From: lucasea on 6 Oct 2006 11:14 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eg5eir$8qk_010(a)s831.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <4526343A.24C8CC03(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> ISTR that Bin Laden's next goal is to kill 3 million people >> >>Cite ? > > I don't have one since I can't access the web. That's a copout. How about any recollection at all of where you saw it, so others can try to verify? Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 6 Oct 2006 11:16 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eg5el9$8qk_011(a)s831.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <452634AB.3341D603(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> So much for mess prevention. So how many people does Bin Laden >>> have to kill before you deal with this problem? 300,000? >>> 3,000,000? 300,000,000? A billion? >> >>What makes you think any of the above are even remotely possible ? > > They > were brought in a culture that admires killing; I wasn't. Again, evidence to justify this assumption? All the Muslims I know are very much peace-loving people. Certainly much more so than any of the "kill 'em all" Americans I see on this group. Eric Lucas
From: Kurt Ullman on 6 Oct 2006 11:17 In article <n3mci2p9ah579tq4d38b7emv85ksafipu1(a)4ax.com>, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: > >What do you think about the Vincennes shooting down an Iranian Airbus then ? > > --- > From: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_4678000/4678707 > .stm > > "The USS Vincennes had tracked the plane electronically and warned > it to keep away. When it did not the ship fired two surface-to-air > missiles, at least one of which hit the airliner." > > I think the airplane's pilot should have had the good sense to heed > the Vincennes' warning. It is sorta the height of moral equivalancy to suggest that an accident that we attempted to avoid by warning the plane is anywhere near the same as anything else being discussed.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Oct 2006 11:18 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > In article <45253DEE.896AC21A(a)earthlink.net>, > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >> Sure. That's local politics and wonderful to use as smoke and > >> mirrors to distract your attention from the real threats. > >> > >> /BAH > > > > > > Local? I guess you don't keep up with the news. > > All politics is local. The subject we were talking about > is national security. If the Democrats, who are campaigning > for office, talk about dirty words in emails when they meet > with their voters, they don't have to describe what they > are going to do about the national threat. The one running > for governor here keeps harping about what our current governor > didn't do. However, when asked what would he have done, he > leaves the meeting. > > It's a tactic not to address the issue of the threats to our > national security. > > /BAH You still don't get it. It is still going on, or haven't you noticed? -- 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: Jim Thompson on 6 Oct 2006 11:20
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:14:26 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:54:44 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > > >> >>But Democrats ARE dirtbags. Try and deny that ;-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >My wife is a Democrat, and she is not a dirtbag. She just doesn't >understand system dynamics as well as I do. > >John <snicker> ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |