country - McFly - 11/16/2008 8:19:20 PM
- Looks like Lee has been a busy boy... - ARRELL - 11/17/2008 4:10:39 AM
  - GENTLEMEN - RobertS - 11/19/2008 5:49:57 AM
    - Disagree - Yeti - 11/19/2008 8:18:57 PM
      - Downgrade that from kindergarten teacher to daycare nanny (n/t) - Robert - 11/19/2008 11:17:46 PM
        
        Witty. So, true or false Robert... - Yeti - 11/19/2008 11:39:56 PM
      - Oh, and PS - Yeti - 11/19/2008 8:20:31 PM
        
        Eh, never mind that last - Yeti - 11/19/2008 8:32:15 PM
  - The only deces I see around here is you and your creationist worldview. - Lee - 11/18/2008 1:17:37 AM
    - I dont have any 'vindettas', skinhead... - ARRELL - 11/18/2008 2:18:39 AM
      - And I have a head full of hair. - Lee - 11/18/2008 6:23:48 PM
        
        Really? 'Hair'? Is that what you kids down south call it? I could have sworn it was, how did you put it? Sh%t? - Yeti - 11/19/2008 4:13:22 AM
    - Make that feces, crap, sh%t, manure, etc (n/t) - Lee - 11/18/2008 1:31:28 AM
  - LOLOL! - Enon - 11/17/2008 7:37:22 AM
- What's truly remarkable about Obama's election - z - 11/17/2008 3:30:00 AM

So just who is Bill Ayers these days? - azstrummer - 11/19/2008 10:17:50 PM

Head of State - ER - 11/15/2008 5:37:50 PM
- least dispensable person - JEKing - 11/15/2008 7:35:45 PM
  - I think you're talking about the culture wars here. - ER - 11/15/2008 8:33:44 PM
- re: Head of State - TB - 11/15/2008 7:21:56 PM
  - Intelligence as a tool. - Bowser - 11/15/2008 8:40:05 PM
    - Good metaphor! (n/t) - TB - 11/15/2008 9:33:30 PM
      - Or would that be an analogy? - TB - 11/15/2008 9:35:17 PM
        
        A metaphor is like an analogy- only different... (n/t) - ARRELL - 11/17/2008 2:28:28 AM
        
        Heh. (n/t) - TB - 11/17/2008 5:45:16 AM
  - "As a lot of others did, you're projecting your own hopes on Obama." - ER - 11/15/2008 8:15:17 PM
    - Okay, I understand your point better, and it's a valid one. Thanks! - TB - 11/15/2008 9:29:31 PM
      - Jerry's right. - ER - 11/15/2008 9:53:17 PM
        
        re: Jerry's right. - TB - 11/16/2008 2:42:11 AM
        
        re: Jerry's right. - ER - 11/16/2008 4:19:49 AM
        
        You know, that "moi?" bit is getting old. - TB - 11/16/2008 5:34:48 AM
        
        Nick Hoffman is right. - ER - 11/16/2008 1:04:31 PM
        
        RL? Some help? - TB - 11/16/2008 5:36:52 AM
        
        Hmmmm- interesting challenge - ARRELLSOFT TECHNICAL SUPPORT - 11/16/2008 8:46:41 PM
        
        We Provide Results - ARRELLSOFT TECHNICAL SUPPORT - 11/16/2008 9:10:27 PM
        
        So, what do you think? - TB - 11/17/2008 12:34:01 AM
        
        re: So, what do you think? - ER - 11/17/2008 3:04:22 AM
        
        Well said. - TB - 11/17/2008 5:48:25 AM
        
        ER has anger issues. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2008 2:37:52 AM
        
        ER has boredom issues. - ER - 11/17/2008 3:30:35 PM
        
        "thousands of years of experience" - TB - 11/17/2008 5:47:13 PM
        
        More than just outrigger canoes. - ER - 11/17/2008 6:25:44 PM
        
        The Polynesians were wizards at navigation, too. (n/t) - TB - 11/17/2008 7:44:27 PM
        
        Although I can't prove it.... - ER - 11/17/2008 8:26:17 PM
        
        Quite likely. - TB - 11/17/2008 11:59:39 PM
        
        Not likely. - ER - 11/18/2008 2:25:44 AM
        
        Thats one hull of a post! (n/t) - ARRELL - 11/17/2008 5:23:58 PM
        
        It's the best I could rig up in a hurry. (n/t) - ER - 11/17/2008 6:28:08 PM
        
        Sorry, TB, I forgot that you need your analysis spoon-fed to you... - ARRELL - 11/17/2008 1:57:02 AM
        
        ER: The Collected Works - ER - 11/17/2008 12:28:16 AM
        
        Don't bother, RL. - ER - 11/16/2008 2:01:25 PM
        
        You could have saved a lot of space and work - TB - 11/16/2008 8:07:30 PM
        
        Not a problem. It was recycled from the archives. - ER - 11/16/2008 8:16:17 PM
    - " I suspect the percentage would be lost in the noise. " - ER - 11/15/2008 8:28:43 PM
      - A part of the "presidential" image he cultivated. As opposed to "geek". (n/t) - Bowser - 11/15/2008 9:00:17 PM
- re: Head of State - Bowser - 11/15/2008 6:26:25 PM
  - "Obama is able to apply his intelligence without suggesting anyone else is stupid or the lesser. " - ER - 11/15/2008 8:37:12 PM
    - "Elitist" - TB - 11/15/2008 9:32:40 PM
      - Interesting. - TB - 11/19/2008 5:16:44 AM
      - Oh, like parents of grown children? Clergy? - Mary Anne - 11/16/2008 1:35:43 PM
        
        I think you know exactly what I meant. - TB - 11/16/2008 8:09:35 PM
        
        I do know exactly what you meant. - Mary Anne - 11/16/2008 9:02:53 PM
      - Good. Freaking. Lord. (n/t) - McFly - 11/16/2008 4:55:55 AM
        
        If he notices your jaw hanging open, he probably doesn't get why. (n/t) - Yeti - 11/18/2008 9:01:49 PM
      - People have never had any trouble coming up with reasons why they have the inherent right to tell other people what to do. (n/t) - ER - 11/15/2008 9:43:52 PM
    - My take on "elitist". - Bowser - 11/15/2008 8:56:44 PM

A new day has dawned - "Lieberman to keep committee chairmanshipds." - Bowser - 11/18/2008 5:57:41 PM
- Sorry, Bowz - ER - 11/19/2008 1:27:04 AM
  - All that is true. It's not a purely altruistic act but does have a high price. - Bowser - 11/19/2008 2:02:18 AM
    - Maybe it's completely Machiavellian... - ER - 11/19/2008 2:23:11 AM
- The president had nothing to do with this, but what the heck. (n/t) - TB - 11/18/2008 6:07:58 PM
  - Shut up and respect decency. Read the citation, and be glad for what Obama did. - Bowser - 11/18/2008 6:34:03 PM
    - re: Read the citation - TB - 11/18/2008 7:45:37 PM
- Link. - Bowser - 11/18/2008 5:59:23 PM

Time Magazine this week - TB - 11/17/2008 4:59:25 PM
- Forgot the link - TB - 11/17/2008 5:00:27 PM
  - Good analysis. - ER - 11/17/2008 7:10:18 PM
  - Can most people really handle freedom? - Socrates II - 11/17/2008 6:36:54 PM
    - "Freedom" seems to be an indefinite term. - Bowser - 11/17/2008 7:38:24 PM
      - "Trailers for sale or rent..." (n/t) - RobVG - 11/18/2008 3:13:43 AM
      - "Freedom" is just another word for nothing left to lose. - ER - 11/17/2008 8:53:39 PM
        
        As a creature of this culture, I regard myself as "free". - Bowser - 11/18/2008 5:42:49 AM
    - re: Can most people really handle freedom? - JEKing - 11/17/2008 6:57:58 PM
      - re: Can most people really handle freedom? - TB - 11/17/2008 8:05:31 PM
        
        Do you consider Iraqis "free" at the present time? - Bowser - 11/17/2008 11:52:47 PM
        
        The problem is... - Socrates II - 11/17/2008 8:40:06 PM
        
        law of the minimum - JEKing - 11/17/2008 11:51:10 PM
        
        I wouldn't take the word of a "Deep Ecologist" on this. - TB - 11/18/2008 4:38:13 PM
        
        Ever read Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz? - Socrates II - 11/18/2008 1:54:27 PM
        
        Putting the seed corn in your SUV. - ER - 11/18/2008 2:09:09 PM
        
        Too many people - TB - 11/17/2008 9:18:34 PM
        
        More - TB - 11/17/2008 8:17:29 PM

Senate races. - Bowser - 11/17/2008 6:38:16 AM
- re: Senate races. - Marcia - 11/18/2008 7:09:56 AM
- MN, AL, GA races still up in the air - Eri - 11/18/2008 12:01:54 AM

A conservative blogger comments on Obama's 60 Minutes interview - TB - 11/17/2008 7:20:41 AM
- Interesting. The devil will be in the details yet to come. And Gitmo. - Bowser - 11/17/2008 8:11:54 AM
  - Time to call in the Dog Whisperer! - Eri - 11/17/2008 3:15:48 PM
    - re: Time to call in the Dog Whisperer! - Marcia - 11/18/2008 7:06:30 AM

universal health care -- Canada's system - JEKing - 10/30/2008 7:49:18 PM
- re: universal health care -- Canada's system - Universal healthcare - 11/18/2008 5:32:59 AM
- Canada isn't supporting 100 million Mexicans. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/1/2008 12:15:43 AM
  - All of Mexico has about 108 Million population. - Yeti - 11/6/2008 4:09:38 AM
    - re: All of Mexico has about 108 Million population. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2008 10:08:53 AM
    - re: All of Mexico has about 108 Million population. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2008 10:07:19 AM
  - "The entitlement mentality..." - Lindy - 11/1/2008 2:35:01 AM
    - The universe disappears... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/1/2008 3:53:40 AM
- How are the doctors paid in Canada? - azstrummer - 10/30/2008 8:54:02 PM
  - re: How are the doctors paid in Canada? - Laurie Street - 10/31/2008 4:55:53 AM
    - The problems are miniscule compared to the US system. - Bowser - 10/31/2008 7:42:55 AM
      - Again, you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. - TB - 10/31/2008 3:45:49 PM
        
        Willed ignorance, again. Second, how about the physician, pharmacy, anesthesiologist? - Bowser - 10/31/2008 8:58:28 PM
        
        That's one hospital group. Three hospitals. - TB - 10/31/2008 10:08:29 PM
        
        "Such heavy-handed techniques have led a few states, including California, New York and Illinois,- - - " - Bowser - 11/1/2008 12:04:01 AM
        
        Hah, hah! You mentioned one hospital. Period. Give it up, it's systemic. - Bowser - 10/31/2008 11:07:59 PM
        
        Thanks - McFly - 10/31/2008 9:21:29 PM
        
        My wife's a nurse... - McFly - 10/31/2008 7:56:01 PM
        
        Free. Period. ?? - Tony - 10/31/2008 4:23:09 PM
        
        Not the patient. - TB - 10/31/2008 5:20:44 PM
        
        For one - that doesn't happen in all hospitals - Tony - 10/31/2008 7:11:04 PM
        
        He's full of Palin. - Bowser - 10/31/2008 9:05:00 PM
        
        Go find the exceptions - TB - 10/31/2008 8:53:33 PM
        
        "- -- - people like Bowser are just pulling stuff out of their asses?" - Bowser - 11/1/2008 12:08:12 AM
  - re: How are the doctors paid in Canada? - JEKing - 10/30/2008 10:42:15 PM
  - The system is broken - Lindy - 10/30/2008 9:39:05 PM
    - I worked in that system at United Health Care - azstrummer - 10/31/2008 2:27:43 PM
  - More details on the Canadian system. - TB - 10/30/2008 9:38:54 PM
  - Why not buy? - Lee - 10/30/2008 9:36:54 PM
    - I'd make no restrictions on that - azstrummer - 10/31/2008 1:57:35 PM
      - re: I'd make no restrictions on that - Laurie Street - 10/31/2008 2:17:43 PM
    - A double system might work - Lindy - 10/30/2008 9:44:44 PM
      - Kind of like the post office. - Lee - 10/31/2008 12:35:59 AM

The Old Testament v. New Testament, and irony. - Bowser - 11/15/2008 4:10:14 AM
- re: Internet rumor: Barack Obama is the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln (n/t) - Eic - 11/15/2008 1:33:48 PM
- We'll see how many conservatives Obama picks. (n/t) - TB - 11/15/2008 4:45:28 AM
  - The voters said no extremists. Looks as if Palin might just qualify. - Bowser - 11/15/2008 5:26:47 PM
  - How many would be enough for you? (n/t) - ARRELL - 11/15/2008 6:07:11 AM
    - Start with one. - TB - 11/15/2008 7:48:50 PM
      - As I said: SecEd - Palin. She can see a school from her house. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/15/2008 8:57:58 PM
        
        She is the governor of Alaska. - TB - 11/15/2008 9:38:09 PM
        
        And Evan Mecham became Governor of Arizona - azstrummer - 11/17/2008 3:03:16 PM
        
        Very good. We should keep all that in mind as the "mandate" flags are being waved. (n/t) - TB - 11/17/2008 3:59:48 PM
        
        And George W. Bush is President of the US. - Mary Anne - 11/16/2008 9:15:59 PM

Five myths about the election - TB - 11/16/2008 8:56:40 PM
- The destruction of the Republican Party is certainly a myth. - Bowser - 11/17/2008 7:31:06 AM
- The Five myths - z - 11/17/2008 4:12:30 AM

Obama's transition questionaire - TB - 11/16/2008 6:21:30 AM
- What's the real concern here? - Bowser - 11/16/2008 6:45:58 AM
  - No concern, just ironic amusement. - TB - 11/16/2008 7:02:21 AM
    - Oh come on! - ARRELL - 11/16/2008 4:03:56 PM
      - "All the press?" That's a joke, right? - TB - 11/16/2008 8:00:04 PM
      - I think we've seen the limit of Conservative bipartisanship. - Bowser - 11/16/2008 7:09:02 PM
      - "the digging" - RobVG - 11/16/2008 7:08:31 PM
    - Elected v. appointed officials - Bowser - 11/16/2008 12:13:21 PM
      - This is literally true for security clearances - dtb - 11/17/2008 1:32:18 AM

Obama's impossible job becoming evident. - Bowser - 11/16/2008 9:11:56 PM
- That is the type of thinking that Bush had and look where it got us. - Eri - 11/16/2008 9:46:45 PM
  - Bush did not have a mandate. And I'm just suggesting Obama not water his down too far. - Bowser - 11/16/2008 9:58:39 PM
    - I don't think there's much chance of that but time will tell. - Eri - 11/16/2008 10:56:06 PM

"Don't bail out my state" - TB - 11/16/2008 2:15:22 AM
- This was widely predicted. - Bowser - 11/16/2008 8:15:38 PM
  - Yeah, there was no corporate welfare or farm subsidies under Democrats. (n/t) - TB - 11/16/2008 8:18:42 PM
    - And debt and corruption and incompetence. Precedent for all of them. - Bowser - 11/16/2008 10:24:03 PM
- He's got some good points. - Eri - 11/16/2008 3:55:14 PM

Whilke you're busy debating politics, California is burning - nick hoffman - 11/16/2008 1:04:39 AM
- I've been watching - Eri - 11/16/2008 4:06:23 PM
- Clearly God is punishing Californians for banning gay marriage.... - ARRELL - 11/16/2008 1:06:44 AM

Man cured of HIV? - TB - 11/14/2008 4:32:04 AM
- Not a cure yet... - ARRELL - 11/16/2008 2:54:01 AM
  - Good info. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 11/16/2008 5:44:46 AM
- I am with you TB...we shall see....but if it turns out to be a valid cure..Katy bar the doors! Yeehaw!! (n/t) - Jody - 11/14/2008 2:53:01 PM

Charlie Rangel has a good idea on corporate taxes. - TB - 11/16/2008 5:42:34 AM

Obama and lobbyists... - TB - 11/15/2008 9:21:47 PM
- Agreed. Obama set the bar at 10, cleared 9. McCain set it at 10, cleared 0. - Bowser - 11/15/2008 11:55:48 PM

Wow: MN Senate race... Coleman vs Franken. - Marcia - 11/13/2008 12:04:23 AM
- Coleman should be the one questioning? - azstrummer - 11/13/2008 2:57:18 PM
  - re: Coleman should be the one questioning? - Marcia - 11/15/2008 8:19:33 PM
- re: Wow: MN Senate race... Coleman vs Franken. - Marcia - 11/13/2008 12:07:27 AM
  - Hey, Missouri's results are STILL unofficial. - Eri - 11/13/2008 1:55:36 AM

Any One else read the Baucus plan yet? - TAFKAS - 11/14/2008 3:28:02 AM
- If it's that health care plan... - TB - 11/14/2008 4:28:14 AM
  - So you're saying... - Laurie Street - 11/14/2008 5:12:36 AM
    - Can you arrange that question so it makes sense? (n/t) - TB - 11/14/2008 4:00:20 PM
      - Given than America has moved left, you want the left to lose, - Bowser - 11/15/2008 2:34:36 AM
        
        America has not moved left. - TB - 11/15/2008 3:45:13 AM
        
        Uh oh... - TB - 11/15/2008 7:54:03 PM
        
        So the 2006 and 2008 elections were a fluke? - ARRELL - 11/15/2008 4:04:34 PM
        
        I gave you the data. - TB - 11/15/2008 6:42:30 PM

Republicans and Palin - TB - 11/15/2008 12:25:00 AM
- Unfortunately most voters didn't agree... - ARRELL - 11/15/2008 1:44:47 AM
  - I don't think I've ever seen that question in a poll before. - TB - 11/15/2008 3:24:56 AM
    - "a similar poll on Palin taken before the two-month intensive media destruction campaign on her"- you mean before she went on TV and made a complete fool of herself? - ARRELL - 11/15/2008 3:35:11 AM
      - Go look at those charts again. - TB - 11/15/2008 4:00:22 AM
        
        Wow, even your hindsight is fuzzy- others saw the problem immediately when she was chosen... - ARRELL - 11/15/2008 4:19:14 AM
        
        You're avoiding the point. - TB - 11/15/2008 4:37:59 AM
        
        re: You're avoiding the point. - E.P. - 11/15/2008 5:52:34 PM
        
        You're totally out of control - McFly - 11/15/2008 7:10:46 AM
- Sad. Surprised Bowser didn't post this first. - RobVG - 11/15/2008 1:21:40 AM
  - Says a lot about Republicans, doesn't it. - Bowser - 11/15/2008 2:27:09 AM

Vote for Obama - No Wafers for You! - Socrates II - 11/15/2008 2:04:18 PM

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