Posted on 08/02/2003 10:39:40 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
I am not "engaging" Merc...I am responding to her in kind.That you're a blustering liar and a fraud? Heck, people know that over here too, and we can all see that you don't care.
You're not engaging her because she'd open you up. It ain't hard, and she's that good... and you know it.
Not nearly enough. Sophistry. Legalese. And pontificating.
This is not what we sent them there to do. If you can't see it than you're not paying attention. We're talking about inches defining life.
On the plus side, the Supremes have to deal with viability in order to render a decision in the future.
Do you mean her as defined as the unborn or the mother? Does the child get a vote in your world?
It's simple: let the unborn have rights just as you and I and I'll be happy.
Consider your support of people under the auspices of "Does the Constition Follow the Flag." And apply it to the unborn.
I liked your other thoughts in this post, but I want to focus on this quote above.
I'll concede it's not a slam dunk, but I'm going off my experience in Los Angless, which includes talking about PBA with manty Hollywood-types. Not a one of them can defend it, when we get down to the nitty gritty.
The only way the conservative position can lose, in my experience, is when you don't get down to the nitty gritty.
Hollywood actresses these days are increasingly having their babies at eight months via C-section, by choice, so that they won't put on those last 15 to 20 pounds. PBAs kill babies at even later stages than this. Everyone understands that PBA is infanticide, when they're confronted with the truth. Everyone.
I've gotta believe if that's true here, it's true everywhere.
This is one of those questions we won't be able to answer unless we attempt the action. Incrementalism is fine, at times, but there are also times to strike boldly. It's unwise to overrely on one tactic or the other.
It's all or northing. Rember that't it'as game.
Short answer for them is no. They don't have the political ability to enact change but they do have the ability to complain about those who do. Seems fairly apparent that they are doing the only thing within their power to do...complain.
Thanks, but I'll leave those calculations to the (ahem) sabermetricians. (Does Bill James pay you royalties?)
My 99.857% figure was not an estimate of your slugging percentage, but of the percentage of FR threads excluded by your test. The impersonal pronoun was also used for that reason. My point was that the test you proposed to measure your criticism percentage was not only a cherry-pick, but excluded 99% of the orchard.
I wish they could at least be honest and admit they dislike the man and always will instead of trying to pretend their are being reasonable.
How conservative a bill is is directly proportional to the weakest vote needed to pass it, and how much pork had to be paid to get that vote.
Very well put. This is the crux of the political debate, which JimRob fully understands and the sages in the League of Undistinguished Ruffians do not.
Exactly right, Victoria. It's the utter helplessness and defenseless of the victims that makes abortion such an unspeakably depraved demonic act. These helpless innocents are dismembered and mutilated inside their mothers wombs and they cannot even cry out.
Just to be sure everyone understands what's happening:
Here we are sitting in front of our computers hurriedly typing out random thoughts/comments/potshots at a 3-month-old article and/or one another's comments.
Meanwhile, over at the other place, they sit in front of their computers madly typing out comments ridiculing our comments to the article/each other's comments.
To complicate matters, some of the people from over there are over "here" and some of us are going back and forth from "here" to "there" and back, even though in fact we're all just sitting in front of our computers neither "here" nor "there." (In more ways than one.)
Now in an unprecented act of cross-forum communication, Luis Gonzalez is taking this surreal situation to the next logical level by lobbing a flame at someone over "there" who presumably is responding in kind over "there" to your flame "here."
Good Lord man! I hope you have the good sense NEVER to pull a stunt like this again! It's way too risky posting messages from one forum to another. . . especially during an ion storm!
You explain it to him, DeSoto. . . DeSoto? Is that you? Wow, since when have you had that goatee?
Oh oh, someone just tried to assassinate Jim. Oh well, at least we all now get to move up in rank.
Oh no, I'm beginning to see it!
The 'gift' The 'gift'
Curse you LUIS! Get us outta here!
You are forced to concur: As is currently and generally practiced, that's true (aside from "life of the mother" exceptions)...
I knew you would not be able to back up your imaginings with any concrete evidence. It surprised me that Sabertooth would post such dark hypotheticals, but the Sabertooth I used to know shines through in the admission. An honest and courageous man, a moral and truly free one, not swayed or enticed by love of man but rather eager to please his heavenly Father, can admit when he is wrong.
You go on to say: If we accept that this legislation is an incremental step, then there are legitimate questions that need to be asked in order to determine where it might fall short, and thus, where the next incremental step might be taken.
I agree that moral citizens of a free Republic ought to keep very close tabs on their elected officials, and follow closely all proposed legislation. I disagree, however, with your assessment that your repeated insinuations - after mounds of answers by links, facts, evidence, and quotes - are 'legitimate.'
I think it is harpish, intentionally and overtly divisive (rather than innocent postulation), originates in a complaining spirit, and displays either 1)irrationality/idiocy, or 2) intentional malice against George W. Bush/Republicans/Free Republic.
I know you are not an idiot. It looks more and more like you have become completely irrational.
What I can't figure out, Saber, is this: are you changed by hatred for FR, or by hatred of the Republican party? If the later, that comes as a surprise to me, I didn't notice when you abandoned reason for madness (but I don't follow any particular people around this or any other forum, either). If the former, get over yourself.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
James 3:13-18
No Toothy...that's YOUR crowd, isn't it?
Toothy, I engaged Merc plenty in this forum, but keep on smoking that aquarium seaweed.
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