Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: Of course, *most* of the books in the house are in the library, not just the ones I haven't read yet. I keep track of those partly with the help of a data file With an off-site backup? :-) Seriously, I'm looking into getting a safe-deposit box where I can keep paper,

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote, re: books by Sawyer: I really enjoy his books up to the last 3 pages or so, and then I get a little annoyed about the ending. :) Sounds like most Stephen King books for me, only replace last 3 pages with last 3 chapters. Reggie Bautista

Liberal Media -- AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story

2004-01-05 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20040103/ap_on_en_ot/l imbaugh_painkillers_kill_1 AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story Sat Jan 3, 5:06 PM ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Please kill the story Limbaugh-Painkillers, V9991. Rush Limbaugh has not been charged with doctor shopping.

Right-Wing Media -- Review Shows Limbaugh Charge Rarely Used

2004-01-05 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20040103/ap_on_en_ot/l imbaugh_painkillers_1 Review Shows Limbaugh Charge Rarely Used Sat Jan 3, 4:15 PM ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh is only the second person charged with doctor shopping by Palm Beach

More Right-Wing Propaganda Lies From the AP

2004-01-05 Thread The Fool
The Lies: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=514e=2u=/ap/20040104/a p_on_el_pr/democrats_debate_6 The Actual Transcript: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54363-2004Jan4?language=printe r - I Pledge Impertinence to the Flag-Waving of the Unindicted Co-Conspirators of

RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 12:38:24 -0500 From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] : opinion on the trilogy, plus throwing in a friendly

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:57:26 -0600 Neat. His endings, at least the ones I've read so far, are neat -- in the tidy sense.

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:29:05 -0600 Julia wrote, re: books by Sawyer: I really enjoy his books up to the last 3 pages or

Re: Minimal Profits for Halliburton

2004-01-05 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:41 PM Subject: Re: Minimal Profits for Halliburton So, in other words, it seems to me that you are making a non-falsifiable claim. There is

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 07:41:09 +0900 Travis Edmunds wrote: snip -Travis will be reading more Robert J. Sawyer in the future

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Damon Agretto
King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment or two. I often find myself thinking of how he has sold as many books as he has. Of course he caters to the masses, but then again what professional writer doesn't? Given that, I must assume that people are for the

Re: The New Math

2004-01-05 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: Re: The New Math I got it from The Labor Department (news - web sites) reported Wednesday that new applications filed for

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Reggie Bautista
Travis wrote: King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment or two. You'll notice in my comment, I didn't say King was a good writer, just that I often enjoy his books. :-) There's definitely a difference. For me, King's better books are a guilty pleasure. (We won't

Re: Minimal Profits for Halliburton

2004-01-05 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If these folks were to tell me, for reasons X,Y,Z, Halliburton actually made a lot less than they expected to from the Iraq contracts, then I'd be inclined to believe them...since they've given me good information in the past. However, I will not

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:42:23 -0600 Travis wrote: Some other series', universes though, that make my top ten are as

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Damon Agretto
So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy, or horror (or heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even though they realize they're not exactly top-notch stuff? James P. Hogan comes to mind for me, as well as Nancy McKenzie and Robin Wayne Bailey (IMO _Shadowdance_ is

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:45:57 -0600 Travis wrote: King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment or

RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Edmunds Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 08:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review You make some good points. And I tend to agree in a

Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Coffey
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 12:38:24 -0500 From: Travis Edmunds

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread William T Goodall
On 5 Jan 2004, at 6:45 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: Travis wrote: King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment or two. You'll notice in my comment, I didn't say King was a good writer, just that I often enjoy his books. :-) There's definitely a difference. For me,

RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:50:24 -0800 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: Of course, *most* of the books in the house are in the library, not just the ones I haven't read yet. I keep track of those partly with the help of a data file With an off-site backup? :-) Seriously, I'm looking into getting a safe-deposit

RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Edmunds Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 01:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review From: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer

Re: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 12:38:24 -0500 From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] : opinion on the

Mars in 3D

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
Break out the 3D glasses kiddos! Stereoscopic pics of Mars. Pretty neat! http://tinyurl.com/2993p

Scouted: Muslim perceptions of Crusade article.

2004-01-05 Thread Damon Agretto
Here's an interesting article I read in which the author, Johnathan Riley-Smith (one of the formost historians on the Crusades today) describes analytally modern Muslim perceptions of the term. Very interesting... http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/riley-smith200401050839.asp =

Re: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

2004-01-05 Thread Russell Chapman
Chad Cooper wrote: Our corporate proxy is now blocking access to Dr. Brin's web site.. Below is the message. The Websense category Cultural Institutions is filtered. Why would Freightliner want to ban Cultural Institutions as a category? It seems to be harmless enough... We block the obvious

Re: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

2004-01-05 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: And as far as spam goes, as Randy Cunningham commented on his This Is True list, It's 2004, and the new anti-spam law is in place. Notice any reduction in the amount of junk in your inbox? Neither have I. In fact, if my inbox is typical, if anything, recently it's been

Re: SCOUTED: PowerPoint Is Evil And Must Be Destroyed . . .

2004-01-05 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Does PowerPoint make us stupid? Rock star David Byrne turns PowerPoint into art snip But the overall tone of this compilation is somewhat like a sales pitch -- whimsical and upbeat. Byrne is unapologetic about liking PowerPoint. Umm - doesn't Byrne have an official and

Shouldn't this have read N-F-L ? Re: NHL observation

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Coffey
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] John D. Giorgis wrote: At 09:53 PM 12/27/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: At one point, they were my second-favorite AFC team. Now I like half the AFC East better. Julia

Re: Shouldn't this have read N-F-L ? Re: NHL observation

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Blame the thread drift. The original post had to do with my rooting for a particular NHL team. Edmonton, to be exact. Which brings us back to the NFL. :) (If Jan can't figure it out, he can check the archives for the original post, or ask me to explain again.) Julia

RE: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Lalith Vipulananthan
William T Goodall wrote: So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy, or horror (or heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even though they realize they're not exactly top-notch stuff? Terry Goodkind I used to, but then I read _Faith Of The Fallen_. There is only so

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion

Re: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/5/2004 3:29:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quick question: Have you seen Blade Runner and read _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_? Julia Have you read Forrest Gump, and can you imagine what trash the movie would have been if it had

Re: The New Math

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: The New Math Seasonal adjustments go both ways. It normalizes the year to take out the natural fluctuations that have no relevance

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy, or horror (or heck, any genre) do

Re: Shouldn't this have read N-F-L ? Re: NHL observation

2004-01-05 Thread Doug Pensinger
Jan Coffey wrote: Grid-Iron is boring. It's nearly unbearable. Out of 10 minutes of viewing there is about 45 seconds of action. And that is if you are lucky. The game keeps stopping. There just doesn't seem to be any end to the reasons to stop the clock. Grid-Iron is predictable. 9 out of 10

A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
FIFTEEN THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN by Dave Barry 1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that

Re: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/5/2004 3:24:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Behalf Of Travis Edmunds Here we are, both sitting at a table with a concept smack dab in the middle of that table staring us down. Like it or not the

Re: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/5/2004 3:29:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quick question: Have you seen Blade Runner and read _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_? Julia Have you read Forrest Gump, and can you imagine what trash the

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy, or horror

RE: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A List A List Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:54:49 -0600 FIFTEEN THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN by Dave Barry Well, this was a very nice post to return to after

Scouted: Are there parallel worlds?

2004-01-05 Thread Gary Nunn
Are there parallel worlds? DAN FALK details how string theory -- the so-called theory of everything -- might explain the structure of the universe. Of course, for it to work, there have to be a few extra dimensions By DAN FALK Saturday, January 3, 2004 - Page F7 We live in three dimensions:

Rugby: was Shouldn't this have read N-F-L

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Coffey
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Coffey Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 03:47 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Shouldn't this have read N-F-L ?

Re: Liberal Media -- AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story

2004-01-05 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:16 AM 1/5/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20040103/ap_on_en_ot/l imbaugh_painkillers_kill_1 AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story Sat Jan 3, 5:06 PM ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Please kill the story Limbaugh-Painkillers, V9991. Rush Limbaugh

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread TomFODW
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. Not true. 14. Your friends love you anyway. Definitely true, at least in my case. Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon.

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Damon Agretto
Oh! So you are one of those who are responsible for crowding *real* SciFi off the shelves! You oughta be horsewhipped by a really big horse! A Clydesdale at the least!!! Hah! I've depleted the local supply of Battletech books to nearly zero! However, its the SW/ST books that are legion...

Re: Liberal Media -- AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story

2004-01-05 Thread The Fool
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 08:16 AM 1/5/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20040103/ap_on_en_ot/ l imbaugh_painkillers_kill_1 AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story Sat Jan 3, 5:06 PM ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Please kill the story

Re: Return of Elvis Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/5/2004 5:59:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you read Forrest Gump, and can you imagine what trash the movie would have been if it had followed the book? No, but that's one of the many books waiting to be read. :) I figure I

Re: Right-wing press bias goes mainstream

2004-01-05 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:51 AM 1/5/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: http://www.needlenose.com/pMachineFree2.2.1/weblog.php?id=P720 Right-wing press bias goes mainstream Speaking of the Iowa presidential debate, here's the lead paragraph of a news article that just came off the Associated Press wires:

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Russell Chapman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. Not true. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that for every clear and compelling argument why DST is observed, there is a clear and compelling

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. Is this true in the USA? Here in Brazil it's a capital offense _not_ to mention that the woman not only is pregnant, but

Re: Science Fiction In General

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General Hah! I've depleted the local supply of Battletech books to nearly zero! However, its the SW/ST books

Re: Scouted: Are there parallel worlds?

2004-01-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
We live in three dimensions: You can go north-south, east-west or up-down. Simple enough. If you add one more dimension for time -- as Albert Einstein suggested -- that's four altogether. Time qua Fourth Dimension is not Einstein's. His _original_ idea in SR was that _all_ four dimensions

Space Station Experiencing Drop In Air Pressure

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.local6.com/technology/2742496/detail.html The International Space Station is experiencing a slow, steady drop in air pressure, and American and Russian flight controllers are investigating possible causes of the leak. Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut

Re: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/5/2004 5:57:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for a blond wig and a meat cleaver---just in case that while you're sitting at the metaphorical table, you metaphorically start to play cards. Wig? Did you say wig? Reminds

Re: Right-wing press bias goes mainstream

2004-01-05 Thread The Fool
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 08:51 AM 1/5/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: http://www.needlenose.com/pMachineFree2.2.1/weblog.php?id=P720 Right-wing press bias goes mainstream Speaking of the Iowa presidential debate, here's the lead paragraph of a news article that just came

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 02:22:41 +, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. Is this true in the USA? Here in Brazil it's a

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:51 PM 1/5/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. Not true. It comes down to the same reason that we do many other things: money, honey . . . -- Ronn! :)

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Doug Pensinger wrote: 10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. Is this true in the USA? Here in Brazil it's a capital offense _not_ to mention that the woman not

SCOUTED: Scientists Seek Place for God While Embracing Reason

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040104/NEWS/401040402/1004 Published Sunday, January 4, 2004 By Whose Hand? Scientists Seek Place for God While Embracing Reason By Cary McMullen Ledger Religion Editor Ultimately the issue is whether we live in a world that makes sense not

SCOUTED: If you thought the shoe bomber was bad . . . (WARNING: Adult themes)

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/4929.htm WEIRD PLOT OF WOMB BOMBER By BRIAN BLOMQUIST and ANDY GELLER [Photo] INSIDE STORY: A passenger waits at Heathrow Airport yesterday for the British Airways flight to Washington, which resumed even as word came of a Qaeda bomber planning to board

Re: Return of the King Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:28 PM 1/5/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/5/2004 5:57:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for a blond wig and a meat cleaver---just in case that while you're sitting at the metaphorical table, you metaphorically start to play cards.

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:41 PM 1/5/04, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: 10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. Is this true in the USA? Here in Brazil it's a capital

Re: Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite

2004-01-05 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/3/2004 6:11:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is not ture. By no stretch of the imagination did *all* leftists on the List call Clinton's actions reprehensible.Indeed, several called Clinton's actions understandable, given the circumstances.

Re: Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite

2004-01-05 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/3/2004 6:30:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's funny and ironic. My Dad recently accused me of always seeing sinister motivations among the right, and being far quicker to criticize conservatives lately than liberals. Well we all have

Re: Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite

2004-01-05 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/3/2004 6:30:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Point 1 _ There seems to be no debate on the fact that Halliburton overcharged. Even the incredibly pro-business Bush administration is not making your claim. Halliburton overcharged period. Not true.

