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"Matty" |
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04 Nov 2004 12:45:36 AM |
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The collective response to the latest win |
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Gactimus" |
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04 Nov 2004 07:32:43 AM |
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Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in news:2uu1gmF2e1oipU1@uni-berlin.de:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
That assumes Americas give a crap what the world thinks.
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| User: "L. Michael Roberts" |
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04 Nov 2004 11:22:40 AM |
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Gactimus wrote:
Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in news:2uu1gmF2e1oipU1@uni-berlin.de:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
That assumes Americas give a crap what the world thinks.
And therein lies the crux of the problem!
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+==================== L. Michael Roberts ======================+
This represents my personal opinion and NOT Company policy
Goderich, Ont, Canada. To reply, post a request for my valid E-mail
"Life is a sexually transmitted, terminal, condition"
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| User: "Gactimus" |
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04 Nov 2004 11:47:40 AM |
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"L. Michael Roberts" <L_Michael_Roberts@nospam.com> wrote in
news:Aztid.82852$vO1.470751@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
Gactimus wrote:
Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:2uu1gmF2e1oipU1@uni-berlin.de:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
That assumes Americas give a crap what the world thinks.
And therein lies the crux of the problem!
Do you think France cares what the world thinks of Chirac? Do you think
Canada cares about what the world thinks of Martin?
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| User: "Matty" |
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04 Nov 2004 07:02:03 PM |
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On 2004-11-05 04:47:40 +1100, Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> said:
"L. Michael Roberts" <L_Michael_Roberts@nospam.com> wrote in
news:Aztid.82852$vO1.470751@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
Gactimus wrote:
Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:2uu1gmF2e1oipU1@uni-berlin.de:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
That assumes Americas give a crap what the world thinks.
And therein lies the crux of the problem!
Do you think France cares what the world thinks of Chirac? Do you think
Canada cares about what the world thinks of Martin?
Yes and no, considering that neither really have much of a say in the
direction of the world.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Charles R Ward" |
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06 Nov 2004 11:16:31 PM |
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:22:40 UTC, "L. Michael Roberts"
<L_Michael_Roberts@nospam.com> wrote:
You have an imposter, I've only seen that while reading
google, that makes it harder to check headers to try to
figure out who's doing it.
Charles R Ward
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"I do live among my fellow atheists. I also happen to live
among Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Pagans, Satanists
and followers of various other religions -- all of which
have a perfect right to live in the United States without
interference because of their religion or lack thereof no
matter how much it irks you." Liz
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| User: "Matty" |
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04 Nov 2004 08:46:43 AM |
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On 2004-11-05 00:32:43 +1100, Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> said:
Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in news:2uu1gmF2e1oipU1@uni-berlin.de:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
That assumes Americas give a crap what the world thinks.
Interesting how badly the US wants help from the European union in Iraq.
Quite frankly, I would have one heck of a time if I were France or
Gemany, saying no to GWB when ever he requests help for his little
conquests.
Maybe Bin Laden will do us all a favour and whipe your god forsaken
country off the earth, then atleast we'd get some peace, quiet, and
possible a reduction in greenhouse gases.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Rune Børsjø" |
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04 Nov 2004 08:42:23 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:32:43 GMT, Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:
That assumes Americas give a crap what the world thinks.
Your arrogance and unilatiralism will be your downfall.
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| User: "James Riske" |
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04 Nov 2004 04:18:35 AM |
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Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals who
got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the American
people.
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"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing."--Edmund Burke
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| User: "Donalbain" |
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05 Nov 2004 06:38:44 AM |
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James Riske <james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<cmcvlr$lkj$1@pita.alt.net>...
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals who
got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the American
people.
*****. Now I need ANOTHER new irony meter.
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| User: "Matty" |
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04 Nov 2004 06:26:50 AM |
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On 2004-11-04 21:18:35 +1100, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> said:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals
who got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the
American people.
Sorry, but 5.7billion OTHER PEOPLE have to now put up with the moron
for another four years, not just the US.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Attila" |
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04 Nov 2004 05:32:00 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> in alt.abortion with
message-id <cmcvlr$lkj$1@pita.alt.net> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals who
got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the American
people.
That is not necessarily true. While the majority of those who voted
did vote for the Republican candidate it does not follow that all of
those voters support a radical agenda.
Plus the religious organizations are among the best organized in not
only getting their agenda before their people but in having those
people do as they are told, and they were told to vote for Bush. Even
though it seems federal laws about tax exempt status were frequently
ignored in the process. Since the recipient of these votes won the
election it is not probable that any serious investigation will be
made.
We can only wait and see what the next four years will bring, but you
can be sure the professional politicians are well aware of the large
number of people who did not vote - and they really don't want to do
anything that will energize these non-voters to march to the voting
booth in the next election and upset apple carts.
There will be a lot or speeches, promises, and other rhetoric. There
will even be legislation passed. But when the dust settles it remains
to be seen if an organized minority can actually take over the country
and be able to run it as they wish.
The next election may well make this one look like a walk in the park
if enough backlash is generated.
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| User: "RainLover" |
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04 Nov 2004 08:47:03 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals who
got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the American
people.
Actually, if you look where the bubble originates (out in space), it
can only be GOD ALMIGHTY letting His feelings be known.... *****.
James, Seattle
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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04 Nov 2004 06:45:31 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals who
got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the American
people.
The triumphalism of the bigoted and nasty republican liar.
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| User: "Some-Writer" |
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04 Nov 2004 04:36:01 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals...
Please go and end your miserable life -- better yet, only end your
bigotry.
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| User: "kathryn" |
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04 Nov 2004 05:53:43 AM |
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"Some-Writer" <sappywriter@poetic.com> wrote in message
news:mf1ko0pkjc73kofjpcv25bo5ujr4tksvqm@4ax.com...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals...
Or anyone with any sense or humanity, which clearly you lack.
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| User: "Matty" |
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04 Nov 2004 06:26:15 AM |
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On 2004-11-04 22:53:43 +1100, "kathryn" <bob@bob.com> said:
"Some-Writer" <sappywriter@poetic.com> wrote in message
news:mf1ko0pkjc73kofjpcv25bo5ujr4tksvqm@4ax.com...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals...
Or anyone with any sense or humanity, which clearly you lack.
Not as funny as what is on the front of the UK mirror
"How can [number voted for bush] be so stupid"
I think this article put perfeclty what the rest of the world thinks of
America and Americans:
<http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14832124%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=god%2dhelp%2damerica-name_page.html>
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I especially love this tit-bit:
"The queues for hours to register a tick; the 17,000 lawyers needed to
ensure there was no cheating; the $1.2bn wasted by parties trying to
discredit the enemy; the allegations of fraud, intimidation and dirty
tricks; the exit polls which were so wildly inaccurate; an Electoral
College voting system that makes the Eurovision Song Contest look like
a beacon of democracy and efficiency; and the delays and the legal
wrangles in announcing the victor."
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Some-Writer" |
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04 Nov 2004 07:07:55 AM |
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:26:15 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 22:53:43 +1100, "kathryn" <bob@bob.com> said:
"Some-Writer" <sappywriter@poetic.com> wrote in message
news:mf1ko0pkjc73kofjpcv25bo5ujr4tksvqm@4ax.com...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals...
Or anyone with any sense or humanity, which clearly you lack.
Not as funny as what is on the front of the UK mirror
"How can [number voted for bush] be so stupid"
It's true. I am an American and I can say that with a straight face.
There isn't anything funny about a critical mass of stupidity voting
for a big idiot in a country our size. It's frightening.
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| User: "Matty" |
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04 Nov 2004 08:43:01 AM |
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On 2004-11-05 00:07:55 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:26:15 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 22:53:43 +1100, "kathryn" <bob@bob.com> said:
"Some-Writer" <sappywriter@poetic.com> wrote in message
news:mf1ko0pkjc73kofjpcv25bo5ujr4tksvqm@4ax.com...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
Matty wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals...
Or anyone with any sense or humanity, which clearly you lack.
Not as funny as what is on the front of the UK mirror
"How can [number voted for bush] be so stupid"
It's true. I am an American and I can say that with a straight face.
There isn't anything funny about a critical mass of stupidity voting
for a big idiot in a country our size. It's frightening.
Maybe the 48million should put advertisements in papers around the world saying
"approximately 48million people, looking for new place ot migrate to,
holds centre left views, won't cause problems, above average
intelligence; most speak foreign languages; most don't act like
stereotypical Americans" :-)
As I've said to American friends, move overseas. People who sit on the
centre left are generally above average intelligence; most of the
academics, leave the US, and the US economy ends up turning back to a
society of $5 t-shirt manufacturers and television assemblers getting
paid $4 for export to the rest of the world.
Hell, if I were American, i would be even considering movig to China,
Taiwan or Hong Kong as a viable option.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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04 Nov 2004 08:41:26 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 05:18:35 -0500, James Riske
<james_riske@nothingwillhappen_hotmail.com> wrote:
The "f**k" of course was coming from the worlds faggots and liberals who
got their hateful agendas shoved back into their face by the American
people.
Faggots and liberals are the ones who have hateful agendas? Last I
checked they weren't the ones bombing abortion clinics, invading
muslim countries, making it illegal for concenting adults to love one
another, and so on and so forth.
Glass houses, you dumbshit.
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04 Nov 2004 04:36:38 AM |
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
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04 Nov 2004 06:28:19 AM |
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On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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04 Nov 2004 04:36:51 PM |
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"Matty" <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:2uulj8F2fvnk1U4@uni-berlin.de...
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
You mean as opposed to convicts, pedophiles, convicted felons, faggots, and
all the other assorted riff-raff that made up yours?
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04 Nov 2004 07:01:09 PM |
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On 2004-11-05 09:36:51 +1100, "bandido" <bandido@demo-slam.com> said:
"Matty" <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:2uulj8F2fvnk1U4@uni-berlin.de...
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
You mean as opposed to convicts, pedophiles, convicted felons, faggots, and
all the other assorted riff-raff that made up yours?
Ha, ha, ha, no. I'm not an Australian, and secondly not all the states
in Australia were convict colonies. Btw, there were convict colonies in
the Americas too.
