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They can hide but there's no place to runWe'll probably hear President Bush tell Senator Kerry "You can run but there's no place to hide" again tonight during the final debate. I am honor-bound to give President Bush credit for my variant of this boast, but I think the President lost an opportunity to give Joe Louis credit for originating it. Joe Louis, the "Brown Bomber", is still a hero in his hometown of Detroit and Michigan is a swing state.  "The Brown Bomber - The Man Behind the Fist" Extract: Joe Louis' laconic style hid his wit. Before his 1946 rematch with Billy Conn, when reporters asked him how he would deal with that fighter's agility and quickness, Joe Louis coined his most famous remark: "He can run but he can't hide."http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=52&category=sportsJust a little light-weight entertainment, fightfans, before the Main Event.
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I am honor-bound to give President Bush credit for my variant of this boast
Excuse me, Grapho: "my" version of this boast?
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Excuse me, Grapho: "my" version of this boast?Well, you did say "You are one of us". Remember? "As far as I'm concerned, you're one of us now, Grapho. All those "pinpricks" are just 'male bonding'..."
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Well, you did say "You are one of us". Remember?Right you are, Grapho. [I think.  ]
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re "The Brown Bomber - The Man Behind the Fist".BTW here's how Detroit remembers "the Fist". http://www.origin360.com/travel/detroit_04.htmlA fitting symbol for the leading city in a "swing state", wouldn't you say? [Aside: I don't want to discuss politics around here but I think Detroit could deliver a knockout punch on November 4th. ]
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A fitting symbol for the leading city in the "swing state" of MichiganYou bet, themgmt. Detroit is known as "Motown". But there's mo' to the town than that! Hey, sorry about the mix-up over "You can hide but there's no place to run". But are you sure you want the olicarps to know you came up with that?
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are you sure you want "the olicarps" to know you came up with that?I see what you mean.  Thanks for looking out for me. I sure hope your "solution" works.
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I sure hope your "solution" works.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch, themgmt.
Plutarch's seen some tenacious overlords in his time, and he says there are none fiercer than these olicarps.
On the other hand, no-one who's ever tangled with Plutarch has ever survived to tell the tale. Plutarch wrote the book on all his battles. You may have heard of it: "Plutarch's Many Lives". They say he has more lives than a cat.
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Plutarch wrote the book on all his battles.To the victor goes the spoils, huh?
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To the victor goes the spoils, huh?That's right, themgmt. We get to write our own history.
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We get to write our own historyIf this is your "solution", Grapho, I think I like it already.
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If this is your "solution", Grapho, I think I like it already.
I'm a student of the "noble art" myself, themgmt. You have to be in my business. There's one mistake a good boxer never makes.
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There's one mistake a good boxer never makes.
What's that, Grapho?
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Never lead with your chin?
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What's that, Grapho?Never telegraph your punches. Be patient, themgmt. This waiting is harder on the olicarps than it is on you. Their fate hangs by a thread.
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Their fate hangs by a thread.Yeah! I think they are hanging on every word.
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The Final DebateThe New York Times published an editorial this morning containing this trenchant observation: "The campaign's debate season began with wide doubt about the usefulness of encounters that were so completely scripted by lawyers and handlers that it seemed unlikely the public could learn anything. But the result has been much better than expected."I can see some parallels with our own power struggle here on AWADtalk. When I first visited "Confessions of an Heirhead", I had some doubts about the "usefulness" of these uncommonly frank and fearless 'encounters' with the olicarps. I'm sure we all did. The olicarps have never permitted this type of debate before. Anything which smacked of olicarpian criticism was summarily drowned out with olicarpian protestations of olicarpian purity. But now that Plutarch and his cohorts have had a chance to talk directly to the people, unfiltered by the olicarps, I believe Grapho's "solution" will win the day. Reason and light will prevail at last -- even here on AWADtalk. The march of freedom is on the march. We've even seen elections in Afghanistan. Who would have thought that was possible a couple of years ago? http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/14/opinion/14thu1.html?oref=login&hp
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My fellow AWADians. I want to thank you for [gLEEK!!! ...]
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gLEEK!!! ...
What happened to my microphone?
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What happened to my microphone?
Someone yanked the cord through the wall.
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Someone yanked the cord through the wall
It's a good thing this was only a systems check. I haven't even discussed my "solution" with Plutarch and Wordminstrel yet.
[Aside to themgmt. Do you think we were Carpal Vandalized?]
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Do you think it was Carpal Vandalized?Well, it didn't "Tunnel" through the wall on its own. 
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Well, it didn't "Tunnel" through the wall on its own.
We knew the walls have ears, themgmt ---
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We knew the walls have ears, themgmt ---
--- but hands and feet!
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--- but hands and feet!
I can hear their feet now.
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I can hear their feet nowYou said "They can hide but there's no place to run", themgmt. It looks like they've found a place to run.
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It looks like they've found a place to runYeah, but they're walled in.
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Yeah, but they're walled in.They're on the run without anywhere to run, the mgmt. Let them keep the mike cord. I'll speak without amplification.
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I'll speak without amplification
The truth is your bellows, Grapho.
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The truth is your bellows, GraphoAnd justice, the point of my wit.
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The truth is your bellows, Grapho. And justice, the point of my wit
Let all who stand against truth and justice, stand against us now!
I tire of this waiting, Grapho.
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Let all who stand against truth and justice, stand against us now!Gentlemen. Gentlemen. The olicarpy will never stand before you. We must bring truth and justice to the olicarpy. What need have they for truth and justice?
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What need have they for truth and justice?
Their precedence is their "justice".
Their privilege is their "truth".
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Their precedence is their "justice". Their privilege is their "truth"
But what of my "solution"?
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But what of my "solution"?
We will hear it.
But there are things you must understand about the olicarps, Grapho.
They do not understand honor, the way you and I understand honor.
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They do not understand honor, the way you and I understand honor.
He's right, Grapho.
Plutarch fights to win the people, not to defeat the olicarp.
The olicarp will defeat themselves. Sometimes I forget that.
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The olicarp will defeat themselves
How can you defeat an adversary that will not fight in the open, Wordminstrel?
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How can you defeat an adversary that will not fight in the open?
With honor, Grapho.
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With honor, Grapho[Aside to themgmt: He does it every time. ]
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