From: Eeyore on


JoeBloe wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us:
> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
> >> >
> >> >In Canada, the provinces are really about as independant as the states in
> >> >the US.
> >>
> >> Isn't Canada also under the UK?
> >
> >Canada's an independent country now ! I has been for some time in fact.
> >
> >Graham
>
> Do you mean to tell me that the Queen's visage is no longer on their
> coins?! Oh my!

It may possibly appear.

They are still a member of the Commonwealth.

Graham


From: T Wake on

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:06:17 -0000, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us:
>
>>I have complained about various departments in the government on several
>>occasions.
>
>
> The retard awakens. Go back to sleep, retard.

Awww. Is that really all you can do? I thought you were better than having
to repeat the same insult in a row.

Still, you are pitiful.


From: T Wake on

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:06:17 -0000, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us:
>
>>
>>Unsettled seems to think the US government is inherently corrupt and that
>>it
>>is not responsive to the will of the people. Odd really, as I thought the
>>US
>>was a democracy.
>
> The fact that you do not *know* tells a lot about just how little
> you do know about the world, much less corruption in it, or the lack
> thereof.

Hahahahhahaha. Every post you make highlights how bad you are at basic
reading comprehension. Bet you wish you studied harder at school.


From: Eeyore on


JoeBloe wrote:

> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) Gave us:
> >T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Bit like saying that because the Irish Republicans spent thirty years
> >>bombing the UK, any political party with "Republican" in its name supports
> >>terrorism, violence and non-political methods of forcing people to obey it.
> >>
> >>Well, is that the case?
> >
> >A fairly good argument could be made if you assume:
> >
> >"shock and aw" == terrorism
> >war == violence
> >war == "nonpolitical methods"
> >
> >You should have picked a better example.
>
> The word is AWE, you dipshit.
>
> You should have picked an example that you at least know the
> spelling of.

Never heard of a typo have you ?


Graham


From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> > krw wrote:
> >> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
> >> > krw wrote:
> >> > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
> >> > > > krw wrote:
> >> > > > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says...
> >> > > > > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
> >> > > > > > > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> >> > > > > >>
> >> > > > > > >> Once again, I'll ask you to think about administering your
> >> > > > > > >> NHS to all of Europe. That is how the US has to work.
> >> > > > > > >> We essentially 50 countries, each has its own politics,
> >> > > > > > >> economy and different priority lists.
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > It is a shame you have such a low opinion of the American
> >> > > > > > > people.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > It's also quite a shame that she has such a lack of
> >> > > > > > understanding of the US
> >> > > > > > Constitution, to think that no national program is possible.
> >> > > > > > There are
> >> > > > > > plenty of national programs in the US, and they work fine.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > All (not operated through the states) are unconstitutional, as
> >> > > > > well. None come close to 17% of the GNP either, though you'd
> >> > > > > likely be all for nationalizing the oil companies too.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > What would be the point of that ?
> >> > >
> >> > > It makes as much sense as nationalizing health care; none. Why
> >> > > don't you nationalize food production while you're at it?
> >> >
> >> > Who said anything about nationalisation ?
> >>
> >> What exactly do you think *NATIONALIZED* Health Care is?
> >>
> >> Dumb donkey!
> >
> > The NHS *does not* nationalise all health care.
>
> It strikes me that some people in this subthread are unable to tell the
> difference between "National" and "Nationalised" and every time they see one
> of the words it triggers the knee-jerk "socialism = bad" response.

They've been well indoctrinated !


> Explaining that a "National" Health Service is a service which provides
> health care nation wide on the basis of medical need not ability to pay
> seems to be falling on deaf ears.

There none so deaf as those who don't wish to hear.

Graham