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From: Ken Smith on 8 Aug 2006 21:06 In article <44D83594.DD2058A2(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> 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. > >Whatever happened to the War Department ? It had a more honest name at least. In the US everything "The Department Of The Interior" is in charge of is outdoors. Do I have to say more? -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 8 Aug 2006 21:12 In article <44d89841$0$10153$e4fe514c(a)dreader31.news.xs4all.nl>, Frank Bemelman <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote: [..law..] >Only because they started to realize they had less >civilized folks amongst them. That is far from the only reason. We make laws when we are calm to protect ourselves from our own darker nature when we are angry. We make laws to allow contracts to be enforced by the courts when there are disputes. We design our laws to protect the weak minority from the whims of the majority. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 8 Aug 2006 21:23 In article <44D835EC.F6DDB344(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: [..technical means to find WMD..] >It was actually the UN weapons inspectors that did the looking and very good >they were at it too. Hence why there was nothing to find when we invaded. Simple >really. The weapons inspectors were using plain old shoe leather in their search. It was effective for what they were looking for. However the oft made claim today is that the stuff is burried in the sand somewhere. Unless you can find someone who knows where, you need technology to find it. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Phat Bytestard on 8 Aug 2006 21:26 On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:57:48 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >It was actually the UN weapons inspectors that did the looking and very good >they were at it too. Hence why there was nothing to find when we invaded. Simple >really. You're an idiot. They in fact, were dissallowed access to over 15 "palaces". Guess what we found in them.
From: Phat Bytestard on 8 Aug 2006 21:28
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:59:23 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> Gave us: > >I quite agree - they are no better than Israel. You're an idiot. Hezbollah has carried out over 200 terrorist attacks during their existence. Israel - ZERO. |