--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Davd Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
None of which changes the central fact an iota.
FDR
got rid of Wallace and replaced him with Truman
for
those very reasons. NATO, the MArshall plan and
all
of that were PUSHED BY DEMOCRATS (for the
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Davd Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2 - Saddam would go next.
3 - The Saudi sheiks would piss in pants. We could
tell them so far - because you are rich and play golf
with our aristos - we have let you have BOTH homes in
LAs Vegas and Jihad against out
One can believe (as I do NOT) that a centralized autocratic
government, possibly headed by a dictatorial leader, with economic
and social regimentation is a good idea, without beleiving that
anyone of a differnt race should die or be subjugated.
On can have been a patriotic German in 1938 and
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Jim Sharkey
I hope I'm not seeing reference jokes where there aren't any Maru
Loose reference to I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
You're on top of things Jim!
Ah, good. I thought I felt my nerd-sense tingling on that one. :) Have you ever
seen the version
I prefer the expression My brain is bigger than yours, myself. If I could attach
images, I'd add the picture of Brain Guy from MST3K.
FWIW, this has been an entertaining little discourse. Well worth the price of
admission of a few hours of reading. And at my billing rate, that's decent
According to a story from ABC News on 29 Jan 2004
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Investigation/saddam_oil_vouchers_040129.html
ABCNEWS has obtained an extraordinary list that contains the names
of prominent people around the world who supported Saddam
Hussein's regime and were
[In a previous message,
UN members bribed?
I quoted from an ABC News story of 29 Jan 2004 that
... prominent people around the world ... supported Saddam
Hussein's regime and were given oil contracts as a result.
which leads to the question of whether anyone was bribed to persuade
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Jim Sharkey
I hope I'm not seeing reference jokes where there aren't any Maru
Loose reference to I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
You're on top of things Jim!
Ah, good. I thought I felt my nerd-sense tingling on that one. :)
Have you
Jim
Pi Kappa Phi, Beta Alpha #569 Maru
Heh.
Damon, Chi Psi, Alpha Nu Delta #27
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html
Now Building:
Clark has administrative experience. Rhodes
scholar.
Led the most complicated, delicately fragile and
ultimately successful military alliance in all of
our
history to the most satisfying victory we ever had.
I'm personally a Clark supporter as well, mainly on
his career and record. Of
Gautam,
I don't have the time to adress this in full (I just
got a teaching job on the side, and its proving more
challenging than I had anticipated), but let me ask
you this: what do you think would have happened if the
Iraqi army proved to HAVE some spine, and decided to
turn their cities into
Julia Thompson wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Has a signed, slipcased edition of the original City on the Edge
of Forever script Maru
Dang, I just have a paperback, and I haven't had it signed.
To be honest, I bought this particular signed version from Borderlands Press ~9 years
ago, I *think*
Damon Agretto wrote:
Damon, Chi Psi, Alpha Nu Delta #27
At least I'm not alone! Where'd you go to school, Damon?
Jim
NJIT alum Maru
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difference - but _you should_. In the last three
years 500 Americans have died smashing two fascist
totalitarian dictatorships. In the 1940s tens of
thousands died smashing three other fascist
governments. Those governments were fascist.
Calling
the Americans that - whatever your
Jim Sharkey wrote:
It's quite nifty; a bibliophile like yourself would be set all
a-drooling, I'm sure. :)
Whaddya mean, bibliophile?
I'm a bibliomaniac! :)
Jim
Occasionally suffers from fanboy disease Maru
Same here, but I try to keep it under control around the folks I'm fans
of
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. A Tarpon Springs High School student has been
suspended for 10 days for circulating an unauthorized petition to ban
Confederate flag symbols at the Pinellas County school.
http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/20040130flagp6.asp
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Where does transparency end and invasion of privacy begin?
This federally funded database project tracks criminal and correctional
history, motor vehicle, pilot and boat licenses and registrations,
federal and local weapons and hunting licenses, voter registrations,
public digitized photos
From: Davd Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which is what the right is now turning toward to the
left to a degree.
HimmlerCroft and His patriot Act I II. They are
cementing their own
power, and turning ever more
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm personally a Clark supporter as well, mainly on
his career and record. Of all the Dems right now, I
think he has the best chance of balancing internal
administration with an understanding of the world
situation.
Damon.
That's interesting,
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gautam,
I don't have the time to adress this in full (I just
got a teaching job on the side, and its proving more
challenging than I had anticipated), but let me ask
you this: what do you think would have happened if
the
Iraqi army proved to HAVE
From: Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I made the point that
... institutions must not only be impervious to the bribery of
their members, they must also be seen as being impervious.
I completely agree.
As a beginning, for a new international institution, I suggest
A three
Couple things:
If the Iraqis tried to challenge the Allies in the
open we would have destroyed them in whole and in
parts, just as we did in GW1. The Iraqis obviously
knew this, so they wisely tried not to challenge the
US forces. That much we're in agreement on.
However, if instead they
That's interesting, Damon. You are _literally_ the
first person with military experience I've
communciated with who thinks that Clark should be
allowed in the White House on anything other than a
public tour. Did you encounter him while you were
in
the service?
Nope.
Damon.
=
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's interesting, Damon. You are _literally_
the
first person with military experience I've
communciated with who thinks that Clark should be
allowed in the White House on anything other than
a public tour. Did you encounter him while you
Gautam,
I too have far less expertise then Damon , however as you put it, the army
of today are better tehn teh army that fought in the Gulf war, Wrong IMO.
The Gulf War army was teh WW3 army of europe that had been training for the
ultimate show down between the Allies and the Commies.
on the
In a message dated 1/29/2004 9:50:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe. If so he is fairly unique among dictators.
Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il, to pick two, are
unlikely to have been influenced by access to the
world economy. And if that had really been enough,
In a message dated 1/29/2004 9:50:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe. If so he is fairly unique among dictators.
Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il, to pick two, are
unlikely to have been influenced by access to the
world economy. And if that had really been enough,
The V471 Tauri system comprises a white dwarf star (the primary) in a
close orbit - one thirtieth of the distance between Mercury and the Sun -
with a normal Sun-like star (the secondary). The white dwarf star was once
a star several times as massive as the Sun. Chandra data on this system
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In a message dated 1/29/2004 10:19:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And yet, where is the left-wing plan for fighting terroism and enhancing
homeland security?
Where were the right wing theorists before 9/11? What did the Bush
adminstration do with the
I might respond to this further, but I'm not sure it's
possible to have a reasonable discussion.
I would ask one thing, though. You criticize the lack
of military service in the Bush Administration a great
deal. Donald Rumsfeld was an active duty fighter
pilot (ROTC at Princeton).
I am
In a message dated 1/30/2004 8:27:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No Child Left Behind
This has been such a great success. Where is the money to back this slogan.
The republicans control congress and the white house. Where are the progrrams
behind the empty slogans?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58473-2004Jan28.html?nav=hptop_tb
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In a message dated 1/30/2004 11:30:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for George Soros, it's easy to demonify, but I'll
match his record at philanthopy against W's pals.
Soros went into eastern europe and spent billions
stabilizing and helping places like Poland,
public universities
This?
medical research
How much has the NIH budget gone up under Bush?
What happened to it under Regan and Bush senior?
exploring space
The GI Bill was passed by a Congress dominated by
which party?
opposing fascism and defeating Hitler
You think the GOP
In a message dated 1/30/2004 2:55:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
think would also partially explain the tendency towards
right-handedness, which effects which side of the body a baby would
normally be held.
Uh- right handedness is related to the normal asymmetry of the
In a message dated 1/30/2004 9:57:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You mean American political history? I have a degree
in Government, I probably know something about it.
Not to butt in but he was talking about the specific statements you made not
about american
Damon Agretto wrote:
At least I'm not alone! Where'd you go to school, Damon?
Penn State
I remember seeing our Penn State chapter at a regional meeting. Twenty white guys
wearing khakis, blue oxford shirts, blue blazers and penny loafers. Talk about
fitting the stereotype. :)
Jim
What
Steve Sloan II wrote:
My 10-year-old daughter accidentally killed my 4-year-old's
character. Is there any way to raise de dead?
Maybe you can generate a red-headed lesbian witch character
to do it. ;-)
There are too many lesbian characters in The Sims. Last time,
there were 4 naked women in
At 09:19 PM 1/31/2004, you wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58473-2004Jan28.html?nav=hptop_tb
Can we start calling you The Ronn! like the other list member who posits
links with no info about why we might want to read them?
Course, I don't read The Idiot's posts anyway
At 01:01 PM 1/31/2004, you wrote:
At least I'm not alone! Where'd you go to school,
Damon?
Penn State
Damon
Cool! Is it possible we are the first two list people to have attended the
same college? (But I went to PS Harrisburg). Maybe not, I think the people
who started the list were
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
2.If your students are prone to reading the school paper in class,
try taking out a full page ad in the paper informing them that they
are going to flunk your class.
What if someone is just discreetly doing the crossword puzzle, one clue
about every 2 minutes or so?
At 09:51 PM 1/31/04, Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 09:19 PM 1/31/2004, you wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58473-2004Jan28.html?nav=hptop_tb
Can we start calling you The Ronn! like the other list member who posits
links with no info about why we might want to read them?
Course, I
Cool! Is it possible we are the first two list
people to have attended the
same college? (But I went to PS Harrisburg).
Well I was out at Main of course...started there as a
Freshman...
Ever go to Snow Shoe, Lock Haven, or Renovo? If yes,
I apologize.
Never went there. Never really left
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Thought Some Of The Texans Here Might Want To Weigh In Maru
I don't get to Houston very often. I think there was only one year I
went there more than once, in fact. So my opinion doesn't count for
much.
Except that I correct the person who says the most beautiful
Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 01:01 PM 1/31/2004, you wrote:
At least I'm not alone! Where'd you go to school,
Damon?
Penn State
Damon
Cool! Is it possible we are the first two list people to have attended the
same college? (But I went to PS Harrisburg). Maybe not, I think the
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:05 PM
Subject: Frat boys? (was Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives)
Davd Brin wrote contemptuously of:
Frat boys.
What's wrong with being a frat boy? Isn't brotherhood,
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Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: christianism is evil, why it must be eradicated
Many moons ago, I wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
FWIW, I just saw a census
Damon Agretto wrote:
Are you the guys nicknamed Skull?
Not that I know of.
Jim
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Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Houston
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Thought Some Of The Texans Here Might Want To Weigh In Maru
I don't get to
At 10:59 PM 1/31/04, Dan Minette wrote:
I've lived in Houston for 19 out of the last 22 years
I spent a week there one week.
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Houston
At 10:59 PM 1/31/04, Dan Minette wrote:
I've lived in Houston for 19 out of the last 22 years
I
At 11:34 PM 1/31/04, Dan Minette wrote:
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Houston
At 10:59 PM 1/31/04, Dan Minette wrote:
I've lived in Houston for 19
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Houston
At 11:34 PM 1/31/04, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL
Ronn! wrote:
Here's another opinion:
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/comment/story.html?id=d8f662bb-b354-4e05-9dfe-f2f9117f96fd
Adds for prostitution? Pornogrification? Someone want to explain the
last paragraph to me?
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