From: Eeyore on


John Larkin wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >John Fields wrote:
> >> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:23:50 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>
> >> >There's also a reason most French can understand English.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> American liberation of France in WW2?
> >
> >*American* liberation ?
>
> Was Eisenhower British?

What's it got to do with him ?

Graham

From: Eeyore on


Homer J Simpson wrote:

> "Keith" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message
>
> > Phones (of the domestic type, anyway) aren't tapped without
> > warrant. Get with the program.
>
> How would you ever know?

Does Echelon need a warrant ?

Graham


From: Homer J Simpson on

"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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>> The British were asked to help take out Hitler before WWII and refused.
>> Big mistake, since no heir would have been as bad.

> No way of knowing that for sure. Hitler's insanity contributed heavily to
> his forces defeats. If they had a competent, sane, commander in chief it
> may have gone differently.

When they looked at Goebbels, Himmler et al they couldn't find one crazy
enough to attack Poland and France let alone Russia.







From: Homer J Simpson on

"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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> Do any countries see themselves as backward? (Or any countries see them
> selves as not "modern")

Not Kazakhstan it seems!





From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <uaEUg.11168$6S3.1521(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>,
> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:eftb20$8ss_006(a)s888.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>> In article <DReUg.28$45.71(a)news.uchicago.edu>,
>>> mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>>>In article <9n22i2tv97gi1nu17cif4u0nlj2el109nf(a)4ax.com>, JoeBloe
>>> <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> writes:
>>>>>On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:24:57 GMT, mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu Gave us:
>>>>>
>>>>>>In article <4520D8A3.4083F074(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore
>>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Al Qaeda wasn't really known about prior to 9/11 so your point is
>>>>>>>moot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Al Queda was known for at least a decade before 9/11. "Not paid
>>>>>>attention to" is not the same thing as "not known". And Al Queda
>>>>>>itself is just an offshot of earlier movements.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Why even converse with that stupid idiot?
>>>>
>>>>Good question.
>>>
>>> Because the content of his posts are a catalyst for real
>>> discussions that aren't getting done in the usual mediums.
>>
>>Kind of a nice change of pace, isn't it?
>
> Well, I'd like to have a few less crapolas posts so I can find
> the ones were posted by thoughtful people.
>

Reasonable enough wish, although it carries the risk that you only read
posts which say things you already agree with.... Always seems kind of
pointless to me.