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First they came for your Humvees...
TB
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1/31/2008 5:25:55 AM
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Now they're coming for your steaks.
Just part of a very long list.
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First they came for your Humvees...
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TB
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1/31/2008 5:25:55 AM
Don't publish details about problems that promote someone's bottom line!
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alcaray
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1/31/2008 7:15:59 PM
tragedy of the commons
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nick hoffman
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2/1/2008 12:57:58 AM
the evolving scope of the commons
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Robert
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2/1/2008 5:14:27 AM
The solution to the tragedy of the commons is private property.
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TB
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2/1/2008 1:44:44 AM
Doesn't it make sense?
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Bowser
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1/31/2008 5:55:44 PM
Forget the Cows. The Wiser minds must get rid of automobiles.
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Ima Liberal
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1/31/2008 8:32:12 PM
"'Encouraged' by wiser minds"
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TB
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1/31/2008 8:00:32 PM
The day we are ruled by those with the highest IQ
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/1/2008 2:29:05 AM
"bureaucratic academics" seeking to rule the world.
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alcaray
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2/1/2008 7:07:44 AM
Until one thinks of Lenin & recalls he was an academic.
(n/t)
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/1/2008 8:56:01 PM
For the same reasons, you could rationalize a fear of painters and poets.
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alcaray
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2/1/2008 10:10:38 PM
Now Hitler was a painter
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Tony
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2/2/2008 7:48:58 PM
Don't confuse IQ and smarts.
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TB
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2/1/2008 3:00:31 AM
In a middle-ages setting...
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alcaray
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1/31/2008 10:47:56 PM
In my day...
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Thomas of Aynrandia
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2/1/2008 12:28:58 AM
Can't be afforded! The illusion of "freedom".
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Bowser
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1/31/2008 11:50:38 PM
"You're almost there. Go closer. Feel the shape of it."
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TB
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2/1/2008 12:18:15 AM
re: "'Encouraged' by wiser minds"
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gbaikie
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1/31/2008 9:08:17 PM
Damn straight, Pard. At gunpoint.
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Bowser
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1/31/2008 8:36:36 PM
The problem...
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TAFKASE
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1/31/2008 3:36:43 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.