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Post #345,397 by beepster 7/30/11 5:56:04 AM Reply	whoopie for him;-) just saying that the source article didn't call those old people rich, as was implied by the post. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #345,398 by Another Scott 7/30/11 6:02:41 AM Reply	It directly follows from the "logic" of the WaPo article.
Post #345,399 by beepster 7/30/11 6:04:49 AM Reply	no, it doesn't it takes a comment and spins it in a direction unrelated to the article. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.

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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