Idiot Comment of the week (Ann Coulter)
“No serious person thinks that we are in the middle of a civil-liberties
crisis”
Ann Coulter, Time Magazine
July 14, 2003 (via Page 8, 10
questions for Ann Coulter)
Regards, Matt
Gaylor-
About SERVE
http://www.serveusa.gov/public/aca.aspx
Federal Voting Assistance Program
The Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment, or SERVE, is a
project aimed at providing Uniformed Services members and overseas citizens the
ability to register, vote and check their status throu
In a message dated 7/21/2003 2:56:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It is difficult to imagine how "blah blah employee number four Sun
Microsystems blah blah" is capable of this kind of cognitive dissonance.
(John) helped to build and launch one of the most exciting and inn
In a message dated 7/23/2003 9:23:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually, that's an interesting
point. Let's first of all remember that Gilmore was allowed onto the
plane in the first place, so airport security didn't care or notice.
You are correct, and this means
In a message dated 7/23/2003 11:57:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This I feel is very unfair.
While I do think that the Fbi and Secret Service could be closed and their tasks
combined and given over to the NSA ,Marines and other law enforcement
agencies, I think that o
In a message dated 11/10/2003 3:02:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
They showed up without warning, no call ahead, got
past our Doberman doorman (we're on the 6th floor)
who usually calls us about visitors but didn't this time,
and hasn't said a peep since the visit.
Why o
In a message dated 11/24/2003 11:12:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I expect there may be some good solutions to this issue, but I haven't
> yet seen them discussed here or on other fora I run across.
Like what?
Regards, Matt-
In a message dated 11/25/2003 1:23:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I know that there have been cases which determined that its illegal to use
> an indiscriminate weapon (e.g., a shotgun tied to a door) to deter such
> entries, but what about a discriminate, automated, w
[Note from Matt Gaylor: I've been on this list for a couple of years and on
occasion I find the discussion lively and interesting. It's coming from Kent
State University, the place where actual real assault rifles were used May 4,
1970 to wound 9 and kill 4 student war protesters. Ohio Guardsmen o
In a message dated 12/8/2003 2:46:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So, you are free to be "Matt Gaylor, Activist!" and to try to get
articles published in "Liberty" or "Gold Currency Times" or wherever
you get published, but I have other things I'd rather be doing.
Preachi
In a message dated 12/8/2003 8:27:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >As for writing for "Reason," they haven't asked, and their editorial
> >focus is increasingly statist. Cf. Cathy Young's quote at the bottom of
> >this post.
>
> I disagree. I went to a Reason gathering
Tim's whine (complaint) withstanding, I just got the January issue of Reason
in the mail and of interest is Mike Godwin's interview of Bruce Sterling-
Cybergreen: Bruce Sterling on media, design, fiction, and the future (p 42-50).
It's worth a read.
Regards, Matt-
In a message dated 12/9/2003 6:12:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> As for you, Gaylor, you subscribe for a while, contribute nothing,
> vanish from the list for a couple of years, then resubscribe and
> immediately start ranting that I am not doing enough for the cause.
In a message dated 12/9/2003 11:58:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Green = Red.
>
> Bruce Sterling is, for all intents and purposes, a commie.
>
> "Veridian", my ass.
>
My thoughts exactly.
Regards, Matt-
In a message dated 12/10/2003 10:34:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I receive several messages a month saying I need to re-verify
> information with an E-gold account (which I never recall establishing,
> by the way).
>
> If I ever determine that E-Gold personnel have
In a message dated 12/11/2003 10:04:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If that is true, why can't it simply be called "capitalist?"
>
> I suspect because actual capitalists would have some problems with it.
Sterling makes a comment betraying what Ludwig Von Mises called t
In a message dated 12/11/2003 5:25:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Better be careful when you say that, or Brin'll fire up his screaming
> monkey routine at you...
I've already had my turn at bat with Brin. He was upset several years ago
when I made a few comments abo
In a message dated 12/17/2003 1:00:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Firstly, the US army has not violated the Geneva convention:
How so?
we will
cheerfully wade knee deep through blood and the body parts of
innocents to destroy those that threaten us, as the crusaders
wade
December 15, 2003
Uncle Samâs Guantanamo Prison:
Outside the Rule of Law
http://www.independent.org/tii/news/031215ONeil.html
By Brigid OâNeil*
The latest news from Guantanamo Bay is beginning to sound like a modern-day Simpsons episode. After two years of imprisoning more than 600 alleged ene
December 15, 2003
Uncle Samâs Guantanamo Prison:
Outside the Rule of Law
By Brigid OâNeil*
http://www.independent.org/tii/news/031215ONeil.html
The latest news from Guantanamo Bay is beginning to sound like a modern-day Simpsons episode. After two years of imprisoning more than 600 alleged e
In a message dated 12/19/2003 8:33:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, J.A. Terranson wrote:
>>Why does the US military have
>>to treat them as though they had US constitutional rights? They are not
>>citizens or physically present in the United States.
>
I'm not sure what your motivation is for wanting to rewrite history, but that isn't what Glaspie said.
There's a video interview I saw about all of this on 60 minutes (I think) where it was made clear that Glaspie did in fact say to Saddam that "We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, su
In a message dated 12/30/2003 10:36:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My first thought on reading this was that it was from
The Onion, but its real.
I guess being well-informed is now a cause for suspicion,
as it was in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.
Peter Trei
You know
In a message dated 12/31/2003 4:44:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nowhere in Tim's spew is the recognition that the largest
beneficiaries of government favoritism are corporations and
wealthy individuals like himself
Government favoritism? It sounds like you don't believe
http://www.topsecretcrypto.com/
Snake oil?
Regards, Matt-
My buddy Jim Bovard debated David Frum on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco yesterday. You can listen to the show in RealAudio in the archive section.
Just go to the 1-21-04 Right-wingers debate the "war on terror." David Frum vs. James Bovard. see: http://www.yourcallradio.org/archive/archive.html
In a message dated 3/24/2004 2:02:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So, the point is, as Duncan Frissell has always said on this list, when
confronted with cops of any kind, shut up, and lawyer up.
Period.
I don't say Jack to any government worker, even the Census poller..
In a message dated 3/30/04 9:54:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>also that Nevada case pending in the Supremes *may* mean that
>you must present papers. There was also a decision
>last year IIRC that said that car *passengers* had to show ID
>if asked. Not drivers, passengers.
If you're not th
In a message dated 4/2/04 11:39:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I haven't eaten domestic cat, but I have eaten lion.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of lion was it? Because after all we do
know that curiosity killed the cat.
Regards, Freematt-
Note from Matt Gaylor: Ohio Highway Patrol Superintendent, Colonel McClellan says in the below article that the availability of the Matrix database could have brought more law-enforcement attention sooner to the recent Columbus-area car shootings that included the killing Nov. 25 of Gail Knisley on
Publication: The Columbus Dispatch;
Date: Sep 16, 2003;
Section: Metro; Page: 22
Sex-diary writer expected to leave jail
By Jeb Phillips THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
http://ee.dispatch.com/Repository/ml.asp?Issue=TCD/2003/09/16&ID=Ar02203&Mode=HTML";>http://ee.dispatch.com
In a message dated 9/17/03 10:57:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually, it's quite
possible that these writings might be the very thing preventing him from
"needing" to do anything in real life. Writing is known to have this
function in many writers...ie, of sublimatin
In a message dated 9/20/03 10:36:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> Me, I don't fly on Jet CIA Blue or Delta Delta Operations, or any other
> of the Big Brother-controlled airlines. (And now they are financially
> suffering and want citizen-unit taxes to bail them out...
In a message dated 9/21/03 6:55:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm wondering if after writing this you started putting 2+2...guns are legal
in Canada...go see "Bowling for Columbine"...apparently, many Canadians have
guns, but they just don't use them to kill people very
On page 61 of the November issue of Analog there is an ad for the book, "Spin
State" by Chris Moriarty (www.bantamdell.com). The book is alleged to be "A
thrilling high-end upgrade of cyberpunk." Has anybody read it?
Of some suspicion is Brin's recommendation "Science fiction for grownups who
Some effort should be made to communicate the danger of e-ballots to the
various grassroots, political organizations interested in voting issues. We really
have to get a wider audience made aware of the tremendous danger.
And somebody should work on producing an alternative hybrid voting machine
HavenCo's error was not initially raising the necessary cash to buy Sealand
outright from the Bates, or if that didn't work they could have done it the old
fashioned way by marrying into the family. Not having total control led to
this outcome.
As they say it's good to be king.
Regards, Mat
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