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I watch the races every year too. Have every intention of attending one year, but no intentions of racing it myself.

Since you own your own business, you might understand that a dramatic increase in minimum wage (What is it now, $5/hr? I think Clark wanted to raise it to $7/hr.) results in a lot of working poor losing their jobs because their bosses refuse to pay an employee more than they think they're worth...

It's interesting that you stated these sites were suggesting seccession from the US. I haven't heard that at all, and I live here. But then you're in California and have time to surf the web, so maybe you're the real expert. What I have heard is a lot of disappointed (read: whiny) Democrats...

How many times am I going to have to post your quote before you stop trying to change the subject? Sure sounds like you're wanting to dump the states you now consider to be poor and soaking up your money. No mention of Social Security, etc. You're in a corner now. Whatcha gonna do? What are...

Ah, the evil rich. Hey, now it's my turn to say that! Funny how the conservatives have always been accused of wanting to "dump the poor", but when you consider yourself wealthier, you want to do exactly that! Maybe you should bust out a history book. The Mason-Dixon line never extended that...

Not necessarily. Many of the more recent factories and such have built in the South (Mercedes and Honda in Alabama, GM in Tennessee, BMW in South Carolina) because of the less stringent regulations. (Labor costs, directly tied to cost-of-living, are better here too.) Because they're blue states...

"tree hugging hippies" "socialists" "commies" "liberal" "progressive" And the differences are....? Just kidding! Sure, the numbers for CA and NY themselves are impressive, but misleading if you don't factor in the populations. Also, hasn't business in California (and New York) decreased in the...

Really? Fascinating. Tell me, how much manufacturing is going on up there? Car plants? Grains? "Youse guys" growin' a lot of food up there? How much of your business is simply trade? Another thing you have to keep in mind is the spending habits of state governments. Most of the time, how much...

I'm now allergic to sitcoms. Does that count?

Yeah, who'da thunk it? And what were the chances this could've happened under Saddam?

Maybe we should go back to discussing the Iraqi elections (See: Thread title) and have Sr Pasta start another thread for discussing sanctions.

The sanctions were not designed to starve civilians. Just the opposite: The food and medicine were intended to keep the poor in Iraq alive and healthy. It was Saddam Hussein who hijacked those provisions to buy influence and favor. The same thing happened with the Oil-for-Food program. I'm...

Sr Pasta You run the risk of discrediting yourself by using terms such as "neo-con", or insisting that someone's knowledge is ignorance just because their news soucres don't agree with your sources. Politically speaking, there is a site called the Democratic Underground where you might feel...

Verified. Sorry if I was late, boss.

It seems Iraqis have been doing some post-election "voting", dealing with terrorist threats in their own direct way. ABC News article Free Iraqi article