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The real problems have surprising causes. by bowser April 29, 2012 5:54 pm

From another site... by ER April 28, 2012 12:51 pm

A real conundrum. by bowser 2012-04-29 17:38:49
By the way, this post seems to be in limbo. by TB 2012-04-29 12:24:33
Come on, wouldn't it be nice to have space pay for itself for a change? by TB 2012-04-28 21:27:51
- Yes, it would be nice. by er 2012-04-29 06:45:56
  - More light than heat by er 2012-04-29 07:54:40
    - SpaceX just put a payload into orbit in a capsule lacking only an abort system to be man-rated, and recovered ... by TB 2012-04-29 12:19:18
      - "...not generate useful and practical technologicval systems..." by ER 2012-04-29 13:21:27
        
        "Useful and practical." by TB 2012-04-29 13:51:42
        
        Just so you know... by TB 2012-04-29 14:06:36
        
        Just so you know... by ER 2012-04-29 14:45:50
        
        Successful entrepreneurs by TB 2012-04-29 15:21:50
Are you sure you didn't write both of those? lol n/t by RobVG 2012-04-28 16:32:49
- I'm sure he didn't. by podrock 2012-04-28 18:41:57
- No, you will note the second post reveals a fairly detailed knowledge of space technology and the industry and agencies ... by ER 2012-04-28 17:05:24

It just occurred to me. by bowser April 27, 2012 6:21 pm

I may be going out on a limb here...but...I don't know if being Conservative or Liberal has anything to do ... by Jody 2012-04-27 20:33:38
- It's their comfort zone. Screw with it at your peril. by TB 2012-04-27 20:45:37
Some Ccnservatives often see themselves as big tycoons, masters of business. They believe their own propaganda. They play the market, ... by ER 2012-04-27 20:03:54
I didn't like the whole "house flipping" thing. by RobVG 2012-04-27 18:39:47
- I couldn't agree more. I saw some houses flipped twice before the third guy got stuck with it. ... by bowser 2012-04-27 19:09:13
  - Not just '29. by ER 2012-04-28 08:39:27

When has the economy NEVER been an issue with us...or US? n/t by Jody April 27, 2012 11:04 am

It always will be to some. Even the mega-rich who are getting richer and richer don't think they're getting ... by bowser 2012-04-27 16:47:11
Nobody cares about the economy until their job is threatened. If OTHER people have money problems its because they are ... by ER 2012-04-27 15:17:39
- Ignorance is a bigger problem than either laziness or stupidity. by TB 2012-04-27 16:22:28
  - And greed is a bigger problem that ignorance, laziness or stupidity. by bowser 2012-04-27 16:48:09
    - Q.E.D. by TB 2012-04-27 17:35:27
      - For some 2 + 2 = 4. For others, the question would lead to answers such as these. "Well, if ... by bowser 2012-04-27 18:08:33
        
        Yeah, that helped your case. by TB 2012-04-27 20:37:27
        
        That was a brief example of your reasoning. Hit home, huh! by bowser 2012-04-28 02:26:12

A more serious knowledge issue by TB April 27, 2012 11:04 am

5/5. That must mean I am qualified to run the economy. I just want to know where Carolina does her ... by ER 2012-04-27 14:43:32
- 4/5. I didn't think there was enough information to calculate the 4% interest. One could ask that question ... by bowser 2012-04-27 16:41:02
  - Don't buy a car on credit. by TB 2012-04-27 17:37:24
    - I can't remember the last time I did. Oh, yes, it was 30 years ago. And if one does, don't ... by bowser 2012-04-27 17:56:57
      - I've only bought one car on credit, a brand new 2003 Japanese sedan, with a standard shift, the small engine, ... by ER 2012-04-27 20:35:29
- It just means you're older. by TB 2012-04-27 15:46:30
  - Economic illiterates make the best consumers. We've built an economy on that axiom. by ER 2012-04-27 20:20:05

I wonder what would be said if the Ds were up to this. by bowser April 27, 2012 10:54 am

Look up "Blue Dogs" and "primaries." by TB 2012-04-27 11:07:18
- You should have pulled out Lieberman. Remember all the things you said? by bowser 2012-04-27 11:23:58
  - That would be the Lieberman that got drummed out of the Democratic Party for straying off the plantation. by TB 2012-04-27 11:37:04
    - Yep. So the same things you said about Democrats apply to Lugar and Republicans? There were some pretty ... by bowser 2012-04-27 12:07:52

EPA management policy by TB April 26, 2012 8:12 pm

Update by TB 2012-04-30 09:58:41
Video's been pulled, dude. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-27 02:40:13
- Yeah, I noticed that. by TB 2012-04-27 08:27:08
  - Another copy here. by TB 2012-04-27 08:47:58

Illinois: reality closing in by TB April 26, 2012 6:16 pm

Ain't it wonderful we have such an example of fiscal responsibility as the Bush-Cheney Administration of 2001 to 2009? ... by bowser 2012-04-26 19:57:08

What are these clowns up to? by bowser April 24, 2012 2:35 pm

My problem with all this "strategy" crap is that the end goal is always more power for the US. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 16:14:13
- The problem is, the choice "nobody controls the seas" isn't available. by TB 2012-04-24 16:40:58
  - Would anyone here support a UN option? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:41:41
    - The goal of the US would be to create as much of a puppet government as possible. A very ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:21:57
    - Answering for myself: No. by TB 2012-04-25 09:54:56
      - The US lost it's leadership position on Human Rights during the Bush Administration. The US tortured routinely and just ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:28:06
        
        Then why doesn't a good "progressive" treat the U.N. like it treats Bush? by TB 2012-04-25 11:39:49
        
        "these would be the same “progressives” that spent the entire Cold War worshiping the ground the Soviet Union and its ... by bowser 2012-04-25 12:25:35
        
        Paranoia? by TB 2012-04-25 13:06:09
        
        Rabid paranoia. You'd do well to listen. To call all who protest Bush's abuses of human rights people ... by bowser 2012-04-25 13:34:31
        
        I note the "crimes" don't get much press nowadays. by TB 2012-04-25 16:05:42
        
        Oh, my. I call BS. I call it loud, and long. BS. You're too young to remember Joseph ... by bowser 2012-04-26 00:35:39
        
        By the way, McCarthy did his bit in 1950. How old are you? by TB 2012-04-26 16:55:07
        
        71. And I read the local newspapers from cover to cover from the time I was 9. At ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:48:24
        
        I know how the Left uses McCarthy, Bowser. by TB 2012-04-26 16:49:13
        
        "Stalinism". Mean anything? "McCarthyism" does too. For a long time it's seemed as if some people stick ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:41:47
        
        Repeatedly insulting me doesn't change anything. by TB 2012-04-26 19:43:07
        
        P.S. by TB 2012-04-26 19:45:01
Yemen doesn't have any oil, does it? by ER 2012-04-24 15:24:14
- They control one of the transportation choke points into the Red Sea. by TB 2012-04-24 15:39:04
  - They also border the Saudis. by ER 2012-04-24 16:47:37
Good point. When did the FBI suddenly become globetrotters? by TB 2012-04-24 15:17:40

Question of the day! by Vitruvius April 25, 2012 3:07 pm

More on Prof. Deudney here. by TB 2012-04-25 15:43:29
- from your link... "So, once and for all -- what is a negarchy?" "...We didn't have a term that's abstract like ... by ER 2012-04-25 16:14:44
  - The guy does seem like a patriotic nutjob, but it's not his views I'm concerned with. Though his introduction ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 17:56:29
    - Well, according to Deudney... by TB 2012-04-25 18:20:42
      - Useful hint: I wouldn't spend the money if I were you. by TB 2012-04-25 18:43:09
        
        Silly TB.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 19:31:52
    - I think I get what he said. And its not particularly outrageous. The rule may be of their own ... by ER 2012-04-25 18:12:34
I think that's the best we can hope for; a stable condition due to the exact balance of opposing ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:34:22

In times of liberal dominance... by FrankC April 23, 2012 3:44 pm

No more Mr Nice Guy by ER 2012-04-24 13:42:31
- Fifty bucks says that guys a liberal. by TB 2012-04-24 15:41:47
  - Yeah, he's one of them country club liberals. Boodles, shaken, not stirred. by ER 2012-04-24 16:32:02
  - Afraid so. If he were drinking wine out of a box he'd be an NRA Conservative. by bowser 2012-04-24 16:10:16
    - Only if he was holding the box over his head and letting it pour into his mouth. by TB 2012-04-24 16:37:23
I'm wondering how "liberal dominance" would be measured. It just doesn't seem that way to me, but I don't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:43:40
- Control of the executive and legislative. This is assuming that we consider democrats as usually liberal and republicans not usually ... by FrankC 2012-04-23 21:03:49
- They're the ones who wear leather that isn't necessary for doing a job. by TB 2012-04-23 20:50:02
I think this time the cigar is just a cigar. by TB 2012-04-23 16:04:38

What the public knows about political parties by TB April 23, 2012 10:14 am

Clearly the results divulge a truth. WE ARE SCREWED by Jody 2012-04-23 13:26:28
By the way: Don't knock capuchin monkeys. They're a bit smarter than your average - - - . ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:20:25
- "...on the ability of capuchins to use money..." by ER 2012-04-23 12:37:54
I thought some of the questions were phrased a bit oddly, and that someone doing a quick read would get ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:14:36
Funny, I interpreted the exact same data in a totally different way. by ER 2012-04-23 11:00:55
- Did you read the whole news story? by TB 2012-04-23 11:04:58
  - Yes. Why, Is that supposed to make a difference in my conclusion? by ER 2012-04-23 11:18:20
    - No, you concluded this was why people voted Republican. The results and demographics seem to indicate otherwise. by TB 2012-04-23 11:35:19
      - I don't see it. This is what I saw. "The partisan gaps in knowledge are at least partly a consequence of demographic ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:06:36
        
        Remarkable. by TB 2012-04-23 12:44:40
        
        I think you spend an awful lot of effort trying to change the way I think. Think about that. by ER 2012-04-23 12:57:31
        
        Have you ever thought about why I bother? by TB 2012-04-23 13:06:57
        
        We've always known you were a partisan propagandist Tom. We've told you as much. But I have to admit, ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:17:09
        
        Ah, that's a load of horseapples. by TB 2012-04-23 13:34:22
        
        Tom, your "pick the group" gotcha is not really all that extreme. That's really middle of the road stuff. ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:56:08
        
        "Middle of the road?" No wonder you think I'm in deep right field. Check your GPS. by TB 2012-04-23 14:01:37
Same here Tom by Jody 2012-04-23 10:49:03

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