From: Ken Smith on
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.


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From: lucasea on

<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
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.


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From: John Fields on
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...
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>> 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?

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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?


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From: Ken Smith on
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.


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