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From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 22:44 In article <44D2B247.94CA50FA(a)earthlink.net>, mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > krw wrote: > > > > In article <44D2630E.4FF087AA(a)earthlink.net>, > > mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > > > Jim Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:42:59 -0700, John Larkin > > > > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:43 +0100, Eeyore > > > > ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>Don Bowey wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> On 8/2/06 10:08 PM, in article 44D184CF.F95B86DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, > > > > >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> >> Is your education really that bad in England? They got lots of brand > > > > >>> >> new airplanes that the Russian pilots flew from Ladd Air Force Base in > > > > >>> >> Alaska, across the Bering Straight into Russia to fight the Germans. > > > > >>> >> they were built near the west coast, and flown to Alaska by some of the > > > > >>> >> first women pilots in the US. They were not allowed to fly in war > > > > >>> >> zones, so they were trained to fly transport missions to move war > > > > >>> >> materials and planes. > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > That was after war was declared and us Brits *paid* for our airplanes I'll > > > > >>> > have you know ! > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > Graham > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Sure. And the tooth fairy gave you the money. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Some times you are really funny. > > > > >> > > > > >>Do you know who commisioned and paid for the famous P51 Mustang ? The British ! > > > > >> > > > > >>When it underperformed with its miserable US Allison engine, who had the bright > > > > >>idea of putting a *British* Rolls Royce Merlin in instead ? The *British* RAF ! > > > > >> > > > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P51 > > > > >> > > > > >>Graham > > > > > > > > > >This rah-rah nationalism is getting crazy. It's exactly the emotion > > > > >that starts wars. > > > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > Yep. Time to attack "England" ;-) > > > > > > > > Jim Thompson > > > > > > > > > > > > Shouldn't be too hard. The last time we had it out with them they > > > were whipped by a bunch of farmers with squirrel guns. > > > > Get real. They were simple hicks from Kentucky. Imagine what > > would happen if they had real weapons. > > > > -- > > Keith > > > Two problems with that argument: > > There was no Kentucky at the time, and I was born in Kentucky. They > were New York hicks, and a few hayseeds for good measure. ;-) Never heard of "Kentucky Long Rifles"? Even the Vermont "hicks", the Allen boys, had 'em. ...though perhaps they came from PA. -- Keith
From: Eeyore on 3 Aug 2006 22:51 John Fields wrote: > On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:53:08 +0100, John Woodgate > <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >In message <34c4d2p7opp8cvr997gvhfnm0sf7047gsn(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 3 > >Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> > >writes > >>the grass-roots likability of most Americans. > > > >As manifested by the personal abuse levelled at any dissenter in this > >and many other threads? > > --- > Well, John, I think the "abuse" is retaliation against constant > America-bashing, and I don't really think this is grass-roots, do > you? Nothing at all to do with the popular sport your side of the pond of European bashing at all then ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 3 Aug 2006 22:55 John Fields wrote: > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:48:55 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >Frank Bemelman wrote: > > > >> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> schreef in bericht > >> news:4jetnlF7nbi8U1(a)individual.net... > >> > > >> > Oh... and Israel would disappear down the historical plughole. > >> > >> And good riddance with it. > > > >If only the same would happen to Islam ! > > --- > It will. Any society which worships death is bound to die. Either > through suicide or "death by cop". Islam doesn't worship death. You misunderstanding is a classic example of how the USA gets it wrong, by being over-simplistic about every issue. Graham
From: Phat Bytestard on 3 Aug 2006 22:56 On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:37:04 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) Gave us: >In article <t403d29dgm5umouirfnl55mi62ctu6sp9c(a)4ax.com>, >Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote: >>On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:36:30 +0100, Eeyore >><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >>>Since it was given to them it's hardly a case of 'spending it' is it ? >> >> They HAVE to spend it here. THAT is the rule. >> >> It bolsters our economy, > >So you are suggesting that when we take money away from one group of >americans and then have someone use it to buy things from another that >will then be exported this bolsters the economy. The is utter nonsense. You're an idiot. >It leaves the US poorer. You're lost. > People have lost money and done work in exchange >for nothing. You have lost touch, that's about it. >> spurs technology, > >The US only sells the previous generation of hardware not the latest. Bullshit. We work hand in hand with Israel, some of what they develop we use, and some of what we develop they use. The JSF is a perfect example of state of the art NEW hardware getting used by the all of the allies of the world. > The >US airforce spends the money for development of the new fighters not the >other countries they get sold to. You ain't real bright. boy. Two companies competed for the JSF design, developing with their own money. The X-36 is another example of a plane that was developed with private money, as was the YF-22.
From: Eeyore on 3 Aug 2006 22:58
John Fields wrote: > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:07:18 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Interesting how hating Saddam made one a weak wimpy leftist back then, > >and hating him now makes one a strong rightwing patriot. > > --- > And what did hating the US make you back then, Probably considered vaguely irrational. > and what does it make you now? An increasingly popular opinion reflecting concern over the USA's inability to get the picture. Graham |