--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> , "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> , off_world_beings <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> , "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > The ONLY category applicable is "defense". > > > > > > > > See Barry's original post, above. No mention is made > > > > of other categories that tangentially have something > > > > to do with defense (i.e., people who work in those > > > > departments once saw "Saving Private Ryan").> > > > > > > I see. What you mean to say here is: Shemp admits he was > > > wrong, and that military spending is more than half of > > > the annual US budget when Social Security is taken out. > > > > Look, what Barry said wasn't ambiguous. If it had needed > > clarification--if he had meant defense as a percentage of > > the budget minus Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid > > instead of percentage of gross national product, he's had > > ample opportunity to admit his mistake. But he hasn't done > > so, so we can assume he stands by what he said to start > > with, even though it was wildly wrong. > > > > > > Shemp was right to call him on it, and you aren't doing > > Barry any favors by trying to cover for him by changing > > what he said. > > > > The topic had changed as it does on many threads and Shemp was arguing > with me on a different topic.
No, I wasn't. You tried to divine what Barry had meant to say but even on that you were wrong on the facts. > The topics often change in threads, and > you are often part of that. Go back and read the thread instead of > jumping on me for a topic that has long been resolved on this thread. Go > back to your battle with Barry and keep it to yourself, unless you have > something regarding the argument of this thread. Shemp was wrong on the > topic I was discussing with him, and you aren't doing Shemp any favors > by trying to cover for him by changing what he said. > > OffWorld >
