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Dredging the sediment of government by TB March 7, 2012 9:19 pm

Governments are good for two things and two things only. To expect anything else is folly. And this ... by bowser 2012-03-07 23:45:36
- I have pointed out to you where the government spends most of its money. by TB 2012-03-08 07:24:41

Lottery winner on food stamps by TB March 7, 2012 9:10 pm

Pink slime. It's good for you! by TB March 7, 2012 1:09 pm

13 charts on the direction of the country by BuckGalaxy March 4, 2012 11:09 pm

Who cares what happened before 2007 in the first two graphs? Did you miss the entire point here? ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-06 00:13:33
- Any political leader could display numbers after a massive crash that are better than the numbers during the crash. by TB 2012-03-06 10:23:53
  - Again, more garbage. "Any political leader could display numbers after a massive crash that are better than the numbers during the ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-06 18:32:27
    - Of course you don't give a shit. by TB 2012-03-06 20:42:11
      - Glen Melancon was not the source of all that data. Look at the bottom of each graph for the ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-07 01:32:45
        
        Did you care what was at the bottom of the Heritage graph? by TB 2012-03-07 09:45:25
- Supposed to be response to TB, sorry by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-06 00:16:36
Buck, Buck, Buck. Y'see where those graphs drop sharply and start to climb? You have to ignore that, ... by bowser 2012-03-05 12:29:17
- Just so you know, drawing straight lines across the bottom of graphs isn't cricket either. by TB 2012-03-05 12:53:48
Geithner is trying to save his ass, currently burning like a magnesium flare. by TB 2012-03-05 11:05:50

Hmmm. by TB March 6, 2012 9:04 pm

Republican candidates close to promising Israel war with Iran by bowser March 6, 2012 7:54 am

You could have written that yourself. by RobVG 2012-03-06 18:35:20
From the article: "The administration has banked on the idea that Iran would not rationally attack Israel, knowing full well that ... by TB 2012-03-06 11:06:40
- No nation with nukes has been attacked. Are you disagreeing with that? That's why GWB's "Axis of Evil" speech has ... by bowser 2012-03-06 11:43:57
  - Interesting. I crossposted that to Huffington. I wonder if they'll get it. by TB 2012-03-06 12:06:45
    - The United States would do well to try to understand the people with whom they have disagreements rather than demonize ... by bowser 2012-03-06 13:34:13
      - "Even so, they have not traveled halfway around the world attacking Christian nations." by TB 2012-03-06 13:39:29
        
        Neither Iran, nor Iraq, nor North Korea, nor Afghanistan attacked the US. Saudi Arabia attacked the US. You can deny ... by bowser 2012-03-06 17:29:06
        
        We were attacked by a radical Islamist terrorist group based in Afghanistan and directly supported by Afghanistan's Taliban government. by TB 2012-03-06 18:03:53
        
        If American Special Forces based in Kuwait attacked an Iraqi target they were not repeat not Kuwaiti. It's very ... by bowser 2012-03-06 18:56:49

OK, wake up, all of you in the Bay Area! by Jeff-Wash March 5, 2012 11:03 am

My guess is that they know all that and are taking their chances. It has to be awfully hard ... by bowser 2012-03-05 13:36:56

Storm warning by TB March 2, 2012 3:08 pm

Hero by RobVG February 28, 2012 10:27 pm

:) by Jody 2012-02-29 10:42:55

Fears grow of Israel-Iran missile shootout by bowser February 28, 2012 10:57 pm

The death of "Peak Oil?" by TB February 25, 2012 9:20 pm

It doesn't talk about demand. n/t by alcaray 2012-02-27 13:45:24
A good one-dimensional treatment of a multi-dimensional problem. Fracking and other new technologies will undoubtedly result in more petroleum ... by bowser 2012-02-25 23:01:03
- One more consideration. After the last financial crisis there is no financial institution which has any credibility. I'm ... by bowser 2012-02-25 23:57:45

Remember how lively things were at HZ 4 years ago? by alcaray February 24, 2012 2:23 pm

That was 5 years after "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq and 4 years after the Taliban had been "eliminated" from Afghanistan, ... by bowser 2012-02-24 16:48:12
We're just waiting it out. by TB 2012-02-24 15:23:36
- I'm lucky the history was purged? Either you use imprecise language and I forgive you in advance, or you ... by alcaray 2012-02-24 16:02:54
  - Access to older posts would show an amazing disconnect between what liberals were saying about a number of critical issues ... by TB 2012-02-24 16:45:15
    - For instance? (Other than Lafon and Buck completely losing their minds over the Obama/Hillary thing.) by alcaray 2012-02-27 13:39:43
    - That project just climbed several spots up the list. With a bullet. (n/t) by Robert 2012-02-25 11:40:07
      - I suggest working backwards one crash at a time, waiting for it to stabilize and integrate before the next step backwards. by TB 2012-02-25 12:47:30
    - The most egregious disconnects in the last 10 years have come about because of a basic fault in the American ... by bowser 2012-02-24 16:53:49

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