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The idea
4th May 2004, 03:13 PM
"Before Condi Rice was born, I was a rational being, alive, thinking, feeling, and pursuing positive values."

"Even before Condi Rice was conceived, I was alive. She was not yet a single-celled organism. She was not yet a fertilized egg. She was not yet an embryo. Yet, I was a multicellular organism with a brain and a mind and I was destined for the Ivy Leagues."

"On the other hand, to say that blood is thicker than water is to chatter like a bird. Water is the official handshake that indicates a promise, a guarantee, an obligation, and a voluntary contract. Blood indicates bad luck or good luck--whatever kinds of relatives may have been provided by blind chance or cruel fate."

"So Condi Rice has one defect: her relative youth and inexperience. However, a living legend named Ronald Reagan does not suffer from the defect of relative youth and inexperience. He said so. He told Walter Mondale."

"This so-called defect that Condi has is no defect whatsoever. If you think it is a defect, then perhaps you would like Ronald Reagan, in his current state of mind, to take control of the executive branch of the US government."

Wrath of the Swarm
4th May 2004, 03:16 PM
Why is this in Religion and Philosophy instead of Politics? (Or the garbage, which is where it belongs.)

The idea
4th May 2004, 03:22 PM
Originally posted by Wrath of the Swarm
Why is this in Religion and Philosophy instead of Politics? (Or the garbage, which is where it belongs.)
It's a matter of judgment. Perhaps it will be moved. The statement "before so-and-so was, I am" seems religious to me. As for garbage, do you reply to even 10% of the garbage threads on this website? If there are 4000 garbage threads, then 10% would be 400 posts by you complaining about what one would think is not worth effort.

Now, as for my reply to your question: I am responding to you as a person and not just to your question. You are most definitely not garbage.

Riddick
4th May 2004, 04:12 PM
I think he's got R&P on a technicality.

Ladewig
5th May 2004, 03:15 PM
Why is this in Religion and Philosophy instead of Politics? (Or the garbage, which is where it belongs.)


False dichotomy. Something can be philosophy and garbage at the same time.

The idea
5th May 2004, 08:19 PM
Jimmy Carter is entitled to say, "Before William Jefferson Clinton was, I am."

neutrino_cannon
6th May 2004, 05:37 AM
Originally posted by Riddick
I think he's got R&P on a technicality.

Given the quality of the majority of threads here, yes.

How I do miss the days when things could be Shemped (tm) to the BoRB!

The idea
28th May 2004, 08:51 AM
George W. Bush is to Condi Rice
as Jesus was to Abraham

Anyone offended by the comparison?