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I have been called an Islamophobe by regressive liberals - BuckGalaxy - 4/17/2016 10:02:03 AM
- Well, you probably are. - bowser - 4/20/2016 1:13:32 AM
- All religion "is an illiberal philosophy at odds with western values" - Robert - 4/17/2016 4:39:00 PM
  - Oh that's rich - RobVG - 4/20/2016 11:54:13 PM
  - "Both are just fine when they’re not in everybody’s face." Negatory - BuckGalaxy - 4/17/2016 6:48:55 PM
    - But what would you do about it? - Robert - 4/18/2016 3:06:15 AM
      - My criticism of Islam is not a defense of Chritianity - BuckGalaxy - 4/18/2016 4:42:23 AM
        
        As far as non violent muslims... - BuckGalaxy - 4/19/2016 7:47:26 AM
    - ” It promotes intolerance, misogyny and illiberal values as well as flat out fairy tales about the nature of the universe. - ER - 4/17/2016 9:29:29 PM
- This regressive Liberal agrees with you completely. - ER - 4/17/2016 1:16:53 PM

Why not free college? - ER - 4/4/2016 2:22:43 PM
- Education is an INVESTMENT - BuckGalaxy - 4/12/2016 7:49:28 AM
- Ahhhhh - bowser - 4/4/2016 9:32:36 PM
- If you guys really want a circle jerk Daily KOS instead of a Zone, just say the word. - RobVG - 4/4/2016 9:22:14 PM
  - Hang in there, Rob. You're almost there. This is what its like when - ER - 4/4/2016 9:53:07 PM
- Is it fair to those of us that successfully put ourselves through college? - RobVG - 4/4/2016 4:06:47 PM
  - Say, Rob, I'm curious about something - Robert - 4/7/2016 6:40:59 PM
    - Are you really - RobVG - 4/15/2016 3:58:27 AM
      - "I don’t agree with ER." - ER - 4/16/2016 8:21:50 PM
        
        We need to change the name to something other than "liberal arts" - Robert - 4/17/2016 4:17:39 AM
        
        No, leave it that way. - ER - 4/17/2016 4:23:47 AM
        
        Speak for yourself - Robert - 4/17/2016 4:29:49 AM
      - Times change - Robert - 4/15/2016 6:44:51 PM
        
        You're right. - RobVG - 4/18/2016 9:49:30 PM
  - "An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people" - Robert - 4/4/2016 4:42:00 PM
    - For reference, our nation decided it could afford 1.5 TRILLION dollars... - RL - 4/5/2016 2:48:11 AM
      - Good point. n/t - RobVG - 4/6/2016 3:07:32 PM
    - Conservatives don't feel that anyone "owes" them anything. - RobVG - 4/4/2016 6:42:11 PM
      - THAT is what you got from my post? - Robert - 4/5/2016 4:40:31 PM
      - And progressives believe they owe something in order to better the society we all live in... - RL - 4/4/2016 7:38:35 PM
  - Paying for your own education is a noble effort... - ER - 4/4/2016 4:39:19 PM
    - So because some people can afford to put their kids through college (some save for it) it's not fair to those who can't? - RobVG - 4/4/2016 6:37:01 PM
      - Tell you what... - RL - 4/4/2016 7:30:07 PM
        
        Really - RobVG - 4/4/2016 9:20:35 PM
        
        Yes,really - RL - 4/4/2016 10:08:57 PM
        
        I'm not sneering and I'm not smug. - RobVG - 4/4/2016 11:21:41 PM
        
        And you are not listening. .. - RL - 4/5/2016 1:55:02 AM
        
        We're talking about FREE college...Hello! - RobVG - 4/5/2016 2:39:37 AM
        
        Even economists recognize the huge social value of an educated workforce - mcfly - 4/5/2016 4:10:17 AM
        
        I'm aware of the benefits. - RobVG - 4/5/2016 5:08:25 PM
        
        I think I know what the real problem is. - ER - 4/5/2016 5:36:50 AM
        
        You don't seem to grasp this, Rob. - ER - 4/5/2016 3:11:17 AM
        
        You're right about subsidies. - RobVG - 4/5/2016 5:17:15 PM
        
        Kids these days... - RL - 4/6/2016 2:55:45 AM
        
        We teach little kids how to read for free. - ER - 4/5/2016 5:36:50 PM
        
        Yes, we are - RL - 4/5/2016 2:52:45 AM
      - Yep. - ER - 4/4/2016 7:21:04 PM

Responding to Buck's "Education is an Investment" below. - ER - 4/16/2016 2:59:44 PM
- Division of labor - BuckGalaxy - 4/17/2016 9:30:17 AM
  - Its good to have you back, Buck. - ER - 4/17/2016 1:54:56 PM
- Pssst! It's up above now. - Robert - 4/17/2016 4:32:35 AM
  - Oh hell, now it's below again. - Robert - 4/17/2016 4:33:00 AM

Remember how bad it was when Obama got elected? - bowser - 4/5/2016 4:26:24 AM
- Rhyming history. - ER - 4/5/2016 5:42:33 AM

My latest viral email, verbatim and unedited. - ER - 4/3/2016 1:26:02 PM
- Y'know, he's right. - bowser - 4/3/2016 10:28:24 PM
- It will take zealots... - RL - 4/3/2016 4:31:14 PM
  - My favorite part... - ER - 4/3/2016 5:38:46 PM
  - Also... - RL - 4/3/2016 4:55:53 PM

So what if the GOP wins the election? - ER - 4/1/2016 3:12:43 AM
- A plausible Sanders - Cruz scenario. - bowser - 4/2/2016 9:58:30 PM
- These clowns will be forgotten faster than you can say "Ross Perot". - bowser - 4/1/2016 5:31:11 AM

Seltzer on the asphalt - RL - 3/29/2016 10:18:36 PM
- Wait a minute, I count 26 clowns on the ground - Robert - 3/30/2016 11:48:04 PM
- I think Donald's getting framed on this reporter assault case. - ER - 3/30/2016 12:17:17 AM
  - Given the sequence of events it seems highly improbable that it was a setup... - RL - 3/31/2016 1:30:21 AM
    - I can see an entirely different "highly improbable sequence of events". - ER - 3/31/2016 9:08:11 PM

"Conservapedia - the US religious right's answer to Wikipedia" - ER - 3/28/2016 5:30:55 AM
- It is amazing to me... - FrankC - 3/30/2016 2:18:27 AM
  - Frank, ya gotta understand. - bowser - 3/30/2016 8:55:41 PM
  - The only reason I have so much time on my hands... - ER - 3/30/2016 2:52:13 AM
    - Most middle class conservatives are not satisfied with the government dole - FrankC - 3/30/2016 3:12:25 AM
      - Yeah, I have those too. - ER - 3/30/2016 3:35:22 AM
        
        I believe the liberal elite have a word for working class liberals with savings and investments - FrankC - 3/30/2016 3:57:11 AM
        
        You mean like "Uppity Spic"? - ER - 3/30/2016 1:24:10 PM
- Wait until Conservatives demand equal time for their citations. - bowser - 3/30/2016 1:48:38 AM
- So how many conservatives do you think subscribe. - RobVG - 3/29/2016 3:48:39 PM
  - You didn't read past the introduction, did you? - Robert - 3/29/2016 7:28:36 PM
    - No I did not. - RobVG - 3/30/2016 12:42:07 AM
      - "Should I have? Really?" - Robert - 3/30/2016 3:58:18 AM
      - LOL, you are so precious! - RL - 3/30/2016 12:50:15 AM
        
        And you are patently adolescent. - RobVG - 3/30/2016 1:11:00 AM
        
        You are the one that became enamored with... - RL - 3/30/2016 2:59:31 AM
    - Nothing roundabout about it. - ER - 3/29/2016 9:28:42 PM
  - Like Germany's 1920's Facists... - ER - 3/29/2016 5:12:06 PM
- All you need to know about it... - RL - 3/29/2016 1:03:54 AM
  - Its required reading for lefties and freethinkers. - ER - 3/29/2016 3:05:36 AM
- What does it mean to say that an open-source encyclopedia has a "liberal bias"? - Robert - 3/28/2016 4:54:19 PM
  - It's called "the truth hurts". - bowser - 3/30/2016 2:13:24 AM

The Onion foretold this election in 2012... - RL - 3/26/2016 5:04:33 PM
- wait till they wake up facing 4 years of Madame President... - ER - 3/26/2016 5:18:11 PM
  - 4 more years of castration anxiety - Robert - 3/27/2016 5:24:51 AM
    - Except this time, (hopefully), there'll be more than just anxiety. - ER - 3/27/2016 12:33:23 PM
      - (ouch) Don't make me snip that dangling comment! - Robert - 3/27/2016 10:10:15 PM

“We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized. " - RL - 3/22/2016 11:49:25 PM
- It's a dilemma we all face. - bowser - 3/24/2016 1:49:20 AM
  - Its BS bowser... - RL - 3/26/2016 1:38:42 AM
    - If those neighborhoods are the target of hate crimes, they need and deserve protection. - bowser - 3/26/2016 3:15:23 AM
- Brilliant response... - RL - 3/23/2016 10:08:22 PM
  - Beautiful - mcfly - 3/24/2016 1:04:40 AM
    - Yes, he is an idiot... - RL - 3/24/2016 1:06:51 AM
- He's no dummy. That's exactly what he has in mind. - ER - 3/23/2016 12:31:34 AM

The plot to stop Trump - ER - 3/17/2016 7:25:49 PM
- Wouldn't this election be dull without Trump! - bowser - 3/19/2016 3:18:09 PM
- Were it not for the damage Trump does to the nation every day..... - RL - 3/18/2016 3:00:06 AM
  - The German people didn't deserve Hitler, either. At least most of them didn't. - ER - 3/18/2016 4:16:18 AM
    - I'd respectfully disagree with that. - bowser - 3/20/2016 2:33:24 AM
      - Anti-semitism was a political issue in Germany in the 19th century - Robert - 3/20/2016 9:22:10 PM
        
        Similar forces are forcing us in the same direction as Germany. - ER - 3/21/2016 1:44:04 AM
        
        Don't be too literal - Robert - 3/21/2016 2:59:38 AM
        
        There are rarely "exact matches". - ER - 3/21/2016 4:34:13 AM
      - You have a point. - ER - 3/20/2016 8:01:56 PM

How can people not see... - RL - 3/21/2016 12:36:04 AM

The GOP is splintering its' base. - bowser - 3/20/2016 2:21:58 AM
- It is a spectacle to behold - mcfly - 3/20/2016 3:45:22 AM
- So how do you think the GOP will wind up? - ER - 3/20/2016 3:38:06 AM
  - Possibly all of those. And quite possibly a 3rd party, a la Perot. - bowser - 3/20/2016 6:42:32 AM
  - "...will they go to Jesus...?" - mcfly - 3/20/2016 3:51:51 AM
    - You were warned - podrock - 3/20/2016 4:12:42 AM

Trump sez... - mcfly - 3/17/2016 8:18:22 PM
- Owning a private jet seems to be the indicator. - bowser - 3/19/2016 3:46:56 PM

The Karma Candidate - ER - 3/15/2016 9:24:04 PM

Trump nearly lost another supporter! - RL - 3/11/2016 7:22:35 PM
- I think that's great! - mcfly - 3/12/2016 12:27:31 AM
  - She should have 'stood her ground'... - RL - 3/12/2016 7:54:18 PM

Hillary gets Savaged... - RL - 3/12/2016 2:25:53 AM

Trump thinks his followers are idiots- he is right.... - RL - 3/10/2016 2:59:18 PM
- I'm sure he just wants to date them - SDG - 3/10/2016 3:38:14 PM

Its funny because it is true... - RL - 3/8/2016 7:03:37 PM
- Yo, RL What happened to your graphic? It was there just a minute ago. - ER - 3/9/2016 4:21:56 AM
  - Hmmmmm.... - RL - 3/9/2016 6:44:19 PM
    - Cerebral flatulence. - ER - 3/9/2016 8:03:22 PM
- There's a difference between Conservative and Liberal humor. - ER - 3/8/2016 8:49:59 PM
  - Conservative Humor.... - RL - 3/9/2016 1:23:25 AM
    - maybe Trump will tell her to "get on her knees". - ER - 3/9/2016 3:03:15 AM

And the data keeps pouring in... - RL - 3/6/2016 9:34:00 PM
- So colleges crank out more Democrats, not surprising. n/t - RobVG - 3/7/2016 12:08:35 AM
  - Ah, yes. The vast left wing intellectual conspiracy. - ER - 3/7/2016 12:40:22 AM
    - Whatever you may say, I've seen. it starting in grade school - RobVG - 3/7/2016 12:58:14 AM
      - And yet you weren't converted... - RL - 3/7/2016 1:02:44 AM
        
        Actually I was. - RobVG - 3/7/2016 2:00:39 AM
        
        For what its worth, - ER - 3/7/2016 3:08:05 AM
        
        Reality has a liberal bias. - ER - 3/7/2016 1:08:59 AM
      - And trough college. - RobVG - 3/7/2016 12:59:27 AM
        
        Trough college... - RL - 3/7/2016 1:07:52 AM
        
        Oh a typo, the shame... - RobVG - 3/7/2016 1:19:11 AM
        
        Not to worry. - ER - 3/7/2016 1:07:51 AM
        
        Well, a college education should be about persuing a profitable career. - RobVG - 3/7/2016 1:18:29 AM
        
        NO, No, No. - ER - 3/7/2016 3:46:40 AM
        
        Yet its the Business majors that were the heaviest drinkers at college... - RL - 3/7/2016 1:24:53 AM
        
        Yeah, the physics dudes got stoned instead. - ER - 3/7/2016 3:58:42 AM
        
        Only AFTER finals... - RL - 3/8/2016 3:27:37 AM
        
        They aren't all that way. - RobVG - 3/7/2016 2:04:30 AM
  - Is your world view so fragile... - RL - 3/7/2016 12:27:35 AM
    - Hey, you're the one bringing up the point, repeatedly. n/t - RobVG - 3/7/2016 1:02:11 AM
      - You are the one denying reality and inventing conspiracies to explain the data... - RL - 3/7/2016 1:34:17 AM
        
