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re: "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7

Doug Ellison — 7/5/2004 8:37:59 AM (archived)

The orig. poster specifically said..

"the USA has, by far, done more to bring the world to the 21st century than all other nations combined-"

And I think that anyone who honestly thinks that is deluded / mislead by home media / patriotic to the point of psychotic / a bit stupid / all of the above.
Doug

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Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - R.L. - 7/3/2004 7:33:46 PM
- My observations about the world - John - 7/6/2004 7:21:58 AM
  - One correction - Japan - John - 7/6/2004 7:37:16 AM
- re: Let's try this: Western-style capitalist nations have done more for humanity than the rest of the world put together. - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 1:25:53 AM
  - re: Let's try this: Western-style capitalist nations have done more for humanity than the rest of the world put together. - John - 7/6/2004 7:54:24 AM
    - Capitalism and democracy - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2004 11:58:58 PM
- re: Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - Andrew - 7/5/2004 4:38:19 PM
  - Ok, Doug, and andrew... lets play games - R.L. - 7/5/2004 6:46:21 PM
    - R.L., take it from the voice of experience: you're whizzing into the wind here. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 12:36:10 AM
    - re: Ok, Doug, and andrew... lets play games - andrew - 7/5/2004 8:53:57 PM
    - re: Ok, Doug, and andrew... lets play games - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 7:44:18 PM
- Dr. Robert Zubrin: "In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization." - ~tax leech - 7/4/2004 6:35:31 PM
  - SHUT UP, YOU BRAINLESS TWIT - R.L. - 7/4/2004 7:46:00 PM
    - Take it easy... - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2004 8:29:54 PM
      - Could be , tom - R.L. - 7/5/2004 7:03:44 AM
        
        R.L., you abusive TAX LEECH, why don't you accept my invitation to fly out here at my expense? COWARD. - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 1:14:16 AM
        
        You really dont have a clue, do you? - R.L. - 7/7/2004 11:36:09 AM
        
        Are you THAT ashamed that you can't earn a living without us taxpayers? - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 3:10:03 PM
        
        R.L. if you have a long fuse...it's probably Det Cord. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/5/2004 6:45:28 PM
        
        Rob, that was a top notch zinger - R.L. - 7/5/2004 7:00:44 PM
        
        Awww you all hate me!!!! - R.L. - 7/5/2004 6:52:29 PM
        
        Can we still be friends or are you in jail? (n/t) - RobVG - 7/6/2004 8:26:16 PM
        
        I am ok with the law now - R.L. - 7/7/2004 11:29:29 AM
        
        I apologize. - RobVG - 7/5/2004 7:09:23 PM
        
        Did he need a lawyer's help even as he says lawyers are somhow inferior to his tax-leeching self? - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 6:17:47 PM
        
        Point that thing somewhere else. - RobVG - 7/7/2004 7:15:41 PM
        
        YES. - Daniel - 7/7/2004 8:22:45 PM
        
        Why can't stargazers / astronomers compete for achievement-oriented PRIZES instead of contracts? - ~tax leech - 7/8/2004 3:38:55 AM
        
        some quick points - - Daniel - 7/8/2004 5:38:27 AM
        
        Academic tenure's thinly veiled PROTECTIONISM. And while inflation's been 35% since 1985, tuition's jumped 300%. - ~tax leech - 7/8/2004 3:27:53 PM
        
        I don't know enough about US universities - Daniel - 7/8/2004 8:48:34 PM
        
        Ya know, that's actually a pretty good post. - RobVG - 7/8/2004 4:31:49 AM
        
        Thanks. BTW, prizes leverage up to 50 times their amount in investment pursuing them. - ~tax leech - 7/8/2004 5:07:31 AM
- re: Science - Raoul - 7/4/2004 2:26:05 PM
  - America's brain transplant from Europe - Gary - 7/4/2004 5:18:28 PM
- re: Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - Doug Ellison - 7/4/2004 11:16:54 AM
  - re: Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - Doug Ellison - 7/4/2004 12:40:21 PM
    - "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7 - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2004 8:57:01 PM
      - re: "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7 - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 8:37:59 AM
        
        re: "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7 - Buck Galaxy - 7/5/2004 6:14:26 PM
        
        Every one is an idiot - r.l. - 7/6/2004 9:07:51 AM
        
        Gee, so many here have accused me of being a right wing hack - R.L. - 7/5/2004 9:21:39 AM
        
        Ok we are gettin silly - R.L. - 7/5/2004 9:12:12 AM
        
        re: Ok we are gettin silly - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 9:36:02 AM
        
        Doug, you must be new here - R.L. - 7/5/2004 1:48:07 PM
        
        re: Doug, you must be new here - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 4:24:28 PM
        
        Which Brit invented the light bulb? - Robert Clark - 7/5/2004 9:34:19 PM
        
        re: Which Brit invented the light bulb? - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 10:55:19 PM
        
        re: Which Brit invented the light bulb? - Nick Hoffman - 7/7/2004 3:57:37 AM
        
        OK, R.L. is a euro hating elitist (n/t) - phil - 7/5/2004 2:36:19 PM
        
        LOL - R.L. - 7/5/2004 2:51:24 PM
- It is remarkable - Donald - 7/3/2004 9:01:16 PM
  - Barry was a pitiful hack... - R.L. - 7/4/2004 2:19:33 AM
    - Barry is a hustler and a liar but he's not nuts - Gary - 7/4/2004 5:56:48 AM
      - The general public has absolutely zero interest in funding manned Mars flight - E.P. Grondine - 7/8/2004 12:08:18 AM
      - The final conclusion to the Levin story has not been written. - Robert Clark - 7/4/2004 12:44:29 PM
        
        Hogwash - Donald - 7/4/2004 5:30:35 PM
        
        What happened to the "inconclusive" view of the Viking life experiments? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 7/5/2004 3:13:30 AM
        
        "Inconclusive?!?" - Donald - 7/5/2004 6:55:40 PM
        
        Inconclusive. - Robert Clark - 7/5/2004 9:16:07 PM
        
        re: And never forget - BRFelix - 7/6/2004 4:00:50 AM
        
        Wishful thinking - Donald - 7/6/2004 4:32:36 AM
        
        re: Closed minds - BRFelix - 7/6/2004 4:53:16 AM

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