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Fri Oct-19-07 05:11 PM
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| 126. Swamp Rat, don't start showing me cajun cooking. I can't resist it. |
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I grew up in Galveston on the Gulf and our home was sandwiched between two wonderful families from the great state of Louisiana in the early 1950's (does that tell you how old I am?).  |
| -35 Terrific Reasons Why You Should Have a Good Day & an Early Happy Weekend. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 05:47 PM |
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Right now I am just as concerned about taking back my party |
proud2Blib |
Oct-18-07 05:49 PM |
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Great pumpkins! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 07:36 PM |
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I won't gave a good day and a happy weekend |
cboy4 |
Oct-18-07 05:52 PM |
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Well, I hope you'll at least have a "better" day and weekend. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 08:39 PM |
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Proud to be the 5th to k&r! |
Bicoastal |
Oct-18-07 06:03 PM |
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Looking up they are, Bicoastal. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 08:48 PM |
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I want to pass along your list to my friends. |
jhuth |
Oct-18-07 06:15 PM |
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Pass it along and tell them thanks for every single time they've spoken up. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:07 PM |
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Thank you for this. It does make me feel better. |
Maraya1969 |
Oct-18-07 06:31 PM |
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Hi right back at you, Maraya1969 |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:08 PM |
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K&R - We DO have a lot to be thankful for - and the list will keep growing! nt |
gateley |
Oct-18-07 06:44 PM |
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And thank you, gateley, for your activism. Our country needs us now. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:09 PM |
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Best Post EVER!! |
Breeze54 |
Oct-18-07 06:51 PM |
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Way too kind, but it's good to take stock of the good things. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 07:27 PM |
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I'm sending it to my "terminally" depressed and |
Breeze54 |
Oct-18-07 07:45 PM |
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Two more bonus reasons: Mark Foley & Tom Delay went bye, bye. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 08:45 PM |
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How could we forget those asshats? - See also: |
Breeze54 |
Oct-18-07 10:23 PM |
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And |
The Wizard |
Oct-19-07 08:57 AM |
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And his "hidden file" on his discharge from the Armed Forces. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:40 AM |
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Sometimes it's hard to see the forest for the treasonous trees |
Der Blaue Engel |
Oct-18-07 06:54 PM |
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The GOP is in a free-fall and the American people have turned against them. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:13 PM |
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Thanks for the cheer. |
TheDoorbellRang |
Oct-18-07 07:17 PM |
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Everyone has a part and can make a difference. It's real patriotism. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:18 PM |
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Thank you |
DesertedRose |
Oct-18-07 07:38 PM |
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There's too much now to list. The scoundrels can smell their own blood. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:25 PM |
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Thanks David Zephyr |
Yael |
Oct-18-07 07:46 PM |
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I'm going to try and answer every post for the first time here. Thanks, Yael. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:23 PM |
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Now, that's what I'm talking about! |
Window |
Oct-18-07 07:50 PM |
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Peace right back to you. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 11:54 PM |
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I do feel better now. |
Lex |
Oct-18-07 07:53 PM |
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Hello Lex. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:03 AM |
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Hear hear |
proud patriot |
Oct-18-07 08:55 PM |
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You are one of my consistent & all-time favorite DU'ers, proud patriot. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:05 AM |
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right back at ya David Zephyr |
proud patriot |
Oct-19-07 05:13 PM |
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Talk about feel good posts!! |
cuke |
Oct-18-07 08:58 PM |
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Hello NYC! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:09 AM |
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As we say around here "Welcome to New York...." |
cuke |
Oct-19-07 08:10 AM |
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What an awesome post - thank you!!! K&R |
whutgives |
Oct-18-07 09:34 PM |
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The entire DU community is awesome, whutgives. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:10 AM |
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. |
DemEtienne |
Oct-18-07 11:58 PM |
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Back to you, too. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:15 AM |
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Don't forget The New Yorker, with Sy Hersh and Hendrik Hertzberg!! |
Perragrande |
Oct-19-07 12:01 AM |
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Sy Hersh and Hendrik Hertzberg! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:23 AM |
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Add Jane Mayer to the New Yorker list |
suffragette |
Oct-19-07 12:37 PM |
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Point well taken. K & R. |
tom_paine |
Oct-19-07 12:10 AM |
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One of the DU's clearest and brightest and most decent: tom_paine! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:25 AM |
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And thanks to you as well, sir. I am heartened and humbled. |
tom_paine |
Oct-19-07 09:49 AM |
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K&R - these days it's hard to see some of the good. |
Laurab |
Oct-19-07 12:19 AM |
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And what a great younger generation we have now, too. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:29 AM |
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And we are the party of the people. We are the alternative to the GOP's negative culture of death. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:42 AM |
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I really needed that. Thanks so much! K&R (& Bookmark!) |
sofedupwithbush |
Oct-19-07 12:21 AM |
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Thanks and good morning, sofedupwithbush. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:50 AM |
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Sorry for the dupe. I'm old and clumsy and hit the post button twice. Typical of me. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:50 AM |
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Morning Kick! |
Lochloosa |
Oct-19-07 06:27 AM |
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What a superb quote you have in your profile, Lochloosa. And Good morning to you. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:55 AM |
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Thanks so much. What a great way to start the day.... |
BrklynLib at work |
Oct-19-07 07:33 AM |
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I like your pink ribbon. Both mom and aunt are both long time breast cancer survivors. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:56 AM |
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Thanks, I really needed that. |
raccoon |
Oct-19-07 07:35 AM |
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Well, we were such a minority after 9/11 and we've slowly, but surely turned things around. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 01:49 PM |
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Actually I think we were the silent majority after 9.11 |
diane in sf |
Oct-19-07 03:06 PM |
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All good but I can't rest until the constitution is the rule of the land. |
mmonk |
Oct-19-07 07:40 AM |
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Here, here. |
lonestarnot |
Oct-19-07 08:57 AM |
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To that grand old document and ideas. |
mmonk |
Oct-19-07 10:02 AM |
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The G.O.P. are not "strict constructionists", they are Strictly Destructionists of the Constitution |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 01:54 PM |
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Great post. |
bigwillq |
Oct-19-07 07:42 AM |
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Hello to the Charter Oak State. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 01:58 PM |
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I like my state too. |
bigwillq |
Oct-20-07 05:48 PM |
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WHAT we FOCUS on, EXPANDS. |
lildreamer316 |
Oct-19-07 08:53 AM |
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I believe that, too. We must always remember what we are fighting FOR. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:00 PM |
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you forgot |
madrchsod |
Oct-19-07 09:20 AM |
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And thanks for adding to the list. I love Link TV. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:08 PM |
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Pendulums swing slowly! |
redqueen |
Oct-19-07 09:41 AM |
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My precious redqueen! Thanks. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:08 PM |
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HELLS YEAH!! n/t |
renie408 |
Oct-19-07 09:43 AM |
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HELLS YEAH! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:14 PM |
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Don't forget Al Gore's best-selling book, too! n/t |
whereismyparty |
Oct-19-07 10:06 AM |
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And I read it, too. Is Al like Superman or what? Thanks for reminding us. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:19 PM |
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Indeed! |
stlsaxman |
Oct-19-07 06:00 PM |
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Great post! |
InvisibleTouch |
Oct-19-07 10:47 AM |
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That should have been on the list: "All of our 2008 candidates are excellent" |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:22 PM |
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and 23% of the polar ice cap melted since '05 and B*sh is going to nuke Iran! |
npincus |
Oct-19-07 11:03 AM |
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Hope is good. |
kenfrequed |
Oct-19-07 11:13 AM |
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Paul Klugman has an article today in the NY Times I just read. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:30 PM |
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Well here's hoping |
kenfrequed |
Oct-20-07 01:44 AM |
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Yup |
tavalon |
Oct-19-07 12:08 PM |
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You radicals up in the Pacific Northwest! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:40 PM |
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Care to guess where I moved from? |
tavalon |
Oct-19-07 07:10 PM |
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K & R Thank you and have a great weekend! |
CottonBear |
Oct-19-07 12:13 PM |
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Back to you, too. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:43 PM |
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you forgot a big one, Tom Delay is now just a bugman once again |
LSK |
Oct-19-07 12:19 PM |
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Yeah, Tom Delay should have been on the list as "exterminated". |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:44 PM |
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EXCELLENT POST!!! |
NanceGreggs |
Oct-19-07 12:23 PM |
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I'm struttin' this weekend 'cuz the GOP is going down. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 03:07 PM |
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What Are You Trying To Do David, Ruin My Dark, Brooding Funk ??? |
WillyT |
Oct-19-07 12:25 PM |
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We all suffer from battered party syndrome. We've grown used to reacting instead of acting. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 04:59 PM |
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Thanks for the perspective. If someone had told me in '02 that all the above would come to pass... |
lumberjack_jeff |
Oct-19-07 12:44 PM |
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lumberjack_jeff, I like your name. Look how much has changed. It wasn't easy, was it? |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:00 PM |
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Outstanding list, David! |
Uncle Joe |
Oct-19-07 12:50 PM |
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As others have pointed out, the list should include the demise of Rumsfeld & Delay & Foley. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:02 PM |
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Gannon/Guckert is not with us anymore either. |
Uncle Joe |
Oct-19-07 05:09 PM |
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That is Really, Really Heartening |
ribofunk |
Oct-19-07 01:35 PM |
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I got pumped putting the little list together myself. The trend is not good for the GOP. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:04 PM |
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Please add to No. 28: "... and is in Hell." nt |
Ian_rd |
Oct-19-07 01:43 PM |
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You are a wicked person, Ian_rd. Yes, Jerry is gone. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:07 PM |
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god what a great post |
hiphopnation23 |
Oct-19-07 01:53 PM |
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Give yourself a pat on the back this weekend. We've come a long way in 7 years. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:08 PM |
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you're a gentleman |
hiphopnation23 |
Oct-19-07 05:11 PM |
