> Behalf Of Bryon Daly
>
> I'm off to Orlando for a job interview - I don't know much about
the
> position yet, but it seems like it could be very cool, and living
near
> Orlando would make my wife happy - she has family there and hates
the
> Boston area. Wish me luck!
Good luck! I am jealous..
> Behalf Of Dave Land
>
> The only thing that bothered me ("with two cats in the yard") was
> the long time they left the poor beast spinning in mid-air.
Yeah. Looks to me like you CAN make a perpetual motion machine
using a cat and a piece of buttered bread in zero g!
- jmh
This is gonna ge
Taking a break from the heated political conversations on the
list
Ever wondered what a cat looks like in zero g? Take a look:
http://216.40.242.213/mirror/cat.mov
Might *slightly* offend sever cat/animal lovers. I have 3 cats and
I thought it was hilarious. In a sick sort of way...
-
> Behalf Of Dan Minette
> >
> > I think you should add 4. Deluded. I know people that
> still think Nixon
> > was a good president.
>
> As far as defining your viewpoint, no argument. But, I was
> trying to parse the clearest meaning of David's text.
I've always got the impression that David
> Behalf Of iaamoac
>
> Just days after Bush's now-controversial State of the Union
Address
> in 2003, Clinton declared: "After what happened on 9/11, the will
of
> the international community has stiffened, as represented by this
> last U.N. resolution, which said clearly that the penalty for
> Behalf Of Julia Thompson
>
> This is why I'm trying to get in as much whining between now and
> Wednesday night as possible. ;)
Ahem. I think I can pretty much guarantee that this will not be a
sweep. This series will go back to Boston. Don't get
overconfident. Look what happened to...the
> Behalf Of Gautam Mukunda
>
> Sorry, John, but as I just told JDG offlist, apart
> from my normal affection for them, if they win I get
> to be a participant in the largest single party in
> human history, and I'm _really_ looking forward to that...
No problem. I'm still hopefull we can put a d
> Behalf Of Gautam Mukunda
>
> What the ((*& is going on with the Red Sox defense
> There are _high schoolers_ who could make plays that
> these guys are botching. I mean, really, what the hell?
I'm still trying to figure out what's going on with the Cardinals
bats and pitching. Honest, th
> Behalf Of JDG
>
> Lately many liberals have suggested that the US government
> should use its
> buying power to try and drive down prescription drug prices and
lower
> profits.I think that it is worth considering what
> consequences this
> same policy has wrought in the market for flu vacc
> Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
>
> But since it took you _weeks_ to reply, I guess you can wait one
or
> two days :-P
Actually, it was me who posted the question, not Dave Land. But
that's OK. And yes, I can certainly wait...
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> Behalf Of David Land
> > Yes
>
> Maybe it's just me, but this answer strikes me as somehow
> missing the point, or trying to be a smart-alek.
I'd expect that from Alberto. Actually, a name was all I was really
hoping for. I wasn't specifically asking for links because I
figured it was bad ma
> Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
> Some members of br military during the brazilian dictatorship
> of 1964-(1980 or 1985 or 1989) had some similar plans - maybe
> the source was the same. They would explode a huge gas reservoir
> in Rio downtown, blame the commies, and start a pogrom to kill
> t
Similar to what our favorite author has been saying. A bit old but
interesting. Apparently there was a link to this article in today's
Doonesbury cartoon.
- jmh
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/09/10/conservatives/index/
index_np1.html
Why conservatives must not vote for Bush
A Reag
> Behalf Of JDG
> I'm more worried about how the Moveon.org types of the world
> are going to react to the Bush win.
Well, I can guarantee it won't involve nukes.
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> Behalf Of Dan Minette
>
> Oh, is it contention you want, huh?
>
> Well, your mother sews socks that smell.
I don't ever recall seeing my mom sew socks. Maybe that's why my
feet were always cold...
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> Behalf Of Julia Thompson
>
> rooting for a Sox-Astros WS, and if she can't have that, it would
be
> nice for at least *one* of those two teams to make it
I'm rooting for a Sox-Cardinals WS, personally. Or a
Yankees-Cardinals WS.
I'll take either one.
Looks like we are going to have some on-l
> Behalf Of Robert G. Seeberger
>
> How about those Astros?!!
An impressive win, no doubt. How bad is the NL East that the Braves
run away with it every year but can never win in the playoffs?
As a Cardinals fan, I was hoping to play the Braves as I think we
match up bet
> Behalf Of John D. Giorgis
> Ahem not *all* of us. Some of us believe that removing
> Saddam Hussein from power was a right and good thing.
Did you even *read* the article from David?
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> Behalf Of d.brin
> What a bunch of wusses those Founding Fathers were! "... a decent
> respect for the opinions REQUIRES that they declare the causes
which
> impel them..." [snort] Dubya wouldn't feel "required" to seek
out
> the "opinions" of the French and other foreign America-haters, I
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > The problem is, whoever is slicing it makes assumptions
> about how thick
> > you wanted the slices. And sometimes they're really,
> really wrong, at
> > least IMO.
>
> As long as they are consistent in how they slice the bread,
> it's okay,
> isn't it? Thos
> Behalf Of JDG
>
> I guess the first question that would need to be answered is, does
> speculative fiction exist as a separate genre for or as a
> subset genre of science fiction.
I have always considered speculative fiction to be a super-set of
science fiction. It encompases science fiction
There's nothing quite like reading an argument between economists to
get your morning rolling.
- jmh
No Real Content Maru
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> Behalf Of Erik Reuter
>
> I think you underestimate the difficulty of the problem,
especially
> when people have an incentive to try to "finesse" the system to
their
> advantage.
People try to finesse the "system" we have NOW. Of course players
will try to finesse it. That's the nature of spo
Wow. I wish I could write like this...
- jmh
We're Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore
How did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty transmogrify into the party
of Newt Gingrich's evil spawn and their Etch-A-Sketch president, a
dull and rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured
body parts t
> Behalf Of Russell Chapman
>
> I don't know if this has been up already (you guys are getting so
> passionate I've tended to tune out a bit...), and I have
> absolutely no
> idea how accurate it is, but it is a really fascinating map
> showing the
> tracks of the hurricanes and the counties
Flight diverted after Cat Stevens found on watch list
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Posted: 10:18 PM EDT (0218 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A plane bound for Washington from London was
diverted to Maine on Tuesday after passenger Yusuf Islam -- formerly
known as pop singer Cat Stevens -- showed up on a
> Behalf Of Russell Chapman
> Can anyone recommend some authors and/or titles which would
> entertain a 14 year old girl?
I'll second the call for "the Riftwar Saga" ("Magician: Apprentice",
"Magician: Adept", etc, etc.) by Raymond Feist, the Belgariad
(Eddings) and, of course, Tolkien. I picke
> Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
> Why can't we find better people to run the country?
Because no one in their right mind would ever want to go through
this and run for president. I consider myself a moderate liberal.
I can see myself possibly voting for a moderate Republican in some
circumstances. B
> Behalf Of Deborah Harrell
>
> As I noted in my last post, my cat Zimmie has been
> missing for days now. He's never been away for more
> than 12 hours at a stretch -- too fond of his full
> food dish! Given where we live, the most
> likely scenario is that a coyote or pair of foxes got
> him.
> Behalf Of Bryon Daly
>
> I was just thinking about Chad also... Are you still around, Chad?
> How are you doing?
Chad dropped off the list a few months ago. I've corresponded with
him a few times since then. He seems to be doing pretty well
healthwise.
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> Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa
> >
> > In my mind, that's exactly what Cheney just did.
>
> While you're 100% correct about Cheney (IMO), I think the above
> discussion is in reference to Bush's statement that we won't win
the
> war. (Taken to mean we won't win in the battle in Iraq.)
Yeah, I real
> Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
>
> JDG wrote:
> > It was a clear misspeak and retracted immediately. I am
> sure that you
> > have never misspoken... just like you would never question
> the patriotism
> > of *your* political opponents.
>
> It was not a misstatement, he was speaking his mind and
> Behalf Of William T Goodall
>
> Sorry about that horrible email barrage there. I screwed up. Too
much
> thinking.
We don't have an "Alpha Mail" anymore, you know. You don't have to
try for the top spot...
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> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In a message dated 9/8/2004 11:18:28 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> "This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG
> is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up."
> __
media.com]On
> Behalf Of Dave Land
> >
> > Best Short Story - "The Nine Billion Names of God" by
> Arthur C. Clarke
>
> I wonder what percentage of those Nine Billion Names are not
exactly
> complimentary?
Or how many are imaginary.
- jmh
Thread Creep Maru
_
> Behalf Of JDG
> >
> >This is aid and comfort to the enemy, IMO.
>
> Not that you would *ever* question the patriotism of _your_
political
> opponents.
I think there is just a *little* bit of difference in scope between
questioning someone's patriotism because they criticized the
President and t
> Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa
>
> Actually I don't think he could get elected today. Self-educated
> originally, but clearly pretty intelligent -- and many, MANY
American
> voters are afraid of electing anyone brighter than they are. The
> anti-intellectual streak in this country is sickening.
S
Thought experiment: Hearing Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln
repeatedly mentioned in the same breath has been making my skin
crawl. Sure, Lincoln was a Republican. If he were alive today (or
if the parties at the time were reflective of the parties today),
would he be a Republican or a Democrat
> Behalf Of Andrew Paul
> > >
> > > Let's NOT have a flamewar with the TITLES of our posts?
> >
> > Seconded.
>
> Thirded.
Fourthed. Fourth-a-ded. Four-a-th. Uh, me too!
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> Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa
>
> Electrons are mythical; partons, on the other hand, are not.
> I went to
> Dollywood last month so I know that for a fact.
And if you live in Florida, elections are mythical as well.
At least that's the way I read this at first...
- jmh
Just Kidding Maru
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> Behalf Of Bryon Daly
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:19:47 -0700, Nick Arnett
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Doesn't science fiction require *fictitious* science, i.e.,
> stuff that
> > hasn't been discovered/invented yet?
>
> I don't think so. You can take currently existing science and/or
> t
> Behalf Of The Fool
> --
> According to my entire extended family on both sides, you are
wrong.
> Also according to the 'literature' (propaganda) they try and
> pawn off on me, they do indeed call themselves 'christians' and
consider
> themselves to be the only true 'christians' and that everyo
> Behalf Of Nick Arnett
>
> And then there's the one about radical Unitarians burning
> question marks on peoples' lawns...
And there's the one about how when Unitarians die they go to the
"Great Whatever".
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> Behalf Of The Fool
> --
> From: Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> They certainly don't consider themselves Christian or at least
don't
>> call themselves that.
> If you are referring to JW's here you are quite mistaken.
According to my
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you! (I presume you meant "immersion.")
>
> Now for the big question: are they Christians?
They certainly don't consider themselves Christian or at least don't
call themselves that.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I think the key point is that in any war with current technology
there
> will be some non-combatant casualties. (This might not
> necessarily have
> been the case in ancient times in some situations, for example,
> conflicts between Hellenistic armies fighting forma
> From: Matt Grimaldi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Did anyone else catch Brin in a panel discussion on today's
> "Talk of the
> Nation"?
>
>
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgDate=18-Jun-2004&prgId=5
There is a link on this page to the audio of the discussion. Very
interesting.
- j
> From: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Parenting is the most life changing experience I have gone
> through. There
> are a number of things I didn't think that I would do, that I
ended up
> doing. The main reason for this is that I didn't have as full an
> understanding of the circum
> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Yes, you are wrong, again. Since I am capable of abstract thought
> (hypothetical, whatever you wish to call it), it is irrelevant
whether
> I have children or not to how I think about a situation. Certainly
my
> judgement about what I would do in
> From: Nick Lidster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ill give you that, as long as you can concede that there would be
> significant US casualties.
Sounds a lot like what a lot of people said before the first Gulf
War (including myself, I'll admit). But in an open battle, our
technology and traini
> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:50:50PM -0400, Gary Nunn wrote:
>
> > Would I pay all the money in a bank to ransom my children
> or sacrifice
> > someone else to save my children from imminent death? Yes I
would.
>
> No you would not. IT IS NOT YOU
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 12:01:04PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >
> > > Beyond the meandering, pointless plot, the flat, uninteresting
> > > characters and the asinine dialog, the whole idea seems a
> bit dumb to
> > > me. I'm sorry if
> From: Gary Denton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Being stupid doesn't get a criminal out of being prosecuted for
his
> > crimes, why should it in this case? It's intent that counts,
isn't
> > it?
> >
> I forget if it was Wolfowitz or Perle who thought he should
> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The Justice Department didn't respond directly when asked this
week
> whether it had consulted with experts and knew that uranium
wouldn't
> make a dirty bomb.
>
> Instead, spokesman Mark Corallo said Padilla's statements, in view
of
> his al
First, a sincere thanks to all who posted nice words after the death
of Friday, our cat.
The good news is we adopted 2 new kittens! My wife went to the web
site of the shelter from whom we adopted our remaining cat, Seti, an
Abyssinian, and saw a very cute Maine Coon kitten. So we decided to
hea
> From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> http://www.tricklefan.com/southern/test.html
>
> I got 30/71...
41 out of 71. It's scary how many of those I knew, actually...
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Our cat Friday has been very sick lately. We took her to the vet on
Wednesday and they found a large mass in her abdomen. They
performed surgery this morning and found a large mass in her colon.
It had spread to many other areas in her intestines. The vet felt
it was not operable. We made the d
> From: David Land [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> What's that come to in skoshes?
How about in "smoots"?
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> From: JDG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> We'll see what happens when the Massachusetts Voters approve their
> constitutional amendment in two years in order to tell those
> tyrants on the
> MA Supreme Court exactly what the MA Constitution says.
There's been over 30 years to reverse the "tyr
> From: Damon Agretto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Incidentially, I've always wondered how many gamers on the
> list there are,
> besides myself and the handful of others I've heard of...
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> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I read them, but ones with bad spelling take me significantly
longer,
> and if one is too long, or there are too many of them, I
> start getting a
> headache. Bad grammar doesn't bother me as badly, as long as it's
> reasonably consistent.
Sp
> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> any single actor in the American system. If President
> Clinton had not had a Republican Congress - then
> things would have been very different. If that same
> Republican Congress had not had a Democratic President
> - then things would have bee
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Actually, in the original post, that poster misattributed
something to
> Mr. Lee, something that was mine. Maybe he's just spreading the
joy.
> Or maybe he misread "jmh" as "Jim".
I did? Ghah! I did. Sorry about that. It was your comment
> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Mike Lee misattributed to me:
> >>As my brother-in-law (a stay at home dad*) put it having one
> >>kid is a hobby, adding a second makes it a career. It
> >> definitely gets exponentially harder with the second one.
> >
> >That is so dumb. It does
> From: Mike Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Jim, lacking parenting experience:
>
> > As my brother-in-law (a stay at home dad*) put it having one
> > kid is a hobby, adding a second makes it a career. It
> > definitely gets exponentially harder with the second one.
>
> That is so dum
> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Untrue John.
> Christian describes a multitude of varying forms of belief.
> Southern Baptists are just one brand on the shelf.
>
> Frex...and correct me if I am wrong, but Catholics are a
larger
> set of Christians in America than Southern
> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> But I think that if one says "Christians" one is speaking most
> generally, unless one uses modifiers to specify a certain group of
> christians.
> Southern Baptists and their beliefs do not on the whole typify
> Christianity.
But when one desc
> From: Mike Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > (And if you're working and you have twins or more, it's more
> > cost-effective to hire a nanny than to put them all in
> > daycare, at least for the first couple of years.)
As my brother-in-law (a stay at home dad*) put it having one kid is
a ho
> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >them stand as bases for the insurgents. This is especially
> true with the
> >Shrine of Ali in Najaf. I agree that the rules of war allow
> for attacks on
> >mosques if they are used for military purposes, but I think it
highly
> >likely
BTW, in case any of you do play, my character is the Gurkha, a
natural blaster on the Victory server. My second character is
Kelorn, also on the same server.
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> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I'm very tempted for the first time ever. I love comics, and
> it looks like a hoot. A bunch of my fellow PvP forumites are
> playing it and having a great time. But I'm afraid time
> constraints and a lack of high-speed Internet are going to
Is anyone playing this new MMORPG? Up until now, I've successfully
avoided the online gaming experience. But this game I couldn't
avoid. For one thing, I've been a comic book nut since I was about
10, I play Champions regularly and loved the PC game "Freedom
Force". After one of my friends par
Is anyone playing this new MMORPG? Up until now, I've successfully
avoided the online gaming experience. But this game I couldn't
avoid. For one thing, I've been a comic book nut since I was about
10, I play Champions regularly and loved the PC game "Freedom
Force". After one of my friends par
> From: Steve Sloan II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> machines from their colonies, but I can't think of a good reason
> for ground fighting.
Mars needs women?
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> -Original Message-
> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >X-Originating-IP: [82.225.61.186]
> >From: "Libby Dalton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Ben Benton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
What I want to know is why your name is actually "Ben Benton"?
You've been using a pseudonym a
> From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But that's not the important thing. The attacks are history
> and there is
> nothing we can do to take them back. The most important
> mistake that was
> made and is still being made is that the administration
> refuses to admit
> any cu
> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You feel this way about _eight years_ of continuous
> inaction by the Clinton Administration too, or is it
> only Republicans who get blamed for inaction? Doing
> nothing after the first WTC bombing...after an attempt
> to assassinate George Bu
CNN.com has a special section listing all of the casualties in Iraq,
what unit they were with and how they died. Many are from combat, a
lot are from accidents and a few are listed as "died from a
non-hostile gunshot wound". What would that be? Would that be a
gun going off by accident?
- jmh
From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Care to take the "How grammatically sound are you?" test at
> quizilla.com?
>
http://quizilla.com/users/BaalObsidian/quizzes/How%20grammatically%2
0sound%20are%20you%3F/
http://tinyurl.com/2e4mn
I got "Grammer God" as well.
Be careful on this site
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Turns out that the author of the book doesn't have much
credibility.
It's Bush's fault! The movie was made on his watch!
No! It's Clinton's fault! No, his damn lying made it possible for
the book to be written in the first place!
No! It'
> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > IMO that suggestion was uncalled for.
>
> Please try to pay better attention, people...
Better attention to what? I must not have been paying attention...
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> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Huh? Did you look at the headers? It would be a hell of a good
forgery
> if your contention is true. Besides, how did they get the Brin-L
> subscription list? Is your email list server infected? Or did J do
it?
Oh please. Why would he include his
> From: John Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> BTW, there were 9
> separate investigations into the Pearl Harbor attack, the first,
> conducted by Navy Secretary Frank Knox, began on the 9th and ended
on
> the 14th. The second, The Roberts Commission began on Dec 18th,
1941
> and concluded on
> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >I wish I knew when the post-war period might be. There doesn't
seem
> >to be any specific end point to the war on terror. At any time
we
> >could say "OK, we're done".
>
> I think that a lot of people would consider that a necessary¹
> c
> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> We might have troubled to note since then that a nation fighting
an
> internal war is going to have some trouble fighting an
> external one. You
> might suppose that, in order to focus on the matter at hand,
> we could save
> for the post
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I am looking a (few?) videos/DVDs for my nephews-
> specifically things related to space and planes.
Here's a couple that they play at my son's pre-school:
- "There Goes a Space Ship" (Kid Vision)
- "Awesome Airplanes and Space" (Simitar E
1 in 4 IT Jobs Going Offshore, Says Gartner; One Major "Offshoring
Failure" in 2004
Predicted
http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44127.htm
Gartner has been holding forth again - on "offshoring" (and a new
variant, "nearshore outsourcing"). The bad news is that a quarter of
the West's IT jobs heade
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
> >>
> >
> >11.
> >
> >Kinda reassuring, actually.
>
> What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a lower
> score than I did.
>
> 18
>
> JDG - Resident crazy conservative, right?
Hmmm... I
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> At 10:57 AM 3/16/2004 -0600 Horn, John wrote:
> >The issue here in many people's minds is given what we've learned
> >about the intelligence, folks don't think that Bush "believed it
to
> >be tru
> From: Deborah Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > it still does not downplay in the least, the
> > fact that SOME people find swearing offensive...
>
> I find the use of common swear-words unimaginative and
> quite unimpressive...and a couple _are_ offensive to
> me, such that I simply delet
> From: Travis Edmunds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> whatsoever. Which is not true. As you might know, the bombings
themselves
> may have started a dangerous new trend in terrorism. Namely,
influencing
> the politics of whole countries. And the potential ramifications
of that
> are grim indeed. Not
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Indeed, I believe that even the US Supreme Court found that
> he was required
> to testify. Or do you perhaps believe that the President
> should make his
> own interpretation of the laws independent of the judiciary?
IIRC, the SC's decisi
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >He lied to Congress while performing a constitutional duty
> (State of
> >the Union address).
>
> It isn't a lie if you believe it to be true
The issue here in many people's minds is given what we've learned
about the intelligence,
> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In fact, I believe that Baghdad will be renamed George
> Bush City next week, if my secret memo from the Vast
> Right-Wing Conspiracy is correct.
>
> I believe that my personal profit-sharing as a junior
> member of the VRWC from the oil revenu
> From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
>
11.
Kinda reassuring, actually.
- jmh
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Speaking of Bill Maher...
Found on another mailing list...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/13/washingtonoutsiders/
New rule: You can't be a Washington outsider if you're already
president.
by Bill Maher
March 13, 2004
Hearing President Bush these days constantly complain about "th
> From: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I immediately thought that it might be Lander debris, but the
close-up
> shows that it has definitely been there for a while. Another
> observation, in the larger image, the rock and the object
> both look like
> they were recently moved. The dust a
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Then there's the trick where you remove your underwear
> without removing
> the shorts you're wearing over them. If you're not wearing
underwear,
> you can't do that trick. :)
I've seen that one with a bra but not with underwear. How does
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> What I've been doing if I think that my response might be repeated
is
> just read the other things with the same subject header before I
post.
Well, yes, but when you are that far behind it doesn't seem like
you'll ever catch up enough to find
> From: Horn, John
>
> Who exactly are you talking about? I think I missed the beginning
> of this particular discussion...
(Responding to my own post, bad, bad, bad!)
Ah, Bill Maher. Should have waited to post. Then again, I'm so far
behind I don't think I
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