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I can't help but think Obama is sleeping well. Santorum endorses him. by bowser March 22, 2012 10:48 pm

All politicians lie, bend the truth, or flex with the political wind whichever way it is blowing. People understand ... by ER 2012-03-23 05:56:50
- That's what "moderate" actually means in politics. by TB 2012-03-23 07:34:23
  - So you feel Santorum, Gingrich and Paul are ideologically and morally superior to the likes of the Elder Romney, the ... by ER 2012-03-23 08:06:27
    - Ideologically, yes, particularly Gingrich. by TB 2012-03-23 09:20:08
      - Well, I feel no compunction about proudly agreeing with your assessment of your audience here, and being a part of ... by ER 2012-03-23 09:59:26
        
        WorldCom, Enron, et al. have demonstrated a "free market" doesn't work. They worked around the regulations that were in ... by bowser 2012-03-23 10:18:46

This is hard to believe. by bowser March 20, 2012 10:07 pm

Heh. by TB 2012-03-21 15:29:33
Evidence of testicles by RobVG 2012-03-21 08:26:01
- Evidence of either lying or ignorance. Probably the former. Romney knows the healthcare issues in depth and he ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 14:39:31
  - If insurance companies are "good" with something, you shouldn't need to point a gun at their face to make them do it. by TB 2012-03-21 16:19:44
    - The compromise which does not force religious organizations to do anything, but allows for insurance to reach out and offer, ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 17:36:02
      - Accepted by major Catholic health groups? Which ones? by TB 2012-03-21 21:31:34
        
        Catholic Health Association of the United States. I'm not opposed to plural marriages. Do you think this will ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 22:39:18
        
        The CHA is still reviewing it. That's not "accepting." by TB 2012-03-22 06:33:50
- I think she was a plant. Even if someone actually felt that way, they wouldn't go to the enemy's ... by ER 2012-03-21 09:53:07
  - Not a plant. This was a college audience. by TB 2012-03-21 16:10:05
    - Out of all the people there, Romney points to one lady. A person sticks a microphone in the face ... by bowser 2012-03-22 00:48:24
    - Poor Little Dutch Boy by ER 2012-03-21 17:14:44
  - Yep. by bowser 2012-03-21 14:22:49
You and this guy would get along well. ^Candidate shown: Rick Santorum^ by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-20 23:19:16
- Yo, 'Blade. Are you old enough to remember Floyd Turbo? by ER 2012-03-21 09:55:37
  - Had to look him up.. He went off the air the same year I was born, so No, never ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-21 16:49:11
    - contrast and compare by ER 2012-03-21 17:40:13
      - Carson as Reagan: No politics, just great comedy. by ER 2012-03-21 17:49:12

National debt update by TB March 19, 2012 9:06 pm

That's shameless. Obama inherited an economy in free-fall due to 8 years of GWB's unfettered paws on the economy. ... by bowser 2012-03-19 22:31:37
- "Bush did it" isn't working any more. by TB 2012-03-20 08:20:39
  - The debt Obama has piled up might have something to do with the $.5T less in annual government revenue that ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 18:03:29
    - Revenues for 2012 are estimated at about $2 trillion (2005 dollars). Estimated deficit will be $1.12 trillion. Revenues for 2004 ... by TB 2012-03-21 20:50:24
  - You think a few years of Obama sweeps the Bush era collapse under the rug? by RobVG 2012-03-20 09:12:45
    - Cut taxes, start two wars, drop interest rates, loan printed money to anyone who asks, run incredible trade deficits, and ... by bowser 2012-03-20 12:32:37
    - I notice the Bush tax rates are still in place. by TB 2012-03-20 09:47:57
      - You don't think "potential revenues" can be quantified? by RobVG 2012-03-20 10:02:25
        
        I have never absolved Republicans (not just Bush) of their part in our bloated government. by TB 2012-03-20 10:31:04
        
        And one more thing: The "Buffett Rule." by TB 2012-03-20 10:43:27
        
        You know what would be telling, the tax rates required to balance the existing budget. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-21 08:17:22
        
        Interesting question. If I fold in payroll taxes to nail it down tight, it takes a bit of work. ... by TB 2012-03-21 10:21:28
        
        You know what? No. by TB 2012-03-21 15:58:54

If it wasn't so sad it would be funny... by BuckGalaxy March 21, 2012 12:14 am

The sad does kill the funny.... And since i'm a black comedy buff, I find this utterly hilarious. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-21 16:26:19
EDITED: by ER 2012-03-21 06:05:30

Unprovoked Purely Partisan Rant by ER March 18, 2012 7:23 am

The change in the Republican Party has been dramatic, and can be exemplified easily. Their intellectuals used to be ... by bowser 2012-03-18 10:11:33
- There are still a few Conservatives who have not succumbed to the plague yet; Will, Rove and Krauthammer come to ... by ER 2012-03-18 19:42:11
  - While an order of magnitude above Limbaugh and Coulter, I don't regard any of them as being close to Buckley ... by bowser 2012-03-19 20:54:26
...I strongly doubt I will be voting this year...first time ever for me. My husband feels the same way. by Jody 2012-03-18 08:37:17
- There are a lot of people working very hard right now to get you to feel that way. by TB 2012-03-18 08:39:39
  - I have decided to vote for Ron Paul. by Jody 2012-03-20 06:13:34
    - Ick. by TB 2012-03-20 08:23:36
      - :) by Jody 2012-03-20 11:33:10
  - "lot of people working very hard", etc. Yep, look at the list at the top of my post. Those guys ... by ER 2012-03-18 08:53:15
    - Q.E.D. by TB 2012-03-18 09:20:27
      - Like I said, no Democrats nominated any of those knee-walking turkeys. Republicans did. This meme's all on your people, not ... by ER 2012-03-18 09:43:20
        
        Keep in mind, they don't have to defeat George Washington. They just have to defeat Obama. by TB 2012-03-18 18:37:21
        
        The problem is that each of them exemplifies some part of what got the US into the mess we are ... by bowser 2012-03-19 12:55:39

Obama and the war against women by TB March 16, 2012 9:10 am

So there's an equivalence between the chauvinistic attitudes some young Obama supporters in 2008, and the systematic nationwide efforts by ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-16 20:09:47
- A drunk 27 y/o with a hand on a cardboard boob has completely scandalized these folks. Evidence of a ... by bowser 2012-03-16 22:26:09
  - This is truly one of the most laughable talking points TB has tried to make in a while... and that ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-17 09:31:25
    - You're flailing. by TB 2012-03-17 10:08:17
      - TB sees it. NOW doesn't see it, HRW doesn't, National Woman's Law Center doesn't, neither does AAUW. We ... by bowser 2012-03-17 12:50:37
- There is no "systematic effort to deny women reproductive healthcare" and there never was. by TB 2012-03-16 20:45:07
  - Stunning denial of reality! Yes Tom, the Democrats have simply made up the fact that there have been dozens ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-17 09:24:07
    - Excuse me? This whole flap was about access to contraception, not abortion, remember? by TB 2012-03-17 09:44:24
      - The title to the OP is "Obama and the war on women." Not "let's only talk about contraception." ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-19 19:24:09
        
        This started when your side tried to force a religious organization to pay for something it shouldn't have to. by TB 2012-03-19 20:29:06
If I read this correctly, you are offended by a perceived liberal bashing of Hilary Clinton, a woman, wife of ... by bowser 2012-03-16 09:23:37
- 100 What does offense have to do with it? This was about yet another piece of the long history of rank liberal hypocrisy. by TB 2012-03-16 09:35:16
  - I'll concede you are an expert in both hypocrisy and bashing Hilary. Knowing that I'll read the stuff more ... by bowser 2012-03-16 10:41:38
    - The perception of hypocrisy requires the ability to connect two concepts or events. by TB 2012-03-16 11:00:46
      - Let's look at this. I don't see any "war", against anyone. Your April, 2008 citation was about two ... by bowser 2012-03-16 13:39:57
        
        The original Instapundit title was "Remembering Obama's War Against Women." by TB 2012-03-16 14:37:24
        
        Still waiting. (By the way, there's a post where I demonstrated to you how one can admit they were ... by bowser 2012-03-16 15:07:44
        
        Waiting for what? by TB 2012-03-16 18:20:41
        
        A relevant response. Any evidence of a "war against women". How a 27 y/o guy with a hand on a ... by bowser 2012-03-16 19:26:59
        
        GOTO 100 by TB 2012-03-16 19:51:30
        
        Man up. by bowser 2012-03-16 22:09:54
      - Pass the margaritas, please. by ER 2012-03-16 11:14:14
        
        Need a refill? by TB 2012-03-17 10:17:52

Why Mitt hates republicans by BuckGalaxy March 15, 2012 9:56 am

It is excruciatingly difficult... by TB 2012-03-15 10:24:42
- Agreed. That's why I gave up on it long ago and became such an ass. So what do ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-15 13:28:53
  - I think the premise in that article is based on some pretty tenuous information. by TB 2012-03-15 14:00:23
    - Keep telling yourself that Tom. Blind yourself to the FACT that there are now two distinct GOPS: The ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-15 23:00:07
      - If Chait had anything better he would have used it. by TB 2012-03-16 08:51:45
        
        You're a slippery f**k, but the question was do YOU really believe his provable lies? And yeah, obviously Mitt ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-16 18:53:13
        
        You know... by TB 2012-03-16 19:43:57
        
        Stopping the damage? Obama seems to have a decent track record of that already. How quickly we forget ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-19 19:34:32
        
        Oops. Maybe a poor choice of word. Especially in the subject line. And, trying to corner TB is like ... by bowser 2012-03-16 19:33:17

Total Information Awareness II by TB March 16, 2012 8:11 pm

"Hey, if you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about." 8) by ER 2012-03-16 20:32:57
- And then there's this. by TB 2012-03-17 07:57:13
  - I might be wrong, but I can't remember a civil right you weren't willing to give away if someone said ... by bowser 2012-03-17 22:45:11
  - "Everyone's waiting for something to happen. Everybody's waiting for something to see Lunatics waiting for bigger disasters. Everyone's waiting for news ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-17 10:35:23
    - Most of human history involves conflicts between freedom and tyranny. by TB 2012-03-17 11:12:40
      - Most of human history has been a conflict between one form of tyranny and another. Freedom is a relatively ... by ER 2012-03-18 05:46:31
        
        "Kind and beneficial" was in quotes for a reason. by TB 2012-03-18 08:19:35
        
        "Kind and Beneficial", "The People" and "Public Good" are like "Freedom and Liberty". They are all open to interpretation. ... by ER 2012-03-18 09:22:35
        
        I know who has the most hands in my pocket. by TB 2012-03-18 09:36:55
        
        Ahem. Do you work? by bowser 2012-03-19 12:57:55
        
        We paid over 15 grand in taxes this year. In better years, it's been over four times that. by TB 2012-03-19 13:07:11
        
        Aside from property taxes I pay very little. And I get more than I pay from Uncle Sugar. ... by bowser 2012-03-19 17:01:28
      - There's gotta be a Latin phrase for that. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-17 20:42:27
        
        I could probably look it up, but I like "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" by TB 2012-03-18 08:21:17
        
        Yeah, its probably the motto of some agency that taps our phones. by ER 2012-03-18 05:47:33
- I still don't like it.. by TB 2012-03-16 20:50:25
  - It was started under GWB, and is in line with the "Patriot Act" and other Conservative intrusions, legal and illegal, ... by bowser 2012-03-16 22:08:54

More oil reserve handwaving by ER March 16, 2012 8:27 pm

Might not be the best metric to use to evaluate the situation. A pure rig count would not indicate how ... by podrock 2012-03-17 06:36:28
- My eyebrows went up when that graph first popped up. by TB 2012-03-17 07:42:48
- There's one thing we can do about the political risks. Get as much oil as possible from North America. by TB 2012-03-17 06:42:39
All this oil concern is a bit like finding sugar for a diabetic. So what if you obtain more, ... by bowser 2012-03-16 22:01:02
There are other factors. by TB 2012-03-16 20:53:35
- I did find a dry hole rate on this page. by TB 2012-03-16 21:01:36

Obama: U.S. has only 2 percent of world reserves. by TB March 15, 2012 9:32 am

The term "Reserves" has a very specific definition in the resource game, I'm glad the president is using his words ... by podrock 2012-03-15 15:24:07
- Yo, Podrock, by ER 2012-03-15 20:07:09
  - I don't know. That's the simple answer. The good folks over at the Oil Drum blog http://www.theoildrum.com/ would be where ... by podrock 2012-03-15 21:05:32
    - The Oil Drum is a good resource. by TB 2012-03-15 21:20:50
That was a great speech, wasn't it? Thanks for turning me on to it. It must have made quite ... by ER 2012-03-15 10:20:10
- Well there is the tiny bit of savings from the elimination of tanker freight. by RobVG 2012-03-15 18:21:17
  - You have a point, but it is not going to allow us to go back to the days of dollar ... by ER 2012-03-15 19:33:12
- I linked to two articles on either end of the political spectrum to bracket the results as best I could. by TB 2012-03-15 11:00:38
  - It's times like these I wish we would crack down on politicians more when they lie. Besides, isn't the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-15 13:15:54
  - Promiscuous drilling will only profit the drillers. No one else will benefit, unless new crude production rises so high ... by ER 2012-03-15 11:23:48

Politics and social websites by TB March 13, 2012 9:16 am

I have to say, liberals are way more thin skinned than conservatives. They have an innate sensitivity that seems to ... by FrankC 2012-03-13 18:43:48
- Republicans may be the party of gay hating, mexican hating, poor and sick people hating, uterus controlling, islamophobes, but it's ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 09:57:52
  - See how ugly you are... by FrankC 2012-03-14 17:35:17
    - Not talking about you personally, Frank. And I have never defriended anyone for political reasons, although I have to ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-15 02:04:29
      - Not a problem Buck. It was meant in jest, minus the smilies or emoticons. I think the whole thing is ... by FrankC 2012-03-15 11:12:05
  - Remember we're talking about tolerance for opposing points of view here. by TB 2012-03-14 10:07:02
    - Oh of course! DISAGREEING WITH SOMEONE'S OPINION is clearly far more intolerant than being: Anti-women, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-non-christian, anti-science, ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 10:49:09
      - There is no Conservative and there is no Liberal. by ER 2012-03-14 12:59:44
      - Hi Buck. Hope you enjoyed the snow. I happen to agree with what you are saying, and for ... by bowser 2012-03-14 11:44:46
      - Well, the first one isn't mythological. by TB 2012-03-14 11:26:33
        
        Again, opposing people's OPINIONS vs opposing people for who they are. by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 11:44:51
        
        What people think, do, and believe IS who they are. What else matters? by TB 2012-03-14 12:26:42
        
        Big, big mistake, TB. Those are things that people have, or have done. They are not who they ... by bowser 2012-03-14 14:46:53
        
        Nothing else SHOULD matter. Unfortunately things like race, sex, sexual preference, religion DO matter. And in general they ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 15:53:00
        
        Supposed to be response to TB. by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 15:53:42
        
        Not true. by TB 2012-03-14 14:56:54
        
        And that's your limit, TB. by bowser 2012-03-14 16:00:07
        
        If we're talking metaphysics or something, probably. by TB 2012-03-14 16:30:39
        
        Now, if you'll excuse me... by TB 2012-03-14 12:33:49
- No problem. We're too sensitive to blame you for it. 8) by ER 2012-03-13 21:09:59
  - The term is "compassionate". :-) by bowser 2012-03-13 23:33:24
Those conservatives must be pretty obnoxious to get unfriended so much more often than liberals. (n/t) by Robert 2012-03-13 10:22:15
- When you have unpalatable opinions, you have to shout louder, shriller, and more frequently to get people to listen to ... by ER 2012-03-13 10:49:56
  - THAT IS NOT TRUE!!!! by Jody 2012-03-13 14:06:57
    - I just got that. 8) by ER 2012-03-13 21:18:27
- Nope...Liberals hate that we are right...heh. by Jody 2012-03-13 10:45:22

Mitt lies an awful lot by BuckGalaxy March 15, 2012 10:06 am

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