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(...) I should have read the paper this morning - the secretray thing was on the fold and I tossed the paper in the car without reading it. Interesting. She doesn't confirm the memos as real, but confirms Bush's commanding officer's opinions (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I like what the officer's secretary said (paraphrasing)... "those memos are obviously fake, because I didn't type them, and men just didn't do secretaries work back then... but the ideas they express are obviously true" But again, does this (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I remember my friend who had an IBM Selectric in 1974 or 75. He did proportional typing and superscripting. Alas, I no longer have any examples of his messages, but I remember the superscripting looked different - I don't know if that was (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. Perhaps a new group is needed? :-O Scott A (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well sure, but that's the whole desire of the Bush camp, isn't it? Don't pay any attention to the issues relevant to Dubya's competence or fitness for leadership; simply focus on whether or not a "th" could or couldn't have been superscripted (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Sure, you can change the subject and Move On to that stuff if you want, but I meant the interesting implications of the forgeries, alluded to by the "secret plot" bit in the subject header. I suppose it's possible that this is all just a silly (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You mean like his cocaine abuse, his as yet untreated alcoholism, his obvious Daddy Issues, his inability to accept responsibility for anything, and his inability to keep from failing at any business venture not expressly handled on his (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But of course: (URL) sure there are others too. I had a "leathermen and drag queens" fighting force for the first VLC Brikwars-type game a few years ago - the game writeup is here but I don't see any good pics :-( (URL) this is back on-topic (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) As much as she seems to like taking shots at anyone and everyone (she did, after all, blame both Bush and Canada for that huge blackout last year, in spite of the fact that Bush wasn't really any more culpable than Clinton, and Canada had (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmmm, I think we're in agreement but it's not coming out clear. My point is why do we need to have a separate group for gay MOCs (not sure what a gay MOC would be). There is pretty much an correct group for pretty much any MOC, including (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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