Your first theory fell flat, so you came up with a different one.

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TB — 1/10/2012 5:58:25 AM (archived)

I particularly like the idea of people fleeing Europe because there was too damn much economic freedom over there.

Want to try for a hat trick?

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More Pointless Philosophizing - ER - 1/7/2012 1:02:47 AM
- Where is Marcus Aurelius when you need him? - FrankC - 1/8/2012 2:11:05 AM
  - Perhaps the "good emperor" is an outmoded concept. - Robert - 1/8/2012 6:15:22 AM
    - Why stop there? - ER - 1/8/2012 6:11:13 PM
      - I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. - TB - 1/9/2012 5:24:10 PM
        
        Re: I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. - ER - 1/9/2012 7:50:14 PM
        
        Re: I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. - ER - 1/9/2012 7:41:55 PM
        
        Re: I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. - TB - 1/9/2012 8:29:01 PM
        
        Re: I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. - ER - 1/9/2012 9:49:25 PM
        
        Polar bears in the South Pacific again. - TB - 1/9/2012 11:55:04 PM
        
        Re: Polar bears in the South Pacific again. - ER - 1/10/2012 12:19:08 AM
        
        Most of what you know about the "Gilded Age" is mythology. - TB - 1/10/2012 3:36:39 AM
        
        Re: Most of what you know about the "Gilded Age" is mythology. - ER - 1/10/2012 4:55:32 AM
        
        Your first theory fell flat, so you came up with a different one. - TB - 1/10/2012 5:58:25 AM
        
        Re: Your first theory fell flat, so you came up with a different one. - ER - 1/10/2012 1:06:56 PM
      - Did you read my condemnation of party politics - FrankC - 1/9/2012 7:30:07 AM
        
        Re: Did you read my condemnation of party politics - ER - 1/9/2012 2:18:56 PM
        
        Oh, the Democrats have ideas. Very specific ones. So does their opposition. - TB - 1/9/2012 5:02:23 PM
        
        Re: Oh, the Democrats have ideas. Very specific ones. So does their opposition. - ER - 1/9/2012 7:34:41 PM
- Well we all know something... - RobVG - 1/7/2012 3:37:58 AM
  - Re: Well we all know something... - ER - 1/7/2012 5:11:59 AM
    - Usually the first thing that comes to mind is TARP and the stimulus - RobVG - 1/7/2012 7:02:13 PM
      - Re: Usually the first thing that comes to mind is TARP and the stimulus - ER - 1/7/2012 8:05:47 PM
        
        "A lot of problems just go away on their own”. - RobVG - 1/7/2012 10:06:21 PM
        
        Re: "A lot of problems just go away on their own”. - visitor - 1/7/2012 10:44:42 PM
        
        Take heart.. - RobVG - 1/7/2012 10:55:39 PM
        
        An analogy - RobVG - 1/7/2012 8:56:21 PM
        
        Re: An analogy - ER - 1/7/2012 9:23:22 PM
        
        Re: An analogy - RobVG - 1/7/2012 10:12:01 PM
        
        Re: An analogy - TB - 1/8/2012 2:50:13 AM
        
        Look it up? - ER - 1/7/2012 11:08:21 PM
        
        Corrected for inflation, the Federal government is spending more than the amount of the entire WWII debt every single year. - TB - 1/7/2012 8:21:49 PM
        
        Re: Corrected for inflation, the Federal government is spending more than the amount of the entire WWII debt every single year. - ER - 1/7/2012 9:01:36 PM
        
        Re: Corrected for inflation, the Federal government is spending more than the amount of the entire WWII debt every single year. - TB - 1/7/2012 9:48:22 PM
        
        Shorter version: - TB - 1/7/2012 9:49:28 PM
        
        Re: Shorter version: - ER - 1/7/2012 10:02:26 PM
        
        They didn't do that either, did they? - TB - 1/8/2012 1:12:53 AM
        
        Start with this - RobVG - 1/8/2012 1:59:24 AM
        
        Re: Start with this - ER - 1/8/2012 1:14:27 PM
        
        I'm just saying that someone should have gone to jail. - RobVG - 1/8/2012 6:04:05 PM
        
        Re: I'm just saying that someone should have gone to jail. - ER - 1/8/2012 6:38:52 PM
        
        Re: I'm just saying that someone should have gone to jail. - RobVG - 1/8/2012 7:34:07 PM
        
        Re: Shorter version: - RobVG - 1/7/2012 10:23:37 PM
- Re: More Pointless Philosophizing - bowser - 1/7/2012 1:32:11 AM
  - Re: More Pointless Philosophizing - ER - 1/7/2012 1:53:24 AM

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