Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-14 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 8/2/2003 12:46:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Which of course is what this all about.So many Democrats turned a blind eye to Clinton's perjury But this is where you are precisely wrong John. No democrat defended Clinton this. Not one

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-07 Thread Matt Grimaldi
At 03:35 PM 8/1/2003 -0700 Matt Grimaldi wrote: So then the President used information that ultimately came from French Intelligence, a country which his own administration has all but accused of having a conflict of interest wrt Iraq? This sounds worse than before. John D. Giorgis wrote:

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-05 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John D. Giorgis Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:46 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 09:25 PM 7/22/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which of course

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Matt Grimaldi
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the british by not using the information. But by the way why is it as is usual? It would seem to me in something this important the british could share their specific information. I would suspect that more often

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:25 PM 7/22/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which of course is what this all about.So many Democrats turned a blind eye to Clinton's perjury But this is where you are precisely wrong John. No democrat defended Clinton this. Not one said he was right Au contraire a great

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John D. Giorgis Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:46 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 09:25 PM 7/22/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which of course is what this all about.So

Clinton's Perjury *Again* RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 04:34 PM 8/2/2003 -0400 Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John D. Giorgis Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:46 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 09:25 PM 7/22/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Clinton's Perjury *Again* RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread David Hobby
John D. Giorgis wrote: ... Bob Z. said that no Democrat defended Clinton on this. In my mind, Bob Z.'s claim is patently absurd. Many Democrats did argue that any man would lie about adultery, and the only possible reason for making such a claim was to attempt to mitigate the charges

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Hobby Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 3:52 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words Which of course is what this all about.So many Democrats turned a blind eye to Clinton's perjury

Re: Clinton's Perjury *Again* RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread TomFODW
What democrats said that it was acceptable for Clinton to lie under oath? I don't know what other Democrats may have said. I never said it was acceptable for him to lie under oath. I just didn't think it was an impeachable offense. I also think he should never have been forced to face

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So then the President used information that ultimately came from French Intelligence, a country which his own administration has all but accused of having a conflict of interest wrt Iraq? This sounds worse than before. -- Matt No, he used

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words --- Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So then the President used information

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How likely is it that the French deliberately set Bush ? Dan M. Ah, now _there_ you have the billion dollar question. I'm suspicious enough of the French to say it's possible, but I don't think it's likely. I frankly don't think that the French

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Kanandarqu
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:06:22PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-02 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 10:28:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:06:22PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-01 Thread Ritu
Dan Minette wrote: Given the fact that people in the British intelligence have indicated that Blair overstated their case and the fact that people in the US intelligence have indicated that Bush did; the most logical conclusion is that Bush and Blair, together, got more certainity out of the

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-08-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the problem is that you never know until after it has happened which seemingly innocuous detail may be enough to get an asset (= person) killed, which not only may be something you as a human being feel responsible for, but it cuts off

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:33:36 -0400 At 08:33 PM 7/29/2003 -0500 Horn, John wrote: I'm not sure

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
John D Giorgis wrote: I disagree with this. Suicide bombings, hijackings, Oklahoma City-style bombings, etc. all strike me as fairly modern inventions. At 14:08 2003-07-31 -0400, you wrote: No, hijackings and truck bombings are modern inventions technologically but the targeting of civilian

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-31 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/30/2003 10:20:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As is usual in the intelligence business, the British said that they can't reveal their sources so as to preserve their leads. Now what? Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the british by

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-31 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the british by not using the information. But by the way why is it as is usual? It would seem to me in something this important the british could share their specific information. I would suspect that more often than not

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-31 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:16 PM 7/31/03 -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the british by not using the information. But by the way why is it as is usual? It would seem to me in something this important the british could share their specific

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-30 Thread Ritu
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 03:11 PM 7/24/2003 -0500 Horn, John wrote: I don't know. It is a scary proposition. We cannot defeat every terrorist in the world. We cannot? Then why is it that suicide bombing is almost unheard of almost everywhere in the world? It doesn't strike me

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:06:22PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage their

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Robert J. Chassell
[I've been out of town.] On 25 Jul 2003, John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in Africa. The Bush Administration naturally tries to verify

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Robert J. Chassell
[I've been out of town.] On 25 Jul 2003, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... -- intelligence to the president is supposed to be thoroughly checked, not just for accuracy, but also for spin and such. I can't say much about who the reviewing parties are, or how many people

RE: Justifying the War Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] By the way - of the recent developments in the nuclear programs of the DPRK, India, Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq over the past 15 years - how many occurred with the knowledge of US intelligence sources? I'll give you a hint - the answer is

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Ray Ludenia
John D. Giorgis wrote: And despite you snide remarks about '''fluffing up, there is nothing fluffed up about calling Japan and Australia major players in foreign affairs. two glaring omissions from Bob's list. Australia a major player in foreign affairs??? Do you perhaps say this

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Do we issolate people with the flu or AIDS to prevent these deseases from spreading? No. Actually, we sometimes do, although not for AIDS. It is called `quarantine'. As far as I know, quarantine has not yet been misused for political purposes. A legally similar process, incarceration

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:01 AM Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 12:18 AM 7/30/2003 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: Actually, Bush *did* do that, and Britain said

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/29/2003 10:57:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, Bush *did* do that, and Britain said that they completely stand by their intelligence with the highest degree of confidence. Oh I get it; it went like this. Bush- Do you guys have

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:15 PM 7/30/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is my shot. Where is the British evidence? As is usual in the intelligence business, the British said that they can't reveal their sources so as to preserve their leads. Now what? JDG - Choose, Bob.

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-30 Thread Ritu
John D. Giorgis wrote: I'm not sure what you are getting at here. Terrorism has existed for recorded history. Don't forget that when they win, terrorists are called freedom fighters or revolutionaries. I disagree with this. Suicide bombings, hijackings, Oklahoma City-style

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-30 Thread Ritu
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Bush _used_ the sympathy 9/11 generated to make possible something that would not have been possible without it - the removal of Saddam Hussein, something that was clearly not in the interest of anyone in the region or in Europe (save England). I completely agree

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:14 AM 7/29/2003 -0400 David Hobby wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: ... You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing. Ahem. ... You have also forgotten Poland, which is the

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 09:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik wrote- Really? I have heard many people claim that everybody talks when tortured. In the movies, the tortures that are applied seem so tame and unimaginative. Perhaps I have an unusually sadistic imagination, but I can imagine

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to describe what the Chairman tried to do - since I don't think that even if the

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:52 PM 7/28/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing; it is refreshing that countries that owe their freedom to us

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
John Garcia wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to describe what the Chairman tried to do - since I

Re: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
Here is a link to all of the Texas Redistricting Maps you could ever want: http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/redist.htm I personally have to disagree with Dan's and Julia's characterizations of the Republicans' plan as being much worse than the judges plan - based on a first look of

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:19 PM 7/29/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: [snip] (Things can get a little weird in Texas politics) And Texas is hardly unique in that regard. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: Here is a link to all of the Texas Redistricting Maps you could ever want: http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/redist.htm I personally have to disagree with Dan's and Julia's characterizations of the Republicans' plan as being much worse than the judges plan

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip I didn't see anything about this [the attempt or whatever to bodily remove some Democrat Congresspersons from a Congressional library]; do you have an article or two? Thanks. Kneem and Julia, thanks for the links. Not adult behavior, and

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/28/2003 9:16:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. You have forgotten Austalia, who was very much a true ally. You have also forgotten Japan, the leader of which essentially got his country's constitution ammended so that Japan could help us out

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/28/2003 9:16:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. You have forgotten Austalia, who was very much a true ally. You have also forgotten Japan, the leader of which essentially got his country's constitution ammended so that Japan could help us out

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 01:19 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: John Garcia wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 03:11 PM 7/24/2003 -0500 Horn, John wrote: I don't know. It is a scary proposition. We cannot defeat every terrorist in the world. We cannot? Then why is it that suicide bombing is almost unheard of almost everywhere in the world?

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread David Hobby
Ahem. ... You have also forgotten Poland, which is the second-largest country in Europe O.K., second in what sense, then? Russia, Sweden, Finland, Norway... are all bigger by area. ... Sorry, I stand corrected on that one ... And despite you snide remarks about

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread listmail
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage their anger, they won't attack us any more. What you _want_ the US to do anyways seems to accord precisely

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:41 PM 7/28/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You (e) ask the British to provide documenation of their claim. If they do so you can include it in the SOU. Actually, Bush *did* do that, and Britain said that they completely stand by their intelligence with the highest degree of

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage their anger, they won't attack us any more. What you _want_ the US to

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John D. Giorgis ... Which of course brings us back to a, b, c, or d - all of which would be consistent with not using it in the State of the Union?Care to give it one more shot Bob?How about you,

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 09:41 PM 7/28/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You (e) ask the British to provide documenation

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Ritu
John D. Giorgis wrote: Ritu and Nick make similar points which I will respond to here. At 12:29 PM 7/25/2003 + Robert J. Chassell wrote: Robert J. Chassell wrote: The phrase The British have learned suggests to a listening public that the US President had US

RE: Justifying the War Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Ritu
John D. Giorgis wrote: As for your argument that liberation of Afghanistan would not have been justified on September 10th, 2001 - well I find it most peculiar to hear the logic of retribution coming from you.The liberation of Afghanistan was justified because it made the Afghan

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Dan Minette
Having questioned one side in the debate, let me question the other side. The discussion over the evidence for WMD that existed before Gulf War II seems to naturally flow out of what happened. Here's how I see what's happening. 1) There was general acceptance that Hussein has chemical and

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 06:49 PM 7/27/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QUESTION 1) The British inform us

Re: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in Africa. The Bush Administration naturally tries to verify this claim, but cannot

Re: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words ---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] QUESTION 1) The British

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Killer Bs Discussion) Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:49:28 -0400 QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Horn, John
From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] already. When Ashcroft's jack-booted thugs come for you, give me a call - I'll be happy to protect you. When Ashcroft's jack-booted thugs come for them, they won't be able to call you. They won't get their one phone call. They won't be able

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Horn, John
From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If John Ashcroft were anyone _but_ an evangelical Christian (speaking as a non-evangelical non-Christian) the way he is treated by the Left would be recognized by everyone for what it is - sheer religious bigotry of the most unvarnished sort.

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to describe what the Chairman tried to do - since I don't think that even if the Chairman's request had been carried out that the Democratic

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:41:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lastly, if Al Gore had won the 2000 election, would you be bitterly complaining that he did so thanks to his partisans on the Florida Supreme Court? If a full recount of the florida vote had been

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/27/2003 7:07:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 06:49 PM 7/27/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/27/2003 9:21:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you seriously believe that if any person other than Bush were President we would have taken out Saddam by now? Really? I think there was some sentiment to do this amoung Clinton's advisors. I am not

Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:52 PM 7/28/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bush _used_ the sympathy 9/11 generated to make possible something that would not have been possible without it - the removal of Saddam Hussein, something that was clearly not in the interest of anyone in the region or in Europe (save

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing; it is refreshing that countries that owe their freedom to us feel gratitude but they would probably have agreed

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... The State of the Union is irrelevant to this example. But it is not irrelevant because this is THE major policy speech that the president makes every year. This speech is worked on

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:52 PM 7/28/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing; it is refreshing that countries that owe their freedom to us feel gratitude but they would

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-28 Thread David Hobby
John D. Giorgis wrote: ... You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing. Ahem. ... You have also forgotten Poland, which is the second-largest country in Europe O.K.,

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 03:11 PM 7/24/2003 -0500 Horn, John wrote: I don't know. It is a scary proposition. We cannot defeat every terrorist in the world. We cannot? Then why is it that suicide bombing is almost unheard of almost everywhere in the world? It doesn't strike me that this problem is necessarily

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:08 AM 7/25/2003 -0400 David Hobby wrote: Why do you think that Osama bin Laden objects to the same things about American foreign policy that you do? That's not a fair tactic in an argument. Actually, I think that it is the most salient thing that Gautam has had to say in this

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John Garcia
On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 11:50 AM, The Fool wrote: From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The left is defunct only if we remain forever in a state of total war. And that's precisely why a vaguely defined, open-ended war on terrorism that suspends

Re: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:22 PM 7/25/03 -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote: At 08:09 AM 7/21/2003 -0700 Nick Arnett wrote: Perhaps we are at war, but under that definition, I'm having a very hard time imagining that we will ever NOT be at war. We are not going to remove evil from the world, I'm quite sure. Some likely

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:24 AM 7/25/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 01:02:00PM +, Robert J. Chassell wrote: From what I have heard, US interrogators are contemptuous of old fashioned torture since almost everyone who knows anything will die first. Really? I have heard many people claim

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 06:04:49AM -, pencimen wrote: How about Dustin Hoffman getting holes drilled in his teeth in Marathon Man? I had forgotten about that one. Did he talk? I think he didn't know anything, right? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Nick Arnett
Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John D. Giorgis Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 7:28 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 07:52 AM 7/24/2003 -0700 Nick

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 06:04:49AM -, pencimen wrote: How about Dustin Hoffman getting holes drilled in his teeth in Marathon Man? I had forgotten about that one. Did he talk? I think he didn't know anything, right? No, he was completely in the dark. Doug

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread David Hobby
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 01:08 AM 7/25/2003 -0400 David Hobby wrote: Why do you think that Osama bin Laden objects to the same things about American foreign policy that you do? That's not a fair tactic in an argument. Actually, I think that it is the most salient thing that

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 03:28:08PM -0400, David Hobby wrote: If we clean up our act, public opinion there will change. When it does, most of the support for Al Qaeda will dry up. That's an interesting fantasy world you are describing. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words No. We are dealing with a pathological minority, backed up by a large sector of public opinion

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Michael Harney
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 07:52 AM 7/24/2003 -0700 Nick Arnett wrote: Setting aside sarcasm now... I think that you may be mistake in *expecting* the left to come up with a coherent war plan against terrorism. I think that's Gautam's point. If, as you seem to agree, the

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/24/2003 11:43:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Didn't they used to duel on the floors of Congress? Sounds like classic ingomious political chicanery to me. Sounds more like republican arrogance to me. Now the perpetrator (chairman of the House

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/24/2003 11:47:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If your criticism is that Bush said learned instead of informed us that they believe, then who is being pedantic and mincing words here? The criticsm is that this is a weasally way of saying something

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/25/2003 1:08:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Uh, didja forget? Gore *did* win -- the vote, anyway. Just not the office that usually goes with it. I am not one who thinks that Gore won. The popular vote does not determine the final result and

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
John Garcia wrote: On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 11:50 AM, The Fool wrote: Friday browncoat republicans in the house of representatives called the police to arrest and remove democratic representatives from a library in the house of representatives. The future is here and now.

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/25/2003 8:54:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eh, probably not. I have an almost reflexive need to point out the truth - and ultimately I consider this growing urban legend that the USSC somehow changed the outcome of the 2000 election to

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/25/2003 9:09:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fact that a Committee Chairman in the House is making that tradeoff in a way that the minority disagrees with is hardly new. Thus, I know that I am not a hypocrite, as you accuse, because Democratic

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/25/2003 9:28:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that's Gautam's point. If, as you seem to agree, the Left is simply incapable of coming up with a coherent war plan against terrorism, then the Left is inherently unqualified and unworthy to

Re: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/25/2003 10:22:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) The establishment of a secure, viable and independent Palestine alongside Israel. 2) Regime change in Iran, Syria, Lybia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the DPRK We would then be at war for at least a

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in Africa. The Bush Administration naturally tries to verify this claim, but cannot do so. They tell the British that we can't verify their claim.

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in Africa. The Bush Administration naturally tries to verify this claim, but cannot do so. They tell the British that we can't verify their claim.

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 04:48 PM 7/27/2003 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote: I'd have to agree with John here. There's a definite difference in degree, if not kind, between trying to have someone arrested and actually inflicting that kind of bodily damage. And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to describe

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:43 PM 7/27/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We do not know the result of a popular vote in which every vote would count. Under those outlandish circumstances (each individual's vote counts the same regardless of where it was cast) Bush might have gone after votes in populous states

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 06:33 PM 7/27/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if the republicans in congress would have really elected bush if a recount of the vote in florida showed that Gore had won by a few thousand votes. You can wonder all you want - except that we now know that no such result would have

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 06:40 PM 7/27/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uhhh because finding WMD's was considered a very nice way of deterring criticism of the war? so in your mind it is ok to use WMD to deter criticsm even if the threat of WMD (at least nuclear) was unsubstantiated. Good grief, you

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/27/2003 5:48:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not to say that the Republicans look all that good in this, but it could have been worse. (And then the backlash would have been that much more, as well.) Worse in what way in 21st Century USA? Had

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 06:49 PM 7/27/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in Africa. The Bush Administration naturally tries to verify this claim, but cannot do so. They

Justifying the War Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-27 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 03:14 PM 7/27/2003 -0600 Michael Harney wrote: The war on Iraq wasn't about liberating Iraq, it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction or terrorism. It was entirely politically motivated. The republicans saw their approval failing after Osama Bin Laden evaded capture, and, wanting some sort

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