I said I'd be silent. But perhaps one more uninformed remark might be in order. Are the CIA not very busy in Venezuela right now? How much have they had to do with what's going on there? Who is next on the hit list? And so on and on. I suspect the motives of the US government as a matter of course.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:17 AM Subject: Re: Shit, Crap & Politics, Was:Re: Vs: car shit, not politics, not Pentax, but about as valid as any of the crap that is allowed without rancor. WAS: bRe: PMA and Pentax DSLR > We import most of that oil from Venezuela, if what you say is true the US > should be > invading Venezuela. > > At 12:28 PM 2/2/2003 +0200, you wrote: > >I've been reading this thread. There is no question in my mind - that raving > >idiot Bush is going to attack Iraq about oil - nothing else. Why not do > >something about North Korea? Those buggers are busy as bees making Nuclear > >Weapons? Why? ... because they don't have oil fields the US needs to > >control. The fact that 'God's Country' has to import 60% of its oil is like > >an albatross, or a millstone hanging from the neck. That's what the American > >dream gets you in the end. Three car families may have to pay the price. > >Sell a car, maybe even two, for scrap and the problem would be solved be > >overnight. Or would it? Now I shall be silent. > > > >Don > >_______________ > >Dr E D F Williams > >http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > >Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > >Updated: March 30, 2002 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Arnold Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:28 AM > >Subject: Re: Shit, Crap & Politics, Was:Re: Vs: car shit, not politics, not > >Pentax, but about as valid as any of the crap that is allowed without > >rancor. WAS: bRe: PMA and Pentax DSLR > > > > > > > Hello Doug, > > > > > > >I'm not inconsistent. My position has been and will continue to be that > >politics has no place here on the PDML. > > > > > > > > > > > Would you say the same if we had PDML members in Bagdad? Or if one of > > > those journalists who will be reporting from the upcoming war would be > > > using Pentax equipment? Can questions of life and death really be OT for > > > the PDML family? This war will have effects on all of us - be it > > > relatives being in combat, more or less terrorism, the international law > > > being rewritten by the only left world power, or simply fellow men, > > > women and children being killed. The one thing being really off topic is > > > insulting fellow PDML members - something that has happened in the > > > course of discussions on Pentax equipment, too. We all must controll our > > > emotions when posting to the PDML. We must respect each others opinions. > > > If that would be possible I would welcome a PDML discussion on the > > > legitimacy of the upcoming war as much or more than a discussion about > > > what Pentax short telephoto lenses are the best. > > > > > > Arnold > > > > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx >

