OT -- very thoughtful, imho

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:53:33 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"George Adams" wrote in message
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From: "Wolfgang"

Very nice. All that's missing is the broker.

Wolfgang
how do you spell cia?

U.N.

HTH


George Adams

Ah, so the U.N. took nearly 400 tons of explosives and is hiding the booty?
Yeah, that would be characteristic.

Wolfgang

I understand that if UNICEF donations don't pick up this Halloween
they're going to resort to a bit more forceful methods. A little HE
can loosen a lot of coin purses.

g.c.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:53:33 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"George Adams" wrote in message
...
From: "Wolfgang"

Very nice. All that's missing is the broker.

Wolfgang
how do you spell cia?

U.N.

HTH


George Adams

Ah, so the U.N. took nearly 400 tons of explosives and is hiding the booty?
Yeah, that would be characteristic.

Wolfgang

I understand that if UNICEF donations don't pick up this Halloween
they're going to resort to a bit more forceful methods. A little HE
can loosen a lot of coin purses.

g.c.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:26:17 -0700, "David Snedeker"
wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
Ok, where are you big ol' queens registered? I'd feel like a real heel
not
sending something to the wedding...lessee...a DVD of La Cage?...naw, y'all
both
probably have copies...a weekend getaway at Fire Island?...naw, no point
in
subjecting a couple of cracker packers to that kind of ridicule...AHA! A
great
big bucket of kosher pickles, a dozen foot-long Hebrew Nationals, and a
crate of
KY! The perfect gift for you two lovebirds!

Congrats, you big silly jabbering loonies, you,
Pug or Kug or Dickie or whatever

Dear Pug Knuckler
Come on Pug, you can answer the question. Are you making money off this war?

Beel-yons and beel-yons...and not to get you and the wife TOO excited, but I
like to strip down to my $1000USD silk and spotted-owl skivvies and roll around
in it.

Its a very simple question.

Well, of course it is - a very simple question from a very simple person.

A little or a lot? Fat cost plus contract, or just the usual? Normal
kickback or just a campaign contribution thru a fictitious cutout? Or even
an "honest (for Haliburton at least) competitive" deal among friends? Lets
hear from someone in the know. How about it Pug? You cashing in on this War
thingy?

Well, I really shouldn't be telling you this, but we are making it hand over
fist...pickles, sausage, looted explosives, yak butter, crotchless panties, you
name it...why, just this morning, I put some stuff on eBay, and cha-CHING, "Buy
It Now" comes through again...whodathunk those insurgents would want THAT much,
but there you are - 377 tons of the stuff...of course, we'll probably have to
beat the lackeys in our Guatemalan sweatshops to turn out all that Victoria's
black silk butt-floss...ever had to make a thong, Sarge? Geez, look who I'm
asking...

That said, your point is well-taken. Here I am, raking it in, and I offer plain
ol' KY to you and your bride. Well, don't worry, it's real AstroGlide for you
two lovebirds...any flavor y'all especially like?

PK or Dickie or whatever...

"George Adams" wrote in message
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From: "Wolfgang



Ah, so the U.N. took nearly 400 tons of explosives and is hiding the
booty?
Yeah, that would be characteristic.

how do you spell stupid?

It's no more or less stupid than your theory. Both are rediculous.

Yeah, we all know that the United Nations is justly famous for it's
ultra-secret black ops that nobody ever heard about.

Wolfgang
isn't that right, chris?

"George Adams" wrote in message
...
From: "Wolfgang



Ah, so the U.N. took nearly 400 tons of explosives and is hiding the
booty?
Yeah, that would be characteristic.

how do you spell stupid?

It's no more or less stupid than your theory. Both are rediculous.

Yeah, we all know that the United Nations is justly famous for it's
ultra-secret black ops that nobody ever heard about.

Wolfgang
isn't that right, chris?

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"Larry L" wrote in message ...
wrote
Hmmm....and why not:

http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover.html


also mostly thoughtful

but I don't think this part qualifies

" There is a final reason I support George W. Bush. A presidential election
is a Hatfield-McCoy thing, a tribal affair. No matter the quarrels inside
the family, when the shooting starts, you come home to your own "

IMHO, one test of true patriotism is whether one is willing to temporarily
abandon one's tribe if that tribe is clearly doing the wrong things.

Several Republicans for whom I've always had great respect, Powell and
McCain, by example, have largely lost that respect. Even though it's clear
they know Bush has and will lead in the wrong direction, a direction that
will likely still be damaging this country decades after I'm dead and
buried, they are still marching the Bush goosestep, towing the party line.
Any politician, or simple citizen, needs to be more loyal to country than
party to get my respect. And any discussion must do more than evoke "gang
colors" to qualify as thoughtful, to me.

Few things seem less thoughtful than supporting wrong actions just because
they were made "in the family." Much of this election reminds me of a
policeman getting attacked by the battered wife when the cop tries to arrest
the abusing husband beating her ... THINK lady, think voters .... "in the
family" does not = good for you

I've already voted, signed, sealed and delivered .... I voted AGAINST Bush
and I don't like negative voting, but I believe I made the best choice
possible for my country ...... and my "tribe" had nothing to do with it.

Our system is broken, I can't see how anyone can argue that ( well there are
the agrue just to argue types ).

This election has made me certain that what I want to help us all work
towards is changes in the system. Examples, ... the idea of "instant
runoff elections" seems good to me, we desperately need third parties and a
way for us to vote for what we actually believe in without wasting our
vote. .... campaign finance reform .... imho, after you are on the ballot, X
amount of money should be provided to each candidate and that is it, period,
spend more and you just broke the law. If nothing else, the ability to
budget and spend wisely and to good advantage is an ideal requirement for
any elected office ... I find it very ironic that the "money party" is
spending 6 to 8 times ( the figures I've heard, I don't know what is truly
accurate) on the campaign and is TIED ... if they are so damn good with
money why aren't they Way, way, ahead? how badly would they be being beaten
if the playing field$ were level? ... I really don't mean that as a
RepSlam, more as an example of how real control of the buck$ might yield far
better elected officials, ones that think deficit DOES matter, for instance