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Conservatives are not opposed to deficits.
Amen!
Jody
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4/15/2009 3:19:42 PM
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Will any of you participate in any teabagging tomorrow?
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alcaray
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4/14/2009 10:25:00 PM
A summary of all the teabagging
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alcaray
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4/15/2009 11:19:24 PM
A slightly less hysterical summary
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TB
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4/15/2009 11:39:22 PM
Thank You Tom. I appreciate it.
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Jody
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4/16/2009 3:29:01 PM
Wow! I hope nobody confuses non-mainstream with non-biased.
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alcaray
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4/16/2009 12:37:49 AM
Well, nobody confuses mainstream with non-biased either any more.
(n/t)
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TB
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4/16/2009 12:50:00 AM
And the teabaggers are protesting...What? A 3% rise in the tax rate for millionaires?
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Buck Galaxy
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4/16/2009 12:00:15 AM
I keep on channeling this image of Daffy Duck...
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ER
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4/16/2009 2:26:43 AM
Most of them are protesting the tax cuts they got. Unwittingly because they still believe the big lies from the election.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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4/16/2009 12:39:17 AM
re: And the teabaggers are protesting...What?
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TB
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4/16/2009 12:22:46 AM
The difference in those numbers
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Buck Galaxy
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4/16/2009 4:38:56 AM
A bullshit graph from a bullshit source.
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et
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4/16/2009 1:12:03 AM
re: source is the CBO
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TB
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4/16/2009 3:50:37 AM
That's funny, the link says Pajamas media
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et
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4/16/2009 1:57:16 PM
Foul
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RobVG
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4/17/2009 12:19:08 AM
Cock
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et
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4/17/2009 5:12:13 AM
You liberals are a different bunch.
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RobVG
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4/17/2009 2:47:59 PM
They blame TB for all things black and white.
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Jody
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4/17/2009 3:24:39 PM
Did you read the CBO report I linked?
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TB
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4/17/2009 5:29:11 AM
That's only part of the picture.
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et
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4/17/2009 5:45:39 AM
Graph 2
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et
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4/17/2009 5:47:31 AM
Now put those next to each other at the same scale.
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TB
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4/17/2009 5:54:36 AM
Oh...you mean like this?
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SDAI-Tech1
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4/17/2009 10:12:45 AM
And it's always been a game for you...
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et
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4/17/2009 4:00:51 PM
Hardly.
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SDAI-Tech1
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4/17/2009 9:23:28 PM
You didn't even notice those were different scales, did you?
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TB
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4/17/2009 4:28:17 PM
Oh, I see. It's a game to you...
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et
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4/17/2009 5:58:52 AM
One small point...
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TB
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4/17/2009 4:52:44 AM
I agree Rob...
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Jody
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4/17/2009 12:46:56 AM
Republicans are not even trying to offer serious solutions to the nation's problems
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Buck Galaxy
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4/16/2009 4:57:55 PM
Yeah they are. They've essentially been shut down in Washington.
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TB
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4/16/2009 6:25:16 PM
Proving my point
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Buck Galaxy
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4/17/2009 1:43:32 AM
Well...
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TB
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4/17/2009 4:24:59 AM
Shouldn't GDP be roughly proportional to employment?
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alcaray
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4/17/2009 7:09:47 PM
New Deal Unemployment stats
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Buck Galaxy
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4/17/2009 6:00:01 AM
You have an odd definition of success.
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TB
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4/17/2009 6:10:07 AM
That is what et is talking about
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Buck Galaxy
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4/17/2009 3:44:10 PM
All right then.
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TB
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4/17/2009 4:25:56 PM
Buck was talking about the New Deal. Your graphs don't show it.
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alcaray
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4/17/2009 7:15:45 PM
Good God.
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TB
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4/17/2009 8:04:58 PM
You are clearly not interested in honest debate
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Buck Galaxy
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4/17/2009 11:33:39 PM
re: honest debate
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TB
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4/18/2009 1:15:52 AM
Fair enough
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Buck Galaxy
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4/18/2009 3:13:07 AM
Okay, let's clarify...
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TB
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4/18/2009 5:43:32 PM
re: Okay, let's clarify...