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35.) I have a hot shrimp po-boy on its way here. |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-19-07 01:58 PM |
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Man That Looks Good !!! - Can I Have A Bite ??? |
WillyT |
Oct-19-07 02:06 PM |
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Hey! So that was YOU who took a big bite of my po-boy! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-19-07 02:08 PM |
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Well... I Gotta BIG Mouth !!! |
WillyT |
Oct-19-07 02:24 PM |
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Swamp Rat, don't start showing me cajun cooking. I can't resist it. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:11 PM |
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Thanks! |
FloridaJudy |
Oct-19-07 02:03 PM |
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Hello FloridaJudy. Thanks for your activism. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:12 PM |
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Throw the Republican down the well... |
bunkerbuster1 |
Oct-19-07 02:10 PM |
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Par-tee! More cheerful news just broke: Mel Martinez resigned as GOP national chair. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:14 PM |
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Sing along with Borat, won't we? |
bunkerbuster1 |
Oct-21-07 08:23 AM |
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How can Nancy and Harry makes us happy? One word: IMPEACH! |
edbermac |
Oct-19-07 02:20 PM |
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I hear you. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:20 PM |
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Doolittle is not only in trouble with the FBI. His Democratic opponent has raised more money |
tandot |
Oct-19-07 02:20 PM |
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Thanks for an update on Doolittle. How sweet it is. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:15 PM |
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Optimism is a damn good thing! |
RiverStone |
Oct-19-07 02:35 PM |
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Thanks RiverStone for adding the exit of Denny Hastert. That's no small thing either. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:36 PM |
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You're right, there is a lot to make us feel optimistic; but we've gotten a very late start -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Oct-19-07 02:35 PM |
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Thanks for the balance. Things are looking up. |
applegrove |
Oct-19-07 02:43 PM |
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Let's keep them on the run now. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:37 PM |
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Was a great post. Ask Skinner if you can put the list up somewhere permanently. |
applegrove |
Oct-19-07 05:42 PM |
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ah, 2 31s no 35. got it. |
antifaschits |
Oct-19-07 02:51 PM |
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Well, I forgot Rummy, Foley and Delay. And now Mel Martinez has resigned as GOP Chair. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:40 PM |
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almost enough to make me smile. but I B GreeDy. Gimme 70. |
antifaschits |
Oct-19-07 07:13 PM |
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Wonderful! You have a good weekend too. |
Gman |
Oct-19-07 02:53 PM |
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Thanks. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:41 PM |
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Well hey, thanks for the reminders. But still, how can 24% of the public not GET IT?!? |
codjh9 |
Oct-19-07 03:00 PM |
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Well, 24% still may not be his nadir. So hold on... |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:42 PM |
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Thanks for the up beat post, certainly made me feel better. nt |
Pawel K |
Oct-19-07 03:04 PM |
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It's your list, Pawel K. You helped it to happen. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:45 PM |
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Good post |
slutticus |
Oct-19-07 03:23 PM |
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Thanks. I wanted to try and answer every post which I've never done. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:52 PM |
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Think I'll have a beer on this one Zephyr. It's Friday! |
lyonn |
Oct-19-07 03:27 PM |
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Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Adams & Adams, Washington & Paine would be proud of Sen. Dodd. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:55 PM |
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DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND |
liberal N proud |
Oct-19-07 03:32 PM |
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Yeah, that DemocraticUnderground is one wicked crowd alright. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:57 PM |
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Thanks |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-19-07 03:36 PM |
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Hello BoneDaddy. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:57 PM |
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wow |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-19-07 07:29 PM |
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Zephyr, you rock!!! |
FitzmasAgain |
Oct-19-07 04:09 PM |
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FitzmasAgain, I'd forgotten. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:24 PM |
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Thanks David - great to have a thread with a positive bent |
Summer93 |
Oct-19-07 04:50 PM |
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You are right. I overlooked the fall of Rumsfeld after the mid-term. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:26 PM |
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No. 36 Bush's pet poodle Tony has finally gone! |
LeftishBrit |
Oct-19-07 05:03 PM |
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Tony was such a great letdown. I'll never figure that out, but Brown looks better. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:30 PM |
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Recommended and # 36 - www.draftgore.com is thriving !! |
understandinglife |
Oct-19-07 05:03 PM |
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Al and Tipper must be feeling pretty good these days. Karma. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:31 PM |
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SO YOU SOUND LIKE A GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL KINDA PERSON...here are my 35 anti-reasons |
happygoluckytoyou |
Oct-19-07 05:19 PM |
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But, your user name?!? |
Ian_rd |
Oct-19-07 05:50 PM |
#140 |
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I'll never let my guard down. It went up in 1967. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:34 PM |
#152 |
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98 + 251 Proof |
clarence swinney |
Oct-19-07 05:57 PM |
#144 |
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Thanks for the positive post! |
mvd |
Oct-19-07 06:23 PM |
#147 |
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Great list! |
SariesNightly |
Oct-19-07 10:02 PM |
#156 |
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Another reason for long-term optimism: The Young Folk ain't buyin' what the GOP is sellin' |
Oregonian |
Oct-20-07 06:05 PM |
#159 |
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