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From: Phat Bytestard on 6 Aug 2006 14:35 On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:48:19 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) Gave us: >At best, it has caused one set of things to be developed at the cost of >another. NASA does research and development with its own budget too. If >the money for the JSF had been given to NASA, it would have resulted in >some new fancy space thing. If the money hadn't been taken away from the >tax payers in the first place some consumer item would have been >developed. You sure have a dim witted view of things.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Aug 2006 14:38 John Woodgate wrote: > > In message <mobcd21on0nq07p650eslhlf52ulip0jsm(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 > Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes > > >Well, I think it's safe to say that a nice Stilton could hold its own > >when confronted by a Roquefort, especially when the heat's on. > > Possibly, but Limburger is a WMD. Weapon (of) Mouse Distraction? -- 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: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Aug 2006 14:40 Eeyore wrote: > > Phat Bytestard wrote: > > > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:29:20 +0100, Eeyore > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > > > >That's easy. Of course I don't want them to be defeated. I'd like to see them > > >live in peace with their neighbours and I fear that their current actions are > > >more likely to adversely affect that possibility. > > > > "Their current action" was 100% defensive, dumbass. > > You've got a very odd idea of defence. > > Graham Haven't you ever heard, "The best defense is a good offense."? -- 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: Jim Yanik on 6 Aug 2006 14:19 John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:6Lx4ecCpKY1EFwEI(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > In message <Xns9816C0F739835jyanikkuanet(a)129.250.170.83>, dated Sat, 5 > Aug 2006, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> writes > >>Except that you don't see large numbers of Christians or Jews going >>after civilian targets,mass murdering.No suicide bombers(and don't >>mention McVeigh,that's not even close),no planting land mines where >>civs will step on them,no shooting up schools full of children.You >>don't see Christians or Jews rioting when their religion is >>"insulted".Heck,they'd be rioting every day if that were the case. > > Not now, no. Militant Islam seems to be going through a phase like > Militant Christianity did in the 15th and 16th centuries. WRT Islam,I don't believe it's just a "phase",but SOP. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
From: Jim Yanik on 6 Aug 2006 14:22
John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:CZ8WKPRcGe1EFwiw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > In message <1154865648.931183.173690(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > dated Sun, 6 Aug 2006, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org writes > >>As was pointed out before you invaded Irak, the three-way division of >>Irak into Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites makes it impossible to construct a >>stable government. > > The *government* was reasonably stable before Saddam, and, of course, > during his reign of oppression and genocide. > Various sectors of the > population experienced bad things; such was the price of 'stability'. I guess you could say the above about the Jews in WW2 Germany,too. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |