Dana
>I think the fact that it was a Halliburton company or subsidiaries makes no
>difference whatsoever as I have seen many companies follow this trend
>regardless of their political affiliations...
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:31 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re:God Loves Bush...
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>::nodnodnod:: this whole straw man opposition of "anti-war" and "support our
>troops" is an excellent example. Not to mention this whole horse race
>approcach to the primaries. Not one of them has even been held and
>candidates are being dismissed as having not a chance.... like *that* isn't
>a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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>::mumble::
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>Between Clear Channel and Fox News the intelligence of public debate is
>slowly being strangled.
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>By the way, here is another dose of cynicism for y'all, which was buried as
>a short in the business section a few weeks ago... seems that some of
>Halliburton's subsidiaries have asbestos lawsuits against them. Just to get
>the obvious objections out of the way -- yes, subsidiaries are *for* keeping
>the affairs of separate companies separate, and yes, it is true that a lot
>of harm was done to a lot of workers by asbestos before its effects were
>really known. Anyways, certain Halliburton subsidiaries were facing class
>action suits. And declared bankruptcy....
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>Any why did this make the news, you ask? It seems that most of the costs of
>these lawsuits will be covered by insurers, who were complaining. No mention
>of profiteering by the parent company or anything...
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>Oh brave new world, where such things take place :)
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>Dana
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>>Yeah, I agree. The media does a great job of fanning the flames. It's
>>getting harder and harder to discern what is news and what is hype.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:18 PM
>>To: CF-Community
>>Subject: RE: God Loves Bush...
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>>Is that because the hard-line Islamic fundamentalists acting as
>>terrorists are seen as a threat by the general public whereas the
>>general public views the pasty-faced christian televangelists as at
>>worst banal? :) I do tend to think that people (in our country at
>>least -- dunno about elsewhere) tend to unreasonably fear a lot of
>>fairly banal things (the rampantness of hypocondria and "germophobia"
>>for instance), while flocking to the things they rightly should fear
>>(people telling them what to think) like moths to a flame.
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>>> It's also not hard to believe seeing a guy like this
>>> sitting in judgement of
>>> others at something like the Salem witch trials. These
>>> religious fanatics
>>> scare the hell out of me. I dont even mind as much the
>>> hardline Islamic
>>> fundamentalists, acting as terrorists. The thought of
>>> pasty faced wankers
>>> with holier than thou attitudes telling all of us what is
>>> right and wrong
>>> seems more evil to me. Just my opinion, and a bit off the
>>> original topic but
>>> what the hell.
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:57 PM
>>> To: CF-Community
>>> Subject: RE: God Loves Bush...
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>>> The scary thing, yes I think he really does believe it.
>>> Remember this guy
>>> isn't one of the ones out there shooting up and screwing
>>> hookers. He lives
>>> what he says.
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>>> Hard to believe personally? Impossible.
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>>> Tim
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:23 PM
>>> To: CF-Community
>>> Subject: Re: God Loves Bush...
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>>> Does _anybody_ here believe Pat's saying this for _any_
>>> reason other
>>> than to bolster support for Bush's campaign? That is to
>>> say... Does
>>> anybody here honestly believe that Robertson honestly
>>> believes his own
>>> bs?
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>>> > ... and so does Booger from "Revenge of the Nerds",
>>> > but I
>>> > digress.
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>>> > Pat Robertson says God told him Bush would win in a
>>> > landslide:
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>>> > http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sf
><http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sf>
>><http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sf>
>>> > l-12
>>> <http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-1
>>> 2>
>>> > robertson,0,3698134.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
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>>> > Unfortunately, Mr. Robertson forgot to ask about Osama
>>> > bin
>>> > Laden's
>>> > location. Pity.
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>>> > - Jim
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>>> >
>>> _____
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