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(...) That's not my perception. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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dgdfgdfgdsf (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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(...) I'm more partial to Lakeesha than Shirly. (looking at ground and aimlessly kicking rocks)....ummmmm...no, I meant it in a bad way... :-O Bruce (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe I am mis-reading you hear (or maybe you mis-read me.) Last time I checked, if I publicly announce I do not like my government 'leaders', I will not be publicly executed later that day. However that is standard in most Arab countries. The (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Um, isn't that "EX" tower? I heard it came crashing down last week. list of tallest structures as of a while ago: (URL) it wasn't that one.. the one that came down was in Omaha and was actually reported as 1965 feet... Collapse was reported by (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Set: #51518 Patriot Missile (Military) 750 pcs, 319 SEK (~US$ 32.00) @ Biltema, Sweden. Mechanic compability: Very good, except the stupid measurements of the hollow studs (Type 2). The radius of the hole is only 3 LDU instead of 4! Plates are 1/3 (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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test (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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(...) Um, you meant that labeling of uncle Thomas in a "good way", surely? <G,D&R> (whoops, didn't mean to call you a Surely. Or a Nancy either, for that matter) <runs farther> (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thomas Sowell appears regularly in the Orange County Register, a paper that doesn't even make a pretense at balance (like Sowell) and is wall-to-wall right wing. The only good thing about Sowell is that he enjoys labeling anyone he disagrees (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's an egregiously qualified freedom at best, right? The fact that it is worse for others doesn't make your/our situation any better; it is only better by comparison. -- Hop-frog (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hi Jason, I nearly had to ask you to help a poor German to understand your joke. But in the end my dictionary told me the meaning of udder... ;-)) Leg Godt! Ben (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Did anyone hear Marketplace yesterday? There was this one segment on the protest against the IMF taking place in D.C. What caught my attention was the shift in who was to blame for economic hardship. The example or Argentina was raised. Argentina (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know that they are of less concern but rather at the oppisite end of the spectrum. I was more concerned with the discription than the conclusions the author drew. (...) guns. (...) Well I have the silly notion that the United Nations (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well in my local newspapers it is easy to find liberal propaganda, so reading aritcles full of conservative propaganda (which seems much harder to find) is good for balace. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) think there are *some* of the ivory tower types that the author suggests, but they are certainly of less concern than people in the privileged Bush mold. Being privileged because of education is not that same as being privileged because of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Mike. Interesting article. That source has a lot of columnists (1), here's another one: (URL) a perspective on how to decide whether someone stands trial in civilian court, stands trial before a military tribunal, or just gets locked up (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well kind of anyway. I don't really agree with everything in this article but most of it seems right on to me. (URL) is an opinion peice written by Thomas Sowell. As of posting the link refers to the September 18, 2002 article. Agree or disagree it (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) The fact that someone had their fundamental rights of; freedom of speech, freedom to peacefully assemble, and freedom to peacefully protest, and there was no public outcry. There was no major news coverage. It is just disgusting. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So you *would* bother to attack somebody? I wouldn't, so yes, we are in disagreement. So much for your holier than thou stance. (and by "bother" it was pretty darn clear I was refering to attacking Iraq, so let me anticipate your mindless (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL - those are all valid points! If I didn't have such high standards though, I would have offered a Galidor set or maybe 50 Timmy minifigs!! - Bob (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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