Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 20, 2005, at 3:19 PM, God wrote: Thou dareth suggest that thy God is a "Fool"? Is God unaware of 98.2% of His creation? Lo, it inticteth Him most mightily. Yea, great is the indictment levied unto God by 98.2% of His creation, and the indictment by 98.2% of His creation levied unto God is

Re: "God Is With Us" L3 - addundum

2005-01-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 20, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Of course, I also think that comparing folk to horses is a form of compliment, so - take that with a good dose of bran! ;) Does that include being compared to only certain *parts* of horses? Cause, if so, I might have a lot more friends than I p

Re: mail-archive.com ??

2005-01-20 Thread David Land
Gary Nunn wrote: Occasionally I do a search on Google for my name and email address just to see what pops up. Typically only the MCCMEDIA archives show up, but today I ran across Brin-L archives at mail-archive.com. Not a big deal, just surprised that we were being archived somewhere other than m

mail-archive.com ??

2005-01-20 Thread Gary Nunn
Occasionally I do a search on Google for my name and email address just to see what pops up. Typically only the MCCMEDIA archives show up, but today I ran across Brin-L archives at mail-archive.com. Not a big deal, just surprised that we were being archived somewhere other than mccmedia. http:/

Re: Recommendation

2005-01-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Mauro Diotallevi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Recommendation Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:02:35 -0600 Not being humorless on my end, merely trying to insert a bit of Brin into brin-l :-). But I can see from how I worded my statement

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:43 PM, JDG wrote: At 02:30 PM 1/20/2005 -0800 Dave Land wrote: On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:26 PM, God wrote: With Devine Love, God - Who would like to point out to JDG that He does not have a hotbot account. Evidently, He hath not a dictionary, either. But He is all-knowing Jus

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread JDG
At 02:30 PM 1/20/2005 -0800 Dave Land wrote: >On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:26 PM, God wrote: > >> With Devine Love, >> >> God - Who would like to point out to JDG that He does not have a hotbot >> account. > >Evidently, He hath not a dictionary, either. But He is all-knowing JDG - Who indeed does no

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread maru
It's not that far off- The Concise OED says that 'divine' is derived from the Old French 'deviner'. ~Maru Strange but true. Dave Land wrote: On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:26 PM, God wrote: With Devine Love, God - Who would like to point out to JDG that He does not have a hotbot account. Evidently, He ha

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:26 PM, God wrote: With Devine Love, God - Who would like to point out to JDG that He does not have a hotbot account. Evidently, He hath not a dictionary, either. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: "God Is With Us" L3 - addundum

2005-01-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
I wrote: > ...And I'll believe > an experienced person in the field rather than some > chickenhawks [an insult to raptors, BTW!]... ^^ I meant to add that Rumsfeld et al don't deserve to be classed with hawks, as I am quite fond of these fascinating birds. Of

RE: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread God
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JDG > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:27 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: God and the Fool > > JDG - Who has found a place for [EMAIL PROTECTED] right > alongisde The Fool in his killfi

RE: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread God
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horn, John > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:24 PM > To: Brin Mailing List (E-mail) > Subject: God and the Fool > > Has anybody else noticed that the Fool stopped posting > actively just about the

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan > At 09:03 PM 1/19/2005 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > > It's true that the present budget > >deficits are very worrisomeand it bot

Re: The Practice Effect

2005-01-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
Another old post I'll respond to [without cites, but if somebody really wants them I'll oblige - eventually. :) ] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [article quoted] > >After the sessions, the scientists performed tests > to see how the > >rats' muscles responded. "What we found," says > Baldwin, "was

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

2005-01-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
Responding to a greater-than-month-old-post (and there are lots of others too, but I'm trying!)- > Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... for every expert you can mention who was > caught flatfooted by > Iraq, I'm pretty sure I can find another in the same > field who was > predicting

Re: Recommendation

2005-01-20 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
> >On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:52:19 -0330, Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't every book have people escaping tyranny by going to another > >planet, > > > struggling to survive on the new planet with tyranny following them, and > > > then those people fighting f

Re: Analog Story

2005-01-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Analog Story Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:14:10 -0700 On Jan 19, 2005, at 7:38 PM, JDG wrote: At 05:11 PM 1/19/2005 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: And quick, what are you doing about the Social

RE: Analog Story

2005-01-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Mauro Diotallevi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Brin List Subject: Analog Story Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:17:13 -0600 By the way, I've been lurking through internet archives for quite a while now, but I've just recently subscribed to the list. Welcome. -Travis _

RE: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Horn, John
> Behalf Of JDG > > The us of the phrase of "Repugnlicans" or something like that > was a dead give-away. Yeah, that's what started me thinking as well... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Recommendation

2005-01-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Mauro Diotallevi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Recommendation Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:27:13 -0600 On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:52:19 -0330, Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Doesn't every book have people escaping tyra

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread Gary Denton
While I disagree with his solutions K is opposed to the Bush plans. "If I were holding bonds, I'd be very nervous,'' Kotlikoff adds. ``He (Bush) seems geared up to make an extremely bad fiscal situation worse by cutting Social Security taxes,'' Kotlikoff says. Bush has proposed peeling off 2 perc

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Erik Reuter
* JDG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 12:24 PM 1/20/2005 -0600 Horn, John wrote: > >Has anybody else noticed that the Fool stopped posting actively just > >about the same time that this "God" guy showed up? > > > >Coincidence? > > > >Maybe... > > The us of the phrase of "Repugnlicans" or somethi

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan-L3

2005-01-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:16 PM Subject: Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan > * Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > If it were, then we wouldn't have fixed things in the early '80s. > > We

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread JDG
At 12:24 PM 1/20/2005 -0600 Horn, John wrote: >Has anybody else noticed that the Fool stopped posting actively just >about the same time that this "God" guy showed up? > >Coincidence? > >Maybe... The us of the phrase of "Repugnlicans" or something like that was a dead give-away. JDG - Who has f

God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Horn, John
Has anybody else noticed that the Fool stopped posting actively just about the same time that this "God" guy showed up? Coincidence? Maybe... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Analog Story

2005-01-20 Thread Nick Arnett
Warren Ockrassa wrote: No; he's also a blowhard. Please, no *personal* attacks. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 19, 2005, at 7:43 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Dave Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Jan 19, 2005, at 6:34 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Dave Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think it went more like this: Think again. I am not by any stretch of the imagination a Bush supporter. Kotlikoff, the pers

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 20, 2005, at 6:50 AM, JDG wrote: So, what is this so-called "trickle-down" economics practiced by the two Bushes and Reagan??? Tax cuts to the very wealthy on the grounds that they will employ more people, which will cause money to "trickle down" from the "top" into the rest of the econom

Re: federal debt as a % of GDP

2005-01-20 Thread JDG
At 10:53 PM 1/18/2005 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: Here are the numbers for debt held by the Public as a percentage of GDP held at the end of each term: >'46 109% >Truman 62% >Eisenhower I 52% Eisenhower II 46% >Kennedy I 40% >Johnson 3

Re: Social Security

2005-01-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
Dan, While Gautam and I agree on many things, our opinions diverge on the subject of Social Security.I simply do not believe that Social Security saved capitalism. Furthermore, you wrote that: "the purpose of SS was to provide a floor to keep the elderly and disabled out of poverty. For the

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread JDG
At 09:03 PM 1/19/2005 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > It's true that the present budget >deficits are very worrisomeand it bothers me that many people still >believe in trickle down economics. It bothers me that people will write things like the above. Do you find the above statement to be pa

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread JDG
At 05:56 PM 1/19/2005 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: >But, my generation supported higher taxes on itself to partially pay for >our own generation. Right now, our taxes have put 3.3 trillion into the >trust fund for our own retirement. I think this is why we are talking past each other. If the SSA we

RE: Analog Story

2005-01-20 Thread God
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mauro Diotallevi > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:03 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Analog Story > > My wife and I live with two cats ("own" is far too strong a > word). Correct. T

RE: Analog Story

2005-01-20 Thread God
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JDG > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:38 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Analog Story > > At 05:11 PM 1/19/2005 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: > >And quick, what are you doing about the Socia

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread Erik Reuter
* Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In this particular issue, you are making the same mistake, in my > opinion, as the Bush camp -- labeling Social Security as in a > present-day crisis. So you do volunteer to champion an immediate SS benefit cut to 73% now for you and your cohorts? > I d