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(...) Just to make sure we're clear here. Are you saying it would have been better had no one ever discovered North America? Are you saying that you'd rather that the western hemisphere forever remained the domain of its then current inhabitants? (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No. If two sources come to the same conclusion about something and one is biased and unworthy of further consideration that does not so tar the other source. (...) But I am not, in fact arguing that at all. I'm arguing for private exploitation (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here's another take that makes it even more dubious that this guy (a judge?) has much justification for complaining. (URL) (scroll down to "Birth of an Urban Legend" and I can't say how long this cite will work)... -start- Birth of an Urban (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If by "assertions with bias (but no cites)" you're referring to the listed citations of statements by the American Society for Cell Biology, Bob Park, and Joel Achenbach, I'm afraid the burden is on you to establish that these are biased (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh I forgot the Quayle! Oh how that brings back the SNL skits... VP Cheney doesn't seem to get in the news as much--only thing I hear about him is his poor health and his oil ties with Iraq. I don't think I've ever heard him speak. Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) And that's different for you... ;) Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But Carter, if memory serves, said "nukuler". Even more amazing considering his job in the navy as a nuclear power plant technician/engineer (I forget the exact title). W. fumbles and bumbles pretty much the same as his Dad, who was not the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It certainly does. I think less of that particular source each time I see it cited. He has no idea what he's talking about in this case, and his collection of assertions is just that, a collection of assertions with bias (but no cites) behind (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Try this search string at Google: "moonbase cost estimates" The Artemis project may be all wet, but given the several orders of magnitude difference in their estimates (using commercial grade assumptions) from NASA's, maybe these numbers of (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't even see that... How appropos! Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) **snip of further good analysis** I knew you'd be the guy with the answer! Good points, all. I wasn't aware that Megan's law doesn't permit the records to be sealed or even, apparently, to have the entire case re-examined. I think people (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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It's not "W" it's "dubya"; as in "dubya-dubya-3". Scott A (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why do we climb a mountain? Why do we explore the depths of the sea? Never underestimate the merit of 'The Cool Factor'! ;) Why should be go into space? Because it's the next step We came out of the caves and wondered at the possibilities... (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have to stop watching CNN.... Yeah, that 45 minute 'Infomercial' last night... Ah, he wasn't the first peresident who wasn't an eloquent spokesperson, and it's probably a given that he won't be the last... We've been coddled since Carter--he (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I don't care how much of the Bill of Rights he's trashed, I don't care if he engaged in insider trading at Harken, I don't care that he's wholly in the pocket of corporate interests, I don't care if he sorted coke, or drove while under the influence (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have very serious reservations about this issue. One problem is that there is no way to pettition to be removed from the posting. You can petition to have criminal records sealed. Another problem is that there is a difference between (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) are people's thoughts on this? I've heard arguments in the past that mandatory registration for sex offenders is some kind of double punishment after they've already served their prison terms. I've also heard arguments that criminal records (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Better yet, we could move the Sun closer to Mars. Honestly, I should work for NASA. Dave! (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And change the entire gravitational map of the solar system? No thanks. I don't think we could calculate the possible repercuissions of such a move... Jason (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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