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From: lucasea on 4 Nov 2006 19:52 "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message news:e-2dnUlCdeZ0XtHYnZ2dnUVZ8qOdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > > Import bans (in the case of the UK) are because products are dangerous or > illegal. Ephedrine springs to mind but I dont know its current legal > status in the US. To my knowledge, it is a controlled substance (prescription-only). Pseudoephedrine is, however, an over-the-counter item (no prescription), but it's falling under more and more control all the time, as its dehydroxylation is the basis for the proliferation of "meth labs" in the US. > I seem to recall that the US has import (and export bans) and taxes as > well. Like I said, I'd *kill* for a 5 lb jar of Horlick's right about now.... (Actually, this is of course hyperbole and I've not looked lately--it may be available at specialty shops in bigger cities. At worst, I could order it online.) There is a certain musical instrument shop (Renaissance Workshop Co.) in Bradford, from which I have ordered a number of instruments and kits, since there is a dearth of good makers of renaissance woodwinds in the US. So, yes, if I found myself in Bradford, I'd probably drop in and drool over their wares for a few hours. (Actually, not, because they have relocated their workship to Spain, but the Early Music Shop is still in Bradford and London.) This all of course has nothing to do with any sort of failing of the US system, as BAH's weird reasoning would imply, it's just that some things are fairly regional. It's been clear to me for a long time (especially as I fairly often participate in Internet commerce...and sometimes even buy things from companies in the UK rather than the US, because of better price, quality, availability, etc.) that run-of-the-mill goods are pretty much available anywhere in the first world. >>>> These restrictions may have to be dropped now that there is >>>> online shopping available. >>> >>>There never have been any restrictions on what you can buy since >>>rationing >> from >>>WW2 ended in the 50s. >> >> It didn't end in the UK. Thatcher was still removing vestiges of >> WWII price and labor controls when she was PM. > > Nonsense. Not to mention its been more than 15 years since she was PM. > > Seriously, do you exist in some Bizzaro world of 50 years ago? I tell you, she went to China once 20 years ago, and thinks that that is what all of the non-US world is like. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 4 Nov 2006 19:55 "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message news:Ytydne3Q0JTxWdHYnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:KqR2h.1397$Mw.659(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com... >> >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message >> news:U4qdnc8hdcI8VtbYnZ2dnUVZ8sqdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >>> >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:454BB005.F2D563FC(a)hotmail.com... >>>> >>>> >>>> T Wake wrote: >>>> >>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>> >>>>> Still, the best has to be Kroneburg or Stella Artois :-) >>>> >>>> I'll be drinking some Stella later this evening. It's quite pleasant >>>> but not my >>>> fave, however the pub doesn't have my favourite, in fact draught >>>> Holsten is very >>>> rare indeed. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hoegarden is pretty good as well. >>>> >>>> I've never really got on with that. White beers are an acquired taste I >>>> reckon. >>> >>> I find they make you too drunk, too fast. But that isn't always a bad >>> thing. >> >> >> And don't even think about drinking a hefeweis with pizza, pretzels, >> potato chips, or anything else starchy. You'll wake up the yeasties >> again, and your SO won't get a single wink of sleep that night. > > Nice. Pretty much anything beer or larger has an adverse effect on me - > starch or otherwise :-) Still, you get used to your own smell after a > while. Sometimes that's the best part of a hangover. Eric Lucas
From: unsettled on 4 Nov 2006 19:57 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:15e6a$454cbf2e$4fe7077$9345(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>krw wrote: >> >> >>>In article <GRH2h.485$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 > > > Yes. And you don't think that the health of its citizens is a major part of > the "common good". If it isn't, then exactly what *does* it refer to? I'm sory to note you have difficulty with the ordinary English language and simple logic. Pull up the URL and read it. It isn't my definition, it is an accepted one reported by Princeton University.
From: unsettled on 4 Nov 2006 19:59 JoeBloe wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:39:43 +0000, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >> >>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. >> > > > You're a goddamned idiot! They've been arguing all sorts of nonsense about this. There's strong evidence now that Eeyore is a displaced camel jockey. Indeed that evidence keeps growing.
From: Ben Newsam on 4 Nov 2006 19:51
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:54:18 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> How about talking to some actual Muslims before you make ridiculous >> statements like "they grow up in a culture of violence". > >Start by asking them about female circumcision. Ummm... femlel genital mutilation is practiced most in Ethiopia, which is largely a Christian country. It has nothing to do with the Muslim religion. |