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From:         CROSEN%BGSUOPIE.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      Re: Ross

Greetings,

I still think many of Ross's stats were misleading, but on reflection I'm
increasingly impressed by what I recall as singularly radical comments he
made (certainly some of the most radical comments I've ever heard a
presidential candidate make--except perhaps for a few extreme left-wingers).
For instance, at one point he held up a chart that graphically represented
the distribution of weath (or income, I can't recall).  He noted that
a small percentage of the population controls a disproportionate amount
of the wealth and earns a disproportionate amount of income.  He stated
something like: "A society can't work with these kinds of disparities."
(or something like that; somebody with a better memory can correct me).

I've been saying that for a long time.

Marty
From: karsten@netcom.com (karsten)
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From the November 1992 issue of Reason:

Donald Wildmon's American Family Association is upset with Cape
Giradeau County, Missouri, prosecutor Morley Swingle.  An officer
of the local AFA chapter tried to get Swingle to bring charges
against video stores renting adult tapes.  But, reports Adult
Video News, Swingle chose first to find out what community
standards were.  He polled 237 people who had just served as
jurors.  When over 70 percent said that Americans should be free
to watch whatever they want in their own homes and that stores
should be free to provide the material, Swingle declined to
prosecute any of the stores.  Rather than thanking him for saving
the county the $25,000 it would cost to try a case it probably
couldn't win, the AFA criticized Swingle for spending $137.46 on
the poll.

--karsten

(Adult Video News is a rather boring trade publication, BTW, so
 don't bother looking for it at your newsstand)
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: justice
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On Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:12:11 -0500, "Anne Burton Harwell" <harwell@TENET.EDU>
 wrote:
> Thank you for your well-reasoned and sensible commentary on the VMIers and
> freedom of speech. It pains me to say that I side with Jim Thomas and

Didn't the Project-H list teach you that someone's presence on a list
was entirely up to the whim of it's moderator?  It's a two-edged sword.

G
From: bsinger@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bayla Singer)
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Me:
>>Sometimes nothing works, and I just hang up,
>>*knowing* that it's a bad idea, but nobody's ever told me a better one.

Karen:
>Why is it a bad idea to hang up?

Me: -- I keep thinking I've left my account open.  I suspect, but do not 
know, that there are gremlins that go around closing doors, and that makes
me nervous. --bayla
From: rita@EFF.ORG (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
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              at Oct 15, 92 1:27 pm

> Karen
> I told you I can't do anything more than speculate on other people's sex lives
> today

	Let me know what you come up with for mine :)

Rita
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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In a previous article, maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU ("") says:

>> Dan Quayle is an unmitigated ass.  He should lighten up, inhale!
According to list pundits, he did, which is the trouble.:-)  Then the 
doctor said, "It's a boy" at which point the Democrats in the room started
to cry....
>I thought he was hilarious.  His coaches apparently gave him animation
>pills just before the debate to keep him from looking like the scared
>rabbit he looked like four years ago.  But I think he took an overdose.
I thought he got in some of the best lines of the night.  Stockdale got the
rest, IMHO.  Gore hasn't improved any in the past four years, but somebody
sure must have given Quayle loosen-upper pills.  They worked, too.:-)

>
-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
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>>Heh.
>>  "Here we come to save the day.......
>>   Project-H is on its way...."
>
>Quoting Fay Dunaway as Joan Crawford in _Mommy Dearest_:
>Don't *fuck* with me, fellas!

Really, Anne, couldn't you find a better model for indignation
than (urp! spew! hurl!) Joan Crawford??? :-)

Ken
From: maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU ((Natalie Maynor))
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> This is getting as bad as the campaign--*I* didn't quote from the book.  I

I know.  It occurred to me shortly after logging off this morning that I
had misattributed.  Then I forgot to log back on and apologize for the
mistake.  Today has been hectic.  Sorry!
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: The Hyena Has A Sexy Voice!
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1992, (Natalie Maynor) wrote:

> He doesn't just laugh wildly!  He *talks*!  And he has a *very* sexy
> voice -- but a bad ear...

So who's the Hyena and what's his number?

-abh
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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In a previous article, N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU (gilbertsmith) says:

>>    freeing YT to flap his arms and sing "If You Want To Be A Bird..."!  That i
>> when her reckless style of driving doesn't force him to hang on for Dear Life,
>> and not to the sissy strap, either!)
>>
>> John "How's THAT, Giggles?" W.
>
>Much better.  Now I feel <satisfied>....  don't stop don't stop...

We're going back, Jack; do it again.  Wheels turning round and round......
-Steely Dan
[and appropriate - both misquote and name, methinks]

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From:         Entropy Warrior <AUSBROOK@UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      DQism

"Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state
that is by itself. It is a -- it is different, than the other 49
states. Well, all states are different, but it's got a
particularly unique situtation." (DQ when asked whether Hawaii's
universal health coverage could serve as a national model.)

