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    How "conservative" was Attila the Hun? Did he favor deregulation and low taxes?
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    What's Your Edge? (For Equity Traders)

    "Tape reading was an important part of the game; so was beginning at the right time; so was sticking to your position. But my greatest discovery was that a man must study general conditions, to size them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities." Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
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    Economical growth is taking and taking

    That's the beauty of capitalism. If you want to work and make money (fairly), you can. If you don't care much for money, you are free to work in non-profitable endeavors or be lazy (as long as you don't steal from others to fund your non-profitability).
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    Economical growth is taking and taking

    So true. In this country (and most industrialized countries), the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be overweight or obese. Starving people are not a concern here.
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    Economical growth is taking and taking

    Yup, a certain percentage of the population would continue to work. And the remaining percentage will mooch off of them.
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    Economical growth is taking and taking

    Capitalism is economic freedom. Freedom to work. Freedom to consume. Freedom to invest. But I guess you are against freedom.
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    Sailors Say Kerry Unfit to be CinC

    Kerry 04 is the same as Dole 96. Instead of searching for a good candidate (if there are any) to beat an incumbent, they just choose the default candidate.
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    Rate hike hype

    Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that. - Homer Simpson
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    Clicked 3 threads and got 3 virus alerts

    Every night, my AntiVirus runs automatically. I just went into the logs to see it. View --> View log files --> Virus scan. I don't know why there are no logs for the real time protection.
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    72 virgins and "heaven" both ridiculous and fake

    So where do these 72 virgins come from? Were they virgins on Earth? Or are they created in heaven? And what happens after he has sex with them? Then he is stuck with 72 nagging wives.....
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    Tillman's Brother Speaks Out

    Pat Tillman's brother said "Pat isn't with God." But what if God does exist? Then I hope Pat Tillman is with God. And if God doesn't exist, then Pat Tillman's brother should say there is no God, not that "Pat isn't with God." Really, Pat Tillman's brother is expressing a view that God does...
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    Clicked 3 threads and got 3 virus alerts

    This is from CA: HTML.MHTMLRedir.exploit is a generic detection of web pages or e-mail messages which attempt to exploit the "MHTML URL Processing" vulnerability in Internet Explorer. For more information specific to this vulnerability, please visit our Vulnerability Information Center...
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    Clicked 3 threads and got 3 virus alerts

    I also got a virus warning on ET. I use eTrust EZ Antivirus (used to be Computer Associates). Here's the output I got: C:\Documents and Settings\.....\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\BTKN5199\count[1].js - HTML.MHTMLRedir.exploit trojan. Deleted.
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    Tillman's Brother Speaks Out

    Just because he wasn't religious, doesn't mean he is not with God.
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    Sailors Say Kerry Unfit to be CinC

    And I bet more people watch American Idol and other "reality" TV shows than vote. So voter participation would actually go up if we did it that way.
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    Sailors Say Kerry Unfit to be CinC

    Sounds like the time I fell off my bike. Damn, I didn't know I could have gotten a Purple Heart for that.
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    Will Bush get re-elected?

    Who was the last Liberal (ie. higher taxes) Northern Democrat to win a preseidential election? I'm sure you guys can open up your history books and figure it out.
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    Will Bush get re-elected?

    Clinton did that twice!!!!
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