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Current US foreign policy and agenda n/t
When I look in the dictionary for the word, "naive"
ebnelson
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4/17/2003 1:25:28 PM
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What do you call it
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LJ
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4/16/2003 1:40:59 PM
I call it:
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Fox
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4/18/2003 1:57:13 PM
How did the powerful member gain his power?
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Scott
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4/17/2003 6:03:47 PM
Does it matter how he got his power if he uses force to keep it? n/t
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Mary Anne
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4/17/2003 6:20:00 PM
Good point. Not really.
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Scott
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4/17/2003 6:23:24 PM
You're making a false assumption
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Matt Burley
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4/17/2003 5:14:14 PM
Re: "In fact, it is good and proper that we force our will upon them."
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 5:30:07 PM
Re:
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gbaikie
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4/17/2003 7:06:21 PM
Re: Okay, so what DO you call it?
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Tom Brosz
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4/17/2003 5:10:22 PM
Give it up
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 4:31:27 PM
Sounds like YOU know what point he's trying to get at. Care to let the rest of us in on it? (n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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4/17/2003 4:55:30 PM
I give up
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 5:06:32 PM
Re: I give up
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gbaikie
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4/17/2003 7:42:40 PM
re: Re: I give up
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tony_loves_the_cock
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9/21/2003 12:38:26 AM
re:
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 9:58:21 AM
Re: re:
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gbaikie
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4/17/2003 3:24:38 PM
Disagreement
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Tom Brosz
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4/17/2003 5:32:54 PM
Full of whacky Republican memes
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 6:38:22 PM
Revenge as a leadership strategy
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Mary Anne
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4/17/2003 5:52:12 PM
But we don't want to be an example...
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Scott
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4/17/2003 6:19:40 PM
Really Scott, REALLY?
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et
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4/17/2003 8:17:44 AM
If there's a point, make it. Devil's in the details, though. nt
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Occasional Reader
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4/17/2003 4:36:36 PM
I think LJ made it and I wouldn't step on his toes
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 5:00:23 PM
Politics...nt
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R.L.
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4/17/2003 11:37:54 AM
Re: What do you call it
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LJ
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4/17/2003 10:04:51 AM
So what was the "correct" answer to your question? n/t
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 10:30:46 AM
Current US foreign policy and agenda n/t
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LJ
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4/17/2003 10:47:30 AM
When I look in the dictionary for the word, "naive"
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ebnelson
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4/17/2003 1:25:28 PM
Don't think you're going to want to hear the accurate answers. (n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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4/16/2003 6:41:47 PM
A parent...
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FrankC
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4/16/2003 4:03:51 PM
Not a good one. Parents should use violence as the last resort, if ever. And parents should *never* threaten. n/t
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 3:12:23 PM
Since you and I agree..
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FrankC
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4/17/2003 7:13:40 PM
Up to a point
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 10:05:11 AM
Re: What do you call it? Coercion n/t
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ebnelson
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4/16/2003 2:39:19 PM
Intimidation
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Lindy n/t
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4/16/2003 3:54:55 PM
Sometimes you call it brilliant leadership. Like right now. n/t
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ebnelson
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4/16/2003 3:58:18 PM
Re: What do you call it
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gbaikie
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4/16/2003 2:19:37 PM
You could also call it "capitalism"...
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Mary Anne
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4/17/2003 6:12:49 PM
Re: What do you call it
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LJ
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4/16/2003 4:14:31 PM
Re: What do you call it
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McFly
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4/17/2003 2:45:48 PM
I think LJ was responding in kind to Gbaikie's flip "socialism" remark. n/t
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alcaray
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4/17/2003 4:29:05 PM
My bad, LJ...sorry...
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McFly
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4/17/2003 6:40:27 PM
Considering the history of socialism, it's hardly flippant
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Occasional Reader
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4/17/2003 4:33:52 PM
Why would we try to make it work when it has failed so many times before?
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Scott
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4/17/2003 6:31:05 PM
Filling in for Bowser LJ? (n/t)
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RobVG
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4/17/2003 2:07:45 PM
Re: What do you call it
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REB
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4/17/2003 12:10:37 PM
Another leftist slipping over mental event horizon? (n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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4/16/2003 6:43:06 PM
Yeah, we're leaving you nutzoids behind...
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Davin L.
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4/17/2003 2:36:24 PM
Good...have a nice trip! (n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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4/17/2003 4:52:28 PM
Re: What do you call it
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gbaikie
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4/16/2003 6:30:34 PM
Odai's human shredder machine.
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REB
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4/17/2003 11:41:53 AM
Please do not inject reality into LJ's hypothetical scenario
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Occasional Reader
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4/17/2003 4:29:09 PM
Odai Hussein's reminds me of the Beast Rabban Harkonnen from Dune
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REB
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4/17/2003 4:58:19 PM
Uh, NO.
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et
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4/17/2003 8:25:52 AM
The Spice must flow?
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Robert E. B.
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4/18/2003 11:11:57 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.