From: John Larkin on
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

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> 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
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 !

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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
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
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.

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Far from being immune from it, we're required to be immersed in it
as a fish is in the sea.


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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer