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Let's Make a Deal by Eri July 14, 2011 8:36 pm

Finally, the coalition cracks. The sane members of the GOP look like they are finally going to tell the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-07-15 22:09:04
- So nothing gets done. The debt ceiling is raised, trillions more borrowed every year, a couple of billion is ... by Lee 2011-07-16 08:06:23
  - Nothing gets done because the GOP can't bring itself to move one fucking inch toward the center. You guys ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-07-17 09:26:32
    - Look, you've got the mindless talking points down. Tell me where the center is. I hear Democrats with ... by TB 2011-07-17 12:18:23
    - I've come to the conclusion that nothing should be done. Let the liberals continue to buy the votes of ... by Lee 2011-07-17 12:01:13
      - Yeah, and what do you think would come out the other end of the collapse? Freedom and democracy? ... by TB 2011-07-17 12:13:37
        
        In certain areas. Once it happens the Feds will be in no position to "restore order" nation wide. ... by Lee 2011-07-17 12:27:34
In other words, business as usual. $1.5 Trillion in non-binding spending cuts over 10 years while they continue to ... by Lee 2011-07-14 22:11:59
- Business as usual? The tea party trying to destroy the world economy is far from business as usual. by BuckGalaxy 2011-07-15 22:02:07
  - We know exactly how the American economy is being destroyed, Buck. So does everyone else. Two years your party held ... by TB 2011-07-15 23:00:11
    - Blah blah blah. The debt limit has been raised 78 times, 49 times when republican presidents were in office. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-07-16 00:36:52
      - You remember what Obama said about raising the debt limit back when a Republican was president? What's changed? Good Lord, ... by TB 2011-07-16 09:21:55
        
        I'm tired, Buck. Very tired. The "debt ceiling" has been a joke for years. They'll raise it. The ... by TB 2011-07-16 10:04:12
        
        What's really funny is how the people on this board who deplore the big multinational banks are the first ones ... by Lee 2011-07-16 10:42:47
      - The socalled "economic experts" are the ones that have gotten us into a $14.6 Trillion debt. Yeah, they really ... by Lee 2011-07-16 08:09:37
- Wait for it. The Huffington Post is a little behind the curve. by TB 2011-07-15 08:08:36
- He's a pragmatist because he knows if the US defaults, it's going to be laid squarely on the doorstep of ... by Eri 2011-07-15 06:06:31
  - The Republicans made a fundamental error in scattering the way they did. They've put themselves in every corner of the ... by mcfly 2011-07-15 10:38:09
    - Which was Obama's goal at the beginning. He badly needs cover for his failures next year, and has to ... by TB 2011-07-15 10:46:58
      - I havent erased anything. Look, I remember the bizarre psychosis that Dems fell into after the midterms, and I'm reminded ... by mcfly 2011-07-15 10:58:22
        
        There are two very fundamental political philosophies opposed to each other in this country. It may soothe a lot ... by TB 2011-07-15 11:15:01
        
        And I understand that. But I also beleive that there are more than 4 letters in the word compromise, and ... by mcfly 2011-07-15 11:36:11
        
        Was compromise really good for the country, or is it what got us to where we are today? by Lee 2011-07-15 14:00:41
        
        We are where we are now because of endless "compromises" between the two philosophies in this country. In the ... by TB 2011-07-15 12:24:33
        
        Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but what I seem to be hearing from you and Lee is that you'd ... by mcfly 2011-07-15 16:06:58
        
        Well I wouldn't complain if Sam Nunn were considered to be on the far left in this country. ;) by Lee 2011-07-15 17:36:43
        
        I wouldn't have picked Sam Nunn, but pretty much what Lee said. The current Democratic leadership has more in ... by TB 2011-07-15 17:50:26
        
        With that, I really can't disagree. And of course next year may very well mark the turning point you're looking ... by mcfly 2011-07-15 21:39:40
        
        If we back away from collectivism next year it will just be a holding action. The problem with America ... by TB 2011-07-15 22:09:58
  - The "deal" Obama's been offering is the same crap over and over again, with a different coat of paint. ... by TB 2011-07-15 08:13:08
  - Do the math. $1.5 Trillion over ten years comes to $150 billion a year. That doesn't even come ... by Lee 2011-07-15 06:43:31

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