From: Eeyore on 26 Nov 2006 03:49 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 26 Nov 2006 03:50 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 26 Nov 2006 03:52 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 26 Nov 2006 03:54 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 26 Nov 2006 03:55
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 |