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Happy Mother's Day. by ER May 13, 2012 7:06 am

For you ER....and all men... by Jody 2012-05-13 08:13:25

Why Mitt the high school bully matters by BuckGalaxy May 10, 2012 8:30 pm

So, by TB 2012-05-11 15:24:25
- How hypocritical is that!? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-11 23:34:02
- The dog on the roof never bothered me. by ER 2012-05-11 17:05:30
  - On second thought... by ER 2012-05-11 17:27:39
    - You mean the one Obama ignored all that time? Proving, of course, it was true. by TB 2012-05-11 17:33:33
      - You guys just wouldn't let that go.... by ER 2012-05-11 17:58:08
        
        And how long before Obama actually effectively responded to that accusation? by TB 2012-05-11 19:43:14
        
        He responded immediately. by ER 2012-05-11 20:45:45
        
        "Crush?" On issues like this? by TB 2012-05-11 21:24:24
        
        Yes, crushed. by ER 2012-05-12 06:05:01
Timing. Brilliant on the part of those who released the story. n/t by RobVG 2012-05-11 08:20:57
- Looks like the Democrats are going to crawl all the way out to the end of the branch. Again. by TB 2012-05-11 12:31:01
  - I can't wait til Romney issues a complete denial and challenges the story as false. by ER 2012-05-11 13:27:36
    - He doesn't have to. It seems to be falling apart by itself. by TB 2012-05-11 13:49:08
      - Don't hold your breath by ER 2012-05-11 14:24:51
        
        The article had conversations with a few of the same people who figure in the current story. by TB 2012-05-11 14:38:39
        
        It won't be necessary. by ER 2012-05-11 14:48:05
        
        Sorry, but the Left has a much more consistent record of lying. by TB 2012-05-11 14:58:43
        
        Something in a swiftboat? by podrock 2012-05-11 17:43:06
        
        I believe that topic statement as a stand-alone is awesome. by bowser 2012-05-11 15:47:45
        
        No inconsistency. by ER 2012-05-11 15:33:54
        
        What "risks?" by TB 2012-05-11 15:41:39
        
        Reputation, lawsuits, loss of business. by ER 2012-05-11 15:47:53
        
        My comment stands. by TB 2012-05-11 16:54:17
        
        I'm still waiting for Mitt to step up and defend himself. by ER 2012-05-11 17:15:03
        
        We'll know more when things settle down and the media stops erasing and rewriting. I don't think one of the original ... by TB 2012-05-11 17:00:09
        
        We'll know more when we hear from MItt. by ER 2012-05-11 17:17:29
        
        But shooting his mouth off in the Washington Post has no such risks? by TB 2012-05-11 15:56:08
        
        You responded before I finished editing. by ER 2012-05-11 16:16:05
Eleven days in May by ER 2012-05-11 05:10:38
Because Democrats desperately don't want the real issues to matter. by TB 2012-05-10 21:20:05
- That one's getting old. I can remember when Conservatives hollared "Character counts!" by bowser 2012-05-11 22:21:22
- It's not at the exclusion of other more important issues... by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 22:16:28
  - No dark sarcasm in the classroom by ER 2012-05-11 05:28:05
    - Just for fun, look up the Punahou School. by TB 2012-05-11 07:12:18
      - So its OK for Republicans to be preppies? by ER 2012-05-11 07:48:34
        
        You didn't even bother to look, did you. by TB 2012-05-11 08:33:32
        
        You insist on bringing this up, don't you? by ER 2012-05-11 08:37:23
- P.S. Watch this one backfire, too. by TB 2012-05-10 21:28:51
  - Romney described as "evil" lol by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-11 11:00:14

Red State Socialism by BuckGalaxy May 10, 2012 12:54 pm

An interesting correlation. by ER 2012-05-10 13:38:10
- Of course data can be manipulated by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 17:33:59
  - I'm not going to start taking apart these stats, and I'm not trained to do it. by ER 2012-05-10 18:35:24
    - I understand your point by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 20:33:26
      - It may very well be causal. by ER 2012-05-11 05:55:23

Brave political move on marriage equality by BuckGalaxy May 9, 2012 8:17 pm

This was strictly a political move. by ER 2012-05-10 06:19:05
- I think the terms "bigot" and "bigotry" are under-used on this issue by Robert 2012-05-10 09:51:08
  - Most Republicans aren't bigots. by ER 2012-05-10 10:01:40
    - That equation balances by Robert 2012-05-10 10:52:04
      - I do believe you've stumbled onto something, Robert. by ER 2012-05-10 11:32:11
        
        To me the freedoms are a matched set by Robert 2012-05-10 12:51:50
        
        People who are afraid and insecure... by ER 2012-05-10 14:01:26
- I disagree. The politics are not clear on this by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 09:41:27
  - Buck... by TB 2012-05-10 09:59:40
    - And now let's look at the bigger picture... by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 10:23:06
  - I hope you're right. by ER 2012-05-10 09:56:55
- Operational Tempo. by ER 2012-05-10 09:37:00
  - I'm not saying the delivery wasn't calculated by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 09:52:45
Ever notice how in the media Republicans "flip flop" while Democrats "evolve?" by TB 2012-05-09 20:40:45
- Could it be because it's Republicans who coined the term and make such a big deal about it? by Robert 2012-05-10 09:40:26
- Most people can see and relate with the evolution of Obama's views on this. by bowser 2012-05-09 22:51:49
- Obama just got all the closet republican vote. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-09 21:11:09
- And on a completely unrelated note... by TB 2012-05-09 20:49:23
  - "Courage"? What's that about? by bowser 2012-05-09 23:41:03
    - It is yet another in the growing repertoire of Conservative dog-whistles. by ER 2012-05-10 06:45:54
      - No, it was a comment on Buck's use of the word "brave." by TB 2012-05-10 07:05:36
        
        By the way... by TB 2012-05-10 08:44:03
        
        Your points are always steam hammers. by ER 2012-05-10 08:58:29
  - There was some political calculation but this wasn't really necessay by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-09 21:19:02

The Trouble in Tampa by ER May 3, 2012 3:04 pm

Were I 50 years younger, I'd want to help. by bowser 2012-05-03 17:41:21
- It seemed like a great idea at the time. by ER 2012-05-03 19:31:53
  - tst by ER 2012-05-06 16:06:09

Happy Mayday, Comrades. by ER May 1, 2012 11:55 am

Does this thing just crash from time to time, or does an "editor" mess with the format? by bowser 2012-05-01 13:09:55
Comment test by ER 2012-05-01 11:57:35
- Seems too much like vork, comrade! by bob 2012-05-01 12:58:32

Wind farms may cause warming by RobVG April 29, 2012 10:02 pm

That's interesting. by bowser 2012-04-30 08:09:48
- test by ER 2012-04-30 16:10:36
  - Help Help by ER 2012-04-30 16:14:03
    - Roger Roger by Robert 2012-05-01 10:57:54
      - I saw the banner for your msg, but couldn't read it. by ER 2012-05-01 11:33:25
- The ones up in Lake Benton, MN are all on farms. by TB 2012-04-30 08:44:42
- Roscoe Texas by RobVG 2012-04-30 08:25:32
  - Yup. Thanks. by bowser 2012-04-30 08:28:13
- "The Deep Environmentalists aren’t about clean energy. They’re about hating human beings." by bowser 2012-04-30 08:13:42
  - Where did money come into this? by TB 2012-04-30 08:47:42
  - Should be under TBs "Good Grief" post. by bowser 2012-04-30 08:15:11
Good grief. by TB 2012-04-30 08:09:28

"Taxmageddon" by RobVG April 27, 2012 9:13 pm

More details here. Notice how this tax avalanche covers less than half the current annual deficit. Wait! Don't forget the $5 ... by TB 2012-04-28 07:35:31
- More details by RobVG 2012-04-28 10:23:47
  - The CBO "baseline" analysis of our future deficits assumes that all of these laws expire on schedule. by TB 2012-04-28 10:52:12

These stories come in like clockwork. by bowser April 27, 2012 5:46 pm

I'm really wondering if the Taliban are really that much of a problem to anyone. As I recall, the ... by ER 2012-04-27 19:53:37
- Before we started demonizing the Taliban, their only sin was not turning OBL over to the US. They were ... by bowser 2012-04-28 02:23:47
  - The Taliban had pleny of sins that needed punishing, but that was none of our business. Harboring the guys who ... by ER 2012-04-28 09:31:56

Is Social Security Really "Exhausted"? by ER April 27, 2012 8:07 am

Social Security Exhaustion: by TB 2012-04-30 15:30:28
- I think you missed the point of my post. by ER 2012-05-02 06:49:21
  - You're evading the issue. Just like the Democrats. by TB 2012-05-02 08:59:50
    - Just for information by TB 2012-05-02 09:14:39
      - No one is denying there's a problem. by ER 2012-05-02 09:21:56
        
