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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:55 PM Original message |
Let's Stop Scaring Ourselves.....M. Crichton |
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DireStrike
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I disagree about the nukes |
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enki23
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. michael crichton is a fucking mouthbreathing imbecile |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Crichton must be an idiot, he has a medical degree.... |
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. You have to consider the source |
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thinkingwoman
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. one type of literary criticism swears |
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Tom Yossarian Joad
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Love the subject you bring up, I believe both critical paradigms |
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thinkingwoman
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. no digging required! |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. and McDonald's is the most "accomplished" restaurant of our time |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Same way you attacked me, rather than my message... |
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bvar22
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
88. Micheal Crichton is a pulp fiction writer. |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Not Hemingway, but not Coulter either |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 02:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
110. I don't agree .. |
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salvorhardin
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Links to articles |
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Downtown Hound
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree somewhat |
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Kingshakabobo
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. All is well. Move along. Nothing to see here. |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. parade article link.... |
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charlie
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:05 PM Original message |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. sections of article are available |
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immoderate
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Parade Magazine is right wing trash. |
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Kurovski
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Amen, amen, and amen. |
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foo_bar
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. 'Howard Huge' Calendars to Be Sent to Deployed Troops |
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ElsewheresDaughter
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. Parade is a rightwing rag...never read it!...... |
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indigobusiness
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. We are drama junkies... |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Reality check: |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Doomsday Report? |
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Straight Shooter
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. "This will not happen ... PERIOD." |
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Straight Shooter
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. 4 hours later and no response to my challenge |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Yes, possible that the creatures from Pluto will land on W/H lawn |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Typical right wing tactic, an ad hominem smear (ha, over a URL name!). |
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sangh0
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. self-delete |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You got the wrong guy, but thanks for amping up my credibility. |
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sangh0
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You're right |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Abrupt climate change |
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FizzFuzz
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Mon Dec-06-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
104. just adding to your excellent fact-based post |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. I don't like Mass Extinction ... |
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IrateCitizen
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. You're being unscientific if you ignore it's threat |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #116 |
126. For animals without reason .... yes ... |
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IrateCitizen
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Foresight and planning? Ha! That's a good one! |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
114. I agree on the "micro-nukes" ... |
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pffarrell
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Er, yeah... |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Your memory is shot about the 1960's pollution |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
117. Don't forget the Northwest Passage ... |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
113. The islamics cannot destory our nation ... |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
112. Peak oil ... |
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EstimatedProphet
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nope |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That was not the case with Y2K |
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EstimatedProphet
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. My point though |
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pffarrell
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. from a computer-programming point of view |
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Viking12
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
107. Similar phenomenon with population |
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neebob
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Parade magazine? |
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DavidDvorkin
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Common rightwing rhetorical trick |
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Iris
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It's an article in PARADE!!! for God's sakes! Can anyone really take it |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. article was written by Michael Crichton |
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Iris
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. He writes science fiction novels! |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. He knows science fiction when he sees it!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Iris
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. What a perfect person to shill for the Republicans! n/t |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Educated, maybe. Respected.... uhhhh..... |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Timeline???? |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Awful.... 5.2 out of 10 at IMDB, 12% at rottentomatoes.com |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Not his best work..... |
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amazona
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. or read Sphere? |
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Hong Kong Cavalier
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. Airframe was just as bad. |
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Mon Dec-06-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. I liked "Airframe" quite a bit, but... |
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Hong Kong Cavalier
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Mon Dec-06-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I think the thing that bugged me about Airframe was... |
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neebob
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Bill O'Reilly wrote an article for Parade |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. What was O'Reilly's article about? |
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neebob
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. It was a promotion piece for Who's Looking Out for You? |
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Kurovski
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. She's like, so totally smart! |
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Runcible Spoon
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. as an anthropologist, I puke every time he tries to write "intelligently" |
