Hey Ricardo, how's the wife? --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 10:17 PM > only Bob could take something very > funny and turn it into pointless > political posturing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Ricardo Aráoz > Sent: Friday, 2 October 2009 11:41 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels > > Bob Calco wrote: > > Argentina doesn't have "threat levels" per se but > rather national "moods." > > It recently changed its national mood from "Not Crying > For You" to > "Laughing > > At Our Own Irrelevance." Other moods include > "Preoccupied With Our Own > Body > > Functions," and "Making Up For Our Lack Of Wit By > Being Rude." > Yup, we also have "Let's make NATO change their naval > tactics" and > "Let's use a couple of Exocets". But you've probably never > heard about them. > > BTW, this is an international list (as opposed to a US only > list). So if > you are about to insult other nations' character you'd > better have a > thick skin dear (and I don't mean the harmless comments > about Argentina, > but the previous posts). > > > There are > > complex rules governing valid transitions from one > mood to another but > > nobody understands them, and they don't result in any > noticeable change of > > behavior. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > >> Behalf Of Ricardo Aráoz > >> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:55 PM > >> To: ProFox Email List > >> Subject: Re: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels > >> > >> Bob Calco wrote: > >> > >>> Russia lowered its threat level from "Actively > Support Iran" to > >>> > >> "Covertly > >> > >>> Support Iran" in the face of ineffectual > Western sanction-rattling, > >>> > >> and a > >> > >>> naïve US President determined to disarm > unilaterally and concede huge > >>> > >> swaths > >> > >>> of Eastern Europe back to Russia's "sphere of > influence." > >>> > >>> > >> USA went from "I don't know why everybody hates > us" to "fighting > >> Islamic > >> terrorism" to "let's bomb those towel heads" to > "support our poor boys > >> dying out there" to a final "Hey, the war is over > there, they are not > >> supposed to fight back and bring war to New > York!". > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
