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Forum: Politics 03-24-2007, 11:34 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 276
Posted By zyqwert
Re: British troops seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guard

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So go ahead and buy a Hummer2 and be guilt free.

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At least one guy argues the Prius owners hate the environment:
link...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2007, 09:36 PM
Replies: 136
Views: 485
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Dumping.

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One question: Do you think the majority of small mom-and-pop businesses that Wal-Mart is displacing actually pay more than minimum wage? I have my doubts.

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It would make...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2007, 09:35 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 152
Posted By zyqwert
Re: The 1984 Obama Ad

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Giving the credit to Clinton seems pretty ridiculous to me.

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I didn't assign any blame, I merely offered the fact that it was the most fiscally conservative federal...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2007, 04:20 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 152
Posted By zyqwert
Re: The 1984 Obama Ad

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I seem to remember the repubs trying to trim budget dollars in the Clinton years. Not cutting the budget but growing it at a slower pace. Every dem in the country was running around...
Forum: Politics 03-21-2007, 12:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 44
Posted By zyqwert
Re: 9th Circuit Court Surprise

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The thing you have to recognize is that just because a court is identified as liberal doesn't mean all or even most of its rulings are bent in that direction. In this case, there is clear...
Forum: Politics 03-20-2007, 03:59 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 44
Posted By zyqwert
9th Circuit Court Surprise

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has a reputation as the most liberal federal appeals court and is regularly overturned. Environmental regulation is cited by libertarians as an attack on property...
Forum: Politics 03-19-2007, 09:10 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 48
Posted By zyqwert
Re: CSPAN: Iraq: The Changing Mission

She makes an emotional case that the US soldiers and the Iraq government are fighting evil, which is true enough. For more depth along this line, read the most popular dispatches from Michael Yon's...
Forum: Politics 03-18-2007, 11:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 86
Posted By zyqwert
Re: I Liked McCain Until This...

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Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”

Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”

Q:...
Forum: Internet Gambling 03-18-2007, 08:44 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 204
Posted By zyqwert
Re: How do you become a consistent winning player?

Only play at tables that have at least 20% very bad players.
Forum: Politics 03-18-2007, 04:04 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 186
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Japan - WTF?

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Uhm... the last time we were involved in a war with China, we are ALLIES against the Japanese...

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Don't tell the Marines. link...
Forum: Politics 03-17-2007, 12:25 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 120
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Debate discussion: intellectual property in an AC land

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How much damage are the creators allowed to do to innocent people in their quest to get paid?

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How much did the imitator benefit by adopting the innovation?
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Forum: Politics 03-17-2007, 12:13 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 120
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Debate discussion: intellectual property in an AC land

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my argument is totally marketcentric? how are you being reminded of socialism.


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I'm sorry I made my point badly, again.

Here is a socialist who wants to have the...
Forum: Politics 03-16-2007, 11:26 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 81
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Wilson\'s covert status

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You're right though, I cannot speak definitively on the subject

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It's a tough one for a layperson. On the one hand big claims require big proof. On the other hand,...
Forum: Politics 03-16-2007, 11:00 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 120
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Debate discussion: intellectual property in an AC land

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IE why cure cancer if as soon as you find the cure 10000000 companies buy your medicine then reproduce it themselves.

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I know a salesman who has all the big pharma...
Forum: Politics 03-16-2007, 10:51 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 120
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Debate discussion: intellectual property in an AC land

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if people aren't compensated for incurring 'discovery' costs then what incentive do they have to properly invest their time into discovering new ideas.

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The claims about...
Forum: About the Forums 03-16-2007, 07:25 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 297
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Politics - An Ultimate and Inevitable Victory

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the end of democracy as we know it.

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The OP's implication was a negative outcome, not a positive one.
Forum: Politics 03-16-2007, 05:51 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 194
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Bush is Such a Dope...

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There is NOTHING in your wiki link.
The NORMAL process is to gradually replace all 93 DOJ DAs.

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There was this memo (http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/March/107ag.htm)...
Forum: Politics 03-16-2007, 01:34 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 207
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Where In The Constitution...

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OK let's see...here is the text of the Commerce Clause:

""To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."

The germane part...
Forum: Politics 03-15-2007, 11:57 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 194
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Bricks and Glass Houses....

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You are JFK. United States Attorney in Birmingham is not being agressive enough enforcing the Civil Rights Act. Your position is that it would have been wrong for JFK to replace him. Is...
Forum: Politics 03-15-2007, 07:38 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 194
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Bricks and Glass Houses....

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So was it OK for Clinton to fire 93 DAs, including those tasked with investigating the Whitewater scandal one month after he was sworn in?

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I don't think fire is a...
Forum: Politics 03-15-2007, 12:20 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 162
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Public Health Care - Why not at state level first?

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the whole kitten caboodle

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the whole kit and caboodle? (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-who2.htm)
Forum: Politics 03-14-2007, 08:24 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 194
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Bricks and Glass Houses....

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Keeping many Clinton holdovers was part of Bush's setting a "new tone" in Washington. These partisan Clinton DAs repaid Bush by going soft on Democratic operatives who were caught in vote...
Forum: Politics 03-08-2007, 07:18 PM
Replies: 220
Views: 715
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Copyrights and patents

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Wouldn't it make sense to protect the value of the time and resources spent on creative works?

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How far are you willing to go?

It was easy to offer that protection when...
Forum: Politics 03-01-2007, 03:24 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 864
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Speeding Cameras

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And if these cameras could take a picture of the driver, how is this any different than a police car hiding with the radar gun out?

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In California the officer is trained...
Forum: Politics 03-01-2007, 02:39 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 864
Posted By zyqwert
Re: Speeding Cameras

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1) it makes unfair assumptions as to who the actual driver of the vehicle is at the time of the violation. Essentially, the burden is shifted to the owner to prove that they were not the...
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