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Re: Moon Struck

erp617 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:00:00 -0000

In the words of the immortal bard, There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Hamlet, I.5)

It's in the nature of man to explore the unknown. That's why there is a New York where the miracle of people going about their business is happening.

I don't know that we should return to the moon exactly, but we should spend our treasure reaching toward the stars not on Chicago thugs who are distributing it to their supporters so they can be re-elected in perpetuity.

Re: Why are poor nations poor

erp617 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:00:00 -0000

Poor nations had socialism foisted on them when the colonials were kicked out. All the loans in the world won't help them because they don't invest the money in their own prosperity. Even if their leaders don't steal it for themselves, once its spent, they merely come looking for more.

Re: Wages at Wal-Mart

erp617 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:00:00 -0000

Your conversation with the Wal-Mart cashier reinforces the fact that most people think they know better how to spend their money than the government. Also since Safeway is a union shop, part of employees' salaries go to keep union officials living the good life and also to support left wing candidates they may or may not want to support.

Medicare easier to deal with than BCBS? In what way? They take their cue from Medicare for decisions on what payments they make.

Re: I Don’t Want Those People to Have a Say in How I Live My Life

erp617 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:00:00 -0000

We can mourn people we admire even if we haven't actually met them. Ronald Reagan comes to mind.

Re: Bias

erp617 — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:20:04 -0000

Bias is bad when its labeled "news." Bias is good when it's labeled "commentary" or "opinion."
FYI - For you people who went to public school after the 60's, the word, media, is plural, as in the sentence: "Media were institutional." The singular of media is medium.
Similarly, the word, data, is plural, and the singular is datum.
Amazingly, before our late and unlamented cultural revolution, students from the third grade up were taught grammar, punctuation, conjugation, spelling, etc. We even learned to spell without resorting to the spell check program on our computers.
Didn't make us better people, just better communicators.

Re: Bias

erp617 — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:45:15 -0000

Gee. I thought you were just being a bi-ass. That's a technical term loosely translated as epikarsios.
Actually you have me at a disadvantage with your powers of ESP.

Re: The Studmuffins of Conservatism

erp617 — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:18:43 -0000

Wake me up when you have pictures. I know S. Green is gorgeous, but I haven't had the pleasure of seeing pictures of the other candidates listed.

Re: The Toast-O-Meter (1/31/04 Edition)

erp617 — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:11:43 -0000

jj - After agreeing in advance to accept, Gephardt would be nominated from the floor knowing full well that he can't win. None of the other candidates would be stupid enough to accept the nomination if it's a sure loser.

It has to be a brokered convention because that's how Hillary has orchestrated it to give her the most flexibility. She's in control and don't anybody forget it.

Re: FINALLY: It’s the Latest Toast-O-Meter

erp617 — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:47:13 -0000

You're right that the VP will be Richardson, but the P will be Hillary. Even liberals aren't stupid enough to pick another Massachusetts liberal especially one who he left his first uber-rich wife (shades of Gingrich) after she got sick and then marries another even uberer-rich woman who got her money from her first husband, a Republican no less.

Kerry has so many things against him, it's like shoting fish in a barrel, and has to be the worst campaigner in history. If there wasn't a scenario in place that excludes him, he wouldn't be allowed near the campaign.

Re: Paraphernalia:

erp617 — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:52:33 -0000

Good quality cotton t-shirt just slighty off-white, very light cream color. Font: Dark green, but not too dark or it will look like black. Use same font as webpage banner.

Front:

The Volokh Conspiracy (green banner &white font like website)

Conspiring for Justice and the American Way (green font)

Back:

Blogging at its Best. (green font)

Volokh.com (green font)

Re: The babe theory of political movements

erp617 — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:13:02 -0000

Is this rocket science?

If you're a beautiful young girl would you want to walk around in a black shroud or a tank top?

Duh?

Re: Transparency or a 'Selig Strategy'?

erp617 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 09:07:01 -0000

The pendulum of leftwing edbiz nuttiness, having reached the outer limits of irrational thought, is now on its inexorable journey back into the world of rational thought.
Thanks to Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Al Gore (for inventing the internet), bloggers, and the current crop of high school and undergraduate students, this is another war that we will win.
Oh, and thanks to all the people who voted for the president. We're well on our way to winning the war for world peace. Pax Americana is here.
Aging hippies, eat your hearts out.

