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From: Ken Smith on 16 Jan 2007 10:05 In article <af492$45ace7ef$49ecf70$27200(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: [....] >Is the glass half empty or half full? Or: The glass is twice as big as needed. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Eeyore on 16 Jan 2007 10:31 Ken Smith wrote: > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > > >A contractor with 20K employees sealing a border could get it > >done pretty quickly. > > I doubt it. They other guys will be busily unsealing it the whole time. > > > Giving a relative 50% efficiency factor > >for military troops doing the same work still provides us with > >a 10,000 employee contractor sealing the border. That, my friend, > >is a HUGE contractor by anyone's standards, and can get a lot > >of work done post haste. > > There is more than merely "a lot" of border to block. 3650 km of it. http://www.national-anthems.net/countries/index.php?id=IZ > >Besides, it isn't all about fences, it is more about land mines. > > They have sheep. The land mines will be cleared in short order. Just deprive them of their sheep too ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Jan 2007 10:33 Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > Frankly, the phrase 'war on terror' is an abuse of the word terror and > war, both. And it really doesn't help us understand how to deal with > various situations that are collected under it. It's actually a way > of not having to think deeply, at all. Which is probably why it was chosen. Although I'm not sure if that's more because GWB isn't a very deep thinker or whether he wanted to avoid the public thinking too deeply. Graham
From: Lloyd Parker on 16 Jan 2007 05:31 In article <eoil29$8qk_001(a)s961.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> I don't have the time/interest right now to go track down the >>specific statements made that point this up, but there has already >>been some recent talk here about the Barbary Coast situation and that >>was proximate to the Constitution formation. > >That was dealt with by declaring war on Algiers according to the >source I cited. I have not checked the author. >> Wikipedia says: On Jefferson's inauguration as president in 1801, Yussif Karamanli, the Pasha (or Bashaw) of Tripoli demanded $225,000 from the new administration. Putting his long-held beliefs into practice, Jefferson refused the demand. Consequently, in May of 1801, the Pasha declared war on the United States, not through any formal written documents, but by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. Consulate. Morocco, Algiers, and Tunis soon followed their ally in Tripoli. In response, Jefferson sent a group of frigates to defend American interests in the Mediterranean, and informed Congress. Although Congress never voted on a formal declaration of war, they did authorize the President to instruct the commanders of armed vessels of the United States to seize all vessels and goods of the Pasha of Tripoli "and also to cause to be done all such other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war will justify."
From: Lloyd Parker on 16 Jan 2007 05:27
In article <45ACC825.1D782922(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >T Wake wrote: > >> For example, in a 40mph zone, what speed do you have to be travelling to be >> stopped by a police man and at what speed will you lose your licence? This >> is one are where the spirit of the law is much more adhered to than the >> letter. (some forces will fine at 44mph, some at 47mph, some will only fine >> if the driving is dangerous in another manner etc). > >As low as 44 ? I thought 46 was the minimum. ( 40 + 10% + 2 mph ). > >Graham > Every state is different. In GA, it's more than 10 mph over the limit, except the State Patrol doesn't have to give you that cushion, and it doesn't apply in school zones or residential areas. |