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WalMart Workers Walk Out by RobVG September 5, 2013 7:38 pm

How do you think the dwindling middle class was formed in the US? by bowser 2013-09-05 19:45:24
- I know how they came about. by RobVG 2013-09-05 20:15:41
  - Unions and small merchants. by bowser 2013-09-05 23:45:12
    - Be patient, Bowz. by ER 2013-09-06 10:10:44
      - These people think this country became great - - - by bowser 2013-09-06 15:34:53

So Scary it Reads Like Fiction. by RobVG September 5, 2013 8:31 pm

If you're not doing anything wrong, what's the problem? by ER 2013-09-06 06:05:56
Wow. I suspect it is true, no one would make it up. by bowser 2013-09-05 23:47:23
- Bowser...I haven't felt safe for a very very long time. by Jody 2013-09-06 07:25:14

Vedy good by Jody September 5, 2013 7:37 am

It's not John Cleese by RobVG 2013-09-05 16:51:21
Welcome back to 430 BC. by johannes 2013-09-05 11:57:43
- :) by Jody 2013-09-05 13:20:04

Fast Food workers going to strike tomorrow. by Jody August 28, 2013 7:30 pm

Inflation will even things out in the end. by RobVG 2013-08-29 07:45:15
- Not if there is already an imbalance by BuckGalaxy 2013-09-03 14:42:03
- Why do you bother? by TB 2013-08-30 15:27:29
  - I remember by Jody 2013-08-31 07:38:51
  - Because our Mama's said common sense always prevails. by Jody 2013-08-30 15:55:42
    - No, it doesn't. by TB 2013-08-31 08:33:45
      - Loopholes by SteveS 2013-08-31 12:18:48
      - Passing your link along.... by Jody 2013-08-31 08:43:51
      - O...M...G. TOM! by Jody 2013-08-31 08:40:51
- Then why worry about it? by Robert 2013-08-30 10:18:56
  - Funny math by SteveS 2013-08-31 08:59:16
  - Pull your head out for a second and take a breath. by RobVG 2013-08-30 20:29:51
    - Unknot your knickers and unclench by Robert 2013-08-31 21:56:20
      - It's a bigger pond. by RobVG 2013-09-01 11:03:25
        
        and not a zero-sum game by Robert 2013-09-02 13:50:46
        
        You got it all wrong. by RobVG 2013-09-03 17:13:39
        
        No problem by Robert 2013-09-04 11:25:05
        
        Unfortunately, by ER 2013-09-04 17:56:20
- Well, let's look around. by bowser 2013-08-29 19:06:52
  - Oh what the hell, let's make sure everyone get's $50,000 a year. No more, no less. n/t by RobVG 2013-08-29 19:49:33
    - I get G-dd----d sick and tired of that nonsense! (But it's a good idea.) by bowser 2013-08-29 20:52:49
  - To put it politely, you need to study US economics more, and Marx less. n/t by RobVG 2013-08-29 19:48:02
    - To put it politely, you need to respect the working poor more and worship the dollar less. by bowser 2013-08-29 20:53:45
      - Give it up, Bow. They fawn over the wealthy, hate working folks and won't change. by bowser 2013-08-29 20:57:41
        
        I am the working poor you idjit. And I know what's not going to work. n/t by RobVG 2013-08-29 21:36:38
- Yea. People who try to increase their income are stupid. by alcaray 2013-08-29 16:24:47
  - I think they are stupid. by ER 2013-08-29 20:29:53
  - Great, I'll go ask my boss to double my pay tomorrow. by RobVG 2013-08-29 18:21:12
  - Geez al, where did he say they are stupid. It is just those who don't understand Econ I... by FrankC 2013-08-29 17:27:47
    - He seemed to say that it is futile to raise your income because inflation will eat it up anyway. by alcaray 2013-08-29 20:24:41
      - Was that pun intended by SteveS 2013-08-31 12:20:20

Kodak emerges from bankruptcy- I told you so. by RobVG September 3, 2013 7:47 pm

I'll bet they aren't making many buggy whips anymore. by bowser 2013-09-03 22:36:25

Is this for real? by Jody September 2, 2013 8:01 am

It does smell, AND did we learn anything from our Iraq experience? by bowser 2013-09-02 13:03:40
It smells. by ER 2013-09-02 10:31:48

