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Another "definition issue."
"Those constituents that think mostly with their spleens"
Lindy
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2/15/2007 1:33:04 AM
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Like yourself, eh?
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Minimum wage increases
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TB
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2/11/2007 10:16:30 PM
Instead of raising the minimum wage...
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A. Leftleaner
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2/16/2007 4:12:46 PM
"Children fared worse in the U.S. because of greater economic inequality and poor levels of public support for families
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Lindy
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2/15/2007 2:23:42 AM
re: "Children fared worse in the U.S. because of greater economic inequality and poor levels of public support for families
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Marcia
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2/15/2007 10:46:42 PM
re: "Children fared worse in the U.S. because of greater economic inequality and poor levels of public support for families
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Marcia
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2/15/2007 10:46:38 PM
Conservatives just hate working people.
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Bowser
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2/14/2007 9:34:15 PM
re: Open voting
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SteveS
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2/15/2007 10:18:14 PM
I've come to think of it as "American Business"
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McFly
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2/15/2007 5:22:04 PM
re: "American Business"
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SteveS
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2/15/2007 11:15:39 PM
re: I've come to think of it as "American Business"
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Lindy
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2/15/2007 6:13:31 PM
Actually, you seem just as hateful if not more so...
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R.L.
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2/14/2007 11:22:44 PM
Well, now.
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Bowser
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2/15/2007 12:17:15 AM
I got the hatred there...
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R.L.
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2/15/2007 12:21:33 AM
...and
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REB
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2/14/2007 9:53:53 PM
did you deserve a raise?
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alcaray
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2/14/2007 10:02:20 PM
I think so.
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REB
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2/14/2007 10:24:18 PM
BS. Conservatives are working people.
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REB
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2/14/2007 9:52:13 PM
Another "definition issue."
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TB
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2/15/2007 12:10:50 AM
"Those constituents that think mostly with their spleens"
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Lindy
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2/15/2007 1:33:04 AM
Heh.
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TB
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2/15/2007 2:01:17 AM
Oppose minimum wage, on the job accident coverage, OSHA, etc. Hate.
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Bowser
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2/14/2007 10:27:32 PM
Your prejudice of us Conservative really has you hating us, doesn’t it? Do you really believe that BS?
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REB
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2/14/2007 10:34:56 PM
Dupe.
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Bowser
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2/15/2007 12:14:54 AM
re: Dupe.
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REB
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2/15/2007 3:27:23 PM
Does that seem to track to you?
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Bowser
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2/15/2007 5:48:16 PM
You didn't say "Thank You."
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REB
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2/15/2007 5:59:42 PM
Connecting the dots
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Mary Anne
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2/16/2007 9:30:11 PM
re: Connecting the dots
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REB
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2/16/2007 9:38:08 PM
Religious aide
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Mary Anne
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2/16/2007 10:21:18 PM
re: Religious aide
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REB
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2/16/2007 10:39:29 PM
I stipulate to your church's good intentions.
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Mary Anne
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2/16/2007 11:18:17 PM
...and
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REB
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2/16/2007 10:47:25 PM
For giving you Workers Comp. SS, OHSA, minimum wage.
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Bowser
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2/15/2007 9:08:08 PM
For a good time, look up who signed OSHA into law.
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TB
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2/15/2007 9:21:26 PM
Don't hit him with real facts. He can't take it.
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REB
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2/16/2007 2:16:27 PM
that'll be a hard sell to this crowd REB
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FrankC
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2/15/2007 5:12:28 PM
I guess a 12% poverty rate is good by world standards
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Daniel
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2/14/2007 2:58:08 PM
By maybe any standards.
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TB
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2/14/2007 6:27:03 PM
statistics again
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Robert
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2/15/2007 6:22:05 PM
Wrong.
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TB
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2/15/2007 7:37:16 PM
re: By maybe any standards.
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Daniel
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2/15/2007 3:23:33 AM
I think it should be defined as those who do not have cable TV
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Scott Evil
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2/16/2007 4:06:54 PM
What are you typing on?
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Mary Anne
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2/16/2007 10:13:06 PM
re: Minimum wage increases
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Marcia
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2/14/2007 1:59:55 AM
re: Minimum wage increases - Oh, but, by all means yes, do a wage increase.
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Marcia
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2/14/2007 2:07:42 AM
The real problem with a minimum wage increase
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Yeti
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2/13/2007 1:17:47 AM
re: The real problem with a minimum wage increase
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TB
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2/13/2007 1:59:49 AM
To qualify
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Yeti
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2/13/2007 1:18:59 AM
Most Illegal labors make more than minimum wage
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Buck Galaxy
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2/13/2007 1:50:45 AM
Where are you living?
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/13/2007 6:31:28 AM
Used to see teenagers mowing lawns all the time.
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alcaray
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2/13/2007 12:36:52 AM
re: Used to see teenagers mowing lawns all the time.
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TB
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2/13/2007 2:03:17 AM
yes...and those youngins' can sure cop a 'tude"!!
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Martha
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2/13/2007 1:47:35 AM
re: Minimum wage increases
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REB
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2/12/2007 4:24:03 PM
Market economics vs minimum wage reality
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Buck Galaxy
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2/12/2007 7:27:51 AM
If only insignificant numbers of people are earning minimum wage or below, then why is there such a bitter and organized resistance to raising it?
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ER
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2/12/2007 1:46:27 PM
Politics
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Buck Galaxy
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2/13/2007 4:45:42 AM
re: minimum wage reality
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TB
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2/12/2007 7:46:07 AM
Interesting thing re minimum wage
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FrankC
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2/11/2007 10:59:50 PM
re: Interesting thing re minimum wage
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Marcia
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2/12/2007 3:39:26 AM
re: Interesting thing re minimum wage ---
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Marcia
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2/12/2007 3:41:55 AM
That tripe comes out every time there's an increase.
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Bowser
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2/11/2007 10:42:46 PM
"Did you read about the Republicans stopping investigation into Halliburton's corruption in Iraq
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 1:47:06 AM
"Living wage"
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TB
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2/11/2007 11:28:14 PM
"Can anyone actually define "living wage?"
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 1:49:25 AM
re: "Can anyone actually define "living wage?"
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ER
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2/13/2007 5:24:38 AM
Speaking as someone who has dealt with investors...
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TB
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2/13/2007 3:32:11 PM
Skewness and Kurtosis--fascinatin' algorithm
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ER
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2/13/2007 6:34:08 PM
re: Skewness
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TB
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2/14/2007 3:10:43 AM
That's all skewed up
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ER
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2/14/2007 4:04:21 AM
Found while looking for something else...
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TB
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2/14/2007 6:32:08 AM
re: That's all skewed up
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TB
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2/14/2007 6:24:28 AM
I think that's a pretty reasonable assessment of the situation.
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ER
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2/14/2007 1:43:31 PM
re: reasonable assessment of the situation
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TB
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2/14/2007 6:44:12 PM
But my assessment...
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ER
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2/14/2007 11:25:09 PM
Colossal national debt
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TB
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2/15/2007 2:00:28 AM
re: "Can anyone actually define "living wage?"
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Lindy
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2/13/2007 2:53:44 PM
Conservative dogma. Workers Compensation is another unaffordable item
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Bowser
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2/11/2007 11:37:23 PM
Workers Compensation is another unaffordable item
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 1:51:13 AM
re: Conservative dogma. Workers Compensation is another unaffordable item
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TB
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2/12/2007 12:54:44 AM
"living wage, if he's stupid enough, he'll try to defend himself rather than point out that it's a null concept.
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 1:54:41 AM
Defining "poverty."
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TB
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2/12/2007 6:54:54 AM
re: Defining "poverty."
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Lindy
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2/12/2007 2:48:34 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.