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13333Yes they where, all though probably no more then in many other countries includiTimF-5/23/2002
13332<i>Any intelligent adult can, with a little review, teach the sorts of thijttmab-5/23/2002
13331I ran across this in the Tucson paper, of all places. I don't think I'vLane3-5/23/2002
13330<i> jerrypournelle.com </i> Intereresting link. Thanks for postiTimF-5/23/2002
13329More on the Barbary Pirates and the US: <i>By 1796 Algerian corsairs aloneLazarus_Long-5/23/2002
13328<i>When did our leaders loose the backbone that made this country great.Lazarus_Long-5/23/2002
13327<i> "his theories of catastrophism here on Earth are being borne out.TimF-5/23/2002
13326<i> This isn't a case of two bit bad investments, this is leaders of tTimF-5/23/2002
13325<i> "The Mosuo people, estimated to number around 50,000, have no worTimF-5/23/2002
13324As usual, Coulter gets it right. <B>What do Democrats Know Now?</B>Bill-5/23/2002
13323I suppose the gov't would want to verify hat the notes are complete and unalLazarus_Long-5/23/2002
13322Any intelligent adult can, with a little review, teach the sorts of things that Lazarus_Long-5/23/2002
13321Sorry, the United States, under Carter, withdrew its support of Somoza, and was Neocon-5/23/2002
13320Any intelligent adult can, with a little review, teach the sorts of things that Lazarus_Long-5/23/2002
13319No one would need an explanation. Anti- Americanism is rampant in Latin America.Neocon-5/23/2002
13318Why don't you just start citing La Prensa while you are at it? Give me a frThomas M.-5/23/2002
13317For some reason, that article gives no explanation why the people of Nicaragua wThomas M.-5/23/2002
13316Published Sunday, July 18, 1999, in the Miami Herald Hostility to the U.S. a cNeocon-5/23/2002
13315Fall-Winter 1984-1985 "What Does the United States Want from Nicaragua?&quNeocon-5/23/2002
13314No, it is a bold-faced lie. The Sandanistas were very popular, in part because Thomas M.-5/23/2002
13313It is the truth. There were very good programs on PBS at the time about the SandNeocon-5/23/2002
13312Is that the story you read to your kids at night? Try Tolkien, it's a bit mThomas M.-5/23/2002
13311The elections weren't rigged. TomThomas M.-5/23/2002
13310The Sandinistas censored La Prensa worse than Somoza ever did, up to and includiNeocon-5/23/2002
13309<i> Excellent point, because we all know that the best way to overthrow a TimF-5/23/2002
13308<i>And the Sandinistas may have been popular (at least for awhile after thThomas M.-5/23/2002
13307<i> I was so fascinated by the OJ case. It was a worse time-sponge thTimF-5/23/2002
13306Tom Laz said that Nicaragua and Panama are now democracies not that they where uTimF-5/23/2002
13305Yep, he is very good. The funny thing is that he has done little outside of chorNeocon-5/23/2002
13304I'm not familiar with the geology you cite. However, it is my understandingLazarus_Long-5/23/2002
13303I agree Laz.He will never be captured,his mission is far to great in his eyes.HeD.Austin-5/23/2002
13302He's on the run for the rest of his life. He'll never be safe again. ILazarus_Long-5/22/2002
13301Congratulations! to you and your son! Must have a pretty good voice. I, now,Lazarus_Long-5/22/2002
13300Take it easy......Neocon-5/21/2002
13299Gotta go.... JLAjlallen-5/21/2002
13298LOL! Actually, both of us sang a lot when we were younger: chorus, church groupsNeocon-5/21/2002
13297He must have his mother's talent....<g>jlallen-5/21/2002
13296A bit of parental bragging: my son was voted Most Likely to Win a Grammy by his Neocon-5/21/2002
13295sorry but!That is not quite the same picture I have. I see him squeeeeezing GW&D.Austin-5/21/2002
13294LOL!! Yeah, I have this picture of Osama- -if he's still alive- -spending tLazarus_Long-5/21/2002
13293<i>We have done almost nothing proactive and offensive about this</i>jlallen-5/21/2002
13292I wish I would of thought this!!!!!!! We have a group of people that have voweD.Austin-5/21/2002
13291LOL! Well, would you expect nice brown tans? But see this: siliconinvestor.comLazarus_Long-5/21/2002
13290<i>I think Sowell has too much integrity to do that.... </i> I was Lane3-5/21/2002
13289loservillex.comTom Clarke-5/21/2002
13288Why would a man who writes such great books slack off in his reviews? I think SoTom Clarke-5/21/2002
13287<i>I remember reading a glowing one by the eminent Thomas Sowell. Nobody Lane3-5/21/2002
13286Buchanan's Death of the West has gotten good reviews, I remember reading a gTom Clarke-5/21/2002
13285I'm ashamed to say that I have not yet read any of the three books out thereLane3-5/21/2002
13284Following God Abroad By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF uess what was on the recent cover oLane3-5/21/2002
13283Don't know if I went through Burlington, but I've been all through VermoTom Clarke-5/21/2002
13282I lived there for five years from 1974-1979. There were blacks living in Burlinjlallen-5/21/2002
13281Re: <i>Sometimes things are as they really appear, Gustave....</i> GUSTAVE JAEGER-5/21/2002
13280I've never been there. Have you?Lazarus_Long-5/21/2002