An energy solution by the youngins... by Jody September 2, 2013 6:21 am

It looks like Barry took my advice. by ER August 31, 2013 12:03 pm

Whenever he calls me he always asks what ER thinks. by bowser 2013-08-31 20:36:57
Well, compromise is the essence of good government. by FrankC 2013-08-31 16:02:05
"Taking responsibility" that's rich. by RobVG 2013-08-31 13:03:54
- If you guys could actually make up your mind... by ER 2013-08-31 13:34:44
McCain's already bitching. by bowser 2013-08-31 12:48:27
- So what else is new? by ER 2013-08-31 14:09:50
I hope it turns out good by SteveS 2013-08-31 12:47:06
- Well, at least you're not HOPING he fails. by ER 2013-08-31 14:06:22
  - The Congress thing may be to get the Swedish and Putin meetings behind him... by FrankC 2013-08-31 15:51:41
    - Not a bad analysis by ER 2013-08-31 16:31:54

We've been so busy solving the world's problems here on the Zone... by ER August 26, 2013 1:30 pm

What do you think Bowser. Do we really need to go on another killing spree. by RobVG 2013-08-27 07:10:09
- Why US? by bowser 2013-08-27 07:49:59
  - You make a decent case for isolationism... by FrankC 2013-08-27 09:28:14
    - Another thought. If we go into Syria piecemeal, the conservatives will chew him up. by bowser 2013-08-27 19:22:53
      - I recall, during the Kosovo bombing, by podrock 2013-08-27 20:12:08
      - The cons will "chew him up" no matter what he does. by ER 2013-08-27 19:30:54
        
        Surely you jest, Mr. Recluse. by bowser 2013-08-27 19:39:53
        
        you can't make this stuff up, Bowz by ER 2013-08-27 20:25:16
    - Isolationism, like pacifism, has its moral and practical justifications. by ER 2013-08-27 12:47:29
      - Why us... by FrankC 2013-08-27 14:58:30
        
        Funny, I actually bought into the WMD thing. by ER 2013-08-27 15:20:51
        
        Of course France wants us to pay the freight... by FrankC 2013-08-27 18:22:28
        
        "JHC, remove Israel from the equation..." by ER 2013-08-29 05:52:10
        
        That's why Syria is called "a front line state". by ER 2013-08-27 18:51:28
    - "we should at least wait until most of the world begs us to act." Wow! Just, wow! by alcaray 2013-08-27 12:17:48
      - I wish we could pull up the posts from that time. What a whirlwind.... n/t by RobVG 2013-08-27 18:40:04
        
        I am still angry for being accused of aiding and abetting the enemy for saying something like what you and Frank just said. by alcaray 2013-08-28 11:12:58
Syria is a nightmare. by BuckGalaxy 2013-08-26 18:55:03
- Realpolitik by ER 2013-08-26 20:06:26
...and it keeps providing us with new ones... by podrock 2013-08-26 17:18:20

Politicians scheduled to speak at the MLK 50th anniversary celebration. by ER August 28, 2013 11:25 am

I'm sure if LBJ were still around he'd be invited and deliver a stirring speech. by bowser 2013-08-28 15:29:27
- LBJ and JFK couldn't make it. by ER 2013-08-28 20:07:56
- Nothing good ever came out of Texas. by Jody 2013-08-28 17:53:03
  - You learn quickly, grasshopper. by ER 2013-08-28 20:18:39
    - ;) by Jody 2013-08-28 21:03:35
I'm sure somebody would be willing to go and make the case that voter purges are good for us. by alcaray 2013-08-28 13:02:02

Second thoughts about the rodeo by ER August 21, 2013 4:52 am

Follow the money. by bowser 2013-08-21 18:27:14
- Was that tongue in cheek? n/t by RobVG 2013-08-22 19:31:02
  - It's intended to parody the oil company arguments against anthropormorphic global warming. by bowser 2013-08-22 22:16:37
- First they came for the rodeos... by ER 2013-08-21 18:34:12
  - You can bet they will not be coming for him. He's on his own. by bowser 2013-08-21 21:44:16
...and that ER by Jody 2013-08-21 10:27:49
- Ain't it funny how the best C&W is starting to sound like by ER 2013-08-21 12:41:02
- P.S. by Jody 2013-08-21 12:32:59
  - There are activist groups and they have websites on the internet. Check 'em out. by ER 2013-08-21 12:50:24
    - PETA by FrankC 2013-08-22 00:22:26

James Carville... by Jody August 20, 2013 5:07 pm

That piece is from last year by alcaray 2013-08-20 21:01:02
- It was harsh by Jody 2013-08-21 10:36:56
  - It was harsh and untrue almost a year ago, is my point. by alcaray 2013-08-21 15:27:39
    - Heh...like that would be the first time by Jody 2013-08-21 16:24:00
I'm calling bullshit on that one. by TB 2013-08-20 17:27:29
- Ya know...I was wondering that...thank you so much by Jody 2013-08-20 17:34:41
  - Snopes.com by RobVG 2013-08-20 19:10:55
    - Thanks Rob!!!!!!! by Jody 2013-08-20 19:12:44

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