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From: Jane Galt on 27 Jun 2010 21:28 Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote : >> Glenn Beck? The presence of "Beck" and "thinks" in the same sentence >> is oxymoronic. > > I should have said, deluded into pontificating. > > http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2541446/posts THE ANATOMY OF A SMEAR: How the Left is fighting to silence Glenn Beck .... Fascinating article, describes these guys to a T.
From: Robert Coe on 27 Jun 2010 21:37 On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:24:34 -0500, Jane Galt <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: : Not to mention the pervasive communist-socialist influence in Hollywood: : : http://vivirlatino.com/2007/06/26/cameron-diazs-purse-pisses-off- : peruvians.php : : Cameron Diaz�s purse pisses off Peruvians : : 1:52 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo � Celebrities|Fashion|Peru|Politics : 26 Jun 2007 : : diazperu-cp-201618.jpgCameron Diaz is saying sorry today for a cultural faux : pas related to her choice of purses. Last week she was photographed at Machu : Pichu sporting a Maoist-themed bag which stirred up all kinds of emotions: : : The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated �Shrek� films visited the : Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru�s Andes on Friday carrying an olive green : bag emblazoned with a red star and the words �Serve the People� printed in : Chinese, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong�s most famous political : slogan. : : The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some world capitals, but : in Peru the slogan evokes memories of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency that : fought the government in the 1980s and early 1990s in a bloody conflict that : left nearly 70,000 people dead. : : Not even to mention the fact that Mao killed 70 million chinese. I'm not sure what point you're making here, Jane, but as a committed libertarian, you've gotta stand up for Ms D�az. Free Speech, ya know. Bob
From: Robert Coe on 27 Jun 2010 21:44 On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:08:42 -0500, Jane Galt <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: : Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote : : : > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:56:54 +0100, Paul Heslop : > <paul.heslop(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: : >: Jane Galt wrote: : >: > : >: > FYI, for the few friendlies here, I decided to order the SD4000IS. : >: > : >: > But this group is too infested with communist types to have a viable : >: > discussion about photo topics. : >: > : >: heh, communist types. : > : > Well, consider the source. Jane appears to have named herself after a : > character in one of Ayn Rand's ultra-capitalist screeds. Everything : > looks yellow to a jaundiced eye. : : Smear people who believe in freedom. Very nice. You obviously think I'm one of your "communist types". This may come as a shock to you; but given the demographics of Usenet, the odds are that I've been a registered Republican for longer than you've been alive. : > Not that the group actually is infested with communist types, but that : > wouldn't preclude a viable discussion about photo topics. After all, the : > Exakta was made in East Germany. ;^) : : The what? LOL I'm sure none of us are surprised that you don't know what it was. Bob
From: John Navas on 27 Jun 2010 22:10 On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:28:19 -0500, in <Xns9DA36A8965E01JaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142>, Jane Galt <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: >FYI, for the few friendlies here, I decided to order the SD4000IS. I think you'll be delighted with it. >But this group is too infested with communist types to have a viable >discussion about photo topics. Filtering out the worst of them makes it a fairly tolerable experience. -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: Dudley Hanks on 27 Jun 2010 22:20
"Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message news:1tuf26p8rtuk7gcjq0jla2029rio5nrcuk(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:24:34 -0500, Jane Galt <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: > : Not to mention the pervasive communist-socialist influence in Hollywood: > : > : http://vivirlatino.com/2007/06/26/cameron-diazs-purse-pisses-off- > : peruvians.php > : > : Cameron Diaz's purse pisses off Peruvians > : > : 1:52 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo � Celebrities|Fashion|Peru|Politics > : 26 Jun 2007 > : > : diazperu-cp-201618.jpgCameron Diaz is saying sorry today for a cultural > faux > : pas related to her choice of purses. Last week she was photographed at > Machu > : Pichu sporting a Maoist-themed bag which stirred up all kinds of > emotions: > : > : The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated "Shrek" films visited > the > : Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru's Andes on Friday carrying an olive > green > : bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People" printed > in > : Chinese, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong's most famous > political > : slogan. > : > : The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some world capitals, > but > : in Peru the slogan evokes memories of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency > that > : fought the government in the 1980s and early 1990s in a bloody conflict > that > : left nearly 70,000 people dead. > : > : Not even to mention the fact that Mao killed 70 million chinese. > > I'm not sure what point you're making here, Jane, but as a committed > libertarian, you've gotta stand up for Ms D�az. Free Speech, ya know. > > Bob It's only free speech when you say what Jane wants you to ... Take Care, Dudley |