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Yo, ER, thought you'd enjoy this: podrock November 29, 2023 7:21 am (Off-Topic)

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Pawlenty. Wow. by TB May 26, 2011 9:06 am

And then there's Romney. Sigh. by TB 2011-05-28 08:54:44
- Has anyone actually sat down and calculated the energy budget (not just the economic tradeoffs) for ethanol? It takes ... by ER 2011-05-28 11:43:21
  - Corn ethanol is a racket. The companies that thrive on it are textbook examples - literally - of government ... by TB 2011-05-28 12:39:52
I hear the screech as he plummets to earth, nosediving himself into oblivion. by Eri 2011-05-26 16:55:02
- As always Eri, you have a wonderful way with words. I appreciate honesty in politics as much as anyone, and it ... by mcfly 2011-05-27 17:07:47
We shouldn't be too hard on this guy, so far, the rest of the Republican hopefuls are a ludicrous gang ... by ER 2011-05-26 10:43:34
- He might be dull so far, but who knows, there may be an Aqua Buddha in his past. by mcfly 2011-05-26 11:19:09
  - TB, ER...you guys are cracking me up. Both humorous responses. I'm feeling a little bad about bringing Aqua Buddha up. Apparently ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 13:07:18
    - Yeah, I know it was just a harmless prank and no one got hurt...but you have deprived me of the ... by ER 2011-05-26 13:16:14
      - Almost as much fun as getting you down to Primal Rant mode. I can see the ear smoke on ... by TB 2011-05-26 13:56:07
        
        Take a deep breath, bucko. That ain't ear smoke. :) by ER 2011-05-26 14:10:05
        
        Well, heck, you better cut back on the cajun food then. by TB 2011-05-26 14:33:17
  - I had to look that one up. Good grief, where do they get these guys? It's like "Invasion ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:26:51
  - The Democrats are lucky. They're running a guy that, judging from 2008, apparently doesn't have a past. by TB 2011-05-26 11:27:03
- Come on. You guys are going to ride "Barack H. Obama, Super Genius!" all the way down to the ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:58:31
  - What we've learned, TB, is that in the last two years the world has not come to an end, ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:17:41
    - You might want to look again. Who's hysterical? Did you check out the Ryan proposal and the accompanying ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:26:32
      - Listen to yourself, Tom, and tell me with a straight face you're not hysterical. Face it, your major objection ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:30:17
        
        PS: And I'll let you in on a little secret. He's not being liberal enough. He keeps ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:43:45
        
        Who won in 2010 again? The media made much of two major conservative candidates who lost. Not so ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:48:47
        
        Tom, you should know by now, the last election don't mean squat. It's the next election that matters. You've ... by ER 2011-05-26 13:11:26
        
        "Tom, you should know by now, the last election don’t mean squat. It’s the next election that matters." Odd. Not ... by TB 2011-05-26 13:42:14
        
        Hysteria? Moi? Tom, I don't come here every day spamming the premises and selling my snake oil, desperately trying ... by ER 2011-05-26 14:07:41
The man's downright disruptive. Could make him worth listening to, and certainly gets him talked about. Smart. by mcfly 2011-05-26 10:13:02
Wow is right. How can he be so heavy handed about entitlements but refuse to even consider defense cuts? ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-05-26 09:44:21
- I agree that defense has to be on the table with entitlements. It's one of the Big Three. ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:06:18
  - I say Big Four. No ax hike on the rich, no deal. by ER 2011-05-26 12:32:53
    - Sure. Double them. Triple them. Confiscate their entire income. I went over the numbers on that once. It's amazing ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:57:26
      - It's amazing how information no one believes gets repeated ad nauseam. Tell me, do you find the sound of ... by ER 2011-05-26 13:27:06
    - I meant "TAX hike." Hmm, musta been a Freudian slip. : ) by ER 2011-05-26 12:34:42
Well, the guy speaks honestly, and isn't afraid of stirring up a hornets nest and that's always a plus in ... by ER 2011-05-26 09:42:20
- TPaw is the only serious GOP candidate among a cast of clowns. The guy is so boring he will ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-05-26 09:58:23
  - Yeah, I'm going to let Kos tell me how it is. The incumbent's shoes are pretty damn big and floppy, too. ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:16:50
    - Lighten up, Tom. You have to admit, that op-ed piece WAS pretty funny. by ER 2011-05-26 10:48:27

Where the jobs are by TB May 26, 2011 8:58 am

TB, nothing good has EVER come out of Texas. by ER 2011-05-26 10:44:48
- Well my family has certainly not had any issues with finding jobs..but a very strange enigma seems to be taking ... by Jody 2011-05-26 12:16:56
- Well, it seems like a lot of good things are heading there. Businesses are pulling up stakes in my ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:59:50

Jobs, security and mary jane. by Jody May 26, 2011 6:02 am

I am an establishment guy as long as the establishment agrees with my way of thinking. When it doesn't I ... by FrankC 2011-05-26 12:53:13
I always thought of myself as a hippie,(we preferred to call ourselves "freaks"), and I still do. I knew perfectly ... by ER 2011-05-26 06:23:25
- I am neither a freak or a straight. I am pragmatic, so I know what it takes. The youngers are not ... by Jody 2011-05-26 06:55:16
  - Not surprising. Society is and always has been dynamic, though the rate of change increases with time. If you look back ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 10:34:50
    - Heh....when I say the youngers I am referring to 30 somethings. Not the teen agers and 20 somethings. by Jody 2011-05-26 16:57:28
      - That's interesting, Jody. It's not something I've noticed. I'd be willing to accept, however, that you may well be more ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 22:19:08
    - The rate of change is not constant, it also changes. In physics, the rate of change of the rate of ... by ER 2011-05-26 11:00:43
  - I have absolutely no sympathy with youth, or any of their problems. I'd swap places with any of them in a ... by ER 2011-05-26 08:18:13
    - They have no sympathy with us either. by Jody 2011-05-26 09:01:15
    - Yeah, but only if I got to keep the brain I've got now. by TB 2011-05-26 08:57:27
      - Yeah, that always seems to be the caveat, isn't it? by ER 2011-05-26 09:49:27

Budget votes in the Senate by TB May 25, 2011 6:30 pm

That is a damned lie. Obama had a budget and the Senate decided not to spend any time on ... by Eri 2011-05-26 09:32:09
- The vote was the vote. So essentially, the Democrats have no budget whatsoever. None. Not even the ... by TB 2011-05-26 09:58:18
  - You are so full of BS. Obama proposed a budget, it was criticized for not having enough deficit reduction ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-05-26 10:16:00
    - There is no "$4 trillion" budget. Look here. That's the extent of it, and to the best of ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:45:29

Storms on radar by TB May 25, 2011 6:07 pm

More tornadoes in Missouri by Eri May 25, 2011 1:06 pm

They showed a video from Oklahoma today where the person was driving and the tornado is coming at him. ... by Eri 2011-05-25 22:35:20
Good idea about the clothes Eri...I have a ton I will donate too. This video is one of the tornadoes we ... by Jody 2011-05-25 14:26:15

"Fuzzy subject" graduate has an epiphany by TB May 25, 2011 12:16 pm

Actually, mining / geology can be rather fuzzy. by podrock 2011-05-25 21:04:32
- The sciences are not as cut and dry, black and white, rigorously objective as our friend TB likes to imagine. ... by ER 2011-05-26 05:55:03
- Also, Have you seen this? by podrock 2011-05-25 21:15:16
  - I've always been very proud that in my life I have mastered two blue collar trades, and I have actually ... by ER 2011-05-26 05:45:05
I cannot imagine how you can consider the humanities a "fuzzy" subject (translation: something only a liberal goof ball would ... by ER 2011-05-25 13:21:05
- I'm not sure MBA's aren't just as fuzzy as French Literature in some ways. Astronomy, math, physics, computer science and engineering ... by TB 2011-05-25 16:41:58
  - I have a rule of thumb as to what is a meaningful degree or not. If we are putting ... by ER 2011-05-25 19:41:54
    - I don't know. I've been trying to set up rules of thumb on this and I keep finding holes ... by TB 2011-05-25 20:10:39
      - It must be remembered, of course, that a degree in Medieval French Literature doesn't always lead to career in the ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 07:18:06
        
