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(...) There was a good piece in yesterday's Telegraph (UK rightwing paper) which covered some of this ground: (URL) measures are tiresome, expensive - and won't work> "The new measure is like too many of the laws and initiatives introduced since (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This article is worrisome to me. I realize Dennis Prager was being allegorical, but that fact might be lost on those who do a quick scan of the article. His half-hearted disclaimer in the last sentence hardly makes up for the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That works for me; appropriately, Karl Rove then becomes Sauron. Let's destroy his Ring! Dave! (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) Example>: Mentally ill man executed in US - "The state of Arkansas has executed a man with a severe mental illness. Charles Singleton, 44, was forcibly given anti-psychotic drugs which made him lucid enough under court guidelines to be (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey, did my monocle roll over there? It seems like the darn thing's always popping off these days... (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Hr7867.x9r@lugnet.com... (...) I'd like to see Jimmy Carter in Gandalf's position: "See? Pacifism wins!" And then he gets stomped on by an Olyphant, or side-swiped by it's spiked (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Not sure this link will work... (URL) Prager has got it all wrong... GWB isn't like Aragorn, he's more like Sarumon, but not as bright. But I found the piece funny anyway, if a bit unkind. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From the (URL) BBC>: "The Carnegie Endowment said it had studied hundreds of documents and interviewed dozens of specialists for its report WMD: Evidence and Implications. The report says there was "no convincing evidence" that Iraq had (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I doubt a bunch of starving immigrants will do much for crime statistics. Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Because we get our own IMF warning! (URL) I'm so proud! (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Can we not all just get a barcode tattoo at birth; it really would cut back on all this paperwork. ;) Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The was a rather engaging item in The Times today: (URL) BA defends rights to queue for the loo at 20,000ft> "...the United States ordered airlines entering its airspace to ban passengers from queueing for the lavatories... The directive from the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) the problem with all biometric ID is that the ID you would need to 'prove' your identity can easily be faked, e.g. birth certificate, driving license, etc. What a biometric ID would prevent would be dual IDs (vocabularyroviding the database (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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NR showing protectionist stripes? (URL) Krikorian may be right that access to cheap labor means less labor saving innovation, but (apparently not being a free trader) he misses the point. Employers should have the choice of whether to use cheap (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From today's USA Today (URL) actual printed version of the story (at least in the ATL market) had a picture of a Brazilian immigration official subjecting a US visitor to the same indignities we apparently are submitting visitors from Brazil to... (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’m sure all (URL) this> is doing wonders for the American tourist industry! Scott A Have you had a look at Arthurs Seat Yet? (2 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, it looks like I might have to get fingerprinted when I arrive for BF PDX, and I don't like that one bit! Not sure yet - they're still debating whether countries that have visa exemptions (incl Aus for stays less than 90 days) will also (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The Transportation Security Adminstration may be misnamed... there's an "in" missing, as in "INsecurity" (URL) there's a great article in the Feb issue of Reason as well. (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think this says it all: "We want clean air, clear water, good living conditions, the best health care in the world--yet we aren't willing to pay for anything manufactured under those restrictions." End result: the things we buy will all end (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It must be great being an American Muslim and knowing that your government does not trust any of your brethren enough to offer these guys, who have not been charged with any crime, solace. I don't expect this will loose Bush any votes. Just (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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