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Lebanese government studying Iraqi government playbook? - Lee - 5/8/2008 6:21:59 PM

GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ! - Lee - 5/8/2008 5:54:09 PM
- Don't pop the corks just yet. - TB - 5/8/2008 6:41:34 PM
  - Seems like every few months "the number 1 (or2) bad guy in Iraq (Afghanistan) is taken out. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/8/2008 11:37:27 PM

Clinton "Nobody's going to vote for a..." update - TB - 5/8/2008 11:18:10 AM
- Pretty shabby putting that in quotes when you know she neither said nor meant anything of the sort. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/8/2008 9:57:25 PM

An inconvenient truth about Gore's movie. - Lee - 5/8/2008 12:23:54 AM
- I don't see that as an issue - McFly - 5/8/2008 12:33:27 PM
  - Sometimes stock shots can be overdone - TB - 5/8/2008 1:45:49 PM
- re: Gore's movie. - TB - 5/8/2008 11:01:23 AM
- CGI of ice and water. Yes very phoney - Buck Galaxy - 5/8/2008 10:47:23 AM
  - Whatever shall I do? - Eri - 5/8/2008 1:19:59 PM

A better list of conservative "real changes" than Newt's - TB - 5/7/2008 1:28:08 PM
- Hanson on energy policy - TB - 5/8/2008 10:58:06 AM
- We have seen and the world suffered under the Conservative agenda. - Bowser - 5/7/2008 5:21:07 PM

Good Night - Buck Galaxy - 5/7/2008 11:02:44 AM
- Blast from the past... - TB - 5/7/2008 11:31:01 PM
- My take too - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 2:42:32 PM
  - Generally agree... - Buck Galaxy - 5/7/2008 5:38:52 PM
    - You may want to reconsider - azstrummer - 5/8/2008 1:14:30 PM
      - Working Americans come in all colors - Buck Galaxy - 5/8/2008 3:12:06 PM
      - It's not going over well - Buck Galaxy - 5/8/2008 2:37:48 PM
        Hillary's actual comment - Buck Galaxy - 5/8/2008 2:53:51 PM
      - Heh. - TB - 5/8/2008 1:56:13 PM
- Irene - carl - 5/7/2008 12:29:50 PM

Michelle Obama's speech - TB - 5/6/2008 3:55:05 PM
- re: You can***t give them hope, if you don***t have despair - SteveS - 5/7/2008 5:22:29 AM
- It's almost classic. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 7:34:06 PM
  - A sick old mutt (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/7/2008 12:03:37 PM
  - "Every nation gets the government it deserves." - ER - 5/7/2008 5:25:31 AM
    - "Sick Puppy" - Lindy - 5/7/2008 7:47:14 AM
      - "Desert flowers are in full bloom" - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/7/2008 2:18:59 PM
        Do I smell Lotus Flowers? - podrock - 5/8/2008 8:43:35 PM
        re: "Desert flowers are in full bloom" - Lindy - 5/7/2008 2:30:00 PM
        First... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/7/2008 4:51:58 PM
        re: First... - Lindy - 5/8/2008 9:17:44 AM
        I don't blame you Lindy.... (n/t) - Jody - 5/8/2008 11:18:11 AM
      - Heck, how do I get a piece of that action? - TB - 5/7/2008 9:16:50 AM
        I believe she was flattering him. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/7/2008 6:53:03 PM
  - SDAI - You are one sick puppy... (n/t) - James Brown - 5/6/2008 9:39:04 PM
    - I'm not a pet person. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 10:27:20 PM
- Moving the bar... - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 5:31:21 PM
  - Oops! My bad, the bar has moved! - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 5:34:33 PM
- What does she expect? - Eri - 5/6/2008 5:24:40 PM
  - Affirmative action for public office. (n/t) - Lee - 5/6/2008 8:38:51 PM
  - You're starting to catch on about the left entitlement mentality ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 7:04:09 PM
    - That type of mentality deserves to have their heads handed to them on a plate. (n/t) - Eri - 5/7/2008 8:41:02 PM

Hey Bowser and other Oregon residents - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 11:20:09 PM
- Hillary and Barack - Bowser - 5/6/2008 8:36:41 PM
  - "A positive for Obama is his commitment to a variety of matters without having to be detail specific" - TB - 5/6/2008 11:21:52 PM
- Fall in line Buck. You have your marching orders. Dissent will not be tolerated. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 8:36:32 PM
- Buck, it's still over (n/t) - Tony - 5/6/2008 6:55:11 PM
- First warning Buck - azstrummer - 5/6/2008 8:32:44 AM
  - I don't understand... - TB - 5/6/2008 10:34:10 AM
    - "I do agree about the current Democratic leadership tending to lower the national IQ, though." - Lindy - 5/6/2008 3:53:35 PM
      - Too bad he's not running, isn't it? - TB - 5/6/2008 6:56:17 PM
        I am not enamored with any of them - Lindy - 5/7/2008 7:55:31 AM
        Re Emboldened minorities. - ER - 5/7/2008 1:20:03 PM
        Wow - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 10:54:57 AM
        It was just a guess - Lindy - 5/7/2008 2:36:41 PM
        Me either, really. - TB - 5/7/2008 9:23:09 AM
        Less damage - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 2:55:29 PM
        re: Less damage - TB - 5/7/2008 3:15:07 PM
        I owe ya one - McFly - 5/7/2008 6:43:44 PM
        Holy crap - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 4:02:25 PM
        What I said... - TB - 5/7/2008 8:00:18 PM
        Other people's sons and daughters no doubt - azstrummer - 5/8/2008 1:32:43 PM
        re: no doubt - TB - 5/8/2008 2:09:10 PM
        I will tell you this TB... - Jody - 5/8/2008 4:41:34 AM
        Art is right about one thing... - TB - 5/8/2008 2:47:13 PM
        Even you have fallen for the hype Jody - azstrummer - 5/8/2008 1:29:14 PM
        So are you saying that war is never in our best interest? - Lee - 5/8/2008 1:48:47 PM
        Cede the Middle East? - azstrummer - 5/8/2008 9:13:24 PM
        Yes. Cede the Middle East. - TB - 5/8/2008 9:55:38 PM
        Rachael Maddow?...Thanks Art..I will!!! (n/t) - Jody - 5/8/2008 1:44:09 PM
        Obama is the Harold & Kumar candidate. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/7/2008 8:42:12 PM
  - How many warnings before...? - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 9:47:05 AM
    - It's just that - azstrummer - 5/6/2008 11:13:38 AM
      - One of the things that really bugs me.. - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 1:41:49 PM
      - "business as usual" - TB - 5/6/2008 12:10:30 PM
        It reminds me of the Kamikaze pilots... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 8:45:50 PM
        Oops. Grammar - TB - 5/6/2008 12:11:27 PM

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West Virginia. - Jacob - 5/7/2008 12:25:27 PM
- Yeah, Obama is all about the coal industry. - TB - 5/7/2008 12:48:26 PM
  - re: Yeah, Obama is all about the coal industry. - Jaocb - 5/7/2008 12:52:10 PM

Republicans in trouble - TB - 5/7/2008 10:22:10 AM
- re: Republicans in trouble - E.P. - 5/7/2008 3:16:45 PM
  - and add to them the portion of the Democrats - JEKing - 5/7/2008 4:48:25 PM

Anyone else find it odd - Lee - 5/6/2008 8:34:33 PM
- The reason - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 8:28:08 AM
- Clintons are learning what it's like to be Republican. - TB - 5/6/2008 10:45:17 PM
- Exit polls - z - 5/6/2008 8:49:50 PM

35th General endorses Hillary: Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Hugh Shelton - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 9:53:34 PM
- The pro-Hillary crowd is giving me second thoughts - McFly - 5/5/2008 10:13:03 PM
  - Yardsticks - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 10:38:15 PM
- Serious question: How many generals endorse Obama? - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 10:07:13 PM
  - How many generals endorse Obama? - TB - 5/6/2008 10:38:40 AM
    - Yes Admirals count - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 10:55:58 AM
      - Wonder how many will endorse McCain... - TB - 5/6/2008 11:08:01 AM
        That's retired, of course. - TB - 5/6/2008 11:09:37 AM

