On 4 Nov 2008 at 8:39, Julia Thompson wrote:
There's a huge difference between atheists, even militant ones, and
psychos who go around attacking other people on the basis of what religion
the other people subscribe to.
Sorry Julia, but bullshit. It's precisely the same - attacking
someone
On 4 Nov 2008 at 7:42, John Williams wrote:
It seems to me that the free market does a poor job in this regard;
It seems to me the government does a poor job in this regard. I don't
want a bunch of politicians deciding which drugs to spend my money on.
I'm perfectly capable of deciding
Andrew Crystall wrote:
It seems to me that the free market does a poor job in this regard;
It seems to me the government does a poor job in this regard. I don't
want a bunch of politicians deciding which drugs to spend my money on.
I'm perfectly capable of deciding for myself.
Well,
On 5 Nov 2008 at 10:58, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
It seems to me that the free market does a poor job in this regard;
It seems to me the government does a poor job in this regard. I don't
want a bunch of politicians deciding which drugs to spend my money on.
Presuming that anyone here has read any of it . . .
(Pretty much spoiler-free. Please try to keep it that way!)
I picked it up off the To Be Read pile
yesterday morning and started it. The only
attendee at the 1962 WorldCon who
On Nov 5, 2008, at 2:49 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
There's a huge difference between atheists, even militant ones, and
psychos who go around attacking other people on the basis of what
religion
the other people subscribe to.
Sorry Julia, but bullshit. It's precisely the same - attacking
For the first time in a long time, I'm feeling quite proud of what this
country has done. Not simply that we chose the guy I supported, gave money
to and voted for, but that we made a strong choice for a very different
direction. It is also because of Wes and all the rest that gave their lives
Your heard it first from me!
Joe the Plumber 2012 for the GOP!!! :-P
Alberto Monteiro
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Smart-Aleck response #1 would be something about whether the news one
gets anytime (not just election day) with or without cable or
satellite TV could ever be described as decent . . .
Are the newscasters wearing enough clothing?
Julia
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten
years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set
up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established
a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat
technologies, and even casts of regulars over
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/michael-crichton-dies/?hp
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Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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There is one thing that Obama has done that truly, at last
addresses our
grief. He calls for a national spirit of sacrifice,
finally ending the
arrogance of leadership that urged us to live life as usual
-- go shopping!
-- while others carried
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008
At least, unicorns were mentioned in some other thread
today
http://www.democraticstuff.com/Unicorns-for-Obama-Photo-Button-p/bt23828.htm
That site has an awful lot of buttons for sale. Many of
them are
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Presuming that anyone here has read any of it . . .
(Pretty much spoiler-free. Please try to keep it that way!)
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I picked it up off the To Be Read pile
Deborah Harrell wrote:
*McCain's concession speech was very much a class act; I did not
think he would be a particularly good president, but he is a good
man.
I would like to also point out the wonderful Saturday Night Live
appearance where McCain plays himself and makes fun of his own
Hi. I read it, but several months ago, and wasn't
too good with the authors at the start. I got the
obvious ones, guessed at the rest, and kept on
reading.
If no one else knows, you may have to give us a bit
of dialogue to jog our memories.
---David
Feral Engines,
I would like to also point out the wonderful Saturday Night
Live
appearance where McCain plays himself and makes fun of his
own
situation. It takes a great man to do that just days before
his probable
defeat. Gave me a glimpse of the man he was before the
election
campaigns started
*McCain's concession speech was very much a class act;
I did not think he would be a particularly good president,
but he is a good man.
Debbi
He certainly was when he was a POW, but then, if he had come home early he
would never have been able to live it down. He had a serious anger
For the first time in a long time, I'm feeling quite
proud of what this country has done.
There is one thing that Obama has done that truly, at last
addresses our grief. He calls for a national spirit of
sacrifice, finally ending the arrogance of leadership
that urged us to live life
you know very well what i mean about being forced to
accept a usurious interest rate, because people like
me don't have disposable capital and high credit
ratings.
Actually, I don't know what you mean, which is why I
asked. If you
don't like the terms of the loan, then why borrow the
Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wrote:
*McCain's concession speech was very much a class act;
I did not think he would be a particularly good president,
but he is a good man.
He certainly was when he was a POW, but then, if he had
come home early he would never have been
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Hi. I read it, but several months ago, and wasn't
too good with the authors at the start. I got the
obvious ones, guessed at the rest, and kept on
reading.
If no one else knows, you may have to give us a bit
of dialogue to jog our memories.
The problem is that our economy has changed, and we no
longer get the kind of war boost that we got
during WWII. Then, we were a heavy industrial economy and
the massive build up of production was labor intensive and
created millions of new jobs and massive stimulus. Now,
both the nature
I suspect it is; Sterling puts in a bunch of
cute touches. It would be hard to prove, though,
since a lot of the story is about the Emperor of
Mars.
This sequence of stories is set in an alternate
world where the naive science fiction that
populated every planet with humanoid aliens turns
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
duh; it was the only way i could become a home owner...
So you wanted to own a home, and you chose to borrow
money to achieve your desire. I don't see where the force
is coming in.
duh; it was the only way i could become a home
owner...
So you wanted to own a home, and you chose to borrow
money to achieve your desire. I don't see where the
force is coming in.
okay, here we go again, troll. are you having fun?
if i wanted to achieve the american dream i would be
of course, i could choose to be a renter instead, and pay off someone else's
mortgage.
double duh...
But a lot of us made exactly that choice Jon -- we chose not to try and buy
because we thought it was too risky and we weren't sure we'd be able to afford
it in the future. Granted, if I have
of course, i could choose to be a renter
instead, and pay off someone else's mortgage.
double duh...
But a lot of us made exactly that choice Jon -- we chose
not to try and buy because we thought it was too risky and
we weren't sure we'd be able to afford it in the
future. Granted, if I
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if i wanted to achieve the american dream i would be forced to borrow at
usurious terms.
So when you write forced in quotes, you really mean not forced. No
one forced you, or people like you, to borrow money at terms you
if i wanted to achieve the american dream i would be
forced to borrow at usurious terms.
So when you write forced in quotes, you really mean
not forced. No
one forced you, or people like you, to borrow money at
terms you did
not like. You chose to do so. Don't you think it is
better to
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you know what i mean is more like a form of coercion under duress when one
has no choice but to accept the banker's terms, since they control the
regulators.
How exactly were you coerced under duress? Did they kidnap
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995346.html?categoryId=3230cs=1
Barack Obama's historic victory was greeted around the world with reactions
ranging from hope to hostility.
In Kenya, Obama's ancestral home, folks danced in the street, while in
Moscow, President Dmitry Medvedev took the
Me: Tue Jul 27 19:03:48 PDT 2004
OK, I'm ready to vote for Barack Obama for President.
Wow!
What a dynamic speaker.
He was really able to elucidate much of what I feel about America.
xponent
Encore!!! Maru
rob
xponent
I Found It Maru
rob
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On 5 Nov 2008, at 15:45, Nick Arnett wrote:
I am proud of what we have begun and look forward, yes, to what we
can do.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/black_man_given_nations
WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-
desirable job in the entire
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
At least, unicorns were mentioned in some other thread today
http://www.democraticstuff.com/Unicorns-for-Obama-Photo-Button-p/bt23828.htm
Another candidate has apparently gone a step further and put a uni on his
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am proud of what we have begun and look forward, yes, to
what we can do.
It's a historic event and while this sounds goofy to say - I'm proud to have
taken part in it in some
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