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For those that think the neo-con takeover is just business as usual, I give you this opinion piece: BUSH SR. SENDS NOT-SO-SUBTLE MESSAGE WITH AWARD TO KENNEDY (URL) When it was announced (with amazingly little fanfare) that the pugnaciously (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yes, of course they do. And that's not always a bad thing except when it gets kinda rabidly slanted a particular way. I try to post stuff that is at least semi-objective from a huge variety of sources. Sure, some of it is just (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I would tend to think that this line of argument can be used against many of the sources (both factual and cultural) cited here on a regular basis... NPR, the NYT, Fox, The Economist, The Guardian, DemocraticUnderground etc, all have (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Although bias should not automatically be assumed, a media source that has demonstrated unrelenting bias (such as Ann Coulter or Michael Moore) then it is not unreasonable to suspect bias in any given piece. That's not to say that such bias (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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You mean the National Review is not a known right-wing rag run by William Buckley? Haven't I stated my own opposition to the Dems clearly or regularly enough? Why don't you do somehting useful like respond to this thread: (URL) The "Evil Dictator" (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Classic! Who cares if the article appeared on Barney's newsletter? If you are going to bother to comment, why not address the specifics in the article? (...) Now that is "offensive". (...) For sure. Totally. I guess that the reality of Detroit (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I noticed Ann Coulter stuff being advertised there, amongst a host of other offensive material. What can I say? The only thing I might want from Ann Coulter has nothing to do with listening to her opinions and might even involve a blindfold -- (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Without commenting on the article on the whole (since it deals in matter that I haven't researched), I note with interest that Mr. Payne is among the bunch that loves to credit a Republican President for economic recovery while blaming (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) Henry Payne's problem in this otherwise well written essay (living in MI I can attest to the truth of much of what he says) is that in proving the Dems to be pikers yet again, he feels that it follows without proof that the GOP is therefore (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Uh-oh, Bad News for Bald One
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(...) For me, I try to work on a cohesive and comprehensive 'moral compass' in which you do what you can, don't sweat the stuff you can't, and try to understand the difference. That about it in a very tightly wrapped nutshell. If you get 'yer (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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