The question that will not go away... - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 3:31:24 PM
- Is Michelle Obama responsible for... - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 9:14:04 PM
  - Implosion of the party. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 6:58:09 AM
- Glenn Beck rocks! - Lee - 5/5/2008 5:55:07 PM
  - re: Glenn Beck rocks! - Grok - 5/5/2008 6:47:38 PM
    - Fascist, a word that means all things to all people. - Lee - 5/5/2008 8:41:54 PM
      - re: Fascist, a word that means all things to all people. - Grok - 5/6/2008 6:58:35 AM
        Except for throwing around the word "fascist", you didn't say anything. - Lee - 5/6/2008 8:31:05 AM
        re: Except for throwing around the word "fascist", you didn't say anything. - Grok - 5/6/2008 12:43:02 PM
- Hillary solves the Middle East oil problem... - TB - 5/5/2008 5:25:52 PM
  - Not sure why you consider this to be impossible - Yeti - 5/5/2008 9:22:28 PM
    - Uh, because it is? - TB - 5/5/2008 9:41:30 PM
      - Where in the article did it say... - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 10:26:25 PM
        re: Where in the article did it say... - TB - 5/6/2008 10:50:08 AM
      - Hmmmm... I think you have nothing. - Yeti - 5/5/2008 9:50:19 PM
        WTO? Anti-Trust? Huh? - dtb - 5/6/2008 6:56:25 AM
        What is it with you people, why can't you check your facts before you state them? - Yeti - 5/7/2008 9:06:00 AM
        re: What is it with you people - TB - 5/7/2008 9:58:25 AM
        And what happened to OPEC after the last Oil Embargo? - Yeti - 5/7/2008 1:41:04 PM
        re: And what happened to OPEC after the last Oil Embargo? - TB - 5/7/2008 3:08:27 PM
        re: No, I'm not getting away from the subject - Yeti - 5/7/2008 4:18:05 PM
        30 percent - TB - 5/7/2008 8:07:59 PM
        PS OPEC and the Embargo - Yeti - 5/7/2008 4:22:56 PM
        re: PS OPEC and the Embargo - TB - 5/7/2008 8:12:25 PM
    - Further, - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 9:38:45 PM
      - Actually... - TB - 5/5/2008 9:49:35 PM
        And what does that say about your point? (n/t) - Yeti - 5/5/2008 9:51:43 PM
  - Interesting idea - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 6:28:55 PM
    - Actually, it's a pantload, as you admit she already knows. (n/t) - TB - 5/5/2008 8:04:02 PM
      - I'm going to start a running count of how many times TB says 'pantload' and '$insert democratic president$' in the same sentence in the next 8 years. (n/t) - Yeti - 5/5/2008 9:24:40 PM
        I must admit... - TB - 5/5/2008 9:27:49 PM

Cuba, Cubans, and Cuban-Americans - Publius - 5/5/2008 11:56:13 AM
- re: Cuba, Cubans, and Cuban-Americans - ER - 5/5/2008 12:55:36 PM
  - re: Cuba, Cubans, and Cuban-Americans - Publius - 5/5/2008 6:24:27 PM
    - brutal y corrupto - ER - 5/5/2008 6:56:18 PM
      - re: brutal y corrupto - Publius - 5/6/2008 8:09:42 AM
        re: brutal y corrupto - ER - 5/6/2008 8:42:27 AM
        re: brutal y corrupto - Publius - 5/6/2008 9:24:26 AM
        It's not a pretty sight. - ER - 5/6/2008 10:07:43 AM
  - Very good analysis. - TB - 5/5/2008 1:45:09 PM

analysis of Obama from outside the box - JEKing - 5/4/2008 12:56:13 PM
- Not exactly outside the box - Tony - 5/5/2008 8:37:12 AM
- This guy obviously has an axe to grind. - ER - 5/5/2008 6:45:35 AM
  - Vaporware... - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 4:22:58 PM
  - I miss Gingrich. - TB - 5/5/2008 9:59:37 AM
    - A free taste - Robert - 5/6/2008 11:44:31 AM
      - Not much of a list. - TB - 5/6/2008 12:48:51 PM
      - "...Change That Could Restore the GOP Brand" - ER - 5/6/2008 12:36:33 PM
- Whoa. That was pretty harsh. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/4/2008 10:54:55 PM
- An excellent & insightful piece, thanks. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/4/2008 1:43:59 PM

Global Warming: Crisis of the Future, and always will be? - TB - 5/3/2008 4:40:44 PM
- A little bit more... - TB - 5/3/2008 4:53:38 PM
  - What "debate"? The science is settled! (n/t) - Al Gore - 5/4/2008 3:55:41 AM
    - Don't you get it? It can't be settled now. - TB - 5/4/2008 10:34:46 PM
      - exactly - JEKing - 5/5/2008 9:40:29 PM
        re: exactly - TB - 5/5/2008 9:58:56 PM
      - You are totally immune to reality... - ARRELL - 5/5/2008 9:59:41 AM
        re: reality - TB - 5/5/2008 10:19:12 AM
    - Al Gore would never say that! Science is never settled (n/t) - Raoul - 5/4/2008 12:09:45 PM

"Over the horizon" military operations - TB - 5/3/2008 11:01:49 AM
- Uncertainty Principle and the modern Machiavelli - ER - 5/3/2008 11:51:57 AM
  - re: Uncertainty Principle and the modern Machiavelli - TB - 5/3/2008 2:11:25 PM
    - re: Uncertainty Principle and the modern Machiavelli - ER - 5/3/2008 2:15:50 PM
      - Principle - TB - 5/3/2008 2:44:35 PM

Congressional Perks Dept. - TB - 5/2/2008 10:42:55 PM
- Rangel's constituency needs to tell him to find a new job. - Eri - 5/3/2008 8:27:53 AM
  - The people who vote for Rangel are even more corrupt and inept than he is. - Lee - 5/3/2008 11:07:30 PM
- All of them Democrats. Quelle surprise. (n/t) - ER - 5/3/2008 5:01:07 AM
  - Other than Rangel, I didn't pay attention. - TB - 5/3/2008 9:02:22 AM
    - What really ticks me off about this - Eri - 5/3/2008 2:20:54 PM

Ken Livingstone finally gets the boot in London (n/t) - TB - 5/2/2008 9:37:02 PM
- Investors Business Daily editorial - TB - 5/3/2008 9:21:37 AM
  - re: Investors Business Daily editorial - is wrong - Doug Ellison - 5/3/2008 5:57:51 PM
    - Good to know. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 5/3/2008 7:19:21 PM
      - It was worth it just to watch the heads exploding at the "Guardian." (n/t) - TB - 5/4/2008 1:33:42 PM

Some Damn Good Questions - Eri - 5/2/2008 3:13:57 PM
- Michelle Obama - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2008 11:37:27 PM
  - Three words: Hillary. Michelle. Thunderdome! - TB - 5/3/2008 9:20:11 AM
  - The first thing I noted is how her e-mails begin - Eri - 5/3/2008 8:30:51 AM

Interesting poll numbers... - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2008 4:35:28 PM
- html fix - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2008 4:37:24 PM
  - Up and down we go - Eri - 5/1/2008 6:45:28 PM

An unsettling trend with McCain - TB - 5/1/2008 10:18:29 AM
- And in in Gas Tax Holiday, which is monumentally stupid whether by JMcC or HRC (n/t) - Tony - 5/1/2008 12:28:00 PM
  - Gas tax holiday compromise - ER - 5/6/2008 10:42:56 AM
    - Not only that... - Mary Anne - 5/7/2008 6:31:33 PM
    - Not a bad idea. - TB - 5/6/2008 12:51:38 PM
  - Amen. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2008 9:28:35 AM
    - Gas tax - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2008 11:47:37 PM
      - The dirt poor won't see a penny. - Mary Anne - 5/7/2008 6:31:09 PM
  - Agreed. - Yeti - 5/3/2008 10:49:50 PM
- McCain's a populist instead of a independent thinker? - Tony - 5/1/2008 12:26:38 PM
  - He also believes in creationism - Socrates II - 5/2/2008 9:03:28 AM
    - How many of these guys are there? - ER - 5/3/2008 9:22:00 AM
      - Creationism as a lost opportunity - FrankC - 5/3/2008 3:03:14 PM
        Satisfying the atheist - azstrummer - 5/5/2008 2:44:07 PM
        So where has this "Inquisition #2" been? - Lee - 5/5/2008 8:46:29 PM
        No Lee - azstrummer - 5/6/2008 8:29:17 AM
        I ask a question, you throw out names...and I'm a troll. - Lee - 5/6/2008 5:44:40 PM
        God as a lost opportunity - Yeti - 5/3/2008 10:28:49 PM
        Well said. - ER - 5/4/2008 4:38:10 AM
        re: Creationism as a lost opportunity - ER - 5/3/2008 3:14:33 PM
        Control - TB - 5/3/2008 3:56:13 PM
        Maybe not the worst... - ER - 5/3/2008 7:39:08 PM
        Probably - FrankC - 5/3/2008 6:07:43 PM
      - Polls - TB - 5/3/2008 10:58:00 AM
        "How much of our biology, geology and astronomy is ACTUALLY being influenced by this?" - ER - 5/3/2008 1:23:57 PM
        Funny, ain't it....... - publius - 5/6/2008 4:06:56 PM
        re: "How much of our biology, geology and astronomy is ACTUALLY being influenced by this?" - TB - 5/3/2008 2:30:01 PM
        Oh for Darwins' sake... - Jody - 5/6/2008 12:50:39 PM
        The "equal time" rules are for politics, not science. - Mary Anne - 5/7/2008 7:21:27 PM
        One small point... - TB - 5/6/2008 1:10:19 PM
        If schools weren't run by the government, not everyone would go to school. - ER - 5/3/2008 3:05:54 PM
        That's what the government keeps telling us. (n/t) - TB - 5/3/2008 4:02:41 PM
        All right, how about this? - Mary Anne - 5/4/2008 8:57:58 AM
        re: how about this? - TB - 5/4/2008 10:49:19 AM
        Always goes back to vouchers - azstrummer - 5/5/2008 3:31:16 PM
        re: Always goes back to vouchers - TB - 5/5/2008 4:38:14 PM
        It would be a lot more honest if they just called vouchers what they really are, "subsidies". - ER - 5/5/2008 6:20:31 PM
        I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. - TB - 5/5/2008 8:15:50 PM
        Don't be coy, TB. - ER - 5/5/2008 8:41:49 PM
        You make it hard to be polite sometimes. - TB - 5/5/2008 9:24:58 PM
        Well, try this. - ER - 5/6/2008 3:49:11 AM
        re: Well, try this. - TB - 5/6/2008 10:59:37 AM
        I have no trouble with wealth being redistributed down. - ER - 5/6/2008 11:14:09 AM
        re: wealth being redistributed down. - TB - 5/6/2008 1:24:13 PM
        Redistributing wealth upward - Mary Anne - 5/7/2008 7:41:46 PM
        When I was growing up... - TB - 5/7/2008 8:20:25 PM
        "redistributing wealth from people who don't have wealth is not easy to do." - ER - 5/6/2008 3:02:02 PM
        Let me tell you about home school. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2008 12:36:36 PM
        re: Let me tell you about home school. - TB - 5/4/2008 1:01:11 PM
        True, but last time I looked... - Mary Anne - 5/4/2008 2:29:02 PM
        Vouchers are a government subsidy for church schools... - ER - 5/4/2008 11:46:01 AM
        Entitlement - TB - 5/4/2008 1:08:29 PM
        In answer to your question. - ER - 5/4/2008 2:41:46 PM
        re: In answer to your question. - TB - 5/4/2008 6:40:38 PM
        You never answered any of my questions. - ER - 5/4/2008 7:41:11 PM
        Quiet desperation - TB - 5/4/2008 9:10:18 PM
        re: Quiet desperation - ER - 5/5/2008 5:32:18 AM
        Let's talk about desperation and the unaddressed cause. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 4:00:45 PM
        Propaganda - TB - 5/5/2008 11:12:05 AM
        Mountain View - Robert - 5/5/2008 11:05:41 AM
        re: Mountain View - TB - 5/5/2008 11:59:26 AM
        Let them eat cake? - Yeti - 5/4/2008 10:54:17 PM
        re: Let them eat cake? - TB - 5/5/2008 12:05:56 AM
        re: Let them eat cake? - Yeti - 5/5/2008 8:53:13 AM
    - So does Nancy Pelosi - TB - 5/2/2008 2:09:20 PM

"Mission Accomplished" - Algorithms - 4/30/2008 7:07:00 PM
- Meanwhile: Baghdad clashes leave 400 dead - Algorithms - 4/30/2008 7:17:53 PM

Out of touch - "McCain: Americans most willing to sacrifice" - Bowser - 4/30/2008 1:39:28 PM

May 68 nostalgia - Raoul - 4/30/2008 1:11:48 PM
- Amazing honesty. - TB - 4/30/2008 4:53:46 PM
  - In more ways than one. - ER - 4/30/2008 7:31:00 PM
    - You're all of five years older than me. (n/t) - TB - 4/30/2008 8:02:24 PM
      - When your just out of high school, that makes all the difference in the world. - ER - 4/30/2008 8:38:27 PM
  - McCain (n/t) - Bowser - 4/30/2008 5:20:18 PM
- "If you remember the '60s you weren't there." (n/t) - Bowser - 4/30/2008 1:41:17 PM

