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Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
All I can is that I hope Hunter drew a blank on today's Jeopardy!. The final wanted one of two state capitals ending in the Greek for "city" and he answered "Sacramento". I'd rather think he just named his own state's capital than that he thought "mento" was Greek for "city"...
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At 8:59 PM, August 19, 2008
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At 7:31 AM, August 20, 2008
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At 12:13 PM, August 20, 2008
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Oh, thanks. I think I just lost half a pint of really good bitter through the nose on that one.
Mentocracy! Greek for "devolution of power to the city-state"!
What about Alykopolis, UT, and Coccinanthropolis, OK?
theory: he couldn't think of 'polis' so he settled on 'metro' thinking it was worth a shot. and the closest to 'metro' was 'mento' ... ?
q-pheevr - I know you're a Canadian, but those aren't state capitals, okay? (Though I have to admit I hadn't heard of either one.)
Wishydig - that's a plausible theory.
It was a joke. Those are, in fact, state capitals, although I've distorted their names a bit. (There's also Autokinetogiosopolis, NV, and Dzephergiosopolis, MO.)
"A bit"?
I figured that out after I'd posted my comment ... well after. Left it up to admit you got me.
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