        "We've got nothing but we don't like your solutions" is getting old. by TB 2012-05-02 09:32:29
        
        That's not the way a reasonable person would see it. by ER 2012-05-02 09:56:34
- Fixed. Finally. by TB 2012-04-30 15:34:43

Experimentum crucis? by ER April 25, 2012 9:51 am

Please don't tell me you support Romney... pretty please? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:07:02
- No, I don't support him. I used to think he was a moderate Republican and competent administrator, a man ... by ER 2012-04-25 21:00:11
  - Wow. Total nuclear warfare by the Republicans. by TB 2012-04-25 21:53:58
    - In other words, the Republicans first proposed a stimulus package under Bush...it was his idea, remember? Until Obama embraced it. ... by ER 2012-04-26 05:31:28
      - The Republicans had nothing to do with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. by TB 2012-04-26 09:54:27
        
        Q: When did the Great Recession begin? A: December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit ... by ER 2012-04-26 10:16:46
        
        What does that have to do with anything I just said? But whatever. by TB 2012-04-26 10:31:06
        
        What does that have to do with anything I just said? by ER 2012-04-26 11:10:09
        
        My original point: The Republicans didn't actually manage to sabotage anything, by TB 2012-04-26 11:46:45
        
        When those people signed the pledge to not support anything Obama proposed, what do you think they were doing? Did that ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:10:26
        
        This is probably a futile question, but did you ever actually read that thing? by TB 2012-04-26 12:24:44
- You might be out of luck: by TB 2012-04-25 20:50:01
  - How very convenient that you leave out the rest of the article, TB. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 02:35:29
    - Which says what? by TB 2012-04-26 09:39:52
      - You got caught, TB. Be gracious about it and admit it. by ER 2012-04-26 10:22:04
        
        Caught doing what??? Seriously. by TB 2012-04-26 10:32:21
        
        Republicans have a different definition of American Exceptionalism than Democrats do. Democrats believe America is special because of what it ... by ER 2012-04-26 10:55:17
        
        What ER said. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:25:06
        
        "Our president doesn’t have the same feelings about American exceptionalism that we do,” Romney said Saturday. “And I think over ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 10:42:17
        
        So you believe Romney, even if Obama disagrees with him? by TB 2012-04-26 11:06:17
        
        Obama's saying that the United States has the capacity to do great things, and that he has pursued such goals ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:27:40
    - You learn quickly, grasshopper. by ER 2012-04-26 06:11:00
The Austerity Debacle by ER 2012-04-25 12:54:59
- A commentary on Krugman's article here. by TB 2012-04-25 13:33:39
  - To be perfectly fair to Dr Hayek and Dr Friedman, neither of them comments on Dr Krugman's article. And neither ... by ER 2012-04-25 14:04:17
    - What's his bio got to do with it? by TB 2012-04-25 15:31:57
      - What did Friedman and Hayek have to do with it? Were you just name- dropping Nobels to counteract Krugman's, ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:46:31
        
        Of course I was name-dropping, same as you. by TB 2012-04-25 16:35:57
        
        Oh, so only libertarian economists use numbers? by ER 2012-04-25 16:45:22
        
        It's not about using them. It's about being willing to show them, and think about them. by TB 2012-04-25 17:16:42
        
        Tom, astrologers use numbers, and charts and graphs and scienterrific-sounding terms too. And not only do economists disagree, aren't ... by ER 2012-04-25 17:57:20
        
        You know, there's a certain amount of amusement value to this, by TB 2012-04-25 18:05:53
        
        Gee, I tried to meet you half-way. 8) by ER 2012-04-25 18:20:36
You're not seeing an experiment beginning. You're seeing the results of one that has been completed. by TB 2012-04-25 11:22:22
Certainly worth watching, as you suggest. And their economies are a bit different than ours. What is appropriate ... by bowser 2012-04-25 10:53:45

New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. by bowser April 26, 2012 5:19 pm

It will eventually be blown out of proportion, if it hasn't been already. It looks like this is spreading ... by ER 2012-04-26 17:56:03
- If the truth comes out, which I doubt, you will find a lot more than blowing off steam. I've been told ... by bowser 2012-04-26 20:02:13
Here's a link to the original story. Has anyone heard any older stories like this? by TB 2012-04-26 17:47:19

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