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A time to remember. by bowser September 11, 2011 11:41 pm

A response to Robert and ER. I apologize for the longer discourse on this post. The more I ... by bowser 2011-09-12 21:26:01
- I think I'm well disabused of the term "morality". by Robert 2011-09-13 14:42:28
I will resist the urge to quote "My Country Right Or Wrong" just to piss you off. You know you can ... by FrankC 2011-09-12 17:04:22
- Frank, you win. I concede. First, I'd like to commend you on your "My Country Right or Wrong" ... by bowser 2011-09-12 20:42:12
  - Just so you know, you've the same editorial powers as anyone else here, with the exception of Robert and Myself. ... by podrock 2011-09-12 21:47:44
    - Thank you. I did not know any of that. Arf by bowser 2011-09-12 22:32:38
      - You should also know that no post of yours has ever been edited by me and that has been established ... by FrankC 2011-09-12 22:53:57
        
        Thanks Frank, for agreeing with me. You do have the ability to delete, etc., my posts. At your whim. Simply because ... by bowser 2011-09-13 09:36:11
        
        To be clear about this, Bowser, you have the ability to delete, etc., Frank's posts. Or my posts, or ... by podrock 2011-09-13 19:46:42
        
        The only reason I could think of to delete a post would be if someone did something like post someone's ... by TB 2011-09-13 08:45:26
        
        The other kind of posts we will not not tolerate are posts that call for or document extreme violence. Such ... by podrock 2011-09-13 19:53:27
        
        What if we call for extreme violence on spammers? by TB 2011-09-13 20:14:29
        
        Allowed, as long as it is not documented. Surely you remember when we all got together and decided these things. ... by FrankC 2011-09-13 21:43:49
        
        I vote that we hang, draw and quarter spammers right after we pepper spray and waterboard them. But I don't want ... by Eri 2011-09-14 09:35:23
        
        You have to pepper spray them after the waterboarding, or it washes right off. I've screwed up on that ... by TB 2011-09-14 09:50:50
        
        You must have done it wrong, then. Dammit, how many times do I have to tell you that water ... by Eri 2011-09-15 16:33:28
        
        My son, in a young and stupid moment some years ago, took a healthy chomp out of one of those ... by TB 2011-09-15 16:56:37
I partially agree with you. It is painful to think of your own country as capable of terrorist acts ... by Eri 2011-09-12 15:41:59
- In every single culture throughout human history, females have been abused and mistreated by males. No, I don't think ... by ER 2011-09-12 16:56:07
  - I could envision a society in which women could win. As an SF/Fantasy writer, that is easy to do. ... by Eri 2011-09-13 18:15:01
    - Don't forget Margaret Thatcher. by TB 2011-09-13 18:38:05
      - Oh Wow! How could I ever have forgotten her. Her voice is forever burned into my brain. ... by Eri 2011-09-14 06:05:09
That's a highly politicized definition of "terror". by Robert 2011-09-12 11:12:35
I understand Bowser. Like ER...I do not *completely* agree, but that is the beauty of our country. We may and ... by Jody 2011-09-12 07:08:22
What you say is true, but like all truths, there are always qualifications, exceptions and hand-wringing uncertainty. The line ... by ER 2011-09-12 06:47:10
- Just about a perfect reply. My only possible exception is on the knight's or gentleman's code of honor. Such codes ... by FrankC 2011-09-12 17:14:31

Tea Party violence by TB September 8, 2011 5:10 pm

There's a Law and Order segment on TV right now from 2009. The Tea Party and Libertarians don't come ... by Eri 2011-09-09 14:33:38
- Um...that's fiction, you know. by TB 2011-09-09 14:52:40
  - Ripped from the headlines. by Eri 2011-09-09 23:26:55
    - There are no headlines, Eri. There's only what TV writers want to believe. by TB 2011-09-10 09:52:01
      - Of course there are headlines. I see them every day and then they show up on TV. Jeez, ... by Eri 2011-09-11 05:36:13
        
        Link to one. Actual Tea Party violence even remotely resembling the union actions. by TB 2011-09-11 08:15:15

