Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 02:33:24PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
GCU: The eternal electronic huntingrounds loom before the fabric of my
e-mails...
I should have used a spell checker before I sent that one. Ouch...
Jon Gabriel wrote:
The brin-l server will 'eat' posts made in html. You'll need to change your
posts to plain text before sending. I had the same problem a few months
ago, and this was the explanation Nick gave me. :)
For me that cannot be the reason then. I only write and send in
Julia,
Sorry, NEO is so much a part of the vocabulary here I just used it. I beg
your forgiveness.
We go through a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Exercise every 6 months to
ensure everyone knows where to go. A NEO is not only for war but for other
civil unrest and natural disasters.
George
UHT = Ultra High Temperature (I think).
George A
- Original Message -
From: Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: Colin Powell
From: Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Colin Powell
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003
I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out?
George A
- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: B5 dvd
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
You can get
This was neither necessary, nor called for. In my opinion JDG didn't add any
content to the discussion, there were no new facts, no new viewpoints. In
fact I'd say this is flame bait of the worst sort. JDG should know that this
kind of phrasing will be viewed by the opponent as an attempt to get
On 5 Feb 2003 at 10:30, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
This was neither necessary, nor called for. In my opinion JDG didn't
It was humour. Something this list has been badly lacking
add any content to the discussion, there were no new facts, no new
viewpoints. In fact I'd say this is
Debbi said:
Two weeks or so ago (it was cold but not snowy), I
heard a loud thu-du-du-thoomp! in my fireplace; I went
over to look, and a little whiskered face peered out
from behind the glass. Apparently the screen over the
chimney is faulty, allowing a squirrel to fall/squirm
in (I say
Sonja said:
I motion a major ding be dealt to JDG for not acting according to our
current list policy IAAMOAC. JDG should know better then to dismiss
minority viewpoints using personal grudges.
I agree with this, and thought it was somewhat odd to see my post
mentioned in John's summary
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
And where exactly is all that money supposed to come
from?
There are several answers to your points. The first
is that, obviously, Britain _has_ created a force
capable of power projection, so clearly it is within
the
Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 5 Feb 2003 at 10:30, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
This was neither necessary, nor called for. In my opinion JDG didn't
It was humour. Something this list has been badly lacking
I must have missed the smilies then
add any content to the discussion,
Go to locusmag.com for an interesting (and controversial) essay on Columbia
and several interesting rebuttals,
including Jerry Pournelle.
02.03 - Columbia, and the Dreams of Science Fiction
Gary Westfahl wonders if the cozy dramas of SF contributed to
unrealistic expectations about the ease
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:12:33AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
wrote:
Since EU is more into social goals, it is hard to imagine they'd spent
more on the military unless they were under direct attack. I admit,
that it would be too late to change anything in that eventuallity but
that's
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:07:30AM +, Richard Baker wrote:
holes they were using. A couple of days ago I went up there to check
for damage and found that it was actually squirrels. There are at
least two of them up there and they seem moderately tame. Now we're
trying to figure out the
At 06:36 PM 2/4/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 04:59 PM 2/4/2003 -0600, you wrote:
At 08:43 AM 2/4/03 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 07:39 AM 2/3/2003 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote:
Watching ABC this morning...
Speaking of lousy reporting, I have to speak up and say that there is *way*
too much
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:12:33AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
wrote:
Since EU is more into social goals, it is hard to imagine they'd spent
more on the military unless they were under direct attack. I admit,
that it would be too late to change anything in that
At 06:29 PM 2/4/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I musta missed sumpin' . . .
Thanks for providing the catalyst to the flashbacks of when the septic
system backed into the basement.
(The basement had a sump pump in the corner, of course it was the *wrong*
corner once
At 04:40 PM 2/4/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
A small study (N=64), but based on prior research (in
adults) I suspect large ones will bear this out:
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/60/66963.htm?printing=true
For teenage athletes, even mild concussions can cause
memory problems lasting up
Erik Reuter wrote:
Oh, sorry, it seems I haven't mastered the EU technique of insulting and
retreating.
EU_mode
[turns around and bends over]
I fart in your general direction!
[runs like mad, not to return to this subject]
/EU_mode
What an arsehole.
Ray.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:19 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Irregulars question: Apache
I have a computer running Linux. How can I make Apache run?
/politically incorrect alert/
Tell them
Regarding Columbia: a note to our subscribers
Feb. 4th, 2003: At the dawn of the space age some 40 years ago, we always
knew who was orbiting Earth or flying to the Moon. Neil Armstrong, Yuri
Gagarin, John Glenn. They were household names--everywhere.
Lately it's different. Space flight has
At 11:18 AM 2/5/03 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I have a computer running Linux. How can I make Apache run?
Send in the cavalry?
-- Ronn! :)
Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt.
___
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
Maybe it was just more fun than watching Bush Blair slam Coors Light and
molest the livestock.
I didn't think that Blair was a Scotsman.
If he were a Scotsman he'd drink better beer. No, this is more a follow
the leader type of thing.
Marvin
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out?
I'm afraid not. I've never been able to get into Stargate.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
This seems worth sharing.
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:31:32 -
From: drstopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [clearspringzendo] Columbia tragedy
Om gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha
Feb. 2, 2003 -- NPR
Erik said:
Just why should the EU seriously on military and foreign policy
matters?
Let's not forget that the EU itself is a triumph of the collective
foreign policies of the European nations. Of course, the US was vital
militarily because it helped protect Europe from the might of the
Soviet
Erik Reuter wrote:
Another course of action is of course to try and prevent being attacked in the
first place. It worked so far.
But, the EU hasn't mastered diplomatic foreign policy either.
I gather that you think the US's foreign policy is perfect in every respect
then?
Just why should the
--- Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's not forget that the EU itself is a triumph of
the collective
foreign policies of the European nations. Of course,
the US was vital
militarily because it helped protect Europe from the
might of the
Soviet Union, but it's almost entirely as a
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
The US has consistently (and
mistakenly, in my opinion) encouraged the creation and
expansion of the European Union.
Why mistakenly?
Marvin Long
ROU Genuinely curious.
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 06:29 PM 2/4/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I musta missed sumpin' . . .
Thanks for providing the catalyst to the flashbacks of when the septic
system backed into the basement.
(The basement had a sump pump in the corner, of
Gautam said:
So how about some credit where it's
due, actually? That would be a nice, refreshing
change from what we usually get from Europe.
You'll notice that in the email you quoted I described the American
contribution as vital. For that matter, Lend-Lease aid to Britain and
especially
Deborah Harrell wrote:
For those who aren't already subscribed to the free
NASA newsletter:
NASA Science News for January 29, 2003
Forget antimatter and dilithium crystals. The next
hot rocket fuel is candle wax!
--- Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
The US has consistently (and
mistakenly, in my opinion) encouraged the creation
and
expansion of the European Union.
Why mistakenly?
Marvin Long
Several reasons. First, I think the European
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Richard Baker wrote:
Why mistakenly?
Presumably because a strong, coherent European Union would provide a
serious rival to the United States and would prevent the US
unilaterally acting across the globe to provide peace and security
using its own methods. Even I can
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
So that's why I think the EU is a bad idea, the short
version :-)
For the long version, please send a stamped self addressed
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
For those who aren't already subscribed to the free
NASA newsletter:
NASA Science News for January 29, 2003
Forget antimatter and dilithium crystals. The next
hot rocket fuel is candle wax!
G. D. Akin wrote:
I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out?
No info on that on amazon.com.
You *could* go to amazon.com and sign up to be alerted when there's more
Stargate SG-1 stuff announced. That would probably get you the information
as quickly as
- Original Message -
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
Erik said:
Just why should the EU seriously on military and foreign policy
matters?
Let's not forget that the EU itself is
on 5/2/03 1:18 pm, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a computer running Linux. How can I make Apache run?
Try man apachectl and man httpd for instructions. Remember getting the
latest updates, and setting permissions correctly, and so forth, if you
intend to serve the world.
- Original Message -
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
Before anyone else gigs me for this. :-)
There is a lot of validity in this argument. However, let be quibble.
The
^^
me
Dan
From: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Hey, no fair, I already made that joke! ;)
That'll teach me to reply with a smart-ass comment before I've caught up on
all my email...
Of course, if I did that, I'd never post anything...*
- jmh
* Which might be an improvement, you never
Ok...so what I'm getting from this is that:
1. A militarily weak, bureaucratically top-heavy EU is not good.
2. A militarily strong, bureaucratically top-heavy EU is not good.
3. A militarily strong, streamlined and capitalistic United States of
Europe would not be good.
4. A militarily
--- Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So a unified EU army is at current
somewhat utopical.
Well, first, sure, but individual countries could
create one. You gave a bunch of reasons why not.
They're all fine, but that's still a choice. If a
country's internal politics
--- Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
6. A unipolar West, in which each European nation's
relationship with and
deference to the US is regarded as more important
than its relationships
with its neighbors, is good. Each nation would have
just enough of a
military to assist the
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
(...) In my opinion, the
only stable and peaceful global power structure is a
unipolar one - one with one dominant country.
I don't think so. I think the most stable power structure
is _tripolar_, with the biggest and strongest still
weaker than the combination
William T Goodall wrote:
I have a computer running Linux. How can I make Apache run?
Try man apachectl and man httpd for instructions.
Remember getting the latest updates, and setting
permissions correctly, and so forth, if you
intend to serve the world. If you just want to
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
(...) In my opinion, the
only stable and peaceful global power structure is a
unipolar one - one
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I don't think so. I think the most stable power
structure
is _tripolar_, with the biggest and strongest still
weaker than the combination of the other two.
Please, please, please let's not get into this
discussion.
Then leave it :-P
There have
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please, please, please let's not get into this
discussion. There have been untold hundreds of
books
written on the topic. You are the first person I've
ever read to stake out the tripod position, though
:-)
The main schools as to which is most
Dan Minette wrote:
One, it will eventually break apart into hundreds of
factions competing among themselves
Alberto, I realize that US history is not critical
for Brazil, so I thought I let you know that question
has been settled for the US 138 years ago.
Oh, Humanity has been
I would leaven it with the following from the NY Times (Friedman):
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/opinion/05FRIE.html
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26873-2003Feb4.html
For non-American readers, the Washington Post (my
favorite
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
Dan Minette wrote:
One, it will eventually break apart into hundreds of
factions competing among themselves
Alberto,
OK, having made the case for going into Iraq, I'm
going to do something fairly bizarre and explain why I
didn't make up my mind about it until recently, and
why I'm still not necessarily enthusiastic. First,
let me suggest that everyone read
- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:29 AM
Subject: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
I would leaven it with the following from the NY Times (Friedman):
Dan Minette wrote:
Oh, Humanity has been playing with states for more
than 5,000 years. 138 years is a _very_ significant
number. Is there a statistician in the house? :-)
No, I'm arguing that representative governments in
countries with high mobility have different mechanisms
for
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
But we can look at micro-situations, where a
unipolar power arises and then breaks up. Any
communist one-power political
I'd like to speak up in favor of a United States of Europe being in the US
National interest.
First, I'll concede that Gautam's most powerful argument is that the
governance of the European Union, as currently constituted, is
fundamentally borken - and it appears less than certain that the
Dan Minette wrote:
But we can look at micro-situations, where a
unipolar power arises and then breaks up. Any
communist one-power political party, for example,
ends up breaking into several parts.
Only under outside force.
That's the catch. There has _always_ been an
outside
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
The USA will break 140 years after it establishes
a monopolistic tyranny over the rest of the
world :-)
Whoa! Paging Harry Seldon, paging Harry Seldon :-)
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP
JDG wrote:
6) Lastly, I think that many in the Bush Administration
would agree with me that the greatest long-term
(50-100+ years) strategic threat to US interests is
China. (...)
Not Mexico? What if the Mexicans that live in the
occupied territories start an intifada?
Alberto
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: The U.S. of E.
JDG wrote:
6) Lastly, I think that many in the Bush Administration
would agree with me that the greatest long-term
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Not Mexico? What if the Mexicans that live in the
occupied territories start an intifada?
They'll have to get in line behind the white conservative Christian
intifada.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP
In a message dated 2/5/2003 11:25:18 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not Mexico? What if the Mexicans that live in the
occupied territories start an intifada?
Alberto Monteiro
Intifaheta is more likely.
And I thought the discovery of monopoles would be a
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_747591.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
Japanese scientist invents 'invisibility cloak'
A Japanese scientist has developed a coat which appears to make the
wearer invisible.
The illusion was part of a demonstration of optical camouflage technology
at Tokyo
Funny story: My wife works in a fertility center and was looking
under a microscope at some sperm in a petri dish. She observered
some of them busily trying to penetrate a round object, which the
embryologist she was working with confirmed was an air bubble.
The embryologist said to her: Just
Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 25 Dec 2002 at 12:01, Julia Thompson wrote:
Nick already told one horror story about the effects of aspartame on
some people.
*shrugs*
It makes me a bit hyper. Which is admitedly useful when I need to
work nights. Besides, it's that or cheap lemonade given how
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030204-031831-1626r
Pentagon adviser: France 'no longer ally'
By Martin Walker
UPI Chief International Correspondent
From the International Desk
Published 2/4/2003 8:43 PM
View printer-friendly version
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- France is no longer an ally
My wife was filling up her gas tank this morning at a local station, and she
saw a large sticker on the pump with all the usual notices, plus one new one:
No smoking.
Please pay first before pumping after 7PM.
Please replace nozzle in holder when finished pumping.
:
etc
:
Thank
Some thoughts at 3pm:
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fancloth
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:08:02 -0600
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_747591.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
Japanese scientist invents 'invisibility cloak'
Must have been a closeted DD fan. Okay, maybe Ghost in
At 12:09 PM 2/4/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Clearly, it wasn't in his contract.
In the real world of business, John, there is an implicit contract as well
as an explicit contract.
Obviously, they differ in their opinons on the nature of the implicit
contract.Personally, I'm shocked that
At 09:52 5-2-2003 +, Andy Crystall wrote:
This was neither necessary, nor called for.
It was humour. Something this list has been badly lacking
It didn't come across as humour. In fact, the absence of anything
indicating humour (such as smileys), combined with Giorgis's track record
At 06:21 5-2-2003 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
Since EU is more into social goals, it is hard to imagine they'd spent
more on the military unless they were under direct attack. I admit,
that it would be too late to change anything in that eventuallity but
that's the way it is.
And that is one
At 08:09 5-2-2003 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
Efforts and feelings do not equal results. But hey, it feels good to act
morally superior and keep the mean dog locked up out of sight until it
is needed. When it is needed the mean dog must quickly do as it is told
and then get back in the doghouse.
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
Actually, our military forces are perfectly useful for what we intend
them
to do: defending our borders. The act of
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
BTW, is it OK to have dark chocolate with a little
extra flavor added? :)
I'm savoring a small individually-wrapped chocolate
orange slice.
I sometimes nibble (no more than 2 squares a day) on
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is
scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or
7 PM Greenwich time, so it's happening now. There will
probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours
after the start time. See my instruction page for help
- Original Message -
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Scouted: CNN's Brown played golf through shuttle story
At 12:09 PM 2/4/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Clearly, it wasn't in his contract.
In
On 5 Feb 2003 at 8:00, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
The US has consistently (and
mistakenly, in my opinion) encouraged the creation
and
expansion of the European Union.
Why mistakenly?
On 5 Feb 2003 at 11:18, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I have a computer running Linux. How can I make Apache run?
Not without telling us at least which distro you're running. And I
DON'T advise doing it on a home PC either.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
___
On 5 Feb 2003 at 13:12, John D. Giorgis wrote:
6) Lastly, I think that many in the Bush Administration would agree
with me that the greatest long-term (50-100+ years) strategic threat
to US interests is China. If China fails to reform as it developes,
and instead develops a reactionary,
On 5 Feb 2003 at 16:03, Dan Minette wrote:
US was wrong in leading the effort to retake Kuwait, was it wrong in
defending Saudi Arabia?
No.
Was it wrong to stop before Bagdad and to hand the power back to the
opressive Saudi regime? Yes.
