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Ethical Congress update - TB - 10/13/2008 7:51:07 PM
- More on the chirping crickets... - TB - 10/16/2008 6:21:05 PM

Well...well..well..That Scot, Gordon Brown may have saved the 'world' from economic depression. - Jacob - 10/15/2008 4:15:56 PM
- re: Well...well..well.. - TB - 10/15/2008 5:57:07 PM
  - More from the New York Times - TB - 10/15/2008 6:24:34 PM
    - A one page document? - Lee - 10/15/2008 7:12:09 PM
      - The full text of the original one page document - Tony - 10/16/2008 4:04:44 PM
      - Governments and Wall Street investors have short attention spans. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/16/2008 3:23:35 PM
- Bless that fine lad... - McFly - 10/15/2008 5:19:55 PM
  - re: Bless that fine lad... - Eri - 10/15/2008 9:25:45 PM
- I do. I are one. - Eri - 10/15/2008 4:37:18 PM
  - re: I do. I are one. - Lindy - 10/15/2008 6:34:45 PM
    - Ewwwww. - Eri - 10/15/2008 9:21:46 PM
      - LOL. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/16/2008 3:17:23 PM

Obama donations - TB - 10/16/2008 7:21:03 AM
- I think he has a problem there. - Bowser - 10/16/2008 1:33:50 PM

Rocky...Uhm..Rocky...Hokey Smoke! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2008 9:51:01 PM
- Rats too - podrock - 10/16/2008 12:34:49 AM

Praetorian America - TB - 10/14/2008 6:12:47 PM
- I've heard similar garbage about W., TB - E.P. - 10/15/2008 10:26:27 PM
- YOU are the only one calling Obama a 'savior'... - ARRELL - 10/14/2008 7:01:46 PM
  - re: YOU are the only one calling Obama a 'savior'... - Jody - 10/14/2008 7:35:03 PM
    - Jody, its his critics that make the claim... - ARRELL - 10/14/2008 8:13:34 PM
      - Don't be sad - Jody - 10/14/2008 8:24:48 PM
  - Ah. Four years of "it's all Bush's fault." - TB - 10/14/2008 7:06:48 PM
    - After 8 years of you saying NOTHING is Bush's fault - ARRELL - 10/14/2008 8:17:03 PM
      - A flat-out lie. - TB - 10/14/2008 8:32:46 PM
        
        If I were a socialist I would share it, TB... - ARRELL - 10/14/2008 8:54:25 PM
        
        Everything in America is becoming Nationalized - Socrates II - 10/14/2008 9:10:41 PM
        
        Thats why ARRELLSOFT is moving offshore... (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/14/2008 9:54:15 PM
    - It's gonna be 80 years of Bush's fault. Maybe more. Worse'n Hoover. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/14/2008 7:12:45 PM
- At the least I hope Obama brings back gladiatorial combat - Socrates II - 10/14/2008 6:58:40 PM
- PS: - Yeti - 10/14/2008 6:56:01 PM
- Thanks,TB, I have not laughed that hard in awhile - Yeti - 10/14/2008 6:54:31 PM
  - There's a real disconnect in operation. - Bowser - 10/14/2008 7:11:12 PM
    - A small correction... - TB - 10/14/2008 8:37:08 PM
      - "I know some of the things Pelosi and her crew have ready for launch if Obama wins and they increase their majorities." - Lindy - 10/14/2008 11:44:32 PM
        
        re: I know - TB - 10/15/2008 3:02:50 AM
        
        re: I know - Lindy - 10/15/2008 6:29:02 PM
        
        Four points on the war and fiscal issues - TB - 10/15/2008 7:04:53 PM
        
        re: Four points on the war and fiscal issues - Lindy - 10/15/2008 9:42:15 PM
    - No, Bows, its worse than that. - Yeti - 10/14/2008 7:26:30 PM
      - As I said, the fantasy is what's operating. Strictly the ideological creations. - Bowser - 10/14/2008 8:01:45 PM

Pretend money - pretend crisi? - Laurie Street - 10/13/2008 8:39:09 PM
- Pretend Economies. - RobVG - 10/15/2008 3:14:42 AM
- money itself is a social contract. - Yeti - 10/13/2008 10:07:50 PM
  - Only 35 Billion of that 700 Billion was hard CASH - carl - 10/13/2008 10:53:35 PM
    - Federal "hard cash" - TB - 10/14/2008 3:21:18 AM
      - Phantom CASH from a Phantom Governement - carl - 10/15/2008 5:00:56 PM
      - Phantom CASH from a Phantom Governement - carl - 10/15/2008 5:00:53 PM
- I wouldn't say that. - TB - 10/13/2008 8:58:03 PM
  - On the other hand... - TB - 10/13/2008 8:59:55 PM
    - Most of the money is moving East. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2008 2:31:38 AM
      - Bank of Shanghai - Lindy - 10/14/2008 2:37:32 AM
        
        Actually... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2008 2:58:30 AM

If the world could vote.... - azstrummer - 10/14/2008 2:13:45 PM
- I know you don't realize this... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2008 6:44:51 PM
- All online polls are crap. (n/t) - TB - 10/14/2008 5:25:04 PM
- Art, Art, Art. A little lesson in accountability. - Bowser - 10/14/2008 3:39:22 PM
  - I'll never tire of your snark. (n/t) - azstrummer - 10/14/2008 4:43:33 PM
- The people of Venezuala understand the mindset of Obama. - Lee - 10/14/2008 3:35:24 PM
  - Wow, that's some truly rip-snortin' analysis there, Lee - McFly - 10/14/2008 5:00:23 PM
    - He admitted to being a socialist in Ohio. - Lee - 10/14/2008 6:55:26 PM
      - But not in Nebraska or Michigan. He's a capitalist there. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/14/2008 7:14:42 PM

Gov. Crist (R-Florida) skips McCain rally to go to DisneyWorld! LOL! - z - 10/14/2008 1:08:33 PM

It's looking as if the Iraqis favor complete US withdrawal by years end. - Bowser - 10/14/2008 5:31:33 AM

Paul Krugman wins the Economics Nobel! - Raoul - 10/13/2008 4:58:07 PM
- re: Paul Krugman wins the Economics Nobel! - TAFKASE - 10/14/2008 3:28:47 AM

Another Solar Breakthrough - Jack Herer - 10/13/2008 6:29:01 PM
- A few bright minds. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2008 3:13:16 AM

DJIA up 936. In '29 they were up and down, not hitting bottom until July, '32 - Bowser - 10/13/2008 8:54:55 PM
- I'm not complaining. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2008 1:50:48 AM
- Trust and confidence - z - 10/13/2008 10:00:10 PM
  - You know... - TB - 10/13/2008 10:20:18 PM
    - Yo, I got a bottle of Dom PÃ©rignon in the fridge for Nov. 4!! (n/t) - z - 10/13/2008 10:39:27 PM
- No body is going to know the real value of stocks in this economy until - Yeti - 10/13/2008 9:59:05 PM
  - Actually, make that DOW 20,000 before 5 years are out - Yeti - 10/13/2008 10:02:00 PM
- I agree. - TB - 10/13/2008 9:08:12 PM

McCain mimics Obama: "We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change." - Bowser - 10/14/2008 12:29:57 AM

Michael Yon is in Afghanistan now - TB - 10/13/2008 10:35:14 PM
- Yes, but.... - ARRELL - 10/13/2008 11:46:07 PM
  - Hint: - ARRELL - 10/13/2008 11:58:42 PM

an interesting article - Yeti - 10/13/2008 7:49:54 PM
- What this whole ugly financial meltdown episode does suggest - z - 10/13/2008 9:46:26 PM
- I dont think this is over by a long shot... - ARRELL - 10/13/2008 9:30:38 PM
  - Nobody said it was. I don't think we have seen the bottom for Stocks - Yeti - 10/13/2008 9:44:00 PM
- Whiplash - TB - 10/13/2008 8:04:54 PM
  - Calm down, TB - Yeti - 10/13/2008 8:13:16 PM
    - What worries me - TB - 10/13/2008 8:51:44 PM

"GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden." Meanwhile, the economy is collapsing. - Bowser - 10/13/2008 4:21:54 PM
- McCain TV ad invokes Obama with the word "terrorist" - Lindy - 10/13/2008 6:47:58 PM
  - On the other hand when McCain and Palin make absurd personal attacks... - z - 10/13/2008 8:15:29 PM

Palin and separation of church and state - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 11:20:56 PM
- re: separation of church and state - TB - 10/12/2008 11:48:24 PM
  - Reporters in Alaska v. Chicago? - Bowser - 10/13/2008 1:19:53 AM
  - How much longer are you going to be in a state of denial. - Eri - 10/13/2008 1:17:02 AM
  - Follow the money. - Mary Anne - 10/13/2008 12:18:09 AM
    - Did you read the article? - TB - 10/13/2008 4:03:52 AM
      - " I know a partisan witch-hunt when I see one" - Lindy - 10/13/2008 6:58:13 PM
      - I did. - Mary Anne - 10/13/2008 11:12:18 AM

AMEN! - Jody...some hiatus, eh?;) - 10/13/2008 6:09:48 PM

The Famous Balinese Room of Galveston Was Destroyed by Ike - REB - 9/22/2008 5:03:47 PM
- re: The Famous Balinese Room of Galveston Was Destroyed by Ike - Ricochet - 10/13/2008 5:41:31 PM
- re: The Famous Balinese Room of Galveston Was Destroyed by Ike - REB - 9/23/2008 3:46:12 PM

A talk with a true conservative - azstrummer - 10/13/2008 3:16:07 PM

The man behind the whispers - Algorithms - 10/13/2008 12:47:06 PM

A McCain supportor. - alcaray - 10/12/2008 7:47:34 AM
- Hmmm... I suspected that would not work, though it previewed ok. - alcaray - 10/12/2008 7:50:37 AM
  - In the lead in, she talked about how widely read she is. But McCain did good. - Bowser - 10/12/2008 2:23:18 PM
  - Thats the face of the McCain party (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 1:42:00 PM
    - Actually, she looks a lot like my mom with worse hair and makeup. - Mary Anne - 10/12/2008 7:18:12 PM
    - Really. - TB - 10/12/2008 3:29:01 PM
      - "....grotesque double-standard is typical...here..." - The Silent Majority - 10/13/2008 2:18:53 AM
        
        Tell you what: - Mary Anne - 10/13/2008 2:41:06 AM
        
        Double Standard: Exhibit A - The Silent Majority - 10/13/2008 4:11:19 AM
        
        heh - Mary Anne - 10/13/2008 11:20:48 AM
      - Yes, really- its the candidates, not just one or two kooks in the crowd... - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 5:57:31 PM
        
        Nice try. - TB - 10/12/2008 9:11:13 PM
        
        If you had been paying attention... - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 10:42:57 PM
        
        ABC? If YOU had been paying attention... - TB - 10/12/2008 11:22:27 PM
        
        You have gone completely insane... - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 11:33:14 PM
        
        "many in the Republican Party." List them. - TB - 10/13/2008 12:00:34 AM
        
        Other than McCain's former advisor? - ARRELL - 10/13/2008 3:46:18 AM
        
        re: Other than McCain's former advisor? - TB - 10/13/2008 4:50:17 AM
        
        You really have no idea how desperate you are starting to sound, do you? (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/13/2008 5:04:44 AM
        
        re: desperate - TB - 10/13/2008 5:36:18 AM
        
        And now, the leftist kooks. - TB - 10/12/2008 10:18:19 PM
        
        I very clearly stated- Its the tone being set by McCain and Palin... - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 10:46:12 PM
        
        And my point was... - TB - 10/12/2008 11:24:26 PM
        
        AND YOUR POINT WAS WRONG.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/12/2008 11:34:09 PM
      - Don't be talkin trash bout my Mom! - Joe Sixpack - 10/12/2008 4:34:20 PM
        
        Nope, ain't nobody baser, for sure, for sure! LOL (n/t) - Eri - 10/12/2008 6:35:50 PM

Earmark update - TB - 10/12/2008 11:16:42 PM
- What do you think of Palin and the "bridge to nowhere"? - Bowser - 10/13/2008 1:26:07 AM

So what's wrong with Europe? - TB - 10/10/2008 4:51:25 PM
- They are invested heavily in America. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/10/2008 9:27:51 PM
  - One of the possible good outcomes of this mess. - Lee - 10/11/2008 2:17:54 AM
    - You aren't a very good citizen. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2008 5:20:20 PM
      - This correction has been a long time coming. - Lee - 10/11/2008 10:14:01 PM
        
        On this Sunday, I heartily recommend a reading of the Sermon on the Mount. - Mary Anne - 10/12/2008 6:10:55 PM
        
        I'm not a Christian. - Lee - 10/12/2008 10:08:31 PM
        
        Neither am I. But the principles are sound. - Mary Anne - 10/13/2008 1:01:55 AM
        
        I'm very well versed in the Bible. - Lee - 10/13/2008 1:22:08 AM
- The worlds largest economy in a globalized economy fell on its face. Next Question? - Yeti - 10/10/2008 5:30:09 PM
  - Euthenized EUROS - carl - 10/10/2008 5:36:29 PM
- Housing crises and Global Credit Crunch - Tony - 10/10/2008 5:11:08 PM
  - Missing the point. - TB - 10/10/2008 5:15:12 PM
    - What part of Global didn't you get? - Tony - 10/10/2008 5:49:11 PM
      - More like hepatitis than pneumonia. - alcaray - 10/10/2008 9:30:08 PM
      - Ive pretty much given up... TB blames FDR, SDAI blames Soros and Mexicans... - ARRELL - 10/10/2008 5:59:14 PM
        
        So what's your solution? - TB - 10/10/2008 6:13:17 PM
        
        Look up Credit Lyonnais. - TB - 10/10/2008 7:09:02 PM
- Fingerpointing. - Bowser - 10/10/2008 5:09:35 PM
  - TOYOTA Fretting - carl - 10/10/2008 5:38:06 PM
    - "Engine Charlie" Wilson - Bowser - 10/10/2008 8:23:36 PM
      - THAT'S IT!!!!!! - carl - 10/10/2008 8:26:51 PM
        
        I believe he was Eisenhowers Secretary of Defense. - Bowser - 10/10/2008 9:22:40 PM

Thread moved to Flame - Fox, moderating - 10/12/2008 11:24:08 PM
- No kiddin'! - Eri - 10/13/2008 1:13:27 AM

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