From: Kurt Ullman on 5 Oct 2006 11:20 In article <Va9Vg.19654$Ij.16215(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:eg2paa$8qk_011(a)s829.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > > In article <PsRUg.57$45.150(a)news.uchicago.edu>, > > mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: > >>In article <4523844C.CA22EFDF(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: > >>> > >>> > >>>mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: > >>> > >>>> In article <4522F8DE.C46161BD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore writes: > >>>> >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> >> You didn't read carefully. It is not "10% changing". It is that > >>>> >> historical data indicates dramatic changes when about 10% of the > >>>> >> population is *dead*. Does this make it clear? > >>>> > > >>>> >So, we only need to kill 100 million Muslims or so ? > >>>> > > >>>> I didn't say, at the moment, what we need (or need not) to do. I > >>>> pointed what empirical data for past conflicts shows. Go argue with > >>>> history if you don't like it. > >>> > >>>But you still mainatain we'd need to kill that many to have an effect ? > >>> > >>>Graham > >>> > >>Not that "we'd need" but that, as a worst case scenario, we may need. > > > > The oddity of this, which I cannot find in past history, is that > > the extremists are already doing this to themselves. > > Oh, the innumeracy. At the rate that they're doing that, it will take at > least an order of magnitude longer than all of recorded human history to > reach the stated endpoint. In the meantime, how about if we stop giving > them reasons to do so? > So, we just all capitulate and become Muslim states? That is pretty the much the reason that those who are actually doing the planning get themselves blown up are doing so.
From: Jim Thompson on 5 Oct 2006 11:20 On Thu, 05 Oct 06 09:41:24 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >In article <0h18i21ket4s0m5rkk8gckp0kk4oih33hh(a)4ax.com>, > Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >>On Wed, 04 Oct 06 14:48:36 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) >>wrote: >> >>>In article <MPG.1f8db6b8105f0bb9989d69(a)News.Individual.NET>, >>> Keith <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>[snip] >>>> >>>>Phones (of the domestic type, anyway) aren't tapped without >>>>warrant. Get with the program. >>>> >>> >>>Tapped? That's semantics. How does the NSA know a call is going to involve >>>someone of interest? They monitor all calls and a computer "listens" for >>>certain key words and phrases. >>> >>[snip] >> >>That's rarely the case, and not without warrant. >> > >Yes, that is the case, and Bush claims he does not need a warrant; that he >has the inherent power as C-in-C. > >>What NSA was doing was using computer perusal of telephone _records_, >>"To/From" data. >> > >No, they were monitoring phone calls. > >>From those suspicious records, taps were authorized by a judge. > >Have you been in a coma? The issue is warrantless eavesdropping. > >> >> ...Jim Thompson You sure are exhibiting your inability to read. You must be a Democrat. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Keith on 5 Oct 2006 11:22 In article <45244E9E.D8DD822E(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > John Fields wrote: > > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: > > >> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:24:11 +0100, Eeyore > > >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> >Ever wondered why it [international terrorism] happens to the USA > > >> most btw ? > > >> > > >> --- > > >> Nope. Losers want to blame everyone but themselves for their > > >> predicaments and, so, take shots at the champ in an attemp to try to > > >> convince themselves that they're not impotent. > > > > > >Let me explain then. > > > > > >It becasue America pokes its nose into stuff that's none of its business > > >all the time and just generally likes to kick the little guys around. > > > > --- > > Translation: > > > > Because America has the wherewithal and the will to do whatever it > > wants to, and all the little guys resent that. > > That too. Especially when it makes no sense. > > What do you think about the Vincennes shooting down an Iranian Airbus then ? Successful missile test? -- Keith
From: Jim Thompson on 5 Oct 2006 11:23 On Thu, 05 Oct 06 09:50:29 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >In article <v2c8i2tp1kf97gkk922mmi6brvb9iibqql(a)4ax.com>, > Gordon <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote: [snip] >>> >>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? >> >>Gordon > >Bush was warned repeatedly OBL was a threat. He ignored them. Read >Woodward's book. Woodward is an opportunist. You must be a Democrat. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Keith on 5 Oct 2006 11:23
In article <B6CUg.49796$E67.42601(a)clgrps13>, nobody(a)nowhere.com says... > > "Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message > news:mbq5i29hg2qgun7p1rm5fpbdb6fr31ogvs(a)4ax.com... > > > Where did the current terrorism financing and materials come > > from? > > From the USA (oil). Unlike most every other conflict, the US is paying for > both sides in this one. ....and only the USA buys middle east oil? You are as ignorant as the stuffed donkey. -- Keith |