From: T Wake on

"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:23:23 +0000, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>
>>> "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
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>>> >
>>> >Not that we're
>>> > lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for
>>> > snacks either.
>>>
>>> How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our
>>> high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus
>>> unum"
>>> to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!"
>>
>>Fields has warranted a nickname.
>>
>>Impaler !
>>
>>Graham
>
> ---
> No doubt that came to mind because of your often finding yourself
> dangling from the end of my lance.
>

Is this supposed to be homoerotic or some flash back to the days of knights?


From: T Wake on

"Ben Newsam" <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:26:36 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com>
> wrote:
>>T Wake wrote:
>>> Possibly. Why do these governments and organisations hate the US when
>>> you do
>>> so much good? Why is the US, with its massive media capacity, unable to
>>> counter this propoganda when all you have is the good of the people in
>>> your
>>> mind?
>>
>>My mother, 1907-2000, said in a 1950's conversation
>>that it was simple jealousy and she'd been seeing
>>it all her life.
>
> Hahahaha! Er.... no thanks, I have no wish to live under the US yoke,
> thank you very much. Wha on earth have I got to be jealous about? A
> country that fails to see the results of its actions on the planet,
> the lack of a proper healthcare system, a country that seems (IMO) to
> be filled with hate-ridden people who are only able to judge the worth
> of a person by how much they earn... OK that's enough to be getting on
> with. Don't even get me started on their lack of a proper democratic
> system.
>
>>Brits, in particular, hate the US because Brits,
>>by comparison, feel impotent, while some remember
>>what it was like back in the Empire days.
>
> God, you're so stupid.

"Stupid" seems like such an understatement.


From: T Wake on

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:33:35 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com>
> Gave us:
>
>> But not understanding
>>what he's talking about never stopped him anyway.
>
>
> Severe understatement.

Wow. Yet another irony meter goes.


From: Ben Newsam on
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:01:14 +0000, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Jamie wrote:
>> If you want to end up unemployed or 6 feet under, just practice
>> that over here.
>
>So you're saying the US system tolerates, even encourages corruption, poor practice and
>waste of money ?

And murder too, by the sound of it.
From: T Wake on

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:45:06 -0000, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us:
>
>>
>>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:39:29 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> Even Western Digital has its products made and assembled elsewhere,
>>>>> but it is still an American company.
>>>>
>>>>...and what fraction of their workforce would be American?
>>>>
>>>>Eric Lucas
>>>
>>> The up front investiture, hardware product, the profits, the name,
>>> the quality assurance, the engineering... All the parts that matter.
>>
>>How is that a fraction of the workforce? Do you mean to imply that the
>>workers don't matter?
>>
> I knew I could count on a twit like you not to get it.

It's ok. I know you cant explain yourself properly. Your educational
difficulties are pretty apparent.

Feel free to explain what you meant by responding to "and what fraction of
their workforce would be American?" with "The up front investiture, hardware
product, the profits, the name, the quality assurance, the engineering...
All the parts that matter."

I am sure it will be as entertaining as the rest of your posts.