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Shays to the left of Lieberman? - alcaray - 8/29/2006 10:42:20 PM

2-18-2009........... Analog TV Dies! - carl - 8/9/2006 4:52:09 PM
- I can watch HD tv shows on my old-style tv set. So why do I have to buy a new TV? (n/t) - SDF - 8/29/2006 1:49:35 PM
- HDTV is way overdue - Buck Galaxy - 8/28/2006 6:45:18 AM
  - So did 2001 from 1968 - carl - 8/28/2006 4:14:45 PM
- Only a decade late - Robert - 8/10/2006 12:27:56 AM
  - I've had digital cable for several years. - alcaray - 8/10/2006 3:21:35 PM
  - Yes. Now we have boring nonsense in high resolution on 999 channels. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2006 12:58:55 AM
    - But Y do I find History Channel and PBS, etc so interesting? - carl - 8/10/2006 4:49:20 PM
- re: 2-18-2009........... Analog TV Dies! - Doug Ellison - 8/9/2006 7:50:26 PM
  - TV Tax in Europe? - carl - 8/10/2006 4:51:50 PM
    - re: TV Tax in Europe? - Doug Ellison - 8/11/2006 12:22:26 PM
      - re: TV Tax in Europe? - yonip nacirema - 8/27/2006 4:50:59 PM
      - Who comes to the house to make you pay-up? - carl - 8/11/2006 2:12:17 PM
  - re: 2-18-2009........... Analog TV Dies! - Jack Herer - 8/9/2006 8:40:31 PM

Recession Will Be Nasty and Deep, Economist Says - Jack Herer - 8/24/2006 7:16:34 PM
- It does look like the housing bubble is starting to break. - REB - 8/24/2006 7:46:17 PM
  - Congratulations REB - Lindy - 8/25/2006 2:20:18 AM
    - "I've decided I will build my Deltec elsewhere, on rolling land instead, with NO zoning." - David F Mayer - 8/28/2006 12:46:32 AM
      - The one thing about women........ - Lindy - 8/28/2006 2:52:58 AM
    - Thanks. And to you too. - REB - 8/25/2006 12:20:44 PM
      - Don't worry, be happy..... - Lindy - 8/25/2006 3:38:47 PM
        
        I am happy, just tired and ready to get the closing over with - REB - 8/25/2006 4:55:02 PM
        
        Cutting it close - Lindy - 8/25/2006 5:57:07 PM
        
        re: Cutting it close - Very close - REB - 8/25/2006 9:43:01 PM
        
        re: Cutting it close - Very close - Lindy - 8/26/2006 4:19:21 AM
    - "NO zoning" - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2006 3:25:01 AM
      - re: "NO zoning" - Lindy - 8/25/2006 5:25:43 PM
        
        I think your move is a current event! - Scott Evil - 8/25/2006 6:55:28 PM
        
        re: I think your move is a current event! - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2006 5:19:31 PM
        
        re: I think your move is a current event! - Lindy - 8/27/2006 12:12:08 AM
        
        Specific Performance - Lindy - 8/25/2006 8:02:48 PM
        
        Homeowner's Associations - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2006 5:37:56 PM
        
        re: Homeowner's Associations - Lindy - 8/25/2006 6:11:50 PM
  - Pretty much everyone agreed housing and refinancing was the driver. - Bowser - 8/24/2006 8:13:29 PM
- Economist has been predicting imminent doom for at least two years now. - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 7:45:39 PM
  - re: Economist has been predicting imminent doom for at least two years now. - gbaikie - 8/25/2006 1:15:59 AM
  - Sooner or later a broken clock, like an economist, is correct. - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 8:28:16 PM

I hope the DA has to personally reimburse the taxpayers. - Bowser - 8/25/2006 3:37:57 AM
- There should be something to it besides a confession. - David F Mayer - 8/28/2006 12:50:40 AM
- Will write Book and be on Oprah - caaarl - 8/25/2006 3:44:36 PM

Plame "leaker" revealed - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2006 5:53:58 PM
- re: Plame "leaker" revealed - ER - 8/27/2006 9:06:33 PM
  - re: Plame "leaker" revealed - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2006 10:39:59 PM
    - re: Plame "leaker" revealed - ER - 8/27/2006 11:50:35 PM
    - re: Plame "leaker" revealed - azstrummer - 8/27/2006 11:27:19 PM
- Armitage - Lindy - 8/27/2006 8:35:02 PM

Kidnapped journalists freed - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2006 4:25:37 PM

Amy Galvez and Cindy Sheehan - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2006 8:27:34 AM

Katrina - "A year later, government not fulfilling Bushâ€™s promises" - Bowser - 8/20/2006 1:42:26 AM
- Bush to send Hezbollah to New Orleans? - Publius - 8/20/2006 2:54:26 PM
- What is really going on is that the residents have not made any plans. - David F Mayer - 8/20/2006 4:04:16 AM
  - A Bush Repub strategy----blame the victim...... - Publius - 8/20/2006 2:28:20 PM
    - No, blame Louisiana politics. - David F Mayer - 8/21/2006 4:41:50 PM
      - Come on David, acknowledge this is another Bush failure! (n/t) - Publius - 8/22/2006 2:10:43 PM
        
        Not until the Bush administration turns down aid requests - David F Mayer - 8/27/2006 3:13:12 AM

Remember the discussion on third parties? - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2006 5:55:26 PM
- re: Remember the discussion on third parties? - Fox - 8/26/2006 10:35:36 PM
- Arrrrrgh, matey.........if we are to have pirates running - Publius - 8/26/2006 8:31:26 PM

While the US is busy trying to keep a lid on civil war in Iraq... - sz - 8/24/2006 3:46:43 AM
- So, it would be better if our troops were in Somalia? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 6:21:22 AM
  - The point is that, sooner or later, they'll have to be... - sz - 8/24/2006 12:28:09 PM
    - And now the hard part... - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 8:02:02 PM
      - The difference being... - dtb - 8/25/2006 4:22:02 PM
        
        Yes, in Iraq we took a heart disease patient and gave him cancer - sz - 8/26/2006 2:43:15 AM
    - re: Don't worry a few "Fuel-air" explosives will solve that problem shortly before the November elections. - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 6:14:49 PM
      - Did you just come back from a Republican retreat? You seem all fired up. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/24/2006 6:21:38 PM
        
        Oh yeah! - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 6:51:50 PM

Hey lets keep the topics light today! It's Friday!!! - Scott Evil - 8/25/2006 1:43:49 PM
- Depends... - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2006 4:25:17 PM
  - To bad Teddy isn't as fat as his namesake. - Scott Evil - 8/25/2006 6:45:39 PM
- I say GO OUTSIDE and Enjoy the View - carl - 8/25/2006 3:46:20 PM
  - We are planning on a move out into the rural areas of Iowa... - Scott Evil - 8/25/2006 6:39:53 PM

Latest poll of Iraqis - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2006 5:20:40 PM
- The questions that compare this polling to previous ones... - alcaray - 8/25/2006 5:51:12 PM

2008 might be a good year for the Independent 'party' - REB - 8/24/2006 5:17:51 PM
- Awesome example of what can happen if you rely on Fox for news. - alcaray - 8/24/2006 6:19:58 PM
  - Absolutely do not rely on me for news! - Fox - 8/25/2006 12:34:09 AM
  - okie-dokie. Sorry for the red hankie I waved. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/24/2006 9:00:19 PM
  - Just because Fox news doesnâ€™t wait hand and foot on your political views doesnâ€™t mean they are unfair. - REB - 8/24/2006 6:38:55 PM
    - A third-party candidate could easily decide 2008, even if he didn't win. - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 7:23:08 PM
      - re: A third-party candidate could easily decide 2008, even if he didn't win. - REB - 8/24/2006 7:44:26 PM
        
        re: Good list. - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 9:55:52 PM
- That's the only way McCain will ever become President. - Scott Evil - 8/24/2006 6:15:55 PM

Besides tax breaks - 2005 - pre-tax farm income $72 billion, subsidies $25 billion. - Bowser - 8/24/2006 5:29:07 PM
- A good source for this... - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2006 7:19:05 PM

