Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
*here*. Isolationism didn't work 70 years ago; what makes you think it will work better in this new age of globalism? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who would give

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
*here*. Isolationism didn't work 70 years ago; what makes you think it will work better in this new age of globalism? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who would give

Re: [Antisocial] Remember These?? (fwd)

2005-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ... - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003 On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:10:16 -0600 (CST), J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Antisocial] Remember These?? (fwd)

2005-01-15 Thread Pete Capelli
destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ... - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003 On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:10:16 -0600 (CST), J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread Pete Capelli
Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' -- Pete

Re: Police seek missing trucker, nickels

2005-01-09 Thread Pete Capelli
Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' -- Pete

Re: Terror Net

2004-11-19 Thread Pete Capelli
Innovation News December 2004 Ever since the September 11 terrorist attacks, federal agencies have been wishing for a system capable of issuing a nationwide alert at the first sign of a chemical, biological, or radiological attack. Now such a system is undergoing trials in Tennessee. -- Pete

Re: Terror Net

2004-11-19 Thread Pete Capelli
Innovation News December 2004 Ever since the September 11 terrorist attacks, federal agencies have been wishing for a system capable of issuing a nationwide alert at the first sign of a chemical, biological, or radiological attack. Now such a system is undergoing trials in Tennessee. -- Pete

Re: The St. Louis Pledge

2004-11-08 Thread Pete Capelli
in the United States. I guess this is your last Internet usage, then, as Cisco is a major GWB contributor, as well as a contributor to his inaugural fund(s). -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID

Re: The St. Louis Pledge

2004-11-07 Thread Pete Capelli
in the United States. I guess this is your last Internet usage, then, as Cisco is a major GWB contributor, as well as a contributor to his inaugural fund(s). -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Pete Capelli
is. But who's going to 'indict' us? The UN? Maybe after we finish the trials for their self-dealing on the 'Oil for Food' program (as Orwellian a title as the Patriot Act had). -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-07 Thread Pete Capelli
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 18:25:19 +, Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not true. much busywork math deleted Saddam had 100% turnout, and won 100% of the vote. Does that make his election more legitimate to you? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread Pete Capelli
is. But who's going to 'indict' us? The UN? Maybe after we finish the trials for their self-dealing on the 'Oil for Food' program (as Orwellian a title as the Patriot Act had). -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-11-06 Thread Pete Capelli
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 18:25:19 +, Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not true. much busywork math deleted Saddam had 100% turnout, and won 100% of the vote. Does that make his election more legitimate to you? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Declaration of Expulsion: A Modest Proposal

2004-11-04 Thread Pete Capelli
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:20:05 -0500, Roy M. Silvernail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chuckle-worthy, if not outright funny. Interestingly, I could see a liberal making exactly the same case, but without the ad hominem attacks. Like calling Bush an idiot? That door swings both ways. -- Pete

Re: Declaration of Expulsion: A Modest Proposal

2004-11-04 Thread Pete Capelli
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:20:05 -0500, Roy M. Silvernail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chuckle-worthy, if not outright funny. Interestingly, I could see a liberal making exactly the same case, but without the ad hominem attacks. Like calling Bush an idiot? That door swings both ways. -- Pete

Re: Musings on getting out the vote

2004-11-03 Thread Pete Capelli
On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 22:04:24 -0800, Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least I live in a blue state. The reds, you've earned what you've earned. So ... don't blame you, you voted for Kodos? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Musings on getting out the vote

2004-11-03 Thread Pete Capelli
On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 22:04:24 -0800, Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least I live in a blue state. The reds, you've earned what you've earned. So ... don't blame you, you voted for Kodos? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Doubt

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
anyone have a discussion anymore without resorting to slogans? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither

Re: Donald's Job Description

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
? Pushed for socialized medicine with central controls? Kerry or Bush, Kang or Kodos, in the end it means the same thing. -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who would give up

Re: Donald's Job Description

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
encryption/anonymity than discussions of the fitness, or lack thereof of the presidential candidates. So I need to look internally for that, and contribute myself. -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org

Re: Donald's Job Description

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
to be exhibiting this particular blindness. Yet what of your blindness, which doubts *everything* the current administration does? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who

Re: Doubt

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
anyone have a discussion anymore without resorting to slogans? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither

Re: Donald's Job Description

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
? Pushed for socialized medicine with central controls? Kerry or Bush, Kang or Kodos, in the end it means the same thing. -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who would give up

Re: Donald's Job Description

2004-10-25 Thread Pete Capelli
encryption/anonymity than discussions of the fitness, or lack thereof of the presidential candidates. So I need to look internally for that, and contribute myself. -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org

Re: Donald's Job Description

2004-10-24 Thread Pete Capelli
to be exhibiting this particular blindness. Yet what of your blindness, which doubts *everything* the current administration does? -- Pete Capelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 Those who

Re: Michael Moore in Cambridge (download speech)

2004-08-11 Thread Pete Capelli
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:06:39 -0400, Howie Goodell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, and Paul Revere rode to Lexington to promote his silversmithing business. A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Mr. Moore speaks eloquently for the Left, the Center,

Re: Michael Moore in Cambridge (download speech)

2004-08-11 Thread Pete Capelli
Being still currently undecided myself (although living in one of the 32 or so 'pre-ordained' states) I found this speech to be most cynical, opportunistic, divisive, and un-American ones I've listend to in awhile. Define un-American, please? That was a direct quote from Howie

Re: On what the NSA does with its tech

2004-08-05 Thread Pete Capelli
On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 20:07:23 +0100, Dave Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all generalizations are false, including this one. Is this self-referential?

Re: On what the NSA does with its tech

2004-08-05 Thread Pete Capelli
On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 20:07:23 +0100, Dave Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all generalizations are false, including this one. Is this self-referential?

Re: Al-Q targeting NY corporations?

2004-08-03 Thread Pete Capelli
Read the Fatwa. Best summarized by a line from a 'Floyd song, get your filthy hands off my desert. Heh. So they can go back to being goatherders? trust-fund osama complaining about the evil west while taking its money is rich irony.

Re: Al-Q targeting NY corporations?

2004-08-03 Thread Pete Capelli
Read the Fatwa. Best summarized by a line from a 'Floyd song, get your filthy hands off my desert. Heh. So they can go back to being goatherders? trust-fund osama complaining about the evil west while taking its money is rich irony.

Re: Fact checking

2004-04-26 Thread Pete Capelli
Damian Gerow wrote: Who you vote for is up to you. I'm not telling you to vote for him, I'm just correcting a pretty large non-truth propogated by American media. B*llshit. From a transcript of an interview of Al Gore by Wolf Blitzer:

Re: Fact checking

2004-04-26 Thread Pete Capelli
: B*llshit. From a transcript of an interview of Al Gore by Wolf Blitzer: : http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/ : : During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in : creating the Internet. Yes, that's exactly what he

Re: Fact checking

2004-04-26 Thread Pete Capelli
Damian Gerow wrote: Who you vote for is up to you. I'm not telling you to vote for him, I'm just correcting a pretty large non-truth propogated by American media. B*llshit. From a transcript of an interview of Al Gore by Wolf Blitzer:

Re: Fact checking

2004-04-26 Thread Pete Capelli
: B*llshit. From a transcript of an interview of Al Gore by Wolf Blitzer: : http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/ : : During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in : creating the Internet. Yes, that's exactly what he

Re: [IP] One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretap push

2004-04-22 Thread Pete Capelli
At 12:09 PM +0200 4/22/04, Eugen Leitl wrote: Are you truly expecting a worldwide ban on encryption? Amen. It's like expecting a worldwide ban on finance. Been tried. Doesn't work. But the goal isn't to ban it; just marginalize it enough to be able to tar it as a terrorist action. True,

