From: T Wake on

"Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kurtullman-A6DA43.20012105102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx...
> In article <afGdnYbRToSzCrjYRVnygg(a)pipex.net>,
> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
>> "Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:kurtullman-0481F2.19314905102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx..
>> .
>> > In article <452590E2.F828860(a)hotmail.com>,
>> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Lobbing missiles
>> >>
>> >> The targeting was quite precise actually.
>> >>
>> > Yep. He hit that aspirin factory dead on. Managed to put down the
>> > chimney of the Chinese Embassy during Kosovo, too, Rip roaring
>> > accuracy.
>>
>> Wow. Does your president launch and aim the missiles himself?
>>
> He most often picks the targets, especially in these kinds of
> one-off retalitatory strikes. Although I think I see a tongue stuck in
> that cheek,

There may well be....

:-)


From: T Wake on

"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
> news:IZWdneP9PLIGCbjYRVnyqQ(a)pipex.net...
>
>> If they did this on their own then it is a worrying sign. Normally you
>> would hope they had been radicalised by some insane cleric with a grudge
>> against the US. I am impressed they learned to make home made explosives
>> (HME) without killing themselves - HME probably killed more IRA bombers
>> than all the security forces put together.
>
>> If they did all this on their own, then may be we should be worried.
>
> Gotta love that internet!
>
> Results about 28,400,000 for home made explosives.
>

Try making them (*) without killing yourself, knocking your house down or
alerting the neighbours.

It is easy for people on websites to post recopies which the Daily Mail can
get into a huff about. The hard part is making it work.

--
(*) In a sufficient quantity to do harm to at least one other person


From: T Wake on

"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
> news:sMSdnbsYYP59D7jYRVnyjQ(a)pipex.net...
>
>> I see terrorist attack doesn't make the top twenty then :-) That war on
>> tobacco really needs to get started soon.
>
> WHAT!! How dare you! Why, some of our finest congress things are supported
> by the good folks that make cigarettes.

:-) Fair point. Let us declare war on the things which kill less people then

Who is up for the war on fruit flies?


From: T Wake on

"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
> news:VaadnRIaRcHlD7jYnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d(a)pipex.net...
>
>> I don't have to. Your country can intercept other nations to gather
>> foreign intelligence.
>
> With the help of the British. Menwith Hill.
>

Yep. British soil. British (RAF) base. US personnel. US equipment. US feed.


From: John Fields on
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 23:21:31 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>news:g9c8i29evm2kjknll6i0e1ske20ourmbk6(a)4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:51:08 +0100, Eeyore
>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>John Fields wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think the US's actions speak otherwise in that, clearly, we have
>>>> no aspirations to Empire.
>>>
>>>" the Project for the New American Century is a non-profit, educational
>>>organization
>>>whose goal is to promote American global leadership "
>>>
>>>http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>> Had we chosen to we could have kept
>>>> Germany and Japan after we beat them, but we didn't.
>>>
>>>The *USA* didn't beat them and they weren't yours to keep.
>>
>> ---
>> We sure as hell did, and they were spoils of war, to do with as we
>> saw fit.
>
>And you did. You held on to Japan for quite some time, and ensured the
>previous government system was never going to be returned.

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Yes, and it's worked out quite well for everyone concerned, I
believe.
---

>Germany was never America's to keep. I seem to remember it being split
>somewhat.

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Rent asunder... You're right; I'd forgotten about that.
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>> How do you think England got to be an empire, by giving it all back?
>
>Eventually you have to give the toys back. It is a sad day. Some toys go
>earlier than others, and grow up to take over the toy collection.

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Yes, I know.

I was born in Panama and raised in the Canal Zone, and there were
tugs on my heartstrings when Carter gave that toy "back" to Panama.


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer