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• “In response to this: "Finally, if being influenced by the NRA is so terrible, why does not being beholden to ...”
• “When your best candidate, and Romney was by far your best candidate, opines that 47% of the country are takers ...”
• “@Frank, For the most part, you guys controlled all three branches of government from Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2007 (in June ...”
• “@Frank: The President has put forth a balanced plan that cuts/saves $1.5 trillion over 10 years, and includes ...”
• “@Frank, How about a "balanced" alternative to the sequester that reduces the deficit to the same degree as the sequester ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, So you favor the $250 billion reduction plan, though it does not address entitlements, but are opposed to ...”
• “Here is the President's alternative to the sequester: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/deficit_reduction_table_bucketed_r8.pdf Deficit ...”
• “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits any voting practice or procedure that has a discriminatory result. It was amended ...”
• “Here is a graph illustrating how in the last 30 years the vast majority of economic growth has benefited those ...”
• “The rise in entitlement spending over the next 20 years is due primarily to increasing health care costs (the amount ...”
• “Although their ideas have been soundly defeated at the polls, the pro-regressive taxation (the wealthy should pay a lower tax ...”
• “With respect to Mr. Obama's policies in his first term and compromising with the Republicans, I'll outsource this ...”
• “@Larry, The provision to label Mr. Hernden's business a cigarette manufacturer was tucked into the Highway Bill that passed ...”
• “@mw, Single day changes do not really tell us much about trends, especially with respect to volatile markets. Stepping back ...”
• “Perhaps Boehner is unaware that the Bush era tax cuts are sunset to expire ABSENT any legislative action, i.e ...”
• “Well this is an interesting take. I believe that a not so distant column by Mr. Miller upbraided Mr. Obama ...”
• “To further Mr. Blake's point, here are the growth rates of income groups under Democratic and Republican presidencies from ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, Not sure where you are getting your numbers. According to the US census (http://www.census.gov/prod ...”
• “@Frank, Jan. 2009 Nonfarm payroll = -598,000 jobs Sept. 2012 Nonfarm payroll = + 114,000 jobs (Numbers from the BLS) Those ...”
• “I think Obama has done a competent job in his four years in office. First, he greatly reduced the duration ...”
• “@MW, The liberal tradition seeks to protect individual liberties, including the liberties of minority populations (cigarette smokers in Mr. Miller ...”
• “I'm happy to see Mr. Miller's full throated endorsement of liberalism: "It is of great importance in a ...”
• “Private sector job growth under the current president has been far better than under his predecessor. On 2/1/01 ...”
• “@mw, Do you have a cogent critique vis a vis Obama's "embassy problem", i.e a specific complaint? I ...”
• “I understand that many on the right, including Mr. Miller, hold that Mr. Obama has significantly increased the size of ...”
• “@Mark, With an effective interest rate below zero, I would argue that deficit spending to create additional jobs following the ...”
• “@MW, Feel free to interpret this graph (was the passage of the stimulus prior to the improvement in the jobs ...”
• “Here's a fairly succinct Paul Krugman on part of the problem: "The Jobs Program That Wasn't: Macroeconomic Advisers ...”
• “@Frank, You are a Missourian treasure. Sometimes I wonder if you are not a gifted comedic writer, a la Andy ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, Regressive Tax cuts coupled with spending cuts to programs that benefit the disadvantaged and reduced regulations in all ...”
• “I would say that Obama has been very competent in his first term. One can assess the presidency by any ...”
• “@Frank, The law does not prevent banks from making student loans, it no longer subsidizes their defaults. What's your ...”
• “Mr. Akin's position appears to be an endorsement of crony capitalism and increasing the deficit. The bill Mr. Akin ...”
• “It is interesting that Mr. Miller would tout Mr. Ryan's Medicare reforms as a counterbalance and/or Republican response ...”
• “Ah the classic "misspoke". I'm sure his base knew exactly what he meant. In regards to calling McCaskill a ...”
• “5 out of 9 Supreme Court justices think Paul Ryan's plan to privatize a portion of social security is ...”
• “@JS, Keep in mind that for Ryan's 10 year projection he is assuming a 2.8% unemployment rate in ...”
• “@Frank, If Ryan would have supported Bowles-Simpson, a deal would have been cut. He specifically was the impediment. He also ...”
• “Thanks for the chuckle Frank. I would respond specifically but I am having a hard time interpreting your Word Salad ...”
• “I would like to point out that legislators that vote for bills that increase the national deficit substantially are decidedly ...”
• “@mm, The Wall Street Journal editorial page has a vastly different perspective on reality than the CBO (Ryan plan will ...”
• “@JB, The bottom 56% of households = 5% of the mortgage interest deduction. 75% of the deduction goes to the top ...”
• “Any right wingers remember Paul Ryan (Deficit Hawk!) insisting that George Bush pay for his tax cuts, wars and medicare ...”
• “@Jimmy Bearfield, Absolutely. All deductions should be ended for everybody...including corporations. Everybody should be taxed at the same rate ...”
• “@mm, Mr. Ryan has consistently voted for legislation that increased the deficit, especially during the Bush years in which the ...”
• “Choosing Ryan suggests that team Romney must not like their internal numbers. Though the pick will certainly please conservatives, I ...”
• “@Frank, First, Bush signed it, nobody forced his hand. Second, does that mean the house Republicans are responsible for this ...”
• “@Frank, Economy under president A: Increased private employment by 0.3 million decreased public employment by 0.6 million. Economy ...”
• “@DK, "...if a person were free to invest their Social Security contributions in private retirement investments, they'd get two ...”
• “@MW, I was not comparing the requirements of voting vs. buying a firearm. I was juxtaposing Mr. Miller's proverbial ...”
• “Though I think the US has insufficient regulation of firearms, relatively rare events should not dictate policy. See Republican efforts ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, Here is the Library of Congress link to the ACA Bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z ...”
• “"...what discretionary and entitlement cuts has the President proposed..." I do believe that the ACA, which Mr. Miller so fiercely ...”
• “@Mark Foecking, That's a nice fiction. Billy Tauzin, after writing (or allowing industry to write) the Bush era Medicare ...”
• “@mike mentor You criticize Obama for raising taxes at the same time you criticize him for running up the deficit ...”
• “Mr. Miller claims that labeling the Republican party anti-education is absurd: "The list goes on and on — the Republican Party ...”
• “And Philadelphia, Mississippi is a wonderful sleepy little town to kick off your post-convention presidential run and expound upon the ...”
• “@h4, Case in point: It would appear that Mr. Miller, in his 70+ years of existence, has never purchased health ...”
• “@Don, As I mentioned earlier, the amount of money paid-in to medicare, via payroll taxes, is about 1/3 of ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, I specifically wrote that you were afforded the opportunity. That you did not use it, does not mean ...”
• “@MM Based on this data: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k625RsnD-8w/T7wE_oj_HiI/AAAAAAAAC0A/ysdZLk1ivgg/s1600/wallstreetjournal.jpg Which party would ...”
• “It is interesting that as examples of our country's resilience, Mr Miller has recalled mainly government endeavors, i.e ...”
• “@Frank, How many times do we have to rehash this? The increased taxes of 1993 combined with the top of ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, Using GDP growth as a proxy for prosperity, the data over the last 80 years indicates that there ...”
• “How many pro-regressive tax rate columns can Mr. Miller pen without explicitly stating he supports regressive rates? The vast majority ...”
• “This has been a state law on the books in Missouri since 2001: http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C300-399 ...”
• “Actually Don, Government Expenditures includes all government spending except transfer payments (social security and medicare). Once again your post, "Krugman ...”
• “@Don, Here's Obama vs. Reagan on government spending: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/real-government-spending-in-two-recoveries/ Taking into ...”
• “@Don Milsop First this: http://dailydish.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20167662d473c970b-popup ("No administration has reduced aggregate government spending as a precentage ...”
• “@Mike Martin, That was my thought as well. I think the EEFs are not so dissimilar from Kelo http://en ...”
• “@Frank, The Republicans never passed federal income tax cuts under Clinton. After Clinton raised them in 1993, the income tax ...”
• “Let me see if I follow Mr. Miller's logic. Following the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts the economy added ...”
• “@MF, Yes federal tax rates are in the aggregate progressive. However, a number of people in the upper echelons have ...”
• “The idea of progressive taxation has been around for a very long time. Here's Adam Smith, the father of ...”
• “I think the "stand your ground" laws should be repealed. The laws allow legally armed cowards to act on their ...”
• “@Ellis, I thought I could find some bipartisanship amongst the peanut gallery with my statement. As to whether tax cuts ...”
• “I wonder how Mr. Schmitt plans to pay for his initiative. Perhaps he is unaware that for 2012, there is ...”
• “@JS, Day 3 arguments focused entirely on this issue. There need not be a severability clause in order to strike ...”
• “lol, I suppose integrity has a liberal bias. Also "my lawyer told me to plead guilty/I didn't know ...”
• “One of the issues being argued is that the mandate is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate inactivity that is ...”
• “Seems like the ostensibly pro-constitution crowd should read the constitution (Specifically Article VI, Clause 2). The Supremacy clause stipulates clearly ...”
• “In response to this: "However, on what authority may the president order private companies to parcel out, free of charge ...”
• “@Mark, My example was meant to illustrate that the freedom of religion principle is often selectively applied, depending on what ...”
• “What if an employer thinks that the use/ownership of firearms violates their religious principles? I'm going to opine ...”
• “The salty version of H4 is almost as fun as the hackrobatic version.”
• “@MW, You don't think it is in the least bit distasteful that you would raise this issue in response ...”
• “@MW, Let's say you live in Shangra La county and use a highly efficient voting mechanism with an error ...”
• “@Don, Just to follow up, I agree that Gore probably would not have won with the recount mechanism he was ...”
• “@Don, Look at table 1 of the study you reference. Here is the study you are referencing: www.aei.org ...”
• “@MW, I was referring to this comment: "Frank: Yeah, there's that. But I'm talking about the FINAL decision ...”
• “Checking back in, I see this thread has followed the normal degeneracy into right-wing epistemic closure. Don, you made the ...”
• “@Don, Actually, a media consortium hired the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) to estimate the number of votes each candidate ...”
• “@Ed, Putting aside eighth amendment arguments against the death penalty, the application of the death penalty is far from equitable ...”
• “+1”
• “Sounds interesting. I wonder if they are innoculating established trees with spores from Tuber aestivum or treating seedlings, veryifiying symbiosis ...”
• “OK MW, Depending on the size of the company, shareholders. For smaller businesses, the owner.”
• “@frank, The unemployment rate increased considerably for every demographic group due to the financial collapse. To ascribe one demographc's ...”
• “Raising the minimum wage in 2006 did not cause an approximate 6% jump in the teenage unemployment rate by 2009 ...”
• “The people who use the infrastructure are the one's who should pay for it. It is curious that rightward ...”
• “@Frank and Mike. For the years 1988-1990, capital gains were taxed at the same rate as earned income. This was ...”
• “That's a win for H4!”
• “@Mr Mentor, Here's a study from last year from the Citizens for Tax Justice: www.ctj.org/pdf/12corps060111 ...”
• “To prevent another reclassification 15 years down the road, we should act. The most sensible and principled approach to decrease ...”
• “Whoa, better start playing some talk radio to those plants, they've been corrupted by reality.”
• “@Mr. Rosman, The return on a corporation's campaign contributions are enormous. See here for examples: http://publicampaign.org/reports ...”
• “Perhaps, if we were a wealthy nation with surplus revenues, it would make sense to spend exorbitantly on our military ...”
• “I like the idea of a toll, as it transfers at least a portion of the infrastructure costs onto the ...”
• “@Ray Shapiro, $200/barrel oil will be far more "car-unfriendly" than the relatively few dollars that have recently been invested ...”
• “The purpose of this program is to limit surface and groundwater contamination from agriculture run-off. To facillitate this goal, the ...”
• “If one is to criticize the OWS movement legitimately, it would be much more convincing to oppose their strongest agument ...”
• “@Frank, Television is rarely a useful source for news. I prefer the written word, though I do occasionally enjoy Charlie ...”
• “I rather disagree with Mr. Rosman on journalistic privileges. Anybody who wants to participate in the dissemination of news should ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, Perhaps you missed my comment. The bottom quintile received 55% of gov't. transfers in 1979. In 2007 ...”
• “According to the CBO (http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12485), in 1979 those in the bottom quintile of ...”
• “The Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe did not think it was a sensible act: "...in [July] 1945... Secretary ...”
• “Hi frank, I don't know if you realize this or not but in your link to the comparison of ...”
• “No offense taken, misquotes/mistaken posts are an internet tradition. When I first saw my name referenced, I had to ...”
• “It seems illogical that in the debt ceiling debate, congress is arguing over two plans that will have a deleterious ...”
• “Perhaps Mr. Miller could identify the 40% of the federal government that needs to be cut when the "grown-ups" fail ...”
• “I was unfamiliar with the billboards, Rep. Jones is right, they are offensive: http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/wp-content/uploads ...”
• “@JS Thanks for providing the link to your data. Your linked chart goes back to the 18th century. One thing ...”
• “I think the metered rates should be higher, and should be set by market forces, i.e. demand. I also ...”
• “If the free market wants to capitalize Ameren so that it can build a new plant, nobody is stopping them ...”
• “How much could we save by adopting a smart grid, i.e. rates vary according to usage demands? My dishwasher ...”
• “@fred, You can assign a random value to roads, call it x, this is the benefit per capita that roads ...”
• “@fred, I think you missed my point. Specifically, alternative transportations remove cars from congested infrastructure. Decreasing auto use would increase ...”
• “@Fred, I think a similar argument ("Everyone in the country benefits from a good roadway system".) could be made for ...”
• “@DK, What do you do about mosquitoes? I had two 50 gallon rain barrels, but ended up disconnecting them due ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, I fail to see how Ryan's plan is serious if it increases our deficit relative to current ...”
• “@fred smith, Under current law, the federal budget is balanced, excluding payments on the debt (interest), by 2019. See here ...”
• “1) I fail to see how not investing in infrastructure is the smart thing to do. 2) The cost of ...”
• “If Paul Ryan's budget plan was a children's book: http://dailydish.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e2014e87c56247970d-popup”
• “@Mark, Figures from here (I used the figures for intercity rail and rounded up to be conservative): http://en.wikipedia ...”
• “@Fred, State and Federal government spend a considerable amount of money for transportation. The vast majority of which fund automobile ...”
• “Parking spaces are a commodity. Low rates undervalue a community resource and lead to a lack of turnover, i.e ...”
• “In response to this: "Koster said he thinks the individual insurance mandate can be struck down while allowing the rest ...”
• “@JS What was untrue about Sturtz's email?”
• “@Mark, In response to this: "Rep Ryan's proposal would allow up to $15,000year for the purchase of private ...”
• “I would answer yes, if the policy lowers the cost of health care (comparative effectiveness for example). Rep. Ryan's ...”
• “@Jimmy, No (I already paid my taxes). I don't find merit in your argument; following your advice would not ...”
• “I'd like a candidate that would honestly address our debt problems. For instance they could say no extension to ...”
• “This is a much better use of city/federal funds than building parking garages on the public dime to subsidize ...”
• “One aspect of this law that I do not often see mentioned, is how it affects the business model of ...”
• “@Mr. Foecking, Enzymatic RNA obviates the need for transcription-translation-protein (with enzymatic activity). Though admittedly evolving enzymatic RNA is a complicated ...”
• “Yes. The exoneration of people on death row in both Missouri and others states is stark evidence that the process ...”
• “Sounds good. If we want to be revenue neutral I would support transferring funds from building new automobile infrastructure to ...”
