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after re-reading the intitial thread you are posting, you are confusing us taking the state of texas as a joke, with us taking Perry's comments as a joke. The latter is just a complete fabrication.

ugh, I can't imagine anything worse than moving to the big ten conference and having to deal with their fans.

I thought it was parque that got really effed.

job creation for (sic)

And THAT my friends, is progress!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 10:26 PM) And also not counting opportunity costs of "what else could that $60B have done?" give me a break

Indeed, I have been surprised by the Tigers interest. It's good to hear this but I'll believe it when I see it.

these are nonviolent protests and will continue to be. So nobody is really taking arms against their country. A potential revolution will not be bloodless, but it's not going to be a civil war.

Irannewsnow has been pretty great. And they are more optimistic than I would imagine. Here is them countering the NIAC: How can one say that “the government of Iran managed to keep opposition activities largly on their terms today”? Under what basis? Hasn’t the fact that the Opposition has used non-violent protests for 8 months to counter the regime’s lies and brutality, to the point that the regime cannot stop the protests, cannot prevent the videos from being broadcast instantaneously to the world, and now has had to seemingly calibrate its brutality to the point that it is starting to try to reduce casualties, actually shown that it is the Greens that have the regime on their terms? Think about it. The protests took place, thousands entered the streets and chanted against the regime with slogans like “Referendum! Referendum!” and “Free Political Prisoners!”, they confronted and faced the regime forces–and this time, the regime had to use so much more security presence than on past protest days–and they suffered far less casualties than on Ashura and many other bloody protest days. This means that the regime cannot stifle the voices of the people. It is being heard loud and clear, both inside Iran–even on official government channels to the behest of the regime–and outside Iran, to the world. This means the regime simply can’t stop this cycle of protests against them. They will continue to get weaker, more cracks will form in their islamo-mafioso social structures, more of their money has to get spent on paying for their vast security apparatuses, more pressure will be applied via sanctions targeting the IRGC, or the threat thereof and more Iranians, from more cities, towns and villages add their voices to the calls for freedoom and justice. http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/02/live-blog-22-bahman/

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) This is exactly why people give up and start throwing talking points around. riight that's the reason.

sigh, I wish it was in Rio this year and not south africa

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas...3246956530.html about halfway down you see that this is most likely a huge lie just to take the focus off of the green movement hand have a bunch of neocons huff and puff to go attack.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 03:46 PM) Well we know they cannot sell their interest in GM for a profit because GM would have to have an all time high mkt cap in order for that to come to fruition, and methinks if it didn't happen in the boom years for GM, it will not happen now. Unless we get the CBO to do their analysys and maybe the WH budget office to give their take, then we'll probably make $50 billion on the deal. Ahh, yes. The CBO is of course a democrat institution now. the whole world is against you all. The whole world. You have no power. You poor blokes.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 03:48 PM) Well the 2 largest budget deficits did occur with a Democratic Congress. and why would that be CK? Pray tell, if Obama came in under a budget surplus of bush (and also without 2 wars), instead of a crippling recession, do you think it would have been the biggest deficit ever? Could it possibly be that revenues are much lower than they would be? You are good with money, you should be able to figure it out.

the basiji will not turn on the government they are just a bunch of thugs. Today was a major blow. I think this is the last gasp and it wasn't a big one. Reports are that Mousavi's wife was beaten up. And the complete control of buses and security forces beating the crowd with chains was enough to do it in. Hundreds arrested, only. The already small odds are likely miniscule now.

Kap you take up the positions of people you also disagree with often.

Oh, no i full support my statement that the southern people offer nothing productive to this country besides anti-muslim, anti-mexican rhetoric. And, yeah so where do the republicans disagree on torture? Show me where they don't want to torture?

I don't recall calling you a bucktoothed unedumacated southern bumpkin. Those words are beneath me. Sadly, you can't refute anything. Party of torture. Party of fiscal irresponsibility.

If I could sleep with a man: 1. Chris Widger 2. Jake F Peavy 3. Widger F. Peavy

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 01:52 AM) McNulty on "The Wire" and Boner on "Growing Pains." I've been thinking of writing this one. I think it has to be McNulty seasons 1-3 because season 4 he's perfect and season 5 he's a complete mess. I Hated it. But Seasons 1-3 for sure. Do personal moral failings discount the heroism he showed in his altruistic job? I unno. I don't know how you look at characters like that with deep moral failings but help so many people. But, FDR and such.

Please.

this extreme weather we rarely have before is an EXAMPLE that things are fine harf harf harf pass the brandy artmore and spray a few more aerosol cans in the air

as long as poor, subsidized, welfare southern and mid-mountain west states get representation in our society, we are going to be worse off.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010...tehran?page=0,0

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 01:34 AM) The point is, if they suck, at least be correct in your falsifying. Republicans do suck, but the righteous "Dems are better" is crap. I wrote accurately why the republicans suck. The dems may be inept, but at least they TRY to govern. They are TRYING to address a huge problem in health care. They are TRYING to address a huge environmental problem. They are TRYING to solve a 2 war problem. The republicans are just masturbating to it.