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Get serious.
I wonder what Robert meant
ebnelson
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8/26/2003 4:57:43 AM
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When he used the term "temporary majority"?
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Run away...run far, far away (and please never return)
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/25/2003 6:31:14 AM
The respect of the voters towards the democrats on this
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ebnelson
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8/26/2003 4:30:07 AM
The Democratic voters...
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alcaray
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8/26/2003 5:48:05 PM
When the pie is cut
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ebnelson
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8/27/2003 3:44:20 AM
Yeah They Need To Be More Like Republican Roy Moore
(n/t)
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Mark Eby
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9/1/2003 9:31:07 PM
And now, the rest of the story
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Robert
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8/25/2003 1:22:29 PM
If you think you are perceiving it correctly
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ebnelson
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8/26/2003 4:42:42 AM
"power-mad fascist pigs", "typical jack-booted heavy-handed thuggish way"
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/25/2003 10:20:29 PM
Get serious.
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Tom Brosz
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8/25/2003 6:05:24 PM
Late to my own party; and some thoughts on the phenomenon of gerrymandering
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Robert
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8/26/2003 9:34:54 PM
Oops, I fell down (& other excuses for not voting)
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 2:18:45 AM
re: Oops, I fell down (& other excuses for not voting)
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Robert
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8/28/2003 3:40:16 PM
Decisive versus democratic.
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 5:04:32 PM
re: Decisive versus democratic.
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Robert
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8/28/2003 5:47:44 PM
Missing the big picture
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Tom Brosz
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8/29/2003 4:28:37 AM
re: Decisive versus democratic - Deathmatch, Tonight at 9, on CNN!
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 6:47:50 PM
Comments on your plan, and my plan
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alcaray
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8/26/2003 10:21:49 PM
Who programs the robot? ;)
(n/t)
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Mary Anne
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8/27/2003 4:06:23 AM
OOH!!! Me Me!! Pick Me!!! ;-)
(n/t)
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Davin HonestMan L.
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8/27/2003 8:28:01 PM
One reason I'm suspicious of computerized voting schemes
(n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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8/27/2003 7:04:54 PM
I imagine there would be huge battles over it's creation
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alcaray
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8/27/2003 4:02:42 PM
That's the problem
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Robert
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8/27/2003 4:31:53 PM
I don't see that your "interest group" plan...
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alcaray
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8/27/2003 6:50:52 PM
And the problem would be?
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Robert
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8/27/2003 9:04:18 PM
Example
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Robert
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8/27/2003 9:12:28 PM
I didn't think you were defining "interest group"...
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alcaray
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8/27/2003 9:54:22 PM
I wasn't
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Robert
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8/27/2003 11:46:06 PM
I like alcaray's idea
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Tom Brosz
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8/26/2003 11:17:43 PM
re: I like alcaray's idea (lol)
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 8:56:28 PM
That's "libertarian" to you, buddy.
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Tom Brosz
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8/29/2003 4:34:12 AM
re: That's "He-Man, Master of the Universe" to you, buddy.
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/31/2003 1:39:47 AM
Government power
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Tom Brosz
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8/31/2003 10:11:29 PM
Capital Flight
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JN
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9/1/2003 1:34:36 AM
re: Capital Flight
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Tom Brosz
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9/1/2003 5:36:24 AM
re: Capital Flight
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JN
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9/1/2003 5:54:17 AM
Giving business a seat at the table
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Robert
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8/27/2003 4:50:40 PM
Stuck inside the box
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Robert
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8/27/2003 4:06:24 PM
I wonder what Robert meant
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ebnelson
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8/26/2003 4:57:43 AM
re: I wonder what Robert meant
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Robert
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8/26/2003 9:40:44 PM
So when dems are in the majority, anything goes
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ebnelson
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8/27/2003 3:39:25 AM
Zzzzzzzzzzz....
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Robert
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8/27/2003 4:59:27 PM
re: Zzzzzzzzzzz....
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ebnelson
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8/28/2003 3:00:37 AM
re: Zzzzzzzzzzz....
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Robert
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8/28/2003 3:48:07 PM
Democracy is the worst form of government
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ebnelson
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8/30/2003 1:19:22 AM
re: I wonder what Robert meant
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/27/2003 1:26:09 AM
re: I wonder what Robert meant
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LJ
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8/27/2003 6:07:26 PM
re: I wonder what Jesus meant?
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/27/2003 6:30:19 PM
re: I wonder what ebnelson meant?
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/27/2003 6:58:23 PM
So Joe is from the modern math school of politics
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ebnelson
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8/27/2003 12:52:51 PM
Moderator, are vulgarities and abuse acceptable on this board?
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skeptical
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8/27/2003 6:00:15 AM
lol, "teeacherr, Joey's using baad words!"
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/27/2003 7:24:10 AM
Actually, 'skeptical' has a point
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Robert Shepherd, Moderator
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8/27/2003 4:16:12 PM
Not a problem, really
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Tom Brosz
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8/27/2003 9:25:40 PM
Do I see the Bowser pattern playing itself out?
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alcaray
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8/27/2003 11:36:41 PM
re: Do I see the Bowser pattern playing itself out?
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/30/2003 1:35:53 AM
re: Do I see the Bowser pattern playing itself out?
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Tom Brosz
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8/28/2003 7:01:20 AM
Cling to that one Tom, cause it's all you're gonna get. (n/t)
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 8:03:27 PM
No
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alcaray
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8/28/2003 3:46:04 PM
For the record...
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Tom Brosz
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8/29/2003 4:43:56 AM
re: Do I see the Bowser pattern playing itself out? Probably,... but
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 12:23:33 AM
In case you didn't have the pleasure of knowing Bowser...
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alcaray
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8/28/2003 4:10:07 PM
And a similar debating technique! ;)
(n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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8/29/2003 4:45:00 AM
re: In case you didn't have the pleasure of knowing Bowser...
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 6:53:39 PM
Wouldn't know (and I shudder to think of it). But he did a lot of barking!
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alcaray
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8/28/2003 8:26:58 PM
Sourcing Standards A Benefit Of A Generally Pro-Science Crowd
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Mark Eby
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8/28/2003 2:16:02 PM
re: Sourcing Standards A Benefit Of A Generally Pro-Science Crowd
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/28/2003 5:34:29 PM
ROTFLMAO!
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Davin L.
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8/28/2003 12:14:41 AM
re: Not a problem, really ,... no, no, REALLY!
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/27/2003 9:49:05 PM
Bob der Modereetor
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/27/2003 5:55:10 PM
re: Get serious. (Indeed)
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/25/2003 6:31:37 PM
re: Indeed
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Tom Brosz
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8/25/2003 6:57:12 PM
re: Indeed
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/25/2003 7:18:54 PM
That's why Ralph Nader is the true left's only hope N/T
(n/t)
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Anne Leftleaner
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8/25/2003 11:24:02 PM
moo
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/25/2003 2:49:09 PM
moo
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/25/2003 2:49:00 PM
Great minds think alike
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Robert
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8/26/2003 9:43:36 PM
Here, here
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Don
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8/25/2003 1:42:13 PM
re: Run away...run far, far away (and please never return)
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Joe_Nietzsche
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8/25/2003 7:29:47 AM
The link was ashamed and ran away too. ;-)
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/25/2003 6:34:14 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.