From: Homer J Simpson on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> With an entire continent they could hardly do worse could they ? Wasn't
> there
> some other place we colonised that was a continent too ?

There was the US but that turned out to be a complete f*ck up so better to
ignore it.







From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >John Fields wrote:
> >> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:06:56 +0100, "T Wake" wrote:
> >> >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote
> >>
> >> >> "It" being radical Islam,
> >> >
> >> >Radical Islam can't be described as having a "single unified goal."
> >>
> >> I disagree. I think the single, unified goal would be the
> >> acquisition of unlimited power.
> >
> >Since you're incapable even of identifying 'radical Islam' your thoughts count for
> >nothing.
> ---
> Sheesh, as if the opinions of a pinhead like you mattered.
>
> You even have to get clarification after clarification from T Wake
> because you can't understand his lucid prose and you dare to
> criticize others?
>
> For shame.

Inability to answer the question noted.

Graham

From: John Fields on
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:58:20 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>news:s2k7i2lbbpsdepbsu912116dvi0vpa6tcf(a)4ax.com...
>
>>>> Reputedy Mohammed went a little ga-ga in his later years. Anyway, show
>>>> me
>>>> a religious text that*isn't*
>>>> riddled with contradictions.
>>>
>>>They're all really just books of magic spells anyway.
>
>> No, they're not. They're survival manuals.
>
>In no real sense. At best they are fatuous claims of superiority "God's
>chosen people". Reality rarely confirms such beliefs.

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Really?

Dietary laws?

Acceptable social behavior?

Personal cleanliness?

Settlement of disputes?

and on and on...

None of these are important to insure the survival of people who
have lived in the desert for thousands of years?


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
From: Eeyore on


Gordon wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Gordon wrote:
> >> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:46:00 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" wrote:
> >> >"Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message
> >> >
> >> >>>Clinton was successful.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Bush is a failure.
> >> >>
> >> >> Unless you assume some really bad things about his motives that is.
> >> >
> >> >9/11 was Bush's failure.
> >>
> >> How long had Bush been in office when 9/11 occurred? Who was in
> >> office the 8 years before that?
> >
> >What's that got to do with it ?
> >
> >You're going to suggest next that politicians currently in power won't
> >take the credit for the success of their predecessors' policies too ?
> >
> >The fact is that it happened 'on Bush's watch' and he's responsible.
> >
> >Graham
>
> Had the 9/11 attacks happened during the Bush inauguration
> ceremony, would this have been because of Bush's negligence and
> ineptitude? How about the day after the inauguration? The week
> after? The month after? What would be a reasonable cut-off date
> for any responsibility of the previous presidency?

Depends what it is. How would a month suit you ?

Graham

From: John Fields on
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:58:20 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>news:lhn7i21h44h9s303rg8ru3q30g72nikg10(a)4ax.com...
>
>> LOL, you think that because you're in the dark as to what's going on
>> behind closed doors that nothing's being done? That's gotta be
>> pretty close to penultimate arrogance.
>
>When you see that half of the workers are tearing down the outhouse faster
>than the other half are building it then it is a reasonable conclusion that
>organization was not a high priority.

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What was being talked about was strategies which are being
formulated, in secret, to deal with terrorism.

What are you talking about?


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer