catbirdseat

That is true.

Remember that Napoleon enjoyed great popular support among the French common people. It was only after several wars in which hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed that they finally exiled him.

I am not familiar with the term "reentrant".

"Another stunning victory for the President who will use this mandate from the voters to extend his policies of liberty" The wealthier you are, the more liberty you will have.

Scott, you are a student. Wait until you have to go find a job.

You can't blame people for being gullible. They voted their fears.

No fucking way! It's like a bad dream. This "law" is itself unconstitutional. This is a joke, right? Bush wants to have the powers of a king. Kings used to claim their authority came directly from god.

While I applaud this measure, I also know that throwing a lot of money at a problem involving basic research won't necessarily solve it. The best example is AIDS research. We have little to show for the huge sums of money spent on this. There is still no vaccine 20 years after the discovery of the virus. We do have a large number of very expensive drugs that control, but do not cure the disease. The big discoveries often don't come from targeted expenditures. They sometimes come from related areas of research and from serendipidy.

Anyone what to bet how long it will take Bush to reinstate the military draft? We are going to need more cannon fodder. No strike that- improvised explosive device fodder. My son is 19 years old. This is not good.

So... we have the real reason you don't like absentee ballots. The axiom that absentee voters are conservative is less true now than it once was. The first people to embrace it were the shut-ins. Old people who couldn't drive and didn't have a choice. Now people regard it as a convenience thing.

It's all meaningless, because the absentee ballots get counted last and they ALWAYS are more conservative than votes cast at the polls. Absentee ballots make exit polls a waste of time.

"I think that absentee voting sucks. It ought to be outlawed. You either get your fat ass to the polls or you don't vote." "The reason I don't like absentee voting is that it makes the election a strung out affair. The people who cast their votes on election day (or mail their absentee ballots on that day) have up to date information with which to make their decision. In this case, I don't think any new information has been revealed, but it does sometimes happen." If you say so... So your definition of "backpedalling" is resorting to reason after starting with a hyperbolic statement. Okay, whatever.

He PROFESSES to be born again. How do you know it isn't just a way to kowtow to the Christian Right? He probably figures it can't hurt.

This article was in today's New York Times. Now I would really like to go visit that place while the lake level is down.

The reason I don't like absentee voting is that it makes the election a strung out affair. The people who cast their votes on election day (or mail their absentee ballots on that day) have up to date information with which to make their decision. In this case, I don't think any new information has been revealed, but it does sometimes happen. Nice backpedal: A combination of cheap logic and unveiled pining for instant gratification. How is it backpedalling? I said what I don't like and then I explained the reason why. The other thing I don't like about absentee ballots has already been voiced: they represent a great opportunity for fraud to occur. Another thing I don't like about them is that conservatives are very fond of them. They can sit in front of Fox News on the TV and have Bill O'Reilly guide them through the voting process, so they don't have to actually think for themselves.

This also could lead to a cure for your girlfriend's Popsicle Toes.

Dru, that is uncool to post pics like that without warning. Definitely not work safe.

I can't believe no one has brought up the subject of Dog-Bone draws yet.

The reason I don't like absentee voting is that it makes the election a strung out affair. The people who cast their votes on election day (or mail their absentee ballots on that day) have up to date information with which to make their decision. In this case, I don't think any new information has been revealed, but it does sometimes happen.

If you are gonna call B.S. on my article you are gonna have to back that one up cheif. Here you go, sport.

I think that absentee voting sucks. It ought to be outlawed. You either get your fat ass to the polls or you don't vote.

Regardless, intelligence, or lack thereof, is not Bush's defining characteristic. Rather, it is his lack of interest in using his mind. He doesn't care for analysis. He doesn't have the discipline to spend the time to become familiar with all aspects of an issue before he makes up his mind. He either goes with his "gut" instinct, or he takes the advice of his cabinet.

Yes, indeed, Bush is asleep at the wheel.

You have to admit that the Administration has been very good to Osama. It must be easier than ever for him to recruit more jihad warriors.

As it says in the BD blurb, you can always rotate the top biner.