• “Nice to see the first amendment defended by the Supremes. There was a dissent however. It is rather unfortunate that ...”
• “@Mr. Robertson, If your premise were true, one would expect that total compensation for public sector workers would exceed market ...”
• “@Mr Foecking, Do you have gas heat? What sort of infrastructure changes did you make to your house to result ...”
• “@Frank, It is going to happen anyway. You don't think it is prudent to prepare for it in a ...”
• “The US has one of the lowest prices for gasoline in the developed world. Once our economy stabilizes, I think ...”
• “@Mr. Williams, Perhaps I misunderstood your comments. I was responding to this: "I do agree that much of the problem ...”
• “@Mr. Williams, Here's a study comparing state and local employee wages versus the private sector: http://epi.3cdn.net ...”
• “Oops, that should be "citing" and not "sighting".”
• “@Mr. Parks, Yes, the state of our educational system is admittedly not good. I fail to see how lowering incentives ...”
• “The data I linked was published in 1999, so it's a bit dated. I couldn't find the same ...”
• “@Jimmy, It's the same as Ed's: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/states/USCHARTsat.html”
• “5 states currently prohibit collective bargaining for teachers: Those states and their ranking on ACT/SAT scores are as follows ...”
• “@DM United Kingdom (England and Wales) murder rate per capita = 1.35 per 100,000 people; 2006-2008 average. http://epp ...”
• “I fail to see how one could support such a draconian punishment in light of the fact that the race ...”
• “I think this is a good idea. I'd like to see more agriculture subsidies redirected towards forward thinking initiatives ...”
• “@Mr. Williams, So those municipalities that enacted laws making property ownership a requirement for voting were not disenfranchising poor people ...”
• “Here's the Brennan Center for Justice commenting on the 2000 election in Missouri, which is what Mr. Bearfield has ...”
• “I wonder what the proponents of this bill have against democracy? The notion that there is widespread voter fraud is ...”
• “In Ameren's latest earnings report, they report an annual profit margin of 13.5%. http://www.investors.com/StockResearch ...”
• “For the working poor with younger kids, this would quite likely be untenable.”
• “@Mr. Bearfield, With respect to one's pocketbook it doesn't really matter how a tax is classified. What matters ...”
• “@Frank, Asserting that absent US aid, Jordan and Syria would have attacked Egypt is simply not a credible argument. Syria ...”
• “@Frank, Lol, that response belong's on one of Glenn Beck's chalkboards! Egypt's immediate neighbors are Libya to ...”
• “@Frank, The aid is actually a form of corporate welfare for the military industrial complex. Egypt under Mubarak has received ...”
• “@Mr. Sexton, The models are published in peer reviewed journals, and thus subjected to rigorous scrutiny. You seem to imply ...”
• “@Mr. Sexton, Yes, but those other examples have not been shown to absorb infrared radiation as Arrhenius demonstrated for CO2 ...”
• “@Mr. Sexton, Perhaps you can see a correlation in this graph: http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/zFacts-CO2-Temp.gif”
• “@MW, Not to rehash ancient history, but the per curiam vote was 5-4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_curiam_decision. Breyer ...”
• “Frank, I was responding to JS in regards to the doc fix, perhaps your complaint should be directed at him ...”
• “@Mr. Christian, The CBO scored the Republican's repeal plan of the health reform bill. They estimated that the repeal ...”
• “There are a myriad of different religions out there in the world. Should the school district avoid scheduling events that ...”
• “@Mr. Schultz, Why doe the doc fix need to included into the cost of the ACA? The reform did not ...”
• “Only if they replace it with something better than the Affordable Care Act. Note the status quo before ACA has ...”
• “@Mr Sharrock, I don't think Mrs. Powers was implying that antibiotics are administered for viruses (that would be silly ...”
• “If your hypothesis is true, Mr. Williams, how come measures of societal health are inversely proportional to the percentage of ...”
• “@Mr. Williams, A number of studies suggest that the belief in a "referee" does not lead to people behave more ...”
• “The vast majority of farm subsidies go to large corporate agriculture entities. I think there should be a cap on ...”
• “It is my opinion that a requirement mandating that individuals reference God as a condition of government service is most ...”
• “Actually, small businesses, and those that work for them, appear to be benefiting from the new law. Here's the ...”
• “lol Corey, Would you make the same argument if someone was taking mediacom's content and streaming it over the ...”
• “@Mr. Allaire, The other 3 downtown garages are seldom at full capacity. The parking model the city developed to determine ...”
• “Adding to Derrick's comment, roads themselves are heavily subsidized as well. "User fees" account for only about half of ...”
• “@JS They fined them, and directed them to plant trees/shrubs along the banks. However, the culverts remain, thus the ...”
• “@Mr. Love, Obviously, this issue is not about stopping natural runoff. Rather the issue centers around governing authorities green lighting ...”
• “@Mr. Williams, What do you think of the Pentagon papers...should Ellsberg have been shot for treason? Journalists (wikileaks included ...”
• “I think the mandate is bad policy (the public option and/or medicare buy-in would have been much better), however ...”
• “Is anyone really opposed to the medicinal use of canine embryonic stem cells?”
• “Lol, Had to check to make sure this wasn't an April 1st column. I am unaware of any news ...”
• “Maybe they could continue holding them until the debt is paid and charge them room and board as well. Funny ...”
• “To add further credence to Mr. Rosman's point vis a vis Republican partisanship, the Republicans have stated they won ...”
• “@Mr. Foecking, I largely agree with your comments, however, to play the devil's advocate the same arguments you have ...”
• “As a follow up, the government restricts the sale of cigarettes as well as alcohol to children, because they are ...”
• “Though this (the ban) is an easy target for those arguing government overreach, I think the larger issue is whether ...”
• “This article quotes only one insurance company that offers private plans in Missouri. It is understandable that they chose Anthem ...”
• “It is erroneous to suggest that there are 6 years of spending, but 10 years of taxes to pay for ...”
• “As distasteful as the Westboro group is, they as well as all citizens are protected by the constitution. The first ...”
• “I think we should drastically increase the permit fee developers pay for housing units that require new infrastructure, i.e ...”
• “It is interesting that in Mr. Miller's column he posits that it is ridiculous for the tea party folks ...”
• “Mr. Duff, I think your reading of the law is exceedingly narrow so as to dismiss the concerns of the ...”
• “I think this is a terrible precedent. Defenders of the new law are pointing to the problem of illegal immigrants ...”
• “@Mr. Milsop, Well I wouldn't trust anyone who states: " One party quadrupled the deficit in one year more than ...”
• “Mrs. Read's response is rather curious, in that it doesn't identify the misstatements that Mrs. Hoppe was purported ...”
• “Though I generally try to avoid quoting others to make a point, John Holbo has penned a rather nice critique ...”
• “I fail to see how advocating "smart growth" is a negative. As a growing small city we should have a ...”
• “@Mr. Miller, The reference you listed for the "nuclear option" details the proposed strategy options that the Republicans could employ ...”
• “Oops, I made an error, the 2001 tax cuts passed with either 62 or 58 votes (the Wiki says 62 ...”
• “I think this article contains a number of factual errors. 1) Obama's quote is in regards to the filibuster ...”
• “I would like to respond to Mr. Meyer's comment: "President Obama has now spent my children's and my ...”
• “Many government policies actually exacerbate the problem, notably agriculture subsidies decrease the price for food grains and feed grains that ...”
• “@Mr. Warner, Yes you are correct, the study showed colonization and not infection (I erred in using those terms interchangeably ...”
• “@Mr. Warner, The following study found a statistically significant difference in the infection rate of pig farmers with S. aureus ...”
• “@Mr.Warner, Here's four: 1)http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/67/8/3732.pdf Horizontal Transfer of a ...”
• “I'm a little confused by this statement: "Historic presidential priority legislation passed with more Republican support than Democratic was ...”
• “The death penalty should be abolished. My primary reason for opposing it is that our judicial process is fallible. Since ...”