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Buck Galaxy
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4/18/2009 9:50:42 PM
Ideas
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TB
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4/18/2009 10:06:21 PM
re: Ideas
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ER
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4/19/2009 3:17:21 AM
Social Security
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TB
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4/19/2009 4:27:07 AM
If there is a loss of confidence in Social Security
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ER
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4/19/2009 12:35:46 PM
Trust
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TB
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4/20/2009 3:55:55 AM
Look at the polls.
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TB
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4/20/2009 3:48:32 AM
Polls don't mean crap.
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ER
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4/20/2009 10:35:53 AM
Then where is your "loss of confidence" information coming from?
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TB
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4/20/2009 5:30:19 PM
Ask anyone on Social Security.
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ER
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4/20/2009 6:25:53 PM
And...
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TB
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4/20/2009 8:08:59 PM
Okay, you lost me.
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TB
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4/20/2009 8:02:50 PM
You are deliberately misleading and then abusive when called on it.
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alcaray
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4/17/2009 9:10:22 PM
Ever the diplomat, eh?
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ER
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4/17/2009 8:26:35 PM
My Solution
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REB
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4/16/2009 6:02:29 PM
The bailouts are a necessary evil
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Buck Galaxy
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4/16/2009 6:19:15 PM
I hope you are right Buck
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REB
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4/16/2009 6:30:34 PM
If everything we hear is the truth...you are correct Buck.
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Jody
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4/16/2009 5:14:46 PM
I would love to protest the Bailouts.
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REB
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4/15/2009 5:55:49 PM
Nope...I drink my tea...hot and straight....
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Jody
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4/15/2009 3:21:09 PM
She's laughing because she probably knows what "teabagging" means in online gameplay.
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RobVG
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4/15/2009 12:40:17 AM
I don't know what it means in online gameplay.
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alcaray
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4/15/2009 1:17:45 AM
Is that anything like roleplay?...heh
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Jody
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4/15/2009 3:22:32 PM
Found it. It was ABC.
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alcaray
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4/15/2009 1:45:40 AM
Conservatives are not opposed to deficits.
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ER
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4/15/2009 10:44:48 AM
You nailed it.
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RobVG
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4/16/2009 12:03:28 AM
The gift that keeps on giving.
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ER
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4/16/2009 1:10:34 AM
Deficits are only a problem to Conservatives when discussing social programs.
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Bowser
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4/15/2009 6:34:51 PM
It's OK to have deficits to kill people, just not so that OUR people can live.
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Eri
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4/15/2009 6:54:46 PM
Most government spending is social programs
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TB
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4/15/2009 6:53:13 PM
And tell me what the costs would be without them
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azstrummer
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4/16/2009 3:38:08 AM
The point, and there was one,
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TB
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4/16/2009 4:37:33 AM
So obviously you want to get rid of that social spending
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azstrummer
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4/16/2009 2:28:12 PM
Get rid of it? No. But just for starters, we could try not to double it.
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TB
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4/16/2009 6:25:55 PM
Actually, I doubt they'll take my advice
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azstrummer
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4/17/2009 12:24:49 AM
An interesting idea.
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TB
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4/17/2009 5:27:10 AM
It isn't that government has any special expertise in medical care.
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azstrummer
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4/17/2009 2:53:06 PM
re: government expertise
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TB
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4/17/2009 4:01:26 PM
I'd agree with some of what you say
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azstrummer
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4/18/2009 2:18:00 AM
And on distrust of government...
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TB
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4/18/2009 8:32:48 PM
Market
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TB
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4/18/2009 6:31:59 PM
This one is.
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TB
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4/15/2009 4:56:32 PM
As a general rule, the private sector will tend to put money into things that will return real profit.
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ER
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4/16/2009 12:15:27 PM
Tax patriotism
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TB
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4/16/2009 8:03:14 PM
This whole "ducked taxes" meme
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azstrummer
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4/18/2009 2:33:32 AM
re: This whole "ducked taxes" meme
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TB
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4/18/2009 8:49:42 PM
I knew there was a reason you failed to comment on Reich's article.
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ER
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4/17/2009 12:14:52 AM
"As a general rule, the private sector will tend to put money into things that will return real wealth."
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azstrummer
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4/16/2009 3:46:39 AM
Amen!
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Jody
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4/15/2009 3:19:42 PM
Teabagging in Tricorns
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ER
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4/14/2009 11:38:28 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.