Charlie wrote:
Good start. I'd suggest that's enough of a teaser for now. I'm going to
try to get the book from the library today, failing that I'll see if
they have an unloaned copy in another branch. Failing *that* I'll see
if our budget stretches to a copy from a bookshop or book
Brother John wrote:
Finally, the enormous problem of illegal immigration that we are having
here in the USA is caused in part by the huge birthrate among the
Hispanic people who live in Mexico and other nations of Latin America.
We aren't having children, and they are. Even here in the USA
Brother John wrote:
Consider the marvelous book by Jared Diamond called /Guns, Germs and
Steel. /It is almost all conjecture. It is very good conjecture perhaps,
but conjecture nevertheless.
Have you read it?
Consider the very important paleoanthropological find in the Columbia
River
Charlie wrote:
Good start. I'd suggest that's enough of a teaser for now. I'm going to
try to get the book from the library today, failing that I'll see if
they have an unloaned copy in another branch. Failing *that* I'll see
if our budget stretches to a copy from a bookshop or
Brother John wrote:
We have to spend a lot of time thinking about ethics because we're
unlucky enough not to know with absolute certainty from God Himself
that eating shellfish is an abomination(*) or that it's okay to keep
slaves as long as they're from other tribes or...
Atheists are
Brother John wrote:
Why would any adult not want to have children?
There are probably a thousand or more valid reasons the most basic of
which is that we are all individuals with varying needs, desires and
capabilities
Are they not a source of almost infinite joy in the lives of those who
Charlie wrote:
Or because their husband/master/owner wanted a shag, and babies were
the side-effect of that.
Exactly. The Idea of some past golden age is a crock.
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John Horn wrote:
We've been good until then. I have several friends who still don't
have power almost a week later. And there are hundred's of
thousands of others throughout the area. We were very, very lucky!
I'm about 20 miles south of Dave and Nick. Because we're farther away
from
...and Despair. (Shelly)
Here's a quick teaser for the Collapse discussion; a summary of the
prologue. Hopefully we can draw a little more interest.
The above quote is from Shelly's poem Ozymandus:
I met a traveler from and antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand
JDG wrote:
Of course your found it intriguing. I am sure it is a very comforting
bedtime story that Democrats are smart and Republicans stupid, and
that if everyone had access to the truth, then we'd all be Democrats.
I don't think its a matter of smart or stupid as much as a tendency to
Dan wrote:
ionary..
RFK Jr's statement didn't adress this at all. I'd argue that both
Democrats and Republicans give half truths that favor their position.
It's not that RFK Jr. is a champion of truth against those lying
Republicans.
Have you looked at the poll RFK refered to?
Dan wrote:
Have you looked at the poll RFK refered to?
[http://astro.berkeley.edu/~aleroy/Report10_21_04.pdf]
That link is broken,
Try this. http://zzpat.tripod.com/cvb/pipa.html
but I've seen polls that indicate that sort of denial of facts by
Republicans. I also have seen it by
..How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Is anyone interested in reading and discussing this Jared Diamond book on
list? I volunteer to lead some of the discussion...
NY Times review: http://tinyurl.com/m6h5j
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JDG wrote:
That's like saying that the problem isn't robbery, its that other
people have more stuff than me!And like saying that if you
outlaw murder, people will still commit murders - you haven't solved
anything.
That's one way of looking at it. Another is that we do everything we can
JDG wrote:
Massive straw man, unworthy of reply. See Charlie's posts on the
subject.
I don't think that calling my argument a straw man contributes to
positive debate on this subject.
OK, I'm sorry. Your argument is fallacious because the chance that the
male/female ratio becomes
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I personally am repelled by the idea of choosing a baby's sex. I
don't see it as a practice that needs banning, but I do see where the
logical next step is Why can't my baby be blond, or tall, or any
number of other more desirable traits? and I can further see why
some
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:52:34 -0400 (EDT), Jim Sharkey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I also wonder, if such tinkering becomes viable, does it have the
possibility of damaging an egalitarian society?
How so?
Well, I would imagine that such advances would
JDG wrote:
Well, obviously I disagree. You haven't really provided any
evidence to back your view that it is very close to zero, other
than to refer me to Charlie's posts. As near as I can tell,
Charlie's posts are a long run argument. Well, in the long run
we're all dead. In the
John wrote:
Isn't the real danger of ending up with an unbalanced population,
making it difficult for a generation to find a mate, worth noting?
