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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
                                                  What the public knows about political parties by TB April 23, 2012 10:14 am
                                                  • Clearly the results divulge a truth. WE ARE SCREWED by Jody 2012-04-23 13:26:28
                                                    • By the way: Don't knock capuchin monkeys. They're a bit smarter than your average - - - . ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:20:25
                                                      • "...on the ability of capuchins to use money..." by ER 2012-04-23 12:37:54
                                                      • I thought some of the questions were phrased a bit oddly, and that someone doing a quick read would get ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:14:36
                                                        • Funny, I interpreted the exact same data in a totally different way. by ER 2012-04-23 11:00:55
                                                          • Did you read the whole news story? by TB 2012-04-23 11:04:58
                                                            • Yes. Why, Is that supposed to make a difference in my conclusion? by ER 2012-04-23 11:18:20
                                                              • No, you concluded this was why people voted Republican. The results and demographics seem to indicate otherwise. by TB 2012-04-23 11:35:19
                                                                • I don't see it. This is what I saw. "The partisan gaps in knowledge are at least partly a consequence of demographic ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:06:36
                                                                  • Remarkable. by TB 2012-04-23 12:44:40
                                                                    • I think you spend an awful lot of effort trying to change the way I think. Think about that. by ER 2012-04-23 12:57:31
                                                                      • Have you ever thought about why I bother? by TB 2012-04-23 13:06:57
                                                                        • We've always known you were a partisan propagandist Tom. We've told you as much. But I have to admit, ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:17:09
                                                                          • Ah, that's a load of horseapples. by TB 2012-04-23 13:34:22
                                                                            • Tom, your "pick the group" gotcha is not really all that extreme. That's really middle of the road stuff. ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:56:08
                                                                              • "Middle of the road?" No wonder you think I'm in deep right field. Check your GPS. by TB 2012-04-23 14:01:37
                                                          • Same here Tom by Jody 2012-04-23 10:49:03
                                                            What's happening May 1st by TB April 23, 2012 1:46 pm
                                                              National Debt Road Trip, updated by TB April 20, 2012 10:21 pm
                                                              • Speaking of lifeboats, the Bush family has purchased a 100,000 acre spread in Paraguay. No one knows why. Here is ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:55:12
                                                                • Paraguay,eh? Not surprising. I've heard the historical and recent convergence of right-wing political and business interests there described ... by ER 2012-04-21 08:26:16
                                                                  • The source of this story is a Cuban state newspaper. by TB 2012-04-21 10:00:14
                                                                    • Just because it originates in a Commie paper doesn't mean it has to be a lie. In fact, if ... by ER 2012-04-21 11:06:33
                                                                      • I dare you to leave that comment up there. by TB 2012-04-21 11:11:36
                                                                        • Dare me? by ER 2012-04-21 13:58:29
                                                                          • Billy Joel!!!!Hell yes!!! by Jody 2012-04-21 14:09:53
                                                                            • "That’s right, TB. It MIGHT be a lie, but it doesn’t HAVE to be one. That is a subtle distinction, ... by TB 2012-04-21 14:07:15
                                                                              • The point I was making was that truths and lies may be ideologically correllated, but they are by no means ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:14:46
                                                                                • A world where your POV doesn't have to be true at all seems to be comfortable for a lot of people. by TB 2012-04-21 17:58:36
                                                                                  • EDITED: by ER 2012-04-21 20:23:19
                                                                                    • EDITED: I'd be interested in your definition of "Trotskyite," since nobody as yet seems to have developed a consistent or sensible one. by TB 2012-04-21 21:07:35
                                                                                      • The problem is that there is no objective way to distinguish "errors of knowledge" from "deliberate rejection of reality". Just imagine ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:11:19
                                                                                        • We're not arguing about how many angels can dance on the end of a pin. by TB 2012-04-21 22:29:02
                                                                                          • Tom, underneath all your righteous handwaving, all you're really saying is "the way you are doing things doesn't work so ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:41:47
                                                                                            • The deficits are a trillion a year. the debt has exceeded GDP. by TB 2012-04-21 22:51:22
                                                                                        • A Trotskyite is simply a follower of Trotsky. It probably started out as a perjorative term because Trotsky and ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:01:27
                                                                                          • And there's the problem:" by TB 2012-04-21 22:17:01
                                                                                            • Maybe the state can provide nothing, it can only redistribute what is created privately. But the private sector has also ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:32:56
                                                                                              • None of that changes anything about the fundamental flaw of "democratic" wealth redistribution. by TB 2012-04-21 22:44:18
                                                                      • Should be under ERs post. by bowser 2012-04-21 04:55:51
                                                                      • The debt picture painted by conservatives is so dire that it appears that there is no possible action or policy ... by ER 2012-04-21 04:53:49
                                                                        • You just need to look at historical spending patterns to know what created these deficits and the debt. by TB 2012-04-21 10:52:56
                                                                          • You don't make me crazy, TB. I've got this culture sussed. It works for me. It's why I make you ... by ER 2012-04-21 11:20:01
                                                                            • What scares me is an intelligent person who will choose belief over facts. by TB 2012-04-21 21:43:36
                                                                              • The fact we have severe budget problems is not in dispute. It never was. Your insistence in accusing me of ... by ER 2012-04-22 07:48:07
                                                                                • Yeah. Like that. by TB 2012-04-22 11:15:16
                                                                        • Why don't you just give it up until you can explain how starting two wars while cutting taxes on the ... by bowser 2012-04-20 22:51:22
                                                                          • It's not the elite I worry about. They are predictable, they will do whatever it takes to protect themselves, and ... by ER 2012-04-21 05:31:37
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