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  Fast becoming my 'site du jour'....
 
Top 10 Conservative idiots... (URL) number 1 this week-- "Last week Donald Rumsfeld said that while the intelligence community agrees that Iran does not have nuclear weapons, "the assessment is that they do have a very active programme and are (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
(...) Thanks--that's exactly my point! Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Powell wrote: <snip> (...) Hey, don't mention capitas or statistics, or comparisons b/w countries, (unless these stats conform to the predetermined answers of the party in charge) unless you want to be branded a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
(...) I don't think you can prove a negative. I could be wrong here, but my guess is that many crimes are prevented by locking doors too. That, and having a dog. And a green martian to defend your house when you are away :) (yes, I am being a bit (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  More War = More Terrorism, Less Security
 
Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror (URL) Five days before the war began in Iraq, as President Bush prepared to raise the terrorism threat level to orange, a top White House counterterrorism adviser unlocked the steel door to his office, an (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote: <snip> (...) I would hazard a guess that most of the homicides are also due to 'armed' people. Imposing gun control on law abiding citizens will prevent and slow down the number of guns getting into (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
(...) Could you provide a few sources for that statistic? I would guess that many crimes are prevented by security cameras and by barred storefront windows--how do these figure into your calculation? Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Nothing succeeds like excess?
 
Thanks to MacHall for the link. Offered without other comment: (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
Snipped for dramatic effect. (...) What an interesting juxtaposition. (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
 
(...) Partly, that it may require periodical updates, which can contradict the previous text; as such, what today is off-limits for the government can become one of its tasks tomorrow, in a perfectly legal fashion. It's not eternal or unchangeable (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)


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