From: T Wake on 5 Oct 2006 20:04 "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 5 Oct 2006 20:06 "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:C2hVg.51716$E67.14401(a)clgrps13... > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message > news:IZWdneP9PLIGCbjYRVnyqQ(a)pipex.net... > >> If they did this on their own then it is a worrying sign. Normally you >> would hope they had been radicalised by some insane cleric with a grudge >> against the US. I am impressed they learned to make home made explosives >> (HME) without killing themselves - HME probably killed more IRA bombers >> than all the security forces put together. > >> If they did all this on their own, then may be we should be worried. > > Gotta love that internet! > > Results about 28,400,000 for home made explosives. > Try making them (*) without killing yourself, knocking your house down or alerting the neighbours. It is easy for people on websites to post recopies which the Daily Mail can get into a huff about. The hard part is making it work. -- (*) In a sufficient quantity to do harm to at least one other person
From: T Wake on 5 Oct 2006 20:06 "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:C2hVg.51714$E67.31280(a)clgrps13... > > "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 5 Oct 2006 20:07 "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:C2hVg.51713$E67.13924(a)clgrps13... > > "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 5 Oct 2006 20:10
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. --- 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. --- Rent asunder... You're right; I'd forgotten about that. --- >> 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. --- 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 |