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Highly recommended ER May 23, 2025 9:20 pm (Off-Topic)

At least they didn't waste a perfectly good bottle of champagne BuckGalaxy May 22, 2025 10:31 pm (Flame)

Re-writing history ER May 22, 2025 8:24 pm (CurrentEvents)

Taking a fresh look at terraforming Mars BuckGalaxy May 20, 2025 11:07 am (Space/Science)

the v and d correction ER May 19, 2025 9:49 am (GeekSpeak)

Clearly threatening language BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 3:43 pm (Flame)

Most common planet type in the Galaxy BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 1:51 pm (Space/Science)

Large Loathsome Legislation fails in committee BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 1:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

Large Hadron Collider Eureka! BuckGalaxy May 15, 2025 11:44 am (Space/Science)

Plan(et) 9 from Outer Space BuckGalaxy May 13, 2025 10:58 am (Space/Science)

Shouldn't there be an Afrikaaner-American studies department in our universities? ER May 12, 2025 2:59 pm (CurrentEvents)

The April numbers ER May 8, 2025 5:59 am (Space/Science)

Newt and the space program by TB January 22, 2012 2:00 pm

Newt and the space program, and another. Newt is like any other politician. http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1194/MR1194.chap11.pdf Georgia ranks 4th in the amount of ... by bowser 2012-01-23 16:14:57
"Obama hasn’t done half bad in this department..." It comes down to that concept of "what is government suppose to do?" ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-22 19:18:50
- Don't push it. by TB 2012-01-22 22:23:57
  - Anyone who thinks going back to the tax rates of the 90s is "bringing down the rich and redistributing wealth" ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-24 00:08:28
    - Tell me how much money raising taxes to the Clinton level for millionaires will bring in. by TB 2012-01-24 09:57:56
      - Leave Clinton, a D, out. Let's go back to the tax levels of Eisenhower, a R. The US ... by bowser 2012-01-24 10:58:03
        
        1960. Works for me. by TB 2012-01-24 11:53:10
Over the decades, Nasa has spent more than half a trillion dollars on space...with very little to show for it. by Lee 2012-01-22 14:52:01
- I wouldn't go as far as "very little to show for it." by TB 2012-01-22 14:58:01
  - You can't really blame the end of Apollo on NASA. by alcaray 2012-01-22 15:07:45
    - I wasn't blaming it on anyone specifically. by TB 2012-01-22 15:43:10
      - Lee was blaming NASA. You responded in a way that sounded like agreement and development of his theme. ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 16:59:23
        
        I'm blaming government. Nasa is a part of government. by Lee 2012-01-22 18:26:37
Conservatives have always been in favor of an active space program. I can't imagine what their motivation is either. by ER 2012-01-22 14:39:26
- Up until now, it's been the same for Republicans as with Democrats: by TB 2012-01-22 14:45:36

For Buck by Jody January 22, 2012 11:39 am

Your post is essentially a discussion on the merits of a single payer system, which of course has its pros ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-22 17:04:13
- Buck, there may be people with a different approach to these issues. Imagine a dear, sweet person who approaches ... by bowser 2012-01-23 00:51:04
  - Buck, there may be people with a different approach to these issues. Imagine a dear, sweet person who approaches these ... by Jody 2012-01-23 11:27:15
    - And, of course, my mother wears Army boots. Actually, neither one is true. My mother does not wear Army boots, ... by bowser 2012-01-23 14:42:00
      - True enough. I don't understand your insatiable need for a pissin' contest. I am dear and sweet. P.S. My mother did wear ... by Jody 2012-01-23 18:08:33
  - Heh. Yeah, I can imagine that. by TB 2012-01-23 09:17:55
- Who's going to be paying the new taxes? Think hard and be very specific. by TB 2012-01-22 22:00:11
  - Everyone who works and pays taxes now. by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-23 13:06:49
  - Those who can afford to, TB. Compare someone with huge mansions and someone without health insurance and tell me ... by bowser 2012-01-22 23:28:39
    - That's what I figured. by TB 2012-01-23 09:03:05
      - You are absolutely correct. Screw them. Nobody is "earning" an obscene amount of money. A janitor is ... by bowser 2012-01-23 18:37:38
        
        "The United States was a powerful country" by TB 2012-01-23 19:27:38
        
        Your first question was who was to pay for health insurance for the needy. Be specific you said. ... by bowser 2012-01-24 00:52:54
- Actually Buck...I get it. I always got it. Where I come from is I simply don't believe it. I have trust ... by Jody 2012-01-22 17:36:04
  - The most obvious model to compare is the public school one. No one who sends their kids to public ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-22 18:32:30
    - This is your government education system. by TB 2012-01-22 22:07:28
      - Private schools not in your graph? I wonder why? They cost more per student than public schools. But we were originally ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-23 13:02:22
        
        Public schools average about $12,700 per student. by TB 2012-01-23 15:57:01
        
        More... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-23 13:10:17
        
        That second chart should have raised your eyebrows. by TB 2012-01-23 15:29:32
        
        It's pretty cut and dry as far as Medicare being more efficient. 5% spent on administering the program, 95% ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-24 00:17:08
        
        Fantastic!! However, there is no such thing as Obamacare. by bowser 2012-01-24 00:53:41

Can America survive without a middle class? by bowser January 23, 2012 12:23 am

Hey Bowz....we already ARE a banana republic, run by monied interests and backed up by private military. You know that ... by Lindy 2012-01-23 11:57:01
- These folks remind me of someone who has jumped off the 20th floor of a building. Passing the 5th ... by bowser 2012-01-23 17:24:04
  - Got it, like watching the republican debates...I'll bet Tom was playing with himself... by Lindy 2012-01-23 21:32:59

Predictions about the death of American hegemony may have been greatly exaggerated by TB January 23, 2012 9:29 am

That article, at least, was interesting. I believe he says that a combination of reducing private debt, moving manufacturing ... by bowser 2012-01-23 12:28:52

Conservatives on verge of giving up a huge issue. by bowser January 22, 2012 4:26 pm

So, exactly when did Democrats start finding "family values" to be a virtue, and infidelity to be a flaw in a politician? by TB 2012-01-22 16:35:12
- Focus. Track. Concentrate. Find where I trumpeted Democratic claims. I didn't. You can't find it. Now, ... by bowser 2012-01-22 23:22:13
- Oh Snap! by RobVG 2012-01-22 19:33:33
  - Sorry, Rob. by TB 2012-01-23 09:24:59
    - You can't do it, can you. I've said in the past that you would benefit from some, any, formal ... by bowser 2012-01-23 12:03:13

How conservatives appeal to the middle class to work against itself. by bowser January 20, 2012 10:49 am

It’s the economy stupid by RobVG 2012-01-20 13:57:20
- That, Rob, is as impressive an example of what I just described as I could have created. "Thought about it, started ... by bowser 2012-01-20 14:19:29
  - Any time...n/t by RobVG 2012-01-20 14:59:51
There's a lot of truth there. And let's not forget the influence of culture, either. Our upbringing and ... by ER 2012-01-20 11:43:18
I don't speak for anyone other than myself, so this opinion is just about as subjective as Salvador Dali's critique ... by Jody 2012-01-20 11:31:40
- You are typical of conservative middle class folks. A misunderstanding of issues and solutions is clear in your posts. ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-20 13:31:45
  - Buck...get ready to hit the floor again...5 second rule does not apply. I see you as a dreamer. You actually ... by Jody 2012-01-20 15:06:56
    - Jody, this is really really sad. You just can't wrap your brain around the FACT that modestly higher taxes ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-20 15:41:26
      - Thank you Buck for your usual irasciblation. Did you miss your caffeine window again? As Tom so calmly pointed out...I, too will ... by Jody 2012-01-21 09:43:37
        
        EVERYONE, PLEASE ADDRESS ONLY MY POINT: Very simply, if we have a single payer system Jody will not ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-21 16:24:26
      - Facts are immaterial, everyone believes what they want to believe by FrankC 2012-01-20 18:54:56
      - When I'm 65 I won't have a choice. by TB 2012-01-20 17:33:58
        
        Where does your health care come from now? As an unemployed or contract employed man do you pay for ... by bowser 2012-01-20 19:14:01
  - Didn't shock me. by TB 2012-01-20 14:09:54
    - That is exactly how I feel Tom. Buck!!! Now get up off that floor soldier! by Jody 2012-01-20 14:50:58
    - As someone who gets his medical needs taken care of for free, I don't mind paying my share in taxes ... by ER 2012-01-20 14:46:00
      - "As someone who gets his medical needs taken care of for free, I don’t mind paying my share in taxes ... by TB 2012-01-20 16:50:06
        
        I don't qualify for Medicare, my wife does. She goes to the same doctor we went to when I ... by ER 2012-01-20 17:37:33
        
        The entire fundamental premise of social spending is about a large majority helping out a small minority. by TB 2012-01-20 18:10:47
        
        The same premise is true for insurance premiums. Doh! by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-22 16:53:57
        
        Tom, its not my problem. by ER 2012-01-20 19:16:57
        
        And I guessed you missed the part about people who CAN'T afford alternatives, and the little bit about a social ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-20 17:02:41
        
        The "social contract" is already pretty damn healthy. by TB 2012-01-20 17:57:16
        
        To have a chance at real success in this world, you need a college degree. It is a necessity, ... by ER 2012-01-20 17:52:51
      - Bravo! (see comment) by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-20 15:43:44
      - When is government hand outs enough for you? Where do we draw the line? by Jody 2012-01-20 15:08:43
        
        You might have noticed it will never be enough. by TB 2012-01-20 18:03:05
        
        We draw the line where those whose parents couldn't afford to send them to school have to work all their ... by ER 2012-01-20 15:22:14
Oooh, now try this one! by TB 2012-01-20 11:28:00
Republicans have long used wedge issues to distract voters away from their anti-middle class economic policies. by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-20 11:15:55
- Yep. The nation is besieiged with crisis, foreign and domestic, and they worry about gay marriage and prayer in ... by ER 2012-01-20 12:03:31
  - The author points out that conservatives are erasing the entire 20th century. Which, by the way, is when America ... by bowser 2012-01-20 14:12:05
  - Yep. That was what 2010 was all about. Gay marriage and prayer in the schools. by TB 2012-01-20 13:13:54
    - TB, you have this impressive way of saying "That's wrong" and believing it. Now tell me that gay marriage, ... by bowser 2012-01-20 14:15:43
      - Apparently I wasn't specific enough. by TB 2012-01-20 16:42:28
  - I know Conservatives appear to be stuffed olives, but they do not speak for everyone. Conservatives think they preserve. Democrats think they ... by Jody 2012-01-20 12:09:25

World's best collection of nuclear paraphernalia by TB January 21, 2012 3:41 pm

Oh wow! Look at the mushroom cloud! Far out, man! by Robert 2012-01-22 16:08:15
I used to work for ORAU. They're the guys that sent me to Puerto Rico. by ER 2012-01-21 15:53:18

Wow! Go Newt!!! by alcaray January 21, 2012 5:51 pm

‘I articulate the deepest-felt values of the American people’. Screw your neighbor? One thing is certain. The ... by bowser 2012-01-22 01:15:16
Bobbing for nominees, Newt surfaces at the top of the apple barrel. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-21 21:22:06
I saw that headline and laughed maniacally, to think what's ahead of us. by Robert 2012-01-21 18:12:03
- I so hope he wins (the nomination). But even if he doesn't it is going to be awesome. -edit- clarified ... by alcaray 2012-01-21 18:26:12
  - That wasn't the good kind of maniacal. by Robert 2012-01-21 21:41:38
    - Yeah, without Newt the election would have been all sweetness and light with the Obama Chicago gang. Like 2008. by TB 2012-01-21 22:20:53
      - non-sequiters are a good sign. by Robert 2012-01-22 12:29:09
        
