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Recall that frequently I harp on the idea that austerity can kill a recovery? by alcaray January 31, 2012 11:38 pm

I see your point by RobVG 2012-02-01 17:43:04
- It's really not a difficult concept to figure out. You don't reign in spending during bad times, you do ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-02-08 01:14:41
I see you only noticed part of that economic recovery equation. by TB 2012-02-01 15:04:38
- Educate me. by alcaray 2012-02-01 22:22:32
The CBO will be roundly condemned as irrelevant or biased when it makes a pronouncement that gores someone's sacred cow; ... by ER 2012-02-01 06:23:07
Sorta like stopping chicken soup after two days. However, higher taxes could help. Low taxes on the wealthy ... by bowser 2012-02-01 01:17:16
- The Republicans are always complaining that our problems are due to our having "the highest corporate taxes in the world". Does ... by ER 2012-02-01 06:06:55

"Santorum wins in Mo., Minn, giving boost to campaign" by bowser February 7, 2012 8:58 pm

Must be Santorum's turn. n/t by alcaray 2012-02-07 22:08:09
A convention in Tampa, in late August. Tampa is uninhabitable in Late August. I hope the air conditioning ... by ER 2012-02-07 21:10:31

Update on Komen by Jody February 7, 2012 9:02 am

Brinker, founder and CEO of Komen, said in an MSNBC interview that Handel had nothing to do with the decision. ... by bowser 2012-02-07 10:24:18
Sometimes you catch glimpses of a huge and bitter submarine battle going on deep beneath the surface. by ER 2012-02-07 09:46:18
- ...and THAT ER is where yours truly fails miserably. It usually SWOOSHES over this ole gal's head. I am either ... by Jody 2012-02-07 10:18:14
  - I probably used a military, or more precisely, a naval metaphor too glibly, expecting others would pick up on it. ... by ER 2012-02-07 10:55:14
    - I understood what you meant ER. Where I fail is that I don't usually know the underlying battle. I am ... by Jody 2012-02-07 11:18:42
      - You have nothing to be ashamed of. Most of us DON'T understand what is really going on, deep beneath ... by ER 2012-02-07 11:58:36
  - An example of what I mean from my post above: Yay, another victory for the totalitarian/Feinstein wing of feminism! After ... by Jody 2012-02-07 10:40:28
    - Now its my turn to ask... based solely on this post of yours, I can't tell on whose side you're on. Are ... by ER 2012-02-07 11:13:02
      - Ah...THANKS! I appreciate that! The quote is from my brother in law. I posted this link on Facebook also. I am ... by Jody 2012-02-07 11:23:56
        
        "Neutrality is Betrayal" by ER 2012-02-07 12:06:54
    - Look at it as it is. One side is saying others should have the same religious beliefs as do ... by bowser 2012-02-07 10:51:17

It begins with an idea... by Jody February 6, 2012 6:46 am

Apples and Oranges. by ER 2012-02-06 14:55:55
Iron Man by FrankC 2012-02-06 13:58:12

I heard a funny rumor..... by Vitruvius February 5, 2012 4:08 am

The Scots have been threatening this for years, too. The Irish actually got away with it. But you know what ... by ER 2012-02-05 07:36:05

"Israeli official implies strike on Iran nukes program is near" by bowser February 3, 2012 10:22 pm

The Israelis are really starting to piss me off. They are definitely playing some sort of political bluff game ... by ER 2012-02-04 07:08:36
- Punny choice of a quote source, ER :D Seriously though, I say we ditch 'em. In fact, if the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 04:01:01
  - Disentanglement is going to be difficult politically, the Jewish lobby has been able to take advantage of a substantial portion ... by ER 2012-02-05 06:12:23

msnbc Breaking: In reversal, Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity says it will fund Planned Parenthood.n/t by Jody February 3, 2012 9:46 am

"Might be too little, too late for Komen, bioethicist says." I agree. I'll never see the Komen organization as a ... by bowser 2012-02-03 18:07:53
- Maybe destroying Komen is what this is about? n/t by alcaray 2012-02-04 13:11:00
- Being a strong supporter of pro choice...I hope it sheds light on the religious zealots that are attempting to force ... by Jody 2012-02-04 10:57:45
  - There's nothing new about these guys, Jody. They have been part of the American landscape since day one. ... by ER 2012-02-04 11:41:01
    - In my early thirties, when I was a self righteous dudette, I, too, held the holier than thou attitude. But ... by Jody 2012-02-04 12:26:16
- So let me see if I got this right. An attempt was made to essentially hijack a charitable organization and affect ... by ER 2012-02-03 21:46:18
  - ...and for supper...we are having... by Jody 2012-02-04 07:10:09
  - Hijack for a religious-political cause, really. No one here wanted to tell you RIGHT away. There are people out there ... by bowser 2012-02-03 23:29:27
- I agree. by Jody 2012-02-03 19:19:07
Does the Susan G. Komen charity depend on federal funding for their activities? by ER 2012-02-03 10:14:27
- Financial The following information is based ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:21:27
- Not to my knowledge and research. by Jody 2012-02-03 11:50:29

The occupy mentality by RobVG January 31, 2012 8:10 pm

Well that's 15 minutes I won't get back. by alcaray 2012-02-01 13:14:28
- Yeah, well... by RobVG 2012-02-01 17:20:24
  - "80% of occupiers..." by alcaray 2012-02-01 22:27:29
    - I can't recall any movement to change society that was pretty. Unionization, civil rights, integrated schools, women's rights, gay ... by bowser 2012-02-01 22:54:49
      - Yeah. You know I've always been willing to do my part. But I've never joined any kind of ... by alcaray 2012-02-02 18:52:27
        
        Actually, when I was in high school... by alcaray 2012-02-03 13:58:59
        
        I have a friend who marched several times with the Occupiers. He is worth a couple of million, 73 ... by bowser 2012-02-02 21:08:25
- Yeah, but THAT's different. by ER 2012-02-01 14:50:12
Talk Radio. by ER 2012-02-01 06:28:38
- Yeah, so? by RobVG 2012-02-01 09:54:28
That has to be "whorehouse". by bowser 2012-01-31 22:27:16

Komen CEO denies politics in Planned Parenthood cuts by Jody February 2, 2012 6:23 pm

Too bad, certainly a good cause until they took it political. Elizabeth Dole did the same thing to the ... by bowser 2012-02-02 19:51:35

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by ER January 28, 2012 9:34 am

"8 industries China leads where the US used to." Steel, cotton, IPOs, tobacco, autos, beer, high tech exports, coal. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46181723/ns/business-world_business/#.TyYCpsWLssI by bowser 2012-01-29 19:43:22
Hand wringers by RobVG 2012-01-29 12:40:50
- Parse McCoy's paper yourself, Rob. by TB 2012-01-29 14:41:05
  - TB's on the case. I feel safer already. by ER 2012-01-29 16:13:22
    - I'd feel a bit better if he'd ever been right. I mean correct. by bowser 2012-01-29 16:44:23
      - It's always good to hear from our peanut gallery. by RobVG 2012-01-29 19:02:30
        
        We're just getting started. by ER 2012-01-30 13:49:58
        
        Thanks by RobVG 2012-01-29 23:03:02
  - More of McCoy's projects here. by TB 2012-01-29 15:33:31
- I think it's neither an "I told you so" OR a "Take that, you SOB", moment. And it is just ... by ER 2012-01-29 13:50:05
- Motivation. Interesting observations. I don't believe the "I told you so" motive is accurate. The people to ... by bowser 2012-01-29 12:54:40
Mme Reclus and I were watching that sci-fi war movie about a squad of Marines fighting off an alien invasion ... by ER 2012-01-28 17:41:16
- :) by Jody 2012-01-29 08:16:54
Nobody can predict the future, but 2020 is a reasonable guess. That's pretty much what I estimate. Still, ... by ER 2012-01-28 14:15:12
Interesting. His near-term scenario is set in 2020, just 8 years away. 8 years ago we were invading ... by bowser 2012-01-28 13:10:53
Tom posted this on Flame about a week ago...very thought provoking. Are we declining? Or is the world catching ... by Jody 2012-01-28 12:26:33
- I'm sure the Romans and Greeks, and Arabs and Chinese and Persians, too, had long, gut-wrenching discussions about how and ... by ER 2012-01-28 12:42:48
  - Cognitive biases skew their heuristics. by Jody 2012-01-28 13:24:17
    - Absolutely. by ER 2012-01-28 13:53:04

For Robert by bowser January 25, 2012 12:06 pm

I read that post by RobVG 2012-01-25 17:11:25
- In general, thanks. And as I said, "I trashed it as a non-productive post, provocative without being thought provoking, ... by bowser 2012-01-25 17:35:51
- Didn't really say much. by Robert 2012-01-25 17:25:50
Thanks bowser. by Robert 2012-01-25 12:51:34
- Any discussion here of "Nazi" political tactics is wrapped in such complete obliviousness about what those tactics actually were, that ... by TB 2012-01-25 17:28:45
  - Wow, a self-referential rant. Brilliantly ironic to parody rightwing extremism and knee-jerk smears as a vehicle to claim that the left is smearing the right. by Robert 2012-01-25 20:08:36
    - A perfect example. I referred to the Senators who pledged to block any Obama initiative as "Brownshirts", in reference ... by bowser 2012-01-25 23:50:50
      - How about a nice link to that "pledge" you seem so obsessed with? by TB 2012-01-26 09:47:12
        
        Here's enough to generate an apology from a reasonable person. Google "pledge 42 senators" and read for hours. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 14:04:11
        
        Now, you want to address anything at all in the rest of my comment? by TB 2012-01-26 16:14:20
        
        I did. You asked for a link to my post, and I provided one with a trail to many ... by bowser 2012-01-26 20:14:50
        
        Your link (thanks!) was dated December 1. by TB 2012-01-26 15:36:26
        
        Here's another one. Hitler was well known for breaking the treaties other countries had with Germany. Well, I'll ... by bowser 2012-01-26 20:38:58
        
        Mitch McConnell's pledge by Robert 2012-01-26 12:03:44
        
        Sorry, that's not what Bowser's been plugging. by TB 2012-01-26 12:52:02
        
        Didn't look very hard, did you? by Robert 2012-01-26 20:54:57
        
        I was looking for something significant, something that justified Bowser including it in almost every other post for months. ... by TB 2012-01-26 21:04:20
        
        You were attacking the very existence of the pledge to rebut bowser. The pledge turns out to be a fact. ... by Robert 2012-01-26 23:15:46
        
        I asked for a link. I got one. And it's obvious now why there wasn't one before. by TB 2012-01-27 15:06:20
        
        You lost me. Why wasn't there one before? by alcaray 2012-01-27 19:20:45
        
        TB: 'Nothing was “blocked.”' Good grief! by alcaray 2012-01-26 21:20:07
        
        Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the ... by alcaray 2012-01-26 20:10:04
    - That response wasn't even coherent. by TB 2012-01-25 20:35:30
      - Yes, that's what I was saying. It was a rant, not a coherent argument. by Robert 2012-01-25 21:50:47
  - Hmmm. Similar to references to "planned economies" I think. by alcaray 2012-01-25 18:41:56

How Iran could thump superior US military by bowser January 26, 2012 11:01 pm

Modern ships are not equipped to handle threats from low-tech targets. They are designed to fight high-tech opponents by ... by ER 2012-01-27 10:34:15
- The most effective hunters on the African plains are the wild dogs. When they start after their prey they ... by bowser 2012-01-27 12:31:30

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