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Fox News reporter calls Obama a "dick." by TB June 30, 2011 9:15 am

Nixon was a Dick. by Jody 2011-07-01 20:37:23
- My ex-son in law is a Dick and he is teaching his namesake and my grandson to be a Dick ... by FrankC 2011-07-02 13:05:27
  - I need to re-name my new son in law...is horse's ass a name? by Jody 2011-07-02 21:04:14
    - Donkey Butt might do nicely. by Eri 2011-07-02 21:31:51
I bet Chris Matthews really did get a tingle when he heard the words "Obama" and "dick" in the same ... by Lee 2011-06-30 16:28:59
MSNBC's reaction seems a bit frenetic to me. by FrankC 2011-06-30 10:58:37
- What was really interesting about it was that it wasn't a slip of the tongue. He comes out and ... by TB 2011-06-30 11:21:56
I dunno, seems kinda borderline to me. By the time someone gets to the White House I'd bet they have ... by mcfly 2011-06-30 10:53:49
- Hmm, at first I thought that reply was equivocal, then I decided it definitely was not. Now I am just not ... by FrankC 2011-07-01 00:04:54
  - It was. Unless it wasn't, in which case it's not. by mcfly 2011-07-01 09:26:16
- I proudly called W an idiot many times, even right on this site not too long ago. But if ... by ER 2011-06-30 11:04:46
I'm sorry I missed that. I enjoy watching Morning Joe, I like Scarborough's brand of conservatism. He argues ... by ER 2011-06-30 10:32:17

"Pricks" by TB June 28, 2011 9:24 am

On the off chance your post might be directed at me, here's what I think. If you were busy here every ... by ER 2011-06-28 11:21:23
- This isn't Atlantis or Bigfoot. This is real. There are people in Washington and Sacramento right now deciding ... by TB 2011-06-28 12:27:31
  - Post withdrawn. by ER 2011-06-28 13:38:45
Weird. I can't open this post. And yet it appears to be addressed to me... by mcfly 2011-06-28 11:18:36
- Don't worry, TB is just pissed because we resist indoctrination. We will NOT be assimilated. by Eri 2011-07-01 06:56:56
  - Just remember you guys, when you assimilate you make an ass out of i, and a milate out of... Whoa, that ... by mcfly 2011-07-01 09:30:44
    - snort! by Eri 2011-07-01 15:25:21

Hey, Eri... by TB June 26, 2011 1:40 pm

I don't think he means me; I think he means the Republican majority in both states and the idiots who ... by Eri 2011-06-30 22:31:37
More on this here. by TB 2011-06-27 11:29:17

The presidential gaffes by TB June 26, 2011 8:38 am

Chime in boys and girls, are gaffes important or not? Austrian??? Marine corpse??? by FrankC 2011-06-26 21:45:25
- My favorite is substituting "Calvary" for "cavalry", several times in one interview. But unfortunately, it wasn't Obama. It was ... by ER 2011-06-27 07:13:17
  - LOL. Thanks, made my day. by mcfly 2011-06-27 21:28:19
  - I couldn't agree more that gaffes are not important. But, the media reaction to political gaffes is interesting. THAT, is the ... by FrankC 2011-06-27 07:41:11
    - Bingo. by TB 2011-06-27 10:10:53
    - That same political humor website I pointed to also has extensive documentation on Obama malapropisms. I just think conservatives need to ... by ER 2011-06-27 08:17:28

Out: We're losing jobs to ATMs. In: We're creating jobs via robotics by TB June 25, 2011 11:22 am

Yeah, the money should be pumped into tax cuts instead, where it can help stimulate the economies of Switzerland and ... by ER 2011-06-27 07:40:48

Just sayin'.... by Jody June 18, 2011 3:54 pm

Typo. I'm sure he must have meant "Swiss and German engineers, and French pastry chefs." Or did I miss the point? ;-) by mcfly 2011-06-18 16:02:35
- I'm sure you've heard the old joke. In Heaven, the engineers are German, the cops are English, and the cooks are ... by ER 2011-06-18 18:58:08
  - The crooks are American bankers and Wall Street execs in both places. by Eri 2011-06-19 12:24:40
  - Oooh, burn! by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 20:10:21
    - Did you hear the one about a soccer match between a German and a British team? The game was ... by ER 2011-06-19 17:59:33
      - Heh. With a little help from their friends, namely us, who pulled their asses out of the fire both ... by Eri 2011-06-20 06:07:22
        
        "I saw a film today, oh boy. The English Army had just won the war..." --A Day in the Life, Lennon-McCartney Defeating Hitler ... by ER 2011-06-20 09:10:30
        
        Not true at all. Had the Soviets not been given the massive amounts of material from Lend Lease, they ... by Lee 2011-06-22 14:54:13
        
        You are 100% correct that Russia would have been destroyed without lend-lease but with lend-lease the Russian would have beaten ... by FrankC 2011-06-25 13:53:23
        
        Can you indicate exactly what in ER's post is "not true at all?" by mcfly 2011-06-23 11:02:47
        
        The part about the war being turned around by the time we got involved. Had the US not gotten ... by Lee 2011-06-23 12:22:08
        
        Most of your assumptions can't be supported. Here's are excerpts from the paper "DETERMINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WWII STRATEGIC BOMBING STRATEGY," ... by mcfly 2011-06-24 10:51:05
        
        Those British bombing raids were carried out at night, with the 8th Air Force bombing the city during the day. ... by Lee 2011-06-24 18:40:33
        
        Better tell the historians with the USAF. Guess they can't get it right, huh? by mcfly 2011-06-24 20:36:29
        
        And at the time, before 12/7/1941, conservatives opposed Lend-Lease. by podrock 2011-06-22 18:04:53
        
        It's easy to understand why. The US also sent the USSR over 100,000 heavy machine tools. Many of ... by Lee 2011-06-22 23:05:11
        
        While all true, had we not come into WWII, the tide might have turned again. Germany was busy building ... by Eri 2011-06-20 12:47:25
        
        It was those Canadians, kicking @$$ and looking good while they did it! Another alternate history that I find fascinating stems ... by mcfly 2011-06-20 11:10:11
        
        It's not really clear why WWI was fought, other than "big power rivlary", whatever that means. Ten million people ... by ER 2011-06-20 11:49:14
        
        Business community was against the war?? Here's what happened in this universe. If anything, the concern of the time was business "war ... by TB 2011-06-20 12:34:02
        
        History is not a science. It can't be, unless we discount the thick fuzz of human behavior. And interestingly enough, ... by mcfly 2011-06-20 20:58:53

How government jumps the shark by TB June 13, 2011 8:33 pm

A perceptive and well-written essay, I find little to disagree with in it. But it still manages to overlook ... by ER 2011-06-14 06:28:58
- "Victorian capitalism" - which drastically raised living standards for Western societies - was a long time ago. I think the point ... by TB 2011-06-14 09:01:34
  - "Democrats, liberals, and the Left refuse to step back one bloody inch toward the middle..." So when myself and other "non-Righties" ... by mcfly 2011-06-14 17:49:52
  - That's what I figured you'd say. by ER 2011-06-14 09:47:06
    - What were you expecting? Seriously. Do you have any comment on what I said? l mean an ... by TB 2011-06-14 10:06:46
      - I don't have a response to that. I just wanted to make sure you knew I didn't miss the ... by ER 2011-06-14 11:40:26
  - There is a middle ground TB...but some *lean* to the left...or *lean* to the right, when the rubber meets the ... by Jody 2011-06-14 09:13:18

Oh for crying outloud... by RobVG May 27, 2011 10:06 am

Well, we're being attacked by spammers now, sooo :) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-15 18:41:21
Everyone who responded had a valid point to make, Rob, so I'm sort of batting now in cleanup position. To me ... by Robert 2011-06-03 11:10:27
- So help me Rob...if you leave I will hop a plane and hump you down...er um...hunt you down. by Jody 2011-06-06 19:23:26
  - Knowing Jody, the first was probably accurate. ;) by Eri 2011-06-17 16:54:05
IF we ever blossom into a larger site with more and more members, then the captcha and email requirement will ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-31 00:27:23
- There was an original HZ, before DamnTikiWiki. It was a very active site with lots of members for years. ... by Eri 2011-06-02 05:54:29
I read your posts. I often don't have anything to say in response. If the membership were larger, ... by Eri 2011-05-28 07:20:14
Rob, you are registered with the site at the level of "author" which is the same as the testuser Rita ... by podrock 2011-05-27 11:47:28
If I had a nickel for every post I've made that sinks, alone and ignored, under the choppy waves of ... by mcfly 2011-05-27 10:53:26
I would love to try and help you out. I'm trying to find out what features are "normal" here ... by TB 2011-05-27 10:15:24

what is a page vs. a post by FrankC May 18, 2011 10:56 am

Oh well ##%$^Q#@#!!! by Eri April 24, 2011 8:57 pm

I just thought I'd repeat myself for the helluvit. by Eri 2011-06-17 16:55:26

Totalitarian wistfulness, cont. by TB April 27, 2011 10:15 am

Boeing and More by RobVG April 26, 2011 8:45 am

There are 72,000 Boeing workers in Washington state. Boeing could move their their assembly overseas where the main components for ... by RobVG 2011-04-26 09:39:26
- That would be the ultimate irony after winning the tanker contract from EADS based on protectionism by FrankC 2011-04-26 22:54:22
  - Meh.... Airbus FTW!!! by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-31 00:28:43

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