From: John Larkin on 14 Oct 2006 18:39 On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:26:23 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message >news:74i2j2haren9tdlsh33lpf4e366njni6ja(a)4ax.com... >> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:01:58 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan >> <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:33:28 -0700, John Larkin >>><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>>On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:04:21 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan >>>><jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>>But the real question is, why are you so obsessive about US politics? >>>>>>We ignore your politics, so it's only fair that you ignore ours. >>>>> >>>>>I know you already know the answer to this. You couldn't possibly not >>>>>know. So you must be just pretending ignorance. >>>>> >>>>>No one ignores the elephant in their midst. >>>> >>>>How is the US "in your midst?" >>> >>>You really are being insincere. I think you already know what I was >>>talking about. If not, I'm sorry for you, but not willing to play >>>some inane game with you on it. Everyone with any intelligence at all >>>knows exactly what's meant. >> >> Can't argue with that sort of reasoning. > >This from the guy who refuses to discuss issues honestly and hides behind >distractions, strawmen and smokescreens, in order to admit he's unable to >defend an untenable position. > >Eric Lucas > Well, I asked a reasonable question. So now I'm hiding behind stuff because "you already know what I was talking about", which I don't. Remind me, what position am I defending? John
From: lucasea on 14 Oct 2006 18:44 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:gng2j25g6c3qm53pnl00un48fjdi4tkbrt(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:23:35 -0700, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: > >>On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:09:07 +0100, "T Wake" >><usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >> >>>2 is still not a precise number. To this day we can not say it is exactly >>>2 >>>with an infinite amount of zeros after the decimal place. >> >>Out of context, that constitutes a collectable quotation! Actually, it >>ain't bad in context. >> > > You're right. That remark is anti-profound! Quite collectable! Have you *ever* had an opinion that didn't just parrot what someone else says? Eric Lucas
From: John Fields on 14 Oct 2006 18:51 On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:22:04 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >T Wake wrote: > >> "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message >> >> > You guys? >> > >> > You'd tremble at the prospect of it unless you had the US to back >> > you up, and you have the temerity to believe that we'd defend you if >> > you were wrong? >> >> Really? Is this an unspported assertion in order that you may score some >> points against Eeyore? >> >> I can certainly think of occasions where the UK has _not_ had US back up in >> military operations. That said, our military is about 1/10th the size of the >> US military so expecting the same is a fallacy all on its own. > >The big difference is that the UK actually *wins* the wars we take on ! --- Not the most important one of all, the one with us, LOL! And probably not the two world wars, without our help. http://www.greenhealth.org.uk/Democracy.htm -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Oct 2006 18:52 Frank Bemelman wrote: > > Sure, simple casualties. Imagine piling them up in your back yard, 650.000 > bodies. Can't be done, the EPA doesn't allow bio-hazardous waste to be stored that way. -- 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: John Fields on 14 Oct 2006 19:08
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:47:05 +0100, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message >news:ii02j293k3ke72cdm5rf8btbhr6qsua2hc(a)4ax.com... >> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:44:56 +0100, "T Wake" >> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >> >>>At the rate America is going there will be precious few Allies. >> >> Until they need us again. > >Probably. Such is the nature of global politics. Even the US is not immune >from this. --- Far from being immune from it, we're required to be immersed in it as a fish is in the sea. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |