Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:46:17AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: So: A 'moral values' question for Cypherpunks. Does this election indict the American people as being complicit in the crime known as Operation Of course. What kind of question is that? Regardless of voting fraud, about half of US

RE: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread Tyler Durden
He won because 53 percent of voters approved of his performance as president. Fifty-eight percent of them trust Bush to fight terrorism. They had roughly equal confidence in Bush and Kerry to handle the economy. Most approved of the decision to go to war in Iraq. Most see it as part of the war on

The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread R.A. Hettinga
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/opinion/06brooks.html?hp=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times November 6, 2004 OP-ED COLUMNIST The Values-Vote Myth By DAVID BROOKS Every election year, we in the commentariat come up with a story line to explain the result, and the story line has to

Re: Why Americans Hate Democrats-A Dialogue

2004-11-06 Thread Nomen Nescio
John Young: Tyler, Commie is the term used here like is nazi used elsewhere as the most fearsome if thoughtless epithet. Nazi here is a term of endearment, and also admirable role model by some. Calling someone both is not allowed, check the FAQ under impurity. Tim May, praise Allah,

Why Americans Hate Dissenters

2004-11-06 Thread John Young
On CJ (Carl Johnson) and Jim Bell: There was a time when the greatest terrorist threat to the US was located in the northwestern part of the country, Idaho, Washington State and Oregon, some of California. Militia the infidels were called. The US Attorney's Office in Tacoma, WA, was a center of

Re: In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

2004-11-06 Thread Peter Gutmann
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These were not the sort of sporting arrows skillfully shot toward gayly colored targets by Victorian archery societies (charmingly described by Mr. Soar in later chapters) but heavy bodkin pointed battle shafts that went through the armor of man and horse.

Re: This Memorable Day

2004-11-06 Thread Peter Gutmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Tiarn=E1n_=D3_Corr=E1in?=) writes: The Russians (for example) conquered Hitler's capital, Berlin. And I believe the Russian zone in Germany was larger than any of the others, reflecting the fact that Stalin bore most of entire burden of defeating Germany,