Gautam wrote:
There's another common thread, Doug, let me help _you_
find it. Not government agents. It's kind of a
significant difference.
Except Omar al-Bayoumi, a Saudi agent, who provided extensive assistance
to two of the hijackers whom he met after meeting one Fahad al-Thumairy,
later
Dave Land wrote:
snipped
A pack of Saudi terrorists hijacked planes on the date of 9/11. A pack
of Robin Hood-in-Reverse
thieves then hijacked society on the basis of 9/11.
Nice rethorics.
Sonja
GCU: Mudslinging=off
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--- Doug
The following is a great piece:
Sen Phil Graham in a Salon interview:
http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/08/graham/index.html
I mean, if there were EVER a Republican, still living,
who I often disagree with and yet respect, it's G.
One of scads of examples that it's a
David Brin wrote:
I think it doesn't: the saudis really don't want the
oil prices to become too high, because high oil
prices
makes it economically viable _other_ sources
Alberto... like worrying about John Keery's preferece
for conservation over drilling, this is extrapolating
too far.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3948531.stm
Brazil has successfully launched its first rocket into space.
Sunday's launch came 14 months after an attempt to put satellites in
orbit ended in a deadly explosion.
That rocket blew up before take-off from the Alcantara launch site in
northern
In a message dated 10/23/2004 1:42:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But he wasn't. His published figures are too good to be real:
they don't pass a Chi-Square test, meaning that he adjusted
them to look better than what he found in his experiments :-)
The notion
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I figure we are several years past the point where
you began to
believe such things about me. But I deny that you
are an iota more
patriotic than any other person on this list.
xponent
Well so do I, so this is exactly what I mean. I've
never
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 09:51:24PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Congratulations, you're actually _worse_ than Falwell, you're accusing
the President of treason. You have completely forfeited the right to
complain about _any_ Republican tactic or accusation without looking
hopelessly
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:02:55PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
How do the people of Nevada feel about storing nuclear waste? How do
people in general in this country feel about Nuclear power?
Wrong questions. Right questions: how much do they know about nuclear
power and can they make a
Another conservative newspaper not endorsing Bush:
http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBU3UEHF0E.html
Why We Cannot Endorse President Bush For Re-Election
Here is the core paragraph:
But we are unable to endorse President Bush for re-election because
of his mishandling of the war in Iraq, his
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:52:45 -0500, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll stop here and see if you agree with this view of libertarianism,
before going on.
Yes, I'd say that was classic libertarianism. This is of course very
different to the sense in which the Culture list is
Behalf Of Gautam Mukunda
Sorry, John, but as I just told JDG offlist, apart
from my normal affection for them, if they win I get
to be a participant in the largest single party in
human history, and I'm _really_ looking forward to that...
No problem. I'm still hopefull we can put a damper
--- Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As bad as the Red Sox defense has been, I can't wait
to see what it
is like with Ortiz on first base. shudder
- jmh
Yeah, maybe we can overnight some of those Tom Emansky
videos to the visitors clubhouse in St. Louis? :-)
Although, hey, if they
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
conflict can
be overcome by more tolerance and examining of our
own faults
I snipped my post to highlight the key one. That does
seem to be what you keep talking about in your
constant statements about looking
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:11:07AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Accepting things as they are means believing that people are doing
their best, but it doesn't for a moment mean that they can't do
better.
--
Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:11:07AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Accepting things as they are means believing that people are doing
their best, but it doesn't for a moment mean that they can't do
better.
What's your question?
Nick
Gautam said,
There truly is no better reason for voting for George Bush than that
it would appall people like this.
Gautam: I think you're smarter than this.
Hell, even I could probably come up with at least one better reason for
voting for George Bush than to appall sloppy, lazy editorialists
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:07:11AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:11:07AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Accepting things as they are means believing that people are doing
their best, but it doesn't for a moment mean that they can't do
better.
The Alcantara Base should give Brazil a strong advantage over
competitors.
Only 2.3 degrees from the Equator, the base is considered the perfect
launch site.
It is the best place in the world to launch satellites: close to the
equator, dry weater [it almost never rains there] and a huge
d.brin wrote:
The one MUST READ for the
weekend is Ron Suskind's piece on Dubya in
the New York Times Magazine, Without A Doubt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?
