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The violent statements, hatred, and racism that McCain-Palin are stirring up - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 3:24:44 AM
- And for the past 8 years there's been nothing but love for Bush? - Lee - 11/1/2008 4:50:44 AM
- And more... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 4:05:37 AM

Taxation - JEKing - 10/31/2008 10:21:27 PM
- re: Taxation - RobVG - 10/31/2008 11:07:04 PM
  - re: Taxation -Oxymoron if ever... - Marcia - 11/1/2008 1:53:14 AM

That damn liberal MSM just keeps trying to destroy poor ol Joe the Plumber - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 1:50:16 AM

McCain changes his mind about supporting NASA - again - Socrates II - 10/30/2008 5:25:56 PM
- re: McCain changes his mind about supporting NASA - again - E.P. - 10/30/2008 9:06:08 PM
- Have you been following the Orlando Sentinel articles? - McFly - 10/30/2008 5:40:27 PM
  - Yes I have been following the Ares news - Socrates II - 10/30/2008 5:47:49 PM
    - NASA was billed as a "civilian" space program - Lindy - 10/30/2008 9:50:20 PM
      - re: Ditto (n/t) - Jack Herer - 10/31/2008 10:33:37 AM

CDO solutions, anyone? - E.P. - 10/29/2008 8:12:04 PM
- other ideas - yeah - Nick Hoffman - 10/29/2008 10:04:25 PM
  - Good one Nick - Lindy - 10/30/2008 10:22:35 PM

"Largest U.S. oil company surges past analyst estimates to post net income of $14.83 billion." - Bowser - 10/30/2008 11:58:16 AM
- "I wonder how much in the way of taxes those folks pay on that?" - TB - 10/30/2008 4:30:10 PM
  - They paid more in taxes than the lowest 50% on the economic chain? - Lindy - 10/30/2008 9:53:06 PM
  - re: "I wonder how much in the way of taxes those folks pay on that?" - RNE - 10/30/2008 8:42:17 PM
    - Collective lead feet - Lindy - 10/30/2008 9:58:27 PM
- It's obscene - Lndy - 10/30/2008 3:43:48 PM

"V.I.P." mortgages - Laurie Street - 10/30/2008 3:40:56 PM
- Well, they were private companies. - Bowser - 10/30/2008 4:25:22 PM
  - Incredible. - TB - 10/30/2008 4:39:29 PM
    - I shouldn't even answer this. - Bowser - 10/30/2008 7:39:57 PM
- MSNBC finally noticed this? - TB - 10/30/2008 4:10:45 PM
  - Your thesis does not stand up to cursory checking - alcaray - 10/30/2008 6:13:39 PM
    - Add the word "Dodd" to that search. See how many hits you get. - TB - 10/30/2008 8:46:42 PM
      - How many is the right number, then? - alcaray - 10/30/2008 9:19:06 PM

Will this election bring an end to the neocons? - E.P. - 10/29/2008 8:27:44 PM
- W. seems to be an aged and broken man. (n/t) - Eri - 10/30/2008 3:27:13 PM
  - The job that he ended up having to do was not the one he anticipated - E.P. - 10/30/2008 9:12:53 PM

Iâ€™m filling out my mail in ballot right now - Buck Galaxy - 10/29/2008 9:01:18 PM
- re: Iâ€™m filling out my mail in ballot right now - Eri - 10/30/2008 3:25:33 PM
- Thank you Buck - azstrummer - 10/30/2008 2:49:03 PM
  - I second that (n/t) - Fox - 10/30/2008 4:05:13 PM
- re: Iâ€™m filling out my mail in ballot right now - Vince - 10/30/2008 2:26:12 PM
- That was a really nice post Buck. Thank you. - Jody - 10/30/2008 12:05:04 AM
  - re: I hope you had a nice B-day too, Buck. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/30/2008 3:42:06 AM

Banks defend dividend payout during bailout - Laurie Street - 10/30/2008 3:36:35 PM

The American Dream-on hold - Jody - 10/29/2008 10:26:55 AM
- The Responsible Always Get Screwed - REB - 10/29/2008 6:36:11 PM
  - the bailout will be a key indicator for who I vote for this season. (n/t) - SDG - 10/30/2008 1:16:09 PM
- *Playing by the rules* doesn't seem to matter anymore. (n/t) - Jody - 10/29/2008 10:55:20 AM

