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From: Lloyd Parker on 11 Dec 2006 04:26 In article <qhfmn2p8fhletr4k76crrcc4ad512eurhp(a)4ax.com>, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:29:36 +0000, Eeyore ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>T Wake wrote: >> >>> "Borek" <m.borkowski(a)delete.chembuddy.these.com.parts> wrote in message >>> news:op.tkayhaxz26l578(a)borek... >>> > On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 14:15:25 +0100, <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> The way the Democrats tested reactions >>> >>>>> of the US was to go to Europe and give a speech that contained >>> >>>>> the ideas they wanted a reaction test. BBC would report on >>> >>>>> the speech. The American news media would report on what >>> >>>>> the BBC reported minus the fact that it came from some guy's >>> >>>>> speech. The politician would then watch to see how the >>> >>>>> voters of the US received it. What you saw a the Democrat >>> >>>>> platform had been vetted through Europe this way. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Well, considering Europeans are healthier, are happier, live longer, >>> >>>> are >>> >>>> more educated and more literate, etc., maybe we could take some >>> >>>> lessons. >>> >>> >>> >>> We do? Good, I am not moving anywehere. >>> >> >>> >> <grin> You detected the attitude, too. >>> > >>> > Nope. I was deadly serious ;) >>> >>> I may be wrong, but I think she thought you lived in the US ;-) >> >>That was my suspicion too. >> >>I suppose BAH couln't imagine one might be happy living in Europe ? > >--- >Paying about 40% of what you make as tribute to your government? > Getting health care, higher education, pensions, great public transit, etc. Hey, those countries are democracies. The people obviously like what their government is doing. >Value added taxes which take away even more of your discretionary >income? > In lieu of sales tax though, no? >Taxes on motor fuels which keep you close to home? You take public transit. Or buy a small car. Or a diesel one (lot lower taxes on diesel fuel). > >Yeah, it sounds like a lot of fun to me... >--- > >>Time will tell I guess. > >--- >It already has. You've slipped from being the mightiest nation on >Earth to whatever it is you are now, and why? Because your >government still isn't republican. > >What is it about you all that you can't embrace taking >responsibility for your own actions instead of blaming your errors >on Mum. Or Dad? > >You have no hard constitution to speak of and, presumably, none in >the offing so, ISTM, that what you want to do is play fast and loose >with what you've got in place now and dodge the fallout. > >Am I wrong? > > >
From: Lloyd Parker on 11 Dec 2006 04:31 In article <4hgu44-8qf.ln1(a)sirius.tg00suus7038.net>, The Ghost In The Machine <ewill(a)sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote: >In sci.physics, Eeyore ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> > wrote >on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:29:02 +0000 ><457C6E0E.9645E7D3(a)hotmail.com>: >> >> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>> > >>> >In the UK, certainly when I was young, everyone was aware of politics so I >>> >am not sure what you are trying to say here (if anything, you might just be >>> >collecting words together). >>> >>> Your parents were not in danger of disappearing because >>> you said the wrong thing. >>> >>> >>> >> My folks do have a memory >>> >> but they didn't have to fear their own government as much >>> >> as other countries because we had the Constitution to provide >>> >> the checks and balances. >>> > >>> >When did they have to over throw forced socialism, with the aid of the US >>> >Constitution? Interesting. >>> >>> WWII. >> >> Where was this forced socialism in WW2 ? >> >> Graham >> > >Most likely Nazi Germany. Nazi was short for >Nationalsozialismus, which is translated usually as >"National Socialist". > >The full name of Hitler's Party was "Nationalsozialistische >Deutsche Arbeiterpartei", or NSDAP; in English National >Socialist German Workers Party. > >Of course it gets complicated; according to Wiki >there was also a Social Democratic Party of Germany >(Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands). > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi > The Nazi party was not socialistic after Hitler took over (he merely kept the name). Any more than "The People's Democratic Republic of Korea" (North Korea) is democratic. Yet right-wing loons always fall for the "Nazi = socialist" line.
From: T Wake on 11 Dec 2006 14:55 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:96kqn254tmhiu4qhqktekdfmsp0lg3viii(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:24:39 -0600, John Fields > <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> Gave us: > >>On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:29:53 -0000, "T Wake" >><usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message >>>news:elign6$c4l$1(a)blue.rahul.net... >>>> In article <2omdnY6K9eyGkeHYRVnyjQA(a)pipex.net>, >>>> T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> [....] >>>>>Hi Genius. Added to your cowardly snippage is a pathetic attempt at a >>>>>straw >>>>>man. If you hadn't been such a whining big girl and snipped the bits >>>>>above >>>>>you could see I wasn't talking about the debate over your idiotic >>>>>political >>>>>view point. >>>> >>>> I have an interesting theory that we are in fact dealing with an AI >>>> program. This would explain the trouble parsing some statements. It >>>> would also explain the snipping of sections and the resorting to >>>> insults. >>>> Both could be used as a way to cover the fact that the parser could not >>>> handle the statements. With reasonable replied the errors would be >>>> easier >>>> to notice. Insults on the other hand don't have to make literal >>>> sense. >>>> The fact that the same ones seem to get recycled is some evidence for >>>> the >>>> theory. >>>> >>> >>>I think I agree with you know. >> >> >>--- >>??? >> >>Speaking of machines... There is a "now," missing - typing in a hurry. Sorry. > > The idiot crew has a side conversation going where they think I am an > AI bot. Cant think why. You might not be a bot and just be a total retard but at the moment it is anyone's guess.
From: Ken Smith on 12 Dec 2006 10:15 In article <457D707B.125ED31C(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: [.....] >Secularism is speading. I believe what we are seeing may be no more than a >religious backlash against 'modern thought'. I rather feel it's dommed to fail. > >As a kid I recall it was unheard of not to be Christian. Now no-one even blinks >an eye about it but I would like to see our first atheist Prime Minister though. The trend is the other way in the US. A smallish fraction of "christian" thinking has gained a large following and significant power since the 1940s. The real threat (long term) of extremists is from the home grown ones. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 12 Dec 2006 10:49
In article <eljb7f$lt0$5(a)jasen.is-a-geek.org>, jasen <jasen(a)free.net.nz> wrote: >On 2006-12-11, Ken Smith <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote: > >> BTW: Do you know if the Galileo system has the same intentional >> distortions as the GPS system? If not, it could be combined with the GPS >> to make better estimates. > >USA turned off the intentional jitter a few years back. any innacuracies are >only those inherant in the system. Yes the SA is no longer in operation but this isn't the only "intentional distortion". -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge |