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TB - at the bottom of the "Grasshopper thread". by bowser October 26, 2011 9:44 pm
  • And as I carefully explained, by TB 2011-10-27 09:12:46
    • You did carefully explain, and explain well. You believe all public employees, workers, management, and politicians are hell-bent on ... by bowser 2011-10-27 10:52:12
      • I am well aware of the difference between the rank and file and union leadership and organizations. As for corruption, the ... by TB 2011-10-27 12:22:29
        • I give up. There is no way to have a reasonable discourse. Jimmy Hoffa got and deserves a ... by bowser 2011-10-27 13:20:08
          • "Reasonable discourse" is where information makes a difference. Hence the term "reason." You simply discarded almost all of my post. ... by TB 2011-10-27 14:32:18
            • "Hell, just mention “Teamsters” to most people, and see what image comes to mind." by bowser 2011-10-27 17:05:59
              • Especially in Chicago. by TB 2011-10-27 17:40:03
                • Sometime let's discuss the importance of sticking to a topic, not changing the subject, not trying to compare apples with ... by bowser 2011-10-27 19:46:31
                  • Look, there were over 1,000 indictments of union leaders and administrative personnel (not the members) between 2001 and 2008. ... by TB 2011-10-27 20:08:47
                    • Start with Madoff and work backward. How many businessmen and women have been indicted? What was the ... by bowser 2011-10-27 23:53:02
                      • Sure. Start with Madoff, then go to Enron, and run down your list. You might note that you ... by TB 2011-10-28 07:06:16
                  • Meanwhile... In California by TB 2011-10-27 17:44:28
                    • And in Washington State... by RobVG 2011-10-27 18:23:37
      Grasshopper by RobVG October 25, 2011 11:57 am
      • A comforting reality by FrankC 2011-10-25 13:28:31
        • What's your proposal for a person without the advantages of a traditional childhood, without role models, without support from home ... by bowser 2011-10-25 12:19:29
          • Over $10 trillion has been spent on such people over the past 50 years. What's changed? by Lee 2011-10-26 10:25:33
            • Give me some credit will you? by RobVG 2011-10-25 16:27:32
              • For God's sake, credit is what got us here. Easy credit, fast credit, credit cards, payday loans, liar's loans, ... by bowser 2011-10-25 17:10:41
                • Let's talk credit and living within our means. The government is about $14 trillion in the hole with annual $1 trillion ... by TB 2011-10-25 19:56:11
                  • Who started two (2) wars, cut taxes, had huge banks and financial institutions fail, started the bailout of the wealthy, ... by bowser 2011-10-25 22:01:43
                  • Pffft n/t by RobVG 2011-10-25 17:22:05
                    • Sorry. Intended to be funny. An attempt at levity, with credit where credit is due for the story. I ... by bowser 2011-10-25 17:39:54
                      • Bowser take a pill by RobVG 2011-10-25 17:52:23
                        • I like *Bazinga" better... oh snap. by Jody 2011-10-25 19:24:03
                          • I'm a bit gun shy around some of you. by bowser 2011-10-25 18:31:09
                            • I've noticed you've been a little edgy since your return. by RobVG 2011-10-25 19:20:18
                              • There are obviously humorous posts or observations which a cadre of you folks have chosen to try to take in ... by bowser 2011-10-25 22:23:08
                                • And hairy balls at that. by RobVG 2011-10-26 08:22:37
                                  • What was funny about that is that you ripped into me very hard and a couple of people read it ... by bowser 2011-10-26 23:56:39
                                    • Duly noted. by RobVG 2011-10-27 12:15:16
                                    • Heh...I hope it does...muhahaha..;) bad jody by Jody 2011-10-26 11:26:16
                                      • Bare it :P n/t by RobVG 2011-10-26 14:34:32
                    • You keep telling people to "follow the money." by TB 2011-10-25 12:27:23
                      • I asked what Conservatives expect people to do as the middle class is destroyed. As the rich get richer ... by bowser 2011-10-25 15:15:58
                        • I am middle class. I am a fiscal Conservative. Weird. by Jody 2011-10-25 17:39:15
                          • That, dear Jody, has been the genius of the propaganda efforts of the last 60 years. For instance, ... by bowser 2011-10-25 17:51:07
                            • "They can’t point out a Union pension abuse which is equal to the bonuses given failing bank presidents." Well, I can ... by TB 2011-10-25 20:26:53
                              • "I can do this all day. Ask around." What's the next one? Arf by bowser 2011-10-25 23:22:31
                                • That, my friend, is what is called an "unfunded liability", a management repeat management issue. The employers have promised ... by bowser 2011-10-25 21:50:22
                                  • Try again yourself. by TB 2011-10-26 15:51:57
                            • Your premise is wrong. by TB 2011-10-25 15:44:08
                              • My premise is wrong? That the demise of the middle class at the hands of the wealthy in favor ... by bowser 2011-10-25 17:35:30
                                • Yes, wrong. And ER wouldn't help you out much because he couldn't wrap his head around it either. And I ... by TB 2011-10-25 20:02:24
                                  • There is no global warming, either, TB. Iraq had WMDs. GWB didn't lie. The US didn't torture ... by bowser 2011-10-25 21:56:22
                        Can we.... by Jody October 24, 2011 8:09 am
                        • Why is she gone? by TB 2011-10-24 08:24:19
                          • :) by Jody 2011-10-24 15:20:50
                          Frank, where I stand in an impossible situation. by bowser October 23, 2011 4:36 pm
                          • LOL, bowser,for a guy who wants to be left alone,you sure make it hard. The reason you feel foolish old boy ... by FrankC 2011-10-23 21:18:05
                            Notice To Editors: by podrock October 23, 2011 2:17 pm
                            • As far as I know, I do not have that privilege, nor do I have a key to the wardroom ... by Ainz 2011-10-28 14:41:00
                              • Hey Ainz....nice to see you here. I came back, and post every now and then when I can REMEMBER that ... by Lindy 2011-10-29 20:41:08
                                • Actually, you do have that priviledge, you are an editor, just like everyone who made the jump from the Damn ... by podrock 2011-10-28 16:25:03
                                • By the way, love the "global post." by TB 2011-10-23 20:03:36
                                  • For when Robert or Podrock are unavailable by Jody 2011-10-23 21:06:04
                                    • You're incorrigible. A good thing, of course. LOL by Eri 2011-10-23 23:10:57
                                  • Thanks for trying to herd the cats, podrock. I expected things to get a bit chaotic when a whole group ... by Robert 2011-10-23 15:07:16
                                    • Now, listen, Robert, that last line was so small I had to copy it to my Word Processor and enlarge. ... by Eri 2011-10-23 15:17:36
                                      • I'm just a modest kinda guy, what can I say? by Robert 2011-10-24 12:26:40
                                        • And my eyes ain't what they used to be. Of course, the rest of me isn't, either. by Eri 2011-10-24 14:57:10
                                    • Has anyone besides Bowser complained about his stuff being tampered with? Jeff's turned out to be a misfire. This may ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:00:29
                                      • The bigger picture is that, regardless of what really happened, doubt has crept in. This rickety software does not foster ... by Robert 2011-10-23 15:10:08
                                        • Not to worry, Robert. I got fine with it as long as I was reassured there was transparency and ... by bowser 2011-10-23 16:52:32
                                          • The obvious solution is fixing things so that people can only edit their own stuff. Point is, nobody's really had a ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:25:38
                                        • Pod, mark me off your list. As I stated in the thread below, I would NEVER do that. ... by Eri 2011-10-23 14:52:41
                                          And the Democratic ideas keep on coming... by TB October 22, 2011 9:15 pm
                                            OK. Enough is enough. Frank, we had a truce, a ceasefire, a detant. by bowser October 21, 2011 12:48 pm
                                            • Want to make it up? Admit that not one of your posts have been edited by me or anyone else. ... by FrankC 2011-10-21 14:17:57
                                              • I will do my best with a post which is confusing to me. First, I am able to observe a truce, ... by bowser 2011-10-21 17:23:05
                                                • You are the one who asked for a way to "make it Up" Obviously nearly everything is confusing to you. You ... by FrankC 2011-10-21 18:00:33
                                                  • Wow. You couldn't even admit you broke the truce, your word, a pledge. Aren't honorable. Gotta be ... by bowser 2011-10-21 18:09:59
                                                • All right, don't make me stop the car. by TB 2011-10-21 15:05:33
                                                  • Oookay... by TB 2011-10-21 18:13:31
                                                    • No shit. by Eri 2011-10-21 20:36:46
                                                      • I ain't gonna clean it up. It's Flame, after-all. (...lurking in the boiler room...) by Pod The Janitor 2011-10-21 22:36:58
                                                        • I think you and TB and I should go out for a beer while they duke it out. As ... by Eri 2011-10-22 07:14:00
                                                          • Don't like beer. I'm a Riesling man, late harvest. by TB 2011-10-22 09:39:33
                                                            • Ah hell, I'd go for Riesling. I enjoy it. Of course, we'd look wussy in the neighborhood bar ... by Eri 2011-10-22 11:03:39
                                                              • I drink it because I like it. Including with steak. Screw the rules. Besides, red wine gives ... by TB 2011-10-22 11:26:21
                                                                • Then you definitely want to stay away from the reds! Reds are my favorite. I screw the rules, ... by Eri 2011-10-22 12:34:11
                                                                  • Best wine I have ever had by Jody 2011-10-22 13:00:50
                                                                    • Ooh, I love Shiraz but that's a hefty price for one. For me anyway. Them thar Aussies shore ... by Eri 2011-10-22 22:43:48
                                                Was Qaddafi Murdered? by RobVG October 20, 2011 9:53 pm
                                                • Romanian Dictators, Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were captured by rebels while trying to get out of the country. They were executed ... by FrankC 2011-10-21 12:25:46
                                                  • Expect an SNL skit... by Robert 2011-10-21 11:42:01
                                                    Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind? by bowser October 19, 2011 4:18 pm
                                                    • Lord have mercy...I need to double up on my anti depressants when I read your posts Bowser. Or commit suicide. ... by Jody 2011-10-20 07:45:21
                                                      • My posts are usually lessons in spiritual Newtonian physics, very basic, very simple and yet hard for materialists to follow. Newton: ... by bowser 2011-10-20 12:25:55
                                                        • Damn I wish I was as smart as you. Why...you know me better than I know myself. Cool. So, what am ... by Jody 2011-10-20 15:27:51
                                                          • Relax. I simply said some people wouldn't understand it, and apparently you don't. What's the problem? Do you ... by bowser 2011-10-20 17:21:29
                                                            • Amazing that everyone has an opinion. Amazing that every opinion comes from our own unique perspective. Amazing that our perspective ... by Jody 2011-10-20 20:03:18
                                                              • "He believes that he is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special ... by FrankC 2011-10-20 17:56:25
                                                            • Narcissistic personality disorder by FrankC 2011-10-20 13:23:56
                                                              • Sheldon! OK, so I watch The Big Bang Theory. by Eri 2011-10-20 19:39:52
                                                                • Ha! I have all of those and three more they didn't even think of! That makes me better ... by TB 2011-10-20 13:28:37
                                                                  • Well I don't suffer from that...oh wait...Bowser...do I suffer from that? by Jody 2011-10-20 15:29:45
                                                                    • I'm probably better qualified to answer that, Jody. Ummmm, what was the question? by Eri 2011-10-20 19:41:05
                                                            • Sorry but your post reminded so much of this Star Trek episode. by RobVG 2011-10-19 19:33:55
                                                              • "The Capitalist Weapon" by RobVG 2011-10-22 08:26:00
                                                                • Following up a bit. I believe, I may be wrong, but I believe it is the Conservatives around here ... by bowser 2011-10-20 03:15:18
                                                                  • That was an Ugly, Ugly Post by FrankC 2011-10-20 12:09:44
                                                                    • "Well, it is Flame Frank" Bowser obviously sees anyone who isn't a conservative as a saint. by RobVG 2011-10-20 20:56:55
                                                                      • Geez! Is that an accurate observation, or not? It seems to be. And if it's accurate and ... by bowser 2011-10-20 23:18:00
                                                                        • I thought it was just another "ChickenHawk" post by RobVG 2011-10-21 08:31:11
                                                                          • If anyone wants my opinion (and doesn't everyone?) it wasn't particularly ugly. by TB 2011-10-21 07:33:40
                                                                          • And Vice-Verse. Hell,I don't have a problem with it being an ugly post. Just that he doesn't think it is ugly. Th ... by FrankC 2011-10-20 22:27:47
                                                                            • Bowser has always been able to burrow deep under your skin by RobVG 2011-10-21 09:26:17
                                                                              • He'll never take over as long as Tom is around. :) Actually, he is probably an embarrassment to the liberals way ... by FrankC 2011-10-21 11:19:16
