Re: Posted in a workcube

2009-08-31 Thread Jim Sharkey
Rob wrote: I will not brew Decaf. Decaf is the mind-killer. Decaf brings the little sleep that leads to total oblivion. I will embrace my caffeine. I will brew my beverages and let them... flow through me, and when they are gone, I will remain...alert I prefer The LItany of Beer, myself: I

Re: Posted in a workcube

2009-08-31 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Doug Pensinger wrote: wtf are you doing in a workcube on a Sunday evening??? Where are your priorities, man? Trying to make the evil boss happy and keep the underpaid slavelike job? Alberto Monteiro ___

Re: Ben Bernanke, fearless leader

2009-08-31 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:41 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote: Oh, come on. You espouse libertarian ideologies constantly, Mr. Keep the Government out of Everything, Please. And what ideologies do you espouse? Not arguing that way, for one. Nick

Republican Cult

2009-08-31 Thread William T Goodall
http://progressivenation.us/2009/08/19/the-republican-party-is-turning-into-a-cult/ Some thing strange has hap pened in Amer ica in the nine months since Barack Obama was elected. It has best been sum ma rized by the come dian Bill Maher: “The Democrats have moved to the right, and the

RE: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-31 Thread Julia Thompson
_ From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of medieva...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:31 PM To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility' 7- It is much easier to read the back of a video box than the pages

Re: Ben Bernanke, fearless leader

2009-08-31 Thread John Williams
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote: The analogy I used that led to your little tirade on the subject was meant to illustrate the proper use of the word predict.  How is the word predict a complex system? Since I wrote no bitching or tirades, you will have to

Re: Ben Bernanke, fearless leader

2009-08-31 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 30 Aug 2009 at 12:22, John Williams wrote: One of a doctor's fundamental guidelines is do no harm. A responsible doctor would never operate on a patient to remove the appendix simply because the patient complains of a stomach ache. More information about the state of the patient is needed

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-31 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk wrote: William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://web.me.com/williamgoodall/blog/ Every Sunday Christians