Solution to Palestinian- Israeli conflict remains the same - E.P. - 10/29/2008 8:16:26 PM
- Slow learners - TB - 10/29/2008 9:56:41 PM
  - Goodle "bin Laden" Israel Palestine. - Bowser - 10/30/2008 2:19:50 AM
    - "Read bin Laden's writings" has an exact meaning. (n/t) - TB - 10/30/2008 2:30:01 AM
  - re: Slow learners - Buck Galaxy - 10/30/2008 1:22:14 AM
- Yeah, the Prime Directive - azstrummer - 10/29/2008 9:32:55 PM

Another one convicted. "Sen. Stevens found guilty on corruption charges." - Bowser - 10/27/2008 7:43:35 PM
- By the way. 7 felony convictions and he's still running. What's meant by "no shame". - Bowser - 10/27/2008 11:15:09 PM
  - Hey, Colin Powell endorsed him! - TB - 10/28/2008 3:44:36 AM
    - Thats right, TB. A character witness at a criminal trial... - Yeti - 10/28/2008 4:15:01 AM
      - I see. Powell endorsing Steven's character makes him MUCH more credible. - TB - 10/28/2008 2:26:51 PM
        
        And the right's destruction of Powell... - McFly - 10/28/2008 3:47:13 PM
        
        No, but it might lead to a lighter sentence or perhaps conviction on lesser counts - Yeti - 10/28/2008 3:30:40 PM
        
        So, Powell was right about Stevens' character? - TB - 10/28/2008 3:45:43 PM
        
        Insofar as he had knowledge of Stevens, yes. - Mary Anne - 10/29/2008 12:07:59 PM
        
        Powell said that politically the guy stood up. Period. Nothing more. Get it? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/28/2008 11:07:55 PM
        
        Logic never triumphs emotion here. You should know that by now! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2008 10:06:36 PM
        
        The funny part... - TB - 10/29/2008 3:23:20 AM
        
        Mystical! - McFly - 10/29/2008 2:26:29 PM
        
        Abstraction - TB - 10/29/2008 3:38:43 PM
        
        I own a ford - Yeti - 10/29/2008 7:00:22 PM
        
        Thanks - McFly - 10/29/2008 4:51:55 PM
        
        What McFly said - Yeti - 10/29/2008 2:41:02 PM
        
        I wish it were funny. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/29/2008 3:51:57 AM
        
        "Galt's Gulch" Good luck with that. - TB - 10/29/2008 5:05:06 AM
        
        Do yourself a favor: buy this month's "Harper's". - Mary Anne - 10/29/2008 11:39:41 AM
        
        Not what I said. - Yeti - 10/28/2008 5:51:50 PM
        
        Did. Yeti. Say. That? - McFly - 10/28/2008 4:22:27 PM
      - I just know your head can explode before the election! - Doug Ellison - 10/28/2008 7:18:07 AM
- Looks like another senate seat, then, that just *might* go democratic that a year ago was as red as it gets. (n/t) - Yeti - 10/27/2008 7:50:08 PM
  - Another Bush pardon in the works? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/27/2008 11:04:06 PM
    - That's what I figure. - Eri - 10/28/2008 1:04:58 AM
      - He's 85 years old - Socrates II - 10/28/2008 1:55:32 AM
        
        He'll never go to jail. He'll be pardonned. - Eri - 10/28/2008 2:46:31 AM

"Win or Lose, Many See Palin as Future of Party" - Laurie Street - 10/29/2008 3:24:15 AM
- re: "Win or Lose, Many See Palin as Future of Party" - Andrew - 10/29/2008 5:36:55 PM
- She's not out of the Alaskan ethical woods yet. - Bowser - 10/29/2008 1:12:22 PM

Another "well adjusted" leftist Zoner behaving badly? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/29/2008 2:10:32 AM
- Ahh..c'mon SDAI... - Jody - 10/29/2008 11:24:34 AM
- I think they are controlled by the same person controlling your skinheads. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/29/2008 4:35:16 AM

Iraq update - TB - 10/28/2008 3:36:52 PM
- "The war is over." - alcaray - 10/28/2008 7:53:29 PM
- Where do you find those little blogs? Let's apply a little test. - Bowser - 10/28/2008 7:08:33 PM
- re: Great, time for the US troops to go back home! (n/t) - Raoul - 10/28/2008 4:16:40 PM
- A little late aren't you? - azstrummer - 10/28/2008 3:55:46 PM

