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Why they insist on voting against their own self-interest. by ER January 24, 2016 8:42 am

Much truth there. by bowser 2016-01-24 16:32:41
- The oligarchy has always pandered to the bourgeosie. by ER 2016-01-24 20:47:05

I wonder if the Conservatives - Republicans - right wing can make bigger fools of themselves. And us. by bowser January 20, 2016 9:30 pm

I laugh at myself all the time. by Jody 2016-01-22 10:45:48
- There are no rules. by ER 2016-01-22 12:05:36
  - ;) by Jody 2016-01-22 12:07:55
You have to be charitable, Bowz, they really don't know any better and they can't help themselves. by ER 2016-01-21 08:40:04
- Now that I've calmed down, - - - by bowser 2016-01-21 16:49:36
- So many aphorisms come to mind by Robert 2016-01-21 11:35:40
  - Still trying to define it? by RobVG 2016-01-21 20:09:32
    - Look more carefully. They're trying to un-define it. by TB 2016-01-22 09:27:57
      - @TB #thisainttwitter #didyoujusthaveathought? #pleaseshareit by Robert 2016-01-22 10:40:51
        
        Didn't the Orwell essay settle this once and for all? by ER 2016-01-22 11:13:19
        
        It's hierarchies all the way down by Robert 2016-01-23 11:39:03
    - I thought I did by Robert 2016-01-21 23:11:32
      - The "Natural State" is local. by ER 2016-01-22 05:01:44
        
        The asymmetrical flow of history by Robert 2016-01-22 10:34:32
        
        And in post-apocalyptic America? by ER 2016-01-22 11:01:59
        
        And what do they all have in common? by Robert 2016-01-23 13:05:47
  - Bravo! by ER 2016-01-21 18:32:13
    - I thought highly of it too by Robert 2016-01-21 23:19:00
      - Why are Liberals, as a rule, better writers? by ER 2016-01-22 07:51:30
        
        Now you're just trolling by Robert 2016-01-22 10:20:54
        
        Maybe, but you answered my question. by ER 2016-01-22 11:14:59
  - Fascists would love us to waste our time debating the precise definition of ' fascism". by ER 2016-01-21 12:42:28

Casual pot smokers. by bowser January 14, 2016 8:08 pm

Years ago I knew these two young women from Colombia by mcfly 2016-01-15 15:29:20
- Then again, by ER 2016-01-17 12:42:25
  - Point(s) taken by mcfly 2016-01-17 20:37:53
Folks in Colorado know where their weed is grown. by podrock 2016-01-14 20:57:43
- With all due respect. by bowser 2016-01-14 22:09:41
  - With equal respect by podrock 2016-01-14 22:29:42
- For example: by podrock 2016-01-14 21:49:56
The obvious corollary. by ER 2016-01-14 20:26:46
- Hey, or do without? Why f/u your brain? (It's the only one you have.) by bowser 2016-01-14 20:36:14
  - f/u ing my brain. by ER 2016-01-15 07:17:22
    - And all the while funding terrorism. by bowser 2016-01-15 16:08:41
    - Got a friend. by bowser 2016-01-15 16:07:54
      - I'm starting to feel the same way about sex. by ER 2016-01-15 16:53:29
(I just like to point out this particular hypocrisy every once in a while. For all the terrorism haters.) by bowser 2016-01-14 20:25:54
That's one of the best arguments for legalization... by RL 2016-01-14 20:17:12
- Actually not. by bowser 2016-01-14 20:22:57

If a bunch of us occupied Federal land and buildings, and demanded that prisoners be freed and land given to us, - - - by bowser January 14, 2016 10:03 pm

You're overthinking this., Bowz. by ER 2016-01-15 08:20:51

The Troglodyte Tetrafecta: sex, violence, race and religion by ER January 14, 2016 8:11 am

"self-righteously indignant" by mcfly 2016-01-14 15:17:45
- Functional Ambiguity by ER 2016-01-14 15:30:28
Yeah. Existential crisis. by TB 2016-01-14 10:15:17
- You really ought to read Piketty, Tom. by ER 2016-01-14 10:48:23
  - None of that sank in at all, did it? by TB 2016-01-14 11:18:31
    - Nope. Because you didn't address what I brought up in my post. by ER 2016-01-14 13:30:04
      - Sorry, no. by TB 2016-01-14 13:58:51
        
