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"Freedom requires religion" (Mitt Romney)
God I hate the "holier than thou" bullshit from religious freaks
Buck Galaxy
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12/7/2007 4:19:33 AM
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Romney is ass-holier than thou.
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"Freedom requires religion" (Mitt Romney)
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azstrummer
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12/6/2007 11:41:50 PM
Does anyone here know what Mormons believe?
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E.P.
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12/12/2007 10:36:10 PM
Romney unfit to oversee BIA, NPS?
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E.P.
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12/14/2007 8:40:01 PM
In a nutshell...
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alcaray
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12/13/2007 6:58:00 PM
re: In a nutshell...
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azstrummer
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12/13/2007 11:04:03 PM
Seems odd...
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TB
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12/14/2007 12:59:22 AM
Who is the Democratic leader of the Senate?
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E.P.
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12/14/2007 8:43:29 PM
Harry Reid
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TB
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12/14/2007 11:28:48 PM
Who is the Democratic leader of the Senate?
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E.P.
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12/14/2007 8:43:18 PM
C'mon now.
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Bowser
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12/14/2007 2:12:24 AM
Turn back the clock 65 years.
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/14/2007 3:40:18 AM
Okay, stretching a point out of shape now.
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TB
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12/14/2007 5:37:31 AM
Well...
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/14/2007 9:56:56 AM
Aw geez...
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TB
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12/14/2007 8:29:19 PM
Well for starters...
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/14/2007 11:39:44 PM
Please don't misconstrue what I said.
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alcaray
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12/14/2007 1:24:10 AM
I think anyone who trekked across America
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Tony
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12/13/2007 4:09:12 PM
re: I think anyone who trekked across America
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SDG
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12/15/2007 11:56:30 PM
I'll tackle the second question
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Robert
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12/13/2007 12:09:51 AM
I think this becomes noticable when you use a Vista machine.
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alcaray
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12/13/2007 6:35:42 PM
re: I think this becomes noticable when you use a Vista machine.
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Robert
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12/13/2007 7:14:25 PM
The fix
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TB
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12/14/2007 12:58:29 AM
Cool - thanks, TB - works fo rme!
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Laurie Stret
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12/14/2007 1:03:23 AM
Except it didn't...
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Laurence Street
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12/14/2007 1:08:25 AM
But now it does
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LS
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12/14/2007 1:10:32 AM
Oh, Lordy, don't touch the "default" buttons.
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TB
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12/14/2007 5:34:53 AM
re: I think this becomes noticable when you use a Vista machine.
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Laurie Street
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12/13/2007 8:22:58 PM
As long as it has nothing to do with Jihad and killing non-believers...
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TAFKASE
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12/12/2007 11:01:56 PM
Has anyone seen "The Mist"?
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Laurie Street
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12/10/2007 12:54:53 AM
re: "Freedom requires religion" (Mitt Romney) - OK, regarding Romney:
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Marcia
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12/8/2007 3:41:29 AM
Your mileage may vary
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Robert
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12/8/2007 4:57:55 AM
"I will pursue a humble foreign policy."
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Bowser
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12/9/2007 6:47:34 PM
Perhaps you're putting the cart before the horse
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Robert
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12/9/2007 8:37:02 PM
Litmus test.
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Bowser
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12/9/2007 9:08:47 PM
We agree
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Robert
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12/9/2007 11:19:53 PM
re: "Freedom requires religion" (Mitt Romney) - OK, regarding Romney:
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Marcia
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12/8/2007 3:45:37 AM
A classy outlook on it from Al Gore
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 5:26:47 PM
LOL
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 5:37:16 PM
SDAI's pretty much right about Gore.
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TB
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12/7/2007 6:31:14 PM
Name one politician about whom that is NOT true!
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Eri
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12/8/2007 1:38:58 AM
religion of convenience vs truly religious
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SDG
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12/7/2007 6:50:09 PM
I'm an agnostic rather than athiest, but I will give you my answer anyway.
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alcaray
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12/8/2007 12:19:26 AM
Depends on their religion.
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 10:27:00 PM
Scare
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azstrummer
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12/8/2007 12:35:48 AM
Sounds like Religious Fundamentalists of ANY kind!
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Eri
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12/8/2007 1:42:42 AM
re: Sounds like Religious Fundamentalists of ANY kind!
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azstrummer
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12/8/2007 3:13:22 AM
Exactly
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 9:25:05 PM
re: "Freedom requires religion" (Mitt Romney)
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SDG
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12/7/2007 5:01:38 PM
I just heard on Limbaughs show that the quote comes from a speech by John Adams.
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TAKFASE
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12/7/2007 6:03:51 PM
Limbaugh? You might want to look that up yourself.
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TB
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12/7/2007 6:46:48 PM
Well then you are free not to vote for him.
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TAFKASE
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12/7/2007 4:15:05 PM
Oppression
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 4:47:14 PM
no where in Romney's speech did he make any indication that he wants everyone to believe as he does.
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TAFKASE
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12/7/2007 6:02:35 PM
Atheists, as a rule, would not run based on religion.
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Mary Anne
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12/8/2007 1:07:18 PM
re: Atheists, as a rule, would not run based on religion.
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gbaikie
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12/9/2007 12:18:34 AM
Who's running a campaign based on religion?
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SDG
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12/8/2007 9:45:09 PM
My post was an answer to TAFKASE.
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Mary Anne
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12/9/2007 5:06:00 PM
Thanks
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SDG
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12/15/2007 11:53:14 PM
In my case, an agnostic is simply someone who...
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alcaray
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12/9/2007 8:53:52 AM
Not religion, maybe, but there are other mythologies.
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TB
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12/8/2007 5:56:03 PM
Infinite regression
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Robert
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12/8/2007 6:08:36 PM
Hmm. Sounds kind of "binary" to me.
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TB
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12/8/2007 6:59:19 PM
Then we have Fred Thompson...
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TB
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12/7/2007 8:13:13 AM
re: Then we have Fred Thompson...
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 1:53:55 PM
John Adams put it even more briefly...
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TB
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12/7/2007 6:21:44 PM
Wow...just bathing in the "tolerance" on this thread.
(n/t)
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TB
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12/7/2007 4:56:18 AM
re: "tolerance"
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Fox
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12/8/2007 1:04:10 AM
re: Wow...just bathing in the "tolerance" on this thread.
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 5:56:26 PM
I think this issue is Romney's tolerance.
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alcaray
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12/7/2007 6:09:13 AM
God I hate the "holier than thou" bullshit from religious freaks
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Buck Galaxy
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12/7/2007 4:19:33 AM
Don't vote for him! PLEASE don't!
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Eri
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12/8/2007 6:59:41 PM
re: "Freedom requires religion" (Mitt Romney)
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gbaikie
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12/7/2007 3:02:50 AM
Atheism is not a religion!
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Raoul
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12/7/2007 5:06:21 PM
Raoul has a point.
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TB
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12/7/2007 6:54:04 PM
re: Raoul has a point.
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gbaikie
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12/7/2007 11:59:11 PM
Negative proof
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T
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12/8/2007 4:55:15 PM
Sorry, that's me.
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TB
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12/8/2007 4:56:00 PM
If atheism is a religion, then "albino" is a suntan
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Raoul
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12/8/2007 9:18:07 AM
re: If atheism is a religion, then "albino" is a suntan
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gbaikie
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12/8/2007 12:03:26 PM
There is proof that most beliefs in a deity are false.
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alcaray
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12/9/2007 9:47:56 AM
re: There is proof that most beliefs in a deity are false.
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gbaikie
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12/9/2007 7:45:33 PM
God grief!
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alcaray
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12/9/2007 9:26:30 PM
Talk about yer undercooked pretzels!
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McFly
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12/8/2007 4:04:54 AM
"Atheism is a religion"
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 2:04:33 PM
re: "Atheism is a religion"
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gbaikie
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12/8/2007 8:31:15 AM
re: "Atheism is a religion"
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gbaikie
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12/8/2007 8:12:18 AM
The liberal courts?
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Mary Anne
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12/9/2007 6:59:31 PM
re: The liberal courts?
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gbaikie
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12/9/2007 9:57:55 PM
That statement basically if mumbo gumbo
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Eri
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12/7/2007 1:57:20 AM
God save me from Christianity
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Fox
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12/7/2007 1:20:23 AM
I've never been overwhelmed by Hannukah specials
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ds
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12/7/2007 1:34:06 AM
Bush was President for the Republicans
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Eri
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12/7/2007 2:16:24 AM
Did you get your tax cut?
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 5:28:24 PM
Yeah, I got my crumbling bridges.
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Mary Anne
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12/7/2007 8:13:54 PM
Infrastructure like that is supposed to be a state expense.
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TB
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12/7/2007 10:32:34 PM
Please see my post to Tech, below, for remarks on the US Interstate Highway System.
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Mary Anne
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12/7/2007 11:24:38 PM
re: Yeah, I got my crumbling bridges.
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 10:18:13 PM
OK, listen:
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Mary Anne
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12/7/2007 11:21:42 PM
Are we just talking interstate highways then?
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TB
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12/8/2007 5:14:35 AM
Your adverb.
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Mary Anne
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12/8/2007 12:38:01 PM
Okay. Here's how it is on highways.
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TB
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12/8/2007 5:47:12 PM
Two things:
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Mary Anne
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12/9/2007 4:33:21 PM
Hey Mary Anne things may be looking up!
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Jody
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12/11/2007 12:34:51 AM
Except that I use I-80 and I-81 much more.
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Mary Anne
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12/11/2007 1:28:29 PM
I'm doing my share for the bridges then...
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/8/2007 10:43:38 PM
ah the voice of reason
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 9:11:28 PM
re: Did you get your tax cut?
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 5:34:43 PM
VA funding
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TB
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12/7/2007 6:58:16 PM
Uhhh, Tom...
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Robert
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12/8/2007 1:50:43 AM
Statistics
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TB
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12/8/2007 5:42:38 AM
re: Did you get your tax cut?
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 5:47:17 PM
Privatize? You mean turn it over to HMOs???
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Robert
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12/8/2007 1:40:58 AM
Privatize the VA? Are you insane?
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 6:10:25 PM
Not all privatization is equal
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SDAI-Tech1
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12/7/2007 7:01:31 PM
Text of the speech
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TB
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12/7/2007 12:37:54 AM
Eloquent divisiveness
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Robert
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12/7/2007 4:15:56 AM
re: Eloquent divisiveness
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TB
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12/7/2007 4:47:10 AM
T, T, T...
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Robert
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12/7/2007 4:57:31 PM
re: R, R, R...
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TB
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12/7/2007 7:07:57 PM
Or Robin Williams laughing
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Robert
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12/8/2007 1:33:44 AM
Look...
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TB
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12/8/2007 5:45:25 AM
Interesting logic
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 2:10:31 PM
Are you serious?
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TB
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12/7/2007 7:23:19 PM
re: Are you serious?
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 8:41:50 PM
Are THEY serious???
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Jody
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12/11/2007 8:08:48 AM
The choral arrangement is beautiful.
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Mary Anne
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12/11/2007 1:36:59 PM
"... teacher hit me with a ruler..."
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Fox
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12/14/2007 3:22:57 AM
For your reading enjoyment.
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Lee
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12/10/2007 12:50:12 AM
Hmmm
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Lee
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12/10/2007 12:16:03 AM
re: serious.
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TB
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12/7/2007 11:04:38 PM
You trying to say CNN pissed on his speech? ;-)
(n/t)
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Eri
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12/7/2007 2:11:50 AM
Playing to the base
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Robert
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12/7/2007 12:30:36 AM
Heh...
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TB
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12/7/2007 12:40:23 AM
Romney didn't mind hiring illegal aliens from a predominently Catholic nation
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ds
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12/7/2007 1:16:54 AM
re: "Freedom requires religion"
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TB
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12/7/2007 12:12:05 AM
I think he was saying that freedom is a religion.
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TAFKASE
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12/7/2007 4:19:42 PM
re: "Freedom requires openness to criticism
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Raoul
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12/7/2007 6:36:15 AM
Is no one else bothered...
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ds
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12/7/2007 1:36:17 AM
Oh, I am. (Let's all pretend to be surprised.)
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Mary Anne
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12/8/2007 12:27:10 AM
Yes, I am
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Fox
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12/7/2007 6:41:51 PM
Not really.
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TB
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12/7/2007 3:52:37 AM
Whoa Tom. There you go again.
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azstrummer
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12/7/2007 1:49:06 PM
Way to go Art!!
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Jody
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12/7/2007 2:28:29 PM
Let's hope you aren't!
(n/t)
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Eri
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12/7/2007 2:14:16 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.