Political & Elections

BigG · BigG

http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/jan/21/rep-ellmers-plans-carry-handgun-ar-713460/

pima · pima

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gcaT6iigrl5AObRtQVTGLQzEhONg?docId=5692225

BigG · BigG

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6049090

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

Moving aggressively to make good on election promises to slash the federal budget, the House GOP today unveiled an eye-popping plan to eliminate $2.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Gone would be Amtrak subsidies, fat checks to the Legal Services Corporationand National...

geeps20 · geeps20

People who own guns for home protection are racists according to Moore.... because to paraphrase....the imaginary person that is going to break into our homes and kill us is of color... -- Edited by geeps20 on Tuesday 18th of January 2011 07:07:49 PM

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

Welcome back to the board! I don't think you have posted anything. Why not be a poster, instead of a lurker? Tell us about yourself or post something, political or funny or otherwise.

Woodwork · Woodwork

There's something more than a little ironic to see Chris Matthews, given his neck-bulging, vein-popping anger displayed every night on MSNBC, in today's Washington Post looking back with nostalgia on the wonderful comity between Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan back in the 1980s. There's...

BigG · BigG

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704678004576089872396298438.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html-- Edited by SamuraiLandshark on Monday 17th of January 2011 06:07:20 PM

BigG · BigG

The place looks more like a collection of independant tribes who have little need or reason to interact, other than conflict. The "central government" is a scam perpetuated by a few tribal leaders to get money from foreigners. How does a tribesman in southern Afghanistan feel about our...

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/wl_asia_afp/pakistanchildreninfanticide;_ylt=An4mERQncW788POGI3kEQiGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJwZWxoNGdmBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDExMDExNy9wYWtpc3RhbmNoaWxkcmVuaW5mYW50aWNpZGUEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX21...

Abyss · Abyss

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20148c76436a7970c-800wi

BigG · BigG

http://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_unemployment_rates_monthly.pdf-- Edited by BigG on Monday 10th of January 2011 12:30:48 PM

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html-------------------------------------Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, we...

geeps20 · geeps20

................... -- Edited by geeps20 on Saturday 15th of January 2011 06:42:18 AM

geeps20 · geeps20

Finally, some leadership. Disses the blame game and finger pointing in his speech tonight.

Woodwork · Woodwork

http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Human-Touch-First-Photos-from-Giffords-Hospital-Room

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

Burton has introduced similar legislation in the past. It reads in part, "The Architect of the Capitol shall enclose the visitors' galleries of the House of Representatives with a transparent and substantial material, and shall install equipment so that the proceedings on the floor of the H...

Bogney · Bogney

The shooter of the congresswoman, judge, et al. in Arizona may have tenuous connections with those groups. Those groups have been castigated as white supremacy organizations on Huff Post. Their views, as summarized on Huff Post, sound much like the views of some posters on CC before the politics...

BigG · BigG

These guys are a boil on the butt of the body of Christ. They are the best argument against the "preacher owned" church. With no denominational authority to reign in excesses, they just run amuck. Note that since there is no central "Baptist" authority the way there is for Luthe...

BigG · BigG

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/asia/08wounded.html?_r=2&hp

Cardinal Fang · Cardinal Fang

(Via Ezra Klein) Yesterday the Supreme Court refused to hear a court case on whether Congress overstepped in making it a crime for a felon to own a bullet-proof vest. Opponents of the law argued it violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Recall that the cases about the health care bill's ind...

BigG · BigG

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-05/china-s-ballistic-missile-stealth-fighter-advances-draw-attention-of-u-s-.html

BigG · BigG

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/10/sudan.vote/

BigG · BigG

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/04/AR2011010405432.html

longprime · longprime

Our soldiers and civilian consultants and administrators are proposing cuts. Our fine legislators are going to howl that National Security will be placed in jeopardy and regional interests will be financially impacted. Boehner has said nothing is sacred in the budget. Let's wait and see. We...

