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• Boehner: No compromise so far on tax cuts for all

  Wed Nov 10, 2010
  • They don't need any dirty shifty tricks. The Republicans wrote the law with an expiration date when they passed the cuts in the first place; the only thing necessary to get rid of all the cuts is to wait for them to go away. Unless a deal gets made, they WILL go away.

• Would Clinton consider U.S. defense chief job?

  Tue Nov 9, 2010
  • Hillary is respected by governments and people all over the world. That's usually a pretty good standard to hold for the top official whose job is to go talk to them. If you don't understand why, then I suggest you use this miraculous tool the intarwebs have given us called "Google".

• Would Clinton consider U.S. defense chief job?

  Tue Nov 9, 2010
  • Really? No Democrats with military experience? How about let's start with John Kerry, Bob Kerrey, Daniel Inouye, Charles Rangel, Chris Dodd, Tom Harkin, Joe Sestak, Gray Davis, or Wesley Clark?

• Would Clinton consider U.S. defense chief job?

  Tue Nov 9, 2010
  • Um, just to point out, we've elected exactly one president since 1980 who's served overseas in combat: Bush Sr. I didn't politically agree with some of the others, but I think it's perfectly fair to say that requiring them to serve as "boots on the ground" is a bit of a skewed standard.

• Israeli police storm Jerusalem mosque compound

  Wed Sep 22, 2010
  • Um, Twist... I'm not sure you've ever picked up a history book. Muhammed gave his revelations in Mecca and Medina almost six hundred years after the Apostle Paul went to Rome.

• Many Americans still don't know what's in new health law

  Tue Sep 21, 2010
  • Joe - The reconciliation process never got used like this before? Really? You believe this? You ARE aware that Bush's tax cuts were passed under exactly the same process, right? That's why they're going to expire next January unless they're re-enacted in some form, because reconciliation imposes an …

• Poll: Americans want deficit cut despite tough economy

  Tue Sep 21, 2010
  • You <i>are</i> aware that most of the reddest states balance their budgets with federal money, right? I have a great idea...

• GOP divided on how to replace new health law

  Sun Sep 19, 2010
  • Roy -- the trustees report that I find on the Social Security Administration web site (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TRSUM/index.html) contains no such dire predictions.

• Pawlenty directs state to decline health reform

  Tue Aug 31, 2010
  • Tammy - small detail that Rush and Becky may not have told you here: Medicare and Social Security are running surpluses, still, to this day.

• White House in dispute with 'professional left'

  Tue Aug 10, 2010
  • Wow, Godwin's Law hits early. (The Nazis have as much to with socialism as the Tea Party has to do with Earl Grey.)