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Powell then versus Powell now - Donald - 1/25/2004 2:27:10 PM

here's your tax cut/loan - Greg - 1/21/2004 2:38:10 PM
- you should ask Maxspeak about some more things (n/t) - Greg - 1/23/2004 2:17:10 AM
  - re: you should ask Maxspeak about some more things - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 4:56:41 AM
    - you don't understand the terminology - Greg - 1/23/2004 7:36:24 AM
      - P.S. For a good time, look up Greenspan's background. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 8:16:07 PM
        
        so now Greenspan's a loser because he doesn't agree with you (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 3:50:57 AM
        
        That's not at all what I meant. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 4:03:36 AM
        
        here's another pinko for you, the comptroller general - Greg - 1/24/2004 11:12:05 AM
        
        Hmmm...those nasty entitlements again. Notice a pattern? - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 1:33:08 AM
        
        re: Hmmm...those nasty entitlements again. Notice a pattern? - Greg - 1/25/2004 2:17:17 AM
        
        Deficits - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 3:27:18 AM
        
        are you saying Maxspeak is wrong? - Greg - 1/25/2004 6:14:30 AM
        
        I read everything Ayn Rand wrote in the 70's (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 5:24:07 AM
        
        Then you should have noticed that Greenspan was one of her biggest fans (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 1:27:20 AM
        
        re: Then you should have noticed that Greenspan was one of her biggest fans - Greg - 1/25/2004 2:08:47 AM
      - By the way... - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 8:14:11 PM
      - Tell ya what. Why don't you explain it to me? - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 7:45:04 PM
- And that money was buried in the backyard in coffee cans? - ebnelson - 1/22/2004 2:28:23 PM
- Interesting number. Where did he get it? Or, if you prefer, what are his "references?" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 8:21:40 PM
  - Why don't you go to his blog and ask him, he's an economist. (n/t) - Greg - 1/22/2004 5:54:10 AM
    - Good idea. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 7:31:21 AM
      - The results, and some comments - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 6:06:39 PM
        
        you must be kidding - Greg - 1/23/2004 1:52:51 AM
        
        re: you must be kidding - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 4:50:08 AM
        
        re: you must be kidding - Greg - 1/23/2004 5:58:15 AM
        
        There should be some kind of award for using "fiscal conservative" and "universal health care" in the same sentence. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 7:40:58 PM
        
        or maybe one using fiscal conservative and W in the same sentence (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 3:49:53 AM
      - more on the tax loan - Greg - 1/22/2004 3:12:31 PM
        
        It is a loan only if it is the govts. money - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 4:01:54 AM
        
        Well thanks for clearing all that up Ed, your argument convinces me completely. Now I can be free to love Bush and hate liberals at last. (n/t) - Greg - 1/23/2004 5:59:58 AM
        
        If that is what it takes, great! - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 3:17:58 AM
        
        A few points... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 5:44:55 PM
        
        You are assuming the uncertainties will break your way - Greg - 1/23/2004 7:30:13 AM
        
        "A lot of people are saying..." - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 7:47:04 PM
        
        you seem to have no trouble quoting your own anonymous sources (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 5:25:29 AM

Whoa... - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 4:12:10 AM
- re: Whoa... - gbaikie - 1/25/2004 5:34:13 AM

Newsweek poll: most want Bush to LOSE this November... - ~tax leech - 1/24/2004 9:02:34 PM
- Off-Topic - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 2:40:50 AM
- The wonder of number massaging masquerading as statistics - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 10:09:07 PM
  - reply - ~tax leech - 1/25/2004 12:15:37 AM
    - So many posts, so little time - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 2:17:17 AM
- NOW we're going to see the polls in the headlines again. It's been a while. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 9:17:23 PM

"Secret" Democratic memos still being investigated - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2004 12:29:44 AM
- The utter hypocrisy of the press on this is seen in how the NYT took classified, stolen docs for the 'Pentagon Papers' - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 1:55:02 AM

Welcome to DeanGoesNuts.com - Greg - 1/24/2004 3:24:23 AM
- IMO, a lot of flap over something that is not really important. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 10:12:44 PM
- Dean's scream - Buck Galaxy - 1/24/2004 8:05:54 AM
- I am not a Dean fan - R.L. - 1/24/2004 6:04:56 AM
  - re: I am not a Dean fan - gbaikie - 1/24/2004 11:59:49 AM
  - actually I think someone like Blair would be ok (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 6:59:13 AM

Inspector: Iraq had no WMDs - Donald - 1/24/2004 3:26:56 PM
- Clarification please... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 9:39:04 PM
- Empty Words for the War-Torn - Don - 1/24/2004 3:32:17 PM
  - I guess Kerry is the Chosen One now. Also, the opinion of the military. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2004 10:10:19 PM

2 U.S. Troops, 3 Iraqis Killed in Attacks - Don - 1/24/2004 2:45:50 PM
- Three More U.S. Troops Die Today - Donald - 1/24/2004 5:12:58 PM

Prosecutors: Limbaugh committed at least ten felonies - Donald - 1/23/2004 2:09:27 PM
- re: Prosecutors - FrankC - 1/24/2004 5:04:04 PM
- Do you think he'll go to jail Don? - Scott Evil - 1/23/2004 3:19:38 PM
  - Hard to say - Don - 1/23/2004 3:25:41 PM
    - re: Hard to say - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 7:20:57 PM
      - You mean Al Franken? - SteveS - 1/23/2004 8:50:33 PM

Diplomat Worried of U.S. Plans for Cuba . . . - D. Spires - 1/24/2004 11:21:25 AM

I almost feel sorry for the terrorists in Iraq: Here come the Japanese! - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 3:21:09 PM
- The US is pretty rough on the Iraqi's - TiM - 1/20/2004 7:08:11 PM
  - By the way those were Iraqi farmers being used as target practice. (n/t) - TiM - 1/21/2004 1:52:48 PM
    - If by 'farmer' you mean 'armed soldier', then I guess you are right - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 3:14:49 AM
    - The men on the ground were moving rocket launchers. Nice try, though. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 9:15:55 PM
  - The Japanese will make the Americans seem like wussies by comparison. The first time somebody shoots at the Japanese troops, expect the most brutal counterattack imaginable. I doubt if you will be di… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 10:10:44 PM

Halliburton's response to corruption - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 1:30:53 PM
- only you could call that a vindication (n/t) - Greg - 1/23/2004 3:25:35 PM
  - No, just doing the right thing - ebnelson - 1/24/2004 2:47:51 AM

Economy: 1 Smelly Caribou: 0 WHEEEAAA! (Dean shriek) - Justin Kelly - 1/23/2004 3:17:06 PM
- "Activists unhappy." A sure sign you are doing exactly the right thing. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 7:26:02 PM
  - Using that logic, we should outlaw the private ownership of all guns because it would tick off the NRA, another group of activists. - Mary Anne - 1/23/2004 8:30:37 PM
    - I should have been more specific, but I think you knew what I meant. - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 9:06:35 PM
      - You're right, I can't deny that anti-gun activists measure their effectiveness in NRA outrage - Mary Anne - 1/23/2004 11:02:31 PM
- speaking of which... - McFly - 1/23/2004 5:55:53 PM

Ex-Arms Hunter Kay Says No WMD Stockpiles in Iraq - Don - 1/23/2004 10:45:45 PM
- Meanwhile: Two U.S. Pilots Die When Chopper Comes Down in N.Iraq - Don - 1/23/2004 10:47:14 PM

Bush budget to hold down non-defense spending - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 9:19:00 PM

Iraq may be on path to civil war, CIA officials warn - Don - 1/23/2004 1:41:12 AM
- Iraq becoming another Lebanon is not impossible - Buck Galaxy - 1/23/2004 6:19:23 PM
  - What, being occupied by another Arab nation? - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 7:31:57 PM
- Iraq has been on the verge of a civil war since its founding (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 3:59:57 AM
- Ah, those "anonymous officials" again. - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 2:36:50 AM
  - Yeah... - Donald - 1/23/2004 3:05:53 AM
    - So, just out of curiosity... - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 3:53:29 AM
      - re:It's all logical - Raoul - 1/23/2004 6:40:09 AM

More bad news on Jobs - David F Mayer - 1/22/2004 11:41:13 PM
- No surprise. - RobVG - 1/23/2004 12:57:16 AM
  - Wonder what's happening with jobs in the digital camera industry... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 4:57:49 AM
    - Digital camera industry is doing fine. Too bad none of it is in USA (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/23/2004 2:30:23 PM

Touchy situation with Iraqi elections - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 2:28:37 AM
- Put Chalabi in charge and get out -- Wasn't that the plan? - Odin - 1/23/2004 5:37:49 AM
- Oops... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 2:31:10 AM

A Closer Look at the Latest Jobs Figures - Greg - 1/23/2004 2:27:39 AM

Democratic candidates and deficits. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 12:31:04 AM
- That is actually very interesting - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 2:19:02 AM
- Geez, I expected more of a response to this one... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 10:01:13 PM

IraqNow rips Dowd a new one... - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 7:21:40 PM
- The thinness of the 'no coalition' lie is really showing. - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 1:56:42 AM

Ted Kennedy: "Deficit? What deficit?" - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 10:38:49 PM

Take total compensation paid to workers in the nonfarm business sector, and divide it by GDP. - Greg - 1/22/2004 3:05:49 PM
- Your chart looks alarrming, but all it shows is an inverse plot of the rise in productivity - Scott Evil - 1/22/2004 3:59:43 PM
  - I think there's more to it than that - Greg - 1/22/2004 5:34:42 PM
    - re: I think there's more to it than that - Scott Evil - 1/22/2004 6:36:27 PM

Iraq Mortar Attack Kills 2 U.S. Soldiers - Donald - 1/22/2004 1:57:32 PM

Democratic Response - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 11:48:24 PM
- It would have been more sincere to just have Dean on there bellowing another geographic list - ebnelson - 1/22/2004 5:09:31 AM
- The "3 million jobs lost" meme again. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 12:19:10 AM

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