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

  • 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

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