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And I probably would not provide statistics to show that it rains a lot in Western Oregon, either.;-)
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Issodhos THe difference being that if you chose to provide rain statistics proving your assertion about western Oregon--- you would be able to provide those statistics. Apparently you are also a master of nuance
Last edited by Ardy; 05/30/09 02:24 PM.
"It's not a lie if you believe it." -- George Costanza
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. --Bertrand Russel
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Mellow isn't a moderator at all any more, Schlack, and hasn't been for quite some time. I have an  question, but it's only rhetorical - why does a two-bit crook who was bagman for a bunch of small-time sneak thieves have any voice at all, let alone a national one? Why is he not held in permanent and total disgrace? Jeeepers. I am not (a two bit) crook. Sorry mellow didnt realise!
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
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Apparently you are also a master of nuance Hmmm... you actually mistoke my comment for nuance? Fascinating. Yours, Issodhos P.s. Now, that was nuance.;-)
"When all has been said that can be said, and all has been done that can be done, there will be poetry";-) -- Issodhos
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A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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You mean y'all are finally finished squabbling over whether the prez dissed her by using her first name? Cool.:-) Yours, Issodhos
"When all has been said that can be said, and all has been done that can be done, there will be poetry";-) -- Issodhos
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I particularly liked this quote: At her Senate confirmation hearing more than a decade ago, she said, "I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it." Hardly meaningful unless we know what she thinks it says. Yours, Issodhos
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"When all has been said that can be said, and all has been done that can be done, there will be poetry";-) -- Issodhos
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Hardly meaningful unless we know what she thinks it says. It's difficult to know what people think beyond the words they say or write. You seem fairly certain, Issodhos, that when you read the Constitution your interpretation is correct. That you know what the Founders were saying when they wrote the words, what they were thinking, in fact. I seldom have any argument with your interpretation and doubt seriously if I will find fault in hers. I would hope simply that this Justice will interpret the Constitution as written rather than as it might be twisted to suit some "Agenda" or "Ideology".
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I would hope simply that this Justice will interpret the Constitution as written rather than as it might be twisted to suit some "Agenda" or "Ideology". That would probably depend on whether she was immersed in and became a devotee of Critical Legal Studies (or Theory, if you prefer) while matriculating at Yale Law School. Any number of legal beagles seem to have been infected with it.;-) Yours, Issodhos
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Oh, you mean, understanding the law, Iss?
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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