• “I strongly disagree that there is not a link between antibiotics used in livestock production, and the emergence of drug ...”
• “@ Jane Stuart, Joe Lieberman campaigned with John McCain in this past presidential election. McCain wanted to name him as his ...”
• “Unfortunately, the Senate has a rather undemocratic rule that makes it impossible for the majority party to pass legislation if ...”
• “@Mr. Sharrock, I see the goal of health insurance reform as two-fold. One: decrease the number of the uninsured. Two ...”
• “What's interesting is if you go to Rep. Luetkemeyer's official home page (http://luetkemeyer.house.gov/index.cfm ...”
• “As a bicycle commuter I would like to see all of these gadgets banned for drivers, and on par with ...”
• “This is certainly a good idea. I'd like it to go one step further. It would be informative if ...”
• “I think this is a good idea. Any initiative that increases voter participation is welcome. Though not a problem in ...”
• “@Ayn Rand, While it is certainly true that for Federal Income taxes a disproportionate amount is paid by the wealthy ...”
• “@Allan Sharrock, I seriously doubt that the package of ground beef in question listed the four different localities, especially Uruguay ...”
• “I certainly agree that the regulation should be effective. My point was that food borne illnesses are not trivial, at ...”
• “Dr. Frazier, In regards to the public option, a recent survey by the New england Journal of Medicine found that ...”
• “@Mark, Your statistics assume each meal has an equal chance of being contaminated. Based on the reporting I would assume ...”
• “@ John Schultz, In regards to your point that the system should be revenue neutral, some of the costs associated with ...”
• “I strongly disagree with this polemic against President Obama. The Department of Homeland Security report that identified various right-wing extremist ...”
• “I'd be interested to know how they infer temperature data from the tree rings.”
• “I think that the distrust of media stems from our notions of media bias. Until recently, the Right has led ...”
• “This issue comes down to first amendment rights. The owner of the store is entitled to free speech as well ...”
• “Re: Global cooling? That entertainment weeklies (Newsweek, Time etc...) posited that the Earth was cooling in 1975 is immaterial to ...”
• “The amount of money the city spends on trash removal, (the maintenance cost of the landfill as well as the ...”
• “Comparing the confirmation votes of Clinton's picks versus the Republican's is a bit disingenuous. Clinton wanted to avoid ...”
• “I think it is a very good idea, as it makes people aware of the amount of trash they generate ...”
• “Mark, is that the same nematode that causes pine wilt (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)? I lost a nice 40 ft. Scots pine ...”
• “Mr. Miller, The fallibility of our criminal justice system is one reason to reject the death penalty as a suitable ...”
• “They were denied their right to first amendment protections, hence their lawsuit. Mr. Miller's column stated that "the Constitution ...”
• “"22% of the price of all that you buy currently is tax / tax compliance cost" This number is dubious, got ...”
• “A consumption tax is an excellent idea. In order to not burden the poor, however, food and public transportation should ...”
• “Mr. Miller, The constitution is the law of the land. It is not "occasionally interpreted for the benefit of the ...”
• “Tasha would you argue with this: Leviticus 20:9 “For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall ...”
• “It is interesting and amusing that those opposed to equal rights for all citizens find themselves professing the same arguments ...”
• “Hey Ray your self imposed exile lasted about 24 hours, has the Missourian changed its policy or were you just ...”
• “I agree that it is premature to write off the Republican party as they are exceptional campaigners and masterful in ...”
• “Mr. Collins, I am interested in reading one of the "Numerous academic studies show that voter ID had no effect ...”
• “Mr. Dudley, It makes sense to me to have a statue of the person after whom the park is named ...”
• “I am curious as to why we need a photo ID law. It seems as though the current system is ...”
• “Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Dudley, Will you all be attending the upcoming protest next month?(http://www.columbiatribune.com/news ...”
• “"Don't tread on me" certainly resonates with me in respect to government interference in the personal lives of citizens ...”
• “Ms.(I wish I was going Galt) Rand First, when a program draws a surplus, it most certainly can be ...”
