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Re: Rumor control?
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:09:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> This could probably be posted in OT.FUN, but I figured this was a safer
> place to start.
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> Last night, while availing myself of the fine Pittsburgh mass transit
> system, I had the pleasure of sitting a few seats away from a quite vocal
> and colorfully informed anti-Gore-ist. Most of his patter was stuff I've
> heard before, but he launched two doozies that were new to me:
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> 1) Al Gore plans to outlaw the gasoline engine in an effort to pander to the
> ecologically over-zealous
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> 2) Al Gore plans to seize all gold in the US, presumably to fund his gas-
> less auto industry.
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> I'm not the best-informed individual, but I'm surprised that neither of
> these issues made it to the debate floor. Thoughts?
Yes I thought they were doozies when he wrote them in his book "Earth in the
Balance" (or some title like that). But they are true.
That's the way it is with belief systems (like the Democrats), people tend
to be willing sheep, signing up for what they see at face value, and never
probing to find out the true motives behind those they're supporting.
Many a religious cult has operated in just that fashion.
-Jon
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| (...) And I'm sure Republicans always probe their candidates fully... I'm not even sure that I trust that some Libertarians don't follow the herd sometimes. Frank (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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