        That was about information. by TB 2012-01-22 13:13:35
        
        Basket cases? Holy smoke, was my glee not apparent some how? This is like the old days when ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:16:51
      - Democrats are such bullies! by alcaray 2012-01-21 22:48:24
  - why? by Jody 2012-01-21 18:57:13
    - Because the middle will have a very difficult time voting for him, and Obama will win. Because TB, who ... by alcaray 2012-01-21 20:14:35
      - Thought so...do you feel that a deeply Conservative President could do real damage and how...Mr. Pithy :)...figured I better ask ... by Jody 2012-01-21 20:36:51
        
        I think that right now, with the emergency that we face, it would be dangerous and irresponsible to destroy more ... by alcaray 2012-01-21 21:30:16
        
        They think the whole country feels the same way they do about conservatism, and that the whole country thinks, like ... by TB 2012-01-21 20:57:20
        
        Obama's first term was about as much of a success as could be hoped for. Taking into consideration the ... by alcaray 2012-01-21 21:32:02
        
        Oh and, I certainly do not think the whole country agrees with me. That's just your paranoia talking. by alcaray 2012-01-21 21:33:38

Giffords to resign from Congress by TB January 22, 2012 1:25 pm

*This* is awesome!!! by Jody January 22, 2012 12:00 pm

Why a conservative can win. by bowser January 17, 2012 12:45 am

I love how you and ER will go on the attack and then turn around adding a qualifier here ... by RobVG 2012-01-21 16:28:40
- I can't help it, Rob. Politeness is in my genes, goes to the very heart of my being. ... by bowser 2012-01-21 17:00:05
  - Seriously, that was good for a laugh, Thanks. Have a good day at work. by RobVG 2012-01-21 17:12:51
    - Thank you. I enjoyed it. GTG, have a wild and riotous Saturday evening. by bowser 2012-01-21 17:24:56
      - My Saturday evening has turned into a real blast...Ma plugged the toilet...overflowed...shit water everywhere. Right after dinner. Damn my life rocks. by Jody 2012-01-21 19:03:16
- If we ever have "a national sales tax" it will be because those on the left who fight it will ... by alcaray 2012-01-21 16:58:04
  - I'm in favor of a 10% national sales tax on stocks, bonds and derivatives, including hedge funds. No food, ... by bowser 2012-01-22 03:12:07
  - You're right by RobVG 2012-01-21 17:31:43
    - We've been over this. by TB 2012-01-21 18:24:04
      - What percent of the wealth of America is owned by the top 1%? by alcaray 2012-01-21 20:08:12
        
        The 2007 pre-recession numbers are in this article, divided into income, investments, and general financial assets. by TB 2012-01-21 21:32:53
        
        Nice of you to link to a source that makes my point: "But an analysis of the Fed data is ... by alcaray 2012-01-21 21:41:58
      - Is a sales tax regressive by RobVG 2012-01-21 18:54:56
        
        I know what regressive means. by TB 2012-01-21 19:46:33
        
        In other words, there's only so much room in the economy for the wealthy. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-21 19:26:48
  - Bingo. It will be accompanied by a reduction on taxes on the ultra-wealthy, who will buy enough Congressmen to ... by bowser 2012-01-21 17:01:32
Narcissism and paranoia. by ER 2012-01-17 05:54:39
- Actually, I think we're already in a state of decline; thanks to the corporate ladders of greediness, protected by the ... by Lindy 2012-01-18 16:13:43
  - Roger that! Welcome back, Lindy. by ER 2012-01-18 20:12:24
    - I made it here two days in a row; doesn't mean I'll remember to come back a third....nice to see ... by Lindy 2012-01-19 11:16:23

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