From: The Natural Philosopher on 11 Jul 2008 04:45 rbwinn wrote: > On Jul 10, 4:51�pm, "Alex W." <ing...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message >> >> news:29490a24-1365-458b-9eba-9a8196e5834d(a)d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >> >> I have never been to Las Vegas. �Anyway, Las Vegas was built by >> organized crime and Howard Hughes. >> >> =========== >> >> Mormons were the first white settlers of Las Vegas, in 1855. �They still >> make up around 12% of the population. > > Actually there was very little there until Hoover Dam was built. > Robert B. Winn with government money.
From: rbwinn on 11 Jul 2008 06:35 On Jul 11, 1:43 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > rbwinn wrote: > > On Jul 10, 5:23�am, The Loan Arranger <no...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > >> rbwinn wrote: > >>> On Jul 9, 7:06 am, The Loan Arranger <no...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > >>>> rbwinn wrote: > >>>>> People who get heatstroke usually die fairly soon. > >>>> You clearly know as much about medicine as you do about Biblical history. > >>>> That's not a compliment, by the way. > >>> Well, you obviously do not know what heat stroke is. �A person with > >>> heatstroke is almost dead. �You are thinking of heat exhaustion. > >> I know exactly what heatstroke is, you berk. I wouldn't have made my > >> comment if I didn't. > > >> Your claim that sufferers "usually die fairly soon" �is completely > >> incorrect. It is potentially fatal, particularly in the weak, if > >> untreated, but the simple fact is that most sufferers manage a complete > >> recovery after treatment. > > >> TLA > > > Heatstroke is caused by the brain shutting down from being > > overheated.  A person with heatstroke is unconscious, their body is > > red and overheated, their brain is failing because of heat.  A medical > > doctor who taught a mine safety class I was in said that heatstroke is > > fatal more than half of the time. > > Yes, but it doesn't mention heatstroke in the Bible, so he could not > possibly have known that was a True Fact, could he? > > As far as I can tell, you are free to believe whatever you want to believe. Does that seem unfair to you? Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on 11 Jul 2008 06:36 On Jul 11, 1:44 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > rbwinn wrote: > > On Jul 10, 12:56�pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > >> Linda Fox wrote: > >>> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:46:09 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> The Atonement of Christ did not happen on the cross. �It happened in > >>>> the Garden of Gethsemane. � > >>> Oh, bloody Mary mother of dog! Is THAT what they are teaching in your > >>> church? I'd stop going there if I were you. It goes completely against > >>> all Christian doctrine. But then I'm beginning to suspect that you're > >>> not a real Christian at all > >> Allegedly he's a mormon. The guys that built Las Vegas , with govt money.. > > >>> Linda ff- Hide quoted text - > >> - Show quoted text - > > > I have never been to Las Vegas.  Anyway, Las Vegas was built by > > organized crime and Howard Hughes. > > Check your facts. > > The facts are that Las Vegas was built by organized crime to take money away from construction workers who were working on Hoover Dam during the Depression. Robert B. Winn
From: Alex W. on 11 Jul 2008 06:49 "The Natural Philosopher" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message news:1215765887.4836.2(a)proxy02.news.clara.net... > rbwinn wrote: >> I have never been to Las Vegas. Anyway, Las Vegas was built by >> organized crime and Howard Hughes. > > Check your facts. ======= "Facts"? Incurable optimism, blind faith in human inteligence or heavy sarcasm?
From: Antares 531 on 11 Jul 2008 08:03
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:43:37 +0100, "Smiler" <Smiler(a)Joe.King.com> wrote: > >"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE(a)swbell.net> wrote in message >news:svcd74drmbfg2imd9ssouvjmtndm07v3ke(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:23 -0700, ben_dolan_III(a)reet.com (Ben Dolan) >> wrote: >> >>>Antares 531 <gordonlrDELETE(a)swbell.net> wrote: >>> (snip) >> >> When I lived in Florida a few years back, I arrived home one evening >> just after sundown and saw a very large alligator slithering across >> our front lawn. I was afraid to get close to the beast but after it >> began moving away I parked the car and went inside to tell my wife >> about this alligator. >> >> We both came back out to look at the beast but it was gone and we >> could find no trace of it. I had ample "evidence" that an alligator >> had slithered across our front lawn, but I could not transfer this >> evidence. My wife could either reject my claim or accept it on faith. >> > >As you said, a claim, but not evidence. > >Smiler, >The godless one >a.a.# 2279 > There was evidence for me, but no transferable evidence. My point was that there can be, and often is evidence that isn't transferable. |