From: krw on 25 Nov 2006 22:46 In article <4568EAD6.D7880662(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net says... > > > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > > >>kensmith(a)green.rahul.net says... > > > > > > > >> "shock and aw" == terrorism > > > > > > > >No, it's war. You want to shock the enemy into submission. To do > > > >otherwise is inhumane. More will be killed, eventually. > > > > > > It is using fear to reach a political goal. > > > > To instill fear in the opponent's ARMY rather than civilian > > population. > > You reckon bombing Baghdad was meant to instill fear in the Iraqi *ARMY* ? Funny way > to go about it. Dunb donkey, Baghdad wasn't carpet-bombed. Only command/control/military installations were targeted. It would have been easier to nuke the place; one sortie from Kansas; all done. It wasn't done was it dumb donkey. -- Keith >
From: krw on 25 Nov 2006 22:46 In article <4568F0E0.FFDBC0D3(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > Don Bowey wrote: > > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Heck, they even go to war so Bechtel and Halliburton can pick up uncontested > > > contracts. > > > > > > Graham > > > > You just went to the top my extreme-nonsense-author list. > > You reckon the need for re-construction wasn't considered until after the event ? > > Why were British companies excluded from tendering ? US money => US law => US company. Dumb donkey! -- Keith
From: lucasea on 25 Nov 2006 22:46 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ek9f58$8ss_002(a)s894.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <ek7d1r$r6e$22(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>In article <ek6p6d$8ss_003(a)s989.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>In article <4565BA66.1AE61881(a)hotmail.com>, >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm told >>>>> that a successful socialist economy is in Sweden. I have to study >>>>> that. >>>> >>>>It's called social democracy. >>> >>>I know. The fact that the word democracy has to be included gives >>>me a slight warning. >>> >>>> All of the European 'lbour' parties embrace the >>>>concept more or less. >>> >>>Yes and that's a serious problem when independent thinking >>>and action is required. >>> >>>> >>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy >>>> >>>>" The prime example of social democracy is Sweden, which prospered >>>considerably >>>>in the 1990s and 2000s [1]. Sweden has produced a strong economy from >>>>sole >>>>proprietorships up through to multinationals (e.g., Saab, Ikea, and >>>Ericsson), >>>>while maintaining one of the longest life expectancies in the world, low >>>>unemployment, inflation, infant mortality, national debt, and cost of >>living, >>>>all while registering sizable economic growth. " >>> >>>What bothers me about this is that there is only a few companies. >>>There are many ways to measure cost of living. If they included >>>all the taxes it would be very high. >>> >>>/BAH >>How about "quality of life"? The US usually ranks near the bottom of >>western >>nations. Why must it always be about money to right-wingers? > > I am getting more and more convinced that this "quality of life" > comparison is getting to mean no obligation to make one's own decisions. > A high QoL means no decisions at all. This is getting to be more > in line with the way Islam works. Wow. You managed to cram all three of your idiotic paranoid assumptions into a single cohesive paragraph. Nice job! Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 25 Nov 2006 22:48 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:456844E0.DCECFFCA(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > >> >> Socialism does get communistic if the administration covers a >> >> large geographic and/or population density. There isn't any >> >> other way to "control" renegades who don't like to be told >> >> what to do all the time. >> > >> >What nonsense is this now ? >> > >> >Where *do* you get these ideas ? >> >> I think about what I read. > > You'r reading garbage in that case. I suspect the other half of that sentence is at least as important as what she reads in leading her to such a warped view of how the world works. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 25 Nov 2006 22:53
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ek9ht8$8qk_002(a)s1007.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > > You cannot do this. It does simplify anything but does create > fictions. ....and if there's anybody in this thread that knows about creating fictions, it would be you. > What you were trying to do is discuss why the apple falls from > the tree based on the assumption that pigs do fly. ....and if there's anybody in this thread that knows about false and irrelevant assumptions, it would be you. Eric Lucas |