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(...) "The anti-war crowd *for the most part* are radical fruitcakes"?? Okay. Those 100,000+ people marcning in Toronto that I was with--were most of them radical fruitcakes? Were half of them radicak fruitcakes? Were 10 percent of them radical (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Please tally all protests and render the percentage of those that took place naked. And what's wrong with pink? I mean, other than I won't be seen in it? :-) You seem to be taking the cheap-shot demonizing route in trying to belittle a (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) er, "bald-faced" liar.. Saddam's lies aren't all that bold... h (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. It is time for all of the anti-war crowd that are "sitting on the fence" because there isn't enough "evidence" or are waiting for a "smoking gun" to come clean. They are (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) After all the other spineless concessions... (...) Didn't listen to us at the end of the first world war, and look what came about? Oh, and what country in particular lead the way in not listening to us? StOOpidity. (...) You supported the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) To Scott: That's *nuthin'!* You should see what the *other* side is doing! The Anti-war crowd for the most part are radical fruitcakes. I mean, feminists protesting *naked*???? <shudder> Wearing *pink* to protest? It's all entertainment to the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I never really understood *beer*, and the whole mentality with it. People love their beer. My SO loves dark beer from Europe, can't stand American beer... My friend won't drink anything besides Molson Canadian... When I was so much younger (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Are we talking about the same thing? He marched into Poland, He was on some sort of 'expansionist kick' and the 'eliminating all but the 'Supreme race'. Of course we stood up to that. I wouldn't necessarily call that stOOpid. The war with (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It was something of a rhetorical question: I can find beers from all over the world in California; Germany, Phillipines, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, and on and on. None from France (that I know of). But I'd (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, I'd say Joe Steel was fighting *for* tyranny. (...) The rest of the world starts a stupid war (excuse me, *stOOpid*, can't emphasize that enough) and has us bail 'em out, and resents it? That chip on yer shoulder big enough? ;-) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: One other thing... (...) This has also been credited to Schwarzkopf, but according to www.snopes.com the correct attribution is Jed Babbin (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And that in 1940 the xenophobic US weren't in the war at all whilst the Allies were fighting and dieing for freedom against tyranny, the US didn't get into it until the end of '41, but they'll take all the credit for winning the war... History (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yep the 1930's equivalent of "star wars" was an expensive dud... [parts of it were moved to the "Atlantic Wall" IRC]. (...) French resistance: The fig leaf that covers the truth. (...) Is it not the other way around: "didn't the fledgling USA (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, yes, there is a large variety of beers produced in France. I suppose that Belgian beer is generally more famous, especially the Trappist Beer, brewed in monasteries (Orval, Leffe, Chimay, ...), but you also find similar beer tradition in (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sounds like they need to learn their history. IIRC, the French Army won the Battle of Verdun, under the heaviest shelling and most hideous battlefield conditions in history. Call that what you will, but cowardly it is not. The Germans won in 1940 (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ...and french kisses! ;-) Fredrik (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahhh, the good ol' www...;-) (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm a Pepsi person myself:-) Although when I was in the Middle East, I was fascinated with the Coca-Cola logo as it was redesigned in Arabic and in Hebrew. It is "reproduced" in a lot of languages; I should go find a link... JOHN (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If it makes you feel better, I thought "Mecca Cola" was reactionary twaddle, too. :-) -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: <snip> (...) I could give you 10,913 reasons to feel particularily *UN*sympathetic to the ingrates of France: (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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