Re: Apollo One, the FBI, and Scott Grissom <- WARNING! TROLL!

From: Stuf4 (tdadamemd-spamblock-_at_excite.com)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: 6 Jun 2004 03:24:46 -0700

>From Scott Hedrick:
> "LaDonna Wyss" <hpywife927@yahoo.com> wrote

> > I want proof of THAT.
>
> You first. If you are a seeker of the truth, you shouldn't have a problem
> with that. After all, as one of the finest Americans ever once said: "Trust,
> but verify."

That famous phrase in Russian is "doveryay, no proveryay". Ayn Rand
would translate that as "A, but not A", noting that trust and
verification are mutually exclusive concepts.

Politicians can be driven toward oxymoronic statements out of the
desire to satisfy two diametrically opposed camps at the same time
(this is where acting skills come in handy).

~ CT

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