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    "...external compulsion of some kind." Maybe not in this instance... but who would be better to appoint than someone already…
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  • I assume that many have staffers scan blogs, and that they sometimes see and pay attention to good ideas, but…
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  • If politicians had channels for submitting tactical suggestions to them, I'd suggest that you forward this. If politicians had channels…
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  • To be a bit contrarian, is it necessarily wrong to benefit from a rule that one opposes? For example, if…
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  • Re. a series of points in your comment: ------------ The definition I adapted requires "a set of beliefs concerning the…
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  • Well, I'm comfortable thinking of it as a social phenomenon characterized by faith in a set of beliefs concerning the…
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  • Yes, a boy still learning lessons about what life is all about... They should consider what they're teaching.
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  • Regarding treason in high places, it is worth remembering that the Constitution contemplates treason in the very highest: "The President,…
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  • The time to mount primary election challenges to incumbents is when: The advantage of incumbency isn't needed to hold the…
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  • Words, words... Thinking about how to persuade people who aren't already ready to riot... Weak: "So and so lied to…
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  • Sorry! Three times I was returned to the comment-editor with a red message saying "form key invalid", and I assumed…
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  • A bit off-topic -- Re. "...being blackmailed by Karl Rove..." Blackmail is an obvious tactic to use in the power…
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  • A bit off-topic -- Re. "...being blackmailed by Karl Rove..." Blackmail is an obvious tactic to use in the power…
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  • A bit off-topic -- Re. "...being blackmailed by Karl Rove..." Blackmail is an obvious tactic to use in the power…
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  • It's all about manners: The targets of their anger have included people who are non-confrontational or even genial, such as…
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  • We need a replacement for their trademarked framing-word. I suggest "anti-terrorism operations", which easily compresses to "antiterror ops". As we…
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  • They apparently saw this sort of behavior as both work-related and expensive:The Times reported that in 1991 the cable network…
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  • If a big enough win in the next general election seems assured, then incumbency will lose its value and the…
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  • I had a conversation that went something like this: ----------- Me: The war is perhaps unwise. Her: They hate us.…
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  • Mansfield seems to be reading a different Constitution. He states that The American Constitution signifies that it has fortified the…
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