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Post #234,246
by mmoffitt
11/15/05 11:44:36 AM
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New You misread me.
Although re-reading my own post I can see why you did. I meant that anyone who believed "we would bring democracy to Iraq, modernize its economy, and provide a shining beacon of light to the rest of the Arab world" was naive, not you.
bcnu,
Mikem

It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #234,247
by ben_tilly
11/15/05 11:46:32 AM
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New Ah. Agreed. And sorry for jumping down your throat.
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #234,249
by mmoffitt
11/15/05 11:50:30 AM
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New Np.
I know you've probably still got a short fuse w/me after my recent episode of stress induced mean-spiritedness, and was, shall we say, somewhat less than congenial? ;0)
bcnu,
Mikem

It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
     The Theory & Practice of Bushevism - (boxley) - (20) - Nov. 14, 2005, 10:35:55 AM EST
         Feh. Motivation is *entirely* different. - (mmoffitt) - (19) - Nov. 14, 2005, 11:31:35 AM EST
             personally I believe Marlowe could have wrote this - (boxley) - (9) - Nov. 14, 2005, 12:48:55 PM EST
                 I know you saw the caveat. - (mmoffitt) - (8) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:21:23 PM EST
                     like a local bidnessman said - (boxley) - (7) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:29:13 PM EST
                         I've heard that Straw Man before. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:36:03 PM EST
                         Pshaw - (rcareaga) - (5) - Nov. 14, 2005, 04:38:19 PM EST
                             dubya couldnt figure out what hand to wipe with - (boxley) - (4) - Nov. 14, 2005, 06:47:56 PM EST
                                 Old Man Dubya - (rcareaga) - (3) - Nov. 14, 2005, 07:44:49 PM EST
                                     when you sit as top dog in the CIA - (boxley) - (2) - Nov. 14, 2005, 08:42:34 PM EST
                                         and Poppa Bush was top dog in the CIA... - (rcareaga) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2005, 10:50:33 PM EST
                                             Its called "who is passing out the dumplings" - (boxley) - Nov. 14, 2005, 10:53:11 PM EST
             Not that different... - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Nov. 14, 2005, 05:32:28 PM EST
                 You think so? - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Nov. 15, 2005, 09:12:36 AM EST
                     Thanks for the vague, content-free insult - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Nov. 15, 2005, 10:11:35 AM EST
                         You misread me. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Nov. 15, 2005, 11:44:36 AM EST
                             Ah. Agreed. And sorry for jumping down your throat. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Nov. 15, 2005, 11:46:32 AM EST
                                 Np. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 15, 2005, 11:50:30 AM EST
                         Yet the PNAC masthead lists putatively educated folks - - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 15, 2005, 11:10:26 PM EST
                             do you think Marlowe is uneducated? - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2005, 01:02:22 PM EST
                                 No...marlowe is worse. - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 16, 2005, 04:00:31 PM EST

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