From: Homer J Simpson on 5 Oct 2006 01:15 "Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:kurtullman-AD43AB.23182004102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx... >> He was in office for just about 8 months adn for just about 8 months, he >> had the Clinton admins advice for going after OBL and ignored it. >> Clinton >> tried to get OBL and failed Bush did not try. > > Clinton's attempt to get OBL was to lob a coupla cruise missles in his > general direction and hope he walked under one. I don't subscribe to > the he coulda had him from the Sudan (or wherever) idea, but to say > Clinton was fixated or wanting to go after OBL is stretching reality. > Nobody took him terribly seriously until 9/11. Bullshit. Clinton was seriously keen on killing him. Bush didn't know there were foreigners in the world.
From: Homer J Simpson on 5 Oct 2006 01:15 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:t1v8i21l8kal7h6td3j4nr6gir8t5b26mu(a)4ax.com... > Sounds strange to me. The people I know have traveled a lot, and many > have lived in other countries. Americans are often fans and admirers > of other countries and languages. As for not being very introspective, > that is true of many Americans, and it's generally a virtue: jobs, > hobbies, interests, causes, and family are a lot more interesting than > narcissistic, neurotic self-absorption. Maybe you are mistaking > politeness and open-mindedness for being gullible: they are different. > > Of course America is big, with beaches, glaciers, mountains, rivers, > an enormous variety of geography and cultures. Not all Americans elect > to fly overseas when we have 50 different states of our own to > explore. Your thinking seems to be undisturbed by actual knowledge of > the US. And what percentage of Americans have ever been further than Canada or Mexico? Or have even left their own state? Ever watch Jay Leno?
From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Oct 2006 02:42 Daniel Mandic wrote: > > Eeyore wrote: > > > Thompson and Terrell are amongst the lowest forms of life posting > > here. JoeBloe beats them hands down though. > > > > Graham > > Ermm, is Terrell not an electronic guru? The jury is still out on that one. Its a hung jury. I hanged them myself. ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Oct 2006 02:44 T Wake wrote: > > Soon Teacher will turn up to put a stop to this playground fight. Really? Do you know why the teacher left? He's out making book on the fight, and the odds are in our favor. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Oct 2006 02:51
John Fields wrote: > > 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. > > --- > What was being talked about was strategies which are being > formulated, in secret, to deal with terrorism. > > What are you talking about? He was hiding in the pit, dodging the other turds? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |