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"Romney, GOP must remember lessons from Palin veepstakes" by bowser April 5, 2012 2:39 pm

I've puzzled over this and gone back over it. The issue seems to be that the police request for ... by bowser 2012-04-06 12:04:51
Well, as the article says, you sure want to avoid anyone who has "been on the job for just a few years, or lack[s], the experience of having previously gone through the vetting process and campaigning on the national level." by TB 2012-04-05 16:25:19
- How do you reconcile that with your avid support of Palin in the last election. It wasn't just McCain ... by bowser 2012-04-05 19:23:14
  - Reconcile what? Cripes, did that go over your head? by TB 2012-04-05 21:16:53
    - You've gone from claiming the Republicans have all but won the election to making excuses for losing. Even before ... by bowser 2012-04-05 21:41:03
- One thing is certain, the VP nominee won't be Santorum. n/t by RobVG 2012-04-05 16:37:53
  - There's a lot of people who would be good VP candidates, and would make damn good presidents down the road. by TB 2012-04-05 18:25:47
    - Who is surfacing? by bowser 2012-04-05 20:24:50

NBC caught doctoring Zimmerman 911 call. by Lee April 1, 2012 7:35 pm

Pretty much looks as if the right-wing conspiracy people who have politicized this entire thing are the only folks particularly ... by bowser 2012-04-02 19:55:33
*Sighs* Okay, NBC is just as biased as Fox. That's a given. There are many channels on TV and sources ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-02 15:50:20
- NBC is a national news source founded in 1926. Fox is a cable show that's been around since 1996. This ... by RobVG 2012-04-03 08:58:30
Police video update, by TB 2012-04-02 09:54:05
I'm not sure what the big deal is. Zimmerman says the fellow is up to no good. The ... by bowser 2012-04-01 23:17:58
- I take it this is one of your "Watch 'em disassemble" comments. by RobVG 2012-04-02 08:23:09
  - I truly don't see that omission as causing any harm. I think the outrage expressed here is manufactured by ... by bowser 2012-04-02 10:42:41
    - The edit changed what was an answer to a police question to what sounded like a racist judgment. by TB 2012-04-02 12:09:40
  - You’ve become as blinded by politics as you accuse us of being. I KNOW! To be honest, I never even looked at ... by Jody 2012-04-02 09:13:05
    - Maybe I was wrong about you It's tough sometimes to understand comments here because we've been so sarcastic in the past. ... by RobVG 2012-04-02 10:11:58
      - ? I don't understand Rob..."wrong about me?" by Jody 2012-04-02 15:49:55
        
        No wonder you didn't understand by RobVG 2012-04-02 19:25:32
        
        It's all good Rob....quite honestly...I have a hard time understanding my own comments sometimes......so I just figured I had ... by Jody 2012-04-03 08:56:25
        
        OH! You thought I was being sarcastic? Nope. Disgusted. The public is at the mercy of spin doctors. by Jody 2012-04-02 16:07:30
Astounding by RobVG 2012-04-01 22:05:28
- Yep...I heard about that today also. Nothing...NOTHING is EVER what it seems. NBC got caught. Not like it has never been ... by Jody 2012-04-01 22:10:42
  - Think about the decades of our lives when the mainstream media was the only media. by TB 2012-04-02 09:22:13
  - Gabrielle Giffords comes to mind by RobVG 2012-04-01 23:00:30

I figure those lights were aliens buying Mega-Millions tickets by FrankC March 30, 2012 3:13 pm

I got mine! by TB 2012-03-30 15:23:38
- Woot! by TB 2012-03-31 07:54:37
  - That is very close. But you'd have had to share it with 3 other winners, so what the heck. by bowser 2012-04-01 07:50:38

I'm ashamed of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. by Jeff-Wash March 31, 2012 12:32 pm

I don't know anyone who is particularly proud of them. Jackson, in particular, would offer to solve problems arising ... by bowser 2012-03-31 16:01:41

Richard Branson loses race to deepest part of ocean... by TB March 30, 2012 5:16 pm

Sort of like the Moon, I guess. The race wasn't about getting there, but getting back. by bowser 2012-03-31 07:26:54

This is my idea of an American soldier. by bowser March 30, 2012 12:37 am

Soldiers like that are the rule, not the exception. Good men and women. by TB 2012-03-30 10:35:01

This may be grim. The other shootings with two stories. by bowser March 29, 2012 8:35 pm

More Sanford shooting news. by ER March 28, 2012 8:44 pm

Commentary by Victor Davis Hanson by TB 2012-03-29 09:44:45
- Another commentary, from American Spectator. by TB 2012-03-29 09:52:04
  - Tucker's comments are more in line with my own. I remember Hanson mostly as the Right's expert on the ... by ER 2012-03-29 11:04:43
I think the biggest question of all here is, why the hell is this getting so much more publicity than ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-28 22:00:54
- The short answer is because the "War on Women" fell on its face. :) by TB 2012-03-29 09:38:12
  - You obviously haven't been keeping up with the beating the GOP is taking in the polls from women, or maybe ... by ER 2012-03-29 11:08:02
    - The Virginia poll can be found here. by TB 2012-03-29 14:00:53
      - Not to worry, TB. We'll see to it your tribe gets full credit for the mandatory vaginal ultrasound probe ... by ER 2012-03-29 17:45:20
        
        That's okay. Look at the list of the things "your tribe" is going to be getting "credit" for next election. by TB 2012-03-29 19:28:29
- My question is why is this story getting so much attention now when it happened about a month ago? by ER 2012-03-29 06:11:24
  - It's difficult to track a story back to when it first became widely controversial. by TB 2012-03-29 09:37:15
    - What exactly "blew up on them"? Nowhere in the ABC story is it implied Zimmerman was Anglo or Republican. And it ... by ER 2012-03-29 11:17:07
Police Report by RobVG 2012-03-28 21:19:36
Good assessment by RobVG 2012-03-28 21:05:13
- Its politics because race relations and conflict in America are political. It is and has always been the fundamental political ... by ER 2012-03-29 05:58:25
The irritating part is that the evidence should be lined up already for the authorities. by TB 2012-03-28 20:55:24
- I suspect that regardless of what happened between Martin and Zimmerman, the police investigation was botched, and all this confusion ... by ER 2012-03-29 05:26:19

UN climate panel ties some weather extremes to global warming by bowser March 28, 2012 10:48 pm

It's hard to use a single year's weather extremes to prove anything, the data is too noisy. North America ... by ER 2012-03-29 07:15:53
- I believe they're using data from 1950 on, which would be close to 60 years. "Warming has led to changes in ... by bowser 2012-03-29 10:40:18
200$ bucks says nothing happens after this. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-28 23:24:55

Political opposition researchers dish dirt, predict long slog to November election by bowser March 27, 2012 7:02 pm

I wonder if these guys do this work as a result of a commitment to the ideology they are working ... by ER 2012-03-27 20:38:58
- I think a lot of them are pros, who go where the going is good. by TB 2012-03-27 20:49:19
  - I can't look at Dick Morris and not think about him and the prostitutes. by podrock 2012-03-27 21:36:51
    - Now do you think more about Dick, or the prostitutes? :-) by bowser 2012-03-27 21:56:48
      - I try to not think about either, if I can help it. Why I'm not a Fox viewer. by podrock 2012-03-27 21:59:50

Neighborhood Watch Shooting by ER March 22, 2012 5:16 am

It was a major mistake not revealing that Zimmerman was beaten. Now the people calling for his arrest (and worse) ... by RobVG 2012-03-27 08:35:21
- Maybe the reason it wasn't revealed Zimmerman was beaten is because he wasn't. We heard about bloody clothes and wounds ... by ER 2012-03-27 13:53:44
  - That was somewhat condescending by RobVG 2012-03-27 17:34:43
    - I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, as I am predisposed to do in general, being a kindly old ... by bowser 2012-03-27 19:08:02
      - Why thank you kind sir by RobVG 2012-03-27 20:00:32
    - If it was condescending, I'm sorry, I sincerely didn't mean it to come out that way, although I can see ... by ER 2012-03-27 18:09:44
      - It's all good ER (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-27 18:49:43
- Yeah, I watched "the Narrative" being imposed almost immediately. by TB 2012-03-27 08:45:08
  - Narrative Check: by TB 2012-03-27 08:53:42
When two jerks meet it's often the one with the gun who walks away in one piece. by bowser 2012-03-27 00:06:31
Another shooting update: by TB 2012-03-26 18:39:42
Some updates: by TB 2012-03-24 11:40:47
- A current picture of "Trayvon". by Lee 2012-03-25 20:20:03
- Agreed. I fear this will turn out ugly. Either an innocent man will go to prison, or a young ... by ER 2012-03-24 11:59:23
  - Or most likely: it's going to be turned into a political football. by TB 2012-03-24 12:14:23
    - I think it already has. There's a great pressure to find Zimmerman guilty, and I doubt it will go ... by ER 2012-03-24 14:23:35
      - It gets worse. by TB 2012-03-24 15:25:35
        
        Yep. Someone else's address. by TB 2012-03-27 14:50:27
        
        Couple living in fear after their address listed as Zimmerman's. by TB 2012-03-27 20:24:24
        
        And still worse. by TB 2012-03-25 13:36:31
      - And guilty or not, if this guy ever goes to prison, he's toast. by ER 2012-03-24 14:37:22
I've seen other controversies like this, often involving real police and not a "watchman." by TB 2012-03-22 08:30:24
- As you know, you have to perceive a threat to your life to use lethal force. Running after someone who is ... by RobVG 2012-03-22 09:28:53
  - Tom's right, its still too early to make a judgement on this. On the surface, it looks terrible, a ... by ER 2012-03-22 10:01:29
    - Yeah, Probably by RobVG 2012-03-22 11:19:06
      - It's also possisble that maybe BOTH sides are right. Maybe GZ unwisely pursued and challenged the kid and the ... by ER 2012-03-22 12:25:13
  - meant for ER by RobVG 2012-03-22 09:29:29

Diagnostic Test by ER March 27, 2012 5:06 pm

It's tough keeping an eye on both you AND Tom. Thanks for moving the Photo ID post to Flame. ... by ER 2012-03-27 17:59:22
- I didn't move it, but you're welcome for the rest. by Robert 2012-03-27 18:31:57
  - I moved it. The list on the side doesn't catch up right away, if ever. by TB 2012-03-27 19:02:06
Diagnostic answers by Robert 2012-03-27 17:25:37
Sudenly, the Photo ID thread has beeen tagged as "Flame" on "Recent Posts". I'm sure it was tagged "Current ... by ER 2012-03-27 17:24:27
- Damn, you're too fast for me! by Robert 2012-03-27 17:26:11

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