Re: [IP] One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretap push

2004-04-22 Thread Pete Capelli
At 12:09 PM +0200 4/22/04, Eugen Leitl wrote: Are you truly expecting a worldwide ban on encryption? Amen. It's like expecting a worldwide ban on finance. Been tried. Doesn't work. But the goal isn't to ban it; just marginalize it enough to be able to tar it as a terrorist action. True,

Re: Freematt's review of A State of Disobedience By Tom Kratman

2004-02-23 Thread Pete Capelli
Message flagged as -1 (Troll) And if you look back, it's clear that 99% if not all repression in the US comes from exactly that basis -- all the sex laws, porn laws, drug laws -- the intolerant, hate-filled christian mindset that says sex is bad, mental freedom is bad, pleasure is bad, the

Re: Freematt's review of A State of Disobedience By Tom Kratman

2004-02-23 Thread Pete Capelli
Message flagged as -1 (Troll) And if you look back, it's clear that 99% if not all repression in the US comes from exactly that basis -- all the sex laws, porn laws, drug laws -- the intolerant, hate-filled christian mindset that says sex is bad, mental freedom is bad, pleasure is bad, the

Re: censorship

2004-01-20 Thread Pete Capelli
Mobile operators in the UK have joined forces to protect children from adult content accessible on mobile phones Not only is it censorship, but it also puts a kink in those phoning anonymously with the phones from the kwik-e-mart. The new code is going to make many people ask why, if the

Re: censorship

2004-01-20 Thread Pete Capelli
Mobile operators in the UK have joined forces to protect children from adult content accessible on mobile phones Not only is it censorship, but it also puts a kink in those phoning anonymously with the phones from the kwik-e-mart. The new code is going to make many people ask why, if the

Re: Quantum Loop Gravity Be For Whitey

2004-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
If they do it under threat, then it is not voluntary. They may have come here voluntarily, but that was probably due to the false advertising that America is a Land of Opportunity(tm) and other such rot that our country has used to sucker people to come here. Oh please. So the streets aren't

Re: Quantum Loop Gravity Be For Whitey

2004-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
If they do it under threat, then it is not voluntary. They may have come here voluntarily, but that was probably due to the false advertising that America is a Land of Opportunity(tm) and other such rot that our country has used to sucker people to come here. Oh please. So the streets aren't

Re: Lunar Colony

2004-01-15 Thread Pete Capelli
But bankrupting America will allow the ragheads to win. A lunar colony within 10 years will certainly bankrupt the U.S. given our current financial situation. Does anyone think it will take less than trillions of dollars to establish a moon base? It takes close to a billion dollars just

Re: Lunar Colony

2004-01-15 Thread Pete Capelli
But bankrupting America will allow the ragheads to win. A lunar colony within 10 years will certainly bankrupt the U.S. given our current financial situation. Does anyone think it will take less than trillions of dollars to establish a moon base? It takes close to a billion dollars just

Re: (No Subject)

2003-12-11 Thread Pete Capelli
This reminds me of that old saw about the fellow who falls off a 100 story building: Floor 75, everythings still okay Floor 50, still lookin good Floor 25, situation nominal Floor 5, feeling fine Unfortunately, there were some communication issues after he past floor 1. We're still waiting for

Re: (No Subject)

2003-12-11 Thread Pete Capelli
This reminds me of that old saw about the fellow who falls off a 100 story building: Floor 75, everythings still okay Floor 50, still lookin good Floor 25, situation nominal Floor 5, feeling fine Unfortunately, there were some communication issues after he past floor 1. We're still waiting for

Re: Marijuana once again legal in Ontario, Canada

2003-12-09 Thread Pete Capelli
Yeah - might want to hold off on that for now ... http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendlyc=Articlecid=1070925607028call_pageid=968332188492 -p - Original Message - From: Tim Meehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Marijuana once again legal in Ontario, Canada

2003-12-08 Thread Pete Capelli
Yeah - might want to hold off on that for now ... http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendlyc=Articlecid=1070925607028call_pageid=968332188492 -p - Original Message - From: Tim Meehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[cdr] Re: CNN.com - House votes for do-not-call registry - Sep. 25, 2003 (fwd)

2003-09-25 Thread Pete Capelli
You are assuming that each phone number represents only one person, which in most cases is incorrect. - Original Message - From: Jim Choate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:53 PM Subject: CNN.com - House votes for

Under cover of war ...

