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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

What's happening May 1st by TB April 23, 2012 1:46 pm

National Debt Road Trip, updated by TB April 20, 2012 10:21 pm

Speaking of lifeboats, the Bush family has purchased a 100,000 acre spread in Paraguay. No one knows why. Here is ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:55:12
- Paraguay,eh? Not surprising. I've heard the historical and recent convergence of right-wing political and business interests there described ... by ER 2012-04-21 08:26:16
  - The source of this story is a Cuban state newspaper. by TB 2012-04-21 10:00:14
    - Just because it originates in a Commie paper doesn't mean it has to be a lie. In fact, if ... by ER 2012-04-21 11:06:33
      - I dare you to leave that comment up there. by TB 2012-04-21 11:11:36
        
        Dare me? by ER 2012-04-21 13:58:29
        
        Billy Joel!!!!Hell yes!!! by Jody 2012-04-21 14:09:53
        
        "That’s right, TB. It MIGHT be a lie, but it doesn’t HAVE to be one. That is a subtle distinction, ... by TB 2012-04-21 14:07:15
        
        The point I was making was that truths and lies may be ideologically correllated, but they are by no means ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:14:46
        
        A world where your POV doesn't have to be true at all seems to be comfortable for a lot of people. by TB 2012-04-21 17:58:36
        
        EDITED: by ER 2012-04-21 20:23:19
        
        EDITED: I'd be interested in your definition of "Trotskyite," since nobody as yet seems to have developed a consistent or sensible one. by TB 2012-04-21 21:07:35
        
        The problem is that there is no objective way to distinguish "errors of knowledge" from "deliberate rejection of reality". Just imagine ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:11:19
        
        We're not arguing about how many angels can dance on the end of a pin. by TB 2012-04-21 22:29:02
        
        Tom, underneath all your righteous handwaving, all you're really saying is "the way you are doing things doesn't work so ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:41:47
        
        The deficits are a trillion a year. the debt has exceeded GDP. by TB 2012-04-21 22:51:22
        
        A Trotskyite is simply a follower of Trotsky. It probably started out as a perjorative term because Trotsky and ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:01:27
        
        And there's the problem:" by TB 2012-04-21 22:17:01
        
        Maybe the state can provide nothing, it can only redistribute what is created privately. But the private sector has also ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:32:56
        
        None of that changes anything about the fundamental flaw of "democratic" wealth redistribution. by TB 2012-04-21 22:44:18
- Should be under ERs post. by bowser 2012-04-21 04:55:51
The debt picture painted by conservatives is so dire that it appears that there is no possible action or policy ... by ER 2012-04-21 04:53:49
- You just need to look at historical spending patterns to know what created these deficits and the debt. by TB 2012-04-21 10:52:56
  - You don't make me crazy, TB. I've got this culture sussed. It works for me. It's why I make you ... by ER 2012-04-21 11:20:01
    - What scares me is an intelligent person who will choose belief over facts. by TB 2012-04-21 21:43:36
      - The fact we have severe budget problems is not in dispute. It never was. Your insistence in accusing me of ... by ER 2012-04-22 07:48:07
        
        Yeah. Like that. by TB 2012-04-22 11:15:16
Why don't you just give it up until you can explain how starting two wars while cutting taxes on the ... by bowser 2012-04-20 22:51:22
- It's not the elite I worry about. They are predictable, they will do whatever it takes to protect themselves, and ... by ER 2012-04-21 05:31:37

The Real Cause of Global Warming by ER April 20, 2012 9:32 pm

Mexican food, maybe. Oops, there goes another methane shot... by TB 2012-04-20 21:51:54
- This outfit isn't about either immigration or the environment. And they don't believe this nonsense any more than you ... by ER 2012-04-21 08:04:35
  - Karl Rove didn't invent that idea. Alinsky did. by TB 2012-04-21 11:25:34
    - He started it, mommy. by ER 2012-04-22 11:00:12

...a new low... by Jody April 22, 2012 10:21 am

Just sayin' by Jody April 21, 2012 11:08 am

Inane spending. The last time the US was invaded was in 1811 by England. There WAS Pearl Harbor ... by bowser 2012-04-21 11:33:19
For more fun... by TB 2012-04-21 11:17:11
- My mistake... by TB 2012-04-21 12:45:49

Romney's strength is the economy. by bowser April 19, 2012 5:23 pm

The economy is not just weak, its unstable. Most people, once they take off the ideological blinders, are smart ... by ER 2012-04-19 18:21:35
Doesn't matter...won't matter...Obama is gonna win. by Jody 2012-04-19 17:59:28
- Wait for it. by TB 2012-04-19 19:02:22
  - Liberal Elitist? Moi? by ER 2012-04-20 05:55:08
  - "Ideas matter. Principles matter. "Reality matters." (Coming from a Conservative.) Swift Boats. Please discuss the above in the context of ... by bowser 2012-04-19 23:21:33
    - In other words... by TB 2012-04-20 08:27:14
      - The same people are funding Romney. Just when do principles expire? After 7 years, 6 years. 5 years? ... by bowser 2012-04-20 09:48:09
      - You can't reason with a child throwing a tantrum. A little public humiliation through ridicule sometimes gets through though. by ER 2012-04-20 09:19:15
      - :) by Jody 2012-04-20 09:04:33
  - *Sees sparks start to smoulder in firepit* Time for the centrist fireman to step in. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 23:16:21
    - You might need more information. by TB 2012-04-20 08:54:48
      - Of which sort? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-20 18:47:18

"Obama tightens oil and gas drilling regulations" by RobVG April 19, 2012 9:19 am

As we move from the infinite to the finite it becomes clear there have to be regulations. Examples: Space - ... by bowser 2012-04-19 11:35:19
I don't see how tightening environmental regulations can be a political ploy, although loosening them could certainly be so, especially ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:52:55

Where the billionaires come from by TB April 18, 2012 4:29 pm

Sure TB, but we don't want to loot just the top 400. We want to loot the top 1%. by ER 2012-04-18 18:10:44
- You've forgotten, of course, but we did the math on that, too. by TB 2012-04-18 18:26:58
  - No Tom. You've forgotten I don't need to argue about this. The math "we" did says I have ... by ER 2012-04-18 18:43:54
    - No. The math says the well is dry. by TB 2012-04-18 18:56:17
      - The well ain't dry yet. I can always put my wife to work. by ER 2012-04-18 19:01:17
    - Just an observation, but Conservatives see Liberals as down right jealous of the rich.Bottom Line. To Liberals...Conservatives want everyone to step ... by Jody 2012-04-18 18:53:43
      - The real bottom line: by TB 2012-04-18 19:34:57
        
        I was talking about your average Joe Q. Citizen, Tom. I know it is about power.... Not for me, though. by Jody 2012-04-18 19:42:30

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