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(...) Sorry for that, I normally post through a newsreader. I forgot to change to "plain text". (...) I agree, the principle of the stickman is of course very old. But the look of the character and movements, he might have a point there. (...) You (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How do you figure? The war in Iraq doesn't have anything to do with global terrorism. In Iraq, terrorism is merely a tool to repel the invader. We should either conquer them or get the hell out. Chris (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Clearly. Article 3, section 2: "The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, etc." To abridge this function of the judiciary would indeed require an amendment. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The Philippines were leaving anyway; the kidnapping just hastened things a little. They may well have been part of Bush’s Coalition of the Coerced; but I expect their ~50 troops where nothing but a token. (...) I agree, but I expect the amount (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) It's amazing that I just agreed with everything that was stated by Dave! You cannot have sexual discrimination in laws. A law forbidding same-sex marriage is sexual discrimination and takes away rights from individuals. Dave K (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) These questions should have already been asked, and were asked, by those that compared this to the similarities to the Vietnam war--but those were brushed aside as 'unpatriotic'. The difference here is that, whereas the US evacuation in '75 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My objection is to the use of the terms "activist judge" or "judicial activism" as short-hand subsitutions for actual debate. Too often Conservative pundits have decried judicial rulings as "activist" without presenting any legitimate (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) What is the war for? What would constitute a victory? A defeat? (...) Is that to say that it is somehow critically important for the US to win every war? Is it possible that it would be good for the American gestalt psyche for us to lose a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is exactly my point-- by what reasoning do you choose to define marriage soley between 2 parties? On what basis do you make this discrimination? I have chosen to define it as 1 man and 1 woman. You choose "two-party". Someone else might (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Most of you know I am no fan of our present little war. However: (URL) that seems the wrong way to exit. Those who point out that this action shows that threatening hostages to try to influence countries is now more likely rather than less have a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If we follow the logic that marriage is a legal two-party contract - then union of woman and horse is disallowed because horses can't engage in legal contracts. Neither can dogs, turtles, mice, or chimpanzees. If this groups of animals were to (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) OK, I was totally wrong. The US pretends that dual citizenship doesn't exist. It's neither expressly forbidden nor permitted. Some nations, like Germany expressly forbid it. Dual citizens primarily risk losing their citizenship by (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is very OT (excuse the pun); for a NT ref see Matthew 25:1-12: "...the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom...." ;) (...) (I think you mean polygyny). It was (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The image link didn't work right because it was in FTX (gotta watch out for those underscores). It should work right in this post, though. (...) Do you mean the xiaoxiao movies? I agree that they're amusing (and by "they", I mean #3+, since (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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"Purple Dave" schreef in bericht news:I0z7EJ.1FDM@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) 0716/aponbige/chinanikesued1 (...) In search for the nike commercial I find this (URL) I find that funny. :-) I have seen the commercial and I think the guy has a point. The (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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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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