Dan Minette wrote:
Violence and intimidation might be successful short term measures, but
they will ultimately fail.
Well, everything ultimately fails. If you are talking about pure
practicality, the Roman empire lasted through brutal means for over 1500
years. Yes, the brief experiment in
Horn, John wrote:
BTW, I now understand better the change in Faramir. The Ring is much more
malvolent and active in Jackson's version. Even Aragorn was greatly tempted
by it and had to send Frodo away in order to be certain he would resist it.
If Faramir had resisted as he had in the book, he
At 23:09 27-12-2002 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Triple Hell!!! A delegation came to Me asking for less dictatorship, and
I can't execute them all!!! How can I have a population that is 100%
happy with My rule if I can't kill those that don't worship Me?
Emperor-God of Lizbar
That's crap, Al
The Grand Duchy of Sysbath-Finorc
"Be what you is. Not what you is not."
UN Category: Capitalist Paradise
Civil Rights: Very Good Economy: Thriving Political Freedoms: Some
Location: the Pacific
The Grand Duchy of Sysbath-Finorc is a tiny, socially progressive nation,
remarkable for its absenc
The People's Republic of Europia
"Our way is the only way"
UN Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights: Below Average
Economy: Basket Case
Political Freedoms: Excellent
The People's Republic of Europia is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its
compulsory military service. Its compas
Dan Minette wrote:
>
>4) War with Iraq can be fought quickly, with relatively few casualties.
>War with N. Korea will be a mess, with many civilian casualties. The N.
>Korean army is in much better shape than the army of Iraq.
>
What is the evidence of this? Iraqi army was thought invincible in 1
By the way,
There is a rather disturbing trend of manufacturers using artificial sweeters
in
NON-sugar free foods as a sweetness enhancer.
I have an incredibly nasty reaction to sacharrine, and a merely unpleastant
reaction to nutrasweet, so I am particularly aware of when someone is
using an art
Looking at the comment again, I don't think it was a "correction" they
made as much as it is a statement of fact about the difference between
the distance between the top of the ends and the bottom of the ends.
This would be due to a combination of the height and the
length, rather than just the l
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'
> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> >5) There is a rule of thumb that makes sense: you do what you can do
> >without
These two stories are not from mainstream news sources, but interesting
none the less
HOMELAND INSECURITY?
Airport screeners 'touch' pregnant woman's breasts
Husband arrested for disorderly conduct after he complains
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30159
Frisking 9-year-old
Robert Seeberger wrote:
But one of the bullets is a blank.
A gun against your head filled with blanks is just as likely to kill you as
one filled with bullets.
Its a myth that blanks are *"safe"*.
They are very dangerous at close range and no one should even pretend
differently.
Iraq is no
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'
>
> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> >4) War with Iraq can be fought quickly, with relatively few casualties.
> >W
Nick Arnett wrote:
>* Pay $400 a night for a room where you can touch the opposite walls
>at the same time...
Alternatively, you could stay at the Millenium Broadway and get a great room for about
than 3/5ths of that. It's the place I like to stay when I go there. It's across from
Virgil's B
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>If you haven't seen Les Mis, hit it now because it's ending on the
>March 15th.
Am I the only person on the planet that didn't love Les Miserables? I took my wife a
few years ago, and I found it sort of dull. And mind you, I'm not one of those guys
who thinks that plays
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Jim Sharkey
...
> Alternatively, you could stay at the Millenium Broadway and get a
> great room for about than 3/5ths of that. It's the place I like
> to stay when I go there. It's across from Vir
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn)
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf
Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > If you can manage to sneeze on them, that might
> > help. Most cats I've
> > seen HATE sneezes. Just sneeze in their face and
> > they'll be gone.
>
> Blowing into their face works equally well, and you
> don't have to d
Julia wrote
> When I was at my friends' apartment last month with Sammy,
> babysitting their daughter, I was shown the location of a
> spray bottle with some water in it, and told that if the
> kitten did something objectionable, I should spray him in the
> face. I didn't have to spray hi
Dan Minette wrote:
> If I remember Gautam correctly, they fell apart only after the US won a
> number of tank battles. The superiority of the US military was evident
> then. Fortunately, a large dessert was a perfect place for that
> superiority to come to the fore.
How large? The sort that c
The Self Made Critic will review the second Lord of the Rings flick
tomorrow at www.brunching.com. This is from the first part of that
review. I thought it was an amusing intro. :)
Now if he can only avoid Alberto! :)
Jon
The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersÂ
There is a fine line between bei
Surgeons threaten walkout over insurance costs
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) --Dozens of surgeons in northeastern
Pennsylvania have threatened to effectively go on strike in January if the
state doesn't do something about the high cost of medical malpractice
insurance.
Claiming high premiums
Segway scooter hot seller online
SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) --The self-balancing Segway scooter that has
kept technophiles abuzz for the last two years ranks among the best-selling
items on Amazon.com's Web site, the online retailer said.
The machine will only be shipped beginning March 2003
Kitty CAT scan: More vets use high tech
WASHINGTON (AP) --Dr. Bill Bush cradled the weak little cat in his arms and
suddenly spun around in a circle. When Bush stopped moving, Buffy's eyes
didn't -- they continued twitching in the direction of the spin.
That simple clue showed Bush what weeks o
In a message dated 12/28/2002 3:16:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Amazon started taking orders for the Segway last month, requiring a $495
> deposit toward the human transporter's price of $4,950, and putting
> enthusiasts one step closer to riding the much-h
- Original Message -
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'
>The people of today's world have tasted freedom and autonomy and are
unlikely to allow >themselves to be pu
At 11:01 PM 12/27/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
http://www.nationstates.net/
My "psychotic" nation. Guess who would be the Emperor-God?
The anagrams are obvious O:-)
Ok, how can I invade my neighbours to convert them to the
Unique and True Faith?
Alberto Monteiro
The Holy Empire of Lizba
At 01:07 PM 12/28/02 -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote:
Julia wrote
> When I was at my friends' apartment last month with Sammy,
> babysitting their daughter, I was shown the location of a
> spray bottle with some water in it, and told that if the
> kitten did something objectionable, I should spray
Today I watched _Freak Nation_. Uh? Is this the last episode?
Or did I just watch half of it?
Alberto Monteiro
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Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>
> Official System of Weights and Measures: the FPS system.
>
wtf is this aft?
Alberto Monteiro
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Here's mine
The Sultanate of Scotch
Civil Rights: Excellent
Economy: Strong
Political Freedoms: Some
The Sultanate of Scotch is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned
for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working
population of 23 million have some civil rights,
At 12:37 AM 12/29/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>
> Official System of Weights and Measures: the FPS system.
>
i.e., the Foot-Pound-Second system . . .
;-)
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see t
At 11:29 PM 12/28/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Today I watched _Freak Nation_. Uh? Is this the last episode?
Or did I just watch half of it?
I don't recall the episode title, and it has been many months since it went
off the air here. Give us an idea what it was about, and maybe I or
so
Jon Gabriel wrote
Now we come to The Two Towers. Film number two in this immense trilogy
known as The Lord of the Rings. And guess what? As much as I didn't
like Fellowship of the Ring (giving it ONLY 4 4/5 Babylons), I liked Two
Towers even less.
Me too. 4/5
Who wants to join a pledge to beat the hell out of the first person we see
riding one of these things down a sidewalk and forcing ordinary
pedestrians to jump out of the way?
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 07:27:55PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
>
> Who wants to join a pledge to beat the hell out of the first person we see
> riding one of these things down a sidewalk and forcing ordinary
> pedestrians to jump out of the way?
Nah, but I bet they are easy to "trip" when th
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 11:29 PM 12/28/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> >Today I watched _Freak Nation_. Uh? Is this the last episode?
> >Or did I just watch half of it?
>
> I don't recall the episode title, and it has been many months since it went
> off the air here. Give us an id
"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
>
> Who wants to join a pledge to beat the hell out of the first person we see
> riding one of these things down a sidewalk and forcing ordinary
> pedestrians to jump out of the way?
I just won't jump. Pedestrians on foot *always* have the right of way
on a sidewalk. I
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 07:27:55PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
> >
> > Who wants to join a pledge to beat the hell out of the first person we see
> > riding one of these things down a sidewalk and forcing ordinary
> > pedestrians to jump out of the way?
>
> Nah, but I be
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:12:34PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> I like it, but for the passive-agressive, the method I outlined in
> another post might be a little more satisfying. >:)
Maybe for a masochist, but it is too painful for me. :-)
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"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://
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From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 07:27:55PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
> >
> > Who wants to join a pledge to
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:16:59PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> I would imagine the Segways internal gyroscopic system would make it *hard*
> to trip.
Want to bet? It it is going 10mph and hits an unmoving object at the
right height, it is going to pitch forward quite a bit, no question.
--
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 09:14:43PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:16:59PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> > I would imagine the Segways internal gyroscopic system would make it *hard*
> > to trip.
>
> Want to bet? It it is going 10mph and hits an unmoving object at the
> r
On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:14 pm, Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:16:59PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> > I would imagine the Segways internal gyroscopic system would make it
> > *hard* to trip.
