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[quote]Originally posted by gorgonzola: I read A Confederacy of Dunces a few weeks ago and it was pretty good ... nice, light reading, and very funny in parts. That's being made into a movie. Who's the guy who did Traffic? I think he's the on…
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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles, translated by Paul Roche We the Living, Ayn Rand's first novel
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[quote]Originally posted by powerdoc: More practicaly, you are right (and eat@me too) to say that the sunlight will not occur automaticaly after the (long?) collapse of this dark governement. Which is the point of Mr. Ledeen's report. We need …
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[quote]Originally posted by pscates: Just a sad, sad case. All this talk of sex, drinking, carousing, making out with the spouse of someone else, more drinking, drunk driving, 2am "get togethers" in the garage with 6 of your closest friends and n…
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[quote]Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent: Skakel isn't really a Kenndy is he? He's only related by marriage. Ethel Kennedy's (Bobby's widow) maiden name was Skakel. That's the connection. So RFK and Michael Skakel wouldn't be blood relat…
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[quote]Originally posted by Anders: The Cuba Crisis. Thirteen days minus 50% still = saved the world One could place a fair amount of blame for the Cuban missile crisis on the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Meaning: JFK dealt with a problem he helped to …
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[quote]Originally posted by Fran441: I'm glad you guys can so easily make such statements without providing the facts to back them up. You Republicans might remember the Kennedys as drunk womanizers, but how easily you forget great men like Robe…
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Television, Talking Heads, The Ramones, Patti Smith - all part of that NYC, CBGBs, late '70s scene. (I know I'm leaving out somebody important.) The Talking Heads first show was when they opened for The Ramones. I was so close to all that and I miss…
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The big problem with CNG or Hydrogen as alternative fuels is safety. And one of the biggest safety issues would be refueling. You have to be able to dispense these fuels into the car safely. Say goodbye to self serve stations. You would need well-tr…
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Women! Waddya gonna do? Sounds like you need to tie one on, Jack. Uh, I was wondering - is it okay with you if I date your ex? Sorry if you didn't find that funny. I could try and give you advice but you'd have to be one seriously hurt pupp…
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Our goalie was simply immense. Taking a point from the Koreans on their home turf is a pretty good day's work. Would have rather had the win but we did all right. I need to get some sleep now. Boy! Am I glad I took the day off today!
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[quote]Originally posted by groverat: Texas sports in order: 1) college football 2) professional football 3) professional baseball 4) professional hockey 5) professional basketball 6) high school football 7) college baseball Hockey is a…
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I was making a joke about your rather heated post.
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How are you doing with that blood pressure medication, pfflam?
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Andy Rooney was interviewed recently by Larry King: [quote]KING: A couple of other things. What did you make of Bernard Goldberg's book, critical of television liberal bias, and especially harsh on some of your folks at CBS. ROONEY: I thought…
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[quote]Originally posted by pfflam: Let us not forget, (and be hornswoggled into believing the Reagan rhetoric), that it was under a Democratic administration that a Policy of Containment was put into place... Yep. And I have nothing but resp…
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[quote]Originally posted by Ruhx: The statement about being the best nation is one of those ideas that needs to be put forth in my opinion... That's a large part of the appeal of the World Cup. Lot of nationalism going on there. It's okay as f…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: Spaceman you lost ANY willingness on my part to discuss things in a open manner the minute you called me a troll. That showed me you didn't want to discuss, you just wanted to win. So I guess if you don't like …
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[quote]Originally posted by sjpsu: Substantively, please. "Your arguments are weak" personally attacks him and contributes nothing to discussion. However, if you said "This is why your arguments are weak" and go on to explain why in the context…
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[quote]Originally posted by jimmac: Oh and Spaceman this makes two of us : " I'm not all that impressed with extent to which your mind is open to what others say ". MAKE AN ARGUMENT!!! Name-calling and bitching about PMs and telling me over an…