Perhaps you'll listen to Andrew Sullivan - azstrummer - 10/28/2008 3:00:05 PM
- In a word: Brilliant (n/t) - Fox - 10/28/2008 4:12:52 PM

First it was the Spotted Owl debacle... - RobVG - 10/28/2008 4:01:00 AM
- Dam! - SDG - 10/28/2008 1:29:19 PM

Major NETWORKS to Shut off ANALOG SIGNAL for 2 Mins 10/28/08 - carl - 10/27/2008 10:33:40 PM

CDS markets - Yeti - 10/21/2008 11:02:01 PM
- Update - Yeti - 10/23/2008 3:59:36 PM
  - re: Update 2 - Yeti - 10/27/2008 8:14:04 PM

Florida Republicans notice that early voting favors Democrats... - alcaray - 10/23/2008 6:29:36 PM
- Ummmm..... Did I mention that the democrats are socialists? - Yeti-channels-TB - 10/23/2008 6:58:10 PM
  - Hey - a lot of them are communists. And don't forget the fascists. - Bowser - 10/24/2008 2:55:59 PM
    - re: Hey - but they are related to a financial system. - Marcia - 10/26/2008 7:42:27 PM
  - re: Ummmm..... Aww, shucks that we'll have to pay for all thos promises that O'B; promises, but.... - Marcia - 10/24/2008 1:49:56 AM
    - "it takes a bit of critical thinking. ..." - Lindy - 10/24/2008 3:22:32 PM
    - Using your logic.... - Algorithms - 10/24/2008 11:58:46 AM
    - How can you talk about debt? What chutzpah! - Bowser - 10/24/2008 4:26:17 AM
    - Why can't any of you righties explain to me - Yeti - 10/24/2008 2:26:22 AM
      - My answers to your quiz. - Jody - 10/25/2008 3:47:22 PM
      - re: Why can't any of you righties explain to me - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2008 5:42:10 PM
        
        Tech1 says: " Iraq is all about OIL. (YES! The far left was right!)" - Lindy - 10/26/2008 3:46:15 AM
      - Ah. The "Bowser Verbal MOAB" technique. - TB - 10/24/2008 3:26:16 AM
        
        Ah, the "TB's got nothing" technique (n/t) - McFly - 10/24/2008 1:04:44 PM
        
        In other words, don't answer a single point. - Yeti - 10/24/2008 4:52:27 AM
        
        That's how the MOAB technique works. - TB - 10/24/2008 3:46:16 PM
        
        re: "having incorporated all the CO2 damage that a prosperous Iraq will do to the world of the future. " - Yeti - 10/24/2008 10:51:27 PM
        
        What about Bush nationalizing the financial system? Obama isn't that far left. - Bowser - 10/24/2008 3:42:05 AM
        
        "Has Obama suggest socializing anything on the order of the banking system?" - TB - 10/24/2008 4:23:00 AM
        
        Obama did not propose socializing the health care industry. Be honest. - Bowser - 10/24/2008 4:28:44 AM
        
        re: Obama did not propose socializing the health care industry. Be honest. - He has and he will... - Marcia - 10/24/2008 4:32:00 AM
        
        I don't think Obama will "socialize" the health care industries.... - Lindy - 10/24/2008 3:50:38 PM
        
        I'd be proud if he did, but there's a difference between Universal Health Care and socialism. - Bowser - 10/24/2008 5:10:48 AM
        
        Good grief. - TB - 10/24/2008 3:16:02 PM
    - re: Ummmm..... Aww, shucks that we'll have to pay for all thos promises that O'B; promises, but.... - Marcia - 10/24/2008 2:04:41 AM
      - And as for 'critical thinking' - Yeti - 10/24/2008 2:36:58 AM
        
        re: And as for 'critical thinking' - Marcia - 10/24/2008 3:45:37 AM
        
        Your answer, Like TB - Yeti - 10/24/2008 5:00:53 AM
        
        Again, how can you cut taxes for 95% of the population? - Lee - 10/24/2008 5:02:51 PM
        
        Should have read - Yeti - 10/24/2008 10:47:27 PM
        
        GIGO - TB - 10/24/2008 4:37:17 PM
        
        re: GIGO - Yeti - 10/24/2008 10:42:42 PM
        
        re: Your answer, Like TB - Marcia - 10/24/2008 5:10:16 AM
        
        Right - Yeti - 10/24/2008 5:20:09 AM
        
        Your sense of self-importance is truly breathtaking - The Silent Majority - 10/24/2008 12:08:03 PM
        
