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(...) So isn't now the perfect time for a more stealthy chopper? I think the misson requirements could be re-orientated toward todays needs but I don't think the whole program needs to be scrapped. (...) Were'nt large parts of both gulf wars (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Is Nader really THAT stupid, or just a secret lapdog of GWB?
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Once again, Ralph Nader is shooting for the impossible, and once again (hopefully NOT, this time, as people will remember last time), he will take votes from the Dems, possibly putting GWB back into office. Sometimes I wonder if he's on GWB's (...) (21 years ago, 23-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | global warming
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Hey all, just thought I would post a link to two reports that I just found. Currious what kinda of debate could grow from them: (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Philosophy According to Franklin -- What is a Box?
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(...) (Sorry for the spelling error...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Digitally Signed Email
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FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrnc385ha.8ka.....bu.edu... (...) good (...) It's a little silly to say "Simply have all users convince their ISP to change their email infrastructure". I'll (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Philosophy According to Franklin -- What is a Box?
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What is a box? Seems like a simple question, so it outh to have a simple answer... Let's start with a basic definition -- a box is a rectangular solid; that is, a three-dimensional object having six sides (or "faces"), each of which is a rectangle. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: To change the tune...
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(...) Agreed. (URL) HERE> is another, acknowledging your very concern;-) JOHN (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Watch out, purists--another clone-fan is on the scene. One Matthew Aaron Schuler made his debut at 12:34PM ET on Feb 9. Mom, Dad, and son are super-groovy, I'm happy to report. If you're interested, pictures will follow tomorrow, so that all (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: To change the tune...
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(...) I'm not sure which parts of LUGNET you've been reading, but a number of us are passingly familiar with the correct usage of moot. (URL) Here> is part of one of many discussions about that very word (at least, a discussion of one of its (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Americans on the word 'nucular' (was Re: Bush on Nucular Non-proliferation)
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(...) I don't know that I'd tease him mercilessly about it, but it just seems, well, incongruous (a word I shouldn't be using in chatting with the majority of the American population perhaps ;-). Can it be true that its a relatively small proportion (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Yurpeans [Re: Bush on Nucular Non-proliferation]
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This one from the past came to mind: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I don't know. What was his "kill rate" before the war? How many women & children did he kill in the run up to that war? (...) Rumsfeld: "We know where they are." As an aside, the whole country does not have to be checked; pre-war, SH did not (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I've heard it said that his choppy speech actually makes him more popular. Yeah, sure he gets teased mercilessly by people with a well-refined vocabulary, but that's a relatively small portion of the US population. The rest are in the same (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How long do you think it would have taken Hussein & Sons to kill that many if they'd been left in power? Anyways, the US was directly responsible for putting Saddam in charge of Iraq those many years ago. Quite frankly, it worries me that the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Bush on Nucular Non-proliferation
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Dudes, Heard chunks of his broadcast address on this today (complete with the audio test tones playing over the first ten minutes). There is a summary of it (URL) here>. It would be a lot easier to take him seriously if he could say the word (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Because it is ultimately their prerrogative. You are aware of that basic notion of sovereignty, aren't you? (...) That is their problem. As a non iraqi, you have no vote on the matter - do you? (...) That is your problem, granted. But it's up (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Smell the coffee John; time is telling as we speak! (...) I was wrong in a way; it looks like he did not have WMD. I feel he would have used them if he had them. (...) Show me the link with OBL. (...) He could not even police his own country! (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) 4 Points: I'd say the Palestinians are on the receiving end of "terrorism” more than the USA is. I'd say that not all the attacks on Israel are "terrorism". I'd say there is not a lot of evidence in the public domain to show that the USA is a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | courage in combat [Re: To change the tune...]
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(...) I'm not clear what Mr Kelly’s politics are, but he does have my respect. I'm no fan of the Vietnam War (nether was he), but he did serve his country with considerable distinction; both "in country" and in sharing his opinions & experiences (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You may think he's a liar, but I don't, so on that issue we may have to agree to disagree. Now as far as incompetency goes, I say this. Bush could only make a decision based on the "facts" given to him. But given SH's history, and the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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