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Big Sarge Government Shut Down 09-24-2013, 06:35 PM

Adak Nothing is certain with the... 09-24-2013, 09:32 PM

Lamplighter This is what CNN is saying... 09-24-2013, 10:56 PM

Big Sarge Just worried because how much... 09-25-2013, 01:00 AM

Spexxvet Sarge, vote Democrat. ... 09-25-2013, 08:09 AM

tw They could save about $1... 09-25-2013, 08:16 AM

John Sellers The latest from Huff. Post... 09-25-2013, 10:22 AM

orthodoc I read that VA services will... 09-25-2013, 07:01 PM

infinite monkey Who does not yet realize that... 09-25-2013, 07:31 PM

orthodoc I'd like to see our veterans... 09-25-2013, 07:38 PM

infinite monkey i would too. How far did Cruz... 09-25-2013, 07:44 PM

John Sellers Big Sarge's concerns have me... 09-26-2013, 12:35 AM

tw Why would they? They know... 09-26-2013, 06:33 AM

John Sellers So, voters are more important... 09-26-2013, 12:39 PM

DanaC Excellent news John! 09-26-2013, 03:49 PM

Happy Monkey What? That's not excellent,... 09-26-2013, 04:52 PM

John Sellers Thanks, Love. Meryl at... 09-26-2013, 04:48 PM

orthodoc No, HM, that IS excellent... 09-26-2013, 08:27 PM

Happy Monkey I was doing an Emily Litella,... 09-26-2013, 08:47 PM

xoxoxoBruce You do a great Emily, except... 09-26-2013, 10:05 PM

John Sellers Classic Gilda. :cool: 09-26-2013, 11:44 PM

xoxoxoBruce Don't feel bad Ortho, it was... 09-26-2013, 11:54 PM

orthodoc Sigh ... once again I'm a pop... 09-26-2013, 11:00 PM

Big Sarge Don't worry Ortho. It is all... 09-27-2013, 04:53 AM

DanaC Death Metal the fuck out of... 09-27-2013, 05:04 AM

Lamplighter Poor John Boehner, :sniff:... 09-27-2013, 08:00 AM

John Sellers If I could afford it, the... 10-04-2013, 12:48 AM

John Sellers For what? 10-03-2013, 11:13 PM

Undertoad Here's a sticker for that new... 09-27-2013, 01:22 PM

Glinda It's part of your charm, UT. ... 09-27-2013, 02:20 PM

xoxoxoBruce I knew you were a soaker.... 09-27-2013, 06:37 PM

Lamplighter Harry Reid rejects GOP plan 09-28-2013, 06:45 PM

richlevy There are 233 members in the... 09-28-2013, 08:36 PM

Adak Wrong - again! We have... 09-29-2013, 04:06 AM

richlevy I'm not talking about a... 09-29-2013, 05:42 AM

Adak There will be no default,... 09-30-2013, 03:58 AM

glatt There are 3 branches of... 09-30-2013, 07:15 AM

Adak The Supreme Court is more... 09-30-2013, 09:13 PM

tw Did you every read your own... 09-30-2013, 08:12 AM

glatt I'm starting to get the... 09-30-2013, 11:59 AM

DanaC It isn't all about debt ya... 09-30-2013, 04:19 AM

Adak No, it isn't better! The... 09-30-2013, 09:28 PM

orthodoc We have our instructions for... 09-30-2013, 02:44 PM

glatt Your son is at the PTO,... 09-30-2013, 03:02 PM

orthodoc Yes, my oldest son is at the... 09-30-2013, 05:01 PM

Griff Interesting Poll here... 09-30-2013, 07:54 PM

xoxoxoBruce Of course people are against... 09-30-2013, 08:02 PM

Stormieweather Of those that oppose it,... 09-30-2013, 09:33 PM

Adak Would that be BEFORE he... 09-30-2013, 09:48 PM

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Lamplighter This from the 2/27/09 protest... 09-30-2013, 10:57 PM

