[extropy-chat] Moore, Morford, Doonesbury & Dawkings [was: Mandatory draft for your child?]

[Mike Lorrey]

Could you post that link? It looks like you double copied the
Doonesbury bit..
--- Olga Bourlin <fauxever at sprynet.com> wrote:

> From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>
> 
> > It is also rather telling that you believe a newspaper that uses a
> > nasty, lying SOB like Michael Moore as a reliable source.
> 
> I hardly believe anything I read in the newspapers, but I take note
> of the
> various "truths" propounded by the dailies.  I think Michael Moore is
> towards one end of the spectrum, and George Bush is towards the other
> end
> (including exhibiting some of those nasty, lying SOB qualities
> himself).
> George Bush cannot admit he's wrong about anything (maybe, as he
> believes he
> has a special pipeline to god, that would be like saying god is
> wrong? - and
> if that's the case, which man-in-the-looking-glass is calling whom a
> "terrorist"?).
> 
> Commercial break:
> http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
> 
> I was so heartened to hear Kerry mention "atheists" in the second
> debate
> (and I've heard him mention atheists before, as well).  Atheists - as
> in,
> yes, they are real people who are also citizens of the USA and whose
> viewpoints need to be considered.  To even *acknowledge* the
> existence of
> nontheists in America is almost a kiss-of-death in politics, so I
> think
> Kerry exhibited quite a bit of courage in this respect.
> 
> One of my consistently favorite columnists is Mark Morford of the San
> Francisco Chronicle (I know I've mentioned him here before):
> 
> http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
> 
> Mike, forget about Michael Moore for a minute (I'm not actually a fan
> of
> his, and haven't even seen his movie) ... what do you think of
> Morford
> (e.g., the October 5 column)?  I don't agree with Morford's views
> 100% of
> the time, but I just love his facility with words and phrases - and
> he makes
> me think.
> 
> Someone whom I really enjoy reading and who *doesn't* write for
> dailies is
> Richard Dawkins:
>
http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/index.shtml
> 
> See ya lette,
> Olga
> 
> 
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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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