-Entropy Publishing
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Subject:      Re: Getting Gore Straight (from the KGB)

Marty corrects me:

   >"Careful readers"!!!!  Surely you jest.  This is word-l.
   >Besides, as someone is sure to point out, this election is all
   >about character.  Just because Gore didn't write explicitly that
   >the US should shoulder the burden doesn't mean that's not his
   >secret intent.  Gore and Clinton have "a problem telling the
   >truth."  Thus, even though Gore didn't write what Quayle claimed,
   >Quayle had every right to accuse of it, because Gore and Clinton
   >are liars.

Sorry Marty, I forgot. Guess the demise of E. Europe and the shakeup
in the KGB means that wires are crossed in getting their stories
straight. Besides, anybody who writes a book is, by definition, a
pointy-headed intellectual (from across the Potomac).  Ya just can't
trust those damn commie-liberal-radiclib symps.
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Subject: Re: Reality v. Rhetoric
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> I am not nearly as partisan as you think.
> -Mka

Gee, Ausbrook, you could've fooled me.  You do <indignation> very well!

rashmi
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From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: Take me out to the Phonolog...

>Thanks for the kind words.  Here's my parting contribution...
>
>The word for the day is: JOCULARITY.
>
>--Tracy

Hear hear! Let's make it the word for everyday.

tushar
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From:         "JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS"
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Subject:      Re: Gleanings (63)

21) Livestock At Large
        What I was charged with by the City of Mesa for having my dog in
my front yard.  (Gawd, it's a long story!)  My attorney thought it would be
thrown out of court, but I was damn near thrown into jail!!!  As it was I
pleaded nolo contendere ("Hi, Spiro!") and served six months probation OR...
It's a loooooong story...  8-(
23) Dan Rostenkowski
        Already done.  One of those "politicians" whom you are not only
surprised still hold office but are shocked to discover that their constit-
uents haven't beated them to a pulp and left them for dead in a gutter some-
where...  A consummate porkmeister, I suppose. I call him a sleazeball.  Gives
democracy and the Democratic Party a bad name.
25) to kick one in the klarn
        (My, I am ODD this week!  8-)  )  A euphemism, coined by Steve Allen,
for "ass".  Another of his was "bird".  Jeez,  I miss Steverino...and he ain't
even dead!  He initiated all the routines that Johnny Carson later took credit
for.

John "So, how's yer bird?" W.
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Date:         Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:52:42 EDT
From:         "(Rashmi)" <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Get your motor runnin'...
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              "WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu" at Oct 15, 92 3:18 pm

> Shhhhhhh. I thought you weren't going to tell the one about jello-wrestling
> atop a flatbed truck while being towed through the Holland Tunnel.
> -abh

I've to ask ... Any particular reason why the Holland tunnel features so
prominently in your fantasies, Harwell?   There was another one, I remember.

rashmi
From: maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU ((Natalie Maynor))
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> I can see the "regulars" on this list are probably
> still in college.

:-)

Did anybody ever try to figure out the average or median age of our list
regulars?  I think we talked about it once.  My very, very rough guess is
that the average age is somewhere around 40.  Now that Adam is gone
(only temporarily, thank goodness), do we have any college students left?
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
From: gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK (Graham Toal)
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Date: 16 Oct 92 17:40:12 GMT
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On Fri, 16 Oct 1992 11:05:05 EDT, "Judith E. Schrier"
 <primate@brownvm.brown.edu> wrote:
> >Well, I'm sure my mother would certainly think so...as I think I have said
> >before, I was grown before I knew that nice people *could* be Republicans.
> >ndh
> They *can*???

And do we know any?  By hearsay even?

G
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
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              12 Oct 1992 15:55:00 CDT from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

On Mon, 12 Oct 1992 15:55:00 CDT Natalie Maynor said:
>> Marty?  Neal?  Natalie?
>
>It's just a usenetter cruising through.

yeah....but.....some of them cruise through....and some of them just
keep coming back.....we wanna give them a <proper welcome> don't we?

(My God, Gigglesdom has me....how do I get rid of it?   What's the magic
cure?  Helllllllllpppp....)

dan
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From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Depression
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>
> Yesterday was National Depression Screening Day.

A day late and a penny short.
doris
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Posted on 15 Oct 1992 at 11:23:41 by Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)
>Well, don't send her to me unless you want her to be totally
>corrupted.

Steve!  I have never seen you as the corrupter of young womanhood before!
Hmmm...I can see my mental image needs readjustment.:)

Karen
I told you I can't do anything more than speculate on other people's sex lives
today
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Subject:      Re: Webster's online

>I'm sure you're not trying to be deliberately irritating.
>European, British, or Scots, but not English, please.

Ok, Ok.  Very sorry.  British.  And no, I was not trying to be deliberately
irritating.  It would seem that between the tQ9hf us it just comes naturally.

>
>>      2) the addresss is almost certainly moose.ucs.indiana.edu
>>                                                ^^^
>OK, you use your address & I'll use mine.
>
>G

I apologized for the goof elsewhere--but as I said elsewhere, I was only trying
to save some frustration with what appeared to be a typo.  Of course I should
have gone and checked it myself, or read the later postings.  In any case, it
was not a dispatch from my disinformation department.

