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(...) Be honest, but nice--'I didn't enjoy the book.' If he attempts to lend you another, or try to involve you in a debate about why, just say, "It's not my cup of tea." and leave it at that. 'No thanks' always works for me when fellow employees (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) By the way--the book to which I was referring in that longago post was *not* the bible. Anyway, I've found myself in a similar predicament with a different coworker and a different book. This time, my esteemed peer has heartily recommended a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Since we all know how much Dubya hates them durned activist judges, I'm confident that he'll be speaking up to condemn (URL) scandalous over-reaching of judicial authority. For a moment, let’s set aside the question of whether or not an (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Scott, I don't know if you meant "surly" or "surely" there, but either way that's one of the most fitting word-blurs I've ever seen. (...) Clearly, you're one of those who hate freedom. Dave! (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Surly, Dick Cheney could have stepped forward and hugged Janet Norwood on behalf of the Halliburton shareholders? It is intersting that Bush is planning public sector cuts whilst, against the advice of his own auditors, (URL) not withholding any (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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During Dubya's latest inarticulate and noncommital description of his plans for destroying the country, viewers were treated to what I'm sure was in no way a planned event: an (URL) embrace> by two women touched by deaths in Iraq. The Iraqi woman, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I thought this was a good read: On September 4 1967 the New York Times published an upbeat story on presidential elections held by the South Vietnamese puppet regime at the height of the Vietnam war. Under the heading "US encouraged by Vietnam vote: (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I hope that they remain empty. It is simply too inhuman to put people there. Which reminds me: Has anybody made a LEGO model of the Guantanamo concent camps? Fredrik (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Obviously, the cages should be filled by those who oppose Freedom and Democracy, such as Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, and Ron Paul. Each of them has had the audacity to question Dubya's Divine Mandate and to remind His Righteous (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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After three years being held in Bush's Cuban torture facility on undisclosed charges based on undisclosed evidence, (URL) three Britons were freed yesterday>. Any suggestions for who should occupy those four empty cages in Guantanamo Bay? Scott A (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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