From: Jamie on
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?


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From: unsettled on
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
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!


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From: unsettled on
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
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 ?


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