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03-08-2005, 05:42 PM
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#4456
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
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through the looking glass
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Originally posted by taxwonk
You'll be happy to learn I filed them electronically, too.
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good. last year when you mailed them and they found DNA evidence that implicated "me" in those murders, I almost wasn't going to pay your bill
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03-08-2005, 05:42 PM
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#4457
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Too Good For Post Numbers
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by sgtclub
And why, did you conclude, did they not take measures to reduce that military burden?
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Tsar Nicholas was still in an expansion frame of mind at the time. |
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03-08-2005, 05:43 PM
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#4458
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by sgtclub
And why, did you conclude, did they not take measures to reduce that military burden?
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I believe my conclusion, stated more succinctly, is "they're stupid, so they think that a two-party struggle for global hegemony is a worthwhile goal, even if they can't feed their people."
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03-08-2005, 05:44 PM
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#4459
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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through the looking glass
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
good. last year when you mailed them and they found DNA evidence that implicated "me" in those murders, I almost wasn't going to pay your bill
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Last year, I farmed them out to Coltrane. He needed a writing sample, remember?
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03-08-2005, 05:45 PM
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#4460
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Serenity Now
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Survivor Island
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by taxwonk
I believe my conclusion, stated more succinctly, is "they're stupid, so they think that a two-party struggle for global hegemony is a worthwhile goal, even if they can't feed their people."
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So had the US not been building up as quickly or robustly, you believe they would not have had to dedicate the same resources? |
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03-08-2005, 05:46 PM
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#4461
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by bilmore
Tsar Nicholas was still in an expansion frame of mind at the time.
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Just because you went to school with his Dad, it doesn't give you any special insights into Niki's plans.
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03-08-2005, 05:46 PM
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Consigliere
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pelosi Land!
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Wolfie
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taxwonk
In the same vein, my senior thesis on college was that the Iron Curtain would collapse from the burden of maintaining an unaffordable military burden. So I guess I get credit for it, too.
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It's been suggested that Stephen Hawking stole his Brief History of Time from my fourth grade paper. |
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03-08-2005, 05:49 PM
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#4463
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World Ruler
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It's been suggested that Stephen Hawking stole his Brief History of Time from my fourth grade paper.
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Mother Slave doesn't really count, though.
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03-08-2005, 05:50 PM
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#4464
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by sgtclub
So had the US not been building up as quickly or robustly, you believe they would not have had to dedicate the same resources?
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Perhaps not the same, but they would have devoted more resources than they could afford. The US's military spending was absurd from the Truman Post-War era on as well. The big difference is that in a market economy, where growth is fostered, and inflation is allowed to carry the float when the economy isn't expanding, we were better able to shoulder the expense.
Of course, the poor might have a different view of that.
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03-08-2005, 05:51 PM
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It's been suggested that Stephen Hawking stole his Brief History of Time from my fourth grade paper.
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Suggested by anybody who understood it?
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03-08-2005, 05:57 PM
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Random Syndicate (admin)
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It's been suggested that Stephen Hawking stole his Brief History of Time from my fourth grade paper.
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I use that book when I have insomnia. Generally works within about three paragraphs.
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03-08-2005, 06:00 PM
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Too Good For Post Numbers
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I use that book when I have insomnia. Generally works within about three paragraphs.
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It opens? |
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03-08-2005, 06:17 PM
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Too Good For Post Numbers
Join Date: Mar 2003
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How can they get this so wrong?
/bush[/url]
ETA - okay, that worked well. I'll leave this as a monument to posting skilz.
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03-08-2005, 06:17 PM
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#4469
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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Wolfie
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Originally posted by bilmore
It opens?
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I suspect that Hawking has sold more unread books than anyone else.
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03-08-2005, 06:21 PM
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Consigliere
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Wolfie
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Tyrone Slothrop
I suspect that Hawking has sold more unread books than anyone else.
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Highly debatable.
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