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On elitism
They had to re-define elite to make it stick?
Tony
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9/18/2008 11:31:04 AM
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Was that your point?
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Perspective on Palin
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/17/2008 7:16:11 PM
I'm bookmarking this for after the election.
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Lindy
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9/18/2008 4:45:53 PM
re: Top Clinton fundraiser backing McCain, not Obama
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SteveS
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9/17/2008 8:54:08 PM
Elitist Obama?
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Tony
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9/18/2008 2:39:33 AM
Who was it that said governing the US would be easier if he could be a dictator?
(n/t)
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Bowser
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9/18/2008 4:32:26 AM
On elitism
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TB
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9/18/2008 4:30:18 AM
They had to re-define elite to make it stick?
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Tony
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9/18/2008 11:31:04 AM
Look it up.
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TB
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9/18/2008 5:01:01 PM
"I'm not the one redefining the term to mean "wealthy.""- ummmm, no, Bush is....
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ARRELL
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9/19/2008 1:15:12 PM
who said "wealthy"?
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Tony
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9/18/2008 6:19:50 PM
You just did.
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TB
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9/18/2008 6:51:48 PM
"To the best of my knowledge, she isn't trying to control what fats I can eat, what car I can drive, how big my toilet should be..."- yawn
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ARRELL
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9/19/2008 1:21:24 PM
Elitist and proud of it.
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ER
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9/18/2008 12:54:18 PM
re: Elitist
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TB
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9/18/2008 5:23:12 PM
Reflection and symmetry
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ER
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9/18/2008 7:41:22 PM
Fine.
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TB
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9/19/2008 12:37:06 AM
Relax.
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SDAi-Tech1
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9/19/2008 1:13:25 AM
re: Fine.
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ER
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9/19/2008 12:53:31 AM
Not at all. "Effete" is not even in my vocabulary. Carry on.
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alcaray
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9/19/2008 12:39:41 AM
When Tom is around...
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alcaray
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9/18/2008 9:11:54 PM
It's not his fault.
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ER
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9/18/2008 10:32:56 PM
And the biggest irony
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Robert
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9/18/2008 3:00:41 AM
The Rothschilds prefer McCain?
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alcaray
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9/17/2008 9:43:07 PM
The Rothschilds preference....
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Publius
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9/19/2008 12:01:32 AM
All I can afford is their Mouton Cadet.
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alcaray
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9/19/2008 12:34:09 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.