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Stock Market TANKS with word of Corp. Profits.... - carl - 10/22/2008 3:29:27 PM
- To get the country moving again - JEKing - 10/23/2008 12:57:26 AM
- Just remember - azstrummer - 10/22/2008 3:59:09 PM
  - I don't think this is a zero sum game. - Bowser - 10/22/2008 5:35:33 PM
    - re: I don't think this is a zero sum game. - azstrummer - 10/22/2008 6:03:26 PM
      - Payofffs on PHANTOM Mortgages? - carl - 10/22/2008 6:06:30 PM
        
        Oh I'm not saying there won't be chaos - azstrummer - 10/22/2008 6:09:55 PM

McCain campaign close to writing off Iowa, New Mexico, and Colorado - and hoping for a miracle in Pennsylvania - z - 10/20/2008 11:54:02 PM
- Break out tthe butter and jam - Fox - 10/21/2008 5:19:39 PM
  - Great, kid. - Mary Anne - 10/21/2008 9:30:11 PM
    - -smile- (n/t) - Fox - 10/21/2008 11:07:20 PM
    - Han Solo - REB - 10/21/2008 9:41:47 PM
  - It's just as well. - REB - 10/21/2008 7:53:10 PM
    - What the Republican Party really needs to do... - z - 10/21/2008 10:16:58 PM
      - "The party of Lincoln" - Fox - 10/21/2008 11:22:55 PM
        
        Teddy Roosevelt? - TB - 10/22/2008 12:14:04 AM
        
        Precisely - Fox - 10/22/2008 1:12:21 AM
        
        Kind of like Palin, huh? - Lee - 10/22/2008 1:17:56 AM
        
        You obviously have not read about the Unilateral Family Travel Expense Reform she has enacted in AK. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 1:33:34 AM
        
        How many trips did Chelsea go on with Bill and Hill? - Lee - 10/22/2008 1:36:04 AM
        
        Policy - Yeti - 10/22/2008 4:25:44 AM
        
        The pertinent question: - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 1:41:46 AM
        
        The pertinent answer - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 12:37:05 PM
        
        Astounding. - TB - 10/22/2008 3:53:30 PM
        
        Well if Palin were a REAL career woman. - Lee - 10/22/2008 8:50:20 PM
        
        Wrong again. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 9:27:32 PM
        
        Awwww- its all a big conspiracy! You poor little oppressed conservatives! Its just not fair! - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 4:10:10 PM
        
        There are a lot of legitimate stories. The point is which ones are getting media attention. - TB - 10/22/2008 4:37:09 PM
        
        Nonsense... - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 5:21:18 PM
        
        Think. - TB - 10/22/2008 10:58:40 PM
        
        re: which ones are getting media attention - the ones that deserve it (n/t) - Fox - 10/22/2008 5:08:50 PM
        
        "the ones that deserve it" And who gets to decide that? - TB - 10/22/2008 5:20:07 PM
        
        The "Market" - McFly - 10/22/2008 7:38:48 PM
        
        You checked their sales lately? - TB - 10/22/2008 11:02:46 PM
        
        I guess the media is a business that TB thinks needs more regulation - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 9:15:09 PM
        
        Bookmark that for when the Democrats try to revive the Fairness Doctrine again. (n/t) - TB - 10/22/2008 11:04:07 PM
        
        Market Fundamentalism Explains again - Yeti - 10/22/2008 10:08:52 PM
        
        Attention moderators! - Yeti - 10/22/2008 10:11:33 PM
        
        FYI - Fox - 10/22/2008 11:25:31 PM
        
        No problem - TB - 10/22/2008 11:07:17 PM
    - All three branches? - Mary Anne - 10/21/2008 8:07:10 PM
      - re: three branches? - Fox - 10/21/2008 11:48:32 PM
      - re: All three branches? - REB - 10/21/2008 8:26:38 PM
        
        A lot to answer for. - Mary Anne - 10/21/2008 9:54:01 PM
        
        re: All three branches. - TB - 10/21/2008 9:52:40 PM
        
        So if Obama wins - Lee - 10/21/2008 10:51:34 PM
        
        Playing Fear Factor again, I see. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 12:49:25 AM
        
        Well child molesters aren't a real problem for liberals. - Lee - 10/22/2008 1:09:46 AM
        
