History's Worst Presidential Candidate

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:22:52 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Jarg"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

"Ool" wrote in message
...
Yes, but, in all fairness, one of the 9/11 planes hit the *Pentagon.*
That means not all of the terrorists' casualties were civilian, ei-
ther. So I guess that justifies it...


Don't forget the plane that hit the Pentagon was filled with civilians. I
wasn't suggesting that the various radical groups in the Middle East did not
target combatants, but that they don't seem to try to make a distinction
between combatants and non-combatants.

Actually, they do. They prefer non-combatants, because they believe
that it inspires more fear (which is their primary goal), and they're
softer targets, with less risk to themselves.

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 04:34:43 GMT, the following appeared in
sci.skeptic, posted by Fred J. McCall
:

Bob Casanova wrote:

:On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:18:51 GMT, the following appeared in
:sci.skeptic, posted by "sfb" :
:
wrote in message
groups.com...
:I don't know what to say about those who wildly blame the U.S.
: for all of the worlds problems, both real and perceived. I'll only
: note that Mr. Feher's claim that "The USA confiscates other
: countries natural resources" is absurd. The U.S., like all other
: nations, purchases resources in a competitive marketplace.
: Recently, the price of most resources has been set by China,
: not by the U.S.. Mr. Feher should take comfort, I suppose, in the
: knowledge that the U.S. is actually growing weaker economically,
: relative to the rest of the world, every day.
:
:How many oil wells are there in Japan or France or Germany?
:
:None. What's your point?

Wrong.

France - pumped 27,000 barrels of crude per day in 2002.

Germany - pumped 69,000 barrels of crude per day in 2002.

Japan - pumped 6,000 barrels of crude per day in 2002.

I'm not sure what they pumped all that crude oil out of if there are
zero oil wells amongst them, as you have stated.

My error; thanks for correcting. So to get back to the
question to sfb...

Enough to yield 6,000, 27,000 and 69,000 barrels per day
respectively. What's your point?

--

Bob C.

Reply to Bob-Casanova @ worldnet.att.net
(without the spaces, of course)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ...
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:58:17 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Ool"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Well, since the people hijacking the plane didn't come from the nation
you're presently occupying at great expense nor were they sponsored by
that country or harbored in that country I'd choose the term...

WORLD LYNCH MOB

Yes, you choose all manner of idiotic things.


Hey, whatever you say. Whatever you say!

Now, while making your well thought out, elaborately phrased, and al-
together fascinatingly insightful remarks, could you please point that
pitchfork you're holding and the torch away from my face? You and
your-- um-- colleagues...?



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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:33:46 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Ool"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Well, since the people hijacking the plane didn't come from the nation
you're presently occupying at great expense nor were they sponsored by
that country or harbored in that country I'd choose the term...

WORLD LYNCH MOB

Yes, you choose all manner of idiotic things.


Hey, whatever you say. Whatever you say!

Now, while making your well thought out, elaborately phrased, and al-
together fascinatingly insightful remarks, could you please point that
pitchfork you're holding and the torch away from my face?

Yes, certainly. Just as soon as you stop beating babies.

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:30:43 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Tamas
:Feher" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
:such a way as to indicate that:
:
:The problem with your sentence is: it's false. The USA thinks she is
:the
:world police and tries to tell the 6 billion non-US people on Earth
:how
:they should live politically, economically and lifestyle-wise.
:
:Only when their lifestyle includes hijacking our aircraft, murdering
:their crew, and flying them into buildings.
:
:The muslims only oppose USA when its sends a battleship to razor 12
:rural villages with 16" shells killing 5,000 women, children and
:elderly.
:
:That's bull****. Osama wants to reestablish the Caliphate.

Not only that, it's bull**** because we haven't had a battleship, with
or without 16" guns, for quite some time.

Not only that, it's bull**** because even when we had such a ship,
there was no way it was going to "razor" anything, given the nature of
the ammo.

Mr Feher is quite obviously just a noisy idiot. This, of course, is
why all I seem of him anymore is the echoes from my personal dustbin.

--
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:51:20 -0700, in a place far, far away, Alain
Fournier made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


I don't think there are that many canadians who hate Yankees because of
that pot thing. There must be some, we have our fair share of wacko's.
But even if we don't hate you for it, it is annoying. And it would
probably help your country on the diplomatic side if it didn't do as
much things like that.

No doubt, but politics are what they are.

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
...

Not only that, it's bull**** because we haven't had a battleship, with
or without 16" guns, for quite some time.


Not in service, but I believe two remain on the naval register.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:19:10 -0700, Alain Fournier
wrote:



Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:38:59 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Tamas
Feher" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:


We don't try to run your country. Stop trying to run ours.

The problem with your sentence is: it's false. The USA thinks she is the
world police and tries to tell the 6 billion non-US people on Earth how
they should live politically, economically and lifestyle-wise.


Only when their lifestyle includes hijacking our aircraft, murdering
their crew, and flying them into buildings.

No. Canadian lifestyle includes none of that. The canadian government
wanted to legalize pot last year. The US government told them there
would be sanctions if we did so. Marijuana is still illegal in Canada.
I can bring out more examples if you want.

Alain Fournier

Well there was this little thing called an election this summer which
as you may know wipes out any legislation currently in the pipe. The
Attorney General has stated that it is still in the works, but now
that the Liberals are in a minority goverment position, I'd say the
chances of the legislation being presented to the house is close to
zero.

Kelly McDonald

Ah yes: The Europeans are willing to fight to the last -- AMERICAN.

To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling --

"For it's Ollie this, and Ollie that,
And 'Ollie, how's your soul?'
But it's 'Thin red line of 'eroes'
When the drums begin to roll!"

"Let every nation know, whether we wish them well or ill, that we will pay
any price, bear any burden, endure every hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe in order to secure the survival and success of liberty."

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-63)
President of the United States



--
Leonard C Robinson
"On strange worlds beneath strange suns,
Time and the Gods are preparing for Man the sites of cities yet to be."
(Sir Arthur Charles, Lord Clarke of Serendip)

Fred J. McCall wrote:

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:30:43 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Tamas
:Feher" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
:such a way as to indicate that:
:
:The problem with your sentence is: it's false. The USA thinks she is
:the
:world police and tries to tell the 6 billion non-US people on Earth
:how
:they should live politically, economically and lifestyle-wise.
:
:Only when their lifestyle includes hijacking our aircraft, murdering
:their crew, and flying them into buildings.
:
:The muslims only oppose USA when its sends a battleship to razor 12
:rural villages with 16" shells killing 5,000 women, children and
:elderly.
:
:That's bull****. Osama wants to reestablish the Caliphate.

Not only that, it's bull**** because we haven't had a battleship, with
or without 16" guns, for quite some time.


I belive dear Mr. Feher is referring to the New Jersey or the Iowa
bombarding part of Lebanon back in the mid '80s.

Of course, *bin Laden* isn't referring to that. None of the 9-11
hijackers was "palestinian," or, IIRC, Lebanese.