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(...) I love irony... Like Dubya and co. trying to pin 9/11 on SH when it was AQ and OBL, and then trying to pin the bombing of the UN in Iraq on AQ and OBL when it'll probably be found that the cohorts of SH did it--sure, I'll even give the 'they (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The hyprocrisy runneth over... Why worry about a merely incipient program in another country, when we could just start by disarming ourselves? "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Point taken. But don't confuse stated purposes with actual purposes! (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I still can't get over the sheer irony of how often people use the Nuclear Disarmament symbol to protest sending troops with the stated purpose of preventing some maniac from being able to develop a nuclear arsenal... (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I'll be wearing some of these from now on: (5 URLs) You might want to visit: (3 URLs) -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Or are the conservatives of America all doing their best to raise a stink about anythinkg to deflect attention from the man in charge. Between the California recall (and the resultant circus thereof) to the 10 commandments in a courthouse, and then (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) I think I missed the smiley--it was like, "Oh I'm calling people who call people "idiots", idiots", not realizing that, in that process, therefore I'm an idiot--see, funny, eh? Well, maybe not so much now... ;) Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I can't argue with that. I really should have very carefully qualified that first statement and probably omitted the word idiot (yeah, probably). Far from being an idiot, Terry often has off-topic.debate opinions and ideas that I respect and (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron wrote: <snip> (...) I like it! If it's just not that big a deal, why get chagrin about it? Or, as we found out in a WKRP ep. when Les said, "I couldn't care less about your stupid award!" Well, if one could (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I call it the 'movie critic' or 'Bay Area Radio Talk Show Host' syndrome, a malady suffered generally by bright and witty people who cannot resist short quips and zingers, even though the resulting posts are less than tactful. The small (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Papenfuss wrote: <snip> (...) Where did I hear this--if everyone sang the same tune, did the same thing, etc, it would be monotony. When people do their own thing, and we all do different things, it can be cacaphony, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I just wanted to throw this out here to see what people think about this... When somebody does not like something that I may care for I really have no problem with that. I know this world is made up of many types of people with many types of likes (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're probably right, he's probably a shoo-in and he's pretty LCD all right, but every time I think I've seen the worst politician yet, politicians prove me wrong. Sigh. (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's probably a combination of things. They have converters for that medival metric electricity, but it's the convertion factor we forget about. If you check it today, 50 up and running servers is equal to 1.65 digital answering machines. Try (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Yeah, I didn't put it in... but we all know it to be true so it's redundant... DU... what a great site! Again I ask, is there a conservative couterpoint to this site? Just wondering... From (URL) most important thing is for us to find Osama bin (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This sounds like a lure to get me to rant about the power outage and the fact that it was started somewhere outside of Ontario..... Its not going to work, I will not get sucked into reading O.T.D..... Even though it was that same outage that (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's because you use that crazy metric electricity. Dave! (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nope. No one here but us scarecrows... So why is it taking Ontario so long to get their grid back up to snuff? (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Just seeing if Dave K is reading.... (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But what doesn't the guy misquote, eh? :) (...) I'm not sure about voters, but the population is 63% white, 26% black (higher than national average), 5% Asian, and 6% Hispanic ((URL)). I don't know how to go about calculating the areas of (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I grew up with two for parents... and look what that did to me. (...) No apology is necessary where no offense is taken, and I figured that if I wanted to post here where the numbers are decidedly against me, I better have thick skin anyway! (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good examples: the Networking professor who asked me what Novell was (in 1993, when it was the only viable PC-based server NOS) and the Abstract Algebra professor who made errors calculating student grades. You can subpoena my lawyer for their (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Too bad Bush added the line, "...Against any threat, real, imagined, or constructed out of thin air." :-) (...) The majority of voters in the DC area are black - whether or not they are bureasucrats and government employees I couldn't say, but (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Ah, the perils of failing to include the 8^) Seriously, I'm not terribly caught up in the real-worldliness of PhDs, though I admit that the cliche about absentminded professors kind of gets on my nerves, too. (...) Hmm. That's interesting, and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gore is okay -- not great, just okay. I find the poltical agenda of his wife Tipper annoying though... Bush is an enemy to the people. Simple as that. Anyone that cannot see that fact doesn't understand, or perhaps value, our system of govt. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Dave, that was awesome. Though honestly I think you're taking this a bit too seriously. (...) Actually, while that's a good theory, I'm not sure it's exactly true. I recently heard the stats on ... uh... Maine or New Hampshire's (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) House... LEGO... Nice view... (URL) and if you have the patience to wait for it to load--Grr!! Going to have to figure out why is soooo slow! Know what I'm doing this weekend!) Things are looking up! Thanks for the well wishes! Take care, Dave (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If you truly think that he's doing a decent job, then I agree that there is nothing I can say to you that would make a difference. (...) Be careful with your misattributions. I *wondered* how many other Conservatives might share Rove's (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What's the point? You dislike Bush, I think he's doing a decent job, there's no common ground on the issue to make it worth discussing. (...) Red herring--bringing up a quote by one conservative and attributing it to all. It is pretty funny, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That's what makes me mad, that other people are making me waste water because they know better than me what my situation is! (...) According to the plumber I consulted, the money would be better spent on a pressure system. The irony is that I (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sure is. I mean no disrespect by not replying to all of your original message, and will do so still if you feel it's worthwhile--but I get the feeling the horse we're beating may be a little beyond dead! (...) I was thinking last night about (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Sorry to hear that--here's hoping things work out well for you in the end! Best regards, Carl (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) It takes arrogance to think that you can waste more water than other people. What makes you so special? Even if there is no potable water shortage in your area, areas nearby may be stressed. (...) Or you unscrew the clamp from your wallet and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It is perfectly okay. It was indeed, getting to be a lot. (...) There! We don't have to agree to disagree! We can agree to agree. (...) Oh, hey, does this mean I've lost my standing in the international Hubris Society? ;-) (...) Teddy was (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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First, an apology: real life interferes with a lengthier reply on your message on things that we will never agree on; sorry for the lengthy snips. In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote: (lengthy snip) (...) Hear, hear! (...) Many (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Although I am generally hesitant to dismiss sources as biased (since to do so does not automatically invalidate the assertions of such a source), this website has been widely debunked as a distributor of pro-industry, pro-conservative (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Little from column A and a little from column B Was renting for many many years, and finally decided to buy a house... And this home buying decision was promptly made right after a long term relationship faltered. Some say getting out was (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Then you're either single, or lucky--I can't get the zoning committee to more than my office and a small part of the bonus room for mine! Best regards, Carl (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) See my reply to your reply. (...) You're welcome. And I notice that you didn't attempt to refute my answer. (...) It's been a while, so perhaps you've forgotten. Here's what you wrote in your previous (URL) post>: That’s my biggest problem (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Virtually all of the Supreme Court justices have a liberal, conservative or morderate label attached to them, so it seems I have easily refuted Goldberg in all of a few seconds. As to Tribe, who is not a member of the Supreme Court, and thus (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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