krs
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posted on December 19, 2000 06:03:36 AM
Have they outdone theirselves now?
http://www.time.com/time/poy2000/
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uaru
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posted on December 19, 2000 06:31:49 AM
According to a news report Time had decided the winner of the hotly contested election would be man of the year. I guess if Gore had won you could have pointed out that John Paul II was also man of the year at one time.
I've always felt that when someone starts comparing US politicians to Nazis or Hitler they either have no knowledge of Hitler or they tend to be dramatic bordering on the ridiculous. Either way it looks bad on the person making such comparisons.
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mybiddness
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posted on December 19, 2000 06:47:01 AM
I noticed Gore didn't even make the runner up list. I'm sure he'll demand a recount. Or, at least claim that it's the doing of the evil Republican party.
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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sgtmike
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:36:40 AM
Ever watch a movie or TV show with a person who narrates the entire movie or show to you?
Do you know someone who constantly informs you of all of life's events as though you live in a capsule and do not have access to the same information sources?
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krs
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posted on December 19, 2000 08:10:04 AM
Ever know a spineless wimperer without the stuff to say anything directly? The sort of person who always expounds "they" or "someone" or "you know who you are"?
Always there to stick out their heads to utter some inane thing then scurry back to the safety of the dark place under their chosen rock?
Have the mealymouthed found a new unifier in GW Bush?
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SilkMoth
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posted on December 19, 2000 08:41:36 AM
hmm... I must say that I do have the rather eerie feeling of sitting in a theater while Shakespeare's "Chorus" (the narrator) stands at the OP side and tells me what is happening in the play as I'm watching it.
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SilkMoth
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posted on December 19, 2000 08:47:44 AM
On the other hand, I am finding how deeply and thoroughly I detest CNN. (I watched about a half-hour of Fox News once, by mistake, and needed most of a box of Tagamet to soothe my stomach.)
Therefore, I must say that I'm grateful to krs for condensing the news and editorial opinions, allowing me to click or not, as I choose, and insulating me from those highly irritating Natalie and Lynn persons on CNN.
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[ edited by SilkMoth on Dec 19, 2000 08:48 AM ]
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sgtmike
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posted on December 19, 2000 09:19:54 AM
$3 
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preacher4u
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posted on December 19, 2000 09:21:33 AM
When I looked at the link on the first post that said /poy200, I thought it was for playmate of the year 2000.
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enchanted
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posted on December 19, 2000 09:24:14 AM
I swear I never played with that man. Honest.
[email protected]
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femme
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posted on December 19, 2000 09:27:28 AM
I agree with you SilkMoth.
I don't surf the Internet much and have appreciated all of the news articles presented by the different posters.
I always considered myself a news junkie, but after a month plus of some of the "journalists" on CNN and MSNBC, I've had it.
During "the mess", I preferred NPR, (National Public Radio, for those who don't know) and the articles linked here at RT.
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FrannyS
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posted on December 19, 2000 09:56:58 AM
Maybe this place should have a new title. "They" and "Them" and "Those", versus "Us" and "We" and "Our". TTTUWO for short.
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gettbent
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posted on December 19, 2000 12:44:49 PM
Sooo...let me get this straight...are you saying the George W Bush is another Hitler?
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stockticker
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posted on December 19, 2000 12:50:18 PM
No, Franny - I think pot-stirrers and non-pot-stirrers pretty well covers everyone. 
Irene
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networker67
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posted on December 19, 2000 12:51:22 PM
You ladies and gentlemen are a total riot. franny that was funny as hell. But look at the great realization of this every where else in the World they actually physically exchange blows over the various things we debate with words here.
Sort makes you proud to be here doesn't it. If this was Northern Ireland somebody would be throwing rocks at somebody shooting a gun.
If this was the Middle East again somebody would be throwing rocks at somebody shooting a gun.
If this was Rwanda somebody would be throwing rocks running from somebody with a gun trying to hack off limbs.
