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From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Oct 2006 17:21 Kurt Ullman wrote: > > In article <452573BD.DAD71895(a)earthlink.net>, > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Do you personally know anyone who doesn't carry some form of > > identification? > > I know a bunch. But then I work with homeless schizophrenics, which > might not be a real usable sample... I don't envy you. I see people like that at the VA hospital in Gainsville when I'm there, but they do have ID, or they don't get treatment. The hospital has a locker room and showers for them, but typical to federal laws, they are not allowed to sleep there unless they are an in patient. The Ocala national forest has some 3000 homeless Veterans scattered around in shanties and tents who refuse any help. Sometimes that will visit one of the mobile medical units, but only if they are afraid they are about to die if they don't. -- 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: Homer J Simpson on 5 Oct 2006 17:22 "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message news:DO2dnQyL4Id38bjYRVnyuw(a)pipex.net... >> Just for starters, there would have been no holocaust. >> > > Really? And you can prove that, how? Before Hitler - no holocaust. After Hitler - no holocaust. And that's despite the clear anti-Semitism in Germany - and much of the Western world as well. Even in Poland which was arguably more anti-Semitic than even the Krauts there was no holocaust. True Russia had its pogroms, but they were somewhat less effective.
From: Kurt Ullman on 5 Oct 2006 17:22 In article <4525758C.D1168AE5(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Not much since it would largely be gobbled by China and India > > among others. > > How would that happen ? They are the fastest growing users of oil currently. > > Is this some kind of perverse excuse for inefficiency ? > Nope. The original question was what would happen to the price of oil if US stopped using so much. The answer was not much since C&I (among others) would sop it up. Assuming of course that there was no major damage to the US economy so we could continue to buy stuff from C&I. I
From: Eeyore on 5 Oct 2006 17:22 T Wake wrote: > In the UK when a nutcase kills someone, the press hound social services > ("How could you let this happen") and inevitably some poor functionary will > get sacked as a scapegoat. However, the reality of the matter is the nutter > was the bad person and the _only_ person to blame. Actually, in the case of UK social services I can readily believe that policy was to blame in fact. Graham
From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Oct 2006 17:23
T Wake wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:45244F75.8EAF5664(a)earthlink.net... > >T Wake wrote: > >> > >> "Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > >> news:kurtullman-556EC5.17113404102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx... > >> > In article <HPWdnXZeKd_lvLnYRVnyig(a)pipex.net>, > >> > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >> If you spent your day waving placards outside the Whitehouse saying > >> >> how > >> >> great the UK was and how all Americans should live like that the > >> >> analogy > >> >> would make more sense. > >> > > >> > I'd still argue it. Lots of reason to stay home, not the least of which > >> > is trying to reform your home country. That and all those extra "u"s > >> > they throw into words for no apparent in the UK (G). > >> > >> Nothing wrong with the letter u. I've never understood why Americans seem > >> to > >> avoid it. (Don't get me started on the pronunciation of route... :-)) > > > > > > You British twits added the extraneous "U"s in a pathetic attempt to > > make yourselves look witty. It didn't work. > > > > Other way round really. Really? Look at some historical texts and get back to me. -- 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 |