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TSA bans gels, liquids at aircraft museums
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.c...dline=s2i11241 ;-) Rusty |
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"Rusty" wrote in message ups.com... TSA bans gels, liquids at aircraft museums http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.c...dline=s2i11241 ;-) Another writer with WAY too much spare time |
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On 22 Aug 2006 09:27:41 -0700, "Rusty"
wrote: TSA bans gels, liquids at aircraft museums http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.c...dline=s2i11241 ....On a lark, I called down to the Confederate Air Force Museum in Galveston. The old guy who answered the phone had this to say: "Well, I'd heard about it, but to be honest we'll be damned if we're gonna let a bunch of A-Rab terrorists spoil everyone's visits here. Besides, we don't allow drinks in the exhibit hall anyway." Remember, kids - even the terrorists know that while they can ply their trade on the Yankees to their hearts' content, they also know better than to **** with Texans... OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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OM wrote:
Remember, kids - even the terrorists know that while they can ply their trade on the Yankees to their hearts' content, they also know better than to **** with Texans... They know well enough to leave the Texans alone so that the chances of another incompetent President from Texas are increased. Another Bush-like President would be much more helpful to their cause. - Ed Kyle (My Blue-State Senator was one of very few wise enough to vote against Mr. Bush's Iraqi fiasco, which remains on track to claim 10,000+ U.S. lives (per Mr. Bush's "not as long as I'm President speech this week) for no result in the Islamist War beyond draining away the riches of our nation.) |
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Ed Kyle wrote: They know well enough to leave the Texans alone so that the chances of another incompetent President from Texas are increased. Another Bush-like President would be much more helpful to their cause. LBJ- Vietnam. GWB- Iraq. Way I see it, we should ask them to secede...under threat of force if they don't. Best damn argument for the Confederacy I ever saw. :-) Pat |
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Pat Flannery wrote: Ed Kyle wrote: They know well enough to leave the Texans alone so that the chances of another incompetent President from Texas are increased. Another Bush-like President would be much more helpful to their cause. LBJ- Vietnam. GWB- Iraq. Way I see it, we should ask them to secede...under threat of force if they don't. Best damn argument for the Confederacy I ever saw. :-) The Texas Mentality When faced with the choice of the world vs. the US, always choose the US. When faced with the choice of the US vs. Texas, always choose Texas. The problem now is that we have Texas vs. the world and the rest of the US is along for the ride. Like it or not! Eric Pat |
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"Ed Kyle" wrote in message ups.com... They know well enough to leave the Texans alone so that the chances of another incompetent President from Texas are increased. Another Bush-like President would be much more helpful to their cause. They can't have it both ways- it's got to be either incompetent or Bush-like. |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... LBJ- Vietnam. GWB- Iraq. FDR- WW2 Lincoln- War of Southern Aggression Truman- Korea Tyler- Mexico Wilson- WW1 And so on and so forth... |
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:20:13 -0400, "Scott Hedrick"
wrote: Lincoln- War of Southern Aggression ....Buchannan has his share of the guilt on that one. Had he half a clue, the War Betwixt the States could have been avoided. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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Eric Chomko wrote: The Texas Mentality When faced with the choice of the world vs. the US, always choose the US. When faced with the choice of the US vs. Texas, always choose Texas. The problem now is that we have Texas vs. the world and the rest of the US is along for the ride. Like it or not! Consider the historical event that is basis of Texan pride: The Battle Of The Alamo. A group of Texans take over a basically indefensible strategic position which Santa Anna's forces could easily have bypassed in order to lure him into battle and hold him up till Sam Houston rides to their aid. Aiding them in this historic cause are many non-Texans, including Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett. When it becomes obvious that the Mexican forces vastly outnumber their own, the Alamo defenders do not retreat to a safer position, they hold their ground. When Santa Anna offers them surrender, they do not accept it, they hold their ground. They are then slaughtered to a man in battle. Then Sam Houston's forces do take on Santa Anna and win. What grand lessons does this teach the Texan mind? 1.) Texans are there to inspire people from other states to join them in their worthy cause. 2.) It's worth losing if you can even temporarily hold the enemy up, and inflict some harm on him. 3.) Real men don't retreat even when the situation is hopeless. 4.) Nor do they ever surrender, no matter what the alternative is. 5.) As long as everyone is brave enough to die, victory will surely come shortly. A lot of this sounds familiar. This is the Japanese WW II Bushido mindset in action: If we are all extraordinarily brave and take extraordinary risks, the gods will reward us with sure victory; in fact the more willing to die, and in fact the more of us that die, the more sure that victory will become. Every setback is not a setback, but merely shows that we haven't been brave enough yet- the more desperate and hopeless the situation the greater the opportunity for glory on our parts. No retreat! No surrender! Better to die to the last man than face the ignominy of having shown cowardice in the face of the enemy! We all remember how well that whole strategy played out for Japan when it was actually put into action... mass pointless banzai charges slaughtering their troops that could have resisted for far longer if properly used and strategically withdrawn when the enemy showed overwhelming strength. But the Texan mindset is fixed- when your greatest heroes were the slaughtered of the Alamo, and most historically defining event a bloody military defeat, then the bloodier the battle the better! To do any less would be a betrayal of your Texan soul. Surely, if we just keep it up enough and keep escalating more and more, no matter what the losses, then sooner or later Sam Houston will come riding to our rescue and a great victory will be ours! If not, then we went down fighting! So if things don't go right in Vietnam, then it's time to try harder, no matter what the casualty figures are like. Victory is inevitable with enough time, courage, and blood. And if things don't go right in Iraq, the same rule applies. It just takes more effort and sacrifice on our parts- the basic concept is certainly not unsound. But our enemy is using a different battleplan- strike, withdraw, regroup, strike again at a different point; never attack your enemy where he is, attack him where he isn't. Bypass him, cut him off, avoid direct large scale battles at all costs unless absolutely necessary, and then whenever possible only when you are completely sure of a swift victory that immediately advantages your strategic position. Always keep your forces intact, even if it means retreating. Sound familiar? What if the guy saying it was smoking a corncob pipe, wearing sunglasses, and had a really unkempt looking General's hat on? What if the guy saying it long before him later became our country's first president? Right now, our Iraqi "green zones" are like Japanese held Pacific islands- they are mighty formidable, but hell to supply with all those insurgent submarines lurking out there...and the insurgents aren't playing fair by not doing a manly direct attack on us, the way that decent Texans would. It shows their cowardice and inferiority... mind you they might win this way, but the moral victory would surely be ours, and that's worth dying for. And besides, their victory would be short-lived, as at any moment God is going to come riding over the hill with six angelic battalions of the Army Of The Republic Of Texas behind him...provided of course that we show that we are _worthy_ of His aid by holding the fort no matter what the cost. Remember the Alamo was a church, and he obviously saw what was going on their, and intervened against the Godless Spanish. But no, it's up to Texas to show us all the rest of how to as great of men as Texan's are, and if that means dying to the last man, so be it. The latest political line out of Washington is how unfortunate it was that the people in power didn't tell the American public just how long and costly in both lives and treasure the war in Iraq would be, so that they would be ready for what has transpired since it began. This is a very novel argument...because if they had told the public that it would take years upon years, cost them over 300 billion dollars, and send back thousands of their sons and daughters in body bags, as more and more Ready Reserve and National Guard members were called up, the American people would have told them to go **** themselves and the horse they rode in on. So they didn't tell them that... the told them it would take a few weeks or months, cost around 50 billion dollars and everybody would be home for Christmas. In short, they either: A.) Completely ****ed up as to what the war would entail, indicating gross incompetence on their part. or: B.) Realized what it would entail, and lied about it. Pat |
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