At 4:29 pm -0400 8/28/04, Darcy James Argue wrote:
No, that's not what I meant at all. What I meant was, Brad seemed
to be having trouble putting himself in the shoes of an Iraqi
olympian who has lost thousands of his countrymen and finds his
country occupied by a foreign power.
Oh.
That one.
Brad Beyenhof wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:45:01 -0700, Richard Yates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I like the arrangement that is being used in the Olympics this time around.
The '..rockets red glare' section is sweet and peaceful. Not a good match
for the words, but better than an a swaggering
I certainly do not consider myself to be overly chauvinistic or a
jingoist. However, in consideration of all our country has done for
the world over the past two hundred years in terms of global aide and
other charitable acts, I am much more than sick and tired of being
portrayed as the
On 28 Aug 2004, at 03:04 PM, Richard Walsh wrote:
Huh, I'm sorry if this is off topic, but kindly name for me the
source of this outrageous statement,
Sure thing:
Since the late 1940s, when more than 15% of every U.S. tax dollar was
sent overseas to help rebuild war-torn Europe, the share of
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:13:16 -0400, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, I just can't let this go.
Brad wrote (RE: a member of the Iraqi soccer team):
What a bunch of ingrates! We rescue his country from the grip of a
tyrant, and this is the thanks we get?
What it comes
Dean M. Estabrook writes:
And, where is the outrage over the HOST crowd preventing the
start of a race via the jeering directed at three Americans who simply
came to their country to compete in an environment of purported equal
access and non bias? Considering the fact that the situation
If I could chime in here, there is one posture (other than loved and
feared) that was left out of the equation, and that was respected,
It is good to be loved, if not loved, then at least respected, if not
respected, then one must be feared...
'twas ever thus.
RW
On Saturday, August 28, 2004,
On 28 Aug 2004, at 04:19 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
I inferred from your post that we Americans didn't know how it felt
to lose a large number of countrymen in an attack by a foreign force.
No, that's not what I meant at all. What I meant was, Brad seemed to
be having trouble putting himself
On Aug 28, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
As for the the emotional effect of our National Anthem, I prefer a
version which constricts my throat muscles and produces horripilation
[...]
I don't know about horripilation, but I definitely prefer a version
which DOESN'T constrict my
On Aug 28, 2004, at 1:29 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 28 Aug 2004, at 04:19 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
I inferred from your post that we Americans didn't know how it felt
to lose a large number of countrymen in an attack by a foreign force.
No, that's not what I meant at all. What I meant
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:29:23 -0400, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 28 Aug 2004, at 04:19 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
I inferred from your post that we Americans didn't know how it felt
to lose a large number of countrymen in an attack by a foreign force.
No, that's not
I like the arrangement that is being used in the Olympics this time around.
The '..rockets red glare' section is sweet and peaceful. Not a good match
for the words, but better than an a swaggering march.
Anyone know who did it or how they choose?
Richard Yates
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