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Have Republicans lost control of the House already? BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Detroit triage by TB July 27, 2011 1:12 pm

Typical by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-27 23:41:50

Those darn financial regulations by TB July 26, 2011 10:04 pm

Coming to Terms with Right-Wing Movements by mcfly July 26, 2011 11:14 am

I was born in the Spanish-speaking neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, (Ybor City) but we moved to a rural, very rednecky ... by ER 2011-07-26 13:11:40
- Seems your parents preferred living with the "Rednecks" in the country to their own kind in Ybor city. I ... by Lee 2011-07-26 18:43:09
  - Seems like we agree on one thing. The ones who do the "inviting" are the cause of most of ... by Lee 2011-07-26 19:18:01
    - My family has been here for over a century. They and their countrymen were invited here to work because Americans ... by ER 2011-07-26 19:38:18
      - No one here thinks that, ER. In fact, everyone here has a great deal of respect for you....and that ... by Lee 2011-07-27 13:21:43
  - The apologists and excuse makers for the Confederacy are always whining that the Civil War had nothing to do with ... by ER 2011-07-26 18:52:53
    - The funny thing is, every damn one of us, if not Native American, is an import. I'll never understand ... by Eri 2011-08-05 06:22:32
- PS. It's a good thing its got lots of footnotes, or Tom might not take it seriously. by ER 2011-07-26 13:51:14
Wow, an entire paper demonizing a political ideology for demonizing political ideologies. by TB 2011-07-26 11:48:22
- Maybe someday you'll get around to reading it? by mcfly 2011-07-26 11:58:58
  - Did you? The last part is complete horseshit. I also checked out the main website, which was essentially ... by TB 2011-07-26 12:02:10
    - Yep. Bookmarked and URL forwarded to my home email for future reference. Thought it was spot-on. by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:06:33
      - Go git 'em, McFly! by Eri 2011-07-26 16:01:28
        
        Consider 'em got! :-) by mcfly 2011-07-26 19:25:53

College education bubble by TB July 25, 2011 9:24 pm

No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class. I went to college in ... by ER 2011-07-26 06:17:28
- Sorry, but "for profit" colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in ... by TB 2011-07-26 07:42:52
  - Yeah, who are "they"? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure. ... by ER 2011-07-26 08:54:24

A little further down the road we're on... by TB July 25, 2011 8:22 pm

One symptom of tyranny... by TB July 25, 2011 11:34 am

See if you need glasses... by TB July 24, 2011 9:28 pm

Until August 1914 by TB July 24, 2011 8:59 pm

Oh sure, post-Edwardian Britain was such a Libertarian paradise! That is, unless you were an industrial worker in the massive ... by ER 2011-07-25 04:43:57
- You make some very good points, particularly on colonialism and the British class system. I don't concede that either colonialism or ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:37:04
  - It's all relative, Tom, which is my point. In spite of my harangue, the English peasant always had it ... by ER 2011-07-25 10:22:37
    - Absence of all-pervasive state control does not automatically lead to freedom, but it is a prerequisite. I use "the state" as ... by TB 2011-07-25 10:55:08
      - You and I must have completely different views of the social universe. I have never felt threatened by the ... by ER 2011-07-25 11:33:50
        
        That's actually surreal. Is this what happens to your head when you work for even a local government? ... by TB 2011-07-25 13:21:34
        
        I spent most of my life working for private industry: Mom and pop shops, giant corporations, but also the ... by ER 2011-07-25 14:01:36
        
        A Soviet science guy might not have been the best example. They were on the upper tiers in those ... by TB 2011-07-25 16:09:26
        
        Not to worry, TB. China and Russia will carry the torch for free enterprise (ta-dah!). Just think, they're ... by ER 2011-07-25 16:28:28
        
        The sad part is that you think China and Russia are "free enterprise" just because they contain rich businessmen. by TB 2011-07-25 18:48:30
        
        Tom, they are rich businessmen, they get to decide what capitalism is, not two unemployed old geezers in North America ... by ER 2011-07-25 19:34:40
        
        A great series of posts, ER! Thanks. by mcfly 2011-07-26 04:51:04
        
        Thanks, super fly! It's reassuring to know someone is reading these posts who might actually benefit from them. by ER 2011-07-26 05:18:13
        
        The Soviet Union had rich people running businesses. A lot of them managed to hang on to those government-sanctioned ... by TB 2011-07-25 20:51:22
        
        Oh, quelle surprise! Rich, powerful industrial managers and financiers take advantage of a vacuum in political power and seize ... by ER 2011-07-26 05:16:08

Michael Moore in Norway by TB July 24, 2011 2:56 pm

American castles for sale by TB July 24, 2011 9:51 am

Yeah...I simply can not make up my mind which one to buy. I would buy two but they are all in ... by Jody 2011-08-01 05:20:32
I am a fairly content guy and I don't covet or begrudge anybody's stuff but I must admit that those ... by FrankC 2011-07-25 00:59:58
- agreed Frank...but I still would have to be near a Super Wal Mart. by Jody 2011-08-01 05:21:49
- I don't know about money buying happiness, but I've been across a wide range of incomes over my life and ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:42:25
  - "Why do millionaires put mansions on a beach, prey to any serious storm or tsunami?" Because they get cut-rate flood insurance ... by ER 2011-07-25 19:58:57
    - They build where they wish because they can. About 60 years ago, my ex son in law's parents were building ... by FrankC 2011-07-29 14:31:35
    - Yeah, that's exactly the kind of government subsidy that screws things up. After decades of construction based on it ... by TB 2011-07-25 20:53:28
      - You're right. But only poor capitalists denounce government subsidies to the rich. Prosperous capitalists, real ones, lobby for them ferociously ... by ER 2011-07-26 09:10:28
        
        What's funniest about your worldview is if it was actually consistent with reality, over 90 percent of everyone in the ... by TB 2011-07-26 09:23:18
        
        You don't need to be rich to want a break on your flood insurance. Even the welfare queens who ... by ER 2011-07-26 10:38:38
        
        A large part of the economic history of this country is governments saying, "you know, if we subsidize X, we'll ... by TB 2011-07-26 11:01:05
        
        Right, TB. Private companies con or bribe the government into spending tax money to lavish on projects for private ... by ER 2011-07-26 14:01:54
        
        "Right, TB. Private companies con or bribe the government into spending tax money to lavish on projects for private profit ... by TB 2011-07-26 14:27:45
        
        You are self righteously defending yourself from a charge I never made. In fact, I even remarked that we were ... by ER 2011-07-26 15:51:41
        
        “Right, TB. Private companies con or bribe the government into spending tax money to lavish on projects for private profit ... by TB 2011-07-26 16:17:03
        
        Read the statement again. Carefully. I actually agree that you have pointed out the existence of crony capitalism, twice ... by ER 2011-07-26 16:33:30
        
        ER, you have the soul of an artist. I actually mean that as a compliment. When do your articles come ... by TB 2011-07-26 16:50:19
        
        Soul of an artist, eh? Well I can scratch, belch and fart like a real man if have to. ... by ER 2011-07-26 18:26:47
        
        yep. Your way or the highway. by ER 2011-07-26 14:33:21
        
        As a response, that didn't even make sense. by TB 2011-07-26 14:40:30
By the way, I checked out the link on tech millionaire houses. Get a load of Zuckerberg's "mansion." by TB 2011-07-24 11:21:58
Who wouldn't? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-24 11:03:53

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