Re: Excerpts of Mapes' Book Treatment

erp617 — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:27:32 -0000

McCarthy was right and so were the bloggers who correctly pointed out the "memo" as submitted by CBS was typed on a computer using MS Word, not on a typewriter.

I hope MM tells all about her involvement in Abu Gharib. That'll be even more fascinating story.

Re: Excerpts of Mapes' Book Treatment

erp617 — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:27:32 -0000

McCarthy was right and so were the bloggers who correctly pointed out the "memo" as submitted by CBS was typed on a computer using MS Word, not on a typewriter.

I hope MM tells all about her involvement in Abu Gharib. That'll be even more fascinating story.

Re: Bush dances with free people; Albright danced with Kim Jong Il

erp617 — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:36:51 -0000

A Democrat in 2009. Bite your tongue.

Re: Bush dances with free people; Albright danced with Kim Jong Il

erp617 — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:36:51 -0000

A Democrat in 2009. Bite your tongue.

Re: 'The Phantom Professor'

erp617 — Wed, 11 May 2005 11:23:01 -0000

I hope all this negative publicity about how things really are in higher ed will result in the crumbling of those ivy towers.

Re: Law Firms to Monitor and Report Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation:

erp617 — Fri, 13 May 2005 12:59:45 -0000

Speaking as a non-lawyer, the only criteria I'd look for in a law firm is whether or not the lawyers on the staff could brilliantly represent me and win my case. The ethnicity, race, sex, etc. of individual members of the firm would be immaterial.

Re: Women and Last Names:

erp617 — Tue, 17 May 2005 20:58:31 -0000

Back when I got married in 1956, I did what was customary at that time. I changed my last name to my husbands, dropped my middle name in favor of my maiden name and kept my own first name. It worked fine and simplified matters especially when the kids came along.

If I were a young woman getting married in today's world, I'd use my last name for business and add my husband's last name for official documents and family matters. It's a simple way of having it both ways.

If you're keeping tabs, you can add me to the anti-hyphenated list

Re: Women and Last Names:

erp617 — Wed, 18 May 2005 02:29:18 -0000

Bree's question is puzzling. In what way aren't women who want to change their names being supported by the comments on this string?

It's interesting that so many of the decisions about name changes were made for purely pragmatic reasons of spelling and pronunciation. Women are doing whatever works best for us.

I guess we really have come a long way.

Re: More on Professays.com:

erp617 — Thu, 26 May 2005 21:34:02 -0000

Here's an amusing pre-internet story along the same vein. John, son of a very famous mother was a freshman student in a friend's first year Italian course at a famous college. John didn't take his studies very seriously and was failing all his courses including the Italian 101.

His famous mother called my friend and brow beat him into agreeing to allow John to do a paper for extra credit so he could receive a passing grade. We were all waiting to see the scholar's work and when it finally arrived, it was a well written paper in beautiful Italian with nary a mistake. Obviously, not the work of failing first year language student and if further proof was needed, across the folder containing the paper, was handwritten, "Chow, have a nice summer, John"

We didn't see John again. He never returned to school.

Re: Dell lies. Dell sucks.

erp617 — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:16:17 -0000

I won't bore you with the details, but I wouldn't have a Dell on a silver platter. Tech Support?? Haaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Re: Dick Durbin Apologizes,

erp617 — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:07:13 -0000

Greedy Clerk: Your comment proves once again that liberals have no sense of humor. The "I heart Gitmo" t'shirts are sarcasm, and a large part of the problem with you is <i>what</i> you were taught to love about Ameerica. Since you're reading VC, there may hope that you will figure it. I hope so.

Re: Thomas Clerks Need Not Apply?

erp617 — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:07:36 -0000

That'll teach her to aim higher.

Re: Should "Dangerous" Information Be Censored?

erp617 — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:09:37 -0000

Things cannot be un-invented.