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From: Phat Bytestard on 12 Aug 2006 01:10 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:16:12 GMT, joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> Gave us: >John Woodgate wrote: > >> In message <44d3a2ff$0$11330$e4fe514c(a)dreader28.news.xs4all.nl>, dated >> Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Frank Bemelman <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> writes >>>I mean, his first election can be called an honest mistake, but how can >>>a nation continue to follow such an insane leader with such dangerous >>>ideas? >> >> By comparison with some previous Presidents, Bush is a genius and the >> epitome of sanity. Look up accounts of some of the pre-WWII presidents, >> back to the 19th century. > >Give me some backup please. After Nixon that is a really strong assertion >to make. Nixon was a twit. He was solely responsible for 5000 MORE deaths in Vietnam than were needed, due to his disdain for "losing face". He also devalued the gold standard, a move that will have economic repercussions for the next century. His most famous remark for me was: "Don't confuse me with the facts."
From: Phat Bytestard on 12 Aug 2006 01:15 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:41:16 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) Gave us: >Yes, and even taking just the US invention, he got both the year and the >number of transistors wrong. Our friend Phat seems to never get his facts >right. Bullshit. The first IC was a ten transistor device, and was used in missiles. I notice that you claim I am wrong yet back it up with NOTHING.
From: Eeyore on 12 Aug 2006 01:23 Jim Yanik wrote: > John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in > news:chqpd2d8gsgii8aepddv78r9oc4v4n06rd(a)4ax.com: > > > I do. I should do more to help the sick and miserable of the world. 1% > > of my income would feed a village in Africa. > > IMO,their own "governmental" systems are the cause of their problems. > Without correcting those,donating is just pissing into the wind,and may > even be more harmful to them.Just feeding villages does nothing to make > them self-sufficient,especially when the gov't controls who gets what,or > confiscates part(much)of it. > Zimbabwe was far better off as the former Rhodesia,for example. > Now they are a disaster. In the case of Zimbabwe it was doing just fine before Mugabe turned into a madman. I do have a lot of reservations about just throwing money at the problem though. Graham
From: Phat Bytestard on 12 Aug 2006 01:49 On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:54:10 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> Gave us: >John Woodgate wrote: >> >> In message <Xns981C7D17F4B73jyanikkuanet(a)129.250.170.86>, dated Fri, 11 >> Aug 2006, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> writes >> >> >AFAIK,the "Christian soil" business is NOT in the Bible, >> >> I agree. >> >> >as the Islamic soil bit is in the Koran. >> >> Do you know where? >> >> >Nor does the Bible -require- other faiths to convert,or suggest it be >> >done by force. >> >> Matthew 10, 34. >> -- >> 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 > >? > >The Book of Matthew Chapter 10 > >Verrse 34 > Think not that I am come to send peace > on earth: I came not to send peace, but a > sword. Which was a reference to the holy spirit (actually christianity itself as a whole), which he knew would be all we have after we killed his body.
From: Eeyore on 12 Aug 2006 01:50
Phat Bytestard wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:31:26 -0700, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: > > >Do you have a real name? > > Well, I am not a bot, if that is what you are getting at. You might as well be. Graham |