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How the GOP Stole Christmas... by Jody December 22, 2011 5:56 pm
  • Et tu, Boehner? by ER 2011-12-22 20:19:39
    "1 percent" update by TB December 22, 2011 10:52 am
      A serious question. What is the US mission in Afghanistan? by bowser December 21, 2011 3:24 pm
      • I did ask the question not that long ago: How do you think we should have done things after ... by TB 2011-12-21 17:54:04
        • Here's one of your reasons, Bowser, from someone who should know. Col Lawrence Wilkerson (US Army, Ret.) was chief of staff ... by ER 2011-12-21 16:40:51
          • I think I can disagree without much contradiction on Afghanistan, and with not much less on Iraq. Iraq is Kurdish, Shiite ... by bowser 2011-12-21 20:50:23
            • Although I wouldn't have agreed with you on Afghanistan until about a year ago, I think the time to bring ... by ER 2011-12-21 21:19:22
          From years-end survey of business by bowser December 20, 2011 11:59 am
            Obama perceives himself fourth best President... by Jody December 20, 2011 8:13 am
            • Whoops! Not quite accurate, I'm afraid. What Obama really said does not include anything like that. "I would put ... by bowser 2011-12-20 13:54:12
              • Has a lot in common with Washington, Lincoln and Truman. It takes a big man to inherit wars, financial ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:46:26
                • Well, it's too early to tell yet, after just three years. But if you consider that, like Lincoln, he ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:43:14
                  • I don't know... by TB 2011-12-20 10:46:53
                    • You want to debate that? He could have added that you agreed with Limbaugh when Limbaugh proposed killing him ... by bowser 2011-12-20 14:03:12
                      • Source that. by TB 2011-12-20 14:06:27
                        • By the way, that's how a person says "I was wrong." by bowser 2011-12-20 15:21:55
                          • I suppose I could be crazy. I cannot find any reference to that episode while googling "Limbaugh assassination Obama" ... by bowser 2011-12-20 15:20:07
                            • A general rule of thumb I have for when I remember something is if I can't find ANY reference to ... by TB 2011-12-20 18:40:14
                      • Just my own personal opinion...but that has to be the single most arrogant statement for him...hell anyone to make. ... by Jody 2011-12-20 10:46:45
                        • He probably felt that way too, after he thought about what he said. That's why he probably asked it to ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:02:54
                          • Some politicians can ask 60 Minutes to "remove" something from interviews. by TB 2011-12-20 12:20:27
                            • You do have a point there. It's one of the few you've ever made successfully to me. But you also ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:10:35
                              • An update on Obama's 60 Minutes interview: by TB 2011-12-21 08:55:17
                          • If this president were Republican, with the same statistics on foreign policy and the economy, every list in the media ... by TB 2011-12-20 10:53:54
                            • Actually, I think he's turning out all right. My only criticism is that he tries too hard, and is ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:28:24
                              • Okay, now you're just pulling my chain. by TB 2011-12-20 11:57:54
                                • Tom its impossible not to pull your chain. Do you really think its possible for me to present documentary evidence that ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:49:58
                              • This president could not be Republican. He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:16:55
                                • "He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations for the opposition and find something which ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:21:30
                                  • We do live in different universes. by ER 2011-12-20 11:41:52
                          In Kim's death, an extensive intelligence failure by bowser December 19, 2011 11:08 pm
                          • It's a war, the other side fights back. You win some and you lose some, and some are rained ... by ER 2011-12-20 05:15:58
                            • I couldn't agree with you more. What concerns me is the magnitude of some of these failures and the ... by bowser 2011-12-20 06:46:38
                              • Remember, we don't hear about all the defeats. And we don't hear about all the victories, either. We only ... by ER 2011-12-20 07:14:44
                                • ENIGMA was prior to the CIA. There are wins, losses, and ties. What I'm saying that's not heard ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:54:05
                            One of many places the profit motive is obscene. by bowser December 18, 2011 2:45 am
                            • According to one source, by TB 2011-12-18 13:03:06
                              • "The utopians create a government money sugar fountain". Not for profit hospice is not a "government money sugar fountain". ... by bowser 2011-12-18 13:34:21
                                • What I meant is that when government money is flowing from the tap, and competition for customer money isn't part ... by TB 2011-12-18 14:59:13
                                  • Walked right into that one TB n/t by RobVG 2011-12-18 14:24:04
                                    • Yep. That's what's called a "broadside". by ER 2011-12-18 14:41:10
                                • The profit motive IS obscene, but we are stuck with it. At best we can manage it, to mitigate its ... by ER 2011-12-18 05:37:42
                                  Paterno and Sandusky by FrankC December 16, 2011 12:50 pm
                                  • I think there is a big difference between a homosexual and a pedophile. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-16 16:46:16
                                    • I should have included something to that effect. Sandusky is indeed a homosexual and he is a pedophile and probably should ... by FrankC 2011-12-16 19:07:30
                                      • Good point that shouldn't be lost. Pedophilia is pedophilia regardless of the gender of attraction. by Robert 2011-12-16 18:29:06
                                      • The percentage of homosexuals in the population has probably never changed much throughout history, neither has that of pedophiles and ... by ER 2011-12-16 13:40:46
                                        • Name an industry that isn't. It is the way of all things. ...and so it goes. We are not made to ... by Jody 2011-12-16 15:04:00
                                        A problem with reading Cheney's book. by bowser December 15, 2011 7:25 pm
                                        • You mean, "How to shoot friends and torture people"? by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-17 17:09:42
                                          • I picked up Rummy's "Knowns and Unknowns" at the library yesterday. Maybe when we're done we should swap books and ... by Robert 2011-12-16 10:18:02
                                            • A tax credit on yachts actually happened, a few years back. It started off just the opposite, a 10% ... by ER 2011-12-15 20:37:15
                                              • The Yacht Tax was passed in 1990. by TB 2011-12-16 15:10:52
                                              Lest we forget. by bowser December 15, 2011 12:12 am
                                              • Yeah, that was a foolish thing to say but it wasn't his first flub. But as far as "defeat" goes ... by RobVG 2011-12-15 09:58:53
                                                • I truly wish that was just a "flub". It wasn't. Bush repeatedly lied to con the American public ... by bowser 2011-12-15 12:39:40
                                                  • It's not Bush touting our victories right now. by TB 2011-12-15 10:50:39
                                                    • George Bush made a lot of promises regarding Iraq prior to 2008. He was going to destroy Al-Quaeda, crush the Taliban ... by ER 2011-12-15 11:49:46
                                                      • Obama says Iraq is a great success. Take it up with him. by TB 2011-12-15 12:17:44
                                                        • Don't take my word for it. Listen to a man who actually helped plan the Bush/Cheney Iraq invasion. by ER 2011-12-15 12:34:16
                                                          • Again: by TB 2011-12-15 13:17:07
                                                            • P.S. by TB 2011-12-15 13:43:12
                                                            • You won't believe this. And I'll try to type long enough to get it out of the heading. ... by bowser 2011-12-15 13:03:43
                                                              • This from someone who doesn't even read a lot of my posts. by TB 2011-12-15 13:26:07
                                                                • Of course... by TB 2011-12-15 13:53:07
                                                                  • It would be completely naive to suggest Obama started with a clean slate, as you try to imply over and ... by bowser 2011-12-15 15:53:39
                                                                    • Nobody was talking about Obama's "slate." by TB 2011-12-15 16:08:10
                                                                      • What WAS he supposed to tell those troops? The truth? That the whole Iraq war was naked agression based ... by ER 2011-12-15 17:32:30
                                                                        • Ah. He was lying in his teeth. by TB 2011-12-17 11:54:01
                                                                          • Don't you mean the Makaka press conference? 8) by ER 2011-12-17 12:59:18
                                                    Grazing rights by RobVG December 13, 2011 8:44 pm
                                                    • BLM leases are a subsidy to large ranchers who treat the property as their own. This group is almost ... by bowser 2011-12-13 22:16:45
                                                      • The government has a long history of allowing access to public land at far lower prices than such access would ... by TB 2011-12-14 10:39:06
                                                        • Property treatment by RobVG 2011-12-14 10:33:19
                                                          • Remember James Watt, (the Republican Interior Secretary, not the Scottish physicist)? It's the same old story, the government develops and manages ... by ER 2011-12-14 07:15:02
                                                          another, as accurate by bowser December 11, 2011 3:15 pm
                                                          • It's really not all that surprising that the GOP candidates for the nomination come across as a pack of embarassing ... by ER 2011-12-11 16:49:49
                                                            • I think there's a basic assumption which is optimistic. That is that the Republicans want to solve problems. ... by bowser 2011-12-11 20:24:07
                                                              • I don't think its fair to say that about all Republicans, or Conservatives. Many, if not most, are sincere, ... by ER 2011-12-11 20:42:08
                                                                • It's important to forget the rhetoric and watch what they do. When that is done there is no ambiguity. by bowser 2011-12-11 21:52:42
                                                                  • Good advice. Apply it widely. by TB 2011-12-11 21:57:34
                                                                    • You are absolutely correct. It should be applied to everyone, all the time, no matter how much it hurts ... by bowser 2011-12-11 22:00:22
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