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Daniel Jassim <danieljassim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GAtKH5.A99@lugnet.com... (...) lose (...) Aaaaargh!!!!! There it is again!!!!!!! The phantom logic-reverser!!!!! ROSCO (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Greetings everyone! I am starting this post in an effort to foster better understanding of this hobby and help keep things in perspective. Feel free to join in and say your piece. All I ask is that everyone keep an open mind, use kind words and read (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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OK, OK before this gets out of control....yes it was just a joke, and was really more of an inside joke with me and one of my fellow club members, not really meant to be a joke to fool the LUGNET community, even thought I used the newsgroup to carry (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!)
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(...) Leaving aside the linear political analysis (see Larry's post here: (URL) and more below), one explanation of this phenomenon is quite interesting. Say there's a scale with 0 as far Left as possible in a system, and 100 as far Right. A Leftist (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "and who's going to be president, Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber" (Ani Difranco) Since I sit _far_ to the left, I don't much care for either one of the mainstream US parties (not though it really matters, since I am a Canadian, and have no (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Because at that point only he and I were technically "involved," so I didn't feel things were out of control--merely misunderstood. Thus I answered with a bit more explanation, as it was my post to which he was responding. When your post came (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My point exactly. (...) Absolutely. The differences are carefully selected, but this two-party tyranny has blandified elections. On too many issues I couldn't tell Cheney from Lieberman from Dubya from Gore. (...) Again, my point exactly. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Did just that. Bruce (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Sanburn writes: <snip> My peeve with this thread is that some in it perpetuate the "right == Republican" and "left==Democrat" mythos. As you know, I feel the political spectrum is not one dimensional. Not hardly. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bruce: This comment isn't specifically about you, and I mean nothing personal, but why not take the flame-fests off-line? These grudge-matches that flare up come across as really childish. james (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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