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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:36 AM Original message |
How many people could the Catholic Church feed... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good post! |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. If they were to liquidate their relics that they just keep in a dusty |
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iamtechus (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. How many people could the republican party feed? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. So your point is they're all uncaring hypocrites? |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. Which is why |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. I agree - I saw a segment the other night on the Vatican and |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, giving you life to God is really easy and filled with luxury |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You're completely missing the point. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Why don't we get rid of the white house, capitol hill, lincoln memorial, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. You can attack me for being hypocritical... |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I don't want you to get offended |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Too late. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Again, I doubt you would be as fast to sell all of the trillions of assets |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. How does that even compare? |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. And why do you think he said all those things? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. All you are saying is that you see religion as a waste of money. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Voluntary contributions, huh? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. Oh, I didn't realize that this week's candles were from forced labor. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Why read more into what I'm saying? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Jesus spoke |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Isn't it funny how the questions are only asked for bishops? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Um, hello? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. why, you would gain saving children. But that was never what you wanted. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. The bar IS higher. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. I think they should be held to a fair standard. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I think the non-believer is uniquely qualified for the task. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Ah, finally. You quit pretending to care about charity. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. these cut backs you talk about |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I wonder how the children who starve to death feel about |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I wonder how those starving children feel about you being on the internet |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I'm not sitting on trillions of dollars, am I? n/t |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No, but the $500-$2000 you paid for this computer would have |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yeah, that's a GREAT comparison. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. No, you are the one to criticize the charitable giving of the church |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Why do you keep twisting what I'm saying? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. "Why do you keep twisting what I'm saying?" |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I am not twisting, listen |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I don't claim to represent God on earth. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. It is also either a lie |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Quite true. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. The amount of people that visit the Vatican |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Actually |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Thanks for your opinion |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. And thank you for your opinion, which, since you haven't corrected me is: |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. "This is not a time |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
80. What exactly was your stated mission in life, again? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:01 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Do you think the church could save just one more child |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. In the same way you could. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Whatever you want to assign my motives to be, go ahead. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I took out all the reasons tha made zero sense, and |
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mutus_frutex (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Giving their life to god??? |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. You have got to be kidding me |
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mutus_frutex (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Well, your experience is different than mine, I guess.. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 07:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Think about that for a moment. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Mother Theresa was quite the little fundraiser in her day |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. I told Mrs. ZBDent that they could probably feed Africa for a day |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. 1O9 trillion is US wealth |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's not a good example, IMO... eom |
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dryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. The church..... |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. 9 million die by starvation, or effects of hunger such as lowered resistan |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Things might change if Cardinal Bergoglio becomes Pope |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Pawel K: go without food for three weeks, and post again on this topic |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Your remarks seem to be addressed to Pawel K |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. no car, no tv, no house, is worth the life of a starving kid... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Putting a human face on the famine |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Ok, you are completely avoiding what I am saying |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. People may be ignoring you |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Where do you supose the vatican would get money to help the poor |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Where did Jesus |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. You are trying to side step what I am asking |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Do Muslims visit Mecca because of the art treasures? |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Do you have any idea how many people visit there that are non catholic? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I yield to your superior reasoning. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Very much in line |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Giving you life to god is filled with Luxury, yes |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Making things up |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Making things up? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. You continue |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. The only thing I sidestep |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
102. No... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. "to trample upon the dignity of a woman, a man, a child, an elderly person |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. More about Cardinal Bergoglio... |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. 109 trillion dollars: I fixed the url |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Which post above & what does 109 trillion have to do w/ Cardinal Bergoglio |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Too many to count |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. How am I "Catholic bashing"? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. The Catholic Church DOES feed a lot of people, and without trying to |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Please note, I never called for them to sell everything. |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. Those luxuries DO feed people |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Do you have any proof that actual tradespeople are involved? |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. I have seen stories in the past of them |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. And think of how much great art and music was sponsored by both the |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #74 |
96. That's why I was saying it's a double-edged sword above |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. That we can never know. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Is there a particular reason ... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Nope, you are perfectly welcome to ignore me. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. You're overreaching my intent, my friend. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. The problem is not *you* using that line of reasoning, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #59 |
103. That is almost a Supply Side Jesus argument, as seen below |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
85. Anyone can do more to save the life of one more child. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Wow, so you're really a mind-reader, huh? |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
95. How many people could the US government feed |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
104. You make a good point, but I must say one thing. |
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