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Japanese earthquake, six months later by TB September 13, 2011 7:23 pm
    Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget by BuckGalaxy September 12, 2011 4:03 pm
    • Yep, State's rights are great and people should pull themselves up their own bootstraps and living off the Feds is ... by Eri 2011-09-12 20:59:11
      • Nothing good ever came out of Texas. by ER 2011-09-12 16:50:46
        • oh hush you ole poop...I am from thar and dems fightin' words. I am the best damn thing that has come ... by Jody 2011-09-12 20:50:37
          • Of which Perry is a steady customer, of course, on alternate nights when he's not thumping Bibles. by Eri 2011-09-12 21:00:19
        Greek bonds by TB September 12, 2011 8:39 am
          9/11 by TB September 11, 2011 11:57 am
          • I have been compelled to watch anything I could find today about 9/11. I settled in with the History Channel ... by Jody 2011-09-11 20:11:42
            • The serendipitous free verse of memories by TB 2011-09-11 18:35:15
              • Another film here of the new memorial. by TB 2011-09-11 18:28:23
                The story of "Lucky" Penney by TB September 10, 2011 7:35 pm
                • I call BS. ... by Lee 2011-09-11 07:14:07
                  • Yes, the bullets could have, probably would have, brought it down, but where might it have landed? The idea ... by Eri 2011-09-11 18:27:40
                    • If you read the article, you see that they had to take off without live ammunition. by TB 2011-09-11 08:02:45
                      • Not according to the article I read. ... by Lee 2011-09-11 09:39:01
                    • Be careful what you hope for. The creeps who hijacked those planes came from countries that had no trouble ... by ER 2011-09-11 05:33:34
                      Time for Israel to reoccupy the Sinai. by Lee September 9, 2011 9:12 pm
                        Ten years after Pearl Harbor by TB September 9, 2011 7:22 pm
                        • As I've alluded before, the wallowing in 9/11 nostalgia is not for me, in fact, I feel it a form ... by ER 2011-09-11 06:04:45
                          • Agreed! It's too painful. by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-11 15:09:05
                            • The simplest explanation was that Japan was an ally by 1951, and things were different. Wars seemed to settle ... by TB 2011-09-11 08:05:38
                              • There's also the guilt that was felt by many Americans over the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki; ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-11 15:18:47
                                • In addition, a little off topic, speaking of Hiroshima, President Truman felt guilty in the years after 1945 over the fact ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-11 15:28:56
                                  • I'm not sure why Hiroshima and Nagasaki would generate any more or less guilt than, for example, the firebombing of ... by TB 2011-09-11 17:56:18
                                • The common people in warring countries used to go right back to normal trade and travel as soon as their ... by ER 2011-09-11 09:01:48
                              "Are jobs obsolete?" by Robert September 9, 2011 6:33 pm
                              • This concludes this test of the system. We now return you to your original programming. by TB 2011-09-11 11:43:57
                                • I imagine Tom originally posted the Rushkoff essay in some forlorn hope that all the lefties here would read it ... by ER 2011-09-11 05:04:05
                                  • No, I posted it to display a "media analyst" who floated the idea that a large portion of the population ... by TB 2011-09-11 08:13:06
                                    • TB, we have always lived in a society where not working was not only allowed, it was a sign of ... by ER 2011-09-11 08:28:39
                                      • Ten foot pole. You know damn well the author was not talking about dependents. Or successful investors. by TB 2011-09-11 11:14:12
                                        • Let me tell you about my ten foot pole. I do not mind saluting the flag, or saying the ... by ER 2011-09-11 12:27:46
                                  • Heading down to the Art and Wine festival. Later! by TB 2011-09-10 14:28:06
                                    • This guy goes in a different direction with Rushkoff's essay: Increasingly, perhaps, a job is something that we each have to ... by TB 2011-09-10 13:12:42
                                      • The man makes some good points, although I have difficulty seeing how they can actually be realized in practice. ... by ER 2011-09-10 13:57:27
                                        • His job right now is a blogger. Blogging as a job didn't exist until a few years ago. ... by TB 2011-09-10 14:19:37
                                          • I can see by your outfit, that you are a blogger. You can see by my outfit, that I blog too. We can ... by ER 2011-09-11 05:23:49
                                          • PS. Referring to your comment "...the idea of a particular job as a lifelong entitlement." That is not necessarily ... by ER 2011-09-10 14:16:13
