From: Homer J Simpson on

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
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>>It looked a heck of a lot better to me and least he was an intelligent and
>>articulate man, something that could never be said of Bush.
>
> Of course he was articulate. Many sociopaths are.

Bush is articulate when he is talking about the death penalty - a subject he
truly enjoys.







From: lucasea on

"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
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>
> Mostly true, I think, except for one branch of Cristianity, Roman
> Catholicism, where the buck stops at the pope's desk.

Not even there. There are a large variety of Roman Catholic churches, some
of whom take the Pope's word as the law, and many others that rather
liberally interpret the Pope's word into something that's slightly more
realistic in the modern world.

Eric Lucas


From: Kurt Ullman on
In article <M9cVg.51603$E67.40698(a)clgrps13>,
"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> "Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:kurtullman-25F347.08023505102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx..
> .
>
> >> And what percentage of Americans have ever been further than Canada or
> >> Mexico? Or have even left their own state?
> >>
> >> Ever watch Jay Leno?
> >
> > Yep that certainly meets my criteria for a well-done population
> > study....
>
> Jay Leno: "Which two countries border the United States?"
>
> Girl on the Street: "Ummm, errr, ahhh, Europe and ummm, Paris?"
>
> Yep, that's an American all right. Like those who think Alaska is an island.

Yep I am impressed how one girl on the street can then be reliably
used as an exemplar for 300 million or so people. When do you go to
Norway?
From: Kurt Ullman on
In article <M9cVg.51605$E67.30466(a)clgrps13>,
"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> "Keith" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f8eed7cb4eb544d989d8b(a)News.Individual.NET...
>
> >> > 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.
>
> Right. Sure. If the US wasn't importing oil to feed its ridiculous fleet of
> inefficient cars what would happen to world prices and hence the flow of
> money to the Middle East?

Not much since it would largely be gobbled by China and India
among others.
From: Eeyore on
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
> >> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> >> >> > Keith wrote:
> >> >> >> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > And you think you can defeat 'radical Islam' with bombs and
> >> >> >> > bullets ?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I know there is no choice. Perhaps you want to submit?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > There is no need to 'submit'
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You're living in a perversely stupid fantasy paranoid world.
> >> >>
> >> >> It comes from the constant bombardment by Bush's fear-mongering--it's
> >> >> his
> >> >> way of keeping power over people. People start to lose perspective on
> >> >> what is happening and why. It really is a very powerful narcotic.
> >> >
> >> > Have you seen this ?
> >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm
> >>
> >> No, I hadn't. Interesting thesis. I do hope PBS or BBCAmerica picks up
> >> the
> >> program, I'd like to see it.
> >
> > It's available online.
> >
> > And would you believe I didn't bookmark it ! Sorry.
>
> Now that I know to look, I'm sure I can find it. I'm not a huge fan of
> streaming video like this, but if it's the only way I'll see it, I will.
> Thanks!

I've just been reviewing it and it makes more sense than ever.

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=power+of+nightmares
http://www.oneplanetonenation.com/ponightmares1.html

You should aslo see Salam Pax's ( the Baghdad blogger ) blogs.

I'll post a link to that too later.

Graham