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  • osusev O
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    O osusev wrote on last edited by
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    Gun,Germs and steel

    jared diamond

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    • Aloysius ?
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      ? Aloysius wrote on last edited by
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      Cal, the idea is to post links here, not copy&paste long e-mails or articles.

      Here's an interesting read:

      Is the Conservative Movement Losing Steam? by Richard Posner

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      • Mr. T Mr. TM
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        Mr. TM Mr. T wrote on last edited by
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        The New York Fed is the most powerful financial institution you've never heard of. Look who's running it.

        http://www.slate.com/id/2217811/

        Head or Gut?
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          C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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          Well, Al, some will find what I posted interesting. But,

          silly me, I forgot you and mz the pussy are the "interesting or not" judges.

          And, mz the pussy's fav mod,

          you enlighten me how I can link to an email, and I will ever so gladly edit it

          quick, like a little bunny rabbit.

          And, I am sorry it aggravated your little buddy.

          I know just once is way, way too many times

          for mz the pussy. I'll try ever so hard not to make him cry with

          another cut and paste of an email. k ?

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          Cal, the idea is to post links here, not copy&paste long e-mails or articles.

          Here's an interesting read:

          Is the Conservative Movement Losing Steam? by Richard Posner

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            Well, Al, some will find what I posted interesting. But,

            silly me, I forgot you and mz the pussy are the "interesting or not" judges.

            And, mz the pussy's fav mod,

            you enlighten me how I can link to an email, and I will ever so gladly edit it

            quick, like a little bunny rabbit.

            And, I am sorry it aggravated your little buddy.

            I know just once is way, way too many times

            for mz the pussy. I'll try ever so hard not to make him cry with

            another cut and paste of an email. k ?

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            Cal, the idea is to post links here, not copy&paste long e-mails or articles.

            Here's an interesting read:

            Is the Conservative Movement Losing Steam? by Richard Posner

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            ? Aloysius wrote on last edited by
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            @calfoxwc said:

            you enlighten me how I can link to an email, and I will ever so gladly edit it

            quick, like a little bunny rabbit.

            Everything the NRA e-mails also goes up on its website. I wouldn't be surprised if the e-mail you received actually included a link to the online alert, which can be found here.

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              C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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              1. I hate you, Al.

              2. Not really.

              3. If you'd find the time to come drive my tractor for a while,

              I'd have time to go gallavanting round the net to find an eensy

              weensy little link instead.

              4. But, I do know what you mean, and my lofty opinion of you hasn't

              changed, to be reaffirmed here:

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                C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                But, do you not think that all the anti-Palin articles are negative advertising?

                Oh, I'm guilty here and there of just posting an NRA ad alarm or something.... true.

                But, I desire to counter the constant cherry picked negative advertising.

                For once and for all, serious discussions are great, and most of us would like

                more of that.

                But, like Heck's simple post about Rush, to see what others had to say, I have

                also done the same.

                It would be pointless to give my opinion, and the personal attacks start.

                If we all called off the nonsensical personal attacks, and started simply letting

                others differ in their outlook and opinions, we could actually discuss things constructively.

                See? I didn't even make a joke about anybody at the end.

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                • Mr. T Mr. TM
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                  Mr. TM Mr. T wrote on last edited by
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                  Something worth reading...........

                  True Story

                  Head or Gut?
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                    C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                    "You cannot bring prosperity by discouraging thrift.

                    You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.

                    You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

                    You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

                    You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.

                    You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

                    You cannot further brotherhood of men by inciting class hatred.

                    You cannot establish security on borrowed money.

                    You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

                    You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."

                    -- Rev. William J. H. Boetcker*

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                    • Mr. T Mr. TM
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                      Mr. TM Mr. T wrote on last edited by
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                      Trillions in Financial Bailouts: After 2 years, the major Beneficiaries are Banks and Wall Street. What other Proof do you need that we are Focusing on Bailing out the Banking Oligarchy? Foreclosure Filings at All-Time Record High.

                      6-nationwide-foreclosures1.png

                      Banks, take the blue pill. Public, please take the red pill. If I had to characterize the current economic environment, it would have to consist of two completely different sets of beliefs. On one hand, you have banks and Wall Street receiving massive bailouts from the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve, bailouts of the magnitude that would gear up for a Great Depression and imply that the banking system of our country is insolvent. Then on the other hand, you have Wall Street and the crony banks trying to convince the public that this is a minor recession and all will be well in Q3 and Q4 of 2009. The problem of course is that this is not your typical recession yet the public is being led to believe that all is well while bailouts are being dolled out by the truckload to the wrong locations. The actions we are taking keeps in place the banking oligarchy and sacrifices the public under the guise that this is good medicine for the general economy.

                      Nothing proves this point better than the current nationwide foreclosure issue:

                      http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/trillio...hy-foreclosure/

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                      • We need Tom Tupa W
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                        W We need Tom Tupa wrote on last edited by
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                        Clive Crook on Education:

                        http://www.ft.com/cms/s/636d553e-3d8d-11de...;nclick_check=1

                        Leszek Balcerowicz, "This has not been a pure failure of markets":

                        http://blogs.ft.com/capitalismblog/2009/05...ure-of-markets/

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                          ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on last edited by
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                          @danamal said:

                          It was never about the cut and paste,atleast not with me.

                          Creating an internet "bulletin board" to cut and paste without offering any opinion or dialogue isnt the idea behind any forum.

                          Express an opinion and provide a link if you want but if you feel passionate enough about a particular issue to cut and paste just create a thread about it and state your opinion so we can discuss it rather than free advertising for the heritage foundation,fox news or the nra ,moveon or whoever else you can think of.

                          Although it is never enough for some on here to discuss an issue rationally because even after the issue is exhausted the cut and paste gang ignore the conversation and continue to pollute the board with their advertisments for their views rather than discussing them which then leads to the personal attacks and all that goes with it.

                          In some cases, it is much better to get the article without the posters added opinion.

                          If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
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                            @danamal said:

                            It was never about the cut and paste,atleast not with me.

                            Creating an internet "bulletin board" to cut and paste without offering any opinion or dialogue isnt the idea behind any forum.

                            Express an opinion and provide a link if you want but if you feel passionate enough about a particular issue to cut and paste just create a thread about it and state your opinion so we can discuss it rather than free advertising for the heritage foundation,fox news or the nra ,moveon or whoever else you can think of.

                            Although it is never enough for some on here to discuss an issue rationally because even after the issue is exhausted the cut and paste gang ignore the conversation and continue to pollute the board with their advertisments for their views rather than discussing them which then leads to the personal attacks and all that goes with it.

                            In some cases, it is much better to get the article without the posters added opinion.

                            Mr. T Mr. TM
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                            Mr. TM Mr. T wrote on last edited by
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                            @ballpeen said:

                            In some cases, it is much better to get the article without the posters added opinion.

                            Atleast some get it.

                            Thanks,

                            Head or Gut?
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                              ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on last edited by
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                              Why post old news??

                              My opinion is if you agree with the article, why expound more?

                              I can see if you disagree the adding of commentary, but the posting of something without adding more comment usually means you agree with what was written and posted.

                              JMO

                              If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
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                                C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                                Dan,

                                How do you live with the Palin articles then? The millions? of Bush/Cheney/Halliburton/etc threads for eight years.

                                That was fine until now?

                                Consider the timing.

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                                  C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                                  Dan, your political bigotry, as well as Heck's, hurts the board.

                                  You are justifying the continued duplicate threads because you rationalize them

                                  in terms of your partisanship.

                                  Cheney doesn't HAVE to be quiet.

                                  Gore didn't.

                                  Carter never has.

                                  I don't care that Al IS a mod, you shouldn't be so judgemental and critical about

                                  anybody being partisan, when

                                  you can be as partisan, as well as Heck.

                                  But ridiculing somebody because they don't see politics like you do

                                  is childish and uncalled for.

                                  Partisanship is in the eye of the beholder.

                                  But being outraged that Cheney has opinions is

                                  making you look foolish.

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                                    C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                                    So is your politically expedient outrage.

                                    You won't find fault with other libs no matter what.

                                    But you'll argue and find fault with non-liberals no matter what.

                                    But you want some serious discussion.

                                    Liberal politics is so often an emotional rollercoaster.

                                    Love/hate/love/hate/love/hate........ oi.

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                                      Mr. TM Mr. T wrote on last edited by
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                                      50 years in the making, and in a cartoon.

                                      Head or Gut?
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                                        ? mz. wrote on last edited by
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                                        That video is a great "recommended read" there, T.

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                                        • Mr. T Mr. TM
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                                          Mr. TM Mr. T wrote on last edited by
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                                          well since most dont read I thought that a nice cartoon would be right up their alley. 🙂

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