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From: John Woodgate on 7 Aug 2006 15:02 In message <jd6dncyZwYViFErZnZ2dnUVZ8tadnZ2d(a)bt.com>, dated Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Reg Edwards <g4fgq.regp(a)ZZZbtinternet.com> writes >But because we were on the winning side in the war, we sat on our arses >and allowed other nations, also severely affected by war, to attract >the business of conveying goods by sea. Now we see the >results of our laziness. It wasn't laziness; it was the policy of the Attlee government. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: John Woodgate on 7 Aug 2006 15:00 In message <44D785BF.37BDFC9F(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > Is that how you reckon cotton is harvested ? According to my friend's 13 year old son, it came from sheep kept on the Yorkshire Wolds and was carried across the Pennines to be spun in Lancashire, where the climate was more humid. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: John Larkin on 7 Aug 2006 15:31 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:21:43 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:25:09 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>> >>>> On 4 Aug 2006 16:25:48 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>>> >>>>> America itself is only fond of democracy as long as it produces >>>>> governments that America finds sympathetic. >>>> Agreed. They are called "democracies." >>> America has had *no trouble at all* supporting undemocratic countries. That's another >>> reason you're seen as 2 faced. >>> >>> Graham >> >> The Cold War caused some unsavory distortions. It's over. Hell, the >> Hundred Years War is over, too. > >But now we have the neverending 'war on terror' where all those self >serving abuses can be taken out, dusted off, and set on their feet >again. Five years is a little quick to declare "neverending." >Only the excuses change. Any other reason why 'we' are sucking up >to a nuclear armed Islamic military dictator? Obviously, because he's better than the alternative. John
From: John Larkin on 7 Aug 2006 15:32 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:11:31 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Larkin wrote: > >> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:55:35 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >Phat Bytestard wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:11:01 +0100, Eeyore >> >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >> >> >> >Frank Bemelman wrote: >> >> >> >> >> > In short, point us to your list of democracies - both the one for 1950 and >> >> >> > the one for 2000. >> >> >> >> >> >> Does the actual number matter here? This is just one of JL's famous smoke >> >> >> curtains, pretending as if the increase in democracies is an all American >> >> >> achievement, for which the world - again - has to be thankful or something. >> >> > >> >> >Indeed. The USA probably contributed fairly insignificantly to that number. >> >> >> >> Can you really be *THAT* stupid? >> > >> >Do please by all means name those countries made into democracies by the USA since >> >1950. >> > >> >Graham >> >> You could start with Poland and Hungary and those guys. > >Do please tell how you think the USA made them into democracies. > >Graham By bringing down the USSR, of course. John
From: John Larkin on 7 Aug 2006 15:44
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 18:51:11 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <18ued2tn182hri7mr7oqt27ulq8g2m86hj(a)4ax.com>, dated Mon, 7 >Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >writes >>On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 22:09:51 -0400, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >>>In article <sGWttRp0vP1EFwXI(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk>, >>>jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk says... >>>> In message <ams9d2tksts40a3lndlfb3m1vu9391ridl(a)4ax.com>, dated Sat, 5 >>>> Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >>>> writes >>>> >It has so much BIST that it barely works at all. >>>> >>>> BIST? British Ingenuity Still Triumphs? >>> >>>No, British Ingenuity Sells Triumphs. >> >> >>Evil, ugly cars. I was always an MG guy, myself. >> >The reference was almost certainly to the motor cycles, not the cars. Ah, the 2-wheeled oil distribution systems. >But the Triumph Herald was a GOOD little car, especially the Brabham >version, which should be classified as a guided missile. I had a Sprite (totalled, crushed to half its original size, with Yours Truly inside) and then an MG Midget, which I sold to an artist who painted the ocean on it and keeps it on a display stand to this day. John |