That explains why Boehner got the bill passed last night

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Post #345,353 by drook 7/29/11 1:40:58 PM Reply	That explains why Boehner got the bill passed last night -- Drew
Post #345,355 by beepster 7/29/11 1:54:34 PM Reply	getting zero dems helps that cause along quite well. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #345,358 by Another Scott 7/29/11 2:01:26 PM Reply	Having the majority is rough, isn't it?
Post #345,361 by beepster 7/29/11 3:22:59 PM Reply	not particularly. but I notice no uproar any longer about block no voting by a single party, do I? Bueller? Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #345,362 by drook 7/29/11 3:31:49 PM Reply	[sigh] There is a difference When the majority says openly that their #1 priority is making Obama a one-term president, and their action confirm they don't give a shit what they blow up or who gets hurt along the way, then yeah, I have no problem with opposing that. -- Drew
Post #345,366 by beepster 7/29/11 4:31:47 PM Reply	no there is not except in your head. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #345,367 by Another Scott 7/29/11 4:37:10 PM Reply	You're actually a 'bot, aren't you. <sigh>
Post #345,369 by beepster 7/29/11 4:47:26 PM Reply	well... ...maybe on this one instance of a vote I'll forgive. problem is, though, it's been happening pretty much since the change. Silence. This time, they're fighting the good fight for their beliefs. Also convenient that y'all like this side better than the others. As church lady says...isn't that >convenient< Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #345,394 by S1mon_Jester 7/30/11 1:38:34 AM Reply	So you're saying that the Democrats are using the same tactics as Republicans?
Post #345,409 by lincoln 7/30/11 12:42:02 PM Reply	Of course he is that way he can easily rationalize the false equality of responsibility for the debt crisis. RepubliCANTS are totally responsible for this false crisis that they have manufactured to give them the opportunity to shove their ideology down the throats of Americans, who would never let such crap occur if they tried this under a different political scenario. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow

Poor bastards - (drook) - (84) - July 27, 2011, 11:02:44 PM EDT

Right. - (beepster) - (25) - July 27, 2011, 11:00:57 PM EDT

Non sequitur, as usual. -NT - (Another Scott) - (22) - July 28, 2011, 07:04:42 AM EDT

really? - (beepster) - (21) - July 28, 2011, 09:16:10 AM EDT

Where? -NT - (Another Scott) - (20) - July 28, 2011, 09:50:25 AM EDT

I think he's looking here - (S1mon_Jester) - (19) - July 28, 2011, 11:01:49 AM EDT

Re: I think he's looking here - (malraux) - (18) - July 28, 2011, 11:47:57 AM EDT

The whining that the rich have been doing for a few years - (jake123) - July 28, 2011, 12:04:21 PM EDT

Dammit, we lost - (drook) - (16) - July 28, 2011, 01:15:11 PM EDT

well.. - (beepster) - (15) - July 28, 2011, 02:04:18 PM EDT

How many people making $250k have their own jets? - (drook) - (14) - July 28, 2011, 03:25:06 PM EDT

Re: How many people making $250k have their own jets? - (beepster) - (13) - July 28, 2011, 04:20:46 PM EDT

The problem with that argument - (drook) - (11) - July 28, 2011, 04:36:30 PM EDT

the tpers can't drive the bus - (beepster) - (10) - July 29, 2011, 09:10:43 AM EDT

That explains why Boehner got the bill passed last night -NT - (drook) - (9) - July 29, 2011, 01:40:58 PM EDT

getting zero dems helps that cause along quite well. -NT - (beepster) - (8) - July 29, 2011, 01:54:34 PM EDT

Having the majority is rough, isn't it? -NT - (Another Scott) - (7) - July 29, 2011, 02:01:26 PM EDT

not particularly. - (beepster) - (6) - July 29, 2011, 03:22:59 PM EDT

[sigh] There *is* a difference - (drook) - (5) - July 29, 2011, 03:31:49 PM EDT

no there is not - (beepster) - (4) - July 29, 2011, 04:31:47 PM EDT

You're actually a 'bot, aren't you. <sigh> -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - July 29, 2011, 04:37:10 PM EDT

well... - (beepster) - (2) - July 29, 2011, 04:47:26 PM EDT

So you're saying - (S1mon_Jester) - (1) - July 30, 2011, 01:38:34 AM EDT

Of course he is - (lincoln) - July 30, 2011, 12:42:02 PM EDT

About T.E.A. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 2, 2011, 08:10:53 AM EDT

Liar - (drook) - (1) - July 28, 2011, 09:51:14 AM EDT

what...ever -NT - (beepster) - July 28, 2011, 02:05:42 PM EDT

No, no. Not $250k/yr - $30k/yr is rich. - (Another Scott) - (57) - July 29, 2011, 08:46:27 PM EDT

Yup, just saw that - (drook) - (1) - July 29, 2011, 09:05:32 PM EDT

thats why the dems want a cut of your 401k - (boxley) - July 29, 2011, 10:15:01 PM EDT

go to the original article - (beepster) - (53) - July 29, 2011, 10:07:38 PM EDT

Dean reads the WaPo so I don't have to. ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (52) - July 29, 2011, 10:16:34 PM EDT

