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(...) I have heard it thru American friends this weekend that companies that make pharmaceuticals will be protected from lawsuits for 'known side effects', should this bill pass. Again, could be rumour, but that's a little scary if true. Dave K (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, here's a brief interesting historical interpretation: (URL) entire article (the good bit is closer to the end of the article, listing a bunch of, shall we say, more colourful metaphors used by American and Canadian folks): Editorial: (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps it should not take a bloody nose for anyone to see the truth about terrorism? (...) lol (...) I feel sorry for you. What do you do if you disagree with your wife? Does she beat you until you do agree, or do you talk the problem over? (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps it should not take a bloody nose for anyone to see the truth about terrorism? (...) lol (...) I feel sorry for you. What do you do if you disagree with your wife? Does she beat you until you do agree, or do you talk the problem over? (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're injecting another issue into the discussion, which I will address in a moment. In any case, let's consider what you're saying: You're claiming that conservative talking heads can't be called demagogues as long as they are open about (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Is there an online version of the full +/- 400 page bill? I'd like to see which corporations have been removed from accountability and which have been rewarded for creating unemployment and for dodging tax responsibility. Thanks! Dave! (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Give it a rest. I wrote this post in an effort to stop your disruptive behaviour: (URL) man enough to either stick to the issues or keep quiet. Scott A (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I prefer Mike Huben's analysis: "The Libertarian Party is well on its way to dominating the political landscape, judging from its power base of 100+ elected dogcatchers and other important officials after 25 years of effort." ;) More here: (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know-- Jesus was too much on the straight and narrow to drive a fried-out Combi. I'd see him more at the helm of the Patridge Family bus, and if he were driving in road-rage-ravaged LA, the sign on the back of the bus would say, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just like a rebellious child: his dad had a Plymouth (God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, "in a Fury!" - thank you, Scott Ostler). Yeah, if Jesus had to actually drive himself (SoCAl) it would be a VW MicroBus. (...) I thought the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd also go with the VW bus. I think it has to do with the stereotypical image of Jesus left over from Sunday school mixed up with childhood memories of hippies-- it's easy to imagine Jesus driving up Highway 1 giving rides to hitchhiking (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) He'd take public transportation, without a doubt. The Apostles would shift for themselves (was that an unintentional anti-automatic transmission joke?). I suppose the more interesting question is what would Satan drive? -->Bruce<-- Who drives (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You mean "VW"? And would that be before or after his sex change operation? -John (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think you have it backwards, Dave! None of the above would claim to be unbiased-- they are honest and open about their conservative leanings. It's the print media, the networks, public radio who disingenuously pass themselves off as "fair (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wouldn't exactly call "he who has the biggest stick" a naive solution-- perhaps a tried and proven one.... Remember, Saddam has a pretty big stick himself-- he has butchered 100,000s of his own people with it! So why are so many bleeding (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) bother with silly old due process... just lock them away for months or years and we'll all be a lot safer. "them" in this context being whoever it is the government has squirreled away for our protection. Not sure who exactly that *is* since (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Let me also point out what Pat B is saying about Canadians--"Look at all we have done for them and they continue to whine." K, Pat, I'm sitting here waiting for you to list all the great and wondrous things you "'Mericans" have done for us (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And I wonder how we would all feel if Dubya at least acted like a true leader of "the people"--leading them to do the right thing--instead of trotting down the same old 'naive solution' of 'he who has the biggest stick'. What I want to hear, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why is it that when Limbaugh, Reagan, Gallagher, Buchannan, Falwell, Robertson, Carlson, Will, O'Reilly et al spout pro-Republican invective it's called "fair and balanced reporting," but when a left-leaning commentator voices n opinion it's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can't help but to wonder if this person's opinion would be different had OBL leveled a different target-- namely Toronto's First Canadian Place. He may disagree with Bush's decisions handling worldwide terrorism, but calling them "moronic" (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's not. But we're performing a useful service to the country nonetheless. A filibuster proof Senate with the likes of Bob Barr running some things is a scary thought to behold. (...) c /libertarian Republicans/Libertarians/ and you're on to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If that's all your party ever wants to aspire to be (a spoiler), then knock yourselves out. But think about this: think about a senate with *no* clear majority and libertarian Republicans controlling the swing votes. That's power. What you (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) See also this analysis... (URL) an admittedly partisan source) My favorite excerpt: "It marks the third consecutive election in which a Libertarian has cost the Republican Party a Senate seat," wrote Miller. "If there had been no Libertarian (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) still embarassed that JC is the PM, but that's neither here nor there... Someone, somewhere, in a position of Canadian Authority, told it like it is. Though I would never call any person a moron, I would call a persons policies and directives (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) you enjoy it. I thought it was pretty funny. Unfortunately. (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) prejudiced media, it seems that Cassel (the author) has similarly predetermined Malvo's "proper" fate. Who is she to say that he should get a sheltered life in prison rather than a death sentence? I'm not saying I'm for one result over (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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For those that thought that the US was the only place with silly laws: (URL) accidentally swaying to music in a pub is a ticketable offense in Westminster and perhaps elsewhere in London as well. Having two musicians performing apparently is OK but (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I probably should have worded the above a little more carefully. I did not mean to imply that people in the US do not need to understand other peoples (though even there, I would argue that there is still less need for a cashier in the US to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree 100%. However, Joe Public has to understand that by bombing/supporting dictator X, a whole region can be destabilised. (...) Hmm, and to think I only put "perceived" in to stop any knee jerks... ;) Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's very true, but I think it's more important to be able to understand and empathize with the people of Djibouti, for instance, than it is to be able to find their nation on the map. That's certainly not to imply that Americans have any (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’m pretty bemused by CNN’s reaction to the way things are unfolding. My understanding is that it is pretty much the media who are dictating how things evolve. Scott A (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think if we all understood each other a little better, life for us all would be much better. I have seen a relatively small part of the world, but I have learned a lot from *every* country I have visited and *every* culture I have (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "The skinny" indeed: (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. I thought your were just parodying Bush... ;0 Scott A (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I'm saddened that it took you a week to respond to my post, and when your response did arrive it took the form of a personal insult. A few days ago you said this: ==+== Slinging names is not the way to keep this debate where it needs to be. Because (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) right away, than that we use the rule of law. The public demands it. Why, even John Ashcroft demands it. And we know he's as just, and as smart, and as capable as they come. He's such a keen legal mind, he understood immediately why the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Here's an article which does a good job of raising some of the issues I'm concerned with: (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I suppose that depends on the person, too... My stepfather is miserable in his decision to become an actuary (he hates math and the like), but it's surely more lucrative than other professions he could've followed with a degree in history. In (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A good friend of mine who went to some effort to acheive his PH.D. went immediately through a long-ish period of unemployment because he was "over-qualified" for most jobs he went hunting. He printed up some self-mocking business cards "Thomas (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here's a word of advice for anyone seeking a liberal arts education: DON'T And if someone tries to B-S you with some spiel about "it's best to have a broad base of education" I urge you to laugh in that person's face and tell him I told you (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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