Re: Brin: Secrecy Defeats Freedom of Information Act in VA

2004-02-10 Thread Davd Brin
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Virginia's House of Delegates voted Monday to exempt > the legislature from > the open meetings provision of the state's Freedom > of Information Act. > > <> > > " > House Republican le

Rings, Kidnapping, Sex

2004-02-10 Thread The Fool
<> ... But what's our recent government funding bringing to improve the lives of children in Uganda? The Silver Ring Thing. ... Once the US government releases the initial $1.5 million requested for, a ring-makin

Re: Voodoo Economics

2004-02-10 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You should be ashamed of yourself I should be? After the abuse I put up with while you lacked the common civility to put in a word? Look in a mirror and tell me that one again. You might be a great Doctor, Bob, but sure as hell that doesn't put you in any positio

Brin: Secrecy Defeats Freedom of Information Act in VA

2004-02-10 Thread The Fool
Virginia's House of Delegates voted Monday to exempt the legislature from the open meetings provision of the state's Freedom of Information Act. <> " House Republican leaders support the measure, which passed 52 to 48 after a ha

Re: Voodoo Economics

2004-02-10 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 2/10/2004 1:32:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If I _wanted_ to debate with fanatics, there are > probably more interesting places to do it. After my > last experience, though, political debate on Brin-L > strikes me as a singular waste of my time righ

Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

2004-02-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:20 PM Subject: Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" > > >From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL

Re: Economics

2004-02-10 Thread Brad DeLong
"John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Nothing at all worth reading about my views, or about economic policy. Don't take anything he writes as accurate without careful, careful verification first. Brad DeLong ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/

Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

2004-02-10 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 22:25:10 -0600 - Original Message - From: "Travis Edmunds"

BRIN : A New Politics

2004-02-10 Thread Chad Cooper
FYI. A friend who just recently joined the Brin-l, sent me this article on Friday. http://techcentralstation.com/020604A.html There is reference in this article to a David Brin Vs. Neal Stephenson debate over Accountability vs. Secrecy (guess what side Brin took. Can anyone provide details of th

Re: Economics

2004-02-10 Thread Robert J. Chassell
John, we have a strong difference in memory. "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ... What [Brad DeLong] doesn't tell you in this article is that a lot of respected Economists would certainly advise *against* a balanced budget over the last few years, As I remember, Brad DeL

Re: Voodoo Economics

2004-02-10 Thread Doug Pensinger
Gautam wrote: If I _wanted_ to debate with fanatics, there are probably more interesting places to do it. After my last experience, though, political debate on Brin-L strikes me as a singular waste of my time right now. Ah, more name calling. 8^) It's interesting that while my arguments refle

Re: Voodoo Economics

2004-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:29:20PM -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > I have neither the time, the interest, nor the inclination to debate > with you at this moment. ... > If I _wanted_ to debate with fanatics, there are probably more > interesting places to do it. ... > Hence the smiley...and th