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(...) Try harder. You speak for fewer than you suppose. Besides, they can speak for themselves. JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Larry, mind your own business, will you? Taking a sentence out of context as you just did is exactly what I'm talking about when I condemn extremist right-wing propaganda. The simple fact that John submitted this article to us implies that he (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In the context that the Muslim population is growing in Europe, it might be interesting, but the article you quote is absolutely venomous about it. Since you make no mention of it even after me refering to the article as "drivel" and "trash", (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, John, I couldn't care less about your opinions. I don't seek any facts from people like you. You have prove many times that you believe certain things and I, like many others, think you are not very brilliant. So I don't care what you (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah, the true colors show at last. What media does a voice of dissent have access to when people are worried about how to feed themselves when the likes of Clear Channel and Fox control what they may say? You're saying it's okay for people to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Precisely. Well said, Scott. But Mr. Robbins isn't a deep enough thinker to understand what you (and others) are telling him. He'd rather just whine about how now everyone is out to get him. I don't see HIM standing up to defend the rights of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're not doing much for your own stature with comments like that. I suggest you stop baiting people. (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Spot on, Scott. This is why Mr. Robbins should stick to acting rather than pretending to be a deep, political commentator and victim, because he doesn't know what he is talking about. He thinks his First Amendment rights are being violated (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What I found most interesting about it is his addressing the issue of the growing Muslim population of Europe, especially in France. In that context, it is understandable to see the growing rift between countries like France and the US, and in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't you have friends, John? Are you a conspiracy of people? ---...--- "Cronies Set to Make a Killing" (URL) Halliburton and the Spoils of War" (URL) Close Ties to Brown and Root" (URL) Makes a Killing on Iraq War" (URL) next you post perhaps (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can't say how Bechtel is in league with anyone in particular, but my father, ardent Republican and worker on WoMD (Titan II Underground Missle launch complex - I believe that door that slides open in nothing flat as the missle is actually (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How does posting constructive criticism here get back to the writer of that trash? If you wish to quote or paraphrase the parts you think are salient or you agree with (or disagree with), I can have a discussion about that with you, but (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here's the thing, Terry. You are certainly entitled to your opinion and to express it. I merely questioned the wisdom of your public criticism of something you hadn't fully investigated, or to call something patently stupid without any attempt (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What a whiner, I fully agree that death threats and attacks on his children are uncalled for, but freedom of speach is not free. You are free to say whatever you like, but you are not free from the consequences of your words. When Mr. Robbins (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) John johm john... When will you realize that the ridicule here is you ? Why should we read the whole article to realize it's stupid altogether? You are ignorant. Terry (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The latest winner, (...) Hold on there, conspiracy boy-- I thought Bush et al was in bed with Halliburton. Perhaps it is a really BIG bed... But wait, Bechtel isn't the BIGGEST contributor, what gives? (...) What exactly does that mean? (...) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm guessing that the US are simply using their miltary presence in the ME for what it's worth: To put pressure on other countries, whose policy they would like to see changed. BTW, I heard on BBC World Service recently that Rumsfeld was asked (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Leave off one tiny "m" and it changes the whole meaning of the subject line. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract" (URL) open competitive bidding, the Bush administration has allowed few corporations to submit proposals for rebuilding Iraq. The latest winner, awarded $680 million to rehab power, water and sewage systems, is (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Countering a Wave of Hate" (URL) Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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