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Adak 80,000 vets and friends have... 10-02-2013, 08:26 PM

xoxoxoBruce Have they also volunteered to... 10-02-2013, 09:56 PM

Adak These are open-air memorial... 10-03-2013, 01:57 AM

Griff https://maps.google.com/maps/m... 10-03-2013, 05:25 AM

xoxoxoBruce Once again you have proven... 10-03-2013, 05:43 AM

DanaC Well, clearly those things... 10-03-2013, 05:27 AM

Griff You're not from around here... 10-03-2013, 05:47 AM

glatt I'd be curious to know the... 10-03-2013, 08:11 AM

Perry Winkle I seriously doubt the... 10-03-2013, 08:27 AM

infinite monkey I thought about that too,... 10-03-2013, 08:55 AM

glatt It's very interesting to me... 10-03-2013, 09:57 AM

xoxoxoBruce I wonder why this large group... 10-03-2013, 06:01 PM

Lamplighter I don't think it's (all) due... 10-03-2013, 06:14 PM

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Adak I'M SO GLAD you brought up... 10-04-2013, 04:58 AM

Lamplighter I agree that Reid "lost it"... 10-04-2013, 09:25 AM

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Datalyss I don't know if all 'at falls... 10-03-2013, 05:43 PM

Clodfobble My dad was complaining about... 10-03-2013, 08:41 PM

Lamplighter Some people like to say that... 10-03-2013, 08:52 PM

sexobon Through early morning fog I... 10-06-2013, 01:36 AM

Adak The timing of the next... 10-06-2013, 06:07 AM

Adak The longer the shut down, the... 10-07-2013, 04:28 AM

xoxoxoBruce And that's what this is all... 10-07-2013, 10:01 AM

Adak I don't care if the President... 10-07-2013, 10:45 AM

glatt I've always found this to be... 10-07-2013, 10:49 AM

Lamplighter Pres Johnson predicted the... 10-07-2013, 10:53 AM

Adak After Kennedy was... 10-07-2013, 10:57 AM

Griff Read up on Nixon's Southern... 10-07-2013, 04:22 PM

xoxoxoBruce It's not the party, the party... 10-07-2013, 05:46 PM

Griff According to the National... 10-07-2013, 07:36 PM

Adak Well, we all agree that Bush... 10-07-2013, 07:41 PM

Lamplighter There's that mouse... 10-07-2013, 08:26 PM

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glatt You know, there ARE problems... 10-07-2013, 08:08 PM

orthodoc Agreed. It's a very imperfect... 10-07-2013, 08:27 PM

Adak So you're really saying,... 10-07-2013, 11:13 PM

orthodoc I was referring to the ACA,... 10-07-2013, 11:33 PM

Lamplighter Adak, Did you even read... 10-08-2013, 12:19 AM

xoxoxoBruce That's correct. That... 10-08-2013, 12:46 AM

Adak The land it's on is Federal,... 10-08-2013, 11:55 AM

Adak Yes, I read and commented on... 10-08-2013, 12:03 PM

Lamplighter Your words, not theirs... ... 10-08-2013, 12:46 PM

Adak That's the problem with... 10-09-2013, 03:50 AM

Happy Monkey Those aren't even demands,... 10-08-2013, 12:49 PM

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Adak Don't you just love the way... 10-09-2013, 03:59 AM

tw A problem that was solved. ... 10-09-2013, 09:45 AM

Undertoad The deficit is falling... 10-09-2013, 10:01 AM

Lamplighter The GOP has tried several... 10-09-2013, 11:22 AM

Adak Oh, there are a LOT of... 10-09-2013, 04:34 PM

Adak The deficit can fall quite... 10-09-2013, 04:41 PM

glatt The debt? Has the federal... 10-09-2013, 04:54 PM

Happy Monkey The debt only goes down if... 10-09-2013, 05:57 PM

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Lamplighter Hooray Adak. But someone... 10-09-2013, 06:23 PM

tw Government is down to its... 10-09-2013, 10:44 PM

Griff According to Gallup,... 10-10-2013, 05:58 AM

Lamplighter The best headline about the... 10-10-2013, 09:45 AM

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Adak Wrong. Both the Treasury dept... 10-10-2013, 10:39 AM

richlevy From Jack Lew's testimony, if... 10-12-2013, 04:49 AM

Undertoad I'd expect FDR to be the... 10-11-2013, 07:57 AM

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glatt This is in percent of GDP,... 10-11-2013, 08:12 AM

Spexxvet Deficit and debt are not the... 10-11-2013, 08:17 AM

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glatt Yeah, well, the debt graph is... 10-11-2013, 08:26 AM

