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"Scandal engulfs Interior Department." The department which controls oil royalties. - Bowser - 9/10/2008 9:50:46 PM
- Sorta sheds new light on "Drill here, drill now", doesn't it? (n/t) - Fox - 9/11/2008 5:14:32 PM
- No wonder we're paying more for gas and oil......LOL - Lindy (anyone get it yet?) - 9/11/2008 12:27:43 AM

Putin and Chavez agree to send Naval warships to Atlantic & Caribbean - Lindy - 9/11/2008 1:01:20 AM
- Send 'em to the Gulf! - Eri - 9/11/2008 3:13:14 AM

Palin in church - Laurie Street - 9/8/2008 4:37:45 PM
- Palin - Her Christian piety v. her unholy behavior. Do we judge by words or action? - Bowser - 9/10/2008 4:35:13 PM
- re: Palin in the Church - Mary Anne - 9/8/2008 8:10:10 PM
  - re: Palin in the Church. - Just because she believes in God... - Marcia - 9/9/2008 7:00:01 PM
    - I was referring to Michael. - Mary Anne - 9/9/2008 7:44:43 PM
      - re: I was referring to Michael. - Marcia - 9/10/2008 12:03:36 AM
        
        Neither Martin Luther King nor Rosa Parks were interested in running for President. - Mary Anne - 9/10/2008 2:50:39 AM
        
        Huh? - Laurie Street - 9/10/2008 2:10:08 AM
        
        PS-- - Mary Anne - 9/10/2008 3:16:36 AM
        
        I kind-of do. - Mary Anne - 9/10/2008 2:37:24 AM
      - "She did not work to ban books."- YES she did! (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/9/2008 9:07:04 PM
        
        Heh...Let her try to ban 'em... - Jody - 9/10/2008 9:39:51 PM
    - re: Palin in the Church. - Whoops, one more thing... - Marcia - 9/9/2008 7:02:02 PM
  - Love it! - Laurie Street - 9/8/2008 10:21:37 PM
    - re: Love it! - If only. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/9/2008 7:02:45 PM
- What is a... - alcaray - 9/8/2008 6:03:39 PM
  - re: What is a... - Laurie Street - 9/8/2008 6:30:59 PM
    - "you will be trained and matured in the prophetic gifts, prayer and intercession" - Fox - 9/10/2008 11:42:03 PM
    - Ahhh, ministry. Thanks. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/8/2008 7:08:53 PM
    - BTW - $7990 for a 9 mo program.... (n/t) - LS - 9/8/2008 6:54:14 PM
  - I am so working on a smart ass answer here alcaray...be patient... - Jody - 9/8/2008 6:06:27 PM
    - smartness is not a priority (n/t) - alcaray - 9/8/2008 7:10:02 PM
      - Well good! That means I am included. (n/t) - Jody - 9/8/2008 10:31:40 PM

"Al Franken wins primary for U.S. Senate seat." - Bowser - 9/10/2008 2:46:52 AM

"CEO: Fannie/Freddie Bailout Makes America 'More Communist than China'" - Bowser - 9/9/2008 1:32:49 AM
- I wonder how British media report that 'Washington takes control of Fannie May' with a straight face... (n/t) - z - 9/9/2008 2:11:20 AM
  - I have yet to see any serious Conservative - Libertarian outrage. - Bowser - 9/9/2008 3:53:11 AM
    - I thought you heard plenty of outrage back when the Dems first proposed it. - Lee - 9/9/2008 8:23:37 PM
    - re: I have yet to see any serious Conservative - Libertarian outrage. - ER - 9/9/2008 10:11:49 AM

KBR gets another contract.... - ARRELL - 9/9/2008 4:23:27 PM

MSNBC cans Olberman and Mathews... - SteveS - 9/9/2008 12:08:02 AM
- Did, or does, Olberman consider himself a newsman? - Bowser - 9/9/2008 3:48:30 AM
  - Olberman is not a leftist comedian. - ER - 9/9/2008 2:41:59 PM
    - Heckuva voice, though - McFly - 9/9/2008 3:17:09 PM
      - His Master's Voice - ER - 9/9/2008 3:37:11 PM
- You will recall - ER - 9/9/2008 1:11:54 AM
- Are they keeping... - alcaray - 9/9/2008 12:43:37 AM

