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pilechko

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(Msg. 31) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:20 am
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Alan Hope wrote:
>> I'm quite sure you'll be able to provide an authoritative cite for
>> that understanding.
>>
>> But I was more concerned with your ad hoc trustworthiness. You
>> appeared to be saying an oath on the Bible was to be trusted, and one
>> on the Koran (by you) not. I asked whether one ought to trust a
>> promise given by you on no holy book at all, and you've declined to
>> answer.
>
>
> What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your question,
> I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?

Some of us are not Cretans.

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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

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(Msg. 32) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:45 am
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Alan Hope wrote:
>> What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your
>> question, I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?
>
> No.



You just did. At least I'm honest about it.



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(Msg. 33) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:46 am
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Paul Ilechko wrote:
>> What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your
>> question, I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?
>
> Some of us are not Cretans.


I think you meant some of "them" aren't.



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(Msg. 34) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:57 am
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Paul Ilechko wrote:
>>> What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your
>>> question, I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?
>> Some of us are not Cretans.
>
>
> I think you meant some of "them" aren't.
>
>
>

I know what I meant, Epimenides.
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

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(Msg. 35) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:45 am
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Paul Ilechko wrote:
>>> Some of us are not Cretans.
>>
>> I think you meant some of "them" aren't.
>
> I know what I meant, Epimenides.



Another typo then, my luetic friend?



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(Msg. 36) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:28 am
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delcolja RemoveThis @mail.ab.edu wrote:
> Paul Ilechko wrote:
>>> The previous owner of the book was Thomas Jefferson.
>>>
>> You mean he was a terrorist too ?
>
>
> The British thought so.


and we think the same about the current leader of the republican rabble.
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(Msg. 37) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:36 am
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN goes:

>Alan Hope wrote:
>> I'm quite sure you'll be able to provide an authoritative cite for
>> that understanding.

>> But I was more concerned with your ad hoc trustworthiness. You
>> appeared to be saying an oath on the Bible was to be trusted, and one
>> on the Koran (by you) not. I asked whether one ought to trust a
>> promise given by you on no holy book at all, and you've declined to
>> answer.

>What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your question,
>I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?

No.


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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

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(Msg. 38) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:56 pm
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Alan Hope wrote:
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN goes:
>
>> Alan Hope wrote:
>>>> What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your
>>>> question, I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?
>
>>> No.
>
>> You just did. At least I'm honest about it.
>
> We already know you're not honest, because you said so.


I lied.



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(Msg. 39) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:09 pm
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN goes:

>Alan Hope wrote:
>>> What difference does it make? Did I run for office? To answer your
>>> question, I'll lie when it suits my purposes. Don't you?

>> No.

>You just did. At least I'm honest about it.

We already know you're not honest, because you said so.


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(Msg. 40) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:11 pm
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Robert Love goes:

>On 2007-01-02 13:42:21 -0600, "*Anarcissie*" <anarcissie DeleteThis @gmail.com> said:

>>> *Anarcissie* wrote:

>>>> About half the House of Representatives belong to a party that
>>>> is led by violent extremists. Why worry about this one individual?

>> Richard Fangnail wrote:
>>> That is a poor description of Democrats or Republicans or even
>>> Libertarians.

>> One party, to which about half the present House of Representatives
>> belongs, has a leadership which has started a number of wars,

>Would that be the Democrats?

>WW II, FDR, a Democrat. He wanted us in the European war when the
>country wanted us neutral.

>Korean War, Truman, a Democrat,

>Vietnam War, Kennedy, a Democrat and enlarged by Johnson, a career
>Democrat, ended by Nixon, a Repulican.

Are you having trouble with the tense of the word "has"?


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(Msg. 41) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:57 pm
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On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:20:07 GMT, smw <smwei RemoveThis @ameritech.net> wrote:

>
>
>Richard Harter wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:29:19 -0500, Paul Ilechko <pilechko RemoveThis @patmedia.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>*Anarcissie* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>About half the House of Representatives belong to a party that
>>>>is led by violent extremists. Why worry about this one individual?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Interestingly, about 100% of the population agrees with you on this,
>>>just that many of them have a different opinion as to which half you are
>>>talking about Wink
>>
>>
>> Chortle. Just so.
>
>I want to register for the plague-on-both-their-houses party, please.
>
> thanks for the xmas card!

You're welcome.
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(Msg. 42) Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:43 pm
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Alan Hope wrote:

> Are you having trouble with the tense of the word "has"?

other than that it's irrelevant to the point the poster's making???


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(Msg. 43) Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:47 pm
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Paul Ilechko wrote:

> and we think the same about the current leader of the republican rabble.

"think" is a little grand for the sound of that particular knee jerking,
hey wot?

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(Msg. 44) Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:09 pm
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michael goes:

>Alan Hope wrote:

>> Are you having trouble with the tense of the word "has"?

>other than that it's irrelevant to the point the poster's making???

It isn't.


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