Does anyone have this article downloaded? NY Times
doesn't want me to be able to read it without
At 24-10-04 17:04, Gautam wrote:
No. That seems to me the belief of some of the
European left which - asked to choose between Islamic
terroism and the US - seems to kind of prefer the
terrorists.
That's a rather bald statement to make. On what material do you base your
accusation that a good
Dan Minette wrote:
Here's some US budget numbers
for % changes over 4 year
intervals...corresponding
to presidential terms:
YearIncome Expense
change change
(...)
1988 4.6% -4.1%
1992-3.3%4.2%
1996 8.0% -8.1%
On 25 Oct 2004, at 8:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 24-10-04 17:04, Gautam wrote:
No. That seems to me the belief of some of the
European left which - asked to choose between Islamic
terroism and the US - seems to kind of prefer the
terrorists.
That's a rather bald statement to make. On what
My favorite Bush admin comment of the day, defending against the
disappearance of 380 tons of explosives
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/international/middleeast/25bomb.html:
There is no indication that it has fallen into the wrong hands.
Unbelievable.
My friend Joe Carroll ponders - One
Erik Reuter wrote:
Do you have a different definition of good/better/best than Webster's?
I don't think so.
If I might hazard a guess, perhaps you are wondering if I am somehow
excusing people from responsibility for their actions by assming that
they are doing their best...?
Nick
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: From the Guardian
Erik Reuter wrote:
Do you have a different definition of good/better/best than Webster's?
I don't think so.
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
if *the Sox* win I get to be a participant in the largest single
party in human history
No question. But I wonder, what will it do to the Boston psyche to no longer have
that put-upon, woe is me I'm a Sawks fan thing?
Jim
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On Oct 25, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
Do you have a different definition of good/better/best than
Webster's?
I don't think so.
If I might hazard a guess, perhaps you are wondering if I am somehow
excusing people from responsibility for their actions by assming that
Dan Minette wrote:
I think the uncertainty is in how something can be better than the best.
My best -- at some things -- keeps getting better.
Progress, not perfection!
Nick
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Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I figure we are several years past the point where
you began to
believe such things about me. But I deny that you
are an iota more
patriotic than any other person on this list.
xponent
Well so do I, so this is exactly
--- Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
if *the Sox* win I get to be a participant in the
largest single
party in human history
No question. But I wonder, what will it do to the
Boston psyche to no longer have that put-upon, woe
is me I'm a Sawks fan thing?
.
But I am starting to believe it will happen.
We're going to take back civilization.
By the way, look at:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20041025/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_election_1
Judge a man by the company he keeps.
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election_1
Judge a man by the company he keeps.
As usual, world opinion only seems to matter when it agrees with you.
JDG - Sanctimony, Maru.
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William T Goodall wrote:
On 25 Oct 2004, at 8:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 24-10-04 17:04, Gautam wrote:
No. That seems to me the belief of some of the
European left which - asked to choose between Islamic
terroism and the US - seems to kind of prefer the
terrorists.
and claiming that the other side is composed of
evil, traitorous monsters?
Just wondering...
No, just lying.
I have ample proof that this is a slander, if by
other side you mean conservatives or
conservative-leaving voters or Republicans or
libertarians.
If what is meant is the
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The first two sentences above really set me off. And
I can only hope
that you can understand why.
Actually, after everything I've heard on this list, I
have no sympathy whatsoever, Rob, and I really don't
appreciate having you compare me to
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-armstrong22oct22,0,4506268.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
or http://tinyurl.com/67asv
This column reminded me of two different topics that we're enjoying some
lively discussion on. :)
Julia
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
if *the Sox* win I get to be a participant in the largest single
party in human history
No question. But I wonder, what will it do to the Boston psyche to
no longer have that put-upon, woe is me I'm a Sawks fan thing?
That's a very good question.
--- David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To call it rational argument when you deliberately
tell falsehoods about other peoples' views. Then
use
a DOZEN sophistries in just forty words
You know, Dr. Brin, I challenged you on that ludicrous
statement, and you didn't back it up. It's
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
In this case, of course, I was pointing out whose side
I am on. I'm not on President Bush's side. I'm not
on Senator Kerry's side. I'm just on America's side.
This is a wonderful sentiment when it is a reminder that even when we
disagree, we have a great deal in common.
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