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(...) I'm surprised, ->Bruce<-, that you'd even recognize humility in a leader, given whom you recently voted into office;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey! That's way better than the lame excuse for an apology I got when you accidentally censored me! I demand an apology! ;^) Don (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It turns out that if you leave a few words out of the search (URL) get a lot of sites with cites, most of which say that Churchill was talking about Clement Atlee, not Chamberlain, and most of which have a different wording. My memory of the (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yup, the UK's pretty bad too - VAT at 17.5% on most goods (included in the price though), the fuel tax is incredibly high (about 86%) plus you have to pay road tax just to have your vehicle on the road. Alcohol and Tobacco taxes are high as (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Ominous Parallels - or - "losing" the debate with the very first post(1)
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I found this link on Little Gamers ((URL) and it bugs me a bit... because I think they're right. (URL) know I've ranted against the Patriot Act before. Nothing has changed my opinion. It's bad through and through. 1 - re the "losing" comment... read (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Builtin taxes: gasoline, other fuels, alcohol, cigarettes (at least). I think about 90% of gasoline price is various taxes. health security (in fact a tax) social security (in fact a tax) tax from immobilities (is it 'personal property tax'?) (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd encourage this subthread to migrate away from the current groups and into off-topic.debate if it goes too much further into comparative analysis of countries... I XFUT there already. (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Army's use of IT contract to hire U.S. interrogators in Iraq questioned" (URL) ran across this on an EDI list I'm on, if you can believe it...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I suggest you read (URL) this> and then apologise. Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Scott's been trotting that old canard out against me for years. I'm surprised and disappointed that he's trying to use it against you too now. My advice? Just ignore it, unless you want to make a complaint under announce/1629 yourself. I (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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