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    One of the best pieces you've written, BooMan.  Exceptionally well put-together.
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    • Our mode of economic organization--capital--precludes empathy, among other things.  Thatcher famously said that society didn't exist, and she was not…
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    • Absolutely spot on about his motivations.  The GOP is a vehicle at this point for careerists and, literally, nothing more,…
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    • You know, re: externalities: I would have been an A student in algebra if I was allowed to say that…
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    • Great piece, and very extensive in your citations.  Particularly spot on is your look at the insurance industry.  The insurance…
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    • The problem with Hoover/FDR analogies is that as awful as things are the crisis did not reach Depression proportions and…
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    • I do think they've framed it right.  I don't think Democrats will retake the House in 2012, but I think…
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    • Read the whole thing, Jack.  Esquire is national media, and my comment was about the magazine's line, not Perry's. Understood?
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    • Didn't Jeter get shot?  I thought he got shot. It's true. Nice you mention Winfield.  I loved the man as…
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    • Gotta hand it to Esquire, though: It is the refuge of a scoundrel to pretend to hate government, and further,…
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    • Truth be told, though there is a double-standard, Democrats have to distinguish themselves from Republicans on things like this, for…
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    • I think Randy Newman put it best, about States' Rights: "keepin' the n#$%@#s down."
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    • Oh, when I wrote "states" I means states as political entities generally rather than "the 50 [capital "S"] States. You…
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    • I'm interested in how you would define nationality.  For me, it's states I'm tired of, though I worry about what…
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    • I am always trying to find some kind of definition for this 'exceptionalism.' The thing is, I never seem to…
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    • Republicans seem as a group to have a very hard time dealing with someone who is "not one of us."…
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    • Where did you read he was guilty?  I found a large number of links on a quick search, but they…
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    • Dear Landlord shows up again! Really, this is my #1 under-discussed Dylan tune.
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    • "you must": i felt an intensely authoritative tone in this text, and agree completely.
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    • Tombstone Blues Bob Dylan's 115th Dream Cold Irons Bound Tangled Up in Blue This Wheel's On Fire Dear Landlord Chimes…
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