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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:41 AM Original message |
211 posts nibbling at bait. Anyone want to have a real conversation? |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. You're right, uly. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. excellent |
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Spentastic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. More carrot less stick? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. nope. |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. yes...excise the center |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I don't think that's necessary |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. I agree, of course |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. much agreed |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think the way to do it |
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MMT (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Is *any* Democrat really going to stand up to the corpos? |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. You can't reason with left-wing extremists |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The DLC has lost everything |
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Devils Advocate NZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And that is why... |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But see the "regressives" demand 100% perfection |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Repetition ... |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. It's the centrists that demand total obedience to the corporate line |
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OrdinaryTa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
76. Vote NO To Warmongers |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #76 |
84. Spoken like a true regressive |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 12:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
93. It's 'funny' that mainstream Dems are now called 'extremists' by.. |
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Spentastic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I know |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. thank you for perpetuating the problem. |
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Flying_Pig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Sometimes Carlos, it seems you spend more time... |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. Only at DU would I be considered a conservative |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. what an intellectually inert claim! |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. more nonsense, really Carlos, grow up! |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. I don't denigrate the left |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. thanks for the pre-bedtime laugh |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. yep..."fringe leftist","Extreme left","far left" |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 05:43 AM Response to Reply #69 |
78. please. you rarely do anything else |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:39 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. I think I did in the other thread |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:48 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. no. |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:51 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Okay |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:54 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. ok, but then |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:56 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Not necessarily |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 12:05 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. **sigh** |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:16 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. It's like reasoning with a teenaged brick. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. LOL |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. I think they are unwilling to compromise |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:24 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. you think *who* is unwilling to compromise? |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. What would you do for welfare |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. you're not paying attention. |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 03:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I do support Dean because he is standing up to Bush |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 03:13 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. gotcha |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. You step left and we step right and we shake hands |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 05:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
79. Here's the problem |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:52 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. I don't see people who help elect Republicans at the ballot |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 12:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. As always, you proceed from a false assumption |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Consecrate on removing bu$h&co and all influence in this country. |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. simplified |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. yes |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. it's unfortunate |
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Spentastic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. That's a pretty good point actually |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes. I say |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I don't have a problem |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I agree |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
63. I think so too |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 03:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. sure |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. See post #7 |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. one must articulate an enemy to unite against |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. I think that the very best thing would be to ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. while I don't disagree with any of the issues you list, Pepper, |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. how does the structure ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. the Super Tuesday primaries, |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That just isn't factually accurate. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I stand corrected |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Come on, now ... |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. when did the DLC win? |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I don't know ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. the building of a coalition |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I suspect that if the ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:19 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. answers |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Republicans? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 10:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. sure |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. you wrote: |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. the exceptions that prove the rule, no? |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. which still ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. doesn't it? |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. i am not enthused with CFR for two reasons ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. fair enough, but |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 02:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Frustrating, isn't it? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 03:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. isn't taking a chance |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. it's also worth noting that in many ways the centrists... |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 12:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. well said |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 12:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I suppose there may be a permanent split |
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jafap (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. get up, move faster |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 03:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. endless repetition of falsehoods will never make them true.... |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. because it deserves it ... |
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nwstrn (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
57. Any candidate good enough for the Greens? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 02:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. actually, it has less to do with the Green Party's ideals... |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
85. A no brainer |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:14 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. prophetic |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
58. Your whole statement sums it for it's self |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. one teensy |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. i'll probably get laughed off the boards for this |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 05:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I think that's completely true. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. if you get laughed off the board |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-03 11:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Amen |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
75. One easy step to a "real conversation" |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 08:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. interesting point about math |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 07:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
107. I should have been more direct, perhaps. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 08:07 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. you're focusing too much on the party aspect |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 08:28 AM Response to Reply #75 |
81. a question |
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terryg11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 09:04 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. are you so sure about that? |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 08:00 PM Response to Reply #82 |
108. Most evidence points the opposite way |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 11:53 AM Response to Reply #75 |
89. But the Greens aren't |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 12:35 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. extremely unreasonable ? |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:12 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. by "bolt" |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. sure. lie. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-03 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
104. put another way... |
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