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Terrific people, I'm sure, but this field is missing one important name. Wesley Clark.
Posted at January 21, 2007 4:58 PM in response to An American Dream Team
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You keep trying to equate various crimes against persons with sex between two consenting adults. It just doesn't fly. You can be as righteously indignant as you want, but there's no crime there.
Posted at February 22, 2006 12:50 PM in response to Whither same-sex marriage?
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SFC, If the Dems were in on it, then they need to pay the price too. It's looking more and more like we need a thorough housecleaning on both sides of the aisle. I'd like to see jail time for all involved, regardless of party.
Posted at January 7, 2006 9:14 AM in response to Time: Duke Wore a Wire
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My point is that the $27 billion is not large enough to have an noticeable effect on the economy especially since a large portion of it would ultimately be a transfer from the middle class to the working poor.
7.3e6*2000*2*(1-.075) = $27 billion
Mr. Brown, $27 billion per year is a very significant amount of money. It's ridiculous to say it wouldn't have a noticeable effect on the economy. As for it being a transfer to the working poor, that's really kind of the point, isn't it?
Posted at October 7, 2005 10:20 PM in response to Brits Raise Minimum Wage to $8.89 per hour
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The only logical reason to suspend the Davis-Bacon Act is to give federal contractors the ability to pay workers wages lower than the minimums promised by Davis-Bacon,...
nascardaughter has hit the nail on the head. This is a simple fact that cannot reasonably be disputed. All of El Camposino's arguments that suspending Davis-Bacon will have no effect do not address this obvious intent of the suspension.Posted at September 17, 2005 5:04 PM in response to The President's Gulf Coast Wage Cut
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Forgive the cynicism but civil servants are doubly protected both by civil service lawas and being unionized. Nobody goes to work for government out of altruism.
The civil service laws you speak of are being rapidly undermined by the bush administration and the federal labor unions are and have always been pretty much toothless. I may not have gone to work for the government completely out of altruism, but it certainly played a part. I continue to work for the government even though I could make more money elsewhere because I provide a valuable service to the community. Don't dismiss my altruism because you don't have any.Posted at September 14, 2005 3:08 PM in response to Even Worse
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I have to disagree. It's civil service. It's not supposed to be about money. What ever happened to altruism?
Posted at September 14, 2005 1:06 PM in response to Even Worse
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Only if you have gained the status of being a trusted user yourself, by having a significant number of well-rated comments.
That's never going to happen for me. I rarely comment and when I do it's usually very brief because I type slowly (hunt and peck) which makes it difficult to express my thoughts in this format. I mostly just read and ponder everyone else's posts. I've never bothered with rating any of them though. Thanks for the info.
Posted at August 19, 2005 6:09 PM in response to Future Direction of TPMCafe
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Am I correct in assuming that it is the rating system that makes some comments disappear from the discussion? And can I make them re-appear? I like to read all the comments, even the ones I find idiotic. Trolls don't bother me so much. Personally I like the site the way it is. I hope any changes you make will not make it less user friendly.
Posted at August 19, 2005 2:06 PM in response to Future Direction of TPMCafe
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I don't know about the exit polls, but Chavez is most certainly popular with the vast majority of the Venezuelan people. Enough so that when a US backed coup was attempted a couple of years ago, the people took to the streets and defended him, essentially saving his presidency. The poor like him and Venezuela has a LOT of poor.
Posted at July 23, 2005 10:14 AM in response to from W St Journal headline
