From: jmfbahciv on 11 Nov 2006 07:57 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 11 Nov 2006 07:58 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$17717(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>>> Ben Newsam wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:37:42 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I also find it a thing of wonder how well the whole lot of them was >>>>>>able >>>>>>to foresee how American society might develop, how prescient they all >>>>>>ended up being, and how well they took account of it in their ideas >>>>>>about >>>>>>how the country should be structured. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> They were a very wise bunch indeed. They also had the luxury of being >>>>> able to start from scratch. >>>> >>>> Not at all. They had a population that demanded as >>>> little change from what they were used to as >>>> necessary. As time went on they reverted to much >>>> of what they sought to escape when they came here. >>> >>>I think it was a good balance between keeping the parts of the English >>>system that made sense, and preventing the transgressions that made them >>>leave England. >>> >>>Or were you refering to the increasing imposition of religion on the >>>government that has been happening off-and-on for the last 20 - 30 years? >>> >>>I will say it is a shame that the current US public is currently so >>>fearful >>>of change that no revolutionary new ideas have a chance. The debate over >>>nationalized health care is an excellent example. >> >> What is worse is people deciding to fix what ain't broke. > >So improving an operating system is a "no-no" in your book? > > You are doing that misreading on purpose. /BAH
From: John Fields on 11 Nov 2006 08:04 On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:37:20 -0000, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >What War on Christianity am I waging? I have no concerns as to the religion >people practice in their own homes. I do object to being subject to >religion-derived law though. --- Like the prohibition of murder and theft? -- JF
From: jmfbahciv on 11 Nov 2006 08:03 In article <ej144l$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 11 Nov 2006 08:14
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 |