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Lara Logan's War Cry. by Jody October 17, 2012 8:58 am

Stick this in your pipe and smoke it. by RobVG October 15, 2012 6:55 pm

I can see it now. by bowser 2012-10-16 10:04:49
I think everyone else went home. by TB 2012-10-15 20:21:38
- Probably a calm before the storm. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-15 20:44:49
  - No. by bowser 2012-10-15 21:30:23
    - You were reading this place for the past month or so, right? by TB 2012-10-16 07:06:17
      - As usual you are right. by bowser 2012-10-16 09:48:40
      - TB! You beat me to it! by Jody 2012-10-16 07:46:32

Still undecided? by TB October 14, 2012 1:11 pm

So you'd vote for any candidate that opposed Obama. I get it. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-14 20:47:47
- For me, it seems that the Republicans have a firmer grasp on the long term solutions. Democrats appear to have ... by Jody 2012-10-15 07:09:00
  - The whole take on the coming debate is interesting. by TB 2012-10-15 09:37:35
    - I think Romney will be flustered a few times. by RobVG 2012-10-15 19:25:53
      - The only thing a president has to do to promote economic growth... by TB 2012-10-15 20:23:48
- Nah. by TB 2012-10-15 07:07:58
- voting on a personal issue by FrankC 2012-10-14 22:47:32

for your amusement by FrankC October 13, 2012 7:47 pm

:) by Jody 2012-10-14 07:42:44

Elected Autocrats by TB October 12, 2012 1:56 pm

Who but a fool chooses to become a slave of a mega-corporation? by bowser 2012-10-12 22:02:58
Self interest verus self-immolation by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-12 20:08:41

the god that bleeds by TB October 10, 2012 4:49 pm

The article has articulated what I have been unable to. Very Good. by Jody 2012-10-11 06:38:03
Huff Post is in meltdown now, too. by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-10 19:19:22
- The point isn't the polls. by TB 2012-10-10 19:41:08
  - Power corrupts. by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-10 21:58:43
    - Remember, the founders didn't have term limits. by TB 2012-10-11 10:26:55

Implications of the Conservative philosophy. by bowser October 7, 2012 2:22 pm

Seriously?. by RobVG 2012-10-09 08:07:38
- I asked you before to check the numbers against TBs characterizations. by bowser 2012-10-09 15:19:26
  - I didn't read Tom. by RobVG 2012-10-09 17:32:00
    - Well, he called me "demented". Or something like that. by bowser 2012-10-09 21:43:21
      - I've seen this before. by RobVG 2012-10-10 07:07:41
    - This election is about saving $500k? I can't believe there are people so loopy they care about something so small and silly. by alcaray 2012-10-09 18:40:37
      - I give up. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-09 19:10:49
        
        I guess I don't need this. by alcaray 2012-10-09 21:45:31
        
        PBS funding is $445 million, not 500k. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-10 07:05:58
        
        Like pushing a rope, isn't it? by TB 2012-10-09 19:34:08
  - MIght not be a bad idea to actually finish reading the article you linked. by TB 2012-10-09 15:49:56
- The ironic part... by TB 2012-10-09 10:42:06
It sure smells like it. by Lindy 2012-10-08 22:24:05
You're clearly still living in the BDS era... by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-07 20:12:58
- Where clearly we've moved on to the ODS era. by alcaray 2012-10-07 21:52:16
On Rainwater Collection by podrock 2012-10-07 17:31:42
- The difference is the common good vs. Bechtel profits. by bowser 2012-10-07 17:44:16
Pure fiction. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-07 15:44:28
- OK. There's a choice below. The numbers, or TBs characterizations. by bowser 2012-10-08 11:18:23
- Which part? Take the first, if you would. by bowser 2012-10-07 17:29:50
  - More steaming dementia than fiction. by TB 2012-10-07 18:37:07
    - WSJ - "80% of the nation’s wealth gains between 1983 and 2009 went to the wealthiest top 5%." by bowser 2012-10-07 21:15:09
      - Most of that article describes how the study cooked the numbers. by TB 2012-10-07 21:27:35
        
        Sad try. "Selective timeframe" - 1983 to 2009. Willful ignorance, TB by bowser 2012-10-07 22:11:32

Speaking of "freaking out"... by alcaray October 5, 2012 1:15 pm

I don't think there's any "conspiracy." by TB 2012-10-05 21:52:58
- Yeah, having it both ways is one common approach. by alcaray 2012-10-06 10:23:11
  - Tell me how this doesn't look odd. by TB 2012-10-06 11:48:38
    - PS: Election year politics aside, this is a good thing. Rejoice! by alcaray 2012-10-06 16:04:20
    - We are in a recovery. The economic news will be good more often than bad. by alcaray 2012-10-06 13:45:21

The last nail may have just hammered into the Zone coffin n/t by Jody October 4, 2012 10:14 am

You have these extremists here... by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-04 17:24:00
- Luckily, you've come back to decrease the percent of extremists. by alcaray 2012-10-05 13:47:02
  - Hardly. I'm the most extreme of them all. by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-05 19:07:58
Geez, I go down to throw a party for my kid, and what happened? by TB 2012-10-04 10:54:07
- Nothin'....now ;) by Jody 2012-10-04 11:44:24

An essay on finance capital by ER October 3, 2012 6:42 am

Real capitalists. by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-03 17:39:23
In the first part you left out something. by alcaray 2012-10-03 12:09:07
- Google QE3, see what you think n/t by RobVG 2012-10-03 17:38:03
  - I think it does not have anything to do with the fact I related. by alcaray 2012-10-03 22:50:19
    - I thought you were talking about the Fed feeding money into the economy. by RobVG 2012-10-04 08:35:58
      - Well, it is a completely different tool. by alcaray 2012-10-04 11:56:23
        
        You have me confused for an antagonist. I'll leave you be... n/t by RobVG 2012-10-04 19:29:45
        
        I really wasn't trying to sound antagonistic. I am bewildered. by alcaray 2012-10-04 20:39:34
        
        No problem. Sometimes I just want to talk economics with someone. by RobVG 2012-10-05 09:14:19
        
        So you want to discuss QE, then. by alcaray 2012-10-05 13:45:25
        
        I know what you mean by Robert 2012-10-05 10:47:40
        
        I think it's all Tom's fault. by RobVG 2012-10-05 17:03:31
- It's turtles all the way down by Robert 2012-10-03 12:55:48
  - Yes, and Hamilton's thinking was dead wrong. by TB 2012-10-04 11:28:35
    - I have read the Founders, TB. I have read Hamilton, TB. And you, TB, are no Founder by Robert 2012-10-04 15:52:24
      - Talk to 16th century Spain for pointers on how trouble-free the gold standard is. (or the Hunt brothers) by alcaray 2012-10-05 11:06:05
      - Oh, sorry. by TB 2012-10-04 16:42:19
        
        Here's something interesting: by alcaray 2012-10-05 11:19:37
        
        Got my wheel barrow ready with cash...time to get a loaf of bread. ;) by Jody 2012-10-04 17:04:04
  - Once you go beyond the barter system, it's a natural progression that governments all over the world have felt their way through for many centuries. by alcaray 2012-10-03 13:41:12
- It had something to do with the Andrew Jackson Administration, didn't it?. by ER 2012-10-03 12:17:50
  - Honestly, I don't know. by alcaray 2012-10-03 12:23:58
Control and abuse by TB 2012-10-03 09:24:11
- Never have I seen you argue for regulation. by alcaray 2012-10-03 12:16:51
- Don't know much 'bout economee... by ER 2012-10-03 12:13:39
  - Someone needs to install a fusible link. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-04 19:43:17
  - It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau by Jody 2012-10-04 02:55:07
  - Holy cripes, you went there. by alcaray 2012-10-03 12:18:42
A lot of truth but banks allow us to pay over time. We voluntarily enter into contract to finance houses and businesses. I wouldn't want save and wait 30 years to buy a house. n/t by RobVG 2012-10-03 07:52:30
- Another way to look at this that's closer to your pov. by RobVG 2012-10-03 08:05:34
  - You might want to look at the money you spent on rent. It should probably be added to the cost of the home with interest forgone. by RobVG 2012-10-03 08:41:15
    - I'm not vilifying anybody. by ER 2012-10-03 11:40:49
      - "Encouraging consumers to buy luxuries on credit..." is very good business. by alcaray 2012-10-03 12:31:08
        
        What's profitable isn't always ethical. by ER 2012-10-03 13:14:52
- Like I said, credit is not evil, it is just easily abused, by both borrower and lender. by ER 2012-10-03 07:56:53

What it boils down to. by bowser October 4, 2012 7:35 pm

The last four years of Bush were pretty good. by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-04 21:36:38
- Stole this too and put it on Facebook...gee...my friends will think I am awesome today. :) by Jody 2012-10-05 11:02:14
- Hanlon's Razor: by TB 2012-10-05 09:14:40
- Good to have you back. by bowser 2012-10-04 23:29:02

Humph. by RobVG September 20, 2012 8:39 pm

In my own observations...Romney *may* be able to wipe the floor with Obama because in the Republicans eyes Obama failed ... by Jody 2012-09-21 11:51:38
- Isolation by TB 2012-09-21 12:09:52
  - Your only counterpoint seems to be that the media is to blame. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-21 12:33:35
    - When the media report Conservative ineptitude, it's the medias fault. by bowser 2012-09-21 16:12:04
      - Abu Ghraib would not have made daily headlines under a Democratic president. by TB 2012-09-21 16:27:23
        
        I'd like to propose a new rule by Robert 2012-09-24 15:58:50
        
        You mean like "things would have been much worse if Obama hadn't done what he'd done?" by TB 2012-09-24 16:13:37
        
        You are quite mistaken. by alcaray 2012-09-24 17:15:49
        
        Are you out of your mind? by alcaray 2012-09-22 11:26:20
        
        Nonsense by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-21 17:43:38
    - Right now Buck, I think it is...the media is smoke and mirrors to what is however I don't listen ... by Jody 2012-09-21 13:34:03
    - Considering the media has been called "the Fourth Branch of Government"... by TB 2012-09-21 12:50:40
      - The excuse has gotten very stale by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-21 17:18:28
Time will tell. by Jody 2012-09-21 11:25:06
Romney's made his own negatives. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-21 00:48:02
- Interesting... by TB 2012-09-21 11:56:53
  - When did I say that was the only thing conservatives were saying? by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-21 12:36:01
  - That is what I hope comes to light...Obama. It is time he steps up to the plate... by Jody 2012-09-21 12:21:12
What's remarkable... by TB 2012-09-20 20:45:55
- National polls by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-21 10:24:39
- I'll agree it's closer than it looks. Or that people think. by bowser 2012-09-20 21:55:27
  - "Bravado". Still got that bookmark? n/t by RobVG 2012-10-03 19:47:51
    - Didn't you see... by SDAI-Tech 2012-10-04 10:06:05
  - Brains and bullshit. Well said. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-20 23:34:28

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