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Right-wing ideology growing poverty, welfare state by bowser February 3, 2013 6:57 pm

Couldn't get past the first 2 paragraphs. by RobVG 2013-02-04 22:29:22
- Why do you bother? There's nobody home. by TB 2013-02-05 10:48:48
  - Consider for 30 seconds the end point of your policies. by bowser 2013-02-06 01:48:41
  - Because I can see his point by RobVG 2013-02-05 20:52:02
    - Thank you by Robert 2013-02-06 10:12:54
      - Why so serious? by TB 2013-02-06 11:23:27
        
        Why so delirious? by Robert 2013-02-06 15:50:08
        
        The point was that "right wing ideology" isn't exactly running the show right now. by TB 2013-02-06 16:08:47
        
        "right now" by Robert 2013-02-06 18:50:38
        
        Do you have any idea how complex the question is? by TB 2013-02-06 19:35:11
        
        Truck drivers are handling hundreds of times more freight than mule drivers. by bowser 2013-02-06 22:59:53
        
        You illustrated my point for me. by TB 2013-02-07 10:27:54
        
        Test question: by TB 2013-02-06 19:42:09
        
        Tech. n/t by RobVG 2013-02-06 21:32:01
        
        Computer tech and its offshoots, to be precise. by TB 2013-02-06 21:40:52
        
        It enabled those companies to harvest large amounts of cash from the consumer. by RobVG 2013-02-07 09:02:39
        
        The real question: by TB 2013-02-07 10:45:44
- The point is simple. The way profits are distributed. by bowser 2013-02-05 07:29:46
  - Have the lower income folks been held down or are the wealthy pulling away? by RobVG 2013-02-05 08:59:05
    - CEO Pay Grew 127 Times Faster Than Worker Pay Over Last 30 Years: Study by bowser 2013-02-06 02:12:11

Interesting quote from JFK by FrankC January 28, 2013 12:29 pm

Good one by SteveS 2013-01-28 18:02:02
- Yes, and my impression was that he figured that day would never come. by FrankC 2013-01-28 18:52:49
  - An experiment by TB 2013-01-28 21:16:55
    - Unless the COs have oil, they'll be fine. by bowser 2013-01-28 21:44:47
      - Look up "Switzerland" and "military" someday. by TB 2013-01-29 08:21:12
        
        Human predators always claim to be defending themselves from the prey. by bowser 2013-01-29 16:53:09
        
        Parallel concepts?? by johannes 2013-01-29 14:11:38

So what if abortion ends a human life? by TB January 23, 2013 1:18 pm

I will believe the "pro-life" people are not total hypocrites when they oppose war. by bowser 2013-01-26 19:54:36
Looking for an example? by podrock 2013-01-23 18:01:08
- Interesting story. by TB 2013-01-23 22:17:17
that's harsh by FrankC 2013-01-23 17:18:45

Jody is a fat ass.... by Jody January 24, 2013 6:42 pm

I doubt it. by FrankC 2013-01-25 12:38:24
- I have been morbidly obese...I have been anorexic. I maintain now, but would love to lose the twenty pounds that ... by Jody 2013-01-25 18:11:28
Words fail me (not) by Robert 2013-01-25 10:36:23

Republican house blocked the funding for embassy security. n/t by RobVG January 23, 2013 8:59 am

Horse apples. by TB 2013-01-23 10:43:17
- I didn't say it. It was Dick Durbin this morning during the hearing. Pretty much verbatim. n/t by RobVG 2013-01-23 17:21:57
  - That's okay. by TB 2013-01-23 22:10:38
Blocked? by SteveS 2013-01-23 10:36:01
- Incidentally... by TB 2013-01-23 13:02:25
  - Oh republicans really have a non-political concern about Benghazi... by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-23 14:29:05
    - As I recall, the president at the time didn't lie about who did those things and why. by TB 2013-01-23 14:43:41
- Bumper sticker: by TB 2013-01-23 12:31:47
  - Priceless by SteveS 2013-01-23 15:11:01

How to deal with political opposition... by TB January 19, 2013 3:34 pm

the opposition has shown wht they think of reasonableness and compromise by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-20 12:33:39
- Playing hardball has already paid dividends by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-20 23:22:19
- How do you think the Party should do that, Buck? by TB 2013-01-20 12:40:58
  - Do I detect more anti-communist paranoia? by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-20 22:53:34
    - That wasn't an answer, was it? by TB 2013-01-21 08:39:53
      - Yes exactly like the communist government in California!!!!!!! by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-22 02:22:49
        
        P.S. by TB 2013-01-22 09:02:25
        
        It's called sarcasm by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-23 11:42:25
        
        It's called called sarcasm nitwit by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-22 10:48:15
        
        Heh. I didn't even know it was possible to stutter on a keyboard. by TB 2013-01-22 10:54:04
        
        funny, but seriously by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-23 01:07:42
        
        Click on "edit" and trash it. by TB 2013-01-23 09:42:18
        
        "Pulverize." Political director of CBS News. by TB 2013-01-22 07:28:05
        
        Ah so now European parliamentary socialism is communism too? by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-22 10:52:28
        
        "Communist." by TB 2013-01-22 11:40:42
        
        I'm laughing hard at you by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-23 00:06:22
        
        You're confusing "government spending" with "government control." by TB 2013-01-23 10:40:23
        
        I'm the one confused? by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-23 11:45:26
        
        I didn't say other parties were illegal. by TB 2013-01-23 12:06:36
        
        The GOP doesn't have the goal of controlling the Executive and Legislative branches? by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-23 15:09:21
From your subject heading I thought this was about winning state legislator offices and gerrymandering. by alcaray 2013-01-19 23:48:50
- Yeah, I learned a lot on that thread. by TB 2013-01-20 07:29:41
In other words, use Republican tactics against Republicans. by bowser 2013-01-19 16:52:14

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect by TB January 23, 2013 12:27 pm

If guns are outlawed only outlaws will shoot their dicks off by BuckGalaxy January 23, 2013 1:27 am

There were several accidents at gun shows this weekend by RobVG 2013-01-23 08:51:03
Finally you are getting it. :) by Jody 2013-01-23 08:27:24

"snopes.com: Media Quiet About San Antonio Theater Shooting" by RobVG January 16, 2013 10:52 pm

Well, I have the facts...now I am gonna spin it to my satisfaction. *They* kept quiet about it because there ... by Jody 2013-01-18 09:02:30
Signal to noise ratio by Robert 2013-01-17 12:08:04
- Rob was referring to a very specific category of shooting. by TB 2013-01-17 12:26:58
  - That's what I said: cherry-picking by Robert 2013-01-17 13:15:26
    - Given the details of actual gun death statistics, the entire "assault rifle" flap is cherry-picking. by TB 2013-01-17 15:02:03
      - I thought the NRA proposal was "volunteers", not "cops in schools". by alcaray 2013-01-17 21:05:29
        
        The exact quote from LaPierre's press conference: by TB 2013-01-17 21:12:47
        
        And here I was trusting Rob's description. Never mind. by alcaray 2013-01-18 00:39:54
        
        I didn't mention the NRA. n/t by RobVG 2013-01-20 12:03:19
        
        The exact quote's been out there all this time. by TB 2013-01-19 09:47:08
        
        You say I mischaracterized what LaPierre said? Care to point that out to me, please? by alcaray 2013-01-19 23:52:46
        
        (an apology will work, in lieu) by alcaray 2013-01-19 23:54:42
        
        "Trusting Rob's description." by TB 2013-01-20 08:32:10
        
        No you need to find a post where I said anything at all about the "LaPierre plan". by alcaray 2013-01-20 11:36:42
        
        Implied by RobVG 2013-01-20 12:20:15
        
        I don't think repetition will help much with these guys. Nice try though. n/t by RobVG 2013-01-19 13:09:03
"Reporters don't report buildings that don't burn." by TB 2013-01-17 08:06:13
- That's an even crazier thing to say than Rob's was. by alcaray 2013-01-17 21:00:26
  - There's one list... by TB 2013-01-17 21:20:47
    - They are very old cases and I don't recall the coverage except for one of them. by alcaray 2013-01-18 00:51:59

Newsweek's latest cover by TB January 18, 2013 4:14 pm

More... by TB 2013-01-20 10:42:56
Now you know. by bowser 2013-01-18 21:39:34

Making things up by TB January 19, 2013 3:14 pm

I have had several people in my life over the years do this sorta thing...embellish the truth. It is very ... by Jody 2013-01-19 16:19:21
Must have been an SF convention in town. by TB 2013-01-19 15:19:17
- ? by Jody 2013-01-19 16:19:44

A most reasonable opinion by RobVG January 18, 2013 7:26 pm

Interesting. by TB 2013-01-18 20:51:55
- Surely you jest. by bowser 2013-01-18 21:34:05

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