NCclimber
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Yes... and I'm a big fan of James J. Kilpatrick.
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DUDE most of those are right wing neo cons who are ashamed to call themselves what they are nowadays....libertarians... my ass How about anarchists? Or classical liberals?
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Well that's just it isn't it - there are a variety of ways that life could have begun on this planet, and a variety of experiments demonstrating how some of the neccesary steps may have occured. Some of these experiments may or may not accurately represent what really happened. Maybe. No one refuses to accept that the theories may be incorrect??? Are you saying that all abiogenesis theories are accepted as correct? Which one is right?
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I think it's about heading in the right direction. Back in '92 Ross Perot was talking about taking huge cuts to balance the federal budget. People derided his ideas as pure fantasy.
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Fixed it.
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Exactly. Or that it's possible to turn lead into gold.... or was that straw into gold? No... wait...
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Looks like I got me a stalker. Kind of ironic, considering this little mini-drama http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2650289#2650289
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You mean someone else came up with "Global Warning Chicken Little Hysteric"? I thought I coined that all by myself. So the passing of the Patriot Act was an act of cowardice?
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Oh well, how silly of me to expect you to realise that the explanation I wrote to Royd, that you replied to, was in fact the explanation I referred you to. But you refer me to it until a few posts later. Your initial reply was quite different. Sorry I didn't read more into it. Is a difference? Yes. A difference. Seems pretty obvious to me. Oh yeah, I saw the following said on TV "The short answer is we don't really know how life originated on this planet. There have been a variety of experiments that tell us some possible roads, but we remain in substantial ignorance. I never said they were majorly wrong. Is this the counter to my intuitively knowing what you mean - by you intuitively knowing what I'm thinking even if I never say anything along those lines? I'm trying to keep up. Really, I am.
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Or believe a single word you post.
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There is no proof, you already know that. But there is evidence and you know that too. But I think your more interested in word games than reading any of it. No. I'm just trying to point out that some of the things you believe in require a whole lot of filling in of the blanks. In other words - faith. Unfortunately, some people are so caught up in their world/universal view being right, they're unwilling to admit there is a difference (sometimes a major one) between the most plausible theory and what actually happened.
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Because, at the time, I didn't feel like repeating myself. Careful you don't hit the back of your head. If you say so. Of course, most people actually reference an old post (by reposting or mentioning it) if they are bringing it back up.... instead of expecting readers to intuitively know it's being addressed in the current post.
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Well, waddaya know??? Amazon said something I agree with.
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Uh yes there are apologies needed... since critical thinking skills are completely lacking. Face it your gods in the administration can do NO WRONG..in your eyes,,,, you cant see what you do not WANT to see... Just like the president going to rallies where ANYONE who would dissent is screened out... to it APPEARS to be a complete and total support of his war. Resorting to ad hominem, eh? I guess if that's all you've got... Sorry you couldn't seem to make your case with actual facts.
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Does anyone have any info regarding the Bush family holdings on Carlyle, Betchel or Haliburton? Or are we talking about wild speculation, leaving people to assume the worst? And speaking of Carlyle investors, here are a few: - William Kennard, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Bill Clinton, Carlyle's Managing Director in the Telecommunications & Media Group from 2001 to the present. - Arthur Levitt, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under President Bill Clinton, Carlyle Senior Advisor from 2001 to the present - Mack McLarty, White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates, Carlyle Senior Advisor from 2003 to the present
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How many people do you know who live their life according to the Drake equation? How many people try to force big bang morality onto others? Cosmology doesn't tell you your going to hell because you didn't suck up to the right theory. Is this a Red Herring? Oh. Okay. How did life being on this planet? What caused the Big Bang? Please provide proof.
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The explanation of the distinction was in the fucking post you replied to. If you don't understand it, that is not my problem. Temper, temper. In the future, I'll treat your questions as explanations. If nothing else, it'll avoid your rather nasty replies. This is the explanation. Does it look anything like a fucking question to you? Of course, that wasn't your reply to "Since you seem to think you're so smart, how about you explaining to me." Silly me - actually considering you response, instead of reading your mind and knowing you meant in a previous reply. And what's with all the profanity? It's so unseemly.
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Uhh, only if you completely mangle the definition of 'Prove' Sure thing, sport. How about to explain how life began on Earth. Please provide proof.
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Sure does help the family bottom line.. for the Bush and Cheney families. That horse is starting to look like glue.
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War and war profiteering is a Bush family tradition...so when the Shrub wants to be a WAR PRESIDENT he has control over when his family gets to dig in and profit once again. Bring on the apologies for them.. we are used to it from the far right. No apologies needed. You've provided no evidence of the Pres or the VP profiting from these wars.
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And this is BEFORE the windfall they have found in IRAQ.... So, the deferred compensation has been all donated to charity? Hmm. How have Bush or Cheney profited from these wars? The devil is in the details.
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Jusrt following along in the family tradition... you going to read it for once.. its long...so I really dont expect anthing in the way of understanding the motivations of GWB and Cheney and their ties to ling their pockets at other expense. Four generations have created an unsavory web of links that could prove an election-year Achilles' heel for the president by Kevin Phillips This article contributed nothing towards answering my question.
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The explanation of the distinction was in the fucking post you replied to. If you don't understand it, that is not my problem. Temper, temper. In the future, I'll treat your questions as explanations. If nothing else, it'll avoid your rather nasty replies.
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Erm no. You say there is a god, I say prove it. You say this is the only planet capable of supporting life, I say prove it. You're making the claims here. Right about his making the claims, but I think his point cuts both ways - proving God is on par with proving life on other planets or how the Universe began or how life on this planet began. All require a high degree of faith.
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The current leaderships actions during the Vietnam war certainly qualifies... One got an impossible to get appointment ...that for most of the young men at the time to get to get into a National Guard Unit that was protecting from....uh....hmmmmm.....rather than going to Vietnam... or most of them who never served.. yet they are willing to send off other peoples kids to far off wars that they would NEVER go to.. nor will they allow THEIR children to go to while they line their pockets. Sounds like a good definition of cowardice. Your insights are always interesting. Who in the Administration are lining their pockets as a result of our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan? How so?