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I used to like omnibus spending bills?
Well you were comparatively sanguine about them...
alcaray
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3/18/2009 3:54:18 AM
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...during the previous 8 years.
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"...We are capitalizing your adventures [on Wall Street]"
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ER
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3/15/2009 9:41:36 PM
A familiar avatar
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Robert
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3/16/2009 8:58:53 PM
an unfamiliar avatar
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ER
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3/17/2009 4:42:49 PM
What really scares them about Stewart...
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ER
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3/17/2009 1:14:35 AM
"other people's money"
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TB
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3/17/2009 3:21:15 AM
Why it's different.
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RubE
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3/17/2009 9:58:29 AM
re: Why it's different.
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TB
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3/17/2009 1:08:40 PM
You used to like omnibus spending bills. What happened?
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alcaray
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3/17/2009 11:59:26 PM
I used to like omnibus spending bills?
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TB
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3/18/2009 1:27:25 AM
Well you were comparatively sanguine about them...
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alcaray
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3/18/2009 3:54:18 AM
Yeah.
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TB
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3/18/2009 4:05:33 AM
Hmmm. Perhaps I should clarify.
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alcaray
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3/18/2009 7:25:55 AM
html cleanup
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alcaray
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3/18/2009 6:46:14 PM
A bit of perspective on spending
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TB
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3/18/2009 4:11:05 AM
So why not dismantle the government and replace it with the market?
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ER
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3/17/2009 1:52:31 PM
re: So why not dismantle the government and replace it with the market?
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Lindy
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3/17/2009 7:01:48 PM
No. It isn't what I want to do.
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TB
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3/17/2009 2:25:33 PM
Well, I don't want to dismantle the private sector, either.
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ER
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3/17/2009 4:10:50 PM
I know Mark Twain...
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TB
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3/16/2009 9:54:08 PM
That explains the 19th Century outlook.
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Robert
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3/19/2009 5:24:11 AM
re: That explains the 19th Century outlook.
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TB
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3/19/2009 4:24:30 PM
I thought he was dead.
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Jody
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3/17/2009 1:04:57 AM
No, rumors of his death were highly exaggerated.
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ER
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3/18/2009 12:21:43 AM
The day that Fox News scoops Jon Stewart on something
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azstrummer
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3/16/2009 3:44:33 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.