        An enormous amount of entrepreneurism is simply deciding to make the jump. To risk climbing out of the rut. ... by TB 2011-05-26 09:48:09
        
        I don't want to blurt his name out, he's a private citizen and the 'Zone seems to be rather well ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 11:12:58
      - Oops, sorry, misplaced my response to yr post again. See "The problem is that education has become a commodity.", below. by ER 2011-05-25 22:09:46
P.S. Do I get any liberal arts points for recognizing the origin of the title? by TB 2011-05-25 12:18:26
- The problem is that education has become a commodity. You pay money for a diploma and it opens doors ... by ER 2011-05-25 22:01:45
  - PS "Do you need a Masters Degree in art to be an artist?" Funny you should say that. I have a ... by ER 2011-05-25 22:44:23
    - I know a guy who used to work doing the grunt work of geology: claim staking, steam sediment sampling, surveying ... by podrock 2011-05-25 23:02:22
      - Sometimes, if we're lucky and if we're smart, and if we work very hard, we get to exploit the ... by ER 2011-05-26 05:09:52
- There's nothing fuzzy about fuzzy math. by ER 2011-05-25 13:45:27
  - Although you are, as are we all, scriveners. by ER 2011-05-25 13:47:05
    - And yes, we are all lost in the ah, wilderness. by ER 2011-05-25 13:51:37

And about entitlements by Eri May 25, 2011 8:41 am

FEMA is not an entitlement. Republicans are not "against" entitlements, they are trying to make them workable over the long run. ... by TB 2011-05-25 10:24:24
- FEMA is as much an entitlement as Social Security is. The Congress gives and the Congress can take. ... by Eri 2011-05-25 13:10:54
  - Entitlements have a very specific definition, referring to things like Medicare and Social Security. The political terminology around here is vague ... by TB 2011-05-25 16:46:08
What good was FEMA during Katrina? FEMA at work... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21824609/ns/nightly_news/t/fema-trailers/ by RobVG 2011-05-25 10:12:10
- That was under Bush and it didn't work very well but then, neither did Bush, as well-intentioned as he may ... by Eri 2011-05-25 13:17:16

Republicans, take note by Eri May 25, 2011 8:38 am

MSNBC is Pravda for the Democratic Party. The Mediscare meme is all they've got for the next year and ... by TB 2011-05-25 10:29:09
- It doesn't matter who tells the story. It's the same story. Democrat won, Republican lost because of Republicans ... by Eri 2011-05-25 13:18:35
  - Well, that's what the Democrats are selling. Looks like you're buying. by TB 2011-05-25 18:10:22
    - It looks like the electorate was buying which was the whole point. You're going to lose the Seniors this time. ... by Eri 2011-05-25 18:17:47

Michael Yon Returns to Afghanistan,... by Ainz May 25, 2011 12:08 am

More bad weather by TB May 24, 2011 3:34 pm

It was all pretty calm in my immediate area, thunder and lightning, no real wind or hail and no tornado ... by Eri 2011-05-25 08:37:09
Spent about an hour in the closet under the stairs with Ava last night. Four sets of rotational clouds but ... by Jody 2011-05-25 06:54:30
- I've been rotated to death today. Yeesh. by Eri 2011-05-25 13:27:22
I can get those from my TV station. I ought to sign up again. I got them while ... by Eri 2011-05-24 20:21:02
- That one's an isolated cell. The monster itself is rotating around western Kansas and hauling a huge line of ... by TB 2011-05-24 20:48:56
  - I've been watching. Weatherman has kept us updated. It doesn't look like anything serious in my area. ... by Eri 2011-05-24 23:23:11
Intellicast has a nice interface, by podrock 2011-05-24 19:22:50

Who's contributing to the Libya mission by TB May 24, 2011 3:20 pm

Fascinating graphic. Actually, I expected our presence in the order of battle would be bigger, and I'm surprised there ... by ER 2011-05-24 18:42:04

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