-K

-Mka
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Date:         Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:30:54 EDT
From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      The <Award>
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So, Rashmi, Natalie... Yours got red velvet also?


Rita
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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 10:15:32 EDT
From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Publishers Clearing House

Did anyone else see the report on CBS This Morning about PCH?  A group
of sanitation men found thousands upon thousands of PCH entries in the
trash.  All those entries wasted :(  I'm never going to buy anything
from PCH again.

Evelyn
From: haycock@marley.think.com (Anne Haycock)
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   >Did Perot kick everybody's ass or what?
   NO, He was a platitude monster. He was like nailing jello to moving car.

   >-abh

   later

   alec


Holy molds, Batman.  You know, I have to agree with Alec.  I thought Perot
did much to demonstrate the <political> sameness of Bush and Clinton and
force them to stick to the issues instead of spear-chucking, but overall I
thought he gave glib answers without the substantive "how".  

still chuckling,

//anne, jello shots anyone?//
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Subject: Re: Lob's Profuse Apology (was WWHWIGTV ?
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> Oh good.  That means I can talk to Giggles again.  Bet he never even noticed
> I was ignoring him.
>
> G

What am I, stupid?  Dense?  I noticed a lot of things that were
going on up until about two days ago.  O.K., <gang>, I learned
my lesson.  But look out for <<<***Dr. Giggles****>>>>  He's
cooommmming!!!
--ggs
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                        30's warm,
                        20's nice,
                        10 is cold,
                        and 0 is ice...
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From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: "Better a devil you know..."
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              9, 92 2:09 pm

> > 	Sounds like you need to set the clock back on your machines,
> > to me.
>
> No, the really good packages write to the program once you hit the wall so
> setting your clock back doesn't fool anything once you've expired. You
> really do have to buy a new authcode.

	Works for VMS.

Rita
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Date: 13 Oct 92 20:18:26 GMT
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I'm still very busy and have been reading almost none of my mail,
but I wanted to make a few comments anyway.
- Thank you very much to all who sent greetings to Tina for her
17th birthday. She was delighted. We did manage to surprise her
(Inever thought we'd get away with it because she is VERY tuned
in to her surroundings) At some point she will probably post a
note ot two here again - but not until the play she is stage
managing is over.

- The National Storytelling Festival was a wonderful experience.
There were 8,000 people jammed into the little town of Jonesborough,
Tenn. - one of the most diverse groups of people I have ever been
in -  and dozens of storytellers from all over the world. My favorites
were: Kathryn Windham (from Selma, Ala), Patrick Ball (Celtic stories
accompanied by Celtic Harp), Joe Bruchac (Abenaki and Mohawk stories)
and Izzy Tooinski (He told stories while juggling knives). But there
were lots of others that I liked too. If you like to hear stories, you
should consider going next year. It's always the first weekend of Oct
in Jonesborough.
 Maybe one of these days I'll be back as a regular wordsler - for now
occassional lurker is about the best I'll be able to do.

                                                        Br Paul
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Subject:      Re: From the Annals of PC
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Some more....

For those among you who oppose eating meat that has been slaughtered
in commercial abattoirs, we offer:

1.  The VD/BLT: a bacon/lettuce/tomato sandwich made from a pig that
died of syphilis.

2.  The Camille Steak, made from a cow that died of tuberculosis.

Ken
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Ross
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              7 Oct 1992 18:51:56 EDT from <EL406041@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>

On Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:51:56 EDT <EL406041@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU> said:
>Posted on 7 Oct 1992 at 17:21:47 by Dan Lester
>>   As you sorta point out below in the original, Germany and Japan
>>also signed treaties after WWTwo limiting their defense organizations.
>
>Note that these treaties were *our* idea, not *their* idea. This is an
>important concept that a lot of American politicians seem not to grasp.

Oh, yes....my point exactly....sorry it wasn't clear....and that may
be exactly WHY they have done so well with electronics and cars and
lotsa other stuff....instead of farting round with missiles and Star Wars
and other crap, they concentrated on useful things like TVs and cars
and cdroms and chips and... and....

Had  WE channelled our energies in such directions we might be ahead
in non-military areas too....

dan
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From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE%BROWNVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>No, no! You don't throw away the last little bit of a bar
>of soap! You stick it, wet, to the top of the *new* bar
>of soap.
>love, judith, certified mama
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>You sure we don't have the same mama -- see my earlier post?
>Or are we simply 'tight'?
>JAG
Well, you see, I am the Great Generic Mama. EVERYBODY can
identify me with their own Mama.

I was just telling my (blood) daughter this afternoon, "If
you always live as if you were poor, you never will be."

That's the way *my* Mama lived and died, God help her. She
never knew she was rich. I kept telling her, and she wouldn't
*hear* it. She bought dented cans to the end...

love, judith
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