GM to bring back the Camaro, eh!........ - Publius - 8/22/2006 2:50:36 AM
- And Firebird. - Bowser - 8/24/2006 3:16:00 AM
- Just what the USA needs at this time, another gas hog! (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 5:15:38 PM
- A '69 Love Afffair - carl - 8/22/2006 4:20:18 PM
- GM moving in wrong direction - Jack Herer - 8/22/2006 12:33:11 PM
  - The Camaro *is* kinda retro - SDF - 8/22/2006 1:15:10 PM
    - D-C killed CHARGER - carl - 8/24/2006 2:11:06 PM
- It's cheaper to make cars in countries where the government provides health and retirement benefits. (n/t) - ER - 8/22/2006 4:29:35 AM
  - A bit more background - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 4:52:12 AM
    - Err, what's Oshawa, eh? (n/t) - Publius - 8/22/2006 2:00:54 PM
    - can't you see Charlie Wilson spinning.......... - Publius - 8/22/2006 1:59:40 PM
      - Who's Charlie Wilson? - ER - 8/22/2006 2:51:37 PM
        
        re: Who's Charlie Wilson?.....John Galt's cousin..... (n/t) - Publius - 8/22/2006 11:08:13 PM
    - It cheaper to make cars in countries where the government provides generous subsidies and legislation. (n/t) - ER - 8/22/2006 10:51:36 AM

"Hearts and minds", Bush style. - Bowser - 8/24/2006 6:00:18 AM

What's THE PLAN, George? What course are we staying? - Bowser - 8/24/2006 3:05:11 AM

Bush's phenomenal success in agriculture - Publius - 8/20/2006 4:51:26 PM
- Wonderful news. Free enterprise triumphs again. - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 1:37:37 AM
- So you were a Taliban supporter? - Scott Evil - 8/21/2006 2:30:01 PM
  - And you are an athletic supporter? (n/t) - Publius - 8/21/2006 7:09:54 PM
  - I wouldn't be surprised if there were closed......... - Lindy - 8/21/2006 4:35:48 PM
- A few facts - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2006 8:36:03 PM
  - Your figures - In '01, Taliban, next to nothing. '02, Bush, it skyrocketed. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 9:01:48 PM
    - Republicans sure are funny.......... - Publius - 8/20/2006 11:01:33 PM
      - Modesty. And the source of another puzzlement. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 11:50:34 PM
    - Click the link. For a change. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2006 9:22:55 PM
      - Hey Tom, check out the FedEx ad........... - Publius - 8/22/2006 2:08:43 PM
      - Nice try, or cheap shot. Read your very own citation. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 10:16:39 PM
        
        After the Taliban achieved complete control over the area, opium growing dropped to next to nothing - Scott Evil - 8/21/2006 2:33:23 PM
        
        If all the farmers were dead......... - Lindy - 8/21/2006 5:05:57 PM
        
        re: citation. - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 1:18:41 AM
        
        Bowser's Right! They're ALL right! Help...I'm having an E P I P H A N Y ! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/21/2006 12:13:45 AM
        
        I didn't know an epiphany and brain fart were the same thing......... - Publius - 8/21/2006 1:29:31 AM
        
        re: I didn't know an epiphany and brain fart were the same thing......... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/24/2006 1:25:52 AM
        
        Democratic individualism - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 1:32:18 AM
        
        I understand that in Texas, the RNC had to buy off the redundant Republican contender - alcaray - 8/21/2006 11:07:05 PM
        
        Republican locksteppers - Publius - 8/21/2006 12:56:14 PM
        
        The "people of Connecticutt..." - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 3:37:51 PM
        
        The will of the people........... - Publius - 8/21/2006 4:18:15 PM
        
        And yes, I put two "t's" on Connecticut - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 3:40:16 PM
        
        Three. You put three "t"s. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/22/2006 5:18:46 AM
        
        Dang! Okay, one EXTRA "t." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 6:05:30 AM

"Bush: Leaving Iraq now would be a 'disaster'". And going was, and staying is ? - Bowser - 8/21/2006 6:44:20 PM
- Well, Dubya, sometimes we just have to take responsibility for our actions. (n/t) - ER - 8/22/2006 1:00:11 AM
- No end Game and USA '08 election drawing near. - carl - 8/21/2006 10:07:42 PM
- re: Disaster is a way to hide a better word: humiliation - Raoul - 8/21/2006 7:25:48 PM
  - Talking with terrorists? - Buck Galaxy - 8/22/2006 12:47:46 AM
    - re: Talking with terrorists? - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 2:16:16 AM
      - Oh come on Tom. Look how much talk here has change minds! - Scott Evil - 8/22/2006 2:01:43 PM
      - Before Bush Iraq didn't have terrorists. Remember?? (n/t) - Bowser - 8/22/2006 3:48:38 AM
        