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

Bloomberg's Michele Steele reports on the U.S. Women's Water Polo Team and its recent bare-all cover for ESPN The Magazine http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63684408/ Is this smart, stupid or irrlevant?

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/06/bill.daley.profile/

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Adam-Smith-Institute-Blog/2011/0102/European-nations-begin-seizing-private-pensionsThe most striking example is Hungary, where last month the government made the citizens an offer they could not refuse...

BigG · BigG

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/03/3295215/china-eyes-state-rail-plan.html

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Too Cheap to Spring for A Bodyguard or Two? (Preview) http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/jan/21/rep-ellmers-plans-carry-handgun-ar-713460/	BigG	3	255	Jan 23, 2011 by soccerguy315
	China's Aircraft carrier (Preview) http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gcaT6iigrl5AObRtQVTGLQzEhONg?docId=5692225	pima	20	425	Jan 23, 2011 by pima
	Bar to Roast Bear (Preview) http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6049090	BigG	0	148	Jan 23, 2011 by BigG
	GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts (Preview) Moving aggressively to make good on election promises to slash the federal budget, the House GOP today unveiled an eye-popping plan to eliminate $2.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Gone would be Amtrak subsidies, fat checks to the Legal Services Corporationand National...	Razorsharp	9	279	Jan 21, 2011 by Cardinal Fang
	Michael Moore..what a buffoon (Preview) People who own guns for home protection are racists according to Moore.... because to paraphrase....the imaginary person that is going to break into our homes and kill us is of color... -- Edited by geeps20 on Tuesday 18th of January 2011 07:07:49 PM	geeps20	35	442	Jan 21, 2011 by geeps20
	Hey Banned! (Preview) Welcome back to the board! I don't think you have posted anything. Why not be a poster, instead of a lurker? Tell us about yourself or post something, political or funny or otherwise.	SamuraiLandshark	0	234	Jan 20, 2011 by SamuraiLandshark
	Political Rhetoric in the 80's (Preview) There's something more than a little ironic to see Chris Matthews, given his neck-bulging, vein-popping anger displayed every night on MSNBC, in today's Washington Post looking back with nostalgia on the wonderful comity between Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan back in the 1980s. There's...	Woodwork	18	605	Jan 20, 2011 by Woodwork
	China Discriminates Against US Firms (Preview) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704678004576089872396298438.html?mod=googlenews_wsj	BigG	4	170	Jan 20, 2011 by BigG
	The Stuxnet worm (Preview) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html-- Edited by SamuraiLandshark on Monday 17th of January 2011 06:07:20 PM	SamuraiLandshark	3	233	Jan 17, 2011 by soccerguy315
	Is Afghanistan a "Real" Country? (Preview) The place looks more like a collection of independant tribes who have little need or reason to interact, other than conflict. The "central government" is a scam perpetuated by a few tribal leaders to get money from foreigners. How does a tribesman in southern Afghanistan feel about our...	BigG	10	314	Jan 17, 2011 by Poetsheart
	A troubling new trend in Pakistan (Preview) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/wl_asia_afp/pakistanchildreninfanticide;_ylt=An4mERQncW788POGI3kEQiGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJwZWxoNGdmBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDExMDExNy9wYWtpc3RhbmNoaWxkcmVuaW5mYW50aWNpZGUEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX21...	SamuraiLandshark	1	245	Jan 17, 2011 by BigG
	People do not understand the magnitude of the current recession. (Preview) http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20148c76436a7970c-800wi	Abyss	24	364	Jan 16, 2011 by Abyss
	Unemployment Data (Preview) http://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_unemployment_rates_monthly.pdf-- Edited by BigG on Monday 10th of January 2011 12:30:48 PM	BigG	17	297	Jan 16, 2011 by Bogney
	Yale Law Professor: Chinese Mothers are Superior (Preview) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html-------------------------------------Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, we...	soccerguy315	25	397	Jan 15, 2011 by Abyss
	never mind (Preview) ................... -- Edited by geeps20 on Saturday 15th of January 2011 06:42:18 AM	geeps20	1	201	Jan 15, 2011 by Cardinal Fang
	Hurray President Obama ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Finally, some leadership. Disses the blame game and finger pointing in his speech tonight.	geeps20	72	983	Jan 14, 2011 by zoosermom
	Photos of Congresswoman Gifford (Preview) http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Human-Touch-First-Photos-from-Giffords-Hospital-Room	Woodwork	2	299	Jan 13, 2011 by Cardinal Fang
	Dan Burton (R) wants to enclose Congress in plexiglass (Preview) Burton has introduced similar legislation in the past. It reads in part, "The Architect of the Capitol shall enclose the visitors' galleries of the House of Representatives with a transparent and substantial material, and shall install equipment so that the proceedings on the floor of the H...	soccerguy315	2	243	Jan 12, 2011 by BigG
	Any proud members of "American Renaissance" or "New Century Foundation" out there? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The shooter of the congresswoman, judge, et al. in Arizona may have tenuous connections with those groups. Those groups have been castigated as white supremacy organizations on Huff Post. Their views, as summarized on Huff Post, sound much like the views of some posters on CC before the politics...	Bogney	69	1375	Jan 12, 2011 by DonnaL
	Westboro Baptist Church to Demonstrate at Nine Year Old's Funeral? (Preview) These guys are a boil on the butt of the body of Christ. They are the best argument against the "preacher owned" church. With no denominational authority to reign in excesses, they just run amuck. Note that since there is no central "Baptist" authority the way there is for Luthe...	BigG	26	469	Jan 12, 2011 by Woodwork
	Afghanistan Casualties (Preview) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/asia/08wounded.html?_r=2&hp	BigG	2	171	Jan 12, 2011 by BigG
	Supreme Court Case Related to Individual Mandate (Preview) (Via Ezra Klein) Yesterday the Supreme Court refused to hear a court case on whether Congress overstepped in making it a crime for a felon to own a bullet-proof vest. Opponents of the law argued it violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Recall that the cases about the health care bill's ind...	Cardinal Fang	3	236	Jan 11, 2011 by soccerguy315
	China Able to Build Stealth Fighters and Carrier Busting Missles? (Preview) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-05/china-s-ballistic-missile-stealth-fighter-advances-draw-attention-of-u-s-.html	BigG	12	307	Jan 11, 2011 by Canuckguy
	Lose National Debt via Secession? (Preview) http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/10/sudan.vote/	BigG	1	158	Jan 10, 2011 by Abyss
	Captain of the Enterprise Fired Over Inappropriate Videos (Preview) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/04/AR2011010405432.html	BigG	21	340	Jan 10, 2011 by pima
	Pentagon wants to cut programs (Preview) Our soldiers and civilian consultants and administrators are proposing cuts. Our fine legislators are going to howl that National Security will be placed in jeopardy and regional interests will be financially impacted. Boehner has said nothing is sacred in the budget. Let's wait and see. We...	longprime	11	299	Jan 9, 2011 by pima
	US Woman's Water Polo Team Bares All (Preview) Bloomberg's Michele Steele reports on the U.S. Women's Water Polo Team and its recent bare-all cover for ESPN The Magazine http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63684408/ Is this smart, stupid or irrlevant?	Razorsharp	10	1022	Jan 9, 2011 by DonnaL
	Daley in the WH administration (Preview) http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/06/bill.daley.profile/	SamuraiLandshark	10	272	Jan 9, 2011 by BigG
	Countries trying to seize privately held retirement funds (Preview) http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Adam-Smith-Institute-Blog/2011/0102/European-nations-begin-seizing-private-pensionsThe most striking example is Hungary, where last month the government made the citizens an offer they could not refuse...	soccerguy315	1	199	Jan 9, 2011 by Canuckguy
	Chinese High Speed Rail Line in California (Preview) http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/03/3295215/china-eyes-state-rail-plan.html	BigG	1	221	Jan 8, 2011 by Razorsharp
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