From: jmfbahciv on
In article <4553694C.23E54F68(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> >I will say it is a shame that the current US public is currently so
fearful
>> >of change that no revolutionary new ideas have a chance. The debate over
>> >nationalized health care is an excellent example.
>>
>> What is worse is people deciding to fix what ain't broke.
>
>Politicians are forever doing this.

I know. It's why I avoided politics like the plague until
I was forced to deal with it analyze this problem.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <tNydnc3qWa5H687YRVnyjg(a)pipex.net>,
"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>news:eive3d$8qk_028(a)s839.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>> In article <G1y4h.11017$r12.7330(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>,
>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message
>>>news:ebe9$45527d5d$49ecfec$17717(a)DIALUPUSA.NET...
>>>> Ben Newsam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:37:42 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I also find it a thing of wonder how well the whole lot of them was
>>>>>>able
>>>>>>to foresee how American society might develop, how prescient they all
>>>>>>ended up being, and how well they took account of it in their ideas
>>>>>>about
>>>>>>how the country should be structured.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They were a very wise bunch indeed. They also had the luxury of being
>>>>> able to start from scratch.
>>>>
>>>> Not at all. They had a population that demanded as
>>>> little change from what they were used to as
>>>> necessary. As time went on they reverted to much
>>>> of what they sought to escape when they came here.
>>>
>>>I think it was a good balance between keeping the parts of the English
>>>system that made sense, and preventing the transgressions that made them
>>>leave England.
>>>
>>>Or were you refering to the increasing imposition of religion on the
>>>government that has been happening off-and-on for the last 20 - 30 years?
>>>
>>>I will say it is a shame that the current US public is currently so
>>>fearful
>>>of change that no revolutionary new ideas have a chance. The debate over
>>>nationalized health care is an excellent example.
>>
>> What is worse is people deciding to fix what ain't broke.
>
>So improving an operating system is a "no-no" in your book?
>
>
You are doing that misreading on purpose.

/BAH
From: John Fields on
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:37:20 -0000, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:


>What War on Christianity am I waging? I have no concerns as to the religion
>people practice in their own homes. I do object to being subject to
>religion-derived law though.

---
Like the prohibition of murder and theft?


--
JF
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <ej144l$ms1$8(a)blue.rahul.net>,
kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>In article <YlU4h.2013$6t.1785(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>,
> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>[... me ....]
>>> Radical Islam, I think, really belongs somewhat above being attacked by
>>> giant mutant squids and a long way below N. Korea.
>>
>>There you go again, trying to use fear to rob the giant mutant squids of
>>their Constitutional rights.
>
>
>..... but .... but ... you really don't understand. They hate us for our
>eating calamari. They are trying to organize the shrimp.

That's OK as long as they don't get at the crabs.

> They will take
>away your light-tomato broth seasoned with basil.

That's OK.

> They hate your crusty
>bread and the lobster tongs.

Just use your garlic breath and blow them away.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <c759l25a236u8bi3r7r84v9q4quu5po7vu(a)4ax.com>,
John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Nov 06 14:10:42 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>>In article <45547A34.B650DD1F(a)earthlink.net>,
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In article <0j17l2dnu2acrl45la9t243up4ctu00ebp(a)4ax.com>,
>>>> John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>>> >On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:01:39 +0000, Eeyore
>>>> ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>> >>> >
>>>> >>> >> In addition, people burn the wood that is laced with arsenic.
>>>> >>> >
>>>> >>> >What kind of wood is laced with arsenic ?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Any wood you want to prevent termintes from eating.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>I see.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Luckily we don't have that problem here. We do get wood rot though. !
>>>> >
>>>> >---
>>>> >Yes, I've noticed that from your posts.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, stuff it. He's talking nice and you still have to slam him.
>>>>
>>>> /BAH
>>>
>>>
>>> You are only reading him in this thread. If you read more of his
>>>output to SED, you would understand.
>>>
>>Which him? Fields or the donkey? :-)
>
>---
>Either. Really! :-)

Ah, so you're the PITA type. Are you of Royal flavor of just
the plain variety.

/BAH