        Sure it did! Only the terrorists were running the country. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 8:38:03 PM
        
        You do know that statement has absolutely no connection to what I said, right? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 4:53:25 AM
- "Bush: Leaving Iraq now would be a 'disaster'" for Repub fall election hopes......... (n/t) - Publius - 8/21/2006 7:07:00 PM
  - It wouldnt be, look at the polls..... - Tony - 8/21/2006 9:57:24 PM

Was the British jet bomb plot a hoax? - Eric - 8/20/2006 2:35:29 PM
- Nobody was planning to MAKE explosives on the plane. - David F Mayer - 8/21/2006 4:35:36 PM
  - how hard is it to make nitroglycerin? - alcaray - 8/21/2006 11:12:24 PM
    - VERY EASY. - David F Mayer - 8/22/2006 2:02:39 PM
      - get the point? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2006 2:57:58 PM
        
        Obviously, nobody is going to do this on a plane in flight. - David F Mayer - 8/22/2006 3:07:31 PM
        
        You don't need to do a good job. - alcaray - 8/22/2006 3:24:25 PM
        
        Unfortunately, there is at least one high explosive - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 8:35:03 PM
      - re: Repeat after me: 1 plus 1 equals 3. 1 plus 1 equals 3 - Scott Evil - 8/22/2006 2:06:58 PM
- re: Was the British jet bomb plot a hoax? - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2006 8:44:58 PM
  - One theory: damage planes only to show intent, force US to shoot down and kill thousands. (n/t) - :-| - 8/21/2006 4:59:09 AM
  - Bringing down an airplane. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 9:10:52 PM
- Interesting. A Muslim says "boo", the West quakes. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 6:06:24 PM
  - Don't you mean "BOOM"? (n/t) - Lee - 8/21/2006 1:29:59 AM

Hurricane season quiet....tooo quiet. - carl - 8/21/2006 10:10:41 PM
- Global warming. - A. Leftleaner - 8/22/2006 9:54:35 PM
- You had to push Mother Nature, didn't you, Carl? - LJK - 8/22/2006 7:32:23 PM
  - I can also confidently predict... - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2006 1:44:11 AM
- From my Florida perspective........ - Lindy - 8/21/2006 11:46:35 PM
- It's global warming! (n/t) - alcaray - 8/21/2006 10:58:42 PM
  - Home Depot and Lowe's suffers - car - 8/21/2006 11:03:51 PM
    - "whatsa story on these NEWS IDIOTS who go to report on the storm and get their asses blown down the alley on live TV?" - Lindy - 8/21/2006 11:50:18 PM
- Shhhhh!! (n/t) - FrankC - 8/21/2006 10:35:36 PM
- How about "weather happens?" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 10:34:17 PM

And now we are told that Global Warming could spread bubonic plague!!! - A. Leftleaner - 8/22/2006 5:36:20 PM
- Relax. Take your meds and lie down for a while and this delusion will pass. - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 1:22:46 AM

Bush's approval rating... - alcaray - 8/22/2006 10:06:28 PM
- "The boost may prove to be temporary, but it was evidence of the continuing political power of terrorism." - Fox - 8/23/2006 12:55:54 AM

Suribachi Moment - ER - 8/21/2006 11:50:58 PM
- re: Suribachi - Fox - 8/22/2006 3:35:14 PM
  - having a father who was a marine, I know it well. - Scott Evil - 8/22/2006 5:42:31 PM
  - It is a pretty famous pic in photography circles, too - alcaray - 8/22/2006 3:38:37 PM
    - True... - Fox - 8/22/2006 6:34:14 PM
- Photo link - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 2:10:58 AM

U.N. official: "They will eat us alive." - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 2:28:24 AM
- Your tagline and post were pretty misleading! (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2006 3:36:03 PM

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