From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <eipv7t$8qk_003(a)s900.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>In article <cXH3h.6200$B31.5579(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:ein8p9$8qk_001(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>> In article <zNSdnSXXb4_BIdHYnZ2dnUVZ8sydnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
><snip>
>
>>> If this conflict becomes a war against Islam, all factions will
>>> cooperate with each other temporarily. Why do you think Al
>>> Queda is trying to make this a war against Islam?
>>
>>And exactly why have we decided to act in such a way as to make those claims
>>credible to many Middle Eastern Muslims?
>
>We removed the Arab leader who attacked other Arabs and intended to
>do it again.

Why is that our job? Why is that worth the lives of 2300 Americans? Why is
that worth around a trillion dollars?

>The middle eastern Muslims would have the opposite opinion.
>>
>>>>Unsettled is talking nonsense and creating more strawmen than usual here.
>>>>Siding with him on this does your argument no good.
>>>
>>> Will you get it through your head that I am not siding with anybody
>>> except myself?
>>
>>You might be more convincing in this statement if you were to stop blindly
>>spouting the Republicans' fear-mongering talking points.
>
>If the Republicans mention a fact, you automatically believe it's
>a lie. When non-Republicans mention the same fact, you
>automatically catagorize them as blind and aping Rep. statements
>of fact.
>
>This thinking is illogical.
>
>/BAH
From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> <hill(a)rowland.org> wrote in message
> news:1162901489.499250.295790(a)e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> > Winfield Hill wrote:
> >>
> >> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing.
> >
> > Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most
> > of the posts were under the original subject title. This
> > must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress
> > test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc.
> >
>
> I suspect there is no "end state" for the remaining die hard participants.
> Some (unsettled) have arrived late and do little but insult, but for the
> rest ... well it could go on for some time ...
>
> I was wondering how this would affect GoogleGroups. I seem to remember its
> interface was clumsy for anything more than about 100 post threads. I may
> have to check it out there :-)

Clumsy is putting it mildly !

7185 posts on Google currently.

Graham


From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> Then he didn't mix with the usual US types. He only saw a slice
> >> of US.
> >
> >What are 'the usual US types' ?
>
> To get a genuine idea on the least amount of time, grocery stores
> can provide that infomation. A better place is the farms.

What percentage of the population live on farms ?

I'd prefer pubs / bars.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In addition, people burn the wood that is laced with arsenic.

What kind of wood is laced with arsenic ?

Graham

From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In article <cXH3h.6200$B31.5579(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>>You might be more convincing in this statement if you were to stop blindly
>>spouting the Republicans' fear-mongering talking points.

> If the Republicans mention a fact, you automatically believe it's
> a lie. When non-Republicans mention the same fact, you
> automatically catagorize them as blind and aping Rep. statements
> of fact.

> This thinking is illogical.

See, I think 34 words to tell him he's an idiot is
a waste of ascii and boring.