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(...) Really? Then why can I only choose from a field of one cable company in my area? Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Chris, you're wasting your breath with Scott. Many (but unfortunately not all) of us now ignore Scott... you might consider it too. But to answer your question, yes, Scott does think that way about the US, by and large. (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Harsh... Not very PC of you to point that out. I must say, for a sec there, I thought RM was talking about HERE in his quote about it being war... for after all, he does not play well with others here, does he? Consider this post (URL) the big (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll let the market (of ideas) decide. Oh wait, it did! You lost, Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What gave you that idea? I've spelled out some of his howlers in this very forum! And here's another: Following 9-11, he claimed that the Bush administration allowed the bin Laden family's private jet to roam freely throughout the US, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Because others do things in a way that doesn't adhere to the "Too high" standard that the almighty United States sets for the rest of the world... I'll stick with Canada, where new political party(s) can spring up overnight, and long standing (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Alas, that's just the way it goes; do you think that in a government-less world that wouldn't be the case? I want the free market to cough up a free place for me to live, but the free market doesn't do that any more than the current situation (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) *YOU* are the one that *CONDEMNED* Iraq for breaking Geneva conventions. You want it every way as long as it's *your* way. You are adding *no* value except to perpetuate your own fallicious reasonings, ad nauseum. Go ahead, condemn the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Tables turned? You think our(U.S.)military would shoot at a downed pilot in the water unless that person was allready shooting at us?What's it going to take with you? (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So you (presumably being a friend, or at least sympathetic to some of his views) are then OK with out and out lying as long as it's in support of your cause? How morally relativistic of you, Dave! Where would you draw the line, exactly, at (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This one's for resident heavy-hitter and heavy-lifter Larry P, y'all know how he loves a cite from authority: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Does such an island exist? As far as I can tell, all land on this planet is either claimed by some particular government (and thus ought not to be hived off without the acquiescence of that government, or of the landowners or at least of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think Larry is referring to the constraints of the monopoly of the 2 party system in America. As I have in the past, I see nothing wrong with joining one of the 2 parties and working for change *within* that context instead of trying to (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well I watched the Oscars in its entirety last night and I'd have to say that MM's little tirade was the harshest criticism of the war. But to say that he was 'loudly boo-ed' by the 3500+ celebs is a wee bit of a stretch. There were 'boo's (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ploughed ground, as they say. Even friends of Moore acknowledge his fast-and-loose treatment of facts and research. But at least his site links to some cool articles: www.michaelmoore.com WARNING: Not exactly a bastion of impartiality. Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think you simply couldn't resist an opportunity to invoke Dave! (...) I may be misunderstanding the question, but let me try with a hypothetical stab at it. Suppose you and a group of like-minded individuals locate and claim a previously (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sooo, damning us if we do, and damning us if we don't. Sounds about right. BTW, what's all of this "we" language? JOHN (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I can't vouch for the veracity of this site... (URL) I find it interesting that it even exists. (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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What can you do? He's a "John Neal." See: (URL) Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Weeks said: (...) Then Neal said: (...) Isn't the basis of your faith a struggle between the good and bad out to achieve their own goals? I my world view self-interest is a given. It is the moving force behind every human action since the beginning. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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