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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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