Prove it.

R. A. Hienlien

At least, I think that's how it goes. Close enough.

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"No children have ever meddled with the Republican Party and have lived to tell about it." Sideshow Bob

Forgive me, Daryus, but that's the stupidist thing I've ever heard you say. How exactly can you "blindly listen" to someone? (And no aural medium jokes, please.) Just because I listen to him doesn't mean I agree with him on everything, for the simple reason that he said it. For example, he's pro-death penalty, whereas I'm not. And you didn't respond to my point that I get info from him that no one else supplies. That alone is a valid reason to listen.

"Oh by the way, I suggest you get out more, try living in the now. Talk to people and attempt to apply these magnificent theories of yours in real life. Then observe the consequences. Take that on as your pet project."

Hey, I'm going into politics, remember?

"Your woefully misconstrued opinions of Cuba are quite humerous indeed. You seem to think it's a vile, pithy hell-hole in which the populace (Those that do not die of typhoid fever) has to eat their own feces in order to survive (That is, of course, if they have the ability to eat, and haven't had their digestive system sold to mercenaries for money to buy nuclear devices in order to bomb the capitalist pig-dogs into submission.)"

Exaguration is such a wonderful thing.

"How do you know that your views on Cuba are correct, and not a result of ignorance?"

You might want to start actually reading what I say before arguing with it. Once again: my statements come from Castro himself, or people who lived in Cuba. I'd say that my sources are quite likely to be accurate.

"all this seems to be hypocritical when we treat Cuba as "hell on earth", but we fail to give China the same treatment."

Gotta agree here. I'd treat China the same way as Cuba. 'Course, I'm not president...

First:

"I own a book that points out numerous time he [Rush] was wrong"

I've read that one. You might be interested to know that most of the "errors" pointed out in said book were either jokes, or because Rush's sources were inaccurate. There were some honest mistakes in there, however. If reduced to the actual errors on Rush's part, it'd be down to a few pages. In twelve years on the radio, one year on TV, two books, and a long-running newsletter, that's pretty darned good. Just so you know...

I'm beginning to really enjoy having you as an ally, First. A person who makes logical arguments, with access to scads of information. What more could I ask for?

Oh, I know. An opponent that's the same way.

Now would anyone care to respond to the points I raised while we were still on topic, or will you conceed the debate?

On Democracy:

"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse."
- Jawaharlal Nehru

"Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time."
- E. B. White

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
- Oscar Wilde

"Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think."

"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
- G. B. Shaw

And I said this with the backing from all the nations from the UN for five straight years.

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Okey, okey, here's my question:

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"No children have ever meddled with the Republican Party and have lived to tell about it." Sideshow Bob

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Okey, okey, here's my question:

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"Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi

I think Muffinland is the best place to live.
People...live in muffins!
*looks around, sees that nobody gets obscure reference and leaves*

US military advances were countered by heavy resistances from the Canadian RCMPs stationed along the border.

Highly unlikely ^0^

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Okey, okey, here's my question:

But let's not start that again.

So, can we stop the Canada bashing and get back to Elian?

We could go back to Elian, but I think by now it is obivious just how far apart our orbits are on this issue. You're at the North Pole, we're hovering over the South. I can see us running around in circles yet again.

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"Blind faith is the crutch of fools"