>
> Want to bet? It it is going 10mph and hits an unmoving object at the
> right
Trent Shipley wrote:
>
> On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:14 pm, Erik Reuter wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:16:59PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> > > I would imagine the Segways internal gyroscopic system would make it
> > > *hard* to trip.
> >
> > Want to bet? It it is going 10mph and hi
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:54:14PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> p.s. guess what *I* got for Christmas on DVD?
A broken DVD?
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Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:54:14PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > p.s. guess what *I* got for Christmas on DVD?
>
> A broken DVD?
That wouldn't be *on* DVD, now, would it? ;)
Julia
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On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:12:34PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > I like it, but for the passive-agressive, the method I outlined in
> > another post might be a little more satisfying. >:)
>
> Maybe for a masochist, but it is too painful for me. :-)
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:59:02PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
> But perhaps violence is the last resort of the incompetent. (Is there
> anything useful about a Segway other than the path-clearing threat of
> violence it embodies?) Maybe we should just carry squirt-guns loaded
> with cat pee
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 09:00:52PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:54:14PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > p.s. guess what *I* got for Christmas on DVD?
> >
> > A broken DVD?
>
> That wouldn't be *on* DVD, now, would it? ;)
Video of
"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
>
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:12:34PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > I like it, but for the passive-agressive, the method I outlined in
> > > another post might be a little more satisfying. >:)
> >
> > Maybe for a ma
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Trent Shipley wrote:
> Given:
> It is right and proper that the disabled be able to use powered personal
> mobility devices in pedestrian traffic.
>
> Resolved:
> Therefore, in the interest of equity, anyone should be able to use powered
> personal mobility devices wherev
At 09:57 PM 12/28/02 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:59:02PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
> But perhaps violence is the last resort of the incompetent. (Is there
> anything useful about a Segway other than the path-clearing threat of
> violence it embodies?) Maybe we shou
Going backwards and starting from the begining.
1980, Sundiver.
Who, pray tell, would our good Dr. Brin have liked to literarily toss into
the sun?
Peter LaRoque = Lyndon LaRouche?
Just guessing.
Can any old-timers illuminate?
William Taylor
-
"Extremism in the pursui
At 09:07 PM 12/28/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
>
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:12:34PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > I like it, but for the passive-agressive, the method I outlined in
> > > another post might be a l
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From: "Trent Shipley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
> On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:14 pm, Erik Reuter wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:16:59PM -0600
> > > > p.s. guess what *I* got for Christmas on DVD?
> > >
> > > A broken DVD?
> >
> > That wouldn't be *on* DVD, now, would it? ;)
>
> Video of a disc, laying across two pencils, and a hammer coming down in
> the middle...
And think of all the extras. Instead of just a normal claw ha
At 09:32 PM 12/28/02 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: "Trent Shipley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
> On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:14 pm, Erik Reuter wro
Interesting article about concept nuclear delivery aircraft designed to
achieve orbit
http://popularmechanics.com/science/military/2000/11/nuclear_flying_sauc
er/print.phtml
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On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
> Sounds fine to me. Since it was your idea, you get the job of collecting
> the cat pee and pouring it into the squirt guns...
I hear Harkonnen Inc. has a device that might be adaptable to our
nefarious purpose...but we could probably concoct something su
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
> Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> >>Sounds fine to me. Sinc
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
Sounds fine to me. Since it was your idea, you get the job of collecting
the cat pee and pouring it into the squirt guns...
I hear Harkonnen Inc. has a device that might be adaptable to our
nefarious purpose...but we could prob
Huh. So did anyone else notice the number of countries with compulsory
military service? Has Starship Troopers (the book, not the pseudo-Nazi
filled movie) been making the rounds again?
Damon.
Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Qui desid
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 11:56:36PM -0500, Damon wrote:
> Huh. So did anyone else notice the number of countries with compulsory
> military service? Has Starship Troopers (the book, not the pseudo-Nazi
> filled movie) been making the rounds again?
I was wondering about that myself, but then again,
Cat Pee and Segways. Did we all have a boring Saturday night or
something? *grin*
Julia, was it "The Postman"? Since no one seems to be guessing.
In the last two weeks or so I got Minority Report, A.I., MIB2 and a
Fawlty Towers collection. (I'm having fun.)
Jon
GSV Still trying to get through
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> Cat Pee and Segways. Did we all have a boring Saturday night or
> something? *grin*
>
> Julia, was it "The Postman"? Since no one seems to be guessing.
No. Go back and look again at the post where I ask the question.
Julia
betcha Jim will get it, anyway
_
Doug Pensinger wrote:
> You guys sound like a tryst of old men sitting around a pickle barrel
> thinking of ways to injure skateboarders. Do you know anyone that
> commutes on mass transit that has to wait 10-15 minutes for a bus to
> take them the last mile or two? Do you know any older people
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
> Given the price of the scooter, though, the demographic which can afford
> them are probably the ones who feel that walking is too slow and wastes too
> much time out of their busy, important lives, the type who will ride the
> thing down a sidewalk at full tilt regard
In a message dated 12/28/2002 9:29:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> You guys sound like a tryst of old men sitting around a pickle barrel
> thinking of ways to injure skateboarders.
I said it before. I don't like pickles. Skateboarding is not a crime. Where
you sk
Doug Pensinger wrote:
> Do you know anyone that
> commutes on mass transit that has to wait 10-15 minutes for a bus to
> take them the last mile or two?
No. (But the people I know relying on mass transit have it worse than
that, admittedly; but they tend to either live or work in neighborhood
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
>
> But of course by playing up the cat pee propaganda, we expect to be
getting
> three sheeshes to the winded.
>
> :-)
In a message dated 12/28/2002 10:05:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> In the last two weeks or so I got Minority Report, A.I., MIB2 and a
> Fawlty Towers collection. (I'm having fun.)
Fawlty is fair, though not faulty.
I would rather worship John Otto the Chinles
In a message dated 12/28/2002 10:28:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > But of course by playing up the cat pee propaganda, we expect to be
> getting
> > three sheeshes to the winded.
> >
> > :-)
>
> Don't worry about that. Marvin just thinks he is a wizz kid.
>
http://www.satirewire.com/news/0112/sht2.shtml
After a year-long buildup during which it was known as the mysterious
"Ginger" or "IT," the revolutionary, scooter-like "Segway Human Transporter"
was unveiled Monday without first being checked for its potential acronym.
As a result, the media was f
In a message dated 12/28/2002 10:41:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> After a year-long buildup during which it was known as the mysterious
> "Ginger" or "IT," the revolutionary, scooter-like "Segway Human
Transporter"
> was unveiled Monday without first being ch
So I've been trying to join my fellow despots in the Five Galaxies but so
far can't figure it out. How is it done?
Damon.
Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/inde
<>
It used to be that usually there was only one kid per family. I knew I
was different, because I had a brother. More than two kids was frowned
upon. We used to go mushroom gathering - my father with my brother and I
and our family friend with her two kids. People actually pointed at us.
Ilana
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 01:04:18AM -0500, Damon wrote:
> So I've been trying to join my fellow despots in the Five Galaxies but
> so far can't figure it out. How is it done?
Click on the Pacific in the sidebar, and then look for a link that says
something like tired of the Pacific? Move elsewhere
Click on the Pacific in the sidebar, and then look for a link that says
something like tired of the Pacific? Move elsewhere...
Thanks I figured it out...
Now for developing a regional hegemony...bwahahaha!
Damon.
Damon Agretto
[EM
At 09:32 PM 12/28/02 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Trent Shipley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Opinion:
>
> Given:
> It is right and proper that the disabled be able to use powered personal
> mobility devices in pedestrian traffic.
>
> Resolved:
> Therefore, in the inte
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 11:21:22PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> Personally, I think they should have access to the bike lanes, rather
> than the sidewalks. The cyclists will teach 'em some manners right
> quick.
Speaking of bikes, a much better solution in most cases than the Segway
is a fold-
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Triple Hell!!! A delegation came to Me asking for less
> dictatorship, and I can't execute them all!!! How can I
> have a population that is 100% happy with My rule if
> I can't kill those that don't worship Me?
Just get 'em hooked on heroin and they'll destroy themselves
On 28 Dec 2002 at 20:35, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> >>Sounds fine to me. Since it was your idea, you get the job of
> >>collecting the cat pee and pouring it into the squirt guns...
> >>
> >
> >I hear Harkonnen Inc. has a dev
On 29 Dec 2002 at 0:08, Kevin Street wrote:
> Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> > Triple Hell!!! A delegation came to Me asking for less
> > dictatorship, and I can't execute them all!!! How can I
> > have a population that is 100% happy with My rule if
> > I can't kill those that don't worship Me?
>
> J
Sundiver, page 90:
Jacob was one of less than a hundred thousand human beings who knew that
there had ever been such a thing as a Manatee, or a giant ground sloth, or an
orangutang.
If it didn't work for the Ch'in Dynasty, it wouldn't work for The
Bureaucracy/Confederacy.
The great book burni
Andrew Crystall wrote:
> Uh-huh. And whodya think is gonna sell you the weapons :)
>
> Handy that one...
>
> (My...er..state..has a large weapons industry :P)
The Republic of Aetheria is a peace loving nation that only uses its
military for defensive purposes. Our Senate (darn those oily politicia
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