Judge Crater Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > are you a real judge? ... doesn't seem like the post of a real judge.
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KeepOnTruckin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Screw all that, he wants to raise the speed limit > to 70 on in the interstate. He's got my vote ... my vote too. (Actually, I hadn't heard that.) I was considering sitting this one out, but I'll vote for McD if he raises the speed limit to 70. (Most other issues are rhetorical b.s.) Roadster ... errr, murd
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... and PETA is looking for "Stimulus" funding ...
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Harry Tuttle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Be grateful for what you have and stop worrying > about shit that you can't control. HT the Stoic. From The Enchiridion (see post above): "Rule 1. Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things n
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“Cool” Canadian – ALEX TREBEK! http://www.nndb.com/people/373/000022307/ AKA Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek Born: 22-Jul-1940 Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Game Show Host Nationality: United States
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Here’s an interesting classic that can be read in an hour or so - The Enchiridion of Epictetus (i.e., the Stoic) – a handbook for life (135 A.D.) http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html Here’s a good rule from the translated text: 6. Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own. If a horse should be prideful and say, " I am handsome," it would be supportable. But when you
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... the gloom and doom scenario sounds like a Twilight Zone episode. But turning off the turning off the tv and reading a book is a great idea. The classics no less. Disengaging from the political b.s. is also a great objective (though difficult when engaged with the FFXU forum!)
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Registered Voter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is the easiest and cheapest argument to deflect > legitimate criticism. Also impossible to prove or > disprove, so essentially a cheap shot that is sure > to get their base fired up. > +1 An ad hominem argument has the basic form: Person A makes claim X There is something objectionable about P
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