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Post #176,492
by Ashton
9/26/04 5:46:25 PM
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New If that's your paraphrase of the article
- kudos.

As to warlordism (aka ~ clear Corporate control of the people's putative representatives) and the influence of Fundies - these are apparently 12-14% of US population, yet currently are setting US policies:

We can't/won't correct these anti-democratic abuses of power in the US; WTF should anyone in the world imagine - we might to enforce such ideas We Cannot.. amongst 4 or 5 sects (about whom our ignorance is nearly complete) - as have been feuding for centuries ?!


It is a Silly Time to be alive.
Post #176,510
by jake123
9/26/04 8:24:39 PM
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New Not entirely
There's one paragraph in there that really talks about the article. For the most part, the rest is what I think about it.

... and all that still leaves the question of "what to do now?" open and nearly unanswerable.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
     He must be lying - (bepatient) - (53) - Sept. 23, 2004, 11:22:27 AM EDT
         No, not necessarily. - (jake123) - (40) - Sept. 23, 2004, 11:25:36 AM EDT
             Do we want to compare.. - (bepatient) - (39) - Sept. 23, 2004, 01:28:11 PM EDT
                 That comparison means nothing to the issue - (jake123) - (6) - Sept. 23, 2004, 01:52:52 PM EDT
                     And if we are in and out - (bepatient) - (5) - Sept. 23, 2004, 02:15:38 PM EDT
                         Well, the US could leave tomorrow - (jake123) - (4) - Sept. 26, 2004, 04:04:11 AM EDT
                             Agree re: Afghan. -NT - (bepatient) - (3) - Sept. 26, 2004, 10:09:46 AM EDT
                                 There's a very good article in the October Atlantic - (jake123) - (2) - Sept. 26, 2004, 12:52:15 PM EDT
                                     If that's your paraphrase of the article - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2004, 05:46:25 PM EDT
                                         Not entirely - (jake123) - Sept. 26, 2004, 08:24:39 PM EDT
                 Wow. - (mmoffitt) - (31) - Sept. 23, 2004, 02:53:40 PM EDT
                     Are we? - (bepatient) - (30) - Sept. 23, 2004, 04:19:28 PM EDT
                         What crap. -NT - (Silverlock) - (27) - Sept. 23, 2004, 04:22:49 PM EDT
                             Really? - (bepatient) - (25) - Sept. 23, 2004, 06:44:43 PM EDT
                                 !!SHUN!! - (jb4) - (12) - Sept. 23, 2004, 07:07:30 PM EDT
                                     Look at the progression. - (bepatient) - (11) - Sept. 23, 2004, 07:27:00 PM EDT
                                         Devil's advocate can sometimes work. But when this - (Ashton) - (10) - Sept. 24, 2004, 02:37:30 AM EDT
                                             Since when.. - (bepatient) - (9) - Sept. 24, 2004, 06:42:50 AM EDT
                                                 How lofty.. to find the Beginnings now 'Irrelevant' - (Ashton) - (8) - Sept. 25, 2004, 01:09:47 AM EDT
                                                     Has it or has it not already occurred? - (bepatient) - (7) - Sept. 25, 2004, 06:40:23 AM EDT
                                                         Since you seem to have stepped out of the debbil's advocate - (Ashton) - Sept. 26, 2004, 02:08:35 AM EDT
                                                         "Ridiculous"? Really... - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Sept. 27, 2004, 10:26:09 AM EDT
                                                             Right. - (bepatient) - (4) - Sept. 27, 2004, 12:06:12 PM EDT
                                                                 Yep. We'll prolly still be there in 2009. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Sept. 27, 2004, 12:08:35 PM EDT
                                                                     Well prep for the question then. - (bepatient) - (2) - Sept. 27, 2004, 12:11:41 PM EDT
                                                                         Dream --> on. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 28, 2004, 03:46:12 AM EDT
                                                                             Aerosmith ROX dude -NT - (bepatient) - Sept. 28, 2004, 07:59:27 AM EDT
                                 The crap is your "heartfelt" concern. - (Silverlock) - (2) - Sept. 24, 2004, 10:00:46 AM EDT
                                     I'm not drinking the kool-aid dude. - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 24, 2004, 11:37:08 AM EDT
                                         There's the Pollyanna I know. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 24, 2004, 12:02:02 PM EDT
                                 o0o0 what wonderful proof... - (Simon_Jester) - (8) - Sept. 24, 2004, 12:47:32 PM EDT
                                     Can find some wonderful things.. - (bepatient) - (7) - Sept. 24, 2004, 12:53:47 PM EDT
                                         Yep...that's why no many are ticked at Dan Rather - (Simon_Jester) - (6) - Sept. 24, 2004, 01:41:00 PM EDT
                                             Well...I kind of expect them to do it too, nowadays. - (bepatient) - (5) - Sept. 24, 2004, 01:56:02 PM EDT
                                                 That, my friend, is owed exclusively to a Republican. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Sept. 24, 2004, 02:15:57 PM EDT
                                                     Ross, is that you? - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 24, 2004, 02:34:26 PM EDT
                                                         Besides, we shouldn't blindly trust those that govern us. - (ChrisR) - (1) - Sept. 24, 2004, 02:42:01 PM EDT
                                                             Well that's mighty cynical - (deSitter) - Sept. 24, 2004, 03:04:33 PM EDT
                                                     I was talking about the press, goof. -NT - (bepatient) - Sept. 24, 2004, 03:17:10 PM EDT
                             oops - (bepatient) - Sept. 23, 2004, 06:48:25 PM EDT
                         I seem to recall an issue with the mass graves in Iraq.... - (Simon_Jester) - Sept. 23, 2004, 06:24:43 PM EDT
                         Hey, if you're Sunni... - (jb4) - Sept. 23, 2004, 07:02:08 PM EDT
         I hope he is successful... - (ChrisR) - (7) - Sept. 23, 2004, 11:45:04 AM EDT
             We're blind men describing an elephant. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 23, 2004, 11:57:18 AM EDT
                 Russia exists for thousand yrs - Iraq not a country at all -NT - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 23, 2004, 11:58:36 AM EDT
                     Not exactly. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 23, 2004, 12:17:26 PM EDT
                     Russia as we know it is a colonial empire - (Arkadiy) - Sept. 23, 2004, 12:30:45 PM EDT
             Scary and racist thought. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Sept. 23, 2004, 11:58:54 AM EDT
                 Absoultely - (deSitter) - Sept. 23, 2004, 12:10:27 PM EDT
                 Excellent summation! Kudos. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 23, 2004, 06:35:53 PM EDT
         No, the IRAQ elections will be held on time... - (Simon_Jester) - Sept. 23, 2004, 12:54:35 PM EDT
         We'll see if he lives that long - (tuberculosis) - Sept. 23, 2004, 01:42:43 PM EDT
         Some elections will be held - (JayMehaffey) - Sept. 23, 2004, 01:49:36 PM EDT
         This will be just as meaningful as the "handover" -NT - (Silverlock) - Sept. 23, 2004, 03:08:45 PM EDT

I suspect that this sword is forged.
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