                                        • One of the problems with the essay is it makes the mistake, common nowadays, of thinking of a "job" as ... by TB 2011-09-10 11:47:18
                                          • Moved to Flame. by ER 2011-09-10 09:27:02
                                            • Why thank you ER...I was a candy striper...do you need to use the bedpan? ...there is more to the concept of ... by Jody 2011-09-10 09:39:39
                                              • Sorry, I tried to move my post to Flame (before you finished responding) and lost all the text. Fortunately, ... by ER 2011-09-10 09:46:20
                                              • I simply can not wrap my brain around work not being jobs...and jobs not being work. They are one in the ... by Jody 2011-09-10 09:35:48
                                                • That's because you think of work as wage slavery: Something unpleasant you begrudgingly do because you have to eat, ... by ER 2011-09-10 12:53:06
                                                  • Not all jobs are drudgery, although some always will be. Craftsmen still earn their way in many, many fields. Heck, ... by TB 2011-09-10 13:45:15
                                                    • EDITED:So why aren't you working for Google, or starting your own Google? C'mon Tom. If making sandals and running a ... by ER 2011-09-10 14:31:01
                                                      • The system will work again when we no longer have a government in power that believes that the private sector ... by TB 2011-09-10 18:57:07
                                                        • Conservative freedom rhetoric doesn't fool anyone. Every single policy consideration they propose is one that will benefit them immediately, and ... by ER 2011-09-11 04:26:16
                                                          • My statement still stands, a simple one that had no outrage in it. People are learning who the thugs are. by TB 2011-09-11 11:19:20
                                                        • I tried. Several times. I didn't make it. That's called "reality." by TB 2011-09-10 14:38:14
                                                • "Please convince me that we’re living in the best of all possible worlds under capitalism." I can't. The responses to ... by TB 2011-09-09 19:27:57
                                                  • Define "impossible". by Robert 2011-09-10 10:46:36
                                                    • Rushkoff is wrong. Dead wrong. I won't even mention his ignorance of history. There is no "America" producing goods ... by TB 2011-09-10 11:33:05
                                                      • I don't understand Rushkoff. He wrote a book "Program or be Programmed". To me I took this as being pro ... by Jody 2011-09-10 10:51:17
                                                        • I wouldn't infer acquiescence from somebody speaking up about a problem. And I don't really see how reexamining the structure ... by Robert 2011-09-10 11:21:05
                                                          • I haven't read all the background comprising this thread but I will say that the idea of food and shelter ... by FrankC 2011-09-11 15:09:38
                                                            • Believe it or not, I have some sympathy for the argument, but it's mostly left wing Utopian baloney. This guy makes ... by Jody 2011-09-10 18:06:16
                                                              • You forgot the one about liberals eating their children. by Robert 2011-09-10 18:20:17
                                                                • No, that's not how you respond to a "smear." Your response should be "no, Jody, the Left is very ... by TB 2011-09-10 19:01:26
                                                                  • No, that is exactly how I respond to a smear. by Robert 2011-09-10 20:31:43
                                                                    • I am sorry you are disappointed in what I said Robert. I am not. It feels strangely cathartic. by Jody 2011-09-11 14:11:55
                                                                      • "Cathartic" means using other people as punching bags. That's really nothing to be proud of. by Robert 2011-09-12 08:46:29
                                                                        • Robert...I was on a soap box about Liberals in general. It was not directed at you personally. Next time I ... by Jody 2011-09-12 10:45:55
                                                                          • WARNING!!!! Jody is in *A* mode.....Robert....just thinking...why the hell does everybody else get to mud sling...and the minute I do ... by Jody 2011-09-12 12:23:49
                                                                          • I'm sorry, where did Jody "punch" you or anyone else on this board personally? Read her post again. Think hard ... by TB 2011-09-12 09:46:46
