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From: jmfbahciv on 8 Dec 2006 09:24 In article <4579749B.AA4F7B57(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> What are you going to do when a president abuses that power >> by declaring an emergency which puts the country into a permanent >> state of a dictatorship? > >GWB hasn't gone that far *yet* ! Right. Wait until next term. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 8 Dec 2006 09:26 In article <4579750C.A9B1912B(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > >> >> The Cold War was all about which "side" these >> >> countries would choose. >> > >> >Which is a completely different matter. >> >> How so? If you start talking about the third world, I figure >> you are talking about those who hadn't chosen sides. > >The sheer concept of USA vs USSR no longer even exists. That >use of the term is >irrelevant. The effects of this cold war is what is going on now. Side effects of decisions and actions made in the 20th century are going to last for a least 100 years. By then the effects will be due to the current struggle of Western vs Islamic civilizations. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 8 Dec 2006 10:03 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> What are you going to do when a president abuses that power > >> by declaring an emergency which puts the country into a permanent > >> state of a dictatorship? > > > >GWB hasn't gone that far *yet* ! > > Right. Wait until next term. You think he'll get a 3rd ??? Graham
From: krw on 8 Dec 2006 10:45 In article <elbml8$8qk_001(a)s848.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > In article <MPG.1fe1fd93a34fa40e989dba(a)news.individual.net>, > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > >In article <el91vv$8ss_003(a)s856.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... <snip> > >> They can't see the inside. I'm painting everything shiny white > >> so I can see again. I'm almost to the point where I can put > >> up JMF's blowup picture of the KI with a VT05 running SYSDPY > >> in my junk room. But first, I have to wait until the dead body stops > >> stinking. > > > >Dead body? > > Yea. For some strange reason, I get a picture in my head of > large body. But it has to be a mouse. One of these days, I'm > going to figure out how the guy who lived here thought. He > built a closet but put a false floor in it along one wall of > the room. Underneath, there is probably a mouse retirement > center that had been in business over the years the guy lived > here. I don't want to tear it apart. At the moment, I'm > using moth ball strewn generously. I balls strewn in the > basement, and they appear to have been removed. Pesky rodents. > If it isn't the User Device From Hell, it's the mobile flavor. Ohh, dead Mickeey! We had one in an apartment we rented in the '70s. Evidently it crawled up the sewer and into the bathroom sink overflow, got stuck, and stunk. They called some plumbers out to fix it; acid down the overflow. > > I've been spend some time these last few weeks trying to figure > out how I'm able to estimate the size of the body from just the > smell. Intensity? Time? Don't know any calibration factor though. > >> >I'm "redecorating" the entire house too, in preparation to split. > >> > >> I don't know how you can manage that. I suspect whoever gets my > >> house will just raze it and build something that isn't holey. > > > >I tore the carpet up from the second bedroom yesterday. Today is > >the upstairs hallway and stairs. Then I have some repairs to do to > >the railings. Then stain, polyurethane, and paint the walls. The > >master bedroom carpet gets torn out next week and then new > >carpeting in the upstairs. Two weeks later the entire downstairs > >gets recarpeted (gotta tear all that out and repaint inbetween). > > Why are you carpeting? I never understood that because I assume > that the first thing the new female does is redecorate. Yes, and it's the last thing a male does. ;-) I mentioned before that we're bailing out of NE (taxes). The carpet is 20YO (original contractor's special) and in pretty poor condition, even though we don't wear shoes in the house. Instead of offering a "carpet allowance" in the price, I decided to just do it. It makes painting much easier too. > >> Fieldstone foundations suck. > > > >I'd never have one. Mine is 8" concrete. Even then I need to run a > >dehumidifier all summer. > > The problem with fieldstone is that the mortar doesn't last. If you have mortar. Some around here don't, at least didn't. No thanks! -- Keith
From: T Wake on 8 Dec 2006 12:40