                                                                              • Okay, let's settle down a bit. I can get this kind of stuff on five dozen other boards. by TB 2011-10-21 07:18:59
                                                                                • Tom, I admire your even disposition and I understand that in the absence of history's more famous political misfits, Bowser ... by FrankC 2011-10-21 10:48:43
                                                                            • Hi. As part of the unilateral truce and ceasefire I'm observing, Frank, I should probably let you in on ... by bowser 2011-10-20 12:41:26
                                                                              • Thank you for all you do Bowser. You are a breath of sunshine on this forum. BTW I don't post ... by FrankC 2011-10-20 12:47:58
                                                                                • Well... by TB 2011-10-20 13:00:48
                                                                                  • Damn! Someone get that poor heehaw outta the well! by Eri 2011-10-20 19:44:36
                                                                              • I've done both of those, and neither of them are causes for insult. by TB 2011-10-20 12:32:24
                                                                                • So have I but I never bragged about it. We do what we have to do. by FrankC 2011-10-20 12:36:57
                                                                            • Nice call! 500 geek points! But as I pointed out, when wars were nasty, dirty, and very, very personal, there ... by TB 2011-10-19 20:31:21
                                                                              • You have a good point. I guess it doesn't matter. n/t by RobVG 2011-10-19 20:42:50
                                                                                • Well, I don't know that it completely doesn't matter. I've noticed that the world seems to have largely run ... by TB 2011-10-19 20:58:25
                                                                            • On the other hand, by TB 2011-10-19 17:27:05
                                                                              • Why do you think poisonous gas and biological weapons have been banned? Why has no one used a nuclear ... by bowser 2011-10-20 03:04:48
                                                                              When the individual is nothing by TB October 18, 2011 2:59 pm
                                                                              • More on this phenomenon. by Lee 2011-10-22 19:09:16
                                                                                • Update: by TB 2011-10-21 09:06:08
                                                                                  • Think I'll pass. The written description is more than I can handle. by FrankC 2011-10-18 17:04:22
                                                                                    • It was definitely horrifying. And the assholes who just walked by her without a thought. How cold can ... by Eri 2011-10-18 18:32:25
                                                                                      • Tragic. Obscenities come in small versions, such as this, and larger versions. People don't seem to care much ... by bowser 2011-10-19 12:13:55
                                                                                        • Not to get off topic or anything, but you do know we started the War of 1812, don't you? ... by Eri 2011-10-19 12:17:58
                                                                                          • And despite the "If your child speaks English thank a soldier" bumper-stickers, that was the last time the US was ... by bowser 2011-10-19 12:45:58
                                                                                            • That girl died on the altar of a worldview that believes people are cogs in service of the State. ... by TB 2011-10-19 17:12:22
                                                                                              • I don't know where to start. That post is so absurd that it would take an ER dissect it ... by bowser 2011-10-20 02:43:45
                                                                                                • My post was intended as a response to your "tragic" comment, and it's too late to move it now. by TB 2011-10-20 10:21:51
                                                                                                  • Hear, Hear!!! by FrankC 2011-10-20 11:38:38
                                                                                    • Oh Tom...I have nothing to say. by Jody 2011-10-18 16:10:17
                                                                                      Five myths about healthy eating by TB October 18, 2011 2:22 pm
                                                                                        We've been here before, cont. by TB October 18, 2011 10:41 am
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