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Who is Joe Sixpack? - Eri - 10/24/2008 11:54:26 PM
- Admires those with the most toys, works by the hour. - Bowser - 10/25/2008 5:36:50 AM
  - You could write for Southpark. - RobVG - 10/25/2008 5:39:05 PM
    - Who is Joe's liberal counterpart? - Eri - 10/25/2008 8:59:21 PM
      - Sorry, it's not funny. - RobVG - 10/25/2008 11:21:01 PM
        
        Let me get this straight. - alcaray - 10/26/2008 8:21:28 PM
        
        That's not how Bowser painted him. - RobVG - 10/26/2008 9:18:04 PM
        
        Sarah Palin's Joe Sixpack - Lindy - 10/27/2008 3:28:39 AM
        
        Hey. I said he worked. And "Joe Sixpack" IS a stereotype. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/27/2008 12:47:44 AM
        
        I never said that you said he didn't. - RobVG - 10/27/2008 2:23:29 AM
        
        Sorry I didn't read all the pertinent posts. - alcaray - 10/26/2008 10:20:50 PM
        
        Yes, it is funny. - Eri - 10/26/2008 2:37:51 AM
        
        As opposed to $3 trillion corporate welfare just launched. - Bowser - 10/25/2008 11:43:20 PM
        
        I thought it was 700 billion? Must have missed something. - RobVG - 10/25/2008 11:51:33 PM
        
        On the news a day or two ago, they pumped it up to over a trillion. - Eri - 10/26/2008 2:20:36 AM
        
        Freddie and Fannie for $1 trillion each. And the "MISC." just stacks up. - Bowser - 10/26/2008 1:28:29 AM
        
        Hmm. Most sources say $100 billion each. - RobVG - 10/26/2008 2:22:14 AM
        
        Down payment. Like a car ad promising to "get you into" something for $100." (n/t) - Bowser - 10/26/2008 1:44:13 PM
    - Very good. You could write for Jeff Foxworthy. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/25/2008 7:30:30 PM
  - Very good Bowz - Lindy - 10/25/2008 5:48:56 AM
- You've got your ideologies mixed up. - RobVG - 10/25/2008 4:14:33 AM
  - Shhhhhh. - Eri - 10/25/2008 4:24:09 AM
- A construct. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2008 12:46:45 AM
  - Good construct. - Eri - 10/25/2008 4:22:01 AM
    - In Foxholes... - nick hoffman - 10/25/2008 1:43:50 PM
      - War is proof only that there is no God IN man! - Eri - 10/25/2008 4:01:03 PM
        
        You read it your way, me mine... - nick hoffman - 10/26/2008 12:48:42 PM
        
        You bring the coffee; I'll bring the brandy. Us Catholics are drinkers. (n/t) - Eri - 10/26/2008 3:28:03 PM
        
        That was funny Nick - Lindy - 10/26/2008 2:15:57 PM
        
        That doesn't explain chimpanzee wars, though. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/25/2008 6:39:44 PM
        
        Survival of the fittest. - Eri - 10/25/2008 9:02:14 PM

Oopsie! - Eri - 10/26/2008 6:11:29 PM
- An Act of War. - Bowser - 10/26/2008 7:24:02 PM
  - That is true. - Eri - 10/27/2008 3:10:51 AM
- Border town - Eri - 10/26/2008 6:15:35 PM

And now for something completely different! Why do so many Israelis hate the settlers? - alcaray - 10/26/2008 5:53:51 PM
- You know, I could believe Harel... - Mary Anne - 10/26/2008 6:34:56 PM

So much for ethics! - Eri - 10/26/2008 2:49:08 PM
- How.... Mavericky (n/t) - Yeti - 10/26/2008 3:59:24 PM

How does the electoral vote stack up now? - E.P. - 10/25/2008 4:59:35 PM
- The electoral heavily favors Obama right now - Eri - 10/25/2008 5:19:26 PM

The end of attack politics? - E.P. - 10/25/2008 4:57:20 PM

On the bright side - E.P. - 10/25/2008 4:48:40 PM

At the moment the stock market indices are sinking faster than the Titanic. - Bowser - 10/24/2008 1:40:28 PM
- And Monday - azstrummer - 10/24/2008 2:33:37 PM
  - re: And Monday - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2008 4:59:12 PM
    - "I worry what's going to happen when society breaks down financially under the onslaught of the manipulators." - Lindy - 10/25/2008 3:27:12 PM
    - Soros was the only name you could come up with? - azstrummer - 10/24/2008 7:36:51 PM
      - No. Soros IS the most relevant name at this time. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/25/2008 12:39:13 AM
        
        Your only gripe is Soros supporting Obama? - Lindy - 10/25/2008 4:10:45 PM

U.S. existing home sales up 5.5 percent in September - RobVG - 10/25/2008 3:32:18 AM
- Makes some sense. - Bowser - 10/25/2008 5:39:09 AM
  - I think the key is "existing homes". - Mary Anne - 10/25/2008 11:05:33 AM
    - You're right, and both existing and new are distressed. - Bowser - 10/25/2008 3:00:09 PM

Even while endorsing all his policies, "Palin calls Bush a major obstacle for campaign" - Bowser - 10/25/2008 12:28:29 AM
- Meanwhile, the rats are deserting the sinking ship... - Eri - 10/25/2008 4:07:40 AM
- Big-time finger pointing has broken out among the frustrated Republicans... (n/t) - z - 10/25/2008 1:12:35 AM

One poll to really, really pay attention to, besides the one on Nov. 4. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2008 11:50:55 PM
- Hee. I hope, I hope, I hope! (n/t) - Eri - 10/25/2008 12:00:44 AM

There is a bright side to today's financial news. - Eri - 10/24/2008 11:57:52 PM

Thomas Jefferson on banks - Laurie Street - 10/24/2008 4:09:00 PM
- I haven't had a bank account in years - azstrummer - 10/24/2008 7:37:52 PM
- Somebody did quote that a while back... - TB - 10/24/2008 4:28:48 PM
  - re: Somebody did quote that a while back... - Laurie Street - 10/24/2008 5:13:50 PM

The awakening of a randian - Yeti - 10/23/2008 9:03:24 PM
- re: The (re) awakening of a randian - dtb - 10/24/2008 5:33:57 PM
- re: The awakening of a randian - TB - 10/24/2008 4:04:08 AM

Palin says that God will do "the right thing for America" on Election Day - Socrates II - 10/23/2008 5:01:53 PM
- One way to look at it... - Algorithms - 10/24/2008 3:42:55 AM
  - God doesn't always do what's in a country's interest. - Lee - 10/24/2008 5:11:03 PM
- Oh dear.... - Lindy - 10/24/2008 12:56:58 AM
  - Sorta makes you want to head to the altar at the nearest Asssembly of God Church. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/24/2008 4:18:09 AM
  - I went over Jesus' head. - Eri - 10/24/2008 3:54:51 AM

"Enemies won't test me," sez McCain - McFly - 10/22/2008 8:16:07 PM
- You're on a roll McFly - Lindy - 10/24/2008 1:05:44 AM
- Completely out of touch with reality - z - 10/22/2008 9:07:31 PM
  - Yeah, I remember how Iran tested Reagan when he was elected. - TB - 10/22/2008 10:46:17 PM
    - Reagan - z - 10/23/2008 1:35:35 AM
      - Reagan managed to seem tough while commiting treason, negotiating with terrorists. - Bowser - 10/23/2008 4:34:42 AM
      - Surge - TB - 10/23/2008 3:13:04 AM
        
        Huffington wrote a good article in July on the failure of the surge - z - 10/23/2008 5:35:27 AM
        
        Yeah, Arianna Huffington is going to tell me how it is. - TB - 10/23/2008 2:14:08 PM
        
        Shall we compile who's been right more? - azstrummer - 10/24/2008 3:16:08 PM
        
        "We'd be winning if it weren't for pesky events!" - Tony - 10/23/2008 4:29:31 PM
        
        re: who you're sounding like now? - Yeti - 10/24/2008 2:45:13 AM
        
        Up the creek? You really are posting from Fantasy Land now, aren't you? (n/t) - McFly - 10/23/2008 3:50:35 PM
    - Wartime for Bonzo - McFly - 10/23/2008 12:19:23 AM
      - The remark was referring to the catastrophes Bush is leaving behind, not nefarious intentions. - Bowser - 10/23/2008 1:23:22 AM

Barack the Fantasy Football Guy - azstrummer - 10/24/2008 2:02:00 PM
- Delightful! (n/t) - Bowser - 10/24/2008 2:22:42 PM

National Republican Senatorial Committee concedes the election to Obama - z - 10/24/2008 2:21:37 AM
- NRSC better watch out! - Eri - 10/24/2008 3:51:53 AM

What goes around, comes around. - Bowser - 10/24/2008 12:40:20 AM
- "The Geezer and the Dingbat" - Lindy - 10/24/2008 12:51:33 AM

Obama's campaign has hauled in over $600 million - TB - 10/23/2008 3:26:45 PM
- McCain has more money than he can handle wisely, eg Palin's wardrobe. - Bowser - 10/23/2008 11:52:35 PM
- Wow! He's even passed Bush's prior record by a little bit! (n/t) - alcaray - 10/23/2008 7:18:20 PM
- If you were honest, you'd see the logical hole in that quote. (n/t) - Tony - 10/23/2008 4:43:06 PM
  - By all means, point it out. (n/t) - TB - 10/23/2008 5:21:34 PM
    - From whom would Obama be able to raise over half a billion - Tony - 10/23/2008 6:49:29 PM
- Those darn Socialists! Always buying power and influence with their vast wealth... (n/t) - z - 10/23/2008 3:38:27 PM

CNN: Rigged Voting Machines in West Virginia - Eric - 10/22/2008 11:58:12 PM
- re: CNN: Rigged Voting Machines in West Virginia - SDG - 10/23/2008 7:41:44 PM

Looters eyeing your 401(K) - TB - 10/23/2008 3:57:22 PM
- You get these kind of proposals when $2 trillion in retirement savings vanishes in a market crash - z - 10/23/2008 5:10:03 PM
  - Where did the $2 trillion come from in the first place? - TB - 10/23/2008 5:14:23 PM
    - It's not that private individuals aren't smart enough - z - 10/23/2008 6:57:17 PM
    - Its Socialists I tell you! Socialists! all the way down! - Yeti - 10/23/2008 5:16:36 PM
- Once again - Yeti - 10/23/2008 4:28:49 PM
  - re: Once again - TB - 10/23/2008 5:10:25 PM
    - Don't look over there! - Yeti - 10/23/2008 5:13:47 PM
      - Didn't click the link, did you? - TB - 10/23/2008 5:20:15 PM
        
        wow, you really don't get it - Yeti - 10/23/2008 5:32:54 PM

Why...the race is "essentially even"..now who predicted this? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 11:18:03 PM
- AP is dying and becoming irrelevant - azstrummer - 10/23/2008 3:41:19 PM
  - re: AP is dying and becoming irrelevant - TB - 10/23/2008 4:07:05 PM
- More good news - Pollsters are now moving Ohio from "toss-up" to the Obama column! (n/t) - z - 10/23/2008 2:00:53 PM
- Reuters/Zogby: Obama by 12 points - Algorithms - 10/23/2008 1:49:57 PM
- Polls, polls, and more polls - z - 10/23/2008 12:07:30 PM
  - As I recall there are always some polls calling it even. Mobilizes the troops. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/23/2008 2:52:17 PM
- Essentially even??? - alcaray - 10/23/2008 4:34:48 AM
  - You an Yeti can take it up with AP - tell them they are mistaken. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2008 6:12:40 AM
    - I wonder if you know the difference between 'the poll numbers' and 'a polls numbers'? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/23/2008 6:56:09 AM
  - Bookies are saying the same - Laurie Street - 10/23/2008 5:18:25 AM
    - Intrade difference from wagering with a bookie. - alcaray - 10/23/2008 6:54:30 AM
      - Thanks for the explanation - Laurie Street - 10/23/2008 6:08:35 PM
  - I told a lie. - alcaray - 10/23/2008 4:38:04 AM
- re: One poll does not an even race maketh. - Yeti - 10/23/2008 12:48:19 AM
- views of the candidates - JEKing - 10/23/2008 12:25:41 AM

The Palin sleaze deepens, thickens. A great choice for two reasons. - Bowser - 10/21/2008 11:19:11 PM
- And to be clear, this is NOT the way it work for all pols - dtb - 10/22/2008 1:41:43 AM
  - Exactly - Algorithms - 10/22/2008 2:18:53 AM
    - The conventional wisdom these days - azstrummer - 10/22/2008 2:10:21 PM
      - re: "conventional wisdom" - TB - 10/22/2008 3:32:04 PM
        
        Thinking about that Biden remark. No reasoning, strictly ideology and emotion. - Bowser - 10/23/2008 1:15:13 AM
        
        Truly worthy of a double-take, isn't it? - McFly - 10/23/2008 1:29:12 PM
        
        re: Truly worthy - TB - 10/23/2008 2:21:37 PM
        
        Name Callers - Yeti - 10/23/2008 4:57:28 PM
        
        Not if you can't rise above...... - Tony - 10/23/2008 4:45:13 PM
        
        re: Biden - TB - 10/23/2008 3:19:29 AM
        
        Keeping the looney veep candidate away from the media - TB - 10/23/2008 5:27:25 AM
        
        "I have yet to see objective evidence that Biden has that much more on the ball than Palin does." - Bowser - 10/22/2008 4:09:56 PM
        
        Some things never change - azstrummer - 10/22/2008 3:57:23 PM
        
        re: Some things never change - TB - 10/22/2008 10:54:36 PM
        
        That's such crap Tom - azstrummer - 10/23/2008 3:35:03 PM
        
        It's about her, her incompetence, ignorance, abuse of power, and ethics problems.. - Bowser - 10/22/2008 11:58:22 PM
- On the news tonight - Eri - 10/21/2008 11:58:41 PM
  - Her nomination means she's the very best the Republicans could find. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/22/2008 12:36:16 AM
    - Actually Bowser - azstrummer - 10/22/2008 2:06:51 PM
      - Country First! They are patriots, wouldn't try to foist off anything but their best. - Bowser - 10/22/2008 5:15:00 PM
      - That crossed my mind too Art - Lindy - 10/22/2008 4:27:59 PM
    - That.... - Algorithms - 10/22/2008 2:26:03 AM

Protestor tries to handcuff Karl Rove - Eric - 10/23/2008 2:21:28 AM
- Was it a Habitable Zoner? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/23/2008 6:04:49 AM

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