Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-04 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally, I respectfully request that you withdraw the statement that you think I'm okay with Saddam Hussein. -- Doug Ahh, I think I finally got through. OK. I do, but maybe now I've made my point. It's all about motives, motives, motives. I

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 06:16:07AM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: It's never about whether anything was a good idea or not. I can engage on that level. But that's not what I hear. It's all about motives. Motives, motives, motives. It's Saudi money - that's the most recent one. Or it's

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-04 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How far does your tolerance of different viewpoints extend? For example, one could argue that the 9/11 suicide pilots honestly disagree with you -- they had a goal and were trying to achieve it as soldiers in a just war. You can disagree with their

Saudi Arabia, the Kernel of Terror Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-04 Thread JDG
At 04:47 PM 4/3/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: The Saudi's are reforming? I posted examples of this recently in response to a message from Dr. Brin. Perhaps the most salient example was that 2003 is called by Saudi citizens The Year of the Petition, due to the novelty of that democratic

Richard Clarke's Record Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-03 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 11:35 AM 4/1/2004 -0800 Deborah Harrell wrote: Incidentally, as for that famous escape of the Saudis. Do you know who made the decision to let them out of the country? It was, well, your hero, Richard Clarke. Do you have a link for this information? Thanks. I've been trying to keep up

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-03 Thread Doug Pensinger
Gautam wrote: Well, Doug, you certainly have. The principal goal of all that Saudi money was what? It was to convince the American government to: 1. Make solving the Israeli/Palestinian problem the focus of American efforts in the Middle East Oh, yea, we've done them a great disservice on that

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-03 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you're saying that if I see what looks very much like a conflict of interest, I should just shut up about it? Not a particularly American sentiment, Gautam. What's your next, suggestion, Gulags? Doug No Doug, although I have no doubt

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-03 Thread Doug Pensinger
Gautam wrote: No Doug, although I have no doubt that you'd love to put me and everyone else who disagrees with you into them. Supporting the liberation of Iraq - is that treason to you, or just sedition? The subject was civil discourse, and you suggested that I was compromising it because I

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But wait, I thought they were Republicans. Or maybe its just that some Republicans are honorary Saudis. After all, the G. H. W. Bush library was built with help from his Saudi friends. Then there's the Carlyl Group where the Saudi's have

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Gautam Mukunda wrote: So other than the fact that no Administration in American history has done more to oppose the desires of the Saudi government than that of George W. Bush, what's your evidence that they've been bought off again? It just proves how Evil Bush is, because he was bought

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Nick Arnett
Mike Lee wrote: ... Every fundie religion does it. Could you define what you mean by a fundie religion? I know that there are people who are fundamentalists and churches that are fundamentalist, but fundamentalist religion strikes me as a non sequitur. To my understanding, a fundamentalist

RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Mike Lee
Could you define what you mean by a fundie religion? I know that there are people who are fundamentalists and churches that are fundamentalist, but fundamentalist religion strikes me as a non sequitur. Any religious group/believer that thinks they have revealed truth from God, the Cosmos,

RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Mike Lee
Incidentally, as for that famous escape of the Saudis. Do you know who made the decision to let them out of the country? It was, well, your hero, Richard Clarke. Hmmm. God knows I don't want to defend Richard Clarke, but from what I've read about this, he was just the waterboy on this

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Incidentally, as for that famous escape of the Saudis. Do you know who made the decision to let them out of the country? It was, well, your hero, Richard Clarke. Do you have a link for this information? Thanks. I've been trying to keep up

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have a link for this information? Thanks. I've been trying to keep up with the statements/counterstatements on this issue -- thanks to all who have posted articles here. Debbi I remember reading it in Vanity Fair...a quick Google comes

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have a link for this information? Thanks. sniplet I remember reading it in Vanity Fair...a quick Google comes up with this from the Boston Herald:

RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-04-01 Thread John Doe
From: Mike Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:43:10 -0800 Islam is plain nasty. Racist, woman-hating, implacably oppposed to democratic

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-31 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 07:21 PM 3/30/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: What evidence is this? http://tinyurl.com/38ecs http://tinyurl.com/36k6u http://tinyurl.com/26pwx These look like partisan talking points to me, rather than evidence. i.e. because John Podesta says so isn't evidence any more than because Marc

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-31 Thread Doug Pensinger
Mike wrote: I've said it before here; I'm convinced that heightened airport security would have thwarted the attacks. Oh, for Christ's sake. I didn't even think you'd come up with something as lame as that. snip Trust me, if I wanted to blow up a plane, it would get blown up. If I wanted to

RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-31 Thread Mike Lee
You and I might be able to sneak something by security, but 5 or 6 Saudi nationals (per plane), some of whom are suspected terrorists? Don't think so. Oh, my, you're not advocating racial profiling, are you? Every time I get on a plane, I'm around people who look suspicious to me. And, by

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-31 Thread Doug Pensinger
Mike Lee wrote: And, really, all you head shaking, nice politically correct Americans who think that the KKK are Neanderthals and shouldn't be allowed to breed, but you give Muslims a pass (I guess because at least they're not Republicans) But wait, I thought they were Republicans. Or maybe

RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread Mike Lee
What color is the truth in your world? This color: TRUTH CONSEQUENCES The Bush Administration and September 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pre-9/11: White House Received Warnings.2 Pre-9/11: Administration Reduces Counter-Terrorism3 Pre-9/11: Strengthening Saudi

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
Mike wrote: Really, Doug, all this Monday morning quarterbacking is going nowhere. Next you'll be complaining because Tom Clancy warned us about crashing a plane into the capitol building. Spin every little thing you can all day long, but everybody knows the truth: nobody took these jackasses

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 06:32 PM 3/30/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: But the evidence points to the fact that Clinton/Gore took them _more_ seriously than Bush did. What evidence is this? I'm convinced by the evidence that 9/11 is less likely to have happened under Gore. What exactly is it that convinces you

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:38 PM Subject: Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1) At 06:32 PM 3/30/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: But the evidence points to the fact

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:38:48 -0500, John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:32 PM 3/30/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: But the evidence points to the fact that Clinton/Gore took them _more_ seriously than Bush did. What evidence is this? http://tinyurl.com/38ecs http://tinyurl.com/36k6u

Re: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:12:03 -0600, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I don't think the chances would have been much less likely, but it seems that Bush downplaying AQ before 9-11 is fairly well established. I've said it before here; I'm convinced that heightened airport

RE: The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-30 Thread Mike Lee
I've said it before here; I'm convinced that heightened airport security would have thwarted the attacks. Oh, for Christ's sake. I didn't even think you'd come up with something as lame as that. I fly quite a bit. I'll give you this: increased airport security is a complete waste of time by

The color of truth (L3) (part 1)

2004-03-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:17:20 -0800, Mike Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug can't believe I'm serious: Imploding? Are you serious? There's some serious straw clutching in the above linked articles. Absolutely peanuts compared to the misinformation being spewed by BushCo. What color is the