Re: Not always joking, it seems

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:11:00 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>mike weber <fairportfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
>news:e6spr3t6riftl3rffujh0hnq5qrg5ci7je@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Any factor which, if absent, prevents the event from 
>happening is a
>> cause - or, if you want to be pedantic, a pre-condition.
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>So your contention is that the Teamsters endorsed Obama 
>because Caesar crossed the Rubicon?

No, but the fact that your mother didn't have an abortion led to this
conversation.