Poland tornado yesterday - Eric - 9/9/2008 1:15:18 PM

What they don't tell us about the Fannie, Freddie takeover. - Bowser - 9/7/2008 6:24:56 PM
- Worldcom, Enron. And now Freddie and Fannie. Corporation capitalism is abandoned. - Bowser - 9/8/2008 5:12:26 AM
- Exactly who is bailed out by the Freddie and Fannie takeover. - Bowser - 9/7/2008 9:35:45 PM
  - Pisses me off, too, but... - Eri - 9/7/2008 11:54:01 PM
    - The homeowner is in the same position - the wealthy are bailed out. - Bowser - 9/8/2008 1:37:29 AM
      - Listened to Today today. - Eri - 9/9/2008 3:29:18 AM

Palin and sex ed - gbaikie - 9/8/2008 1:22:10 AM
- So she's against it except when she's for it. - Mary Anne - 9/8/2008 1:28:05 AM
  - Maybe She's Just Against Explicit Pictures/Movies - Marsby - 9/9/2008 3:16:33 AM
  - re: So she's against it except when she's for it. - gbaikie - 9/8/2008 3:10:18 AM
    - Give it up, Mary Anne. They can rationalize absolutely anything. - Bowser - 9/8/2008 4:19:24 PM
      - re: Give it up, Mary Anne. They can rationalize absolutely anything. - gbaikie - 9/8/2008 7:20:54 PM

Demographic changes in America may doom the Republican Party - z - 9/5/2008 4:02:19 AM
- agreed - Jack Herer - 9/5/2008 3:29:32 PM
- Probably spells doom for far more than the Republican Party. - Lee - 9/5/2008 11:36:07 AM
  - Cultural greatness isn't color- or language-dependent. - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 4:45:38 PM
    - The Death of Diversity. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2008 5:20:28 PM
      - Don't get him wrong... - ER - 9/5/2008 5:37:51 PM
        
        The Holocaust was all about diversity... - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 8:41:13 PM
        
        The obligatory Nazi reference. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 12:47:42 AM
        
        The obvious Western culture reference. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:02:52 AM
        
        Truth is subjective and... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2008 5:57:31 PM
        
        You seem to confuse the criminals with the victims. - alcaray - 9/6/2008 12:10:21 AM
        
        See? This is what it has become. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 12:36:37 AM
        
        You described them as victims yourself. - alcaray - 9/6/2008 1:33:50 AM
        
        Bait and switch. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:08:17 AM
        
        Facetiousness. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 1:22:41 AM
        
        I would be in favor of such a law. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:40:12 AM
  - America will be just fine! But you Republicans won't be! - z - 9/5/2008 4:04:34 PM
    - So tell me. - Lee - 9/6/2008 1:54:34 AM
      - I don't want to live in an officially Black, White, Hispanic or Asian country - z - 9/6/2008 3:15:36 AM
        
        Mexico is. - Lee - 9/6/2008 4:53:01 AM
      - We ceased to be a "white country" when John Smith met Powhatan. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 2:03:44 AM
        
        So tell me again. - Lee - 9/6/2008 2:28:10 AM
        
        Wrong. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 2:52:57 AM
        
        And BTW - Lee - 9/6/2008 4:42:48 AM
        
        So what you're saying... - Lee - 9/6/2008 4:29:10 AM
        
        What I'm saying is that this country was never the lily-white place of white supremicist legend. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 11:56:54 AM
        
        No, he didn't. - Lee - 9/6/2008 3:36:32 PM
- re: Demographic changes in America may doom the Republican Party - Marcia - 9/5/2008 4:33:31 AM
  - re: Demographic changes in America may doom the Republican Party - Marcia - 9/5/2008 4:37:34 AM
- If you move to Mexico now you can... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2008 4:17:04 AM
  - This one's for you, homey! - z - 9/5/2008 5:20:26 AM
    - Poverty. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2008 4:35:00 PM
      - Come with me to Appalachia, pal. - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 4:53:54 PM
        
        Poverty of mind is everywhere. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2008 5:34:19 PM
        
        The thing about poverty of mind... - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 9:06:43 PM
        
        My own experiences. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/5/2008 10:17:41 PM
        
        Back in the good old days, when there was no illegal immigration? - alcaray - 9/5/2008 10:58:36 PM
        
        Yes, that was the point precisely. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 12:56:59 AM
        
        Time for a dye-job. Your reactionary roots are showing. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/6/2008 1:36:20 AM
        
        If Lee lend's me his powdered white wig, I'll go cover up. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 3:02:05 AM
        
        Worried about cheaters? - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 10:32:17 PM
        
        re: Who are the cheaters? - SteveS - 9/6/2008 2:35:29 PM
        
        Pointless? - Mary Anne - 9/7/2008 3:43:25 PM
        
        re: Pointless? - SteveS - 9/8/2008 12:03:26 AM
        
        Who said anything about arresting employers? - Mary Anne - 9/8/2008 12:20:17 AM
        
        re: So goes the problem - SteveS - 9/8/2008 3:44:55 AM
        
        Again: who said anything about violent criminals? - Mary Anne - 9/9/2008 1:26:19 AM
        
        re: Worried about cheaters? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 1:08:15 AM
        
        Apples and oranges - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:17:54 AM
        
        Are you sure? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/6/2008 1:31:05 AM
        
        They'd have to know how to read. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:41:20 AM
        
        Agreed with everything you said, but... - alcaray - 9/5/2008 5:10:22 PM
    - Why are the subtitles in Spanish? - ER - 9/5/2008 12:22:29 PM
      - There's another version with English subtitles - I'll post it tonight - z - 9/5/2008 1:27:48 PM
        
        It still doesn't explain those Spanish subtitles - ER - 9/5/2008 1:37:13 PM
        
        with English subtitles... - z - 9/6/2008 2:50:53 AM

I love weddings - Peter Bruener - 9/8/2008 7:55:02 AM
- Taliban need love too. - Lee - 9/8/2008 5:00:45 PM
- Bulletin - US attack in Pakistan MAY have actually hit a legitimate target. - Bowser - 9/8/2008 4:13:40 PM

McCain/Palin to speak in my city Monday morning - Eri - 9/7/2008 8:15:34 PM
- Betcha they don't pre-screen the attendees - Fox - 9/7/2008 10:36:38 PM
  - It's a large hall but not that large - Eri - 9/7/2008 11:52:14 PM
    - re: Considering more people watched McCainâ€™s speech than Obamaâ€™s - SteveS - 9/7/2008 11:59:34 PM
      - Oh, you mean the speech where he said absolutely nothing. - Eri - 9/8/2008 4:29:01 AM

McCain's speech - the bottom line - Buck Galaxy - 9/6/2008 5:12:30 AM
- But Rove & Crew are running McCain's show now. - Eri - 9/6/2008 10:10:53 PM
- Deconstructing McCain - ER - 9/6/2008 12:06:31 PM
  - Who is the real John McCain? - Buck Galaxy - 9/8/2008 12:36:07 AM
    - re: Who is the real John McCain? - ER - 9/8/2008 2:20:31 AM
  - He just isn't up to the task - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 1:05:45 PM
    - I see the Republican electoral strategy as being quite simple, actually - z - 9/6/2008 2:32:39 PM
      - Earlier, it started with Nixon. - ER - 9/6/2008 3:09:25 PM
        
        Hoover had similar thoughts about the Depression - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 5:40:02 PM
        
        Sound familiar? - ER - 9/6/2008 5:53:53 PM
        
        Yep, no defence needed... - Eri - 9/6/2008 10:19:15 PM
        
        If Hoover or a similar person had stayed in office during the rest of the 1930s... - Socrates II - 9/7/2008 11:50:00 AM
        
        Conservatives: "They are the people who make things work, everyone else is either a resource to be exploited, or an obstacle to be overcome. " - Lindy - 9/6/2008 3:44:02 PM
        
        Nah, the patriots would burn a cross in my yard. (n/t) - ER - 9/6/2008 3:54:15 PM
      - Not hard to see - Fox - 9/6/2008 2:48:02 PM

Palin snubbing press - Eri - 9/7/2008 4:35:16 PM
- re: Charles Gibson to interview Governor Palin later this week (n/t) - SteveS - 9/7/2008 10:43:16 PM
  - Gibson is a polite Rush Limbaugh. Their politics are identical. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/7/2008 10:49:03 PM
    - re: New rope - SteveS - 9/7/2008 11:15:46 PM

In touch with the 'little people'- what would YOU do with $300,000 ? - ARRELL - 9/7/2008 1:37:24 PM
- re: In touch with the 'little people'- Far more than you think - SteveS - 9/7/2008 11:05:08 PM
- She was robbed on the earrings. - Lee - 9/7/2008 3:12:31 PM
  - re: She was robbed on the earrings. - Lindy - 9/7/2008 3:19:42 PM

In highschool she was known as "Sarah Barracuda" because of her unbridled ambition and predatory ruthlessness" - Lindy - 9/6/2008 12:28:59 AM
- Found one lie right off the bat. - Lee - 9/6/2008 1:45:47 AM
  - No. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:49:16 AM
    - Most towns that size don't. - Lee - 9/6/2008 1:57:56 AM
      - It's called a city up there. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 2:06:27 AM
        
        So the town didn't exist before she was elected mayor? - Lee - 9/6/2008 2:13:36 AM
        
        Oh, do read things before you comment on them. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 2:21:56 AM
        
        Is it a pretty park? - Lee - 9/6/2008 4:16:39 AM
        
        Sounds like it is a very nice sports park... - alcaray - 9/7/2008 1:57:05 AM
        
        Wouldn't that be the county clerk or some other offical's job? (n/t) - Lee - 9/7/2008 2:00:32 AM
        
        Would it? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/7/2008 6:10:09 AM
        
        I'm asking. - Lee - 9/7/2008 3:15:08 PM
        
        Maybe. I've never been. It has outhouses, though. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 11:32:00 AM
        
        I know your point Mary Anne. - Lee - 9/6/2008 2:31:56 PM
        
        OK. Pax. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 2:34:53 PM
- The name was embedded in the column... - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:33:52 AM
  - The semi-good news is, she appears to just say these things that make her sound like a religious nut. - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:46:13 AM

Afghans fed up with Americans, NATO and the puppet government. - Bowser - 9/6/2008 12:37:38 AM
- News: Americans fed up with Afghans who don't understand our culture - Bluh - 9/6/2008 1:24:19 AM
  - That's funny. (And a perfect example of the problem, by the way.) (n/t) - Bowser - 9/6/2008 2:18:19 AM
  - Re: swinging door - Mary Anne - 9/6/2008 1:56:50 AM
    - Iraq has oil, - ER - 9/6/2008 2:52:05 PM
      - US also invaded Canada - Bluh - 9/6/2008 5:39:03 PM
        
        Wasn't simple aggression. - Bowser - 9/6/2008 8:39:23 PM

Job experience attitude evolution, and a bit about sex. - alcaray - 9/5/2008 11:56:50 PM
- Evidently it is no longer available? (n/t) - Eri - 9/6/2008 12:28:44 AM
  - Well, I'll be dipped in poo! - alcaray - 9/6/2008 1:21:47 AM
    - Found it! - alcaray - 9/6/2008 1:31:31 AM
      - God, I love Jon Stewart! Hilarious! And so on target! (n/t) - Eri - 9/6/2008 3:13:21 AM
      - Funnier'n hell! I laughed 'til I cried. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/6/2008 2:01:37 AM
        
        Sad that the left has to hide its commentary in the guise of humor - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 1:15:38 PM
        
        You never caught Stewart ripping Bill & Hill to shreds? - alcaray - 9/6/2008 5:33:27 PM
        
        Oh yeah, I have - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 5:42:50 PM

Cross Over VOTE - carl - 9/5/2008 6:13:54 PM
- Not one chance in Hades I will cross over! - Eri - 9/5/2008 8:38:09 PM
  - WIVES TWIST Hubby's ARM? - carl - 9/6/2008 2:00:05 PM
- Answer: all of the Hillary supporter who... - alcaray - 9/5/2008 6:42:04 PM
- probably limited - Buck Galaxy - 9/5/2008 6:38:25 PM
  - True - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 7:32:30 PM
    - Hear! Hear! (n/t) - Eri - 9/5/2008 8:40:19 PM
  - On another note: Poll shows Palin now more popular than Obama - Buck Galaxy - 9/5/2008 6:41:10 PM
    - And officially, the campaign just started yesterday. (n/t) - ER - 9/5/2008 10:49:15 PM

troopergate recap w/video - alcaray - 9/6/2008 2:40:48 AM

In it's quest for smaller Federal government, Bush & Co. are set to take over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. - Bowser - 9/6/2008 2:14:34 AM

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics - Eric - 9/6/2008 2:01:55 AM

You know, with all the election buzz... - alcaray - 9/5/2008 9:46:58 PM
- Or - "Report: Record 9 percent of homeowners missed payments, in foreclosure." - Bowser - 9/5/2008 10:44:24 PM

McCain's Speech last night - Lindy - 9/5/2008 4:40:10 PM
- I'm glad to know I'm not the only one it put to sleep. (n/t) - Eri - 9/5/2008 8:42:44 PM
  - OK, I watched it. - Lindy - 9/5/2008 10:43:49 PM
- It's my impression that Cindy wears the pants in the house. - Jack Herer - 9/5/2008 4:54:15 PM
  - Hill and Bill Pissed and Dissed - carl - 9/5/2008 6:12:21 PM
  - Yeah, and the family wallet is in the pocket of those pants. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 9/5/2008 4:55:17 PM

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