Don't get me started on that one.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I don't use flavored varieties myself because they are
usually sweeter and may have more fat, but if you can
confine yourself to 2 squares, I think it's OK. (Me,
I can't do the Dove or Godiva dark b/c it just tastes
sooo good! The semi-sweet gives me the
Fantasy Economics
Why economists are obsessed with online role-playing games.
By Robert Shapiro
Updated Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 11:26 AM PT
The most popular article in the leading economics Web archive doesn't
concern tax policy, international trade, or the theory of the firm. It's
about
- Original Message -
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
On 5 Feb 2003 at 16:03, Dan Minette wrote:
US was wrong in leading the effort to retake Kuwait, was it wrong in
defending
At 16:03 5-2-2003 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I take it you wouldn't have minded if Hussein became much more powerful
than Europe after taking over the Middle East.
This point is rather moot, as he would never have succeeded in taking over
the Middle East. He couldn't even hold on to Kuwait,
--- Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Every since I've been back at my parents, there's
been a lot of noise
coming from the attic above my bedroom. Sometimes
there's the sound of
scratching, other times a series of loud bumps or a
series of clicking
footsteps. We'd assumed that
--- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
All of Europe could certainly spend more on the
military.
But again, where is that money supposed to come
from? Raising taxes? A
Marshall Plan for Europe's military?
How about cuts in non-defense spending? That is an
option, after all. God
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 22:05:53 -
On 5 Feb 2003 at 8:00, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
The US has consistently (and
mistakenly,
--- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
It's 2003 now and he is still in power, so obviously
he wasn't stopped.
What happened was that the international community
joined forces to chase
him out of Kuwait.
Who did most of the fighting? I'll give you a hint -
both countries involved
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
At 16:03 5-2-2003 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I take it you wouldn't have minded if Hussein became much more powerful
than
Debbi said:
If you don't have an Animal Control department that
loans out live traps (or comes out to remove the
animals unharmed), you could try bringing a friend's
dog (on a leash, of course, and maybe a smallish
terrier-type so as not to break through the ceiling)
into the attic when the
Great, great snippage. Just using
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
How about cuts in non-defense spending? That is an
option, after all. God did not mandate that Europe
swaddle its people in a welfare state.
and
Even for the US the $400 billion that we do spend is
not small change. But fine.
Much has been made of Bush's supposed opposition to raising the fuel
economy standards of SUV's. as it turns out, however:
Increases in required SUV (light truck) fuel economy proposed by the Bush
administration: 1.5 m.p.g. (from 20.7 to 22.2 m.p.g.)
Increases in required SUV fuel economy
What did Clinton propose? Were the proposed changes higher than those put
into effect?
Jon
GSV Curious
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bush vs. Clinton on CAFE
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:48:52 -0500
Much
Jeroen wrote:
So, what were all those non-British European forces doing in the Middle
East during the Gulf War? Enjoying the scenery?
anti-european
Help Saddam train target practice :-)
/anti-european
Alberto Monteiro
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On 5 Feb 2003 at 16:24, Dan Minette wrote:
On 5 Feb 2003 at 16:03, Dan Minette wrote:
US was wrong in leading the effort to retake Kuwait, was it wrong
in defending Saudi Arabia?
No.
Was it wrong to stop before Bagdad and to hand the power back to the
opressive Saudi regime?
On 5 Feb 2003 at 17:25, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Several reasons. First, I think the European Union is
profoundly anti-democratic. It concerns me greatly,
What's so wonderful about *reprisentative* democracy? Every time I
read about how wonderful it is, I remember that Hitler being elected.
On 5 Feb 2003 at 14:23, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
How about cuts in non-defense spending? That is an
option, after all. God did not mandate that Europe
swaddle its people in a welfare state.
G-d didn't dictate you leave your poor to starve in the street
either.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
This thing is eerily prescient.
JDG
Columbia must be fitted out with 33,000 of these tiles, each to be applied
individually, each unique in shape. The inch-thick tiles, made of pyrolized
carbon, are amazing in two respects. They can be several hundred degrees
hot on one side while
--- Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
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Just a little thing ... might I add that I do very
much resent you making
insinuations as to my integrety on this list. I
think my track record isn't
*so* bad that I deserve it...
I try to be fair to everybody as much as I can. I go
out of my
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