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Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:18:52 -0400
Subject: Re: Know Your Enemy
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike,
Calling someone a dittohead comes very close to a personal attack, just an fyi.
larry
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:55:13 -0700 (PDT), Michael Haggerty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sam -
>
> Good news! No need to try and persuade you. Just wait for Rush, Bill and the other members of the dittohead brigade to tell you how to think about this.
>
> I have full faith and confidence in the fact your mind was made up for you on the issues about 3 and a half weeks ago, and will be remade to support a different indefensible point soon enough. It may include some of the information you requested, so try not to think in the meantime so you will be able to repeat exactly what someone tells you to think.
>
> We want to hear, but can't stomach that much bs in one sitting.
>
> Okay? Okay!
>
> M
>
> Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Michael Haggerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I call for an end to this thread on the basis of
> > dumbitity. Debating whether or not a life devoted to
> > road trips is the basis of a love of America is not
> > only vapid, it belittles the participants in the
> > conversation on all sides.
> >
> > Michael Moore made a film, it was a good film, I saw
> > it and was entertained. Why are we not talking about
> > the $1.4 billion in personal income Bush and his
> > coalition of the cronies receive annually from the
> > saudis, and whether or not this officially makes
> > them agents of a foreign power?
> So nobody's allowed to do business with Saudi Arabia
> because of Osama Bin Ladin? Does that mean no business
> with any country he's lived in or just the one he was
> born in? Is taht a fact or just something he made up.
> Can you provide a reference?
>
> >Why are we not
> > talking about that poor mother who was accused of
> > faking her grief after losing her son in the early
> > days of the war? Why are we not talking about the
> > terror campaign launched against our own people in
> > the form of the terror alert system?
> Who was the accuser? Was that in the movie that
> someone accused her of faking sorrow? If not show me
> your source. You throw out nonsence statements like
> it's fact. Throw out some facts and we can talk.
>
> >
> > People, everyone on this list needs to do a priority
> > check. This is not a conversation worth having, it
> > is exceedingly dumb.
> >
> > [ Except for Sam Morris - please do not reevaluate
> > your priorities. We are all too busy to listen to
> > the radio and need someone without an opinion of his
> > own to repeat everything Rush Limbaugh says.
>
> I don't get to listen to hinm much these days but I
> wish I could. I'm sure he would agree with me.
>
> -sm
>
> >
> dittodittodittodittodittodittodittodittodittodittoditto...
> > ]
> >
> > M
> >
> > Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:--- William H
> > Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > well, Gel is from Trinidad, but that is beside the
> > > point at the moment.
> > >
> > > What Gel is asking is can you dispute the reported
> > > statistic? Can you
> > > counter the claim that 60% of 18-25 year olds in
> > the
> > > survey could not
> > > point out Great Britain on a map? Can you refute
> > the
> > > claim that 92% of
> > > Americans do not posess a passport?
> > I don't have access to that report. And don't think
> > the details matter anyway.
> >
> > As for the passport, European countries are like the
> > US states. In Europe it's usually only a couple of
> > hours or less to another country so passports are
> > common. One can spend a lifetime traveling America.
> > It's huge. The only places driving distance from the
> > US is Canada and Mexico. And unless you live on the
> > border it maybe to far to drive. Going by plane is
> > usually a big and expensive vacation. You can't just
> > drive around and look for a cheap motel, you need to
> > book it in advance. How many Europeans traveled
> > outside Europe?
> > So calling people stupid because they didn't make
> > the
> > effort to go to Europe is kind of elitist don't you
> > think?
> >
> > -sm
> > > Do I think that Americans are stupid? Not
> > > necessarily. But I do think
> > > that Moore has a point when he draws that
> > > conclusion.
> > >
> > > And for the record, I (35) can point out Great
> > > Britain on a map; so can
> > > my wife (29), my children (10 and 7); and we do
> > > possess US Passports.
> > > But then I guess we don't really fall into the
> > > survey range.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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