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tw Cheney said (and wacko... 10-11-2013, 08:17 AM

orthodoc They're supposed to be... 10-11-2013, 10:40 PM

DanaC The only things there that... 10-12-2013, 04:53 AM

Jesus It's the only thing they... 10-12-2013, 10:06 AM

sexobon The $100K is the default... 10-12-2013, 03:15 PM

glatt European markets open in 8... 10-13-2013, 05:55 PM

tw Wackos are why money can be... 10-13-2013, 06:30 PM

Griff Video... 10-14-2013, 07:33 AM

infinite monkey Some local chick wrote in a... 10-14-2013, 08:35 AM

Lamplighter You don't need to concerned... 10-14-2013, 08:25 PM

henry quirk Keep it shut down (shut down... 10-15-2013, 09:28 AM

Lamplighter TNMPM 10-15-2013, 11:51 AM

Lamplighter The Taliban says women are... 10-15-2013, 02:41 PM

tw When Gingrich, et al were... 10-15-2013, 11:45 PM

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Lamplighter This is the NY Times News... 10-16-2013, 08:50 AM

tw After a round of golf,... 10-16-2013, 09:03 AM

glatt It's hard to follow all this.... 10-16-2013, 09:18 AM

Lamplighter I understood that the... 10-16-2013, 09:40 AM

Lamplighter For the Adak's and others who... 10-16-2013, 09:48 AM

Happy Monkey Cantor is the only one who... 10-16-2013, 10:37 AM

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henry quirk "...others who think a... 10-16-2013, 02:04 PM

tw So you love it that... 10-16-2013, 05:01 PM

Lamplighter I guess my sense of humor... 10-16-2013, 07:06 PM

Happy Monkey The Senate has passed... 10-16-2013, 07:24 PM

Happy Monkey And it's over (for a few... 10-16-2013, 09:25 PM

Adak What did the Republicans /... 10-16-2013, 11:03 PM

Pete Zicato Amen to that. 10-16-2013, 09:32 PM

infinite monkey Crap. I was expecting... 10-16-2013, 09:36 PM

DanaC I don't see how this has... 10-17-2013, 03:51 AM

Adak The mark of a great President... 10-17-2013, 04:52 AM

Griff You've also motivated this... 10-17-2013, 05:53 AM

glatt OK, enough about the... 10-17-2013, 07:12 AM

infinite monkey Does anyone actually read... 10-17-2013, 07:32 AM

infinite monkey Does anyone actually read... 10-17-2013, 07:34 AM

glatt The paper today was talking... 10-17-2013, 07:43 AM

Spexxvet The reason I point it out is... 10-17-2013, 08:22 AM

Adak There was only an American... 10-17-2013, 03:18 PM

Griff Good idea, he could apologize... 10-17-2013, 08:32 PM

orthodoc I was informed today by... 10-17-2013, 09:20 PM

tw But again the facts get... 10-18-2013, 08:38 AM

henry quirk "troll" Eye of the... 10-18-2013, 10:00 AM

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Adak That "wacko" was Obama, and... 10-19-2013, 08:25 AM

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Lamplighter I had heard about the vets at... 10-21-2013, 04:34 PM

Adak I am proud of these guys! Do... 10-25-2013, 10:30 PM

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glatt Except all our machinery uses... 10-17-2013, 08:48 AM

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Happy Monkey Good news everybody! ... 10-17-2013, 09:33 AM

Undertoad How strange that you would... 10-17-2013, 10:13 AM

Undertoad Again with the English!... 10-17-2013, 02:25 PM

henry quirk again: so stupid 10-17-2013, 02:31 PM

henry quirk "individualist" No. An... 10-17-2013, 02:32 PM

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Undertoad Missin' mine, bro! From where... 10-17-2013, 02:41 PM

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Perry Winkle So to boil your statements... 10-17-2013, 03:05 PM

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henry quirk "Is that pretty close to the... 10-17-2013, 03:17 PM

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Adak Of course we benefit from... 10-17-2013, 03:43 PM

piercehawkeye45 Henry Quirk is just a... 10-17-2013, 04:47 PM

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henry quirk "they'd spend a hell of a lot... 10-18-2013, 03:08 PM

Perry Winkle You also sacrifice art and... 10-18-2013, 03:15 PM

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Undertoad Adak said so, #289 11-01-2013, 04:22 PM

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10-17-2013, 03:08 PM	#11
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Honestly, it is really hard to figure out what the heck HQ is saying in between all of the regurgitated sound bites. Can anyone in the US honestly say they benefit in no way from services provided by some form of government? (Remember, you're posting this over the internet. A government funded research experiment.)

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