Hey, who needs jobs? by TB September 8, 2011 11:22 am

Looks like posting this on Flame didn't have the result you intended, TB. by Robert 2011-09-09 18:34:15
- Candy striper EDIT: Perhaps some explanation would be helpful here. I wrote a long post on the version of this ... by ER 2011-09-10 09:41:47
  - Well God knows I never looked like that...;). Back to your CE post on the idea that the kind heart ... by Jody 2011-09-10 10:20:15
- Sorry to disappoint Robert but this guy has taken the blue pill. "You take the blue pill – the story ... by Jody 2011-09-10 07:57:45
  - Okay, I'll bite...who picks who gets to be unemployed? ...and who would pay for it? by Jody 2011-09-10 08:22:47
    - That's easy, Jody. The boss gets to pick who is unemployed, and he never pays, the rest of us ... by ER 2011-09-10 10:11:25
    - You noticed that too, didn't you? by TB 2011-09-10 09:53:29
EDITED: He's right, you know. There have always been less people engaged in productive activity than in pure consumption, ever since ... by ER 2011-09-08 11:59:40
- There's a story that Milton Friedman was touring a big government project somewhere in China or Asia. There were ... by TB 2011-09-08 12:17:43
  - It doesn't matter how clever our technology is, if it can only support itself by denying employment to a large ... by ER 2011-09-08 12:38:16
    - I agree with you. That article is very interesting. A whole new way of perceiving. by Eri 2011-09-08 20:43:56
      - Heh. You guys never disappoint. by TB 2011-09-09 08:02:24
        
        And you, my friend, never surprise. by ER 2011-09-10 07:09:05

Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero by FrankC September 4, 2011 8:09 pm

The time between groundbreaking and the ribbon cutting for the original WTC was 6 years and 8 months. 6 ... by TB 2011-09-05 09:21:10
- I understand where you are coming from Tom. I prefer to put fiscal concerns aside in this instance. The towers weren't ... by FrankC 2011-09-05 12:38:08

Dominionism by podrock August 24, 2011 7:31 pm

I don't deny that I find this offensive, but I wonder if it means much. I suspect that the Islamic ... by FrankC 2011-09-07 00:05:22
Tell me you posted that to show how over-the-top critics are being. Government infiltration by Christians? I mean c'mon, 76% of ... by RobVG 2011-08-24 20:32:02
- ...and lest we forget...wasn't Obama the second coming of Christ? by Jody 2011-08-25 12:08:38
On The Road Again by Bob Dylan Well, I woke up in the morning There’s frogs inside my socks Your mama, she’s a-hidin’ Inside the ... by ER 2011-08-24 19:55:29
Tom's a smart boy, OF COURSE he knows all this. He just thinks he can control them. by ER 2011-08-24 19:47:53
- It is apparent that everyone of us has a fear of losing control. Whether to a strong central government, religious ... by Jody 2011-08-25 12:07:10
- Or perhaps the article is just a load of horseapples. Is this going to be the level of the Democratic campaign? ... by TB 2011-08-24 20:02:21
  - TB, if these dingbats were Democrats you'd be howling in derision at how we allowed such terminal losers to rise ... by ER 2011-08-24 21:15:32
    - Um...did you notice who you elected president? Did I vote for Pelosi, Franken, Waters, Reid, or the rest? ... by TB 2011-08-24 21:40:22
      - We voted for the winners. You voted for losers. ba da ba bing! by Eri 2011-08-25 22:04:53
  - By the way, looks like Irene's going to miss you. Good news! by TB 2011-08-24 20:26:57
    - Yeah, but it looks like the entire earthquake-devastated eastern seaboard is now at risk. by ER 2011-08-24 21:19:00
      - Let's hope the track keeps moving east. by TB 2011-08-24 21:43:09

Just sayin'... by Jody August 24, 2011 10:00 am

See what you and Eric started? by ER 2011-08-24 18:40:10
- I *did* post this on Flame. I don't understand your paranoia for the Christian right...but I see that it is ... by Jody 2011-08-24 19:22:55
  - Well, paranoia strikes deep, you know. I had to listen to the wailing about the New Dark Ages through most of ... by TB 2011-08-24 19:51:11
  - Yeah, these guys believe I deserve to spend eternity in god's torture chamber because I don't believe in their crackpot ... by ER 2011-08-24 19:35:59
If you really believe the Universe was created by god in less than a week about 6000 years ago, then ... by ER 2011-08-24 10:43:49
- From one troglodyte to another :-) The people that believe that the planet Earth was created in six Earth days TOTALLY ... by johannes 2011-08-24 19:28:36
  - Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But it was in another context altogether. by ER 2011-08-24 19:38:19
- *Tongue in cheek*....very snarky m'dear ER...:) At least I don't think the Universe is 6000 years old and that is as ... by Jody 2011-08-24 11:52:07
  - A belief in a Supreme Being is not an absurd speculation as to how the world got here. I ... by ER 2011-08-24 12:48:40
    - You mean Santa Claus DOESN'T deliver presents on Christmas Eve? Who delivers them then? by Eri 2011-08-24 21:15:06
      - The government, of course. The only Santa Claus Democrats believe in. :) by TB 2011-08-24 21:41:12
    - I don't believe the world is 6,000 years old any more than you do, or for that matter, any more ... by TB 2011-08-24 13:42:02
      - Your bristling indignation has been duly noted, and will be treated with the contempt it deserves. You have more fear ... by ER 2011-08-24 15:59:32
        
        There was no indignation, bristling or otherwise. There are no "these people." This is why I asked you to consider ... by TB 2011-08-24 16:23:00
        
        My parents were agnostic, my grandparents deist. They believed there was probably some kind of god, but they claimed no ... by ER 2011-08-24 18:01:41
        
        A massive majority of Americans are religious. Most of them believing that we are, at some level, a product ... by TB 2011-08-24 18:17:12
        
        It's precisely those victories of secular society which are so resisted by your fundamentalist allies. They are the ones ... by ER 2011-08-24 18:29:50
        
        Aren't you making my point? The real religious extremists have declined over the years, and are still failing. ... by TB 2011-08-24 18:40:22
        
        TB, those Podunk schools are mostly in Texas, and its Perry who is proud that in his state both "theories" ... by ER 2011-08-24 19:12:34
- Come to think of it, if you really believe the Universe was created by god in less than a week ... by ER 2011-08-24 11:41:18
  - And yet, as irrational beliefs go, this one has done considerably less damage in the past century or so than ... by TB 2011-08-24 12:11:12
    - Quit making excuses for these troglodytes, TB. Dammit, you're supposedly a rational, scientific thinker. I know you yourself do ... by ER 2011-08-24 13:02:44
      - You're not listening. You're still ranting. Four in ten. 78 percent if you count the "God-guided evolution" people. ... by TB 2011-08-24 16:37:01
        
        No. I'm not ranting, I'm merely letting you know that when you step in to defend and back up your ... by ER 2011-08-24 18:17:53
      - EDIT: And you're right, that will not be a killer issue with voters, left or right. But I would ... by ER 2011-08-24 13:06:12

Perry trying to buy Presidency by Eri August 21, 2011 7:31 am

Business as usual by Eri August 21, 2011 7:25 am

Michele Bachman sucks by BuckGalaxy August 17, 2011 12:39 am

Aha! That's why she walked out on Piers Morgan's interview. He was too much for her to swallow. Edit ... by Eri 2011-08-19 06:18:36
- I believe that it was Christine O'Donnell who choked on Piers's line of questioning. by Robert 2011-08-19 10:33:06
  - Oh crap! I stand corrected. I should have looked it up . I saw a news piece ... by Eri 2011-08-19 13:46:09
    - How could you confuse Bachmann and O'Donnell? One's a witch, the other's a by Robert 2011-08-19 19:03:30
      - I was talking about the zinger I had made about it being "too much for her to swallow" which was ... by Eri 2011-08-19 21:45:47
        
        ok by Robert 2011-08-20 09:55:38
        
        "...our place is only to vote for them and then find out about their policies and plans." Argh. by TB 2011-08-20 10:25:14
        
        Welcome back...and huh? by Robert 2011-08-20 16:30:38

Republicans, Repent! by Eri August 8, 2011 7:54 am

Just what we need by Eri August 5, 2011 3:37 pm

The only reason I can see for this is that he is catering to what was once penned "The Silent ... by Jody 2011-08-06 09:24:37
I find it amusing that the only people who take literal creationism seriously as a biological principle are Christian and ... by cjb 2011-08-06 08:26:12
- The Democrats have the same problem with Hispanic nationalists. La Raza, and other Hispanic-centric organizations, support open borders for ... by Lee 2011-08-07 15:04:27
- Since power seems to be the driving force, or the accumulation thereof, people like that don't care what happens as ... by Eri 2011-08-06 14:37:58
  - I don't think God really cares whether we are Democrat or Republican. When people start bringing up a religious ... by CJB 2011-08-06 15:56:36
    - Maybe we have political parties as a test to see if we can get along. We failed. by Eri 2011-08-06 18:03:57
    - Yep...I tend to be that way...got enough to deal with. by Jody 2011-08-06 16:38:45

Wow. by TB August 2, 2011 8:39 am

Violent rhetoric update: Cartoon on using SEALS to kill Republican congressmen. This is from a Tuscon newspaper. Think about it. by TB 2011-08-02 18:20:56
- Maybe they're going to finish off Giffords? Hmmm, all of a sudden it's no longer funny when a violent ... by Lee 2011-08-07 15:14:13
- The cartoon is funny and the way a lot of people feel about them. I'd say it's representative of ... by Eri 2011-08-05 06:10:28
- Think about it. Ok, lemme find my thinkin' cap, 'cause this is a tricky one. Oh well, could be worse...you could be ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 10:53:14
  - COULD be? Teehee. by Eri 2011-08-05 06:11:11

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