So you're saying we should tailor our laws to remedy the shortcomings of
the Chinese social system?
And is this really functionally different
Charlie wrote:
Hola.
I'm Charlie, 32 year old Brit from Wimbledon, London, UK. Work as a PC
tech and website builder these days. Degree in Zoology, worked
variously in sales, finance and behind a bar. Spent 2005 cycling round
Australia. Joined Brin-L in '97 or 98, been here on and off
JDG wrote:
I wrote:
So what would be the point in tapping the ANWR?
I'm not sure where this question comes from. I personally don't
have particularly strong feelings either way about drilling in
ANWR.
I apologize for a poorly worded question. I didn't mean it as a comment
on your
JDG wrote:
Of course, but your choice has implications that affect others - to
say nothing of your child.
Are you saying that if the free choice of American parents results
in a generation that is born 75% female and 25% male, that you would
have no problem with that? (And women say that
John wrote:
Let's say that increased use of wind power results in a decrease in the
price of oil (this too is unlikely since little oil is used for
electricity generation compared to coal and natural gas). This
decrease in the price of oil, would cause a little less oil to be
supplied.
Dan wrote:
No time for a long reply, sorry but in response to:
The parallel in Gore's position is his view of the relationship between
global warming and hurricane strength. At the weather underground's
tropical page, Dr. Jeff Master's gave a report from the annual
meteorological conference
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:09:36 -0400 (EDT), Jim Sharkey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Doug Pensinger
I urge you all to go see this movie.
I have been surprised in recent weeks at how many people have come
out and said that it changed their minds on global warming
I urge you all to go see this movie. I know that for the most part the
people on this list agree that global warming is a problem and that you
already know most of the stuff Gore talks about, but I think the movie
drives home the point that we can't really just sit around and wait for
others
Ronn! wrote:
1. Odyssey is giving us indications of recent global climate change in
Mars, said Jeffrey Plaut, project scientist for the mission at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, from
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ice-age_031208.html ; If
both Mars and Earth are experiencing
But of course he's neither.
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On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:13:45 -, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But he didn't _run_ the campaign at all. He smiled, waved and read
canned speeches. Rove et al ran the campaign.
I won't pretend to have any real day
Jim wrote:
In all honesty, the biggest problem with youth pitching is the coaches
and/or parents of the kids. A 10-year-old who's eager to do well will
do whatever the adults tell him to do, and if he's taught a curve or
allowed to pitch too many innings early on, he's going to do whatever
I wrote:
how to
throw his
Or maybe if (s)he hears how the durable Barry Zito learned ^ big bender
(one of the major league's best) at 10 years old.
There are some stories that you should keep to yourself, methinks.
On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:12:02 +0200, Klaus Stock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Scientists say dodos killed by natural disaster
By Tim Cocks Mon Jul 3, 10:47 AM ET
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Scientists who unearthed a mass dodo grave in
Mauritius say they have found evidence showing the birds were
Charlie wrote:
Did the Bush Administration use 9/11 to further an agenda in the Middle
East after it happened? Undoubtedly, and Blair did the same. Did it
bring down the towers and fake portions of the attacks, or even
directly instigate the attacks to those ends? Not a chance.
I
On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 15:18:11 -0500, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:26 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Physics Prof Finds Thermate in WTC
Dan wrote:
Not really. Both the White House and the Capitol were on the potential
target list for the planes. There are some arguments that the path of
the plane that hit the Pentagon indicates that the first target was the
White
House, which is surprisingly hard to see from the
Robert wrote:
We have a couple of new people!
So how about we regulars introduce ourselves?
Doug from Morgan Hill, Ca. I'm 52 this month, married (28 years) and have
two grown children (26 and 28) and 1 1/3 grandchildren. I work at a
rather large Aerospace company in Silicon Valley. I
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:10:42 -0500, Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Behalf Of Dave Land
But I do think that progressives should address the actual
cause of the nation's (and some of the world's) woes -- the
conservative program -- instead of engaging in smug,
self-satisfied and
Dan wrote:
Well, McClellan was the first one to come to mind to me.
McClellen was not a political appointment. He may have remained in his
position too long due to political considerations, but he was a West Point
graduate, was successful early in the war and was recommended by Winfield
PAT wrote:
McClellan was a very good logistics man IMO. What he wasn't was a
strategist. Or any sort of tactician. That is, he would have made an
excellent peacetime general or behind-the-lines support leader.
Exactly.
Unfortunately, he was thrust into a position that played into his
PAT wrote:
And every last one of them except Grant were whistling Dixie.
pedantic
I would include George Thomas, John Reynolds with Grant.
/pedantic
I wonder if the Southern culture of warlike honor encouraged them
Yes.
and the Northern culture somehow discouraged them?
More by way
Charlie wrote:
Nick wrote:
A little voice in my head was pointing that out when I posted it.
Still, I take it as encouraging that the attempted change in China
never yielded to violence. That image of the man blocking the tank is
a symbol of hope, not despair, isn't it?
I seem to
Dan wrote:
I'm not interested in the Civil War in the way my brother-in-law is.
He's interested in the battles, what-if situations in those battles, and
so
forth. I'm more interested in the politics of the Civil War. For
example, I'm amazed by Lincoln's understanding of the inherent
Ronn! wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/06/14/sex.selection.ap/index.html
I don't understand what the objection is (the ones stated in the article
are lame), and I'm really surprised that the U.S. of all places is the one
allowing the procedure.
--
Doug
William wrote:
I don't think the collapse of Western civilisation is a laughing matter.
Yur yankin' my chain again, right William? Charlie, is he yankin' my
chain again?
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William wrote:
Voila / viola
Rogue / rouge
Lose / loose
Fluorescent / flourescent
Atheist / athiest
Hobbyist / hobbiest
Ballot / ballet
Customers / costumers
Tack / tact
Bated / baited
Anal/anil
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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:20:29 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scorpius is one of the few constellations which really resemble the
animal they are supposed to depict.
Orion is another, IMO.
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Damon wrote:
You guys and your swords. I'll take a pollaxe...
Or a revolver like Harrison Ford...
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Alberto wrote:
It might be a belief, it might even be
strident and loudly held, but it's a slightly different class of belief.
No, it's not, and this belief may have killed more people than all
religions
put together - you missed this same discussion we had here about 6
months ago.
Wern't
Nick wrote:
I see a glaring logical error. The idea that *only* science can minimize
self-deception and identify non-existent causes cannot be falsified.
I don't get it, couldn't you falsify the idea by comming up with some
other method that minimizes
self-deception and identifies
Robert J. Chassell wrote:
An optimist -- and I am still an optimist -- will argue that in spite
of forgone opportunities, the USA could help create a more civilized
and sustainable world.
Excellent post, Robert, you should have given it a Brin header.
As for optimism, I'm afraid I've lost
Dan wrote:
Obtaining the oil production data from
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sum_crdsnd_adc_mbbl_m.htm
and the crude oil prices from
http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/Historical_Oil_Prices_Tabl
e.asp
We get the following table:
production
US imports
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:33:08 -0700, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Isn't it blindingly obvious that the bin Ladens of this world find
followers because of the social and economic conditions where they
recruit?
No, that's not obvious at all. I'm pretty sure that many of his recruits
Nick wrote:
I wrote:
No, that's not obvious at all. I'm pretty sure that many of his
recruits
are middle/upper income types. I would argue that it is the wealth of
the region that stimulates terrorism and that if the Middle East was
economically and politically irrelevant there would
Dan wrote:
While conservation policies would have some effect, one can see a much
better correlation between changes in prices and changes in oil usage
than in governmental policies and the use of oil.
In the eight years following Carter's moral equivelent of war, during a
period of
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:30:48 -0500, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Robert Seeberger
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:13 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Former Head
Charlie wrote:
(I could suggest that they also implanted a fully functioning bladder
into the Oval Office, but I won't... ;) )
Sphincter. A fully functional sphincter. And not just in the oval office
either.
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:39:27 +1000, Russell Chapman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
On Wednesday, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the
morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.
You strange Americans...
I still remember celebrating 12:34 5/6/78,
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So we are. I'm going back to Cyprus, we'll try to file a prospective
marriage visa within a couple of weeks, and hopefully this'll be the
last enforced separation we have to deal with. Claire may blog or post
too... give her a chance, we've both
Ritu wrote:
hould be the default for groups with separate languages.
Eww! I think that is a pretty bad idea, at least for my part of the
world.
I don't like the idea either. Drawing lines and creating ethnic enclaves
would tend to reinforce natural xenophobic tendencies, IMO. So while it
Robert wrote:
If not for you, babe I couldn't even find the door
I couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue, if not for you
If not for you, babe, the night would see me wide awake
The day would surely have to break
It would not be new, if not for you
If not for you, my sky would fall,
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:38:25 -, Andrew Crystall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 19 Mar 2006 at 22:33, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Rewriting The Science
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/main1415985.shtml
or
http://tinyurl.com/qoo59
REwriting?
Yes, it wasn't clear from
Dan wrote:
I don't see it as that black and white. Our presence helped fuel the
insurgence. The stupidity of the initial policy gave it a chance to
flourish and grow. But, I don't see our leaving as ending it.
You're right it isn't as cut and dried as I made it sound.
At the present time,
Is it just me or does anyone else see that the major reason there is an
insurgency in Iraq is our (the U.S.) pressence? Everyone seems to agree
that Al Qaida is provoking the sectarian violence, and that they consider
the U.S., not Iraq, their enemy. If we leave, they loose most of their
Damon wrote:
However, I doubt pulling up stakes and heading home will mean an end to
the insurgency either; the current Iraq government doesn't seem to have
a whole lot of legitimacy, and I think if we left, the attacks will
continue to discredit the government, which I think is perceived as
Andrew wrote:
Sure. Because then they'll come to America. And England. And other
western counties.
All in all, if they want to die for the cause, I'd prefer they did so
over there.
Iraq is to terrorists what a swamp is to mosquitos. We dry up the swamp -
or at least some portion of it -
In Secret Unit's 'Black Room,' a Grim Portrait of U.S. Abuse
[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/international/middleeast/19abuse.html?_r=1themc=thoref=slogin]
or
http://tinyurl.com/m4cpp
As the Iraqi insurgency intensified in early 2004, an elite Special
Operations forces unit converted one of
Rewriting The Science
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/main1415985.shtml
or
http://tinyurl.com/qoo59
What James Hansen believes is that global warming is accelerating. He
points to the melting arctic and to Antarctica, where new data show
massive losses of ice to the sea.
Robert wrote:
It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teentie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the water she wanted to stay
(From the locker to the blanket)
(From the blanket to the shore)
(From the shore to
Ritu wrote:
Finished it last September.
I finished it last week. I enjoyed it even though it had a high
suspension of disbelief factor(IMO). Simmons writes well and builds
wonderful constructs and interesting characters so while the story isn't
extraordinary, I'd recommend the book(s).
Travis wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: RE: And now, for something completely different...
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:44:38 -0600
At 12:13 PM Saturday 3/11/2006, Travis
Dave wrote:
I know that this list has been converted to a place to post old song
lyrics, but I thought I'd throw in a little late-week politics for good
measure.
Well, actually, prior to the old song lyrics thread, the list had been
converted to a place to post absolutely nothing. I
...anyone else read it yet?
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Travis wrote:
Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind
Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you’re ready to see
The gates to babylon
The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride, a genie maybe
Robert wrote:
Well, I was talking to a mirror image of what supposedly was to be me;
and
the eyes and the nose and the insignificant clothes supported the
testimony. He said, You're doing fine, you know.
You've got an okay mind, you know.
And I would hate to see you throw it away.
Travis wrote:
...she's dancing with the hands of fate
while she's sleeping with the one she hates
and tonight they celebrate...
Evelyn, a modified dog
Viewed the quivering fringe of a special doily
Draped across the piano, with some surprise
In the darkened room
Where the chairs dismayed
And
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?
Come on, now.
I hear you’re feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain,
Get you on your feet again.
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:23:23 +1000, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Mar 3, 2006, at 3:43 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Among my first words to him were, Thank you for serving, and Welcome
home. I try to remember to say that to every vet I meet. Perhaps it
seems
absurd to thank people
...who, after having lost a leg in Iraq, has PTSD. The story is spread
out over several months, starting last November.
http://tinyurl.com/k35z2
http://tinyurl.com/q4s8e
http://tinyurl.com/jlqkq
http://tinyurl.com/jt3bz
http://tinyurl.com/coea3
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Julia wrote:
So would now be a good time to ask if anyone's interested in doing a
chapter-by-chapter group read-through and analysis of one of The Good
Doc's (recent) books? Or a book by one of the other Killer B's, or
any of the other folks mentioned in this list's FAQ?
I wouldn't mind,
Charlie wrote:
Not right now, I'm in Oz. Just finished a cycling tour, now sitting
about for the last month of my visa before heading back to Cyprus -
hopefully temporarily.
My, how modest we are. Cycling tour? He circumnavigated the bloody
continent!!
Welcome back Charlie. 8^)
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:35:00 -0700, PAT MATHEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Police_Cameras.html
Houston's police chief on Wednesday proposed placing surveillance
cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets,
Jo Anne wrote:
Doug -- We're all fine here. It's been well below freezing for *TWO*
days, and we're just not used to that here in Cascadia. The Engineer is
out now hooking a light bulb up to heat the birdbath, so the wild things
will be
able to drink. (We just had a very annoyed Steller
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:11:07 -0500, Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We've taken care of Ethan many times already and he's very easy to take
care of. He has a smile for just about everyone and rarely cries. I
really think that Granparenting is one of lifes big payoffs!
May be. My
Jo Anne wrote:
Hey List!!
Hi Jo Anne, great to hear from you!
It is I, Crone of the Willamette, actually posting to BrinL again now
that things are quiet. I'm not sure what happened, but the politics has
seemed to decline, and that's all good in my opinion. The Olympics may
have
Bob wrote:
I am going to be on Good Morning America tomorrow (around 7:40 am est
they tell me) talking about a nre brain imaging technique called
Diffusion Tensor Imaging - just about the coolest thing to come down the
pike in neuroimaging in the last few years (neater in my opinion than
Dave wrote:
By the way, on the subject of religion and politics, I'd like to toss
out a thank you to Doug Pensinger for his recommendation last month of
Jimmy Carter's excellent Our Endangered Values.
You're certianly welcome, I had a feeling you would appreciate it.
I was talking to my
One of these days there will be enough of these to convince all reasonable
people that the reason Bush invaded Iraq had abxolutely nothing to do with
911, WMDs or terrorists.
http://tinyurl.com/bpuf6
In an article published on Friday in the journal Foreign Affairs, Paul R.
Pillar, the CIA's
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:01:50 -0600, Robert Seeberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 04:53:48 -0600, Robert Seeberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Genius is Pain!
http://www.lulu.com/content/110468
It sounds better than it readsG
I thought that since you
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 04:53:48 -0600, Robert Seeberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Genius is Pain!
http://www.lulu.com/content/110468
It sounds better than it readsG
I thought that since you made two references to Radio Dinner that you'd
recognize a few more. Genius is Pain is a reference to
Robert wrote:
Go placidly amid the noise waste, remember what comfort there may
be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet passive persons unless you
are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those
greater than yourself and heed well their advice even though they be
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:07:32 -0800, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Yay! Although I normally shun television, with rare exceptions such the
State of the Union... I got my overdose of popular culture today
and watch the Steelers, my old hometown team, get one for the thumb.
More than 20
George wrote:
I'm a west coast fan in general, having been born in Eugene, Oregon and
spending my Junior High School and High School in Southern California,
so I was leaning toward Seattle. But Jerome Bettis started as a Ram, so
I wasn't completely bummed.
However, I hesitate to blame the
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:35:48 -0800 (PST), Deborah Harrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was looking up the Horsehead Nebula for a friend,
and happened across this -- what a nifty cosmic
Rorschack (?sp) test!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060119.html
I see:
-a saint (or other bearded fellow
Julia wrote:
Did anything go the way you wanted it to? Most of the NFL playoff games
went (IMO) the WRONG way -- I think one weekend, out of 4 games, 2 went
the way I really didn't want them to, 1 went the way I wanted it to, and
the remaining 1 I didn't care too much about -- but I did care
PAT wrote:
Someone on FourthTurning came up with a very sensible idea. It was that
the only time the federal government should interfere with state law is
if the state is violating the Bill of Rights. (This does not restrict
the power of the feds to regulate air traffic, public health,
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:33:08 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/17/2006 9:37:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You must have been spared the cliche of your parents starting to ask
on your wedding day how soon they could expect to become grandparents.
Ronn! wrote:
At 08:31 PM Saturday 1/21/2006, Doug Pensinger wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:33:08 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/17/2006 9:37:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You must have been spared the cliche of your parents starting to ask
Al Gore says it better than I ever could. Please take the time to read
this rather lengthy speach.
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/8hxjv
There have of course been other periods in American history when the
Executive Branch claimed new
Dan wrote:
Indeed, even if/when they rule against Bush on some of his
interpretations of executive authority under the Constitution, the whole
process is
inherently constitutional. Checks and balances doesn't mean that one
branch acts with constraint
but that the other branches of government
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