notequite Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I don't think that is the point. No one is arguing > for big government, but that government does play > a role in developing markets. The level of > involvement is up to debate. There would be no commercial satellite industry without the Fed-supported space program. There would be no GPS, weather sat
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From Boyz II Men
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fantasy land Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Now the government built electric grids? Why the > hell do I get a power bill if the government is > providing it to me? The government didn't build the electric grids, but it forced integration through regulation so that communities weren't bypassed and so that rates were affordable for consumers. h
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You know, that video has been out for over a decade and I just realized they spend the entire time indoors. WTF?
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WingNut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is.. > > Just went swimming, about 78 degrees, cloudless, > slight breeze and very low humidity. > > There is no excuse to be inside, unless you are > chained to your computer at work or have a valid > excuse from the doctor. > > We only get a few really good days a month in this > swa
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yehaw! Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Setting rates and nationalizing. Yeah, that is > pro-business! In exchange for AT&T being a national monopoly. Yes, that is pro-business. If the government hadn't set those rates, small businesses wouldn't have been able to afford phone service in the early days. Because of the Feds, everyone had a p
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WingNut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How about a little credit to the state > governments? > > America had NO federal government until 1781. > > Even after then, the feds did not have shit to do > the invention of the airplane, light bulb, > telephone. > No, the Feds didn't invent the airplane, lightbulb or telephone. However, t
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fantasy land Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Are you serious? The government building roads > lead to my profitable business? Next you'll be > telling me that because my customers have air to > breathe I should be thanking whoever put it there. > You clearly have never had the aptitude, drive, > or intelligence to start a business
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Vexxxed Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WashingTone-Locian Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > And what has Romney proposed to improve the > > economy? Nothing. Wait and see what happens > over > > the next month. The Obama campaign will make > sure > > Americans know that Romney's got noth
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fantasy land Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WashingTone-Locian Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The sentiment of Obama's speech is true. His > > delivery of it sucked. > > > Bullshit it is. My business and success was built > DESPITE government intervention not BECAUSE of it. The point h
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qtybq Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If so how fast would she rise in the ranks? Looking to "serve" the military?
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The sentiment of Obama's speech is true. His delivery of it sucked.
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ughy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Romney should have said something like I got your > back like Obama did when in front of a black > group. Pandering to an audience he only speaks to > when its election time. Otherwise you will find > him on a golf course with rich white guys who pull > his strings. Which raises the question...why the fuck i
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Wow, what an idiotic statement to make. Probably the same dipshit who called Romney an Etch-A-Sketch. Would not shock me if Karl Rove is running this campaign by the Convention. What a bunch of fucking amateurs.
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WingNut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you know the name Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan > Maria Ramirez, then you know the name of my > favorite movie.. one that will suck me in any > night it is on one of the crappy cable channels. Thanks. Now I will have that fucking music in my head for the rest of the day.
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And what has Romney proposed to improve the economy? Nothing. Wait and see what happens over the next month. The Obama campaign will make sure Americans know that Romney's got nothing on the economic front.
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It's not great art, but I will watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High anytime it is on. Same goes for Vacation, CaddyShack and the Breakfast Club. Probably has something to do with my youth.
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DwokkaDwokka Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mike O'Meara Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > 177 pages, yeh! Gonna go take the scoot out to > > Charlestown and spend the Amazon profits on the > > slots to celebrate. I literally thought this > > thread was dead, hand to God. > > > Did
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Go to the mirror. Smile. Look at what happens to your nostrils. /conspiracy discussion.
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Ten Toes in the Grave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Gee. 25 years since Lorne Greene shed this mortal > coil. > That man knew his fucking Alpo.
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Anyone else notice that in real life Lionel was only about 10 years younger than Mr. Jefferson? Kind of weird when you think of it.
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The fact that he thinks a photo of his body would change your mind should just reinforce the fact you are better off without that dumbass meathead.
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Why does LFF have a new "scoot" when they supposedly have no money? I mean, they are sleeping in cars, yet LFF has a new bike when he apparently can't ride the old one.
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Throw It Back Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just what we need - another show about rednecks. > Pathetic. Rednecks...the new Little People/multiples.
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Real Lionel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Evans, who played Lionel Jefferson first, is > already dead of throat cancer > > http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/mike_evans_origin > al_lionel_jefferson_dead_at_57/ It's always a tragedy when a son dies before the father.
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conVince Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe that is your opinion, but it is not the > opinion of the Ckonstitution-Nullification > Network. They wrote it, I am just quoting it. It was bad grammar on their part. It's obvious it was a reference to statements about drones.
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Well, that kid won't be seriously fucked up by the time she's 16. If she makes it to 16.
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The point is moot. It failed to be signed and what happened in Illinois won't change things because odds are it wouldn't have prevented it.
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Lionel J Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sherman Hemsley, who played cantankerous dry > cleaner George Jefferson on the hit sitcom "The > Jeffersons," was found dead Tuesday in his El > Paso, Texas, home, TMZ reports, He was 74. No > cause of death was disclosed. > > You think Obama will call him a national hero? Because a TV actor is the s
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Larry Fine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > He claims he hasn't gambled in two weeks. > > Two weeks? He's had diets that lasted longer than > that. > He hasn't gambled in two weeks because he spent at least one week in Maine, where there was probably no place to gamble.
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