Fred, I've got a $10 "grand opening" coupon for free merchandise at Staples that I was going to use next week. I'll pick you up a pack of pens and some paper.
You've already got the heart. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick E. Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Fwd: FW: Feeling Patriotic? > Yeah, what Todd said!!! > > God I wish I could write like that... > > fred > > > At 11:30 AM 1/6/2004 -0500, Appal Energy wrote: > >Rather interesting John. > > > >Protecting whom from what? Weapons of mass deception? > > > >There's a time for assault and a time for a long seige. Unfortuantely, your > >boys don't know how to differentiate between the hands on a clock and have > >swept the world into a miasma of distortion. > > > >I don't think that there is a soul on this list who wouldn't agree to some > >extent or another that a military for defense is a prudent recourse. > > > >However, what you will find is that more people than not believe that use of > >the military under false pretenses and the manufacture of fear and fear > >mongoring in order to substantiate those false pretenses is a coward's > >behavior, the behavior of those with an agenda of manipulation and > >control, the behavior of the deranged, or all of the above. > > > >Definition > >Chickenhawk - n. - A person enthusiastic about war, provided someone else > >fights it; particularly when that enthusiasm is undimmed by personal > >experience with war; most emphatically when that lack of experience came in > >spite of ample opportunity in that person's youth. > >http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno= CHDB_about > > > >Don't hesitate to hit up their home page as well and then peruse from there. > >It appears that you are in dire need of a daily dose of humour to pull you > >out of your Limbaughtic state of malease. (It's a healthier cure than > >prescription pain killers, which numb the mind as well as the pain.) > > > >As for that sign off of yours... "Regards from Earth?" > > > >You might want to start circumnavigating those fumes exuding from the > >sewage pit of those who brought us Weapons of Mass Deception. The inevitable > >result of avoiding such caution is to quickly find your feet no longer > >anchored to terra firma. Skittering off into the ozone, perhaps, but > >certainly not anchored. > > > >Todd Swearingen > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:13 AM > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Fwd: FW: Feeling Patriotic? > > > > > > > > > > Dear Jeff, > > > Now I'm interested.... who has been protecting your > > > chicken ass? Have you ever put anything on any line? > > > who protects you? Certainly not the folks that spew > > > the " blood for oil" cliche... then you do the > > > "chicken hawk" thing? Is that all you have? What would > > > you expect from Howard Dean? Tell Me, Is it best to be > > > half hawk, or all chicken? > > > (cluck)... you will be rendered down to a bar of soap > > > by the people that you support. > > > Regards from Earth, > > > John > > > > > > > > > --- Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I would be curious as to what he thinks about a > > > > blood-for-oil campaign run by chicken hawks. > > > > > > > > It seems like some people find it easy to put > > > > someone elses life on the line while they hide out > > > > and stay awol. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Fred Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Fwd: FW: Feeling Patriotic? > > > > > > > > My father-in-law tried that > > > > "I'm-a-vet-so-what-I-think-counts-more- > > > > than-what-you-think" garbage with me one time. > > > > Granted he did serve > > > > in WWII and I do appreciate it. However on the day > > > > that he pulled > > > > his "I'm-a-Vet" line on me I was ready to put it in > > > > perspective for > > > > him. > > > > > > > > This occurred during the Clinton "Oral office" > > > > incident. My father- > > > > in-law said that as a vet that > > > > "Draft-Dodging-Dirtbag should be > > > > tossed out of office!" I told him that I thought > > > > the whole affair > > > > was laughable at best but impeachment was an > > > > overreaction. > > > > > > > > Well, his opinion was that since he served his > > > > country that he put > > > > the time in so his opinion should count more than > > > > mine. To which I > > > > responed "How does that work, if you served you get > > > > to vote in > > > > elections more than once?" > > > > > > > > It made him think of what he was saying beyond the > > > > issue we were > > > > talking about for a moment. He now is very careful > > > > about bringing up > > > > political personalities. If his most hated liberal > > > > of the day does > > > > something that seems unsavory, a right-wing zealot > > > > gets exposed as a > > > > hypocrite. > > > > > > > > > > > > fred > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello Sid > > > > > > > > > > >>In a message dated 1/4/2004 12:04:04 PM Pacific > > > > Standard Time, > > > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >>Hello All: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>As a US Veteran (Purple Heart) I fully support > > > > your freedom of > > > > communicating > > > > > >>your perspective is speach or letters. l do not > > > > however, fully > > > > agree with > > > > > >>what you > > > > > >>wrote. > > > > > >> > > > > > >>Best regards, > > > > > >> > > > > > >>Clouston Energy Research, LLC > > > > > >>Sidney Clouston > > > > > > > > > > It's a bit puzzling. First, Gustl didn't write it, > > > > he forwarded it > > > > > (clearly marked as such). Jennifer Sellers wrote > > > > it. Second, of > > > > > course you're welcome to disagree, but then you > > > > should say why you > > > > > disagree, and perhaps offer some alternative view > > > > or information. > > > > > Otherwise there's no discussion and nothing goes > > > > forward. The only > > > > > apparent reason for your disagreement that you've > > > > offered is that > > > > > you're a US Veteran (Purple Heart). That's no > > > > reason at all, as > > > > Todd > > > > > said. Why would the opinion of a US veteran carry > > > > any special > > > > weight > > > > > in such issues? Especially on an international > > > > list like this one. > > > > > I'd say it's irrelevant. You admit something > > > > similar - a veteran > > > > > needn't necessarily be right, and needn't > > > > necessarily be wrong > > > > either: > > > > > > > > > > >... It would be wrong to think that any Veteran > > > > > >by virtue being a Veteran has all truth to say > > > > without being > > > > analyzed for > > > > > >valid aspects if any. Conversely, being a Veteran > > > > does not > > > > preclude > > > > > >any veracity. > > > > > > > > > > Just like anyone else. > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, many US veterans would agree with Jennifer > > > > Sellers, many > > > > say > > > > > similar things, write similar articles and post > > > > them on the > > > > Internet. > > > > > As Gustl did - Gustl is himself a US veteran. > > > > Would you fully agree > > > > > with this, for instance? (There are plenty more > > > > instances.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.lefthook.org/Politics/Seidman3%20111103.html > > > > > An Interview with Stan Goff > > > > > Stan Goff knows better than most people about what > > > > really goes on > > > > in > > > > > the US military. He served from 1970 through 1996, > > > > for many years > > > > as > > > > > a Master Sergeant with the Special Forces and > > > > Delta Force and as a > > > > > military instructor at West Point. In the process > > > > of his military > > > > > career he was deployed to Vietnam, South Korea, > > > > Colombia, El > > > > > Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, > > > > Peru, Venezuela, > > > > > Somalia, and Haiti. Retired, he is now an > > > > anti-imperialist activist > > > > > and founder of Bring Them Home Now > > > > (www.bringthemhomenow.org). He > > > > is > > > > > the author of Hideous Dream: A Soldier's Memoir of > > > > the US Invasion > > > > of > > > > > Haiti, as well as the forthcoming Full Spectrum > > > > Disorder. He lives > > > > in > > > > > Raleigh, NC. > > > > > [more] > > > > > > > > > > >It is in the interest of better understanding > > > > that I return > > > > comments. > > > > > > > > > > You haven't said anything yet except that you > > > > don't fully agree. > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Fellows and Friends: > > > > > > > > > > > >It is in the interest of better understanding > > > > that I return > > > > comments. First > > > > > >off > > > > > >a correction in my name which if observed closely > > > > one would notice > > > > only > > > > > >one "y" in it as I spelled it. Please correct > > > > your records Mr. > > > > Swearingen. > > > > > > > > > > > > >Guess that's easy to understand Sydney. Your > > > > voice is but one of > > > > 260 some > > > > > > >odd million (in the US). There's bound to be a > > > > few people in > > > > such a lot who > > > > > > >think, believe and see things differently. > > > > > > > > > > > >Here I fully agree, as I learned in college > > > > philosophy of the many > > > > fallacies > > > > > >of > > > > > >reasoning one may be in error in. One fallacy is > > > > "Argumentum ad > > > > Hominem" > > > > > >(Latin for argument against the man). It would > > > > be > > > === message truncated === > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > > > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > > http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel > > > > > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Yahoo! 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