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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)
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(...) Thanks--that's exactly my point! Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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Thanks to MacHall for the link. Offered without other comment: (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Snipped for dramatic effect. (...) What an interesting juxtaposition. (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) 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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Iraqi mobile labs nothing to do with germ warfare, report finds (URL) An official British investigation into two trailers found in northern Iraq has concluded they are not mobile germ warfare labs, as was claimed by Tony Blair and President George (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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snip (...) The constitution was meant to be a document describing the specific powers and limits of the government. How does that involve "trusting it blindly"? snip (...) Well actually most of the crimes that actually are prevented in the US are (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I know that I can. I also can make my own smoothbore rifle in much the same way it's not great, but it can still kill. However, it takes time and work to do such a thing; luckily, the majority of people with an issue are just too lazy. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Sorry, getting my dictators confused. Doesn't detract from the main point, though. (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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[snip] (...) You can make a bomb with common household cleaners, not to mention you can pretty much buy anything on the black market. What I want to know is why they did it. I don't buy the governments story that they were just crazy. [snip] (...) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, of course he's not--Kim Il Sung, after all, is dead and buried; Bush has not been so accommodating hitherto. (BTW: if I hear another TV newscaster refer to "Kim Jong the Second" I think I shall scream.) best LFB (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL (...) Doesn't count. The party in power wants to keep the power, and the Republicans are pretty adept at doing that, now by wrapping the flag in whatever argument they need to win. Wars are good for that:( (...) You'e not wrong. And the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) story lines are good! that's what Jain's Guide is for (wildbrick.com) :-) (...) when I read the subject line first, I could have swore it read ".space needs a geek chick"... --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com Jain's Guide www.wildbrick.com Start (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nah, the machine may have a gyro to keep balanced, but he doesn't. Did he fall to the right or left is my big question. (...) I think it's because Bush is unbalanced anyways:) And you didn't mention President Ford and George Bush Sr. choking (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wait a minute, weren't those things supposed to have gyroscopes and stuff, basically making them unable to tip over? Man he must be really clumbsy to tip over an untipable vehicle. What's next is he going to dream the impossible dream, or (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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