                                                                        • In short, you got nothing. Want to go into a tally of smears and empty insults? by TB 2011-09-11 11:04:39
                                                                  • Which "better one" would that be? And how have identical ideas worked in the past? by TB 2011-09-10 11:34:33
                                                                    • Straw men, TB. by Robert 2011-09-10 13:54:29
                                                                      • Of course he doesn't propose anything specific. He can't. Neither can anyone else. The whole concept has ... by TB 2011-09-10 14:11:00
                                                                      • Tom, you talk as if Capitalism was born perfectly formed, and that it has been consistently degraded by Socialist intervention ... by ER 2011-09-10 12:03:18
                                                                        • As with most things you "credit" me with, I've never said anything of the sort. I should have stuck to my ... by TB 2011-09-10 12:15:28
                                                                          • Well, thanks anyway for bringing up the Rushkoff essay. He developed in a disciplined, systematic way, a lot of ... by ER 2011-09-10 12:43:35
                                                                • You don't need proof because you have already decided on the truth. You're just wrong Tom. Your beliefs are more ... by ER 2011-09-10 07:07:28
                                                                  • This from the guy who constantly lectures my on my "arrogance." Two points: A definition that can mean anything you ... by TB 2011-09-10 09:49:24
                                                                    • One point: A definition is just a mental exercise, it need not have any referent in reality. Just because ... by ER 2011-09-10 09:55:03
                                                                      • And there you have the essence of "debate" here. by TB 2011-09-10 10:02:57
                                                                        • TB, you will note I am not promoting any particular political or economic philosophy, I never have. I am merely ... by ER 2011-09-10 10:22:16
                                                                          • An exercise for those interested: Put each of those sentences on its own line and think about it for a few ... by TB 2011-09-10 10:34:14
                                                                            • Sure, anything taken out of context makes little or no sense, or is subject to misinterpretation. That's another shabby debating tactic. Tom, ... by ER 2011-09-10 11:02:07
                                                                  • Some jobs are becoming obsolete, to be sure. But my thought is that because of technology, jobs are being created. Hasn't ... by Jody 2011-09-09 19:45:13
                                                                    • The point the essay tries to make is that our whole economy is based on the industrial model of employers ... by Robert 2011-09-10 11:03:12
                                                                      • What they're talking about is the idea of a "job" being obsolete. by TB 2011-09-09 19:58:25
                                                                        • Ooops...meant to be under Robert's post. by Jody 2011-09-09 19:45:50
                                                                      Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party by BuckGalaxy September 9, 2011 6:29 pm
                                                                      • What I found puzzling was how could someone who is perfectly aware of Conservative/Republican zealotry and fanaticism and its origins ... by ER 2011-09-10 06:40:46
                                                                        • Holy crap! by Eri 2011-09-09 23:25:52
                                                                          Possible anniversary terror threat? by TB September 8, 2011 5:19 pm
                                                                            Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? by TB September 8, 2011 12:02 pm
                                                                            • Good article but shouldn't it be on Space/Science? by Eri 2011-09-08 18:31:54
                                                                              • Maybe so, but if I suspect something might start heading political, I put even space-related stuff on CE. by TB 2011-09-08 21:10:34
                                                                                • My suggestion would be to post it in Space/Science and if it does take a political turn, then you can ... by Eri 2011-09-09 04:00:47
                                                                                  • Good point. I keep forgetting how easy it is to shove things around now. by TB 2011-09-09 06:00:43
                                                                              FBI raids solar power company by TB September 8, 2011 10:22 am
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