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That budget busting Soviet military build-up is largely a lie. When asked about it, former USSR officials laugh.

Additionally, a much more important factor was getting the Saudis to overproduce oil and push down the world price, thus severely reducing the USSR's foreign currency revenues.

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And Duh Gov' had military experience because the Governor of Alaska is head of the state's national guard and some of those good souls were serving in Iraq.

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And, to the extent that it is valid, Raygun was only continuing a policy that had been followed by every President of either party since Ike.

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Not really a correction, as at the end of the day it remains an opinion. I'm just tired of hearing the right wing nutz repeat it as settled fact.

It sure isn't that.

I thought this article made a great deal of sense: <a href="http://www.arcaneknowledge...." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/soviet.ht...">http://www.arcaneknowledge....

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They're just in place so Norquist can move (puppeteer) the hand of whoever's in the Oval Office and sign the legislation put in front of them, so "advise" is a bit generous here.

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<blockquote>Ryan's ratings were less positive than those for any other vice presidential pick part of Gallup [sic] since 2000, including Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and Dick Cheney.</blockquote>

From the article: Romney/Ryan 2012 "Excellent / Pretty Good" = 39% "Only Fair / Poor" = <b>42%</b> "Unsure" = 19%

Wonderful, wonderful. Hope this holds for 10 more weeks or so.

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It's not cheating if the law doesn't actually forbid it. This is the kind of stellar morality we want ingrained in all kids, and then the USA of 2030 will be a veritable wonderland.

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I was going to claim the American ambassadorship in Paris because I eat French fries.

But they're "Freedom Fries" now, so I got nothin'.

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This is why (r)Money didn't go to Brussels on his recent European tour.

After a speech there, it's a dead solid lock the headline would have been "Another Belgian waffle."

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He's probably got a mansion<i> in </i>a foreign country. One of those that have great banking secrecy, and no extradition treaty.

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Because the extra cash in his Caymans account will trickle down as jerbs for the middle class.

It truly buggers the imagination that the teabaggers believe such pure, unadulterated bullshit.

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I dunno ... Biden taking on this clueless dweeb in a debate ought to be quite entertaining.

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FWIW, the woman in the other car was named Marie-Antoinette.

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I make great French toast ... first dibs on the Paris embassy!

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I've actually held the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and have farted in your general direction. I would like to be Undersecretary for US/UK Military Deployments.

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Or throwing up in the lap of the Prime Minister of Japan.

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