Ron Paul – “eliminate the income tax”

Timmeh – “How much would that cost?

Paul – ” I dunno, a lot?”

Normally that would be a campaign enders, but this year the Republicans are so dysfunctional that it makes Paul look like the smart one.

did you have a good swim? that’s sounds lovely as i look out side my window and see a foot of snow. i am so not a winter person.

wasn’t complaining to you – appreciated the way you handled it and said so at the time.

i didn’t start the conversation in this thread, and i only jumped in when i thought you-all were talking past each other (and at that point there was already a new thread). my initial comment was meant to help, and i’m sorry if it didn’t. i knew you had od’ed on the subject, which was why i tried to keep it to this thread. that didn’t work out so well either.

it was the misquote (in the next thread) that irked me – and setting the record straight was the only reason i was still “talking about it.” but i did that and was done… until i saw your comment and thought perhaps your question shouldn’t go ignored.

seems like a potentially important story – ‘course we already know mpaa is full of shit… but still… wow.

Welcome General Clark.

Are you proud of bombing the Serbs, and if so, why?

eCAHN did not say ENJOY — that was a misquote. And that question, while deliberately provocative remained in the thread because it was based on a substantive issue. The question that got removed was one which was not directed at Gen. Clark but was, instead, directed at the readers in the thread, and was removed because it was not on topic or substantive, but rather asking for a subjective running commentary on the problems that eCAHN saw with Gen. Clark’s policies. (See here for snippet of said comment.) Substance yes — request for a dogpile while using insulting language, no.

I think that ought to have been clear once Jane asked early on in the thread for people to stay on topic of the book. What followed was a series of people either trying to pile on eCAHN to tell her to knock it off, or people having not seen the offending comment demanding to know what was said, and eCAHN then making a series of comments about being censored while refusing to go to the prior thread for clarification as I asked her to do numerous times. And now here we are, still talking about it because….why exactly?

I am off to clean my living room in advance of an invasion of holiday company and gift exchange. Merry whatever to everyone…but I am well and truly done with this subject at this point.