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bemildred
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Have some more KoolAid(tm). |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
118. Chrichton talks about nuclear winter ... |
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bemildred
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. He points to an "emerging crisis" while talking about credulous fears. |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. Yeah, but this has ALWAYS been the case ... |
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bemildred
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. I assume that people who try to scare me have an agenda. |
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IllegalCombatant
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. "...that's MY JOB!" - mc |
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newyawker99
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Hi IllegalCombatant!! |
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Lorien
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. I wish I could live in his happy bunnyworld |
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. "happy bunnyworld????" |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Happy Bunnyworld..... Good place for a bachelor party! |
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datasuspect
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. i dunno |
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MacCovern
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Overpopulation could be a problem in bunnyworld! |
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datasuspect
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. unless gay teletubbies |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
119. Especially if they're denied contraception ... |
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. global warming could (ironically) trigger an ice age |
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Dear Maggie
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
52. DHMO is only water - Hoax Alarm |
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup |
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Blue_Tires
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
55. i was very shocked to read that today |
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's the same damned thing |
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DrWeird
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Sun Dec-05-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
59. Crichton's a hack. |
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OETKB
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Sun Dec-05-04 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. What the hay? |
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IrateCitizen
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Mon Dec-06-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
68. Utter gibberish... |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Agricultural Output is Increasing |
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IrateCitizen
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I noticed that neither you nor the study you cited... |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Water pollution is a problem, but it will be answered |
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IrateCitizen
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. OK, I've finally decided on you, MacCovern... |
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Lorien
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
106. Those who always call themselves part of the "responsibility party" |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
122. Thats like going cyronic because ... |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Do you have a source that's not a right-wing think-tank? |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Mackinac Center claims to be non-partisan |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. They're right-leaning.... |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. North Seas ecosystem is in collapse.... |
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IrateCitizen
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. How? There's no more plankton? |
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Lorien
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Mon Dec-06-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
97. Yep. The dead zones are spreading too |
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hatrack
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Mon Dec-06-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
69. "Those astronomers used to say that the Sun orbited the Earth!" |
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Killarney
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
79. Reality check here. |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. It's like conspiracies.... |
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Minstrel Boy
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Mon Dec-06-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. We're not scared enough of the right things. |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. runaway greenhouse effect= oceans will boil |
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IrateCitizen
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. STRAWMAN ALERT!!! |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Definition of runaway greenhouse effect |
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IrateCitizen
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Mon Dec-06-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. That's one definition, among many |
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Minstrel Boy
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Mon Dec-06-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. You're armed with little more than a search engine and wishful thinking. |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. super-computer garbage in, garbage out |
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Minstrel Boy
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Mon Dec-06-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Again, you cite a right wing source. |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. The Global Warming Scam, it's a new religion |
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Mon Dec-06-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. one page, opinion piece that calls GW a scam? |
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Lorien
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Mon Dec-06-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. My home was hit by three hurricanes this year |
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MacCovern
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Mon Dec-06-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Fewer hurricanes predicted in 2005 |
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Lorien
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Mon Dec-06-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Nobody predicted these three last year |
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:20 AM Response to Reply #100 |
108. Written by a "Visiting Professor of Petroleum Geology" no less |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
124. Climate change is "the norm" |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
123. I think you mean the "point of no return" ... |
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bobbyboucher
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Mon Dec-06-04 06:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. You're a walking, talking, typing |
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Shakespeare
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Mon Dec-06-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. LOL! Couldn't have said it better myself. |
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Lorien
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Mon Dec-06-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Tralalalalaaaa |
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twenty2strings
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Mon Dec-06-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
101. We're way past worry... |
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chicagiana
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Tue Dec-07-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
109. Chricton is using a logical fallicy here ... |
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Tue Dec-07-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
111. You all are trashing Michael Crichton just as you did |
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Killarney
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Tue Dec-07-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #111 |
121. Crichton is a Dem. so his political leanings are good |
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