13279The white trash line, and what they would say, confused me. Still does, actuallyE-5/21/2002
13278I didn't know there <i>were</i> any blacks in Burlington, VermonTom Clarke-5/21/2002
13277<i>But I don't understand your first sentence. Are you saying you don&Lazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13276Message 17493036 That's a link to a question about Jean Paul Sartre. About E-5/20/2002
13275<i>Do you doubt that you would hear similar stories from "poor white E-5/20/2002
13274Nice slogan. But the USSC has repeatedly ruled that those words mean that the gLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13273Do you doubt that you would hear similar stories from "poor white trash&quoLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13272<i>"Paul Teetor, an award-winning reporter at Vermont's Gannett-Lazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13271You know, this Musuo society sounds too good to be true. Like those isolated vLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13270My favorite Carl Sagan quote <i>"I can remember one occasion, takingTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13269That stuff Bill Clinton didn't inhale. :-) (Well, this <i>is</i&gLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13268<i>And so it could happen again to Bush,if his war on terror starts to go Lazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13267It's curious that Velikovsky's publishers were threatened with a boycottTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13266As I've said in early postings (Archives CATASTROPHISM), I'm pretty convTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13265What stars? What have <i>you</i> been smoking?Constant Reader-5/20/2002
13264CR, you lack soul. Have you never looked up at the beautiful starry sky at nighLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13263My eyes tend to glaze over (and I think my brain actually goes numb) whenever thConstant Reader-5/20/2002
13262<i>For those wondering what the Velikovsky Affair was about, you can get sLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13261You know how you can tell an editor? They are the only ones who remember the paLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13260The First Dark Age At some point I will do a short introductory essay; the impoTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13259A Book Unfit for The New York Times Nat Hentoff We tend to give more credibTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13258<i>his theories of catastrophism here on Earth are being borne out...</Lazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13257She offered to turn over copies of her notes, but that wasn't good enough, tTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13256Sometimes things are as they really appear, Gustave....Tom Clarke-5/20/2002
13255I was only saying that Sagan treated Velikovsky very shabbily, I wasn't reviTom Clarke-5/20/2002
13254Yes, <b>"Amendment I"</b> also protects us from these typeaverage joe-5/20/2002
13253And so it could happen again to Bush,if his war on terror starts to go poorly.Thalexed-5/20/2002
13252<i>Sources? I mean original, not some guy restating a study in a text. I wjttmab-5/20/2002
13251<i>Actually, that part isn't a joke. It's of course a signal that Lazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13250<i>I wouldn't call it a trap. Just a few questions/comments to see wheLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13249A similar situation exists with the economy. The President has little influence Lazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13248<i>Bush must increase aid to Christian ministries so these people can learLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13247When this is done and you're proven wrong, how would you like your crow cookLazarus_Long-5/20/2002
13246<i>Now we have "affirmative action", AKA legal discrimination. JE-5/19/2002
13245<We say that simply to flatter you> Actually, that part isn't a joke.E-5/19/2002
13244There's more to the Bin Laden / Bush connections than there ever was to WhitTigerPaw-5/19/2002
13243<i>This is a trap. isn't it?</i> I wouldn't call it a trap.jttmab-5/19/2002
13242Bush must increase aid to Christian ministries so these people can learn Englishaverage joe-5/19/2002
13241The poor Moose people don't realize that in China the state owns all the lanaverage joe-5/19/2002
13240We say that simply to flatter you and keep you from nagging us. WHOOPS!! Wasn&Lazarus_Long-5/19/2002
13239Take over Africa? That's WAY outside the box. And isn't imperialism suLazarus_Long-5/19/2002
13238<i>In almost every way, this is a society where women rule the roost. ThLazarus_Long-5/19/2002
13237I would agree on that point,but it seems that folks on both sides of the fence (alexed-5/19/2002
13236I wasn't advocating it particularly, just trying to get outside the box. I Lane3-5/19/2002
13235You're online! OK, so it takes twice to shove it into memory. As I remembeLazarus_Long-5/19/2002
13234Got this in the email. I wonder if it's true. If it is even partly true, theE-5/19/2002
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