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(...) "Activist judge" = "Hitler"? This is big, Dave! I think you are underestimating the arguments against legislating from the bench. I'm curious-- how would you respond to an act of congress that went something like this: "The courts are not to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for bringing this up. Scary stuff! As for the act itself, it seems it is brought to us by some of my LEAST favorite senators: Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. FRIST, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina, and Mrs. BOXER) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You know, I used to think the US had cornered the market on stupid lawsuits, but (URL) is just too funny. (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) the advent of television." Not sure if that's such a bad thing when you speak as well as Shrub. ROSCO (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) got me thinking. (URL) TV> is a slow (non?) starter. Wouldn't it be fun if all the news channels had interactive Bias-O-Meters where the viewers got to rate the shows on the fly to see where they fit in on the lefty to righty scale? That's (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, um, I mean, uh... We're just talking hypothetically, right? None of us would ever dream of truly circumventing a protection of this sort? (...) Actually, I know people who know everything. I'm just the medium, like the pipe that carries (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I could be a big less vague here, but the DMCA makes me nervous, discussing how to circumvent a web redirect embedded in a blob of flash content. You know everything Dave, remind me who's responsible for that piece of garbage legislation so I (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hadn't even thought of that. Can I just yank the file out of my Temporary Internet folder, or do I need to use the cookie to play it on a non-Internet-linked flashplayer? FUT: OT-Geek Dave! (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey, thanks for the mirror site. It's almost impossible to get through to the original at jibjab. Better yet, view source on the html of your mirror site reveals the secret cookie required to run a local copy of the swf file. Cool. Don (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) Maybe rated PG for language.> Savvy viewers may lament the exclusion of any third-party japes, but there's a wonderful swipe at Dean and a funny Kubrick moment for Bush. (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) saw this and figured the gang on OTD might get a kick out of it.) Adr. (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) guy posts about technilogies that might be effectivly outlawed if the stupid "Induce" act passes. Today's entry was LEGO. Since LEGO provides the mosaiac maker, and encourages people to upload scans of pictures they might not own the copyright (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When the "story bible" was reportedly developed (2000, when Bush's administration was largely hobbled by the whole Florida vote stigma), the whole Soviet era was considered a fairly safe topic. We'd beaten them in the Cold War and seen them (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Obviously, LEGO is too politically correct (and marketing savvy) to openly criticize American political policies. In fact, pushing a Soviet-style marketing campaign is probably cutting-edge daring for them. But that doesn't mean such (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Let's establish henceforth that any time a debater uses "activist judges" as a means to trump an argument, then the debater has forfeited the argument. The Left has *not* forced the issue. One state's judiciary has rightly identified the laws (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Considering they had seven "books" plotted out (of which we are in the 2nd) before they even started designing the first sets, I think you're reading a little too much into this. Also, considering the Vahki are accompanied by faux-Cyrillic (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But don't you see that that is the crux of the matter. The Left has forced the issue-- now the only solution is an "all or nothing" one. The activists couldn't just leave well enough alone. (...) Really now. You know that's not what it's (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Relevance? (as if polygamy was a "biblical principle"). JOHN (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, very true. The entire Vahki/Metru Nui saga is taking a Soviet turn (as is the US, IMO). The press release for the Vahki has a new tagline: "Surrender or Run". The fonts and artwork style used on the ad collateral is very reminiscent of (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But that's a very different issue from Santorum's holier-than-thou prohibition amendment. The amendment, as proposed, would have stripped individual states of their right to define marriage. If the amendment had forbidden the Federal (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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