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| | Re: The partisian trap in California
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| (...) Sorry, I don't buy it. (...) Precisely point out Bush's "lie" about Iraq. Be prepared to show that he knowingly and deliberately, and also specifically (I want quotations) misinformed. (...) I don't know what to make of the media in (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | The New Populair: "Intimigate"
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| "Intimigate" Scandal at the White House (URL) WASHINGTON - September 30 - The Center for American Progress has released the attached is a one-page document detailing ?Intimigate?, the White House?s latest scandal. As the document shows, the White (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Long walk off a short plank?
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| (...) I just flashed on walking catfish. Oh no, you mean this can get worse? And then John's message. Do I need Steve Irwin to help walk the cobra? "Crikey! What's a cob-ra doing in rattlesnayke country? Watch me put me thumb us his..." Bruce (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Long walk off a short plank?
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| (...) But did he try to take the cobra on a walk? :-) Congo. For anyone that doesn't understand those cryptic words, the African Grey comes in two varieties: Congo and Timneh. The former is slightly larger and lighter, the latter is slightly smaller (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The trouble with birds are that you can fawn over them all day and then they come to expect it (Cockatoos are the worst if you indulge them). When I take time off from work, I'm usually careful not to show the bird more attention than usual. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I said "an emotional appeal", not emotions. I've clipped the rest of your paragraph because it was preceeding on a false premise. An emotional appeal is one that does not rely on fact, but instead tries to invoke an emotional response to gain (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Go back and look since you clearly didn't bother to read it in the first place. (...) Another attempt at an emotional response: imply that emotional responses must be "touchy-feely" and therefore something of derision that you wouldn't use. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| No, this isn't about science, or religion, or politics (though no doubt it will transmogrify into that if it goes on long enough, but that is another theory for another day). It's about..... (dramatic pause for effect) ...taking the dog for a walk. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Kadinsky? Anyway, read Dr. Betty Edwards "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" (I believe there is a new edition "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"). She uses numerous techniques for teaching drawing that in fact had been (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Name one. I'm not saying that there isn't one, I just think you need to establish that with a bit more certainity than you present. And yes, I'm actually asking for some supporting evidence, not just a name. :-) Bruce (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) "Fergus spake these words and he said, This shall be my Creed, whereby shall I live my life as it were a shining example of Virtue and Excellence, well worthy to be enshrined in Heaven as a model for all who are to follow. My Creed shall into (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Feed him beans and cabbage...oh, sorry, not that type of wind. I'll just be moving along, then.... (...) I have a dog with no nose. How does he smell? Terrible! (rimshot) (...) It is possible that time is an illusion, or that the universe (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Absolutely to all that. I mention the the Celtic (Druidic) traditions because they are the ones that permeate the English speaking world. Praying to Saints for intervention is little removed from Roman ancestor worship that were elevated to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Read "The Winter Solstice" by John Matthews. Christian and pagan traditions have merged, often to the displeasure of the Christian Powers That Were At The Time. Personally, I don't have a problem with it, but then my great-grandmother left out (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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