He got that one wrong - (beepster) - (51) - July 29, 2011, 10:35:51 PM EDT

Dean Baker has addressed those talking points many times. - (Another Scott) - (3) - July 29, 2011, 11:28:48 PM EDT

whoopie for him;-) - (beepster) - (2) - July 30, 2011, 05:56:04 AM EDT

It directly follows from the "logic" of the WaPo article. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 30, 2011, 06:02:41 AM EDT

no, it doesn't - (beepster) - July 30, 2011, 06:04:49 AM EDT

Isn't the military budget increasing? - (S1mon_Jester) - (46) - July 30, 2011, 01:36:45 AM EDT

by percentage. not dollars. -NT - (beepster) - (45) - July 30, 2011, 05:54:33 AM EDT

Of course... - (Another Scott) - (44) - July 30, 2011, 07:01:49 AM EDT

Funnier still - (beepster) - (17) - July 30, 2011, 08:10:59 AM EDT

<sigh> -NT - (Another Scott) - July 30, 2011, 08:59:08 AM EDT

Re: Funnier still - (hnick) - (7) - July 30, 2011, 09:23:20 AM EDT

Bullshit. Its right in there...always is.. - (beepster) - (6) - July 31, 2011, 01:31:40 PM EDT

Your selective outrage is frequently tiresome. - (Another Scott) - (5) - July 31, 2011, 02:06:41 PM EDT

Ah, its selective - (beepster) - (4) - July 31, 2011, 04:19:38 PM EDT

Well you're sure *trying* to stop it - (drook) - (3) - July 31, 2011, 07:37:49 PM EDT

Try 5 - (beepster) - (2) - July 31, 2011, 07:59:11 PM EDT

How many people got Food Stamps in 1960? - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 31, 2011, 08:15:53 PM EDT

pilot started in 61. Act passed in 64. Hmm. - (beepster) - July 31, 2011, 10:37:21 PM EDT

That dead horse won't hunt, - (Ashton) - (7) - July 30, 2011, 06:05:29 PM EDT

if i bothered to translate that.. - (beepster) - (4) - July 31, 2011, 01:32:25 PM EDT

You won't eat your own dog food.. as usual. - (Ashton) - (3) - July 31, 2011, 06:53:03 PM EDT

that ain't it. - (beepster) - (2) - July 31, 2011, 08:00:30 PM EDT

I empathize with that pain you suffer in 'crafting' English. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 1, 2011, 05:35:38 PM EDT

Clearly -NT - (beepster) - Aug. 1, 2011, 06:00:43 PM EDT

Rep. Lamborn likens Obama to a "tar baby" - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 2, 2011, 02:41:15 PM EDT

Colorado, eh? - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 2, 2011, 04:19:24 PM EDT

Percentages and dollars. - (S1mon_Jester) - (25) - Aug. 1, 2011, 12:37:44 AM EDT

or conversely - (beepster) - (24) - Aug. 1, 2011, 01:23:52 AM EDT

What would you cut, and how would you get enough votes? -NT - (Another Scott) - (6) - Aug. 1, 2011, 07:31:01 AM EDT

Thankfully, not my job - (beepster) - (5) - Aug. 1, 2011, 11:50:06 AM EDT

What if the popular thing is also the right thing? - (drook) - (4) - Aug. 1, 2011, 12:03:31 PM EDT

You may underestimate Beep's comprehension of 'the poor' - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 1, 2011, 06:02:35 PM EDT

That would hardly fit - (beepster) - (2) - Aug. 1, 2011, 07:42:28 PM EDT

You're making up stuff again... - (Another Scott) - Aug. 1, 2011, 09:43:35 PM EDT

Y'know Beep.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 2, 2011, 03:22:48 PM EDT

No. - (S1mon_Jester) - (9) - Aug. 1, 2011, 11:51:08 AM EDT

the airlines pay tsa -NT - (boxley) - (8) - Aug. 1, 2011, 12:06:25 PM EDT

Nope. - (S1mon_Jester) - (7) - Aug. 1, 2011, 01:04:55 PM EDT

Re: Nope. - (beepster) - (6) - Aug. 1, 2011, 02:43:48 PM EDT

still a lot of money for theatre -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 1, 2011, 02:44:40 PM EDT

And you think Congress wouldn't put that excise fee into the - (S1mon_Jester) - (4) - Aug. 1, 2011, 03:37:20 PM EDT

Staffing - (beepster) - (3) - Aug. 1, 2011, 04:13:35 PM EDT

LOL....Here, let me emphasis it for you. - (S1mon_Jester) - (2) - Aug. 3, 2011, 12:24:46 AM EDT

guessing your point is simply - (beepster) - (1) - Aug. 3, 2011, 08:08:20 AM EDT

Want to know what's sad? - (S1mon_Jester) - Aug. 3, 2011, 03:24:30 PM EDT

typical conservative response: - (lincoln) - (6) - Aug. 1, 2011, 09:58:35 PM EDT

wrong - (beepster) - (5) - Aug. 2, 2011, 03:38:14 PM EDT

Strawman much? -NT - (Another Scott) - (4) - Aug. 2, 2011, 08:08:51 PM EDT

not here. - (beepster) - (3) - Aug. 2, 2011, 08:23:52 PM EDT

you might think it - (lincoln) - (2) - Aug. 2, 2011, 09:46:07 PM EDT

If you're going to say something about republicans - (beepster) - (1) - Aug. 2, 2011, 09:56:46 PM EDT

You can have him. He voted for your ticket after all... -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 2, 2011, 10:15:46 PM EDT

Mark Thoma wasn't impressed with Samuelson, either. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 6, 2011, 10:18:19 PM EDT

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