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A letter from Galt's Gulch by ER September 13, 2012 6:09 am

I enjoyed this. by bowser 2012-09-13 16:29:53
- Its all negotiable. by ER 2012-09-13 17:08:43
  - I don't think most of what Bowser proposes would be "negotiable" to a sane person. by TB 2012-09-13 20:51:47
    - Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, TB, not the highest aspiration of Man. by bowser 2012-09-13 23:16:25
      - Greed and envy. Two sides of the same coin. by RobVG 2012-09-15 08:36:31
      - You were serious. Glad to have that clear. by TB 2012-09-14 09:15:50
        
        As a professing Christian, please explain how Greed is good. by bowser 2012-09-14 09:56:11
        
        His coming answer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B718RsboGEI by bowser 2012-09-14 10:03:23
        
        You know, it's not that bad. by RobVG 2012-09-14 09:27:27
        
        You know what? Forget it. Trashed my response. by TB 2012-09-14 10:18:04
        
        As a professing Christian, please explain how Greed is good. by bowser 2012-09-14 21:42:01
        
        Implementing them would be impossible. I know that. by bowser 2012-09-14 09:52:38
My background is the same as yours ER. I am of the fiscal conservative mindset. I am a social liberal. ... by Jody 2012-09-13 07:16:29
- We're not that far apart. by ER 2012-09-13 07:30:57
  - Define fruits of your labors please. I know we are both retired...and we will be tired again tomorrow...;) You see things ... by Jody 2012-09-13 08:59:49
    - "Define fruits of your labors please." by ER 2012-09-13 09:51:34
      - All I ask is a little security, comfort, peace, and dignity. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. Yeah...pretty ... by Jody 2012-09-13 11:03:16

Jes sayin'... by Jody September 14, 2012 7:17 pm

Have you ever looked at what the US has done to Muslims in the last 100 years? by bowser 2012-09-14 21:41:07
Maybe we need more movies. by ER 2012-09-14 19:56:02

Several other dogs which don't bark. by bowser September 11, 2012 12:50 am

Defending from what, constant BS? Why would anyone bother. by RobVG 2012-09-11 16:40:44
- When your military is ineffective, can't win wars, costs more than anyone elses - - - by bowser 2012-09-11 18:12:50
  - Macabre Point? by RobVG 2012-09-11 18:44:35
    - It ain't just a redneck fantasy. by ER 2012-09-11 19:41:57
      - Well that too.... by RobVG 2012-09-11 19:57:26
    - Armed insurrections should be armed. by alcaray 2012-09-11 19:22:51
      - The bad guys will always have weapons. Always. by TB 2012-09-11 19:58:30
        
        yep by RobVG 2012-09-13 21:34:02
        
        "It’s usually number one on the list of what bad guys want to acquire." by ER 2012-09-11 20:32:41
        
        You can figure that out when you watch what they use the weapons for. by TB 2012-09-11 20:45:44
        
        You mean, like genocide? by ER 2012-09-11 21:11:39
        
        "Black and white." by TB 2012-09-12 09:00:59
        
        I fail to see how Wikipedia contradicts anything I said. by ER 2012-09-12 09:25:42
        
        Contradicts your single point? No. More complex? Yes. by TB 2012-09-12 09:45:05
        
        ? by ER 2012-09-12 10:10:02
Left out Vietnam. Our military has lost 3 wars in a row. Out of 3. by bowser 2012-09-11 15:47:41

"Behind the Front Page", by David Broder by bowser September 13, 2012 2:29 pm

I've had an interest in foreign policy since I was a kid. No BS here: Romney scares the sh*t out of me! by BuckGalaxy September 12, 2012 8:04 pm

The man is not evil. by ER 2012-09-13 07:09:38
- If Obama wins it will be nice to see a moment of honesty from TB about what a lousy candidate Romney was. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-13 09:59:54
  - Tom will say he lost because he wasn't a true conservative. by ER 2012-09-13 10:13:15
Are you serious? by TB 2012-09-12 20:22:17
- LOL that's rich! by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-12 20:47:51
  - See? That's what "carrying water" looks like. by TB 2012-09-12 21:13:48
    - So what does that graph prove? by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-13 00:51:35
      - "Blocked?" by TB 2012-09-13 08:27:23
        
        Blocked! by alcaray 2012-09-13 14:22:24
        
        Yeah the world is burning down, except it's not... by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-13 10:01:48
- You think we should have kept Gaddafi in power? by alcaray 2012-09-12 20:25:54

The Smirk by BuckGalaxy September 13, 2012 1:10 am

Crisis on. Where's Obama? by TB 2012-09-13 07:00:12
- Yes the world is burning down, except it's not... by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-13 10:00:48

Is knee-jerk hate driving the Romney agitprop machine? by ER September 12, 2012 6:26 am

What a response worthy of a presidential candidate look like from John McCain by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-12 15:40:47
Yeah, I'm watching the media circling the wagons around their hero today. by TB 2012-09-12 09:12:52
- Obviously the 9/11 timing was not a cooincidence. by alcaray 2012-09-12 10:00:55
- Of course the attacks were inspired by Islamic terrorists. by ER 2012-09-12 09:46:10
  - Look around. I'm not the one doing the "spinning" here. by TB 2012-09-12 10:01:55
    - If Romney didn't want to be attacked, by ER 2012-09-12 10:29:07
      - "Carrying water?" by TB 2012-09-12 12:35:25
        
        This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius , ahhhh... by ER 2012-09-12 13:39:56
        
        let's come up with a working definition for "carrying water" by alcaray 2012-09-12 12:54:00
        
        As long as we're defining "carrying water..." by TB 2012-09-12 13:52:10
        
        I'm inclined to agree with your proposal... by alcaray 2012-09-12 15:55:00
    - On inspection, that does not seem to be true by alcaray 2012-09-12 10:27:23
Romney doubles down on his campaign's remarks. by ER 2012-09-12 08:10:50

This is one we knew we knew. by bowser September 12, 2012 1:12 am

That's kind of unfair, Bowz. by ER 2012-09-12 04:07:54
- C'mon. by bowser 2012-09-12 12:38:26
  - Clinton retaliated for the Kenya embassy attack. by ER 2012-09-12 13:52:40
- Rice said the warnings were lost in the chaff, didn't rise to a level of concern. by bowser 2012-09-12 08:59:29

Oh my gosh! Republicans finally got their case of voter fraud. by alcaray September 10, 2012 2:54 pm

It is important that we note Ms Rosen was 'outed' by officials of her own party. n/t by ER 2012-09-10 15:23:31
- And that the story was outed by that hated lefty rag TPM. by alcaray 2012-09-10 17:06:29
  - Not to mention, our notorious lefty Alcaray brought it to our attention. by ER 2012-09-10 17:30:01
    - Well, I did use the opportunity to get in a few shots. by alcaray 2012-09-10 17:50:33

The dog that does nothing in the nighttime by TB September 9, 2012 12:03 pm

The war protests were largely about Iraq by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-10 17:00:47
Maybe it's simple by RobVG 2012-09-10 07:14:59
- Now see? That's what a reasonable response looks like. by TB 2012-09-10 08:00:35
  - Agreed. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-10 16:16:44
- Liberals started the Viet Nam war. by ER 2012-09-10 07:36:02
  - The anti-VN-war crowd started as liberal but grew to be a majority of Americans. by alcaray 2012-09-10 11:34:52
    - The anti-VN war crowd also included many Vets on GI Bill. by ER 2012-09-10 12:22:28
      - It get's worse. by bowser 2012-09-10 13:03:01
        
        Well, I didn't want to just come out and say that. by ER 2012-09-10 13:21:22
      - When I began college in '71 (not having served, myself)... by alcaray 2012-09-10 12:36:11
        
        Maturity by ER 2012-09-10 12:43:59
You must think we're brain-dead, TB. by ER 2012-09-09 13:23:51
- At least now we don't have to stay untill we've defeated "terrorism". by alcaray 2012-09-09 15:36:42
  - err, should have been: "terror". by alcaray 2012-09-09 20:31:09
- Well, now that you mention it... by TB 2012-09-09 13:51:35
  - There is no generic anti-war movement by ER 2012-09-09 14:27:32
    - And, we're off running through the tall grass again. by TB 2012-09-09 16:51:24
      - Are you saying that ANSWER, movon, and MSNBC are (or were) the antiwar movement? by alcaray 2012-09-09 20:30:27
      - No, TB. You are a partisan propagandist. by ER 2012-09-09 17:21:46
        
        Sorry I stuck my head up. But at least it was instructive. by TB 2012-09-09 20:08:17
        
        Yeah, right. Everbody picks on poor Tommy. by ER 2012-09-10 05:19:52
  - Incidentally, this didn't "come out of nowhere." by TB 2012-09-09 14:25:39
...or...Wag The Dog. by Jody 2012-09-09 12:31:38

Well this is encouraging by alcaray September 10, 2012 1:26 pm

They should have given Mexicans a discount on tickets. by ER 2012-09-10 13:35:36

Horses**t by BuckGalaxy September 10, 2012 10:03 am

Why not? by ER 2012-09-10 10:12:16

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