From: Jamie on 4 Nov 2006 11:34 Eeyore wrote: > > Spehro Pefhany wrote: > > >> if you're in the market for a $5K+ >>watch, there are only a few places worldwide that are comparable > > > Why would anyone spend that much on a watch ? I can't figure it. Aside from > bragging rights of course ! > > Graham > you can't figure it out? why does that not surprise me? -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
From: unsettled on 4 Nov 2006 11:33 T Wake distorted: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:eii2j7$8nc_004(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > >>In article <454C1E11.8C3514AC(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>unsettled wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Eeyore distorts as only a Muslim can: >>>> >>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Eeyore wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Have you already forgotten the reason for the Arab Embargo ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Yes. I don't remember all the details. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>It was because of western backing of Israel. Sound familiar ? Truth >>>>>>>is >> >>that >> >>>>>>>Israel is the number one messmaker in the region. >>>>>> >>>>>>Now I know for sure you're a displaced camel jockey. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>And I know for sure that you haven't the tiniest clue about history. >>>>> >>>>>" The 1973 oil crisis first began on October 17, 1973 when the >> >>Organization of >> >>>>>Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), consisting of the Arab >> >>members of >> >>>>>OPEC plus Egypt and Syria, announced as a result of the ongoing Yom >> >>Kippur War, >> >>>>>that they would no longer ship petroleum to nations that had supported >> >>Israel in >> >>>>>its conflict with Syria and Egypt. This included the United States and >> >>its allies >> >>>>>in Western Europe. " >>>>> >>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Oil_Embargo >>>>> >>>>>It's no secret what happened. >>>> >>>>It must be pathological stupidity with you. >>>> >>>>"The war began on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur with a surprise joint >>>>attack by Egypt and Syria crossing the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and >>>>Golan Heights, respectively" >>>> >>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War >>>> >>>>So the arabs start another war, they lose, *again*, then >>>>in a fit of pique punish the US, and here some 30+ years >>>>later you're supporting the Arab posture? >>>> >>>>Pathological all right. You're a camel jockey all right! >>> >>>Did I say anywhere that it was 'fair' or 'equitable' ? >>> >>>I'm simply pointing out the factual reasons for the 1973 oil embargo. >>> >>>Do you want to rewrite history ? >> >>Now, think about an Islam decision that uses a similar tactic >>which involves a shutdown of all oil shipments. > > > Ok. I have thought about possible Islamic decisions which would use similar > tactics and dismissed them all as either idiotic or ineffective. First > though, I though about which "Islam" could make such a decision. I have also > though about the fact that there are non-Islamic countries which produce > oil. I am sure most OPEC nations would baulk at bankrupting themselves just > to reduce the oil they export to the west. > > Unsettled is talking nonsense and creating more strawmen than usual here. > Siding with him on this does your argument no good. Here's my contribution to this discussion: >>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War >>>>So the arabs start another war, they lose, *again*, then >>>>in a fit of pique punish the US, and here some 30+ years >>>>later you're supporting the Arab posture? Where's the straw man? Where's the nonsense? Oh, YOUR nonsense? Oh, YOUR strawman!
From: Jamie on 4 Nov 2006 11:37 Eeyore wrote: > > unsettled wrote: > > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>>I've been telling that the Democrat leadership are insane. >> >>It is an appeasement repeat taken from from Britain's >>history at the early stages of WW1 and WW2. We can't >>defend liberty by appeasing those who would end it. > > > You think there was appeasement before / during WW1 ? > > You have some funny ideas. > > Graham > > Hey mate, talking about funny ideas! -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
From: unsettled on 4 Nov 2006 11:37 krw wrote: > In article <GRH2h.485$Mw.139(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:eifcgg$8qk_001(a)s820.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> >>>Yes, Medicare and Medicaid in the US. If these two programs which >>>are single payer don't work, why would making them be the only >>>insurance payer in the country work? For that matter, why should >>>we allow medical insurance payouts be a federal responsibility? That >>>is undermining our Constitution by transferring power to the federal >>>government rather than keeping it in each State. >> >>What part of "provide for the general welfare" do you not understand? > > > Perhaps you want to read what the founding fathers thought it > meant. Hint: I has nothing to do with what we call "welfare". Try common weal, sometimes commonweal. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=commonweal
From: Jamie on 4 Nov 2006 11:40
Eeyore wrote: > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Have you already forgotten the reason for the Arab Embargo ? >>>> >>>>Yes. I don't remember all the details. >>> >>>It was because of western backing of Israel. Sound familiar ? Truth is that >>>Israel is the number one messmaker in the region. >> >>Which action? > > > Action ? I didn't say action, I said *backing* ! Read what I wrote again. > > > >> WAs this the time when fUSSR almost gained control >>of whole air space over the Suez Canal? > > > What *ARE* you talking about now ?????? !!!!!!! I think you've got some wires > crossed. > > Graham > and you're just the guy to uncross them ? -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5 |