        What a disgusting, absolutely unfounded remark! - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 1:37:40 AM
        
        Well, Barak did support legislation to teach young children about masturbation and homosexuality. - Lee - 10/22/2008 1:43:07 AM
        
        Liar. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 1:58:21 AM
        
        What's wrong with you? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/22/2008 1:16:59 AM
        
        You should direct that question towards - Lee - 10/22/2008 1:26:24 AM

Biden starts laying the groundwork - TB - 10/20/2008 4:08:51 PM
- You're projecting - McFly - 10/20/2008 6:17:58 PM
- It is going to be difficult and expensive to clean up after Bush & Co. - Bowser - 10/20/2008 6:12:18 PM
  - Tom B - a serious question - Socrates II - 10/21/2008 12:10:47 AM
    - re: a serious question - TB - 10/21/2008 12:40:09 AM
      - "The system does not select for thinkers" - z - 10/21/2008 12:50:46 PM
        
        Obama used a big word! He must be smart! - TB - 10/21/2008 3:21:39 PM
        
        Wow. Just step back and listen to yourself, man. (n/t) - Yeti - 10/21/2008 3:38:49 PM
        
        Come on... - TB - 10/21/2008 4:10:05 PM
        
        Careful, Arrell just might pull out that wayback machine of his... (n/t) - Yeti - 10/21/2008 6:57:23 PM
        
        Sure. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 7:06:53 PM
        
        re: Sure. - TB - 10/21/2008 9:59:07 PM
        
        Au Contraire- Georgia Republican Party chairwoman Sue Everhart: â€John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross,â€ - ARRELL - 10/21/2008 10:46:28 PM
        
        re: Au Contraire- - TB - 10/22/2008 12:30:09 AM
        
        re: Au Contraire- - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 12:34:19 AM
        
        Okay... - TB - 10/22/2008 12:40:27 AM
        
        wow...note the picture... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 4:28:21 AM
        
        A bit more... - TB - 10/22/2008 12:46:31 AM
        
        Hmmm, so lets see.. - Yeti - 10/22/2008 5:35:23 AM
        
        And this... - TB - 10/22/2008 2:53:46 AM
        
        You really have sunk this low in your desparation...? - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 12:49:16 PM
        
        re: desparation [sic] - TB - 10/22/2008 4:44:16 PM
        
        You don't HAVE a point... - ARRELL - 10/22/2008 9:02:04 PM
        
        Getting you guys to the point of namecalling... - TB - 10/22/2008 11:10:50 PM
        
        It's actually quite scary. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 3:58:39 AM
        
        I'm just trying to make one simple point... - TB - 10/22/2008 5:22:11 AM
        
        To anyone paying attention... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 5:34:15 AM
        
        What is "Galts' Gultch"? (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 12:42:03 PM
        
        An old Ayn Rand reference. (n/t) - TB - 10/22/2008 4:45:30 PM
        
        Ha! Had you by 11 seconds you old pirate! (n/t) - SDAI-Gulch1 - 10/22/2008 4:47:26 PM
        
        It's a city. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 4:45:19 PM
        
        Better book recommendation - TB - 10/22/2008 4:51:17 PM
        
        Poor Eddie. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/22/2008 5:10:29 PM
        
        Well, that might be one difference between me and Eddie - TB - 10/22/2008 5:16:21 PM
        
        "nobody ever slurped on Bush with starry eyes the way people are slurping on Obama." - Tony - 10/21/2008 5:28:21 PM
        
        No really. Step back and listen. - McFly - 10/21/2008 5:19:15 PM
        
        All I hear is slurping. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 5:55:33 PM
        
        Perhaps that's all you want to hear - McFly - 10/21/2008 7:55:47 PM
      - re: a serious question - gbaikie - 10/21/2008 2:45:52 AM

What this election is about - TB - 10/17/2008 8:36:40 PM
- The real tragedy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 5:36:25 AM
- is the pendulum swinging. (n/t) - podrock - 10/20/2008 3:31:52 AM
- You pegged it: "about friggin' time" - Fox - 10/19/2008 2:36:30 PM
  - :) (n/t) - Jody - 10/19/2008 6:11:29 PM
  - It's no much a move to the left, - Lee - 10/19/2008 5:59:09 PM
    - The Fundamentalist approach.. - Yeti - 10/19/2008 6:19:09 PM
      - The term "fundamentalist" isn't always a bad word. - Lee - 10/19/2008 6:29:07 PM
        
        Except that as a philosophy of life, it historically always fails. Always. - Yeti - 10/21/2008 5:30:05 PM
        
        Well said - Fox - 10/22/2008 12:05:26 AM
        
        re: fundamentalism might be called a refusal to evolve. - Yeti - 10/22/2008 4:21:27 PM
        
        Please elaborate what *you* mean by cultural evolution. (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 1:48:44 PM
        
        Two examples - Fox - 10/22/2008 5:31:21 PM
        
        Thank you! (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 6:45:14 PM
        
        Another way of looking at it - TB - 10/21/2008 10:11:16 PM
        
        Logic is not the argument - Yeti - 10/21/2008 11:14:28 PM
    - Should be "It's not so much a move to the left" (n/t) - Lee - 10/19/2008 6:02:33 PM
- re: What this election is about - Eric - 10/18/2008 12:16:46 PM
  - Yes, but we don't just look to liberals for guidance, we are the liberal leaders who give guidance! - z - 10/18/2008 5:14:14 PM
    - All we need to do is look... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/21/2008 5:45:02 AM
- When Colin Powell (probably) endorses Obama on Sunday, it should be very interesting.... - z - 10/17/2008 8:51:29 PM

More on "voter fraud". - alcaray - 10/21/2008 11:24:10 PM
- Get it into the Supreme Court. - Bowser - 10/22/2008 5:23:38 PM
- I love this cartoon - Algorithms - 10/22/2008 2:22:27 AM

US jet 'ordered to fire at UFO over East Anglia' - Eric - 10/20/2008 1:48:50 PM
- Intergalactic war? - Eric - 10/20/2008 9:34:56 PM
  - InterSTELLAR War, not Intergalactic - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 11:46:09 PM
    - How do you know who the bad guys are? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/20/2008 11:51:30 PM
      - The bad guys have British accents - McFly - 10/21/2008 1:38:39 PM
        
        As I grew up all the bad guys had mustaches. - alcaray - 10/21/2008 7:49:20 PM
        
        re: The bad guys have British accents - Tony - 10/21/2008 5:29:04 PM
        
        re: The bad guys have *English* accents - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 12:59:58 PM
      - OOOH...Mr. Kot-AIR!!..I can answer this one!! - Horshack - 10/21/2008 12:44:42 PM
      - They're the ones who have ridiculous methods of electing leaders and the news focuses on vapid celebrities - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 11:58:29 PM
        
        Yeah, but... - alcaray - 10/21/2008 2:02:22 AM
        
        You ask them if they want a Milky Way to eat - Socrates II - 10/21/2008 3:07:37 AM
        
        *Snickers* (n/t) - Jody - 10/21/2008 12:45:40 PM
- Although interesting.... - Lindy - 10/20/2008 2:05:56 PM
  - Without evidence to back this up - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 5:54:24 PM
    - It's on FOX News!!! (n/t) - Eric - 10/20/2008 7:31:28 PM
    - I'd tend to agree, of course... - McFly - 10/20/2008 6:25:01 PM
      - If they're highly advanced... - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 6:54:50 PM
        
        Now you've done it...my brain hurts - McFly - 10/20/2008 9:08:46 PM
        
        "Of course if they're really advanced...." - Lindy - 10/20/2008 8:04:20 PM
        
        What if they've been experimenting on us all the time? - Mary Anne - 10/22/2008 1:03:53 PM
        
        or *grey* mice even. (n/t) - Jody - 10/22/2008 3:39:27 PM
        
        I like it Lindy (n/t) - Jody - 10/21/2008 2:10:01 AM
        
        What if.... - Eri - 10/20/2008 11:39:53 PM
        
        No star wars - Lindy - 10/21/2008 12:09:07 PM
        
        I think about that concept all the time Lindy... - Jody - 10/21/2008 1:10:06 PM
        
        We are carbon units - Socrates II - 10/21/2008 1:31:34 PM

Chrysler to Be broken up, gutted Sold in PARTS - carl - 10/22/2008 3:25:24 PM

Colin Powell endorses Obama - ARRELL - 10/19/2008 3:02:22 PM
- An outstanding critique, by a Republican, of the sleazy campaign tactics being used by the Republicans - z - 10/20/2008 2:19:34 AM
- What can they say? - Eri - 10/19/2008 7:22:09 PM
  - Here's Limbaugh. You're either with 'em or against 'em. - Bowser - 10/19/2008 10:42:21 PM
    - Rush as propagandist - E.P> - 10/20/2008 2:36:04 PM
      - Make people feel the way they want to feel. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/20/2008 6:35:46 PM
      - re: Rush as propagandist - Lindy - 10/20/2008 4:17:48 PM
        
        Food for Thought - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 5:44:11 PM
        
        Please keep that in mind. (n/t) - TB - 10/20/2008 6:45:05 PM
        
        That is why I hope some day we won't need to follow leaders - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 11:57:23 PM
        
        re: That is why I hope some day we won't need to follow leaders - TB - 10/21/2008 12:57:12 AM
        
        And if look at their record, you can learn a lot. - Lindy - 10/20/2008 5:49:41 PM
    - Well, you called it earlier today: it's an African-American thing. - Mary Anne - 10/20/2008 12:46:01 AM
    - The Right's destruction of "Colin the General" begins. (n/t) - McFly - 10/19/2008 11:19:52 PM
      - I hope not. - TB - 10/20/2008 3:02:06 AM
  - Disgruntled former employee, associates with traitors, proven liar. - Bowser - 10/19/2008 7:38:29 PM
    - If they try it, it will blow up in their faces. - Eri - 10/20/2008 2:28:55 AM
- Powell's comments... - ARRELL - 10/19/2008 4:32:51 PM
  - CNN has a press conference with powell posted. Powell makes some excellent points near the end - Yeti - 10/19/2008 5:05:07 PM
- I'm sure it's an African-American thing. - Bowser - 10/19/2008 3:13:15 PM

SARA Palin on SNL Tonite - carl - 10/18/2008 1:48:43 PM
- I am a stick in the mud..... - Jody - 10/19/2008 1:14:33 PM
  - Why they do it. - Eri - 10/20/2008 2:32:21 AM
    - Richard Nixon on Laugh-In - Socrates II - 10/20/2008 2:43:06 PM
      - Yes, he made an appearance. (n/t) - Eri - 10/20/2008 4:48:32 PM
        
        Clip here - Eri - 10/20/2008 4:56:10 PM
        
        He canceled his Sept. 2008 appearance due to Hurricane Ike. - Eri - 10/20/2008 5:00:31 PM

The Left's destruction of "Joe the Plumber" begins. - TB - 10/16/2008 6:53:56 PM
- I'm 4 BOB the BUILDER!!!!!! - carl - 10/18/2008 1:45:17 PM
- I'm still waiting for an answer, TB (Frosts vs Joe) - dtb - 10/17/2008 4:49:24 PM
  - The answer - TB - 10/17/2008 5:10:27 PM
    - So is your point.... - dtb - 10/17/2008 5:57:58 PM
      - I hope to divorce my disfigured wife and marry a beer heiress, would Obama's plan force me to share my hard earned wealth with those that didn't put in the hard work required to marry a beer heiress? - John 'six pack' McCain - 10/18/2008 3:43:18 PM
    - Lame. Non Sequitur. - Yeti - 10/17/2008 5:49:59 PM
      - The question, you might have noticed, was also a non sequitur - TB - 10/17/2008 6:15:17 PM
        
        Yeah, sure, thats why you answered it with some mind-bending semantic gymnastics. - Yeti - 10/17/2008 7:51:19 PM
        
        Good Grief. - Tony - 10/17/2008 6:53:18 PM
      - It's truly sad, isn't it? - McFly - 10/17/2008 5:58:34 PM
        
        Miss you too, McFly. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 6:15:56 PM
- The wrapup - TB - 10/17/2008 5:44:46 AM
  - Uh.... - Algorithms - 10/17/2008 1:46:20 PM
  - So what's your point? That America should be a banana republic? - Bowser - 10/17/2008 6:49:14 AM
  - Your links.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 5:52:50 AM
    - More on "Joe" - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 6:11:07 AM
      - You just keep that chaff coming. See: "Notice anything interesting?" - TB - 10/17/2008 5:13:15 PM
- "Joe the Proctologist" stiffs McCain, extremists, and is related to a Keating biggie. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 2:16:33 AM
  - Related to a Keating employee? - TB - 10/17/2008 3:42:17 AM
    - It was on a news program. Simply an interesting aside. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 4:06:06 AM
      - Notice anything interesting? - TB - 10/17/2008 4:27:37 AM
        
        Indeed... - McFly - 10/17/2008 5:52:51 PM
        
        How can you reduce taxes for low income people? - Lee - 10/20/2008 11:50:34 AM
        
        I don't think I ever said Democrats didn't LIKE massive wealth redistribution. - TB - 10/17/2008 6:40:05 PM
        
        I agree TB. - The average Jody - 10/17/2008 11:37:43 PM
        
        Well, I don't. - Mary Anne - 10/19/2008 1:46:02 PM
        
        I admire your forthrightness Mary Anne... - Jody - 10/19/2008 10:50:13 PM
        
        on parasites - McFly - 10/17/2008 8:16:51 PM
        
        re: on parasites - gbaikie - 10/19/2008 12:17:15 AM
        
        There he goes again - McFly - 10/19/2008 4:12:45 PM
        
        So what do you think the purpose of taxation is? - Lee - 10/17/2008 11:51:38 PM
        
        Depends on the admin - McFly - 10/18/2008 2:10:28 PM
        
        Yup, thats TB's idea of socialism... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 5:59:38 PM
        
        I realize your agenda is to concentrate the wealth. A la banana republics. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 5:50:26 AM
- Incorrect. Again. - McFly - 10/17/2008 12:06:24 AM
  - More examples - TB - 10/17/2008 12:23:45 AM
    - Nope, you dont get to change the subject.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:32:23 AM
      - Hey, you're the one changing the subject. - TB - 10/17/2008 12:48:59 AM
        
        HOW is it a 'media lynch mob' to look into McCain's claims?! (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:57:39 AM
        
        Be specific. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 1:05:20 AM
        
        You are just playing stupid now.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 1:17:24 AM
        
        One of us is. - TB - 10/17/2008 1:44:23 AM
- Joe is just another american screwed over by a republican... - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 10:05:40 PM
- Joe must be one hell of a great plumber - z - 10/16/2008 10:02:16 PM
  - Just look at the raving going on here... - TB - 10/17/2008 12:03:01 AM
    - If someone were to punch a presidential candidate... - Lee - 10/17/2008 12:30:03 AM
      - Where the heck did THAT come from? (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 12:31:11 AM
        
        My guess....Southern Comfort - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:38:18 AM
        
        Won't bother me at all. - Lee - 10/17/2008 12:51:02 AM
        
        Wow, total break from reality.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 1:03:08 AM
        
        Just curious. - Lee - 10/17/2008 12:36:44 AM
        
        Memo to Obama campaign...do Not send any volunteers to knock on Lee's door...let the man be... (n/t) - z - 10/17/2008 12:47:36 AM
    - C'mon. This is a blatant, last-minute effort by McCain to grab onto a populist message. It's backfiring. (n/t) - z - 10/17/2008 12:24:07 AM
      - Backfiring? Go ahead. Wreck this guy's life on national TV. See how that works for you. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 12:29:48 AM
        
        Is it fair to look into McCain's debate claims? YES OR NO? (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:39:37 AM
        
        Sure, start a thread. - TB - 10/17/2008 12:59:28 AM
    - Hey, you're the one who opened the tin... - McFly - 10/17/2008 12:09:55 AM
- Unlike the Right leaving Graeme Frost alone...??? (n/t) - dtb - 10/16/2008 10:00:36 PM
- "Destruction" must be another word that's different in the extremist dictionary. - Bowser - 10/16/2008 8:32:29 PM
- Fact checking is destruction? - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 7:36:16 PM
  - By the way- your link shows McCain lied about 'Joe' - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 10:01:00 PM

U.S. Pact Hits Snag as Iraq Shiites Seek Changes - Bowser - 10/19/2008 10:22:31 PM

Ok, TB, maybe I was wrong- maybe associating with ACORN is a big problem for a candidate, and the MSM isnt covering it! - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 1:55:40 AM
- Not even a good try. - TB - 10/18/2008 4:17:20 AM
  - Sorry, TB, McCain clearly 'associated' wit ACORN in the same way Obama 'associated' with Ayers - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 4:22:13 AM
    - Did McCain funnel $800,000 to ACORN, too? (n/t) - TB - 10/18/2008 4:49:25 AM
      - Cute- if you use the word 'funnel' it makes it sound illegal... it wasn't - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 5:27:15 AM
        
        It's typical - Algorithms - 10/18/2008 1:46:15 PM
        
        And if you want to revisit the money McCain 'funneled' to the white supremacist, we can do that... - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 5:44:19 AM
        
        Oh NOW it's OK to quote a blog? - The Silent Majority - 10/19/2008 10:07:16 AM
        
        Were the facts incorrect? - ARRELL - 10/19/2008 2:53:32 PM
        
        Here it is, not from a blog. Happy? - Mary Anne - 10/19/2008 2:33:14 PM
- re: Ok, TB, maybe I was wrong- maybe associating with ACORN is a big problem for a candidate, and the MSM isnt covering it! - gbaikie - 10/18/2008 2:41:31 AM
  - "You mean an event in which was one of the groups which acorn: ".....LOL - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 4:30:32 AM
  - btw - gbaikie - 10/18/2008 2:57:11 AM
    - Complete nonsense. Voter fraud is a Republican myth, designed to remove voters from the rolls, and delegitimize Democratic victories - z - 10/18/2008 3:08:57 AM
      - re: Complete nonsense - TB - 10/18/2008 4:45:57 AM
        
        Remember the abusive crowds stopping the Florida recount. - Bowser - 10/19/2008 4:20:00 AM
        
        You used to say that you could live with McCain or Obama as president... - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 2:35:33 PM
        
        I answered that question in the post below - TB - 10/18/2008 11:32:53 PM
        
        You noticed this one, didn't you? - alcaray - 10/18/2008 8:10:21 AM
        
        For all types of vote tampering and fraud, including vote buying, Minnite says the Justice Department has averaged seven or eight convictions a year. - ARRELL - 10/18/2008 6:14:01 AM

Obama rally in St. Louis, Missouri draws 100,000! - z - 10/18/2008 6:45:50 PM
- Were the multitudes treated to a meal of fish and bread? (n/t) - Lee - 10/19/2008 4:12:44 AM
  - Obama is more interested in making sure they go home to meat and potatoes. - Mary Anne - 10/19/2008 1:15:00 PM
- Obama's in KC this afternoon. - Eri - 10/18/2008 9:03:26 PM
- Picture - z - 10/18/2008 9:00:38 PM
  - Photoshop is a great program. - Bowser - 10/19/2008 4:18:12 AM
    - Life imitates art....Freepers are yelling "fake!" - dtb - 10/19/2008 12:25:43 PM
      - Considering a press that tries to pass off fake documents as real. - Lee - 10/19/2008 2:13:53 PM
    - re: Photoshop is a great program. - Lee - 10/19/2008 4:30:45 AM
  - Cool! Hope we get one of him with the Liberty Memorial in the background. - Eri - 10/18/2008 9:06:05 PM

Another republican calls for McCain to cease smear tactics... - ARRELL - 10/19/2008 2:03:03 AM

If they can't stand the heat... - Eri - 10/18/2008 9:18:22 PM

Canvassers, not ACORN, at fault - Algorithms - 10/18/2008 1:16:53 PM
- And, the bigger danger... - Algorithms - 10/18/2008 1:31:44 PM

Hawaii ending universal child health care - TB - 10/17/2008 7:23:46 PM
- One can learn from a failed experiment - McFly - 10/17/2008 10:17:56 PM
- Thank God. I was worried. You need a little good news. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 8:16:20 PM
- A simple process bug - Jack Herer - 10/17/2008 7:46:58 PM
  - re: email - Jack Herer - 10/17/2008 7:55:37 PM
    - So going bankrupt is doing it right? - Lee - 10/18/2008 12:39:58 AM

I don't want to hear another word about the redneck woman at McCain's rally. - Lee - 10/16/2008 5:47:03 PM
- Voters are not usually considered a nuisance in a democracy. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 2:24:29 AM
  - They're not voters. - Lee - 10/17/2008 2:42:15 AM
    - They are voters under the law, deal with it - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 6:20:43 AM
- What exactly is the problem here? - Socrates II - 10/16/2008 6:21:22 PM
  - Lee doesn't think the most vulnerable in society should be allowed to have a voice.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:24:52 AM
    - And you think voter fraud to get your messiah elected is no big deal. - Lee - 10/17/2008 1:08:27 AM
      - No- voter fraud should be punished with the full weight of the law.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 1:22:58 AM
        
        We need a strick universal system to allow people to vote. - Lee - 10/17/2008 2:11:34 AM
        
        ACORN - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 6:14:17 AM
        
        Odd that this "employee theft" has been happening everywhere. For a few years now. - TB - 10/17/2008 5:19:00 PM
        
        Remember the "grass roots" recall Davis campaign? - alcaray - 10/18/2008 12:25:11 AM
        
        You are just desperate... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 5:52:11 PM
        
        A strict system too! =) (n/t) - Lee - 10/17/2008 2:57:26 AM
- A few more news stories along these lines - TB - 10/16/2008 6:17:17 PM

Supreme Court moves to counter the Republicans' massive voter suppression efforts in Ohio - Good News for Democracy! - z - 10/17/2008 5:52:29 PM
- Another typo - TB - 10/17/2008 6:50:08 PM
  - Not at all. The GOP knows that everyone makes mistakes - z - 10/17/2008 7:29:31 PM
    - Because the Dems have been doing the most new Voter Registration. - Eri - 10/18/2008 12:24:46 AM

Good Petraeus article - TB - 10/17/2008 7:19:14 PM

Obama at the Alfred E Smith Dinner - alcaray - 10/17/2008 5:18:03 AM
- McCain's speech - TB - 10/17/2008 5:02:19 PM
- I thought McCain won that one, handily. He was good. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 4:26:40 PM
  - Last refuge of a bad comedian is to blame it on the writers. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 4:58:28 PM
    - After having watched both perform, all I can honestly say... - z - 10/17/2008 6:03:08 PM
- Actually... - algorithms - 10/17/2008 1:23:45 PM

"Bush: Measures to help economy will take time." - Bowser - 10/17/2008 2:48:24 PM
- re: Measures to help economy - TB - 10/17/2008 4:57:14 PM

Reason alone to vote for McCain & Palin - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2008 10:47:51 PM
- At least we know now what community organizers do. - Lee - 10/16/2008 11:36:04 AM
  - Are you saying Obama voted multiple times in the same election? - alcaray - 10/16/2008 4:06:55 PM
    - Not exactly. - Lee - 10/16/2008 5:05:31 PM
      - Are you aware that most of the incidents that you call "the (high) level of corruption"... - alcaray - 10/16/2008 7:36:15 PM
        
        Yeah... - TB - 10/17/2008 12:19:11 AM
        
        "It's a strategy" - Lindy - 10/17/2008 3:09:30 AM
        
        Not the point - Tony - 10/17/2008 4:31:04 PM
        
        You want to bet me that something prosecutable will come out of it? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2008 12:32:59 AM
      - In other words you are slandering without proof (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 6:42:46 PM
- Sounded like a pretty good review. Much better than you would expect from Foxnews. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/16/2008 12:36:40 AM

Looks like another Conservative minority government in Canada - Laurie Street - 10/15/2008 2:56:27 AM
- And we got an astronaut elected. - Jacob - 10/16/2008 3:21:15 PM
  - Thanks, Jacob, I hadn't heard that - has to be good for the CSA (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/16/2008 3:24:17 PM
- Shrug. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/15/2008 4:06:05 PM
- Dayam! I gotta go commiserate with a Canadian acquaintance who was hoping Dion would win. - Eri - 10/15/2008 3:39:25 AM
  - There was the faintest glimmer of hope - Laurie Street - 10/15/2008 3:56:44 AM
    - re: There was the faintest glimmer of hope - Andrew - 10/17/2008 3:36:30 PM
    - Trudeau--a well-known name, even down here in Missouri (n/t) - Eri - 10/15/2008 1:40:19 PM
      - A great statesman - McFly - 10/15/2008 5:39:13 PM

"Drill-baby-drill, meet $75 oil" - Bowser - 10/15/2008 9:29:38 PM
- Hey, it stopped raining! We don't have to fix the roof now. - TB - 10/15/2008 11:56:24 PM
  - More like jamming a plug of cotten candy in the hole than fixing it. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/16/2008 10:23:11 PM
  - Yep. - Bowser - 10/16/2008 12:59:59 AM

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