        It all about the Evil Rich with you. by ER 2016-01-14 15:11:01
        
        "It isn't really necessary to read your posts." Got it. by TB 2016-01-14 18:03:12
        
        "Obama's only religion is Obama." by ER 2016-01-14 18:34:42
    - You're grossly misrepresenting Piketty by Robert 2016-01-14 11:30:53
      - Please correct my "misinterpretation" of his proposals. Be specific. by TB 2016-01-14 11:43:33
        
        Look! Over there! by Robert 2016-01-14 20:01:16
        
        Yeah, I didn't think so. by TB 2016-01-14 20:58:29

In a lonely place by ER January 13, 2016 7:52 am

It's as simple as people wanting to justify their prejudices. And sets the stage. by bowser 2016-01-14 13:43:13
- Yes. Hatred of Muslims by neo-Nazi style groups does exist. by Jody 2016-01-14 14:39:16
moved to Flame by podrock 2016-01-13 22:07:57
- Same old bullshit by SteveS 2016-01-14 05:35:57
  - I apologize Steve. It was me that kicked it up a notch. by Jody 2016-01-14 08:11:35
Everything you said by Jody 2016-01-13 17:41:14
- What an asinine post... by RL 2016-01-13 19:04:01
  - "You better put some ice on that." Missed one. by TB 2016-01-13 21:09:28
    - And P.S. by TB 2016-01-13 21:46:09
      - Wjhat do you think about Americans raping and killing women over there? by bowser 2016-01-14 17:41:05
      - The problem is you aren't looking for reasonable middle ground... by RL 2016-01-14 05:40:45
        
        Go read what I wrote to ER in "Troglodyte Trifecta" above. by TB 2016-01-14 10:21:35
  - No honey I didn't say they will rape by Jody 2016-01-13 19:23:10
    - Is it too much to ask by Jody 2016-01-13 20:45:39
      - ask a priest by podrock 2016-01-13 21:18:38
        
        Using Jody's logic we need to put a stop to catholics coming into the country... by RL 2016-01-14 05:28:47
        
        ask my great-grandparents. by podrock 2016-01-14 19:18:52
  - Well if I am asinine I am in good company. by Jody 2016-01-13 19:18:24
    - what shall Germany do with this situation...? by RL 2016-01-13 19:37:15
      - That does not answer my question. by Jody 2016-01-13 19:46:54
        
        No one here is pro-rape... by RL 2016-01-14 05:26:16
- I bet they know the meaning of lonely by Jody 2016-01-13 17:56:47
  - When you edit this to put these in the body of your post.... by podrock 2016-01-13 18:58:18
    - I haven't been able to edit Pod. by Jody 2016-01-13 19:19:38
      - Really? by podrock 2016-01-13 19:48:45
      - I took care of it by Robert 2016-01-13 19:33:25
        
        Thank you Robert. by Jody 2016-01-13 19:50:54
        
        Agreed. by podrock 2016-01-13 19:37:11
        
        Uhhh...now it's cross-posted to Flame. by Robert 2016-01-13 20:50:41
        
        That was me. by podrock 2016-01-13 20:53:51
        
        The time had certainly come to move it here. by Robert 2016-01-14 20:02:07
- I know a lot of people who have been raped. by ER 2016-01-13 17:55:51
  - You sir, are flailing. by Jody 2016-01-13 17:58:40
    - I have all night...put this on Flame please. by Jody 2016-01-13 17:59:32
      - Good night, Jody. by ER 2016-01-13 18:08:16
The Great White Shark by mcfly 2016-01-13 16:41:58
Speaking only for myself.... by Jody 2016-01-13 09:32:52

The Empire Strikes Back by ER January 13, 2016 9:42 am

Party tool defends Party. by TB 2016-01-13 11:04:35
- I think I prefer the GOP establishment choices, by ER 2016-01-13 11:45:34
  - Of course you do. by TB 2016-01-13 12:56:54
    - The lady doth protest too much by mcfly 2016-01-13 17:05:49
      - Nikki Haley was a TPartier. by ER 2016-01-13 18:26:40
    - In related news: by TB 2016-01-13 13:08:10
      - Sure, Tom. My whole world view is undergoing an existential crisis. by ER 2016-01-13 13:30:25
Well, if Trump makes president by Jody 2016-01-13 10:01:44
- I don't think he will be elected, and if he is, I don't think he will be all that bad. by ER 2016-01-13 10:26:18

Oil prices by RobVG December 23, 2015 11:06 am

Looks like ER could be right again. by RobVG 2016-01-12 09:54:07
- The laws of economics are as real as the laws of physics. No one denies that. by ER 2016-01-12 12:12:06
As of October... by RobVG 2015-12-28 16:00:29
- No problem! We ran out of cash decades ago. by ER 2015-12-28 17:40:20
  - I'm starting to feel like a soapbox. n/t by RobVG 2015-12-28 18:44:37
    - You just now noticed that? by TB 2015-12-29 16:48:02
More information: by TB 2015-12-23 17:55:48
- So Saudi Arabia is giving away lemonade for free, by ER 2015-12-23 19:19:00
  - Also, I hope the article's author calmed himself after all that hyperventilating by mcfly 2015-12-23 21:54:09
    - Re-read the second article you linked below. "Nimble." by TB 2015-12-23 22:53:02
      - Hey, I'm just saying, Blue Skies have a way of clouding over by mcfly 2015-12-24 00:01:17
Not so invisible by ER 2015-12-23 12:13:29
- I'm not so sure. by RobVG 2015-12-28 09:12:00
  - So what are you trying to tell me? by ER 2015-12-28 10:31:20
    - All I'm trying to say is the price of oil is the result of supply and demand. by RobVG 2015-12-28 11:33:23
      - The price of oil is dependent on the perception of supply, demand and making a buck on the futures market. by Tony 2016-01-12 10:53:21
        
        What I don't get is.... by RobVG 2016-01-12 19:37:25
        
        Two things drive markets. by ER 2016-01-12 22:03:15
      - Tell me why Conservatives so love monopolies? by bowser 2015-12-28 18:08:00
        
        Show me where the monopoly is. by RobVG 2015-12-28 21:09:56
        
        Let's be reasonable, without the cheap shots. by bowser 2015-12-28 22:55:26
      - Sure, though supply and demand can be manipulated by Robert 2015-12-28 15:01:07
      - Of course Supply and Demand works. by ER 2015-12-28 12:49:15
- ...and more of a fist by mcfly 2015-12-23 15:17:18
  - The free market. by ER 2015-12-23 16:38:24
    - *Sniff*, that's beautiful man..... by RobVG 2015-12-23 19:39:19
      - You DO realize I'm just pressing your buttons, right? :-) by ER 2015-12-23 20:09:21

Why Cruz birthers are not the same as Obama birthers. by ER January 7, 2016 10:17 am

Cruz trumps Trump on constitutional law by mcfly 2016-01-07 13:15:31
- Its not about whether Cruz is eligible or not, or who believes it. by ER 2016-01-08 07:30:49

Just how pathological do you have to be, in order to join the GOP? by RL January 1, 2016 3:51 pm

Really? After the fact? by RobVG 2016-01-02 15:27:02
- "they have something to fear if Trump becomes pres." by RL 2016-01-03 18:48:59
- LOL... by RL 2016-01-02 16:19:58
  - Ya got me there n/t by RobVG 2016-01-02 16:43:20
WATCH OUT! by bowser 2016-01-01 21:12:44
- Are you saying I should be more 'P.C.'? by RL 2016-01-01 22:37:17
  - Nope. Just saying you might hurt some feelings. by bowser 2016-01-02 10:36:35
  - "what they call ‘Political Correctness’ is what most people would call ‘not being a bigoted asshole’" by Robert 2016-01-02 08:59:32
    - Perhaps an unanticipated benefit of Mr Trump's candidacy... by ER 2016-01-02 10:37:16
      - or.... by Jody 2016-01-04 18:12:47

Another Chris Hayes quote. by ER December 29, 2015 3:42 pm

Source article: "Why Elites Fail" by Robert 2015-12-29 20:30:57
- Thanks for posting that article and video. by ER 2015-12-29 21:42:03
- The justification for laissez-faire... by ER 2015-12-29 20:52:14

"Five Stupid Things The Media Believes About Guns And Gun Owners." by bowser December 27, 2015 10:36 pm

You're flogging a dead horse, Bowz. by ER 2015-12-28 06:15:47

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