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Spending bill passes the House by TB August 1, 2011 4:28 pm
  • pretty much in the Pox on both their houses camp. what a enseless waste of unproductive blather and childishness - from ... by Tony 2011-08-02 08:16:33
    • Don't worry, Tony, America has unproductive blather and childishness to burn. We'll never run out. by Robert 2011-08-03 17:17:59
      • true enough. Though I bet a few children around the DC area had to stop playing because there was a ... by Tony 2011-08-04 14:35:37
      • I like the "start over" part. "When in the course of human events..." by TB 2011-08-02 08:23:52
        • So do it. 2012 is coming. I'd almost prefer a republican government to all this conservative whining about how they ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 10:46:35
          • A new constitution would require a a verbal death grip on the role of government, otherwise the same mission creep ... by Lee 2011-08-02 15:37:07
        • Turn out the lights...it's over for the US. THey didn't do shit about the debt...accept continue to raise it. ... by Lee 2011-08-01 17:07:26
          • Jerry Pournelle comments: The Budget Deal proposes at best about $3 Trillion “cut” over a ten year period. This amounts to ... by TB 2011-08-01 21:04:52
            • Interesting. What's this all about? Even libertarians are heralding this great compromise. Maybe the word doesn't mean what they think ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 10:45:10
              • What this is all about is that nothing much has really changed. As we're driving toward the cliff, we've let ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:35:09
                • And who's feet do you find on the accelerator? Tea Party Republicans. Think about it, while you whine about liberal idiots. by mcfly 2011-08-03 18:15:51
                  • We just spent like a month in all-out war between a party that cannot stand the idea of reducing government ... by TB 2011-08-03 19:25:39
                    • You seem only faintly aware of the fact that your Tea Party gods betrayed you. Difficult to handle, I suppose. ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:07:06
                      • What kind of deal do you think we would be looking at right now if the Democrats still ran the ... by TB 2011-08-04 07:48:41
                        • A frustrating aspect of this thread for me is that you and I fundamentally agree. Big cuts are required. The ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 10:15:30
                          • This is a serious question: What would a moderate position be on the current situation? On spending, taxes, ... by TB 2011-08-04 10:29:05
                      • Addendum: With the limits off, our total public debt today just exceeded America's GDP for the first time since ... by TB 2011-08-03 19:52:25
            • A bright spot in the day: Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House floor and got a standing ovation. by TB 2011-08-01 16:32:46
              Debt limit perspective by TB August 1, 2011 3:34 pm
                Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending by Eri August 1, 2011 3:39 am
                • Okay...I don't understand. How can cutting spending be bad? by Jody 2011-08-01 13:03:25
                  • Maybe "bad" isn't the most useful word here. Look at the FAA situation and how it's negatively affected so many ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 11:23:02
                    • So you don't think cuts to government funding will cause any hardship at all, is that it? Politics aside, the FAA ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 18:45:43
                      • The private sector goal is to invest money where it will earn more money back. To make a profit. ... by TB 2011-08-03 19:38:01
                        • Jesus Christ, it's like pulling goddamn teeth. Do you in fact give a shit at all about your fellow Americans? ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:13:32
                          • I refuse to accept the premise that turning this country into a debt-ridden statist hellhole is "giving a shit about ... by TB 2011-08-04 06:40:02
                            • One more time. The coming cuts in government spending are going to have a huge impact on [likely] many thousands ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 10:39:56
                              • Again, until the next election we're talking cuts of $22 billion. For all of 2012. When the limit ... by TB 2011-08-04 11:02:21
                      • The FAA issue is mostly politics. The Federal government is spending twice the money it was in 1988. Somehow the ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:43:50
                      • Here you go, Jody. Tom is a one-note man. Do your own reading. From the NYT And another ... by Eri 2011-08-01 15:12:15
                        • Thanks Eri...the Krugman peice is great. You know, great in a depressing sort of way. by mcfly 2011-08-03 11:15:06
                          • Again, spending is not being cut. It is going to grow a bit less. Spending "cuts" between now and the ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:26:53
                            • Gee, sorry TB. Did my act of thanking Eri for a link bother you? I'll be more careful in the ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:18:55
                          • *This* is what I mean when I consider cutting spending...It is a start.. by Jody 2011-08-01 16:05:33
                            • Most of this spending has one thing in common: It delivers more political power (votes, favors) to various political ... by TB 2011-08-01 16:22:45
                            • A bit more from Krugman. Suddenly the deadline for the annihilation of the Milky Way Galaxy on August 2 isn't quite ... by TB 2011-08-01 15:48:15
                              • I recommend Jody do her own reading from the Congressional Budget Office and other sources that carry hard information, not ... by TB 2011-08-01 15:21:17
                              • Number one, spending is not being cut. The spending increases over the next ten years will be smaller than ... by TB 2011-08-01 13:57:02
                                • You're trying to rewrite history and it's not going to fly. The Great Depression was the fault of the ... by Eri 2011-08-01 15:19:47
