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From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 19:01 On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:34:33 +0200, "Frank Bemelman" <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote: >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> schreef in bericht >news:2bsed2lrh07brpplqqhuod9ora8phrcet3(a)4ax.com... >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:00:40 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>Jim Yanik wrote: >>> >>>> Saddam was using Oil-for-Food money to rebuild his palaces and fund WMD >>>> programs >>> >>>There weren't any WMDs ! >>> >>>How many times do you need to be reminded ? >> >> There were no WMDs found because they were moved before we got >> there. > >Maybe that was the will of God too eh? --- Maybe, but I think more likely the will of Saddam. --- > But honestly, are you insane or something? --- Not as far as I can tell, but maybe you've got evidence to prove me wrong? Or something? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 21:14 In article <pan.2006.08.08.22.30.29.863659(a)example.net>, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> wrote: >On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:53:42 -0500, John Fields wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:00:53 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > >>>I'm not suggesting we descend on tyrannies - just the opposite. That we >>>leave them alone and do not support them in *any* way. >> >> Short of a blockade, then, you'd let the cancer grow? --- > > >Of course. For one thing "Freedom" means let people do whatever in the >world they want to do. No, "Freedom" means that people can do what they want so long as the others around are not harmed in the process. This is a very important limitation. > For another, you might have noticed, cancer is >somewhat self-limiting. When the person dies, it tends to stop. If the person is the whole world, I'd rather there not be a cancer in the first place. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 21:17 In article <pan.2006.08.08.22.27.44.783146(a)example.net>, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> wrote: [....] >Of course they're over. We're in WWIII now. Didn't you get the memo? ;-) I thought the cold war was WW3 and this was WW4, unless I missed one in which case it would be WW5 or maybe 6. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 21:20 In article <4jpc0iF93cgdU2(a)individual.net>, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: [.. turning to democracy ..] >> You could start with Poland and Hungary and those guys. > >Strange. >It was Gorbachev and Yeltsin who deserve the credit. >I don't recall them being Americans. Actually is was a very brave accountant in the USSR who dared to say "we're broke" that did it. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 7 Aug 2006 21:24
In article <44D754EF.BBE58B05(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: [... me ...] >> The US DOD stands for Department Of Defence so *everything* they do is >> defence and paid for by the "defence budget". > >That's a curious way of thinking of it too. That is more or less the normal way of speaking of military spending in the US. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge |