Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign?

2004-07-26 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 26, 2004, at 9:04 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: I remember Ford/Carter, but I wasn't quite up with what was going on. My younger sister might have been, though -- who knows? (Those of you who are parents, imagine yourself in 1974 faced with a 3-year-old demanding that you explain Watergate!)

Re: Slashdot!

2004-07-26 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 26, 2004, at 9:59 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:01:58AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/26/123227.shtml?tid=133tid=199 Yeah, that was pretty good. It would have been nice, though, if there'd been something in the message

Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign?

2004-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 26 Jul 2004, at 6:07 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Jul 25, 2004, at 10:49 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: We're very much afraid of the way he attacks the principals that have always been the bedrock of this nation. But I thought he was The Education President ... Special Education? -- William T Goodall

Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign?

2004-07-26 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 26, 2004, at 11:28 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 26 Jul 2004, at 6:07 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Jul 25, 2004, at 10:49 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: We're very much afraid of the way he attacks the principals that have always been the bedrock of this nation. But I thought he was The Education

Re: Healthcare (was: Dislikes about own political side)

2004-07-26 Thread Deborah Harrell
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: I've found that the weakest link in treatment is always the patient. I've been a patient on a number of occasions and have more then once found that a lot of physicians rellish that feel of

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Dan Minette
Going back a while to answer parts of a post, as I've promised. - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:28 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... I saw the smiley, but I think you

Re: Healthcare (was: Dislikes about own political side)

2004-07-26 Thread Deborah Harrell
Since I don't have more accurate figures than anyone else on % GDP or whatever, I am not trying to reply to those questions [Erik or Dan might have a better grip on these]- Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Regardless of the actual figures, as a matter of effective governance,

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:41:12PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: I read Gary far differently than you did. I read him as speaking of relative priorities. Its not that he disagrees with the idea that, in principal, paying kidnappers is a bad idea. Its not that he thinks he has an inherent right

Re: Slashdot!

2004-07-26 Thread Bryon Daly
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:42:17 -0700, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/26/123227.shtml?tid=133tid=199 The Slashdotters were pretty vicious with their comments. Interestingly, I receieved some mod points today. I gave your Brin-L plug a +1 Informative, Nick.

Re: Slashdot!

2004-07-26 Thread Bryon Daly
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:59:51 -0400, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:01:58AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/26/123227.shtml?tid=133tid=199 Yeah, that was pretty good. It would have been nice,

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:07 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:41:12PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: I read Gary far differently than you did.

Re: Hawking . . .

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:04 AM Subject: Hawking . . . If you jump into a black hole, your mass energy will be returned to our universe, but in a mangled form, which contains the

Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign?

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign? Robert Seeberger wrote: More than any presidential race I can recall, this one will be won

Re: Hawking . . .

2004-07-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:04 AM Subject: Hawking . . . If you jump into a black hole, your mass energy will be returned to our universe, but in a mangled

Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign?

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:32 PM Subject: Re: Is this the proper way to run a campaign? On Jul 26, 2004, at 11:28 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 26 Jul 2004, at 6:07 pm, Dave Land

Re: Hawking . . .

2004-07-26 Thread Gary Denton
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:20:00 -0500, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:04 AM Subject: Hawking . . . If you jump into a

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Gary Denton
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:32:43 -0500, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:07 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL

Re: Hawking . . .

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:20 PM Subject: Re: Hawking . . . Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL

Genetic Imperatives: was Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jul 2004, at 12:07 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: [Snip everything for the sake of a tangent] The question going through my mind is : Are genetic imperatives rational? Neither? Impulses or desires that derive from the physical nature of our bodies are just givens. We have a variety of

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Deborah Harrell
Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Snip everything for the sake of a tangent] The question going through my mind is : Are genetic imperatives rational? Not at all. Just look at how insane MAD war is/was, although in caveman days it made genetic sense to wipe out a competing tribe

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Deborah Harrell
I wrote: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question going through my mind is : Are genetic imperatives rational? Not at all. snip! Whoops, meant to put in a funny about answering a rhetorical questionoh, well, I guess you knew that anyway! Debbi Engage Brain *Before*

RE: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Gary Nunn
Dan wrote major snippage We could ask Gary what he meant; I certainly don't always read posts the way the author intends them to be written. But I'd be happy to bet a beer, a buck, etc. that my interpretation is closer to his meaning than yours. A literal interpretation of the

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jul 2004, at 1:13 am, Deborah Harrell wrote: Engage Brain *Before* Pressing Send Maru It would be a very dull list if we all did that! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ INTEL INSIDE It's not a marketing

Genetic Imperatives: was Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Gary Nunn
Rob's post about genetic factors influencing the parents built in desire to protect their young is more accurate than he knows. I can't find the reference at the moment, but there have been multiple studies that show that a crying child triggers a hormonal response in many adult brains

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 08:25:04PM -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: Wow! I can't believe that this topic came back to life! There you go again with the irrationality! :-) Let me make a few clarifications for those that took the original post much too literally... On the other hand, isn't more likely

Re: Genetic Imperatives: was Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jul 2004, at 1:38 am, Gary Nunn wrote: Rob's post about genetic factors influencing the parents built in desire to protect their young is more accurate than he knows. I can't find the reference at the moment, but there have been multiple studies that show that a crying child triggers a

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 7:05 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Snip everything for the sake of a tangent] The

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:20 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... Humans, being social animals, created ethics/morality to enhance our ability to co-operate in

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... - Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/26/2004 7:08:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But from a genetic point of view I think the answers are very different. Once you have reproduced, a parents sole (in terms of genetics) purpose in life is to protect ones offspring. (And/or to produce

Two Convention Thoughts

2004-07-26 Thread Gautam Mukunda
1. Bill Clinton is _still_ the best in the business. My God, what a genius. 2. Judging by the importance all Democrats appear attach to serving in the military vs. dodging the draft, I missed their endorsement of George Bush in 1992 and Bob Dole in 1996. I'm sure it happened, though. =

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:15 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... I'm just guessing, but I would think that language, ethics/morality, and bigger brains developed

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Henson
At 05:05 PM 26/07/04 -0700, you wrote: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Snip everything for the sake of a tangent] The question going through my mind is : Are genetic imperatives rational? Not at all. Just look at how insane MAD war is/was, although in caveman days it made genetic

RE: Is this the proper way to run a campaign?

2004-07-26 Thread Ritu
Julia Thompson wrote: I remember Ford/Carter, but I wasn't quite up with what was going on. My younger sister might have been, though -- who knows? (Those of you who are parents, imagine yourself in 1974 faced with a 3-year-old demanding that you explain Watergate!) *g* I feel better

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Henson
At 10:17 PM 26/07/04 -0400, you wrote: In a message dated 7/26/2004 7:08:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But from a genetic point of view I think the answers are very different. Once you have reproduced, a parents sole (in terms of genetics) purpose in life is to protect