2003-03-27 Thread Pete Capelli
State legislatures pass all kids of authoritarian measures ... http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030327/1028333.asp When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty --- Thomas Jefferson

Under cover of war ...

2003-03-27 Thread Pete Capelli
State legislatures pass all kids of authoritarian measures ... http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030327/1028333.asp When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty --- Thomas Jefferson

Re: Fw: Drunk driver detector that radios police

2003-03-07 Thread Pete Capelli
Yes. Won't someone please think about the *children*? We shouldn't have a problem with being monitored 24x7 if we aren't doing anything illegal, right? Especially since it's for such a good cause! Did you ever think that perhaps this bothers people for reasons *other* than getting caught

Re: AmeriKKKa Tortures Detainees to Death

2003-03-07 Thread Pete Capelli
and here's the cnn article about it back in December: http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/04/afghan.detainee.death/in dex.html It's just startling that we have to hear the truth from news organizations outside america. Our much vaunted 'free-press' has turned into administration

Re: The burn-off of Tom Veil

2003-02-21 Thread Pete Capelli
- Original Message - From: Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:47 AM Subject: Re: The burn-off of Tom Veil What part of my above paragraph did you not understand? The rancor part. Let's take your line of reasoning another step.

Re: Science Journal 'Self-Censorship'

2003-02-17 Thread Pete Capelli
Mike Rosing wrote: On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Pete Capelli wrote: http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2003/02/item20030216103135_1.htm Self-governance, the editors say, is an alternative to government review of forthcoming journal articles. I don't edit any science journals, but I would expect

Science Journal 'Self-Censorship'

2003-02-16 Thread Pete Capelli
http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2003/02/item20030216103135_1.htm Self-governance, the editors say, is an alternative to government review of forthcoming journal articles. I don't edit any science journals, but I would expect there is no law requiring 'government review'. So what are the editors

Science Journal 'Self-Censorship'

2003-02-16 Thread Pete Capelli
http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2003/02/item20030216103135_1.htm Self-governance, the editors say, is an alternative to government review of forthcoming journal articles. I don't edit any science journals, but I would expect there is no law requiring 'government review'. So what are the editors

Re: Boycott America

2003-02-07 Thread Pete Capelli
Yeah, sometimes I really wish that the US could be a more peace loving country, like our friends, the Germans. I find it especially humorous that, in the list of car makers to avoid (or to purchase from), Daimler-Chrysler was left out. I'm sure this will work as well as the 'Don't buy gas' day

Re: A secure government

2003-02-06 Thread Pete Capelli
- Original Message - From: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:03 AM Subject: Re: A secure government On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 01:23 PM, W H Robinson wrote: The view I get fed all the time is that crypto is, on the whole,

Re: A secure government

2003-02-06 Thread Pete Capelli
- Original Message - From: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:03 AM Subject: Re: A secure government On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 01:23 PM, W H Robinson wrote: The view I get fed all the time is that crypto is, on the whole,

Re: Pigs Kill Family Pet

2003-01-09 Thread Pete Capelli
No they don't; or they wouldn't have had the balls to stop the car in the first place. -p - Original Message - From: Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Re: Pigs Kill Family Pet -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+

Re: Pigs Kill Family Pet

2003-01-09 Thread Pete Capelli
No they don't; or they wouldn't have had the balls to stop the car in the first place. -p - Original Message - From: Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Re: Pigs Kill Family Pet -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+