• “Ms. (I'm even dishonest about my name) Rand, Social Security is in fact a quite successful government program, it ...”
• “Mr Dudley, You have previously expressed your disdain for controlled studies (studies demonstrating the health benefits of raw milk, for ...”
• “Well let's examine this statement in more detail, Mr. Dudley. Provided you are interested in an answer. First, who ...”
• “Raw milk as well as pasteurized milk are both excellent media for propagating bacteria. Pasteurization kills bacterial and fungal pathogens ...”
• “I don't speak for Rep. Miller, but I assume he thinks secret ballots are important in Mexico so that ...”
• “Mr. Schultz, This is the third time you have mentioned this in comments. Perhaps you should read the proposed legislation ...”
• “Mr. Foeking, I disagree with your assessment that there are no reprocessing plants in the US due to fears of ...”
• “Mr. Miller, Is this column a parody? I find it laughable that you would pen a column complaining of the ...”
• “Before the 2008 financial debacle, the next largest government bailout occurred following the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s ...”
• “Apples to Oranges Ms Rand, Carville and company were speaking at 8am on 9/11/2001. After learning of the ...”
• “It is quite amusing to have the Republican's cultural war antics turned against them. On a side not, Ms ...”
• “Mr. Nowell, You cite Newsweek as evidence that scientists believed the Earth was cooling in the early seventies. Unfortunately for ...”
• “Mr. Dudley, I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say. Your syntax is very peculiar: "Just a ...”
• “Mr. Feintuch, Since September 2000, 123 Isreali children have been killed by Palestinians. Contrast this with 1,487 Palestinian children ...”
• “Equality is a rather simple concept. If one feels the need to invoke magical beings to argue against equality, perhaps ...”
• “Mrs. McCraw, The answer to your question is that it is not true. Here are the results with respect to ...”
• “Mr. Smith, Let me first state, that I think Wendy Noren and her staff do an exemplary job. In my ...”
• “It's interesting that this article wasn't written in 2000 with Florida as the example of poor counting standards ...”
• “Just last week I biked from the University to Wilson's fitness. I went at 6pm and it was definitely ...”
• “Mr McDaniel, We now get pack to my initial point that a sizable majority of corporations (66% according to the ...”
• “Mr. McDaniel, If you can't tell me the answer, perhaps you should do more research. Also you have made ...”
• “Mr. Schultz, There is absolutely no confusion on the side of rationalists. A tax is added on to the cost ...”
• “Mr. McDaniel, Where does your magical 22% decrease come from? A survey of corporate tax payments from 1998-2005 indicated that ...”
• “Mr. Shapiro and others, It is most easy to debate someone when you ascribe inflammatory/irrational statements to them that ...”
• “Mr. Schultz, How did they vote against it here? The legislation adds an amendment to the National Labor Relations Act ...”
• “Encouraging alternative transportation is in our country's best interest. There are numerous benefits to bicycling: reduced maintenance on our ...”
• “The purpose of this legislation (EFCA) is to address the fact that employers are breaking the law to prevent unionization ...”
• “Here's your CBO report referencing the recession ending in 2009: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf ...”
• “The OMB is using the data from the CBO report on the senate stimulus bill (the CBO actually did the ...”
• “Inanity thy name is Sash. The OMB (Office of Management and Budget for those who get their news from the ...”
• “A few questions to ponder before opining on this topic: Since 1947 what is the ratio of Palestinian deaths to ...”
• “Andrew, Perhaps you could give us the insightful defense of torture that is lacking from the aforementioned stooges.”
• “Woops, Checking the record Mr Miller did not accuse Clinton of being a tax and spend liberal. His statement about ...”
• “Here are some statistics that Mr. Miller may want peruse before extolling the virtues of the Republican Party's economic ...”
• “Mr. Miller, as I mentioned to the previous poster, I have little interest in rehashing the 2000 election. When I ...”
• “Mr. Craig you have missed the point entirely. I have no desire to rehash the election of 2000. In my ...”