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This is so strange, on so many levels. ER January 21, 2026 5:13 pm (Off-Topic)

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Anne Applebaum: Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw BuckGalaxy January 19, 2026 7:18 pm (Flame)

What's in your wallet? ER January 19, 2026 8:10 pm (CurrentEvents)

Have Republicans lost control of the House already? BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

Perry trying to buy Presidency by Eri August 21, 2011 7:31 am

Business as usual by Eri August 21, 2011 7:25 am

Michele Bachman sucks by BuckGalaxy August 17, 2011 12:39 am

Aha! That's why she walked out on Piers Morgan's interview. He was too much for her to swallow. Edit ... by Eri 2011-08-19 06:18:36
- I believe that it was Christine O'Donnell who choked on Piers's line of questioning. by Robert 2011-08-19 10:33:06
  - Oh crap! I stand corrected. I should have looked it up . I saw a news piece ... by Eri 2011-08-19 13:46:09
    - How could you confuse Bachmann and O'Donnell? One's a witch, the other's a by Robert 2011-08-19 19:03:30
      - I was talking about the zinger I had made about it being "too much for her to swallow" which was ... by Eri 2011-08-19 21:45:47
        
        ok by Robert 2011-08-20 09:55:38
        
        "...our place is only to vote for them and then find out about their policies and plans." Argh. by TB 2011-08-20 10:25:14
        
        Welcome back...and huh? by Robert 2011-08-20 16:30:38

Republicans, Repent! by Eri August 8, 2011 7:54 am

Just what we need by Eri August 5, 2011 3:37 pm

The only reason I can see for this is that he is catering to what was once penned "The Silent ... by Jody 2011-08-06 09:24:37
I find it amusing that the only people who take literal creationism seriously as a biological principle are Christian and ... by cjb 2011-08-06 08:26:12
- The Democrats have the same problem with Hispanic nationalists. La Raza, and other Hispanic-centric organizations, support open borders for ... by Lee 2011-08-07 15:04:27
- Since power seems to be the driving force, or the accumulation thereof, people like that don't care what happens as ... by Eri 2011-08-06 14:37:58
  - I don't think God really cares whether we are Democrat or Republican. When people start bringing up a religious ... by CJB 2011-08-06 15:56:36
    - Maybe we have political parties as a test to see if we can get along. We failed. by Eri 2011-08-06 18:03:57
    - Yep...I tend to be that way...got enough to deal with. by Jody 2011-08-06 16:38:45

Wow. by TB August 2, 2011 8:39 am

Violent rhetoric update: Cartoon on using SEALS to kill Republican congressmen. This is from a Tuscon newspaper. Think about it. by TB 2011-08-02 18:20:56
- Maybe they're going to finish off Giffords? Hmmm, all of a sudden it's no longer funny when a violent ... by Lee 2011-08-07 15:14:13
- The cartoon is funny and the way a lot of people feel about them. I'd say it's representative of ... by Eri 2011-08-05 06:10:28
- Think about it. Ok, lemme find my thinkin' cap, 'cause this is a tricky one. Oh well, could be worse...you could be ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 10:53:14
  - COULD be? Teehee. by Eri 2011-08-05 06:11:11

The comforting life of an ideological fanatic by TB August 1, 2011 4:59 pm

Just tuned into this guy... by Jody August 1, 2011 10:42 am

Testing page broadcast by FrankC May 19, 2011 1:14 pm

Coming to Terms with Right-Wing Movements by mcfly July 26, 2011 11:14 am

I was born in the Spanish-speaking neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, (Ybor City) but we moved to a rural, very rednecky ... by ER 2011-07-26 13:11:40
- Seems your parents preferred living with the "Rednecks" in the country to their own kind in Ybor city. I ... by Lee 2011-07-26 18:43:09
  - Seems like we agree on one thing. The ones who do the "inviting" are the cause of most of ... by Lee 2011-07-26 19:18:01
    - My family has been here for over a century. They and their countrymen were invited here to work because Americans ... by ER 2011-07-26 19:38:18
      - No one here thinks that, ER. In fact, everyone here has a great deal of respect for you....and that ... by Lee 2011-07-27 13:21:43
  - The apologists and excuse makers for the Confederacy are always whining that the Civil War had nothing to do with ... by ER 2011-07-26 18:52:53
    - The funny thing is, every damn one of us, if not Native American, is an import. I'll never understand ... by Eri 2011-08-05 06:22:32
- PS. It's a good thing its got lots of footnotes, or Tom might not take it seriously. by ER 2011-07-26 13:51:14
Wow, an entire paper demonizing a political ideology for demonizing political ideologies. by TB 2011-07-26 11:48:22
- Maybe someday you'll get around to reading it? by mcfly 2011-07-26 11:58:58
  - Did you? The last part is complete horseshit. I also checked out the main website, which was essentially ... by TB 2011-07-26 12:02:10
    - Yep. Bookmarked and URL forwarded to my home email for future reference. Thought it was spot-on. by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:06:33
      - Go git 'em, McFly! by Eri 2011-07-26 16:01:28
        
        Consider 'em got! :-) by mcfly 2011-07-26 19:25:53

One symptom of tyranny... by TB July 25, 2011 11:34 am

Until August 1914 by TB July 24, 2011 8:59 pm

Oh sure, post-Edwardian Britain was such a Libertarian paradise! That is, unless you were an industrial worker in the massive ... by ER 2011-07-25 04:43:57
- You make some very good points, particularly on colonialism and the British class system. I don't concede that either colonialism or ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:37:04
  - It's all relative, Tom, which is my point. In spite of my harangue, the English peasant always had it ... by ER 2011-07-25 10:22:37
    - Absence of all-pervasive state control does not automatically lead to freedom, but it is a prerequisite. I use "the state" as ... by TB 2011-07-25 10:55:08
      - You and I must have completely different views of the social universe. I have never felt threatened by the ... by ER 2011-07-25 11:33:50
        
        That's actually surreal. Is this what happens to your head when you work for even a local government? ... by TB 2011-07-25 13:21:34
        
        I spent most of my life working for private industry: Mom and pop shops, giant corporations, but also the ... by ER 2011-07-25 14:01:36
        
        A Soviet science guy might not have been the best example. They were on the upper tiers in those ... by TB 2011-07-25 16:09:26
        
        Not to worry, TB. China and Russia will carry the torch for free enterprise (ta-dah!). Just think, they're ... by ER 2011-07-25 16:28:28
        
        The sad part is that you think China and Russia are "free enterprise" just because they contain rich businessmen. by TB 2011-07-25 18:48:30
        
        Tom, they are rich businessmen, they get to decide what capitalism is, not two unemployed old geezers in North America ... by ER 2011-07-25 19:34:40
        
        A great series of posts, ER! Thanks. by mcfly 2011-07-26 04:51:04
        
        Thanks, super fly! It's reassuring to know someone is reading these posts who might actually benefit from them. by ER 2011-07-26 05:18:13
        
        The Soviet Union had rich people running businesses. A lot of them managed to hang on to those government-sanctioned ... by TB 2011-07-25 20:51:22
        
        Oh, quelle surprise! Rich, powerful industrial managers and financiers take advantage of a vacuum in political power and seize ... by ER 2011-07-26 05:16:08

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