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X. Benedict

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  1. not always true. I have have seen bad parents breed some remarkably good people. Choice and will have a little something to do with it. I see a guy everyday that left home at 14 because his parents were wretches. He is one of the most honest and moral people I have ever met.
  2. What I think (I don't know if I am right), but since 9-11 Iran's hand has been considerably strengthened. Iraq to the West, its former enemy in war is vanquished and a naturally sympathetic Shia community has risen in stature as a result. To the east, the Taliban has fallen and Pakistan has little ability to project power which makes the Iran the biggest regional and most stable player. Because American resources are tied down in Iraq, there is very little to check any Iranian moves in the region that are not overtly hostile (building a bomb is something the Iranian people apparently want). As I see it, Iran has the next 5-10 years to go without a true regional adversary or the ability or willingness of the world to check it in any way. They have managed to stay out of the Iraqi post-invasion, because what we are proposing to make is much better than what they had to live with previously. In poker terms, the U.S. has busted the other players at the table but doesn't have the stack to take Iran out, so Iran has reaped a dividend from US actions in the past 4 years. The caviar is tasting better than ever in Tehran.
  3. What do you propose we do with Iran once we invade it? They didn't even like the nice Shah we gave them the first time.
  4. Blame Reagan, that bastard ended the cold war. As far as engaging a bunch of godless bolshies you can do that at prettywoman.com on LABILLS signature....some real hotties.
  5. Lienhart is no sure thing in the NFL, although if Miss Cleo said he was I might be tempted to believe it.
  6. I imagine that a QB from UB would do just about as well as JP without an OL.
  7. I make my loser sundaes with bile, good ol' fashioned bile also adds a splash of color.
  8. Anselm of Bec or perhaps Grosseteste. I haven't been able to find anything for the 13th century because it is such a tricky topic at the time. At one time there were three Popes and two emperors at the same time so scholars were reluctant to make any scriptural case for legitimate authority at the universities because they were all asserting their independence. (boring stuff I know)
  9. Ahh, Roman's 13. I have been trying to find early Scholastic commentaries on it from the 12th century, but they largely ignored it as far as I can tell.
  10. Does he? I don't think he ever said anything like this. Unless you mean "render unto Ceasar the things that belong to Ceasar"
  11. You call it killing. They call it public relations in multi-level marketing.
  12. I voted for K-mart. I don't really trust a corporation until they have been through a bankruptcy so they can relate to their constituents better.
  13. I always wondered if he had survivor guilt.
  14. laughter is the best medicine. giving this all some thought however, that which is offensive is not the fact that this poor kid died (we laugh at death all the time e.g. the Darwin awards) The trick with any good humor is to point out what is funny without loosing empathy: to raise the fear, and then to diffuse it. The blogger seems to think that she is funny because she is immune to Politically Correct speech. Not so. She is not funny because she doesn't have empathy or understanding for the social boundry to begin with. Richard Pryor was so funny because he understood this. Now goiters, those are just damn funny.
  15. What do you think the chances of this ever going hot are? I'm not saying it can't happen, but there is a little sabre rattling that is curiously N.Korea-like when the Iranian Prez talks.
  16. Are there better candidates?
  17. Let's not bring France, Pakistan and India into this.
  18. Yep. Time to put the Indian back on the penny.
  19. Not sure. Screwing up a man's burger and fries just aint right.
  20. I expect nothing like this to get done soon. Wait until later in the season and there will be teams wanting to make a playoff run looking for the extra piece.
  21. A sportswriter I know (he doesn't visit this site) suggested to me that he is considering writing a piece on why the Bills should hire Jim Fassel as head coach. Any thoughts? My initial reaction was why? Any thoughts?
  22. There is nothing funny about being sick.
  23. Jerk Nation has no fraternal obligations to Philly.
  24. no wait........ If one Bills fan is a jerk, all Bills fans are jerks. Good thing he didn't tell the caller he was a retard.
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