Religions > Atheism > Re: Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
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Re: Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer |
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:18510aff.0307252352.2e180c75@posting.google.com...
Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
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Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S. political
newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Tony.
http://isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
"That which is proper to each thing is by nature best and most pleasant for it; for humans,
therefore, the life according to reason is best and most pleasant, since reason more than anything
else IS human. This life therefore is also the happiest." -=Aristotle=- ("The Nicomachean Ethics,"
Book X, Ch. 7)
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26 Jul 2003 12:24:51 PM |
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in message
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
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Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S. political
newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Many of us are interested.
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| User: "Anthony Neville" |
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26 Jul 2003 05:38:02 PM |
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"Michael Painter" <m.painter@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in message
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
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Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S. political
newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Many of us are interested.
People interested in his politiking can still remain interested in an appropriate
newsgroup. It's wrong to post it here on alt.atheism because it is off topic.
So, why not go elsewhere, then? I mean, surely, even a halfwit knows that
when posting about, say, his love affair with Fidel Castro he's not to do it on
talk.origins?
Tony.
http://isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
"That which is proper to each thing is by nature best and most pleasant for it; for humans,
therefore, the life according to reason is best and most pleasant, since reason more than anything
else IS human. This life therefore is also the happiest." -=Aristotle=- ("The Nicomachean Ethics,"
Book X, Ch. 7)
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| User: "Dr. Smartass" |
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26 Jul 2003 08:09:27 PM |
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
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"Michael Painter" <m.painter@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in message
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0307252352.2e180c75@posting.google.com...
Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
[...]
Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S.
political newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Many of us are interested.
People interested in his politiking can still remain interested in an
appropriate newsgroup. It's wrong to post it here on alt.atheism
because it is off topic. So, why not go elsewhere, then? I mean,
surely, even a halfwit knows that when posting about, say, his love
affair with Fidel Castro he's not to do it on talk.origins?
You need to learn how a.a. operates. Yes, it's an atheist newsgroup. But
we've pretty much defined the topic in here as "anything we want to discuss
at the moment." We don't talk much about atheism simply because for us it's
not much of a conversation starter.
"Hi."
"Hello."
"I'm an atheist."
"Cool, so am I. So...how many times have you seen 'The Life of Brian?' "
<conversation morphs into two atheists reciting their favorite lines from
that movie, then any of the other "standard" films>.
If all we talked about were atheism, there wouldn't be a lot of traffic,
except for the bible-thumpers trying to monopolize us. And we won't have
that.
So.
How many times have you seen "The Holy Grail" ?
--
Dr. Smartass
BAAWA Knight of Staves -- a.a. #1939
For Father Flanigan: Don't Pet the Small Stuff
Everyone Else: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
"I'm done for."
--Adlai Stevenson, when told that he had all the thinking people
on his side for his presidential campaign.
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| User: "Anthony Neville" |
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26 Jul 2003 09:43:09 PM |
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"Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in message
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
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"Michael Painter" <m.painter@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in message
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
[...]
Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S.
political newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Many of us are interested.
People interested in his politiking can still remain interested in an
appropriate newsgroup. It's wrong to post it here on alt.atheism
because it is off topic. So, why not go elsewhere, then? I mean,
surely, even a halfwit knows that when posting about, say, his love
affair with Fidel Castro he's not to do it on talk.origins?
You need to learn how a.a. operates. Yes, it's an atheist newsgroup. But
we've pretty much defined the topic in here as "anything we want to discuss
at the moment." We don't talk much about atheism simply because for us it's
not much of a conversation starter.
In one respect you are correct. I mean, Atheism is not a philosophy of
any kind, right? An atheist denotes a person, who for whatever reason,
does not accept the existence of supernatural authorities. That's all.
He/She may accept anything else under the Sun which might be wonderfully
rational or diabolically irrational. So there's seemingly nothing much that
atheists have in common which they can talk about. But most manage it
because religion does have a direct impact on them, like how they're
treated in a predominately theistic society, why they chose to be atheists,
the never-ending struggle to keep Church and State separate, the
sheep-like mentality of believers and the vileness of their religious doctrine.
And we can criticise religion all we want since the only thing that gives
atheism any meaning is theism --- we define ourselves by an attribute they
lack which is a totally secular mind. Not necessarily a rational mind, but a
secular one. So there is plenty to talk about that is atheist related . I was
here in 93/94 when the term BAWA was created by Tony someone... I've
long since forgotten his surname. Always had enormous respect for him
and his firery tongue lashings against certain Christians & Christianity in
general, but the point is, there was none of the political ranting *****
that you see here today. It was a hotbed of conversation, debate and
flamewars, but confined to the topic of atheism and theism. What maff
posts is democrat vs conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings
which has nothing to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
Cheers,
Tony.
http://isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
"That which is proper to each thing is by nature best and most pleasant for it; for humans,
therefore, the life according to reason is best and most pleasant, since reason more than anything
else IS human. This life therefore is also the happiest." -=Aristotle=- ("The Nicomachean Ethics,"
Book X, Ch. 7)
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| User: "Dr. Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer |
26 Jul 2003 10:00:38 PM |
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and 1
against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
--
Dr. Smartass
BAAWA Knight of Staves -- a.a. #1939
For Father Flanigan: Don't Pet the Small Stuff
Everyone Else: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
"I'm done for."
--Adlai Stevenson, when told that he had all the thinking people
on his side for his presidential campaign.
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| User: "Michael Nash" |
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27 Jul 2003 02:14:59 AM |
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"Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns93C4E1BF650ADaskifyouwantit@65.82.44.187:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and 1
against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
Count me as a vote for Maff; he marks his postings as OT and he does so in
a newsgroup where politics is a topic of interest for most of the regulars.
--
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)
"The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and *****"
--P. J. O'Rourke
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| User: "Wolf333" |
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26 Jul 2003 10:28:46 PM |
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"Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns93C4E1BF650ADaskifyouwantit@65.82.44.187...
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and 1
against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
He's not preaching, and he puts "OT" in front of his posts. Kill-file him if
you don't want to read his posts. He doesn't go against anything in the FAQ.
Mark up 1 for.
--
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"Nothing says 'clown' like a fat, bald guy who enjoys stripping. He sure
fills me with whimsy. Wait, that's not whimsy... that's not whimsy at
all!" - somethingaweful.com
Michael Wolfe
aa # 1912
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| User: "Apostate" |
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26 Jul 2003 10:32:01 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 03:00:38 GMT, "Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and 1
against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
I protest this exercise.
We should be voting on whether *Tony* should be "allowed" to post as he is doing, instead.
--
/Apostate
atheist #1931 I've found it!
BAAWA Knife AND SMASHer
EAC Supernumerary Deputy Director, Department of Redundancy Department
plonked by vernon; NEW! IMPROVED! plonked by Lani_girl
I doubt, therefore I might be.
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| User: "Dave W" |
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27 Jul 2003 01:51:45 AM |
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"Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns93C5AB312608askifyouwantit@65.82.44.187:
Apostate <Apostate.invalid@yeehaw.org> wrote in
news:trh6iv4f95cdubfhj0tg4468oc428bm3ll@4ax.com:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 03:00:38 GMT, "Dr. Smartass"
<gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and
1 against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
I protest this exercise.
We should be voting on whether *Tony* should be "allowed" to post
as he is doing, instead.
Start your own thread! *grin*
2 in favor of the original proposition
1 against
1 protest?
Gawddamn atheists...like herding cats ;)
SPLUNGE!
--
Dave W a.a.#1967
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| User: "William Boutwell" |
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27 Jul 2003 06:30:35 AM |
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Dave W <question.everythingUCEWILLBEIGNORED@verizon.net> wrote in
news:Xns93C4F2BBE7740invalidinvalidedu@199.45.49.11:
"Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns93C5AB312608askifyouwantit@65.82.44.187:
Apostate <Apostate.invalid@yeehaw.org> wrote in
news:trh6iv4f95cdubfhj0tg4468oc428bm3ll@4ax.com:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 03:00:38 GMT, "Dr. Smartass"
<gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has
nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote
on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and
1 against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
I protest this exercise.
We should be voting on whether *Tony* should be "allowed" to
post
as he is doing, instead.
Start your own thread! *grin*
2 in favor of the original proposition
1 against
1 protest?
Gawddamn atheists...like herding cats ;)
SPLUNGE!
Meow, meow, meow.
Now, where's my catnip?
I like it with prime rib and a baked potato...
--
Dale.
aa #1969
"Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to.", Mark Twain
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27 Jul 2003 03:08:46 PM |
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Dave W wrote:
"Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns93C5AB312608askifyouwantit@65.82.44.187:
I protest this exercise.