                                  • Do some real research, Eri. And somewhere besides the New York Times and Huffington Post. by TB 2011-08-01 15:27:34
                                    • Here you go. A good history and analysis of the Great Depression We may be repeating some mistakes made ... by Eri 2011-08-01 22:46:46
                                      • The second article was pretty good. Notice the constant thread of arbitrary, inconsistent, and usually wrong-headed government policies that ... by TB 2011-08-02 06:24:21
                              • You could at least wait for the bait to hit the water before you bite at it. This deal is going ... by TB 2011-08-01 10:00:37
                                Tell me it ain't so! by Jody July 31, 2011 8:45 pm
                                • There is something Jim Jones-ish/Damien-ish about him. A full body scan is going to be required by FrankC 2011-07-31 23:32:53
                                  • and is in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. by Jody 2011-07-31 20:49:13
                                    • The first is irrelevant, if he keeps it out of national government. A lot more damage has been done ... by TB 2011-07-31 21:54:10
                                      • "A lot more damage has been done to this country by people who believe in the mythology of socialism than ... by Jody 2011-07-31 22:07:45
                                        • ...but not well made. There are creationists out there still pushing for our children to be taught only creationism, ... by Eri 2011-08-01 00:12:12
                                          • Tell you what, you point to the creationists in government currently trying to force us all into their mold, and ... by TB 2011-08-01 09:25:53
                                            • I feel I am caught between a rock and a hard place. There are no Libertarians that will be running ... by Jody 2011-08-01 05:16:50
                                              • Run for President. Then you'll have someone to vote for. Hell, I'll vote for you as long as ... by Eri 2011-08-01 06:05:37
                                      This is the Senate's Minority Leader by Eri July 30, 2011 1:23 am
                                      • Filibusters. Yeah, only the Republicans are making political hay out of this. by TB 2011-07-30 10:15:23
                                        • Tea Party Caucus uniform of the day. by Robert 2011-07-30 09:56:11
                                          • And speaking of the Tea Party: by Eri 2011-07-30 21:20:08
                                            • There are many other great examples of the Left's "political civility," a term that was useful only so long as ... by TB 2011-07-30 10:22:05
                                            Testing page broadcast by FrankC May 19, 2011 1:14 pm
                                              GOP Candidates "all equally unacceptable." by mcfly July 29, 2011 5:19 am
                                              • I liberated this post from Limbo. by podrock 2011-07-29 17:19:03
                                                The Debt Problem by TB July 29, 2011 12:50 pm
                                                  What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... by mcfly July 29, 2011 10:56 am
                                                  • "I swear to God this is my last heroin injection." Do you remember what happened in May? The date the ... by TB 2011-07-29 11:29:55
                                                    • Cripes, don't blow a gasket. Fine, you've convinced me, there's no hope. America's done. Last person out, turn off the lights. by mcfly 2011-07-29 13:41:36
                                                      • Now you're beginning to see. by Lee 2011-07-29 17:00:22
                                                        • Financially, Lee. Financially. by TB 2011-07-29 18:25:48
                                                        • Check out the graphics in the post above. And it's not like this situation suddenly happened in the past ... by TB 2011-07-29 15:00:32
                                                          • I stand corrected. Blow a gasket. But why bother, if the country is already lost? by mcfly 2011-07-29 20:15:10
                                                      Maverick of the Rings by mcfly July 28, 2011 10:13 am
                                                      • Not surprisingly, the media loves McCain again. Nothing gets more positive press than any Republican willing to take a big, greasy ... by TB 2011-07-28 21:10:36
                                                        • And conservative efforts to destroy McCain have begun! by mcfly 2011-07-29 05:21:44
                                                        • I remember the Lord of the Rings and the hobbits, and how that worked out in the end. The 2010 election, ... by TB 2011-07-28 11:07:50
                                                          • Why should Dems be any different from Republicans who never acknowledged that Barack Obama was voted in as President. ... by Eri 2011-07-28 12:43:47
                                                            • A lot of Republican leaders seem to think that if they just spend the next fifteen months doing whatever the ... by mcfly 2011-07-28 11:22:58
                                                              • I'd like to see McCain's actual speech, too. I don't know in what context he was quoting that article. ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:53:13
                                                                • We're out of time. Trillion dollar deficits are now our ground state. Cripes. And do you really think we should be ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:42:29
                                                                  • Some older people won't even be able to afford their usual cat food for dinner. by Eri 2011-07-28 12:44:55
                                                                Detroit triage by TB July 27, 2011 1:12 pm
                                                                • Typical by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-27 23:41:50
                                                                  Those darn financial regulations by TB July 26, 2011 10:04 pm
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