From: Eeyore on 4 Oct 2006 16:20 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 4 Oct 2006 16:22 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 4 Oct 2006 16:28 "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message news:_MSdnTODduWljbnYnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >> 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 4 Oct 2006 16:28 "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message news:SvCdnW6IaZ6XjrnYnZ2dnUVZ8qKdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > Do any countries see themselves as backward? (Or any countries see them > selves as not "modern") Not Kazakhstan it seems!
From: T Wake on 4 Oct 2006 16:31
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:efvu0c$8ss_002(a)s811.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > 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. |