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Too Cheap to Spring for A Bodyguard or Two?
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http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/jan/21/rep-ellmers-plans-carry-handgun-ar-713460/
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China's Aircraft carrier
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gcaT6iigrl5AObRtQVTGLQzEhONg?docId=5692225
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Bar to Roast Bear
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http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6049090
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GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts
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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...
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Michael Moore..what a buffoon
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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
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Hey Banned!
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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.
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Political Rhetoric in the 80's
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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...
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China Discriminates Against US Firms
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704678004576089872396298438.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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The Stuxnet worm
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html-- Edited by SamuraiLandshark on Monday 17th of January 2011 06:07:20 PM
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Is Afghanistan a "Real" Country?
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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...
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A troubling new trend in Pakistan
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/wl_asia_afp/pakistanchildreninfanticide;_ylt=An4mERQncW788POGI3kEQiGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJwZWxoNGdmBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDExMDExNy9wYWtpc3RhbmNoaWxkcmVuaW5mYW50aWNpZGUEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX21...
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People do not understand the magnitude of the current recession.
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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20148c76436a7970c-800wi
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Unemployment Data
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http://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_unemployment_rates_monthly.pdf-- Edited by BigG on Monday 10th of January 2011 12:30:48 PM
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Yale Law Professor: Chinese Mothers are Superior
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html-------------------------------------Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, we...
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never mind
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Hurray President Obama
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Finally, some leadership. Disses the blame game and finger pointing in his speech tonight.
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Photos of Congresswoman Gifford
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http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Human-Touch-First-Photos-from-Giffords-Hospital-Room
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Dan Burton (R) wants to enclose Congress in plexiglass
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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...
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Any proud members of "American Renaissance" or "New Century Foundation" out there?
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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...
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Westboro Baptist Church to Demonstrate at Nine Year Old's Funeral?
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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...
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Afghanistan Casualties
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/asia/08wounded.html?_r=2&hp
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Supreme Court Case Related to Individual Mandate
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(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...
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China Able to Build Stealth Fighters and Carrier Busting Missles?
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-05/china-s-ballistic-missile-stealth-fighter-advances-draw-attention-of-u-s-.html
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Lose National Debt via Secession?
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/10/sudan.vote/
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Captain of the Enterprise Fired Over Inappropriate Videos
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/04/AR2011010405432.html
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Pentagon wants to cut programs
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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...
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US Woman's Water Polo Team Bares All
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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?
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Daley in the WH administration
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/06/bill.daley.profile/
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Countries trying to seize privately held retirement funds
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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...
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Chinese High Speed Rail Line in California
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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/03/3295215/china-eyes-state-rail-plan.html
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