From: John Fields on
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:45:18 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:23:18 -0700, Jim Thompson
><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:46:21 -0700, John Larkin
>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:14:02 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
>>><nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:00c0i29vn31ejl71pku1d0r1nfaevj6p4i(a)4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>>>So you are saying they are NOT better Xtians than everyone else?
>>>>>>
>>>>> No, I'm saying that this war on terrorism started long before
>>>>> President Bush and the present Republican administration was
>>>>> involved in any way.
>>>>
>>>>But it isn't a war. It is a problem for a police force that requires
>>>>international cooperation, something the US is notoriously unable or
>>>>unwilling to be involved in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>I don't understand those words, "international cooperation." Where
>>>might that be found?
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>
>>That's where we pretend we like the French ;-)
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>And the French pretend to have principles.

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I think they do, actually, and it seems to me that their principles
revolve around their trying to be able to be infinite sinks.



--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> <mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote in message
>
> > As I said, you're thinking way too small. And, too parochial. The
> > belief that other people are just reacting to what we do, not acting
> > on their own plans and ideas, is touching, but not anchored in
> > reality. It is a pleasant belief, no doubt, since it presents us with
> > the illusion of control, with the sense that ultimately all that's
> > happening depends only on what we do, thus we just have to find the
> > proper mode of behavior and everything will be great. A pleasant
> > illusion, but no more than this.
> >
>
> So, if the West's actions have no impact on the behaviour of the "opponent,"
> how can the war be won? Your post implies that nothing we [tinw] can do will
> change their behaviour.
>
> Do you advocate armed conflict purely out of vengeful spite?

That's how I see current US policy in fact. They just won't ever get over 9/11
until Mecca runs with blood.

Graham


From: John Fields on
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:01:20 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

>
>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
>news:9c11i2dvshqagolpbfneulpfegh53tpgiv(a)4ax.com...
>
>>>I seem to recall references to "Shock and Awe". Doesn't sound like the
>>>cops
>>>to me - unless it's the nutjob US cops who shoot everything in sight.
>
>> Very select things actually.
>
>Police shoot at unarmed man 41 times

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That's not selective?


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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
From: Richard Herring on
In message <IRpTg.104052$jf1.1156126(a)phobos.telenet-ops.be>, Dirk Van de
moortel <dirkvandemoortel(a)ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com> writes
>
>"martin griffith" <mart_in_medina(a)yahoo.esXXX> wrote in message
>news:ge7rh2dhhptpsilekktnd9svbtdirpq2lb(a)4ax.com...
>> On 29 Sep 2006 09:06:40 -0700, in sci.electronics.design
>> science_for_jihad(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>Jihad needs competent scientists in the fields of nuclear physics,
>>>chemistry and biology. Qualified scientists and engineers at the
>>>Master/Ph.D. level and above are encouraged to apply. Readiness to
>>>travel and to pass a preliminary examination is required.
>>>
>>>Anyone interested should send his anonymous CV to the address
>>>science_for_jihad(a)yahoo.com . The CV should contain information
>>>reflecting the academic level reached by the candidate and his work
>>>experience. The information however should not be so accurate as to
>>>identify the candidate. An appropriately fantasious nickname and a
>>>birth date corresponding to the approximate age of the candidate should
>>>also be provided, together with a working email address. Further
>>>instructions will follow.
>>
>> Hey, nice spoof, any suggestions on fantasious nick names?
>
>Hadji Maharadji?

A Hindu who's been to Mecca?

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Richard Herring
From: John Fields on
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:44:02 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>John Larkin wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:14:02 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" wrote:
>> >"Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote
>> >
>> >>>So you are saying they are NOT better Xtians than everyone else?
>> >>>
>> >> No, I'm saying that this war on terrorism started long before
>> >> President Bush and the present Republican administration was
>> >> involved in any way.
>> >
>> >But it isn't a war. It is a problem for a police force that requires
>> >international cooperation, something the US is notoriously unable or
>> >unwilling to be involved in.
>>
>> I don't understand those words, "international cooperation." Where
>> might that be found?
>
>Not in the USA it seems.
>
>Have you forgotten that 'foreign' intelligence agencies warned the USA of
>a potential terrorist attack ?
>
>Have you forgotten that the USA regularly denigrates the UN ?
>
>International co-operation ! Hmmm.........

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You're obviously selectively deaf.

Have you never heard of Camp David?

Have you never heard that it's usually the US who brokers
cease-fires and provides safe haven for peace talks?


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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer