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The con that has always been at the core of the G.O.P.’s political strategy by BuckGalaxy December 3, 2012 2:03 am

"Pushing G.O.P. to Negotiate, Obama Brings End to Giving In"--from the NYT by ER 2012-12-03 06:47:10
It's simple. by bowser 2012-12-03 03:28:46

Solution for the debt limit by TB November 30, 2012 3:38 pm

BTW by BuckGalaxy 2012-12-01 00:02:41
George W. Bush tried that, tried to exempt the Executive from accountability to Congress or the courts. They were after a dictatorship, overthrowing the government. by bowser 2012-11-30 19:25:17
- Warrentless surveillance by TB 2012-11-30 19:48:50
The election of a Republican would make the problem go away till the next time a Democrat was elected. by alcaray 2012-11-30 16:53:30
- Maybe. by TB 2012-11-30 17:24:30
  - I don't get the connection with what I said. by alcaray 2012-11-30 18:04:56
    - The implication was that it wasn't controversial until a Democrat became president. by TB 2012-11-30 19:23:18
      - Both you and Bowser just repeated back what I said. I've made the extremists happy today. by alcaray 2012-11-30 20:04:55
        
        So what exactly were you trying to say? by TB 2012-11-30 20:06:49
        
        "The election of a Republican would make the problem go away till the next time a Democrat was elected." by alcaray 2012-11-30 21:09:01
      - The truth is it doesn't bother you until a Democrat is president. by bowser 2012-11-30 19:27:12
        
        St Ronnie... by ER 2012-11-30 20:10:27
        
        Remarkable. by TB 2012-11-30 20:30:42
        
        Sniff the cork. by ER 2012-11-30 20:55:01
One guess is all that's needed by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-30 15:44:56
- Right. by TB 2012-11-30 15:53:01
  - I couldn't say this better myself by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-30 22:00:21
  - Watch it happen by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-30 21:49:24

John McCain getting more stupid by the day by BuckGalaxy November 28, 2012 2:40 pm

If McCain didn't have his daddy he would never have been a POW. by bowser 2012-11-30 21:57:20
This isn't about Benghazi, and its not about Rice. by ER 2012-11-28 21:33:37
For the second time, what do the "talking points" in the article have to do with the video cover story? by RobVG 2012-11-28 17:13:03
- Notice the new red herring? (n/t) by TB 2012-11-29 08:02:34
- sigh by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-29 00:15:02
- by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-29 00:10:03
- Nothing, of course. by TB 2012-11-28 17:20:23

Interesting stuff on BBC news tonight by ER November 28, 2012 4:11 pm

Here you go by RobVG 2012-11-28 17:44:29
- And a toast to the opposition... by ER 2012-11-28 18:23:12
  - Learned to fly in tail-draggers. by bowser 2012-11-29 01:55:44
    - I never knew that about you, Bowz. by ER 2012-11-29 06:59:29
Nothing like the sound of a RR Merlin, whether in a Spitfire or hydroplane. n/t by RobVG 2012-11-28 17:31:11

The Drone Wars are here. by BuckGalaxy November 28, 2012 11:11 am

The 21st century AK-47 by Robert 2012-11-28 11:31:22
- Small countries will be able to produce effective drones. by bowser 2012-11-29 02:03:31

Cubans to get a tax cut by TB November 28, 2012 1:28 pm

Wrong. by bowser 2012-11-29 01:59:22
Taxes are not only the price we pay for civilization. by ER 2012-11-28 15:39:32

5 reasons to kill the filibuster by BuckGalaxy November 28, 2012 3:44 pm

What Harry Reid used to think about the filibuster... by TB 2012-11-28 17:27:37
- Reid's previous position is well chronicled, by Reid himself by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-29 00:21:34
- I'm sure he still thinks that. But there has been new information. by alcaray 2012-11-28 20:02:37

The truth isn't scary enough to generate cash by BuckGalaxy November 27, 2012 11:24 am

The email ride of Paul Revere by Robert 2012-11-28 11:16:52
- ... by ER 2012-11-28 13:50:52
Very much like Fundamental Christianity. by bowser 2012-11-28 02:37:01
- Now they have the creeping peril of Islamofascism. by ER 2012-11-28 04:40:25
The Right has come to rely on the extremists. by ER 2012-11-27 16:17:15

Elected Muslim Brotherhood leader of Egypt assumes dictatorial powers by TB November 23, 2012 12:49 pm

Opposition uniting against Morsy by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-23 21:07:04
R.I.P. Democracy by Robert 2012-11-23 19:41:41
I guess we should have dictated who came to power. by alcaray 2012-11-23 17:31:40
- The United States has a vital interest in Egypt. by bowser 2012-11-23 20:19:19
  - Oh Bowz...that was painful! by Lindy 2012-11-23 23:49:31
- We did. by TB 2012-11-23 18:49:14
  - No we did not. by alcaray 2012-11-23 20:10:21
  - Elections have consequences. Sometimes we don't like the guy who wins. by ER 2012-11-23 19:17:09
- When can we start bombing? And where? And who? by ER 2012-11-23 17:55:29
  - I don't think we're going to mess with Egypt.. by Lindy 2012-11-23 23:54:57
  - If McCain had been President none of this would have happened. by ER 2012-11-23 18:38:58
    - OMG.....too funny by Lindy 2012-11-24 17:04:12
When you come down to it... by Lindy 2012-11-23 17:10:58

A century of US military interventions by ER November 23, 2012 9:32 pm

Actually quite a few of those are over a century ago by FrankC 2012-11-24 00:39:25
- In response to Robt and Frank by ER 2012-11-24 05:57:16
That's a pretty broad definition of "intervention" by Robert 2012-11-23 23:54:12
- I'm not a pacifist. by ER 2012-11-24 06:23:37
  - I'm with you on that one ER... by Lindy 2012-11-24 17:01:08

Hostess collapse a union "win." by TB November 17, 2012 12:10 pm

Isn't that the sort of thing Romney's company did? by bowser 2012-11-22 21:11:07
For God's sake, get a grip!. Compare this to Enron, WorldCom, Madoff, etc. by bowser 2012-11-21 13:41:19
In case anyone's left who cares about the actual details... by TB 2012-11-20 12:53:32
- More by RobVG 2012-11-20 14:21:20
  - Did you notice... by TB 2012-11-21 08:42:49
Anyone notice this is a microcosm for the Federal government. n/t by RobVG 2012-11-19 21:53:45
- Oh, yeah. by TB 2012-11-20 10:57:31
Starting to look like it was just a bargaining tactic. by alcaray 2012-11-19 19:46:03
- I didn't know they screamed any other way. by Robert 2012-11-19 20:40:17
  - "Shrieks?" by TB 2012-11-19 21:11:20
    - Oh lordy. What I was talking about... by alcaray 2012-11-20 12:04:04
      - Thanks. by TB 2012-11-20 12:19:30
    - Classic by Robert 2012-11-19 22:02:56
      - Review means review. by TB 2012-11-20 10:29:14
      - "Ready made negative frame". Just like the way you guys portray corps and management. by RobVG 2012-11-20 00:25:42
        
        Experience by Robert 2012-11-20 11:29:41
        
        Well... by SDAI-Tech 2012-11-20 23:25:43
        
        Fair enough. by RobVG 2012-11-20 13:31:35
        
        That's why I often use the term "wannabees". by ER 2012-11-20 12:48:51
        
        By your interesting logic... by TB 2012-11-20 13:00:49
        
        At least once a week, and often more frequently than that, by ER 2012-11-20 05:44:54
        
        It was a current event and continues to be headline news. by RobVG 2012-11-20 09:44:32
        
        Please see my conditional apology, above. by alcaray 2012-11-20 12:10:44
        
        (with the malformed html that it won't let me fix) by alcaray 2012-11-20 12:11:32
        
        Copy it, fix it, "move to trash" and post it again. n/t by RobVG 2012-11-20 13:37:33
        
        It seems to have fixed itself. by alcaray 2012-11-20 13:44:25
        
        Shown they're wrong? by ER 2012-11-20 10:22:16
Vulture Capitalism Ate Your Twinkies by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-19 19:33:15
- They're allowed to do that, Buck. by ER 2012-11-19 21:40:48
We finally killed that stooopid goose that leaves those gold eggs everywhere n/t by Ainz 2012-11-17 16:54:40
The rest of the story by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-17 16:28:30
- So these managers and ceos are not owners or entrepreneurs? by ER 2012-11-17 17:52:18
  - They belong to a better union. by alcaray 2012-11-17 18:06:48
    - Now we know where the phrase "makers and takers" really comes from. by ER 2012-11-17 18:16:35
      - It certainly appears to look like a Bain style "harvest" by BuckGalaxy 2012-11-17 18:42:00
Teamsters thought their jobs were more important by RobVG 2012-11-17 15:27:48
- Everybody thinks their job is more important. by ER 2012-11-17 20:35:41
How do you feel about the destruction of a union? by alcaray 2012-11-17 13:32:15
Let me ask you, TB. by bowser 2012-11-17 12:34:41
- The products are "created" by machinery, not artisans. n/t by RobVG 2012-11-17 15:42:12
  - The machinery is operated and maintained by artisans. by ER 2012-11-17 18:10:10
  - And that is relevant how? by bowser 2012-11-17 17:03:31
    - "Some people hate the working person"....and some people glorify them. by RobVG 2012-11-17 17:27:44
      - You know better than that. by bowser 2012-11-17 19:25:46
        
        I can appreciate that. n/t by RobVG 2012-11-18 09:35:25
        
        I know its presumptious of me, by ER 2012-11-18 07:59:47
        
        Who's the "we" that "draws the lines?" by TB 2012-11-18 12:16:51

Texas Workforce Press Release. by Jody November 20, 2012 9:25 pm

an embarasking coinsidensk by ER 2012-11-21 08:08:36
Wouldn't a flag with 7 rows of 7 stars be more attractive, harmonious? by bowser 2012-11-21 00:34:50
- If Texas successfully secedes... by ER 2012-11-21 08:22:37
- Well shucks...*spit* by Jody 2012-11-21 07:34:41

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