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I wonder what would be said if the Ds were up to this. by bowser April 27, 2012 10:54 am

Look up "Blue Dogs" and "primaries." by TB 2012-04-27 11:07:18
- You should have pulled out Lieberman. Remember all the things you said? by bowser 2012-04-27 11:23:58
  - That would be the Lieberman that got drummed out of the Democratic Party for straying off the plantation. by TB 2012-04-27 11:37:04
    - Yep. So the same things you said about Democrats apply to Lugar and Republicans? There were some pretty ... by bowser 2012-04-27 12:07:52

EPA management policy by TB April 26, 2012 8:12 pm

Update by TB 2012-04-30 09:58:41
Video's been pulled, dude. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-27 02:40:13
- Yeah, I noticed that. by TB 2012-04-27 08:27:08
  - Another copy here. by TB 2012-04-27 08:47:58

Friday odd links by TB April 27, 2012 8:44 am

The Trouble with Tolkein by ER April 27, 2012 5:53 am

Best product reviews ever. by TB April 26, 2012 8:27 pm

SO... MUCH... FUNNY! by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-27 02:39:32

Google sells SketchUp to Trimble by podrock April 26, 2012 7:30 pm

My thoughts echo one of the commenter from the Sketchup Blog: by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:42:14

Bored of the Rings by ER April 26, 2012 5:39 pm

Sooo... You're not reading The Silmarillion after this? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:37:33
Finish It. I can't remember if I got bored the first time I read LOTR, it was high school in ... by podrock 2012-04-26 18:37:20
More interesting stuff here. by TB 2012-04-26 18:11:13
- The Annotated Hobbit has extensive material on Tolkein's career as an expert on Northern European languages. I never realized he ... by ER 2012-04-26 18:39:34
  - The Trilogy is really an introduction to Tolkien's created world. He'd been creating a mythology his whole life, published the ... by podrock 2012-04-26 19:04:20
People who read the books after they've seen the movies are probably rare. by TB 2012-04-26 17:58:43
- I've seen a few films that I thought were superior to the books. "Moby Dick" is my favorite example. But what can ... by ER 2012-04-26 18:32:46
"Bored of the Rings" was a Harvard Lampoon parody in the '70s. by Robert 2012-04-26 17:52:51
- I've a copy, in a box, somewhere... by podrock 2012-04-26 18:48:33
- I read the Lampoon version when it first came out. It was hysterical. After that I never felt the ... by ER 2012-04-26 18:25:20

Experimentum crucis? by ER April 25, 2012 9:51 am

Please don't tell me you support Romney... pretty please? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:07:02
- No, I don't support him. I used to think he was a moderate Republican and competent administrator, a man ... by ER 2012-04-25 21:00:11
  - Wow. Total nuclear warfare by the Republicans. by TB 2012-04-25 21:53:58
    - In other words, the Republicans first proposed a stimulus package under Bush...it was his idea, remember? Until Obama embraced it. ... by ER 2012-04-26 05:31:28
      - The Republicans had nothing to do with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. by TB 2012-04-26 09:54:27
        
        Q: When did the Great Recession begin? A: December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit ... by ER 2012-04-26 10:16:46
        
        What does that have to do with anything I just said? But whatever. by TB 2012-04-26 10:31:06
        
        What does that have to do with anything I just said? by ER 2012-04-26 11:10:09
        
        My original point: The Republicans didn't actually manage to sabotage anything, by TB 2012-04-26 11:46:45
        
        When those people signed the pledge to not support anything Obama proposed, what do you think they were doing? Did that ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:10:26
        
        This is probably a futile question, but did you ever actually read that thing? by TB 2012-04-26 12:24:44
- You might be out of luck: by TB 2012-04-25 20:50:01
  - How very convenient that you leave out the rest of the article, TB. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 02:35:29
    - Which says what? by TB 2012-04-26 09:39:52
      - You got caught, TB. Be gracious about it and admit it. by ER 2012-04-26 10:22:04
        
        Caught doing what??? Seriously. by TB 2012-04-26 10:32:21
        
        Republicans have a different definition of American Exceptionalism than Democrats do. Democrats believe America is special because of what it ... by ER 2012-04-26 10:55:17
        
        What ER said. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:25:06
        
        "Our president doesn’t have the same feelings about American exceptionalism that we do,” Romney said Saturday. “And I think over ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 10:42:17
        
        So you believe Romney, even if Obama disagrees with him? by TB 2012-04-26 11:06:17
        
        Obama's saying that the United States has the capacity to do great things, and that he has pursued such goals ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:27:40
    - You learn quickly, grasshopper. by ER 2012-04-26 06:11:00
The Austerity Debacle by ER 2012-04-25 12:54:59
- A commentary on Krugman's article here. by TB 2012-04-25 13:33:39
  - To be perfectly fair to Dr Hayek and Dr Friedman, neither of them comments on Dr Krugman's article. And neither ... by ER 2012-04-25 14:04:17
    - What's his bio got to do with it? by TB 2012-04-25 15:31:57
      - What did Friedman and Hayek have to do with it? Were you just name- dropping Nobels to counteract Krugman's, ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:46:31
        
        Of course I was name-dropping, same as you. by TB 2012-04-25 16:35:57
        
        Oh, so only libertarian economists use numbers? by ER 2012-04-25 16:45:22
        
        It's not about using them. It's about being willing to show them, and think about them. by TB 2012-04-25 17:16:42
        
        Tom, astrologers use numbers, and charts and graphs and scienterrific-sounding terms too. And not only do economists disagree, aren't ... by ER 2012-04-25 17:57:20
        
        You know, there's a certain amount of amusement value to this, by TB 2012-04-25 18:05:53
        
        Gee, I tried to meet you half-way. 8) by ER 2012-04-25 18:20:36
You're not seeing an experiment beginning. You're seeing the results of one that has been completed. by TB 2012-04-25 11:22:22
Certainly worth watching, as you suggest. And their economies are a bit different than ours. What is appropriate ... by bowser 2012-04-25 10:53:45

New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. by bowser April 26, 2012 5:19 pm

It will eventually be blown out of proportion, if it hasn't been already. It looks like this is spreading ... by ER 2012-04-26 17:56:03
- If the truth comes out, which I doubt, you will find a lot more than blowing off steam. I've been told ... by bowser 2012-04-26 20:02:13
Here's a link to the original story. Has anyone heard any older stories like this? by TB 2012-04-26 17:47:19

Illinois: reality closing in by TB April 26, 2012 6:16 pm

Ain't it wonderful we have such an example of fiscal responsibility as the Bush-Cheney Administration of 2001 to 2009? ... by bowser 2012-04-26 19:57:08

What are these clowns up to? by bowser April 24, 2012 2:35 pm

My problem with all this "strategy" crap is that the end goal is always more power for the US. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 16:14:13
- The problem is, the choice "nobody controls the seas" isn't available. by TB 2012-04-24 16:40:58
  - Would anyone here support a UN option? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:41:41
    - The goal of the US would be to create as much of a puppet government as possible. A very ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:21:57
    - Answering for myself: No. by TB 2012-04-25 09:54:56
      - The US lost it's leadership position on Human Rights during the Bush Administration. The US tortured routinely and just ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:28:06
        
        Then why doesn't a good "progressive" treat the U.N. like it treats Bush? by TB 2012-04-25 11:39:49
        
        "these would be the same “progressives” that spent the entire Cold War worshiping the ground the Soviet Union and its ... by bowser 2012-04-25 12:25:35
        
        Paranoia? by TB 2012-04-25 13:06:09
        
        Rabid paranoia. You'd do well to listen. To call all who protest Bush's abuses of human rights people ... by bowser 2012-04-25 13:34:31
        
        I note the "crimes" don't get much press nowadays. by TB 2012-04-25 16:05:42
        
        Oh, my. I call BS. I call it loud, and long. BS. You're too young to remember Joseph ... by bowser 2012-04-26 00:35:39
        
        By the way, McCarthy did his bit in 1950. How old are you? by TB 2012-04-26 16:55:07
        
        71. And I read the local newspapers from cover to cover from the time I was 9. At ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:48:24
        
        I know how the Left uses McCarthy, Bowser. by TB 2012-04-26 16:49:13
        
        "Stalinism". Mean anything? "McCarthyism" does too. For a long time it's seemed as if some people stick ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:41:47
        
        Repeatedly insulting me doesn't change anything. by TB 2012-04-26 19:43:07
        
        P.S. by TB 2012-04-26 19:45:01
Yemen doesn't have any oil, does it? by ER 2012-04-24 15:24:14
- They control one of the transportation choke points into the Red Sea. by TB 2012-04-24 15:39:04
  - They also border the Saudis. by ER 2012-04-24 16:47:37
Good point. When did the FBI suddenly become globetrotters? by TB 2012-04-24 15:17:40

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