From: Ken Smith on 6 Oct 2006 10:13 In article <45254611.542B0FC1(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Ken Smith wrote: > [...] >> >Sounds like the sign of the liar to me ;-) >> >> On (2) we have external evidence that he did try to get OBL. It was all >> over the news and the Neocons yelled "wag the dog" about it. > >The neo-cons are terminally clueless. No, they aren't. Many of them are quite well educated and on other subjects can think through problems very well. They are more like a PC that has a virus installed. The program for thinking about politics is no longer able to care through logical thought. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: lucasea on 6 Oct 2006 10:14 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eg56e4$8ss_004(a)s831.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article > <kurtullman-0F836F.10021405102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx>, > Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>In article <w88Vg.9105$vJ2.869(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> To consider those real issues but to call the abuse of minors by a >>> Congressman "a smokescreen" is about as disingenuous as politics gets. >>> >> Define abuse, (seriously). I usually reserve that term for actual >>physical contact (sexual, assaultive) and (so far at least) there is >>nothing to indicate that either happened. Although I am the first to >>suggest that the possibility it did happen is much more likely given >>both the history of abuse and behaviors that got him into trouble. >> Talkin' dirty is illegal, but I still say it is a couple orders of >>magnitude below physical and sexual abuse. > > When did talking dirty become illegal? To a minor? A long time ago. Eric Lucas
From: Ken Smith on 6 Oct 2006 10:16 In article <AAfVg.63$45.130(a)news.uchicago.edu>, <mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote: [...] >Lobbing missiles in the general direction (with a forewarning to >Pakistan) is not an "attempt to get OBL", just an attempt to show that >"something is being done". "Hello Pakistan. There is a missle about to come over. It is one of ours and not from India ....(WOOOOSH)... have a nice day" It was a lot better than the risk of starting a war between two nations with nukes. The amount of warning would have only been enough if they had OBL on speed dial. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: John Fields on 6 Oct 2006 10:14 On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:15:37 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message >news:t1v8i21l8kal7h6td3j4nr6gir8t5b26mu(a)4ax.com... > >> Sounds strange to me. The people I know have traveled a lot, and many >> have lived in other countries. Americans are often fans and admirers >> of other countries and languages. As for not being very introspective, >> that is true of many Americans, and it's generally a virtue: jobs, >> hobbies, interests, causes, and family are a lot more interesting than >> narcissistic, neurotic self-absorption. Maybe you are mistaking >> politeness and open-mindedness for being gullible: they are different. >> >> Of course America is big, with beaches, glaciers, mountains, rivers, >> an enormous variety of geography and cultures. Not all Americans elect >> to fly overseas when we have 50 different states of our own to >> explore. Your thinking seems to be undisturbed by actual knowledge of >> the US. > >And what percentage of Americans have ever been further than Canada or >Mexico? Or have even left their own state? --- Dunno, but ignoring Canada and Mexico, I've been out of the US a lot, as have most of the people I know. What percentage of people have ever left Canada and returned voluntarily? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Ken Smith on 6 Oct 2006 10:19
In article <kurtullman-0481F2.19314905102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx>, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: [...] >Managed to put down the >chimney of the Chinese Embassy during Kosovo, too, Rip roaring accuracy. You are assuming it was an error. Consider that it may have been on purpose and think back. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge |