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"James Bremner" |
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13 Nov 2003 06:49:11 AM |
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700 Club shows its brains again |
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
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James Bremner
Duh? Buh.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: 700 Club shows its brains again |
14 Nov 2003 01:08:56 AM |
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In article <MPG.1a1d8e2737e5b9f89897c0@news.freeserve.com>,
James Bremner <earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> wrote:
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
The 700 club has a brain? That would be news indeed. The Queen writes
her own speeches probably to the same extent that Bush writes his.
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John Hachmann, aa #1782
- Question authority. Now more than ever. -
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| User: "Brian Westley" |
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| Title: Re: 700 Club shows its brains again |
13 Nov 2003 09:32:35 AM |
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James Bremner <earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> writes:
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
They probably thought the queen was played by Barry Humphries.
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "Im Gonna Clayton After Allllllllllll *toss hat in the air*" |
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| Title: Re: 700 Club shows its brains again |
13 Nov 2003 06:44:49 PM |
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"Brian Westley" <westley@visi.com> wrote in message
news:3fb3a413$0$41284$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com...
James Bremner <earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> writes:
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
They probably thought the queen was played by Barry Humphries.
For those who don't know, Barry Humphries is the Australian comedian who
plays Dame Edna Everage.
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "Michael Nash" |
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| Title: Re: 700 Club shows its brains again |
13 Nov 2003 06:09:14 PM |
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James Bremner <earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> wrote in
news:MPG.1a1d8e2737e5b9f89897c0@news.freeserve.com:
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
My gawd, you mean they have the "700 Club" in the UK, too? Well, there's
yet another reason for the rest of the world to hate us...sigh...
--
Michael Nash - aa # 1651
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that
we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic
and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
--Teddy Roosevelt (Kansas City Star, 7 May 1918)
"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me."
--George W. Bush (12/21/01, three months after 9/11)
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| User: "Alun Harford" |
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| Title: Re: 700 Club shows its brains again |
13 Nov 2003 06:53:09 PM |
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"Michael Nash" <nashmj1971@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9432B8ACA2AA3nashmjhotmailcom@216.196.97.132...
James Bremner <earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> wrote in
news:MPG.1a1d8e2737e5b9f89897c0@news.freeserve.com:
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
My gawd, you mean they have the "700 Club" in the UK, too? Well, there's
yet another reason for the rest of the world to hate us...sigh...
Don't worry. The only people I know who watch it do so to point and laugh.
It has the same effect as the Iraqi information minister.
Alun Harford
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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13 Nov 2003 05:37:41 PM |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:49:11 -0000 the ET form known as James
Bremner<earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> sent a radio signal across the
vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
I think you answered your own question. Made for TV requires little in
the way substance.
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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13 Nov 2003 10:59:02 AM |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:49:11 -0000, James Bremner
<earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk> wrote:
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
I agree.
Unfortunately most of the US is equally ignorant. Case in point: in
another newsgroup somebody pointed some off-topic remarks about
"soldiers dying for 'our" freedom" (in a model railroad group of all
places). I pointed out that the last time they had really died for OUR
freedom was WW2, and that it was a Presidential feel-good cliche. I
was called an idiot after I pointed out the appalling diplomatic
gaffes committed by Reagan & Co over Grenada, where they initiated an
act of war against the Crown. And made it worse by calling Thatcher
after the event to "explain" it. She was angry and told the Queen who
was absolutely livid.
The Queen is the titular head of the Commonwealth, including the
United Kingdom. She is advised by her Prime Minister. But the Prime
Minister is merely PM for the UK, not the Commonwealth although s/he
has an interest.
If the US diplomatic service included career diplomats instead of
party hacks, and if being an ambassador were the pinnacle of a long
and distinguished career in the diplomatic corps they wouldn't make
this kind of mistake.
Reagan did other gaffes that his foreign office should have prevented:
announcing to the world that he had been invited to the Royal Wedding
before the list was published (people are informally asked then added
to the list which is eventually made public). And announcing to the
world that he had been invited to "address a joint session of
Parliament" - there is no such thing. They should have said something
to him like "it's their country, they do things their way which isn't
the same as ours. Even if you don't understand why, just accept it -
it's the way they do things over there".
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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13 Nov 2003 11:56:10 AM |
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I agree.
Unfortunately most of the US is equally ignorant. Case in point: in
another newsgroup somebody pointed some off-topic remarks about
"soldiers dying for 'our" freedom" (in a model railroad group of all
places). I pointed out that the last time they had really died for OUR
freedom was WW2, and that it was a Presidential feel-good cliche. I
was called an idiot after I pointed out the appalling diplomatic
gaffes committed by Reagan & Co over Grenada, where they initiated an
act of war against the Crown. And made it worse by calling Thatcher
after the event to "explain" it. She was angry and told the Queen who
was absolutely livid.
While this is most definitely true we do tend to forget that just a year
earlier Reagan willfully violated the OAS Treaty to give the UK intelligence
information during the Falklands War. In that area of the world the OAS Treaty
clearly took precedence over the NATO Treaty. Reagan sided with the UK where,
by treaty, he was required to side with Argentina.
It was hypocritical in the extreme for HM government to criticize the invasion
of Grenada when they applauded the US's violation of the OAS Treaty when it was
to their benefit just a year before.
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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13 Nov 2003 05:09:40 PM |
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On 13 Nov 2003 17:56:10 GMT, forlornh@aol.complex (Lord Calvert)
wrote:
I agree.
Unfortunately most of the US is equally ignorant. Case in point: in
another newsgroup somebody pointed some off-topic remarks about
"soldiers dying for 'our" freedom" (in a model railroad group of all
places). I pointed out that the last time they had really died for OUR
freedom was WW2, and that it was a Presidential feel-good cliche. I
was called an idiot after I pointed out the appalling diplomatic
gaffes committed by Reagan & Co over Grenada, where they initiated an
act of war against the Crown. And made it worse by calling Thatcher
after the event to "explain" it. She was angry and told the Queen who
was absolutely livid.
While this is most definitely true we do tend to forget that just a year
earlier Reagan willfully violated the OAS Treaty to give the UK intelligence
information during the Falklands War. In that area of the world the OAS Treaty
clearly took precedence over the NATO Treaty. Reagan sided with the UK where,
by treaty, he was required to side with Argentina.
It was hypocritical in the extreme for HM government to criticize the invasion
of Grenada when they applauded the US's violation of the OAS Treaty when it was
to their benefit just a year before.
Not really.
Both Grenada and the Falklands were acts of war against the crown. The
former inisted by the US and the latter by Argentina.
The OAS is, like NATO a mutual DEFENCE treaty. If the UK had invaded
Argentinian territory, then you might have a case. As it is, Argentina
invaded a Crown Colony.
I don't think you understand the appalling diplomatic insult Reagan
perpetrated. If he felt there was a problem he should have discussed
it with the Crown and her representatives. He didn't. It happened out
of the blue.
Consider the UK invading Puerto Rico and presenting it as a fait
accompli to the Governer of Florida, leaving the President out of the
loop.
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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14 Nov 2003 10:34:07 PM |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:59:02 GMT, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> posted in alt.atheism:
Parliament" - there is no such thing. They should have said something
to him like "it's their country, they do things their way which isn't
the same as ours. Even if you don't understand why, just accept it -
it's the way they do things over there".
But that's been "un-American" for a long time.
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of
themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
- Bertrand Russell
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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15 Nov 2003 06:40:04 AM |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:34:07 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:59:02 GMT, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> posted in alt.atheism:
Parliament" - there is no such thing. They should have said something
to him like "it's their country, they do things their way which isn't
the same as ours. Even if you don't understand why, just accept it -
it's the way they do things over there".
But that's been "un-American" for a long time.
That sort of "nobody else matters" international sociopathy attitude
is the root of their foreign policy disasters.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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15 Nov 2003 02:28:02 PM |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 12:40:04 GMT, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> posted in alt.atheism:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:34:07 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:59:02 GMT, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> posted in alt.atheism:
Parliament" - there is no such thing. They should have said something
to him like "it's their country, they do things their way which isn't
the same as ours. Even if you don't understand why, just accept it -
it's the way they do things over there".
But that's been "un-American" for a long time.
That sort of "nobody else matters" international sociopathy attitude
is the root of their foreign policy disasters.
Ever see "Sand Pebbles", the Steve McQueen movie? We've been doing it
for a long time, with only a few, and notable, exceptions..
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"If we really know Truth, we do not fear hearing falsehoods or half-truths; if we are not sure of the truth - we shudder and try to shout down every utterance." - A. J. Mims
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rukbat at optonline dot net
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| User: "stoney" |
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18 Nov 2003 11:33:47 AM |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:28:02 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>,
Message ID: <313drvcn7q8ncitl72cp6h2sdt32mv046d@Pern.rk> wrote in
alt.atheism;
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 12:40:04 GMT, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> posted in alt.atheism:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:34:07 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:59:02 GMT, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> posted in alt.atheism:
Parliament" - there is no such thing. They should have said something
to him like "it's their country, they do things their way which isn't
the same as ours. Even if you don't understand why, just accept it -
it's the way they do things over there".
But that's been "un-American" for a long time.
That sort of "nobody else matters" international sociopathy attitude
is the root of their foreign policy disasters.
Ever see "Sand Pebbles", the Steve McQueen movie? We've been doing it
for a long time, with only a few, and notable, exceptions..
I remember the name of the movie, but that's it.
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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19 Nov 2003 09:17:08 PM |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:33:47 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> posted in
alt.atheism:
Ever see "Sand Pebbles", the Steve McQueen movie? We've been doing it
for a long time, with only a few, and notable, exceptions..
I remember the name of the movie, but that's it.
Gunboat diplomacy. The US making the Ugly American seem like a nice
guy. We started just before the turn of the century - the last one.
--
Zymurgist # 2
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at optonline dot net
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| User: "stoney" |
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22 Nov 2003 07:53:41 PM |
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 03:17:08 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>,
Message ID: <rfcorvcje882hq8hl2tmps6bjnfh7dukmb@Pern.rk> wrote in
alt.atheism;
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:33:47 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> posted in
alt.atheism:
Ever see "Sand Pebbles", the Steve McQueen movie? We've been doing it
for a long time, with only a few, and notable, exceptions..
I remember the name of the movie, but that's it.
Gunboat diplomacy. The US making the Ugly American seem like a nice
guy. We started just before the turn of the century - the last one.
Thank you.
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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| User: "stoney" |
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15 Nov 2003 02:49:09 PM |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:49:11 -0000, James Bremner
<earnest@tworm.fsnetn.co.uk>, Message ID:
<MPG.1a1d8e2737e5b9f89897c0@news.freeserve.com> wrote in alt.atheism;
Watching God TV today (As I sometimes do), the nations premier newsource
came on. They had a news article about the upcoming Queen's Speech here
in the UK. There is likely to be a bill intorduced granting homosexual
couples certain legal rights.
The morons actually thought that the Queen writes the Queen's Speech! If
you are pretending to be a news show, shouldnt you at least understand
SOMETHING about the constitution of the country you are reporting on?
Why should they change their tactics for the Queen?
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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