Here's a good Aussie.
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Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, announced on Wednesday, August 23,
that extremists would face a crackdown. Howard indicated that he supported

http://apnews.excite.com:80/article/20080222/D8UV2BDG1.html
Dan Bracuk
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.

I stand corrected, and owe you an apology on the point of our ongoing
discussion regarding, specifically, who does or does not think
that -everybody- is responsible enough to own a firearm.
 Clearly, there are those in this forum that do in fact believe as you

In Cozumel other divers said there are email lists that send out weekly
"hot deals" on combined dive/ hotel packages for divers who can take off
on minimal notice.
What urls are they at?

Wow, talk about a bad case of gas.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=91188&in_page_id=2

I'm amazed that this comes from California and that it was reported in, of
all places, the New York Times. Perhaps there's hope for us after all.
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Leading Class-Action Lawyer Is Sentenced to Two Years in Kickback Scheme

History or Natural selection?
For those who don't know much about history, here is a condensed version.
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic
hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the

Here's a heartwarming story from Tennessee. Sorry I don't have proper
attribution but I'm sure it can be checked easy enough.
I picked it up off my fishing group -
Quote - Earlier this week we had a five page thread involving a 14

Would you confiscate "assault rifles" from the general public?
  High capacity, magazine fed, high powered rifles, the AK-47, for
instance.
  C'mon, baby.

or maybe popeye and his lapdogs think they are this ng moderators.
Anyhow I was a bit concerned with Popeye he seemed more irrational than
normal trying  to troll both me and John and than randoninly cross posting
to aus.scuba. Can somebody check on him? Maybe to many "go go ...

Myth No. 10. "School violence is rampant."
It may seem so, with media attention focused on a spate of school shootings.
In fact, school shootings are extremely rare. Even including the more common
violence that is gang-related or dispute-related, only 12 to 20 homicides a

I did not write this. It is not my words, but I find I agree with most of
it.  Take it as you will, or don't.
Lee
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Hi everyone, my name is Gilbert and I currently live in Navarre,
Florida. I plan on taking and completing my dive lessons and need
ideas on common do's and don'ts or anything that could make the
experiance better. I will start diving this summer in the Pensacola,