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Why Romney will lose to Obama by BuckGalaxy January 14, 2012 7:56 pm

Interesting. by TB 2012-01-14 22:25:36
- Romney could get decent numbers of the middle to vote for him. Huntsman probably could too, but he was ... by alcaray 2012-01-16 20:05:40
  - Good to "see" you, and know you're at least middlin' OK. Welcome back. (I'm the welcome waggin'.) Arf by bowser 2012-01-16 21:25:07
- "Why Gingrich Tanked" by RobVG 2012-01-15 11:10:27
  - Good article. by TB 2012-01-15 15:31:36
- A lot of us aren’t that stupid....What bugs me is that the Republican Establishment went right along with it. I just ... by ER 2012-01-15 05:36:38
  - And yet, the facts remain, don't they? "Republicans can't win unless they run a 'moderate.'" You can't tell me you ... by TB 2012-01-15 10:23:21
    - Resounding Conservative victories? by ER 2012-01-15 10:55:56
      - When I write, I use precision. "Resounding" does not mean "recounts in Florida for a month." by TB 2012-01-15 14:46:01
        
        Reagan got the middle to vote for him. That's how he got elected. by alcaray 2012-01-16 20:10:31
        
        Before you go any further, you might want to review Reagan's 1980 campaign and what he said. by TB 2012-01-16 20:23:18
        
        So you say it was only the right wingers who elected him? He said a lot of other things ... by alcaray 2012-01-16 21:18:16
      - "Even Reagan Wasn’t a Reagan Republican" by RobVG 2012-01-15 11:34:11
        
        There's been a lot of that "reinventing Reagan" stuff going around from liberal sources. by TB 2012-01-15 15:03:08
        
        Starting with Nixon, I can't think of a Republican President who wasn't hellbent upon subverting the Constitution. Including Reagan, ... by bowser 2012-01-15 17:05:22
        
        One of the really ugly features of modern conservatism is its refusal to meet anyone halfway, and its extremist positions. ... by ER 2012-01-15 12:00:52
- I don't know about anyone else, but I was talking about how afraid Obama is of Romney in hopes of ... by bowser 2012-01-15 00:33:17
- You wonder what the republican establishment were afraid of??? Let me enlighten you. Yes, Romney IS the best ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-15 00:14:12
For a while, I thought even if Romney won, the nation could survive, perhaps even prosper, like it did under ... by ER 2012-01-14 20:35:25
I don't have huge confidence in Romney's ability to win because I doubt his intensity and willingness to be a ... by FrankC 2012-01-14 20:13:41

A radar-assisted collision by ER January 16, 2012 7:42 am

Not only did the ship hit rocks, it tried to eat one: by podrock 2012-01-16 11:47:56
- I'm guessing it rolled the other way because the ripped side was in shallow water and the other side wasn't. Basically, ... by TB 2012-01-16 12:07:44
  - According to some sources (BBC), the rock the ship is sitting on is not the rock it hit, saying the ... by podrock 2012-01-16 13:22:21
    - Either the captain was deliberately buzzing the island for kicks (bad idea), or he deliberately tried to run a quickly ... by ER 2012-01-16 13:52:12
      - The map is from the BBC, using data from Lloyds List. A more annotated map and more information can ... by podrock 2012-01-16 14:15:09
        
        More: A blog with a good discussion can be found at http://blog.geogarage.com/. by podrock 2012-01-16 14:21:42
        
        Double wow. Great site, thanks. by bowser 2012-01-16 20:24:15
        
        Wow. by TB 2012-01-16 16:19:15
        
        Now I wonder why the ship is pointed 180 degrees from the direction it was sailing. by podrock 2012-01-16 19:38:40
        
        I thought it turned around to try to get to the port. by TB 2012-01-16 19:46:01
    - Didn't know that (and thanks for the map!) Still, the "shallow water/deep water" theory still holds for the direction ... by TB 2012-01-16 13:30:56
I think your analysis is probably pretty accurate. by TB 2012-01-16 09:40:40
- It is a known fact merchant captains often put the ship on autopilot while in mid-ocean and there may be ... by ER 2012-01-16 11:43:04

Pravda update by TB January 15, 2012 8:12 pm

This post reveals a lot more about you, Tom, than it does about Newsweek, or Obama. by ER 2012-01-16 06:14:06
- No, it actually doesn't. by TB 2012-01-16 09:37:06
  - With Bush on the cover, it would just inspire me to read the piece to see what they were going ... by alcaray 2012-01-16 20:02:00
    - Yes, I read it. It's right here. The "long game" is the mantra of leftists everywhere. Decades of "jam tomorrow." by TB 2012-01-16 20:06:32
    - Welcome back. by ER 2012-01-16 20:04:24
      - Seconded. by podrock 2012-01-16 20:18:02
  - Revenge is a dish best served cold. I'd wait till after the election before I started gloating. by ER 2012-01-16 11:45:06
I'm a bit embarrassed for you, TB, and I take some embarrassin'! by bowser 2012-01-15 22:21:55
Good grief, he's even starting to look like Jimmy Carter. by TB 2012-01-15 20:13:30
- Maybe, but who in the candidates' clown car even remotely resembles Ronald Reagan? by ER 2012-01-16 08:03:32
  - But...but...Reagan was a moderate! I'm so confused... by TB 2012-01-16 09:42:30
    - Yes, but he was successful. Other conservatives cannot make that claim. by ER 2012-01-16 11:43:57

Cruise ship runs aground, tips over by TB January 14, 2012 12:32 pm

I cannot imagine how something like this can happen: for a ship to capsize in water that shallow. Perhaps ... by ER 2012-01-14 13:31:35
- I don't know how much inherent stability a cruise ship has. by TB 2012-01-14 17:15:56
  - I can't speak with total authority on this; I am just speculating. Perhaps these ships are seaworthy, perhaps they ... by ER 2012-01-14 17:59:49

"Town, cast as Romney's victim, says, 'Huh?'" by TB January 14, 2012 5:01 pm

Ideological groups in the U.S. by TB January 12, 2012 7:38 pm

You forgot that to conservatives there is no such thing as a "moderate." Anyone one nanometer to the left ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-13 13:15:08
- That, like many other things I'm seeing here, is not true. by TB 2012-01-13 13:44:15
  - Just noticed this. "A leftist has to do a lot of lying about what he is to get elected ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:06:22
    - Read the sentence again. by TB 2012-01-14 10:44:15
  - Remember, those are self-reports, and the "conservatives" haven't passed the purity tests. And the moderates couldn't. So these charts are meaningless when ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:02:40
    - Doesn't matter. by TB 2012-01-14 10:47:25
And yet the President and House of Representatives are Democrat. Go figure. by bowser 2012-01-12 21:06:19
- The President is a Democrat because the last Presidential election was in 2008. by TB 2012-01-12 21:40:09
  - Nevertheless, - - - by bowser 2012-01-12 23:15:30

Nine European nations get their credit ratings cut by TB January 13, 2012 3:47 pm

Without saying the ratings aren't warranted, isn't that the same S & P that was giving high ratings to low-grade ... by bowser 2012-01-13 18:45:30

Setting up for war. by ER January 12, 2012 7:50 am

Iran getting nuclear weapons would be the best thing for stability in the Middle East since the Neanderthals left for ... by bowser 2012-01-12 10:32:32
- Maybe you're right, Bowz. I've thought it over and I think I'm shifting my position. I think the Israelis ... by ER 2012-01-12 16:01:02
  - Quite right. Israel is the tail wagging the US dog. Some interesting facts about Israel. Israel has never defaulted ... by bowser 2012-01-12 23:40:06

Golden showers by ER January 12, 2012 9:48 am

Well,you get a sense that it is a bad thing to get caught doing, but I have a hard time ... by FrankC 2012-01-12 14:45:18
- I'm not as much morally outraged by this as I am astounded at their stupidity. I don't care what ... by ER 2012-01-12 15:19:13
  - I didn't realize they made the film themselves. That is high stupidity and enhances the offense by a magnitude, To do ... by FrankC 2012-01-12 16:07:24
I come down on this very firmly, with one foot planted deeply on each side of the fence. After ... by bowser 2012-01-12 10:54:04

This is probably the first time I have ever agreed with Sarah Palin by BuckGalaxy January 12, 2012 11:15 am

Coming up on the screen - "More see class conflict between rich and poor" by bowser January 11, 2012 1:06 pm

News flash: by TB 2012-01-11 18:04:41
- As with torture, the problem is that the media reported it. If only the people didn't know there wouldn't ... by bowser 2012-01-11 23:58:04
  - I thought my post was pretty clear. Did it go over anyone else's head? by TB 2012-01-12 10:51:53
    - Do you think your post went over ANYONE'S head? Do you believe my reply was non-responsive? Do you ... by bowser 2012-01-12 10:57:49
  - Haven't you heard, Bowz? The Conservative Intelligentsia has declared that economic and social classes do not exist. Now, take ... by ER 2012-01-12 08:37:53
    - Unless of course, the leader in the polls is a member of the rich, upper social classes in which case ... by Tony 2012-01-12 09:18:54

California government continues demolition of business by TB January 11, 2012 10:37 pm

Is it California, or is it those who choose to loot and run? Those patriots who have used the ... by bowser 2012-01-12 00:37:41
- And no, TB, I did not read the article. How did I rebut so accurately, so incisively? Amazing, ... by bowser 2012-01-12 00:40:24
  - There's no need to read all correspondence, or the sources it refers to. A glance at the subject line ... by ER 2012-01-12 08:15:21

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