From: JoeBloe on
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:53:01 GMT, AZ Nomad <aznomad(a)PmunOgeBOX.com>
Gave us:

>On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:54:39 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:58:51 -0400, Keith <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>
>>>In article <18l4i2pda32a9pcks1snm7p1ne0ksphvjd(a)4ax.com>,
>>>joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org says...
>>>> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:33:14 -0700, Jim Thompson
>>>> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> Gave us:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >That's why we should discontinue all aid except to developing nations
>>>> >needing food and health assistance.
>>>> >
>>>> >And burn the UN to the ground.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever heard that little piece by Robin Williams about us
>>>> simply stopping all we do for others? It is very funny as it were.
>>>>
>>>You mean this one?
>>>
>>>http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp
>
>>I like this part....
>
>>"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your poor, your
>>tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's
>>yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'" ? Robin Williams.
>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>Did you really read that article? It debunks the story that Williams had
>anything to do with that little piece.


Actually, did you read the article, dope? It states that he didn't
"say" any of EXCEPT for the piece that Jim quoted.
From: JoeBloe on
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:54:48 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody(a)nowhere.com> Gave us:

>
>"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
>message news:f5b5i25b016ar7oqs9spvpbnkne7c70uv6(a)4ax.com...
>
>> The 'Robin Williams' attribution for the final item was interpreted as
>> applying to the list as a whole, so now the entire piece circulates as
>> 'the Robin Williams plan.'
>
>But he didn't create it.
>
>
But the little tid bit at the end, which Jim quoted he DID "create".
Sheesh you guys are thick sometimes. Ask for your money back from the
speed reading courseware vendor.
From: lucasea on

"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:B6CUg.49796$E67.42601(a)clgrps13...
>
> "Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message
> news:mbq5i29hg2qgun7p1rm5fpbdb6fr31ogvs(a)4ax.com...
>
>> Where did the current terrorism financing and materials come
>> from?
>
> From the USA (oil). Unlike most every other conflict, the US is paying for
> both sides in this one.

Much more directly, the US funded and equipped ObL in his struggles against
the Soviets in Afghanistan. The US funded and equipped Saddam Hussein when
we were having a little set-to against the Iranians in the 70s. Funny, both
seemed like such good ideas at the time....

What conclusion do you take from these facts?

Eric Lucas


From: lucasea on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
news:eftb20$8ss_006(a)s888.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
> In article <DReUg.28$45.71(a)news.uchicago.edu>,
> mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>In article <9n22i2tv97gi1nu17cif4u0nlj2el109nf(a)4ax.com>, JoeBloe
> <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> writes:
>>>On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:24:57 GMT, mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu Gave us:
>>>
>>>>In article <4520D8A3.4083F074(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>Al Qaeda wasn't really known about prior to 9/11 so your point is moot.
>>>>>
>>>>Al Queda was known for at least a decade before 9/11. "Not paid
>>>>attention to" is not the same thing as "not known". And Al Queda
>>>>itself is just an offshot of earlier movements.
>>>>
>>> Why even converse with that stupid idiot?
>>
>>Good question.
>
> Because the content of his posts are a catalyst for real
> discussions that aren't getting done in the usual mediums.

Kind of a nice change of pace, isn't it?

Eric Lucas


From: Michael A. Terrell on
JoeBloe wrote:
>
> But the little tid bit at the end, which Jim quoted he DID "create".
> Sheesh you guys are thick sometimes. Ask for your money back from the
> speed reading courseware vendor.


Speed reading? He's a charter member of the book of the decade club.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida