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Forum: Politics 05-01-2005, 05:42 PM
Replies: 32
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Posted By EarlCat
Forum: Politics 04-29-2005, 12:40 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 206
Posted By EarlCat
Re: The Corporation

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Corporations will always put profit making ahead of the general well-being of society.

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No $#!^, Sherlock. The reason we start corporations is to make profit.
Forum: Politics 04-29-2005, 12:36 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 206
Posted By EarlCat
Re: The Corporation

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Sorry fim, you and the original claimer are wrong. Most economist believes that not all corporate tax is passed on to consumers.

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You're right, the rest are passed on to...
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-22-2005, 07:36 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 119
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Math question about AA.

Maybe this is a question for someone in the Probability or Poker Theory forum.
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-22-2005, 07:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 68
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Am I a fish for putting in a 3rd raise with AQo?

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He berates me for the next 5 minutes for going allin with AQ.

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I wouldn't worry about this. Good players don't give lessons at the table.
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 06:40 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: An argument I haven\'t seen on these boards yet

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Inserting a feeding tube is.

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The literal tube is still in her. My friend's late son was fed through a tube his whole life. "Inserting the tube" is merely attaching an...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 06:34 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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You are misdefining the rights. You do not have a right to practice your religion free from all intervention. You have a right to practice your religion free from government...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 06:32 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: An argument I haven\'t seen on these boards yet

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Now that the feeding tube has been taken out, it cannot be put back in. Doing so would be performing a medical procedure against the patient's (or their legal surrogate) will.

Discuss...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 06:09 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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If a court action was all that was required, then the following could be brought to federal court on the basis of you being denied Free Speech rights by the government:
You try to go to a...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 06:00 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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This would normally be the case, however the spouse waited SEVEN YEARS before he miraculously recalled this supposed verbal living will. Under these circumstances, a...
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-22-2005, 05:43 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 119
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Math question about AA.

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When you have 75%-85% odds to beat ANYTHING, forget "taking it down". You want as much money in the pot as you can get.

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I think its a more difficult question. You have...
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-22-2005, 05:14 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 193
Posted By EarlCat
Re: 88 level 2

Normally I would have thought limp, check/fold to overcards was a no-brainer. I probably still think that, but now I have to at least do some reconsidering. Thanks, Scuba.
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 04:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 134
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Dems Playing Politics With SS

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The Dems do NOT want Bush43 to get credit for removing the tax on SS that Clinton implemented.
Their strategy seems to be block all republican legislation and pray that 2006 puts them...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 04:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 134
Posted By EarlCat
Re: 45 Senators voted against repealing 1993 tax on SS benefits

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Dead I keep warning you, you'll be joining the dark side (ie. small "l" libertarians) before you know it.

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You know, I didn't think so at first, but if there's hope for...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 04:28 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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Their ruling was based on hearsay

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Absent a living will, how else would a guardian demonstrate the desire of the ward in this type of case? The whole reason...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 02:53 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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One last point about the deprivation of her religious beliefs --- where is the state actor? Neither Schiavo (husband) nor the hospice are government actors, therefore the constitutional...
Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 02:51 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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This case was not based entirely on one judge's decision. Get the facts straight before you make statements like that. The case went through multiple appeals and the final appellate court,...
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-22-2005, 01:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 113
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Why this system is flawed...and an opposite alternative to think a

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You guys are making the mistake of thinking that becuase a specific hand is just as likely the next time the cards are dealt, then getting it again is a 50/50 shot. It isn't.

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Forum: Politics 03-22-2005, 01:13 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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So then I ask you: Where in the constitution does it say Terri Schiavo's has a right to a feeding tube?

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We have this entire case resting one one judge's opinion of...
Forum: Politics 03-21-2005, 08:26 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 305
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Terri Schiavo\'s tube will be reinserted soon

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Congressional activism is okay when it is LEGISLATIVE in nature. Congressional activism is not okay when it is judicial in nature. The law passed this morning by Congress is nothing less...
Forum: Politics 03-21-2005, 08:17 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 307
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Typical Liberal Tolerance

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I wouldn't call it tolerant, but I think it is perfectly reasonable for a business to fire someone for voting for a party that wants to put them out of business.

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When did...
Forum: Politics 03-21-2005, 08:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 93
Posted By EarlCat
Re: An idea to save Terri

And search my other posts if you think I'm just a mindless Bush hater, smartass.
Forum: Politics 03-21-2005, 08:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 93
Posted By EarlCat
Re: An idea to save Terri

Umm...Not so much a joke. Yes I mean it as a somewhat backhanded remark, but hell, if we're gonna rip up the constitution and detain people indefinately, we might as well do something good with it. ...
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-21-2005, 08:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 79
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Was i supposed to protect? But its KK...

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5.5...55...its all the same.

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** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
DTB111 checks.
ZebraAss is all-In [725]
bigchev40 is all-In [660]
Forum: One-table Tournaments 03-21-2005, 07:01 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 94
Posted By EarlCat
Re: Some SNG Newbie questions

1) Easy call. I can't see higher than JJ here. With everyone else folded, I think KK or AA is more likely to just call and let you hang yourself.

2) I would have checked the flop. Given that...
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