From: Kurt Ullman on
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
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
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From: Keith on
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
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
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| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Keith on
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