Re: Uplift at Yellowstone
In a message dated 11/9/2007 11:43:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yellowstone is rising. The word "uplift" makes me think the tytlal have been pouring bicarbonate of soda down Old Faithful. "A maru once bit my sister." Vilyehm ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
GWB
i think we all can agree that GWB's motives are not out of benevolence. jon I think I could find people who would not agree with that -- Ronn! :) i meant on brinlist. most of us would agree that bush's benevolent form of compassionate conservatism is aimed at the wealthy class. he is far more interested in funding war rather than water resources, for example: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=bush+veto Despite what this war cost our family -- it'll be three years tomorrow since Wes was killed in action -- I'm willing to give Bush the benefit of the doubt where it comes to motives. He very well may believe he's doing the right thing. But I don't really know, nor do I much care. But I think I'd be treating myself badly if I didn't allow myself to have some degree of compassion, even for someone whose politics I despise. That's where I diverge from the anti-war folks who demonize the administration. Nick nick, i am very sorry you lost a family member. like almost everyone else i support our troops and grieve for all those who have suffered from this war. i have have brought many of our troops over there and it weighs heavily on me that many did not come back. i don't hate any republican and democrat who were duped into supporting this war. i do blame bush, cheney, rumsfeld and the neo-cons for the unconstitutional practices they used to justify this war, and the illegal tactics they contrived to manipulate many patriotic americans to buy into the rationale for this war. jon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: GWB
On Nov 9, 2007, at 1:44 PM, jon louis mann wrote: > i think we all can agree that GWB's motives are not out of > benevolence. >jon > > I think I could find people who would not agree with that > -- Ronn! :) > > i meant on brinlist. most of us would agree that bush's benevolent > form > of compassionate conservatism is aimed at the wealthy class. he is > far > more interested in funding war rather than water resources, for > example: > http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=bush+veto I would be willing to bet that the President and his administration believe that the things they are doing are benevolent. One may take issue with their conception of benevolence: as George Lakoff terms it, they favor a "stern father" approach to the problems of the world, while others may follow the "nurturing parent" approach. Those who favor one view may find the approach of the other to be malevolent at worst, fool-hardy at best. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: GWB
On Nov 9, 2007 1:44 PM, jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think we all can agree that GWB's motives are not out of benevolence. I think we can all agree that none of us acts out of any single motive... and that there is no one who knows himself well enough to be aware of all of his motives. Despite what this war cost our family -- it'll be three years tomorrow since Wes was killed in action -- I'm willing to give Bush the benefit of the doubt where it comes to motives. He very well may believe he's doing the right thing. But I don't really know, nor do I much care. But I think I'd be treating myself badly if I didn't allow myself to have some degree of compassion, even for someone whose politics I despise. That's where I diverge from the anti-war folks who demonize the administration. Nick > > jon > > I think I could find people who would not agree with that > -- Ronn! :) > > i meant on brinlist. most of us would agree that bush's benevolent form > of compassionate conservatism is aimed at the wealthy class. he is far more > interested in funding war rather than water resources, for example: > http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=bush+veto > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
GWB
i think we all can agree that GWB's motives are not out of benevolence. jon I think I could find people who would not agree with that -- Ronn! :) i meant on brinlist. most of us would agree that bush's benevolent form of compassionate conservatism is aimed at the wealthy class. he is far more interested in funding war rather than water resources, for example: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=bush+veto __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Uplift at Yellowstone
http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=102507-1 Yellowstone is rising. This might help explain why we were lucky enough to see a geyser at the Norris basin behave in an entirely new way when we were there last year. It had been a little bubbling thing for as long as there were records, but the afternoon we came, it shot off a huge eruption that lasted more than an hour. I worked at Old Faithful in 1981... but I can't say that I noticed that it's gotten higher. ;-) If it decides to erupt, I want to be far, far away. And west. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Salman Rushdie
On 9 Nov 2007, at 06:47, Doug wrote: > Has anyone read anything by Rushdie? I went to a Rushdie lecture > tonight > and he seems like a very interesting character. I've read his first two novels _Grimus_ and _Midnight's Children_ and have the next two in my 'to be read' pile where they have been for the last 20+ years. _Grimus_ is an above average fantasy novel. _Midnight's Children_ is a magical realist novel about the creation of modern India. Of the two I haven't read _The Satanic Verses_ is the one that got Rushdie a fatwah. You should probably start with _Midnight's Children_ as it's his most highly regarded work and I found it very readable unlike his later stuff. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time." - Bill Gates, 1987 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