We should be voting on whether *Tony* should be "allowed" to post
as he is doing, instead.
Start your own thread! *grin*
2 in favor of the original proposition
1 against
1 protest?
Gawddamn atheists...like herding cats ;)
SPLUNGE!
Herding cats is easy. The sound of a can opener usually works quite good.
--
When I shake my killfile, I can hear them buzzing!
Cheerful Charlie
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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27 Jul 2003 09:21:15 PM |
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:32:01 -0400, Apostate
<Apostate.invalid@yeehaw.org> wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 03:00:38 GMT, "Dr. Smartass" <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
news:s%GUa.7541$9f7.874768@news02.tsnz.net:
What maff posts is democrat vs
conservative *****, or his war vs anti-war rantings which has nothing
to do with being an atheist. His posts don't belong here.
We vote on everything else in here...why not have the regulars vote on
this, as well?
I'll start the tally as 1 in favor of him posting as he does (me) and 1
against.
Purely informal; anyone who wants to join in can do so.
I protest this exercise.
We should be voting on whether *Tony* should be "allowed" to post as he is doing, instead.
I agree. He came to this newsgroup from nowhere and has
done nothing but try to tell us how to run it and try to cause
trouble among the members. Actually, he can say anything
he damn well pleases, but we don't have to agree with him.
I've already plonked him.
--
Michelle Malkin (Mickey)
http://questioner.www2.50megs.com
atheist/agnostic list ordainer
EAC Bible thumper thumper
BAAWA Knight who says SPONG!
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| User: "Craig Pennington" |
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26 Jul 2003 10:29:38 PM |
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Dr. Smartass <gekiskivviesdo@astroboyskivviesmail.com> wrote:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in
[snip]
People interested in his politiking can still remain interested in an
appropriate newsgroup. It's wrong to post it here on alt.atheism
because it is off topic. So, why not go elsewhere, then? I mean,
surely, even a halfwit knows that when posting about, say, his love
affair with Fidel Castro he's not to do it on talk.origins?
Your kvetching is offtopic. Please post to alt.whiny.***** or summat.
You need to learn how a.a. operates. Yes, it's an atheist newsgroup. But
we've pretty much defined the topic in here as "anything we want to discuss
at the moment."
[snip]
If all we talked about were atheism, there wouldn't be a lot of traffic,
except for the bible-thumpers trying to monopolize us. And we won't have
that.
Also, it should be noted that maff did the polite thing and prepended
"OT" to the subject line. It should be noted for Tony's benefit that
*all* thread initiating posts so marked will be off-topic (that being
what the "OT" is indended to indicate.) If you don't wish to see off-
topic posts, a good start is filtering out posts whose subjects begin
with "OT".
And, btfw Tony, whining is about a billion times more annoying than
being off-topic.
Cheers,
Craig
--
Corollary to Clarke's Third Law:
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
advanced.
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| User: "maff" |
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27 Jul 2003 03:23:59 AM |
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"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in message news:<kQsUa.7435$9f7.858774@news02.tsnz.net>...
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:18510aff.0307252352.2e180c75@posting.google.com...
Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
[...]
Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S. political
newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Heven't you heard of Black helicopters, moron?
Tony.
http://isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
"That which is proper to each thing is by nature best and most pleasant for it; for humans,
therefore, the life according to reason is best and most pleasant, since reason more than anything
else IS human. This life therefore is also the happiest." -=Aristotle=- ("The Nicomachean Ethics,"
Book X, Ch. 7)
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| User: "Dr. Smartass" |
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27 Jul 2003 02:27:24 PM |
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(maff) wrote in
news:18510aff.0307270023.72a382a8@posting.google.com:
"Anthony Neville" <anthony.neville@paradise.org.nz> wrote in message
news:<kQsUa.7435$9f7.858774@news02.tsnz.net>...
"maff" < > wrote in message
news:18510aff.0307252352.2e180c75@posting.google.com...
Watching BushCo Crumble Ratings slipping, economy tanking, lies
spiraling, credibility shot. Try not to cheer
[...]
Why post it here on alt.atheism? Why not post it to some U.S.
political newsgroup where that stuff is on topic?
Heven't you heard of Black helicopters, moron?
But you never EVER hear them!
....or so I've heard.
Not that any such things ever happ*click*
NO CARRIER_
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