On 9/30/05 10:16 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today I wrote a letter urging my member of Congress to sign on
to legislation reinstating the wage protections enshrined in the
Davis-Bacon Act. Two hundred representatives and 30 senators
have already signed on. These numbers are
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So..you know absolutely zip about the construction job market,
right?
Speaking of rational thought, why don't you learn something about the
subject before you start spouting off.
Oh wait, conservative...never mind!
I might
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So..you know absolutely zip about the construction job market,
right?
Speaking of rational thought, why don't you learn something about the
subject before you start spouting off.
Oh wait,
On 10/1/05 1:01 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have one question for Matthew:
How many framing crews (by percentage) in your area are NOT at least
half illegal Mexican immigrants?
Zero. It's probably different in Texas, I know. I'm in Michigan, and I
know things are
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 10/1/05 1:01 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have one question for Matthew:
How many framing crews (by percentage) in your area are NOT at least
half illegal Mexican immigrants?
Zero. It's probably different in Texas, I know. I'm in
On 10/1/05 2:52 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Without the prevailing wage stuff in place for LA (or TX construction,
in the wake of Rita) there will probably be MORE people illegally
working on the construction, because it'll be easier to haul them in and
pay them less. (Not
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From: Matthew and Julie Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
At 06:54 PM Saturday 10/1/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
You can see the switch on the wall and the light fixture it serves,
but you do not see the wiring or the skills and work that put it
there.
Umm . . . not true of everybody.
(I know how it works. I can, and even have, done some small
A few more thoughts on different mechanisms for persuasion:
Aristotle's three branches of rhetoric plus a fourth, new branch,
match David Brin's four accountability arenas:
judicial oratory -- courts
deliberative -- democracy
epideictic -- markets (the confusing one)
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
At 06:54 PM Saturday 10/1/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
You can see
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Having a hammer doesn't make one a carpenter any more than having
funbags makes one a mother, n'est'pas?
Funbags?
I haven't heard *that* one very much! :)
(There's only so many people they can be fun for at any given time.)
Julia
who has a hammer and is
On Sep 27, 2005, at 6:40 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
Is homosexuality, as we know it, more a matter of genetics or
memnetics?
Neither. Homosexuality is an idea invented by humans, and is quite
recent in origins.
Who sleeps with whom, rubs what against what, and wears leather or
neoprene is
On Sep 28, 2005, at 6:35 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
What about Scientology? Is it real? And what if David Brin creates
an Uplift Religion [just for fun or satire], and then people start
believing Him as The Prophet?
Now you're getting into the spirit of it!
--
Warren Ockrassa,
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Sep 27, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Eventually, someone will tell you, Put up or shut up!
I'm beating everyone else to the punch here. :)
Ahem.
On Sep 17, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
I haven't seen you propose a sensible alternative
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Sep 28, 2005, at 6:35 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
What about Scientology? Is it real? And what if David Brin creates
an Uplift Religion [just for fun or satire], and then people start
believing Him as The Prophet?
Now you're getting into the spirit of it!
Hm.
On Sep 30, 2005, at 8:38 AM, The Fool wrote:
Judge Orders 17-Year-Old Girl Not To Have Sex POSTED: 10:16 am EDT
September 30, 2005 SHERMAN, Texas -- No sex. That's part of a sentence
imposed on a 17-old-girl by Texas state district judge Lauri Blake.
She's ordered the young drug offender not
Posted AFTER I saw the scouted article. Sigh.
-- Duh-bya
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At 09:45 PM Saturday 10/1/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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