Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-30 Thread Kurt Wall
An unnamed Administration source, dep, wrote: % begin Collins Richey's quote: % % | The sicko pacifists will puke over this one. The author's site is % | getting hammered with hits. % | % | Some of us support the troops. % % you'll find this, then, um, amusing. it is written by the chairman

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-30 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:26:51 -0500 Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An unnamed Administration source, dep, wrote: % begin Collins Richey's quote: % % | The sicko pacifists will puke over this one. The author's site is % | getting hammered with hits. % | % | Some of us support the

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Keith Antoine
At 11:54 AM 28/03/2003 +0930, you wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 11:27, Collins Richey wrote: Some of us support the troops. Knowing this is waay off-topic :) I think the troops deserve our 110% support. It is the leaders of the relevant Governments that may not deserve our support. James Well

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be good, but something smells. Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Gerry Doris
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Keith Antoine wrote: At 11:54 AM 28/03/2003 +0930, you wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 11:27, Collins Richey wrote: Some of us support the troops. Knowing this is waay off-topic :) I think the troops deserve our 110% support. It is the leaders of the relevant

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Collins Richey
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:50:41 -0800 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be good, but something smells. Not in the least. I don't ever believe that massive

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 29 March 2003 10:21 am, Collins Richey wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:50:41 -0800 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be good, but something

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Joel Hammer
Well, I don't blame politicians. I always blame the voters. And, I wonder what kind of person really goes into politics. Even the best politician can't really be too honest or too bright. And, then, they have to pass through a very narrow screening process courtesy of the extreme wings of their

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread dep
begin Ken Moffat's quote: | Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and | the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be | good, but something smells. actually, not really. there are, besides substantial cultural differences and a mistrust of just

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 07:13, Gerry Doris wrote: I am absolutely certain that there is some kind of screening process for politicians to ensure they only have negative IQ's. -- Gerry Negative IQ's Oh come on Gerry, get with it! How dare you imply that they actually possess any degree of

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ken Moffat
dep wrote: so when we don't quite understand how it's all playing out, to some extent it's because we're watching a cricket match and thinking in terms of baseball. Excellent analogy. I think you are correct, but the jury is still out. ___

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Collins Richey
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:24:49 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To quote another great writer and politician, W. Churchill: They had to choose between dishonor and war. They chose dishonor, and they shall have war. Wow! I've always been a fan of Churchill, but I never

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Lee
n Saturday 29 March 2003 07:21, Collins Richey wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:50:41 -0800 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be good, but something smells.

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Alan Jackson
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 10:59:56 -0500 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Antarctica is getting colder. 2. Greenland is getting colder. 3. The USA weather stations show no temperature increase. 4. Global satellite temperature data shows no temperature increase. This agrees with data from

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ian Stephen
rant Could the facts that reconstruction to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, to be paid for with Iraqi oil money, with bids only being taken from USA companies and those at the front of the line being those well connected to the current administration, all of which will be under the

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Net Llama!
This so desperately should be on [EMAIL PROTECTED] anyway, welcome to Bush Ashcroft's America, where if you're not supporting the 'regime' you muswt be a terrorist. i hardly think it a coincidence that the most intollerant are those who are most closely alligned with the Bush regime. On Sat,

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Harry G
On Saturday 29 March 2003 11:45 am, Ken Moffat wrote: snip The contracts awarded Cheney's old business friends snip apparently not true. See http://www.msnbc.com/news/892259.asp?0cv=BB10cp1=1 Harry G ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Harry G wrote: On Saturday 29 March 2003 11:45 am, Ken Moffat wrote: snip The contracts awarded Cheney's old business friends snip apparently not true. See http://www.msnbc.com/news/892259.asp?0cv=BB10cp1=1 I'm a bit surprised. Guess the heat was turned up a bit.

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ken Moffat
Lee wrote: My 3 cents worth. First this should go to the general list. Secondly, after 22 years in the military I'm a little disqusted by most of this That's 4 cents worth. I think some of that is mitigated my circumstances, and I do think Sadam is a threat in the long run, but mostly I agree

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Joel Hammer
We seem to have different sources of information. What would it take to change your mind on these four items? You might visit these links. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2840137.stm Greenland cools as world warms By Jonathan Amos BBC News Online science staff Greenland is

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Joel Hammer
Thanks for the facts. However, this will have no impact on the debate, here or in the rest of the world, believe me. It's not facts, but emotions and perceptions, that drive all these arguments. Joel On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 02:05:29PM -0500, Harry G wrote: On Saturday 29 March 2003 11:45 am,

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Joel Hammer
If you want to experience intolerance in the reverse direction, visit the Greenpeace community bulletin board. There, the people who hate Bush the most use quite insulting language towards people who express progovernment views. I must also say that attaching a man's name to a policy, (Bush

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Lee
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 12:15, Joel Hammer wrote: The generals? You'd have to go all the back to the our Civil War and the campaigns of George McClellan to equal their non ability. Now you have gone too far. McClellan was heads and shoulders above the crowd. He was the most responsible

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Alan Jackson
My sources are the journals Science and Nature. I follow this rather closely, since I am a Geophysicist and work in the oil industry. Really, only Exxon and members of the administration do not believe global warming is taking place. Even oil companies such as Shell and BP agree that global

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Keith Antoine
At 06:50 AM 29/03/2003 -0800, you wrote: Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be good, but something smells. Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Keith Antoine
At 08:56 AM 29/03/2003 -0800, you wrote: dep wrote: so when we don't quite understand how it's all playing out, to some extent it's because we're watching a cricket match and thinking in terms of baseball. Excellent analogy. I think you are correct, but the jury is still out. Our problem on

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Net Llama!
On 03/29/03 11:40, Joel Hammer wrote: If you want to experience intolerance in the reverse direction, visit the Greenpeace community bulletin board. There, the people who hate Bush the most use quite insulting language towards people who express progovernment views. All that proves is that there

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Net Llama!
that's the most sensible comment this thread has seen yet. thanks. On 03/29/03 11:51, Collins Richey wrote: Let's move this off to the general list now, please. Some love this interchange, but many would prefer to stick to linux on this list. --

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Leon Goldstein
Would someone please send me a note when the list resumes discussing Linux? I readily concede my ignorance of things Linux, compared to the other list members. But I am a retired army officer - field artillery. I know a little bit about the conduct of war. It's bad enough having to put up with

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread ronnie gauthier
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:39:47 -0800 - Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following Re: Re: OT We won't back down... n Saturday 29 March 2003 07:21, Collins Richey wrote: My 3 cents worth. First this should go to the general list. Secondly, after 22 snip huge numbers of troops to guard the supply

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Tim Wunder
On Saturday 29 March 2003 7:21 pm, someone claiming to be Lee wrote: snip P.S. once again apologize to those on the list who just want to do Linux, but I don't know how to move the whole kit and kaboddle to the gereral list. Um, perhaps replying to , or at least cc'[EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-28 Thread Aaron Grewell
On Thursday 27 March 2003 06:29 pm, dep wrote: begin Collins Richey's quote: | The sicko pacifists will puke over this one. The author's site is | getting hammered with hits. | | Some of us support the troops. you'll find this, then, um, amusing. it is written by the chairman of the kde

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-28 Thread dep
begin Aaron Grewell's quote: | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=kde-cafem=104870620205766w=2 | | Wow. That's just bizarre. I know some conspiracy theorists, but | that's far beyond the pale. Most of the folks I know who are | *against* the war (lots at the UW as is typical of academia) would

OT We won't back down...

2003-03-27 Thread Bill Day
I received this on a automotive list I'm on... It is in Shockwave, but if you can give it a look.. http://www.teasquadron.com/Soldiers.html Bill Day 8:10pm up 82 days, 1:45, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 http://counter.li.org #83358 http://linux-sxs.org/ YIM dakota4x4mopar

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:41:55 -0600 Bill Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received this on a automotive list I'm on... It is in Shockwave, but if you can give it a look.. http://www.teasquadron.com/Soldiers.html Bill Day Wow! The sicko pacifists will puke over this one. The author's

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-27 Thread James McArthur
Hi, On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 11:27, Collins Richey wrote: Some of us support the troops. Knowing this is waay off-topic :) I think the troops deserve our 110% support. It is the leaders of the relevant Governments that may not deserve our support. James -- James McArthur [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-27 Thread dep
begin Collins Richey's quote: | The sicko pacifists will puke over this one. The author's site is | getting hammered with hits. | | Some of us support the troops. you'll find this, then, um, amusing. it is written by the chairman of the kde league:

Re: OT We won't back down...

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:29:38 -0500 dep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: begin Collins Richey's quote: | The sicko pacifists will puke over this one. The author's site is | getting hammered with hits. | | Some of us support the troops. you'll find this, then, um, amusing. it is written by the