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  1. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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  2. GladiatoRowdy

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    :rolleyes:

    Yes, you have been, repeatedly, by yours truly. This is why you continue to run away from any meaningful debate. You are a sniveling caricature, a mindless automaton, and a blind partisan.

    Keep running away, it is the only thing you do well.
     
  3. MadMax

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    BRILLIANT!!! :D i'm just jealous i didn't think to use that quote first!!!
     
  4. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    Yes, it was brilliant, and one of the best posts in the history of CF.Net.

    The fact that it chapped moon is just icing on the cake.
     
  5. GladiatoRowdy

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    THAT was funny.
     
  6. Jeffster

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    Deckard's post was funnier. :D
     
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    I'm glad someone can see some humor in this! :D

    Andy, that was a damned funny post by Trader_J. I don't know exactly why it was here, or what the hell it pertained to, but it was damned funny. :p



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  8. AggieRocket

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    I mean ideologically. 1937 is considered by many historians and political scientists to be the 20th Century climax of conservatism in the Supreme Court. 1937 was when FDR had his famous court packing fights.
     
  9. GladiatoRowdy

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    I guess if I knew what the quote was from, it might be funny.
     
  10. Ubiquitin

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    Napoleon Dynamite... GOSH!
     
  11. basso

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    like weakening property rights? oh wait, it was the liberals on the court who committed that abomination. you're right tho, these kinds of rulings are the inevitable result of single issue politics.
     
  12. FranchiseBlade

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    I love how conservatives are trashing Sandra Day OConner who was moderate-conservative on the political scale.

    I am afraid that it shows they don't want moderation but total control to push a conservative agenda.
     
  13. basso

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    So are you suggesting a connection bewteen iraq, al queda, and 9/11?
     
  14. GladiatoRowdy

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    Never saw that movie. Is it good?
     
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    hated it





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  16. basso

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    Hospitalized...

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/13/rehnquist.health/index.html

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    Chief Justice Rehnquist hospitalized

    From Bill Mears
    CNN Washington Bureau


    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Chief Justice William Rehnquist is under observation in a northern Virginia hospital Wednesday after complaining of a fever Tuesday night, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.

    An ambulance took Rehnquist, 80, to Virginia Hospital Center on Tuesday night, and he was kept overnight for tests and observation, spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said. She did not indicate when he might be released.

    Rehnquist has been battling thyroid cancer since October and underwent a tracheotomy as part of that fight.

    He has received chemotherapy and radiation treatments since the diagnosis, but his office refuses to characterize the seriousness of his illness.

    The hospital, located near Rehnquist's home in northern Virginia, also treated the chief justice when he had problems with his tracheotomy tube in March.

    Rehnquist has served on the Supreme Court since 1972 and became chief justice in 1986.

    His age and health have led to widespread speculation that he will announce his retirement before the court reconvenes in October.

    He has shown up for work daily since the court's term ended in late June. Reporters started inquiring about him when he failed to show up at his office on Wednesday.

    Word of Rehnquist's hospitalization came after court security personnel went to his Arlington home twice Wednesday. Officers were observed taking clothing, shoes and Rehnquist's cane before driving off.

    Earlier this month, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said she was retiring, paving the way for the first opening on the court in 11 years.

    Mum on plans

    Rehnquist has given no public indication of his plans. "That's for me to know and you to find out," he told reporters Friday.

    Sources close to Rehnquist have said the chief justice deliberately has kept his staff and friends in the dark about his future, believing it would be a distraction to the court's business if the speculation became too rampant.

    "I think he's happy now just getting his work done, and the work of the other justices done. He takes that leadership role seriously," said Richard Garnett, a University of Notre Dame professor and a former law clerk for Rehnquist.

    "And if it comes to a point where he says, 'I can't do the job,' then I think he'll just quit. But we don't know if he's at that point yet."

    After his initial diagnosis and treatments, Rehnquist remained off the bench and away from his court office, although he continued to work from home with the help of his clerks and staff.

    He returned to his office in December and was back on the bench in March. Rehnquist braved the cold in January to uphold tradition and swear-in President Bush for a second term.

    Rehnquist's trachea tube remains in place, leaving his voice scratchy, and he uses a wheelchair to get around on long trips.
     
  17. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    Oddly enough, that was my primary motivation in voting FOR GWB. Funny how things work out. :)
     

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