YFZ Kids..Now young Boys ID'ed as having been abused. - carl - 4/30/2008 10:06:25 AM
- Smells bad. - Bowser - 4/30/2008 11:20:24 AM
  - re: Smells bad. - ER - 4/30/2008 1:21:57 PM
    - re: Smells bad. - Publius - 4/30/2008 4:24:36 PM
      - proof of abuse - SDG - 4/30/2008 7:46:35 PM
        It's mostly society's additude which is the problem. - Bowser - 4/30/2008 8:40:14 PM
        Deja Dan (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/1/2008 9:30:58 PM
        re: It's mostly society's additude which is the problem. - SDG - 5/1/2008 11:45:48 AM

Energy policies - TB - 4/30/2008 8:01:32 AM
- What's your take on child labor laws? - Bowser - 4/30/2008 8:51:10 AM
- Let it go TB, it's Chinatown... - ER - 4/30/2008 8:36:07 AM
  - Wish I could. - TB - 4/30/2008 9:04:41 AM
    - The trouble with democracy... - ER - 4/30/2008 9:58:25 AM
      - Intelligent Design... - TB - 4/30/2008 10:53:19 AM
        re: Intelligent Design... - ER - 4/30/2008 11:06:32 AM
        Interesting idea. - TB - 4/30/2008 11:40:26 AM
        Noblesse oblige - ER - 4/30/2008 12:16:53 PM
        A powerful lesson from the current situation. - Bowser - 4/30/2008 5:18:21 PM
        Not quite so re the Greeks - ER - 5/1/2008 6:06:58 AM
        The trick, of course, is "enlightened." - TB - 4/30/2008 8:07:43 PM
        Which is why I'd make a perfect Benevolent Dictator. - Lee - 4/30/2008 10:56:13 PM
        Umm...sure... - McFly - 5/1/2008 6:35:20 PM
        I'll save you a place up front at one of my rallies. =) (n/t) - Lee - 5/1/2008 8:17:52 PM
        That's generous - McFly - 5/2/2008 9:08:58 AM
        No problem. - Lee - 5/2/2008 4:26:39 PM
        You don't want to be in the front row... - TB - 5/2/2008 2:10:17 PM
        re: Noblesse oblige - TB - 4/30/2008 4:57:47 PM

Raoul...don't celebrate just yet. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/29/2008 10:05:29 PM
- I'm not the celebrating kind anyway (n/t) - Raoul - 4/30/2008 6:00:41 AM

Example of a biased study - "Mixed results for recruits with conduct issues" - Bowser - 4/29/2008 9:35:23 PM
- re: study - TB - 4/29/2008 9:57:56 PM
  - Read 'em as percentages. - Bowser - 4/29/2008 10:23:45 PM
    - Why? - TB - 4/30/2008 7:07:22 AM
      - Looking at the comparison with WWII. - Bowser - 4/30/2008 9:01:24 AM
      - Here's why. - Bowser - 4/30/2008 8:56:46 AM
        re: Here's why. - TB - 4/30/2008 9:28:13 AM

Let's Nationalize Big Oil - Eri - 4/29/2008 6:07:12 PM
- You really are an idiot (n/t) - pb - 5/1/2008 2:20:27 AM
- The financial fallout would destroy US economy - nick hoffman - 4/30/2008 5:13:08 AM
- Profits aren't that big. - Lee - 4/29/2008 7:25:59 PM
  - duh huh? - Eri - 4/29/2008 7:29:31 PM
    - Lee's right, on percentages - TB - 4/29/2008 8:41:09 PM
      - Wait a second - Robert - 4/29/2008 10:26:19 PM
        The cost of producing a barrel of oil - nick hoffman - 4/30/2008 5:25:10 AM
        Qualitatively reasonable... - Robert - 4/30/2008 9:47:28 AM
        Maybe, but - RNE - 5/1/2008 10:28:45 AM
        Thanks - TB - 4/30/2008 7:10:02 AM
    - Percentage wise, they're still inline with other companies. - Lee - 4/29/2008 8:26:34 PM