From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> 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!
>
> Yeah, so? George Washington is still on our quarter, but he hasn't been the
> actual leader of our country for over 200 years.

I think it's rather nice that countries other than the UK have the Queen's head
on them still.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
> >
> > I wonder how they react to the national guard....
>
> My usual (albeit unfair) gut-level response to the phrase "national guard"
> is "place for your rich daddy to hide you from military service during war".
> Like I said, completely unfair, but The Shrub is partly to blame for that
> one.

What does the USA actually need a national guard for ?

Graham

From: Eeyore on


krw wrote:

> 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.

Where did I say "carpet bombed" ?

Why do you find it so necessary to twist my words ?


> Only command/control/military installations were targeted.

Simply not true.


> It would have been easier to nuke the place; one sortie from
> Kansas; all done. It wasn't done was it dumb donkey.

It would have been better to leave the damn place ALONE !

Graham

From: Eeyore on


krw wrote:

> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
> > krw wrote:
> >
> > > I do not agree that war == violence.
> >
> > Oh that makes it all fine then.
>
> If you're stupid enough to belive it is, you really need a brain
> transplant. The premiss is false thus any conclusions are useless,
> dumb, donkey.

Whooosssshhhhh !

Graham

From: Eeyore on


krw wrote:

> 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!

So it *was* to line the pockets of US construction companies then !

Graham