If this was China half the posters wouldn't be here because they don't have the computer knowledge to be on-line undetected.
Aren't you glad we just hurl bits and bytes of language at one another. At the end of the day hopefully everyone logs off and enjoys a minute or two with their families and friends. And come back the next day to exchange those bits and bytes.
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FrannyS
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:01:11 PM
Thats a much shorter title, Irene NPS and PS.
Networker, we are all chasing each other at one time or another with weapons, no matter what kind they are. Bits and Bytes may stab like knives and words will definetly hurt you (as in general 'you').
edited to fix smiley face that didnt belong on the last sentence.
[ edited by FrannyS on Dec 19, 2000 01:02 PM ]
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stockticker
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:05:04 PM
Not everywhere else in the world Networker67. Here in Canada we prefer our politics to be boring.
Irene
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networker67
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:09:16 PM
franny - True but words only hurt feelings, generate emotions but at the end of the day no doctor bill. I'll take those words anyday of the week.
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krs
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:16:39 PM
No doctor bill? You might not consider your shrink a doctor, I suppose.
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njrazd
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:43:06 PM
krs...you neglected to mention that Bill Clinton received this dubious distinction, not once, but twice (1992 & 1998.) Guess it just slipped your mind.
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krs
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:48:12 PM
And Joseph Stalin. Idi Amin was once a runnerup, I heard, but he didn't make the cut...personally.
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codasaurus
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posted on December 19, 2000 01:57:14 PM
Networker67,
"but words only hurt feelings, generate emotions but at the end of the day no doctor bill. I'll take those words anyday of the week."
Really? Then why did you seem so upset in a certain topic here on AW about a bank?
Words you direct at others might well appear to you to be harmless, possibly because you view posting as some sort of game. But many words, even when not directed at you, tend to raise emotions in you that you carry about continually.
If you expect others to shake of the dust and mud of the days tumble then you ought to expect that of yourself.
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zeldas
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posted on December 19, 2000 02:35:15 PM
One thing I have to say for you Ken You certainly know how to grab our attention.
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FrannyS
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posted on December 19, 2000 02:38:08 PM
words only hurt feelings, generate emotions
And those emotions can lead to physical hurt, networker. Emotions and feelings can generate pain.
Your child, or mother, or spouse says I HATE YOU, and it does not cause pain in your chest? Someone tells you they wish you were dead. No hurt there? No discomfort? Bullhocky.
[ edited by FrannyS on Dec 19, 2000 02:40 PM ]
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networker67
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posted on December 19, 2000 03:24:27 PM
I always shake the dust and I always give as good as I get. Nothing bothers me short of losing money. Besides I have another opinion on who was really bothered by that thread. I think the "What Makes Us American" Thread helped clear that person's burning trouble with the discussion.
It also served to enlighten the same person about hidden agendas of holding onto meaningless grudges about discussions that have faded into cyber nothingness elsewhere.
[ edited by networker67 on Dec 19, 2000 08:21 PM ]
[ edited by networker67 on Dec 19, 2000 08:42 PM ]
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gravid
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posted on December 19, 2000 03:24:31 PM
Never ever throw rocks at people with guns. Bad idea.
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krs
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posted on December 19, 2000 05:14:32 PM
Does anyone else read networker calling coda a racist with:
But I suspect you have that same clarity problem that seems to affect a lot of people in your part of the country. You know the clarity problem that called for three amendments to clarify we the people.?
Oh, why didn't someone tell me that coda is in DeMoine.
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FrannyS
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posted on December 19, 2000 05:18:07 PM
Demoine? More like Sioux City. Spelling's right anyway. Phonics anyone? Heh heh
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kitsch1
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posted on December 19, 2000 06:00:24 PM
Des Moines
got ya on one krs
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FrannyS
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posted on December 19, 2000 06:14:52 PM
Got me too, Kitsch. But mine is worse, since I didnt even bother to split them up.
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