        That last paragraph tells it all. - ER - 3/7/2016 3:35:19 AM
    - Interesting figures, and they explain a lot. - ER - 3/7/2016 12:55:10 AM

"Civil War" - "America is the richest, and most unequal, country." - bowser - 2/23/2016 2:24:45 AM
- Yeah who drank the kool-aide? - SteveS - 2/23/2016 4:10:13 PM
  - Some numbers: - RL - 2/27/2016 5:12:18 PM
    - Bush was supposed to be the new Reagan. - ER - 2/27/2016 7:28:15 PM
      - That's funny, I thought you said it was because he's black. It must have been RL. n/t - RobVG - 3/7/2016 1:21:11 AM
        
        No, black has nothing to do with it. - ER - 3/7/2016 3:27:55 AM
  - Yeah, cut taxes and all our problems will disappear. - ER - 2/23/2016 4:47:02 PM
- The conclusion is inevitable - ER - 2/23/2016 2:23:04 PM
- Wealth Inequality - mcfly - 2/23/2016 6:40:18 AM
  - Excellent analysis. - ER - 2/23/2016 6:22:51 PM
- Someone's reading their Piketty. - ER - 2/23/2016 6:10:40 AM

Automated customer service business model - ER - 3/5/2016 3:32:19 AM

Class Will Out - ER - 2/27/2016 1:49:18 AM

President Trump - mcfly - 2/21/2016 9:28:54 AM
- Reagan x 2, Bush - Cheney x 2. Americans will elect anyone, anyone at all. - bowser - 2/22/2016 5:48:22 AM
- six out of seven - podrock - 2/21/2016 3:46:48 PM
  - Rev Sloan has stumbled onto something I've always suspected. - ER - 2/21/2016 5:48:55 PM
    - Virtues: - podrock - 2/22/2016 10:51:28 PM
- Every country gets the government it deserves. - ER - 2/21/2016 3:16:29 PM

When Obama leaves office... - ER - 2/15/2016 2:25:49 AM
- The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy really does have a life of its own - Robert - 2/15/2016 5:55:08 PM
  - True, but that's not the point I was trying to make, Robert. - ER - 2/15/2016 7:32:47 PM
    - But the point I was trying to make, ER, - Robert - 2/16/2016 1:28:16 AM
      - I think the new Civil War has just started. - ER - 2/16/2016 3:16:53 AM
        
        The sky isn't falling. - bowser - 2/17/2016 1:00:20 AM
        
        Civil wars aren't always fought with armies. - ER - 2/17/2016 6:40:22 AM
        
        We are still operating well within Constitutional processes. - bowser - 2/17/2016 8:15:30 AM
        
        You're the last person I'd accuse of being the Voice Of Reason - SDG - 2/17/2016 5:31:12 PM
        
        Further reading - podrock - 2/21/2016 1:59:04 AM
        
        Thanks for the Brin. - ER - 2/21/2016 3:40:01 AM
        
        This helps make sense of things. - bowser - 2/21/2016 3:29:44 AM
        
        Selling them the rope. - ER - 2/21/2016 5:57:38 PM
        
        Well, I allow myself certain luxuries. - bowser - 2/18/2016 1:30:51 AM
        
        You're the last person I'd accuse of being a Pollyanna. - ER - 2/17/2016 4:16:38 PM
        
        Well, darn it, so far - - - - bowser - 2/18/2016 1:26:42 AM
        
        They don't need a Civil War. - ER - 2/18/2016 4:34:22 AM
        
        A while back - - - - bowser - 2/18/2016 5:35:14 AM
        
        Let me make sure I've got this straight. - ER - 2/18/2016 6:52:13 AM
        
        Who are you arguing with? - Robert - 2/16/2016 4:15:00 PM
        
        I feel reassured already. - ER - 2/16/2016 5:55:00 PM
        
        it never ended - podrock - 2/16/2016 4:15:43 AM
        
        A worthy read indeed - Robert - 2/16/2016 6:14:14 AM
        
        Its ironic. - ER - 2/16/2016 6:25:37 AM
        
        Brilliant! - ER - 2/16/2016 5:36:32 AM
- Realistically. - bowser - 2/15/2016 6:00:38 AM
  - Given Bill's...umm, "tastes..." - mcfly - 2/15/2016 6:17:31 PM
    - The test of some autobiographies. - bowser - 2/16/2016 3:11:37 AM
  - Maybe you're right. - ER - 2/15/2016 3:15:36 PM

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