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The death of California, cont. by TB April 28, 2012 7:36 pm
  • A good rule of thumb in a capitalist society. by bowser 2012-05-01 13:19:24
    • It's funny. by TB 2012-05-01 18:45:06
      • I'll ask you what. Tell me where the economy is working - - - by bowser 2012-05-01 19:49:12
      • It works for me. by ER 2012-05-01 14:01:42
        • It must be going somewhere. by ER 2012-05-01 14:05:49
      The real problems have surprising causes. by bowser April 29, 2012 5:54 pm
        From another site... by ER April 28, 2012 12:51 pm
        • A real conundrum. by bowser 2012-04-29 17:38:49
          • By the way, this post seems to be in limbo. by TB 2012-04-29 12:24:33
            • Come on, wouldn't it be nice to have space pay for itself for a change? by TB 2012-04-28 21:27:51
              • Yes, it would be nice. by er 2012-04-29 06:45:56
                • More light than heat by er 2012-04-29 07:54:40
                  • SpaceX just put a payload into orbit in a capsule lacking only an abort system to be man-rated, and recovered ... by TB 2012-04-29 12:19:18
                    • "...not generate useful and practical technologicval systems..." by ER 2012-04-29 13:21:27
                      • "Useful and practical." by TB 2012-04-29 13:51:42
                        • Just so you know... by TB 2012-04-29 14:06:36
                          • Just so you know... by ER 2012-04-29 14:45:50
                            • Successful entrepreneurs by TB 2012-04-29 15:21:50
              • Are you sure you didn't write both of those? lol n/t by RobVG 2012-04-28 16:32:49
                • I'm sure he didn't. by podrock 2012-04-28 18:41:57
                  • No, you will note the second post reveals a fairly detailed knowledge of space technology and the industry and agencies ... by ER 2012-04-28 17:05:24
                  It just occurred to me. by bowser April 27, 2012 6:21 pm
                  • I may be going out on a limb here...but...I don't know if being Conservative or Liberal has anything to do ... by Jody 2012-04-27 20:33:38
                    • It's their comfort zone. Screw with it at your peril. by TB 2012-04-27 20:45:37
                    • Some Ccnservatives often see themselves as big tycoons, masters of business. They believe their own propaganda. They play the market, ... by ER 2012-04-27 20:03:54
                      • I didn't like the whole "house flipping" thing. by RobVG 2012-04-27 18:39:47
                        • I couldn't agree more. I saw some houses flipped twice before the third guy got stuck with it. ... by bowser 2012-04-27 19:09:13
                          • Not just '29. by ER 2012-04-28 08:39:27
                        When has the economy NEVER been an issue with us...or US? n/t by Jody April 27, 2012 11:04 am
                        • It always will be to some. Even the mega-rich who are getting richer and richer don't think they're getting ... by bowser 2012-04-27 16:47:11
                          • Nobody cares about the economy until their job is threatened. If OTHER people have money problems its because they are ... by ER 2012-04-27 15:17:39
                            • Ignorance is a bigger problem than either laziness or stupidity. by TB 2012-04-27 16:22:28
                              • And greed is a bigger problem that ignorance, laziness or stupidity. by bowser 2012-04-27 16:48:09
                                • Q.E.D. by TB 2012-04-27 17:35:27
                                  • For some 2 + 2 = 4. For others, the question would lead to answers such as these. "Well, if ... by bowser 2012-04-27 18:08:33
                                    • Yeah, that helped your case. by TB 2012-04-27 20:37:27
                                      • That was a brief example of your reasoning. Hit home, huh! by bowser 2012-04-28 02:26:12
                            A more serious knowledge issue by TB April 27, 2012 11:04 am
                            • 5/5. That must mean I am qualified to run the economy. I just want to know where Carolina does her ... by ER 2012-04-27 14:43:32
                              • 4/5. I didn't think there was enough information to calculate the 4% interest. One could ask that question ... by bowser 2012-04-27 16:41:02
                                • Don't buy a car on credit. by TB 2012-04-27 17:37:24
                                  • I can't remember the last time I did. Oh, yes, it was 30 years ago. And if one does, don't ... by bowser 2012-04-27 17:56:57
                                    • I've only bought one car on credit, a brand new 2003 Japanese sedan, with a standard shift, the small engine, ... by ER 2012-04-27 20:35:29
                                • It just means you're older. by TB 2012-04-27 15:46:30
                                  • Economic illiterates make the best consumers. We've built an economy on that axiom. by ER 2012-04-27 20:20:05
                                I wonder what would be said if the Ds were up to this. by bowser April 27, 2012 10:54 am
                                • Look up "Blue Dogs" and "primaries." by TB 2012-04-27 11:07:18
                                  • You should have pulled out Lieberman. Remember all the things you said? by bowser 2012-04-27 11:23:58
                                    • That would be the Lieberman that got drummed out of the Democratic Party for straying off the plantation. by TB 2012-04-27 11:37:04
                                      • Yep. So the same things you said about Democrats apply to Lugar and Republicans? There were some pretty ... by bowser 2012-04-27 12:07:52
                                  EPA management policy by TB April 26, 2012 8:12 pm
                                  • Update by TB 2012-04-30 09:58:41
                                    • Video's been pulled, dude. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-27 02:40:13
                                      • Yeah, I noticed that. by TB 2012-04-27 08:27:08
                                        • Another copy here. by TB 2012-04-27 08:47:58
                                      Illinois: reality closing in by TB April 26, 2012 6:16 pm
                                      • Ain't it wonderful we have such an example of fiscal responsibility as the Bush-Cheney Administration of 2001 to 2009? ... by bowser 2012-04-26 19:57:08
                                        What are these clowns up to? by bowser April 24, 2012 2:35 pm
                                        • My problem with all this "strategy" crap is that the end goal is always more power for the US. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 16:14:13
                                          • The problem is, the choice "nobody controls the seas" isn't available. by TB 2012-04-24 16:40:58
                                            • Would anyone here support a UN option? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:41:41
                                              • The goal of the US would be to create as much of a puppet government as possible. A very ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:21:57
                                                • Answering for myself: No. by TB 2012-04-25 09:54:56
                                                  • The US lost it's leadership position on Human Rights during the Bush Administration. The US tortured routinely and just ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:28:06
                                                    • Then why doesn't a good "progressive" treat the U.N. like it treats Bush? by TB 2012-04-25 11:39:49
                                                      • "these would be the same “progressives” that spent the entire Cold War worshiping the ground the Soviet Union and its ... by bowser 2012-04-25 12:25:35
                                                        • Paranoia? by TB 2012-04-25 13:06:09
                                                          • Rabid paranoia. You'd do well to listen. To call all who protest Bush's abuses of human rights people ... by bowser 2012-04-25 13:34:31
                                                            • I note the "crimes" don't get much press nowadays. by TB 2012-04-25 16:05:42
                                                              • Oh, my. I call BS. I call it loud, and long. BS. You're too young to remember Joseph ... by bowser 2012-04-26 00:35:39
                                                                • By the way, McCarthy did his bit in 1950. How old are you? by TB 2012-04-26 16:55:07
                                                                  • 71. And I read the local newspapers from cover to cover from the time I was 9. At ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:48:24
                                                                  • I know how the Left uses McCarthy, Bowser. by TB 2012-04-26 16:49:13
                                                                    • "Stalinism". Mean anything? "McCarthyism" does too. For a long time it's seemed as if some people stick ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:41:47
                                                                      • Repeatedly insulting me doesn't change anything. by TB 2012-04-26 19:43:07
                                                                        • P.S. by TB 2012-04-26 19:45:01
                                              • Yemen doesn't have any oil, does it? by ER 2012-04-24 15:24:14
                                                • They control one of the transportation choke points into the Red Sea. by TB 2012-04-24 15:39:04
                                                  • They also border the Saudis. by ER 2012-04-24 16:47:37
                                                • Good point. When did the FBI suddenly become globetrotters? by TB 2012-04-24 15:17:40
                                                  Question of the day! by Vitruvius April 25, 2012 3:07 pm
                                                  • More on Prof. Deudney here. by TB 2012-04-25 15:43:29
                                                    • from your link... "So, once and for all -- what is a negarchy?" "...We didn't have a term that's abstract like ... by ER 2012-04-25 16:14:44
                                                      • The guy does seem like a patriotic nutjob, but it's not his views I'm concerned with. Though his introduction ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 17:56:29
                                                        • Well, according to Deudney... by TB 2012-04-25 18:20:42
                                                          • Useful hint: I wouldn't spend the money if I were you. by TB 2012-04-25 18:43:09
                                                            • Silly TB.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 19:31:52
                                                          • I think I get what he said. And its not particularly outrageous. The rule may be of their own ... by ER 2012-04-25 18:12:34
                                                      • I think that's the best we can hope for; a stable condition due to the exact balance of opposing ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:34:22
                                                        In times of liberal dominance... by FrankC April 23, 2012 3:44 pm
                                                        • No more Mr Nice Guy by ER 2012-04-24 13:42:31
                                                          • Fifty bucks says that guys a liberal. by TB 2012-04-24 15:41:47
                                                            • Yeah, he's one of them country club liberals. Boodles, shaken, not stirred. by ER 2012-04-24 16:32:02
                                                              • Afraid so. If he were drinking wine out of a box he'd be an NRA Conservative. by bowser 2012-04-24 16:10:16
                                                                • Only if he was holding the box over his head and letting it pour into his mouth. by TB 2012-04-24 16:37:23
                                                            • I'm wondering how "liberal dominance" would be measured. It just doesn't seem that way to me, but I don't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:43:40
                                                              • Control of the executive and legislative. This is assuming that we consider democrats as usually liberal and republicans not usually ... by FrankC 2012-04-23 21:03:49
                                                                • They're the ones who wear leather that isn't necessary for doing a job. by TB 2012-04-23 20:50:02
                                                                • I think this time the cigar is just a cigar. by TB 2012-04-23 16:04:38
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