        Thank you for that special contribution - Yeti - 10/24/2008 1:21:30 PM
        
        re: And as for 'critical thinking'... more critical thinking. - Marcia - 10/24/2008 4:26:39 AM
        
        re: And as for 'critical thinking'... more critical thinking. Again, why did Powell stop running for the presidency? (n/t) - Marcia - 10/24/2008 4:29:11 AM
        
        As I recall, the speculation at the time was that his wife was adamantly against it. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 4:34:35 AM
        
        re: As I recall, the speculation at the time was that his wife was adamantly against it. - Marcia - 10/24/2008 4:40:32 AM
        
        wasn't speculation, Powell said as much in his autobiography (n/t) - SDG - 10/24/2008 7:38:37 PM
        
        Thanks. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 7:55:39 PM
        
        re: Thanks. - I wans't the one that spoke about "speculation". (n/t) - Marcia - 10/26/2008 7:49:34 PM
        
        my fault - should have gone under MA's post (n/t) - SDG - 10/27/2008 6:34:20 PM
        
        Who said you were? - Mary Anne - 10/26/2008 8:26:55 PM
        
        re: Who said you were? - Ok, as we were. - Marcia - 10/27/2008 12:09:13 AM
        
        I really enjoy "House" too. - Mary Anne - 10/27/2008 12:38:19 AM
        
        re: I really enjoy "House" too. - Marcia - 10/27/2008 1:17:14 AM
        
        It saddens me that you are not willing to allow that Obama wants to serve his country. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 1:12:00 PM
        
        re: As I recall, the speculation at the time was that his wife was adamantly against it. - Marcia - 10/24/2008 4:41:58 AM
        
        People shouldn't run to satisfy other people. Not for any office. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 1:13:14 PM
        
        re: People shouldn't run to satisfy other people. Not for any office. - nor for themselves. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/26/2008 7:51:19 PM
        
        So you advocate... a draft? A lottery? A monarchy? - Mary Anne - 10/26/2008 8:30:02 PM
        
        re: Please tell me you're being sarcastic.... - Marcia - 10/27/2008 12:24:37 AM
        
        Just inquiring. - Mary Anne - 10/27/2008 1:52:34 AM
        
        re: Just inquiring. - Marcia - 10/27/2008 4:16:13 AM
        
        re: So you advocate... a draft? A lottery? A monarchy? - Marcia - 10/27/2008 12:21:03 AM
    - re: Ummmm..... Aww, shucks that we'll have to pay for all those promises that O'B; promises, but.... (n/t) - Marcia - 10/24/2008 1:53:15 AM

Read this, important- a call to Alms. - Yeti - 10/27/2008 3:14:52 AM
- A consideration. - Bowser - 10/27/2008 5:08:33 PM
- HTML bug? - Yeti - 10/27/2008 3:17:59 AM
  - really odd! Again? - Yeti - 10/27/2008 3:19:26 AM
    - Okay, this last one above is correct. (n/t) - Yeti - 10/27/2008 3:20:17 AM
      - Adding one to the list - Fox - 10/27/2008 4:08:43 PM
        
        Even the Oklahoma race is tightening! - Yeti - 10/27/2008 4:28:15 PM

"The world economic financial crisis we are going through now is exactly what Osama bin Ladin predicted - - -" - Bowser - 10/27/2008 4:55:58 PM

"Iraq Aside, Nominees Have Like Views on Use of Force" - Bowser - 10/27/2008 5:14:14 AM
- re: Use of Force - Jack Herer - 10/27/2008 1:19:41 PM
  - re: Use of Force - Lindy - 10/27/2008 1:57:21 PM

McCain aides- Palin "going rogue". - Bowser - 10/25/2008 10:02:24 PM
- WSJ - "Political Wisdom: Palin, Perhaps Planning Ahead" - Bowser - 10/26/2008 3:29:36 AM
  - It's absolutely amazing - McFly - 10/26/2008 4:51:44 AM
    - As TB would say: - ARRELL - 10/26/2008 11:47:41 AM
      - How much does Palin know what a VP does? - Socrates II - 10/27/2008 3:54:45 AM

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