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I am going to say that being called corrupt is worse. If one is a moron that usually represents a natural born deficiency, someone who is a moron is not simply unlearned, or unwise, but possessing a level of retardation. To say someone is corrupt (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would have said that Dubya's policies are moronic. However, what the aide actually said was, "George Bush.... what a moron!" Thus, in order to stay true to the actual quotation and the resulting political tizzy, I used the original, not my (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Was the term not "moronic"? Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Rumsfeld, Nukes, North Korea and $$$$
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I read this in "shock and awe": “Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defense, was on the board of technology giant ABB when it won a deal to supply North Korea with two nuclear power plants.” (URL) quite as bad his selling WOMD to Iraq... but (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Thunderbirds are Go!
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(URL) can almost make out the strings... =) -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's worse--being a moron or being corrupt?
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(...) I would say being labeled a moron is far better than being labeled corrupt. (...) Why stop with Dubya? We should get rid of the whole lot and reinstate the constitution as our basis of government. (You know where everyone follows the same (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | A Change
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.A Change ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ (Not so much a` BIG change, but a `SMALL improvement!) !An open letter to the Lugnet community and it’s creators: I'm proposing that a change take place in our lovely Lugnet community. Not a radical revolution, but simply just a (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.announce)
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So a Canadian Parliamentary aide called Dubya a 'moron' a while back, and that sent everyone into a tizzy. Now the Mayor of London says Dubya's corrupt: (URL) would you rather be--labeled as a moron or labeled corrupt? I, like the mayor of London, (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Canada's Senate Woes--R: One more reason why I'm refusing to shop in Wal*Mart
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So I did a little googling (what a wonderful thing that is...) Found this little article: (URL) basically lays out what our senate is today, and what certain reformers want, i.e. EEE Senate--elected being part of that. but, as the author also (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: One more reason why I'm refusing to shop in Wal*Mart
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(...) The Party that has the most seats in the house are 'in power', and the party in Power has the PM--PM's are voted on by the party. The senate in Canada, on the other hand, are appointees. When a seat becomes vacant, whichever PM is in power (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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