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Monopolies
When I can get cable service from another company than Charter...
alcaray
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2/14/2005 6:20:26 PM
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... then I will accept your "used to be" assertion.
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U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings
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Eric
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2/12/2005 2:21:49 PM
An interesting contrast...
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 9:07:00 PM
My wife was a federal grain inspector.
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David F Mayer
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2/13/2005 1:48:22 AM
But did the explosion kill the person who orderred her to lie?
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E.P. Grondine
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2/15/2005 4:04:46 PM
re: explosion
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Tom Brosz
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2/15/2005 4:52:38 PM
Federal inspectors
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 2:03:04 AM
"Trust me, I'm a doctor."
(n/t)
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alcaray
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2/14/2005 6:18:02 PM
re: "Trust me, I'm a federal grain inspector"
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 6:58:38 PM
I think the logical outcome of your argument
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alcaray
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2/14/2005 10:13:21 PM
Interesting...
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 11:02:50 PM
if you stop thinking in absolutes, you may come to understand
(n/t)
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tony
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2/15/2005 1:57:44 AM
Wild mischaracterization!
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alcaray
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2/14/2005 11:45:27 PM
Go back and read your quote again.
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Tom Brosz
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2/15/2005 12:08:46 AM
You read it right: now how does that imply criminality?
(n/t)
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alcaray
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2/15/2005 4:30:15 PM
re: Go back and read your quote again.
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gbaikie
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2/15/2005 2:35:50 AM
Or (trying vainly to snap you back to the discussion the rest of us are having)...
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alcaray
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2/15/2005 4:40:00 PM
Take a look at your examples...
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Tom Brosz
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2/15/2005 4:50:57 PM
re "How many of them are taking advantage of the government's power to interfere in economic activity to maintain their positions? "
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alcaray
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2/15/2005 5:51:10 PM
ADM
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Tom Brosz
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2/15/2005 6:59:00 PM
re: ADM
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alcaray
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2/15/2005 7:30:11 PM
re: ADM
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Tom Brosz
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2/15/2005 9:59:51 PM
More reading on ethanol in there than I want to do
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alcaray
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2/15/2005 10:27:38 PM
I showed you just one example of the consequences of a mixed economy
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Tom Brosz
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2/16/2005 1:37:33 AM
Yes, that is what you wanted to talk about.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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2/16/2005 7:46:45 PM
Please explain. Your comment went right by me.
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DFM
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2/13/2005 3:06:09 AM
Leave It To The Private Sector Is Tom's Mantra
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 5:04:50 AM
re: Leave it to the private sector whenever possible is Tom's mantra
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 7:13:35 AM
Yes, and the private "inspectors" will be greased and nothing will change.
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David F Mayer
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2/13/2005 7:34:42 PM
You're not actually listening, are you?
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 8:44:49 PM
This is pretty much hogwash
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alcaray
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2/15/2005 10:35:43 PM
"competetive businessmen" is to Tom, as UN is to a liberal. :-D
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tony
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2/14/2005 4:41:36 AM
I've got a hell of a lot more evidence backing my position than the liberal has backing his.
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 5:45:40 AM
and both sides need to ignore a mountain-load of evidence to the contrary
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Tony
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2/14/2005 4:40:40 PM
After 25 years in private enterprise,
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David F Mayer
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2/13/2005 9:36:12 PM
Very naive
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Donald
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2/13/2005 3:44:54 PM
The operation of the free market IS public policy.
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 4:42:19 PM
Indeed it is...
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Donald
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2/13/2005 5:13:28 PM
Corruption
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 8:52:49 PM
Its not hard to grasp
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Donald
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2/13/2005 10:05:14 PM
P.S.
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 4:15:15 AM
re: Its not hard to grasp
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 2:54:38 AM
Apply The Power Corrupts Reasoning All The Way Through The System
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 3:29:16 PM
The key is decentralization
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 4:43:54 PM
Apply That Too
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 6:05:20 PM
Monopolies
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Tom Brosz
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2/13/2005 9:02:20 PM
When I can get cable service from another company than Charter...
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alcaray
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2/14/2005 6:20:26 PM
Geez, where are you located?
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 7:06:49 PM
I don't really want dish service.
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alcaray
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2/14/2005 10:24:47 PM
re: I don't really want dish service.
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Tom Brosz
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2/14/2005 11:15:38 PM
I see how you have divined my evil plan!
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alcaray
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2/14/2005 11:59:02 PM
Guess Youy've Missed All The Recent Merger News
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 9:16:01 PM
The actual survey documents...
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Tom Brosz
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2/12/2005 8:43:01 PM
Not surprising
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Donald
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2/12/2005 3:27:14 PM
Try To Regain Your Credibility
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Mark Eby
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2/12/2005 8:10:53 PM
Credibility
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Donald
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2/12/2005 10:02:07 PM
I Agree, But You Didn't Address My Counter Points
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 12:41:28 AM
That's because...
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Donald
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2/13/2005 4:12:50 PM
A Repitition Of The Same Errors
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 6:15:23 PM
re:Contradictions
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Raoul
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2/13/2005 7:22:29 PM
Stated bipartisan US policy towards Iraq since 1998 was regime change.
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ebnelson
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2/14/2005 3:47:28 AM
More European Selective Memory Syndrome I See
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 9:14:59 PM
re: Believing and acting are two totally different things
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Raoul
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2/14/2005 6:42:02 AM
re: Believing and acting are two totally different things
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gbaikie
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2/15/2005 1:52:45 AM
re: A Repitition Of The Same Errors
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Donald
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2/13/2005 7:22:20 PM
You Made Numerous False Statements Don
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Mark Eby
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2/13/2005 9:24:44 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.