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:elblm9$8ss_005(a)s848.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <el9aa4$qc5$9(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>In article <MPG.1fe0b29676a39b5b989db9(a)news.individual.net>, >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>>In article <el6kid$v36$4(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu >>>says... >>>> In article <el6el5$8qk_001(a)s867.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >In article <el43p1$83n$4(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, >>>> > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>>> >>In article <el3o53$8qk_001(a)s881.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>In article <45742DA0.41C26436(a)hotmail.com>, >>>> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >> >Ken Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> >> > >>>> >>>>> >> >> The so called "war on terror" has cost the US a great deal >>without >>>> >>>>> >> >> really yelding anything much as a result. >>>> >>>>> >> > >>>> >>>>> >> >You're kidding. >>>> >>>>> >> > >>>> >>>>> >> >It's yielded greater instability in the word and more hatred >>>> >>>>> >> >of >>the >>>> >>USA >>>> >>>( >>>> >>>>> >> >entirely justified this time ). >>>> >>>>> >> > >>>> >>>>> >> >What sheer brilliance. >>>> >>>>> >> >>>> >>>>> >> You both have been blind. >>>> >>>>> > >>>> >>>>> >Come on then. Don't be shy. What's your opinion on the matter ? >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> The sound bite "war on xxxx" was misused so often that, when >>>> >>>>> the real thing is happening, nobody pays attention. The fable >>>> >>>>> about the boy crying wolf has become reality. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>That wasn't quite what I meant but I can't really disgree with that >>>> >>>statement. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>To return to the original question. Do you feel this so-called 'war >>>> >>>>on >>>> >>>terror' >>>> >>>>has been useful or counter-productive ? >>>> >>> >>>> >>>It has been useful. Libya decided it would give up making >>>> >>>atom bombs in return for trade. Saudis are slowly emancipating >>>> >>>their women. >>>> >> >>>> >>Let's see, they can't drive, they can't go outdoors unless escorted >>>> >>by >>their >>>> >>husband or a male relative, they get punished for adultery and the >>>> >>man >>>> >>doesn't, their testimony in court is legally worth less than that of >>>> >>a >>>> man... >>>> >> >>>> >>If that's emancipation, I'd hate to see what you consider inequality! >>>> > >>>> >They are starting to get their driver's license. It will take >>>> >a half generation or so for the mindset to change. Wasting >>>> >50% of their resources by keeping them under cover is stupid. >>>> >This can only happen in a middle class mindset. I'm starting >>>> >to think about how Islam started out as middle-class and rather >>>> >ignored the working part. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >>>Somalia is trying to sort itself out and seems >>>> >>>to be tottering towards trade rather than isolation. >>>> >> >>>> >>Just a nasty little civil war going on. >>>> > >>>> >You should watch what they're fighting about. It's about >>>> >their lifestyle. Every Muslim nation is going to go through >>>> >similar internal discussions. One the methods used to avoid >>>> >dealing with thorny issues is to point outside the borders >>>> >and say, "it's their fault". >>>> >> >>>> >>>A lot of Americans, who now have to remain mute, have had lessons >>>> >>>on what happens when politics and policies are left to >>>> >>>people who undermine the Constitution. These people have also >>>> >>>reexamined their priorities and threw the old ones out and >>>> >>>have a new list. >>>> >>> >>>> >>>Slowly, albeit too slowly, the public health departments are >>>> >>>back to doing their jobs and have started thinking about >>>> >>>how to manage a pandemic. >>>> >> >>>> >>Maybe if the same type of people who were appointed to head FEMA >>>> >>hadn't >>been >>>> >>appointed here... >>>> > >>>> >You keep missing the legal point that FEMA cannot do anything until >>>> >it is asked to come in and help by the governor of the state. >>>> > >>>> >>>> You right-wingers keep saying this, and it's no more true than any >>>> other > of >>>> your mantras. >>> >>>That is correct. It is no more (or less) true of any other of our >>>arguments. The fact is that the feds *must* be asked for help (an >>>emergency declared). >> >>And the president can declare an emergency. > > What are you going to do when a president abuses that power > by declaring an emergency which puts the country into a permanent > state of a dictatorship? Be very careful of what you wish for. > You do seem to want the Constitution to be suspended as long > as everyone else, but you, pays for it. Blimey. You've just done a 180 degree turn. The supposed "socialist" you berate in this thread are complaining that the potential for abuse of power is growing too much. Amazing. I love the bit about stopping the president declaring an emergency which puts the country into a permanent state of dictatorship.... |