Re: Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite

2004-01-05 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/3/2004 6:41:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As a Catholic, I find it completely unsuprising that a sinner would admit to wrongdoing only when caught. Such is human nature. Yeh, kind of like lying about affairs.

Re: Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite

2004-01-05 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/3/2004 6:48:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In general, however, I have no problem with Rush Limbaugh using all of the Laws of Florida - even potentially those laws he may have disagreed with - in his legal defence.In my mind, that's not

Re: Rugby: was Shouldn't this have read N-F-L

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: The Sugarboal. (Why do they call it a boal?) OU looked like they didn't care, but then the LSU defence was rolling over them. In answer to the question, I think because various stadiums were called bowls or something. If anyone has a better answer, I'd be interested in it.

Re: Return of Elvis Review Re: my mini review

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/5/2004 5:59:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you read Forrest Gump, and can you imagine what trash the movie would have been if it had followed the book? No, but that's one of the many books waiting to

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. Not true. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that for every clear and compelling argument why DST is observed,

Re: SCOUTED: If you thought the shoe bomber was bad . . .(WARNING: Adult themes)

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/4929.htm WEIRD PLOT OF WOMB BOMBER By BRIAN BLOMQUIST and ANDY GELLER [Photo] INSIDE STORY: A passenger waits at Heathrow Airport yesterday for the British Airways flight to Washington, which resumed even as word came

Labor Dept. offers tips to avoid paying overtime

2004-01-05 Thread The Fool
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2336961 Labor Dept. offers tips to avoid paying overtime Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department is giving employers tips on how to avoid paying overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers who would become eligible under new

Re: A List A List!!!!

2004-01-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: FIFTEEN THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN by Dave Barry 7. Never lick a steak knife. And I hope I can remember that one every time by the time I'm 50. (It's not so bad if you lick it in the right direction.) 10. You should never say anything to a

Re: SCOUTED: If you thought the shoe bomber was bad . . .(WARNING: Adult themes)

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:07 PM 1/5/04, Julia Thompson wrote: And why bother removing it to detonate it, anyway? Going out with fireworks right there wouldn't be the worst case to go. (Oh, unless they were *literal* fireworks, which they would be... never mind.) If you thought the shoe bomber was going to have a

Personal notes

2004-01-05 Thread Dan Minette
This was a big Christmas for me, I turned 50. To celebrate, my wife is taking me to San Francisco and the Napa Valley. The last time I was there was for my honeymoon, a long long time ago in a galaxie far away. Dan M. ___

Re: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

2004-01-05 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I have noticed, and it really disturbs me, is a change in my received spam... A lot of the senders are suddenly using names familiar to me - in the last couple of days I have had emails from Harrell Coffey Giorgis Marlowe Cooper Edmunds all promising

Re: Personal notes

2004-01-05 Thread Russell Chapman
Dan Minette wrote: snip a long long time ago in a galaxie far away. Pretty much sums up California, really Congrats by the way. I love to hear about people having birthdays older than mine :-) A second honeymoon / birthday treat is a pretty good sort of holiday... Cheers Russell C.

RE: Personal notes

2004-01-05 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] This was a big Christmas for me, I turned 50. To celebrate, my wife is taking me to San Francisco and the Napa Valley. The last time I was there was for my honeymoon, a long long time ago in a galaxie far away. You drove there in a Ford Galaxie? :-)

Re: Personal notes

2004-01-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:02 PM 1/5/04, Dan Minette wrote: This was a big Christmas for me, I turned 50. To celebrate, my wife is taking me to San Francisco and the Napa Valley. The last time I was there was for my honeymoon, a long long time ago in a galaxie far away. You drove a Ford in those days, huh?

Re: SCOUTED: If you thought the shoe bomber was bad . . .(WARNING: Adult themes)

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: Re: SCOUTED: If you thought the shoe bomber was bad . . .(WARNING: Adult themes) At 10:07 PM 1/5/04, Julia Thompson wrote: And

Re: Personal notes

2004-01-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/5/2004 9:52:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and the Napa Valley If while you're there, you're going to pick up a souvenier nappy... I don't wish to know that! Vilyehm Teighlore ___