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(...) I was unclear--my bad. You're 100% correct that there's no real script for her show, so I should have been more precise in my accusation. It's been documented that the Rush Limbaugh radio show, for example, screens its callers, and I believe (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A minor digression... You *do* need to make further observations to determine if it's true that the hammer would fall. Either you would need to make your deduction based on your witnessing of the descent of the hammer from your hand to the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Please don't call me Shirley. How does one explain the movie "Airplane" to anyone else? It's one of my favourite "funniest of all-time" movies... it comes across like the Stooges, but (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well you seemed to have figured that out (again?? this time?? (1) ) faster than I used to do.. only what, 40-50 posts in that thread between the two of you? Contrast that with me and he(2), we've managed to spin out hundreds of posts in one (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It is faulty-- she is Jewish. -John (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Now there's a question worth pursuing... A local DJ (Derringer in the mornings on Q107--Toronto's Classic Rock station--shameless plug for my favourite radio station) decided to call up Harpo productions after the Emmy's to see if he could get (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hahaha! Guilty. I'm amused that he seems ("seems": I don't read his posts any more, but I do note what message he is replying to) to be going back and arguing with old posts of mine since I'm not posting new ones to him. I mean, pathetic. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmmm, it does make one wonder doesn't it? On a certain level Dr. Laura *recreated* herself a while back as an Xtian nut/therapist. My memory may be faulty here, but I don't think she has ANY of the perceived credentials that one would normally (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And my point still stands--whether I'm citing West Wing, the DOI, the Bible or just common sense, what does it matter where the cite came from--if the cite is Just, proper and gosh darn it, makes alotta sense, why does it matter where it came (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes: <snip> My point stands. You're welcome to get your ideas about reality from wherever you like, including from TV shows that force feed bias while pretending to be balanced... Just don't cite them in (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I were to pose the hypothesis--"If I were to let go of a hammer, the hammer would fall. I do not have to watch the hammer fall to see that this is true."--what does it matter *where* this hypothesis came from? This line (paraphrased to be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. I trust you're not claiming that the Dr. Laura Show is fictional as in "written and acted out". She does host a radio show, people do call in, and she does respond to them as presented. The relative merits of said show are of course (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think the point is that Leo perceives that people are distressingly apt to get their political views from fictional programs. No doubt Leo would include such fictions as the 700 Club and Rush Limbaugh's daily spew, as well as the film (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I remember a relatively huge controversy amongst the legal profession--"L.A. Law does not show what it's really like in the legal profession." A radio DJ at the time quipped, "WKRP is nothing like how a radio station works either, but I still (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Of course! But it had to be salt obtained through the government purchasing system, which effectively brought the price to about $65 per pound. Maggie (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ROFL. I just hope that's not true. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are putting words in my mouth again. (...) I was not referring to an attack. If you were, I misunderstood you. (...) A dodge? (...) You seem to be under the impression that I should jump through your hoops. I'm not trying to deceive (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I saw his column today in the Grand Rapids Press. So I thought I'd share it with you. But of course to just cut and paste it in here is copyright infringement, not fair use, so if you want to see what he thinks, you'll have to follow a link. Here's (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hell, no! I AM the PINKO, ANTI-CHRIST! }:) ...okay, I admit I was just exaggerating -- I am not actually a pinko. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I take your meaning, then it sounds like it worked as well as any other ritual. Was each applicant also required to throw salt over his left shoulder? Dave! (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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