From: Ken Smith on 4 Oct 2006 10:39 In article <cezUg.49724$E67.32128(a)clgrps13>, Homer J Simpson <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: [....] >You may care for individual lemmings, but when you see them all charging >over the cliff en masse . . . . > >(And yes, I know they don't really do that). There is lack of strong leadership among lemmings. Humans will follow the order to get in the handbasket and set it in motion. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Keith on 4 Oct 2006 10:39 In article <stv5i215k0cisbp9l0oj762qb0t296qm32(a)4ax.com>, To-Email- Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com says... > On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:39:04 -0700, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > >On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:13:11 -0700, John Larkin > ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:25:32 +0100, Eeyore > >><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>>Bunch of damn cowboys. > >>> > >> > >>Yaaa-hoo! > >> > >>John > > > >Which reminds me that it's time to mosey on home and watch the next > >episode of "Deadwood" > > > >John > > I'll get out my copy of "Tombstone" ;-) Meanwhile, the stuffed donkey will watch the documentary about the wild west, "Blazing Saddles". -- Keith
From: Keith on 4 Oct 2006 10:40 In article <efugkv$4up$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu says... > In article <nrc5i2tq8jr4k99aqofmbbesm7em13ktok(a)4ax.com>, > John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:28:11 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" > ><nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > > >> > >>"Lloyd Parker" <lparker(a)emory.edu> wrote in message > >>news:eftptn$c8p$2(a)leto.cc.emory.edu... > >> > >>> Tell me how many times the Bill of Rights says "people" and how many times > >>> it > >>> says "citizens." > >> > >>SCOTUS has said that even visitors have the rights of citizens when it come > >>to legal processes. After all, you expect their homeland laws to apply in > >>the US would you? > >> > >> > > > >Correct. But they also realize that the rights apply only when those > >people are physically in the USA. Which is why some bad guys are held > >elsewhere. > > > >John > > > > > Well, Bush thought Gitmo qualified as "elsewhere" but the USSC said no. Then > he held people in Europe, which is raising a stink there. It might keep some > prospective EU members out even. Actually, no it didn't. It said only that Congress had some say in the matter. -- Keith
From: Ken Smith on 4 Oct 2006 10:44 In article <_YxUg.45778$bf5.41411(a)edtnps90>, Homer J Simpson <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eft9s4$8ss_002(a)s888.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > >> You are excoriating Bush for doing one of his primary jobs which >> is national security. I suppose you long for the days of the >> Clintons where the goal was to breakdown all national security. > >Clinton was successful. > >Bush is a failure. Unless you assume some really bad things about his motives that is. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Keith on 4 Oct 2006 10:45
In article <efvurj$8ss_006(a)s811.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > In article <eftq1i$c8p$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: > >In article <p1iUg.9199$e66.6609(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> > >>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>news:452198F0.A71D16AC(a)hotmail.com... > >>> > >>> > >>> John Fields wrote: > >>> > >>>> You miss no opportunity to lambaste the US, its population, its > >>>> government, its institutions, and you hate its very existence, so > >>>> what do you expect me to think, that you're a benevolent soul trying > >>>> to help with constructive criticism? > >>> > >>> I thought it was fine under Clinton ! > >> > >>Yes, but you see, if he denigrates your point of view by labelling you as > >>someone that could never say anything good about the US, then he doesn't > >>have to take your point of view seriously and try to understand that perhaps > >>it might even be a valid point of view, that an intelligent person may be > >>capable of coming to through independent thought. It's the same thing the > >>Bush administration does by labelling everyone that disagrees with it a > >>"traitor" (under the *extremely* liberal interpretations that disagreeing > >>with your government is tantamount to aiding the enemy.) What they seem to > >>fail to understand is that the Constitution gives every US citizen is given > >>the *responsibility* to question its government *every single* day of their > >>lives. It really is sad that the Bush administration has seen fit to > >>legitimize this sort of anti-American behavior. > >> > >>Eric Lucas > >> > >> > > > >Keith Olbermann had a good commentary a week or two ago about Bush calling a > >criticism "unacceptable." > > Which criticism was unacceptable? > > I don't understand you people; first you complain that he can't > think for himself; then, you object when he expresses his opinion about > something. > > You can't have it both ways. Eeyore (a.k.a. the stuffed donkey) can. He's a two-faced Europeon. -- Keith |