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Thanks for your encouragements.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:13:33 AM EST
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I'm really sorry for my usual dose of pessimism, but I tried to make up for it with constructive proposals elsewhere in the thread.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:26:20 AM EST
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Irony is the best antidote against vertigo.

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:55:59 AM EST
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And cutting off people's legs makes climbing very difficult.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 07:02:48 AM EST
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Unless they already have wings.

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 07:06:42 AM EST
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That would make them angels. I don't believe in angels.

And gnomes certainly don't have wings.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 07:08:10 AM EST
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You never know, gnomes are very special creatures indeed. I suspect they know means to rise beyond the levels of us mortals. Or so we believe. And belief is what matters.

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 07:12:17 AM EST
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Refer to my comment below on doves, which do have wings.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 07:23:50 AM EST
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Considering the other letters on the page (printed version here in NY) I do not think they were publishing the letter as irony.  It was the #1 letter on the page, spread over three columns right next to the leader, with headline "West's approach to Russian energy supplies: a tale of double standards, hypocrisy and sad fantasies" - which to me is not knocking Jerome.

On a rapid response team, we should delineate between errors of fact vs. other responses.  I recently caught the NYT saying 55 gallons in an oil barrel, and sent a note directly to corrections with a definition link.  They never contacted me, but five days later a correction ran citing "Because of an editing error...." and that's now attached to the article in perpetuity.  So we should be looking for the easy and fast responses on factual errors differently from those responses regarding thought process.

In every age it has been the tyrant ... who has wrapped himself in ... patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people. Eugene Debs

by fatbear (fatbear < > aol.com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 02:19:51 PM EST
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quote "I love being the centre of attention" unquote

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 03:02:55 PM EST
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I am very grateful to you for taking that potential temptation away from me.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 03:30:19 PM EST
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