Sorry, I cam from New Zealand; made up of disgruntled English and
Scottish people, and unlike those in Australia or America, we don't
have some sort of anti-English or anti-European agenda.
Matty
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"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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04 Nov 2004 11:46:03 PM |
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"Matty" <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:2v01mqF2gcft0U4@uni-berlin.de...
On 2004-11-05 09:36:51 +1100, "bandido" <bandido@demo-slam.com> said:
"Matty" <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:2uulj8F2fvnk1U4@uni-berlin.de...
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com>
said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
You mean as opposed to convicts, pedophiles, convicted felons, faggots,
and
all the other assorted riff-raff that made up yours?
Ha, ha, ha, no. I'm not an Australian, and secondly not all the states
in Australia were convict colonies. Btw, there were convict colonies in
the Americas too.
Well not quite. About 160,000 were sent to NSW while about 55,000 were sent
to Georgia and Virginia. And given the fact that over 100 million
eventually emigrated to the U.S. while only about 10 million to Australia,
our convict population was also quite small, relatively speaking. Not just
in the original numbers. And especially compared to the African slave
trade.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=339494
And wasn't NSW the most populous AU state? Both when it was formally
founded and now?
Sorry, I cam from New Zealand; made up of disgruntled English and
Scottish people, and unlike those in Australia or America, we don't
have some sort of anti-English or anti-European agenda.
Yes and I voted for Bush (in a state that went with Kerry). I also went to
college, I wasn't born in the sticks, am not terribly religious and my neck
isn't red. I'm also not of English or Scottish ancestry.
So your stereotypical point up above was... ?
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04 Nov 2004 07:10:43 AM |
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:28:19 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Isn't that how we started?
But not all Americans are that way; some of us have traveled, even
lived in hard countries long enough to realise that there ARE other
countries who do just fine without the USA. Yes, hicks, there are
other countries beside the USA.
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| User: "Matty" |
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| Title: Re: The collective response to the latest win |
04 Nov 2004 08:45:13 AM |
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On 2004-11-05 00:10:43 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:28:19 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Isn't that how we started?
But not all Americans are that way; some of us have traveled, even
lived in hard countries long enough to realise that there ARE other
countries who do just fine without the USA. Yes, hicks, there are
other countries beside the USA.
Yes, but unfortunately you make up a *VERY* small minority of the population.
The average American has no concept of the "Big OE", the idea of when
one finishes univeristy and travells the world, living it rough,
working in pubs and travelling around Europe, Asia etc. then comeing
back to settle down, get a job and have a family.
Matty
--
"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Some-Writer" |
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| Title: Re: The collective response to the latest win |
04 Nov 2004 09:11:11 AM |
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 01:45:13 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-05 00:10:43 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:28:19 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Isn't that how we started?
But not all Americans are that way; some of us have traveled, even
lived in hard countries long enough to realise that there ARE other
countries who do just fine without the USA. Yes, hicks, there are
other countries beside the USA.
Yes, but unfortunately you make up a *VERY* small minority of the population.
The average American has no concept of the "Big OE", the idea of when
one finishes univeristy and travells the world, living it rough,
working in pubs and travelling around Europe, Asia etc. then comeing
back to settle down, get a job and have a family.
Well, I am doing those a little out of that order, and doing a number
of those things simultaneously now, and at an older age.
Counts still, right? :-)
--not an average american.
Matty
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| User: "Matty" |
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| Title: Re: The collective response to the latest win |
04 Nov 2004 09:14:37 AM |
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On 2004-11-05 02:11:11 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 01:45:13 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-05 00:10:43 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:28:19 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Isn't that how we started?
But not all Americans are that way; some of us have traveled, even
lived in hard countries long enough to realise that there ARE other
countries who do just fine without the USA. Yes, hicks, there are
other countries beside the USA.
Yes, but unfortunately you make up a *VERY* small minority of the population.
The average American has no concept of the "Big OE", the idea of when
one finishes univeristy and travells the world, living it rough,
working in pubs and travelling around Europe, Asia etc. then comeing
back to settle down, get a job and have a family.
Well, I am doing those a little out of that order, and doing a number
of those things simultaneously now, and at an older age.
Counts still, right? :-)
--not an average american.
yeap, definately counts. You're right, you're definately not an average
American; are you second generation immigrants? good education? just
trying to work out how you didn't fall into the typical isolationist
mold that most yanks put themselves into.
Matty
--
"If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty
and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could
ever have prospered." - The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter IX
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this
world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or
all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of
government except all those other forms that have been tried from time
to time." - Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
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| User: "Some-Writer" |
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| Title: Re: The collective response to the latest win |
04 Nov 2004 09:45:55 AM |
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 02:14:37 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-05 02:11:11 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 01:45:13 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-05 00:10:43 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:28:19 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Isn't that how we started?
But not all Americans are that way; some of us have traveled, even
lived in hard countries long enough to realise that there ARE other
countries who do just fine without the USA. Yes, hicks, there are
other countries beside the USA.
Yes, but unfortunately you make up a *VERY* small minority of the population.
The average American has no concept of the "Big OE", the idea of when
one finishes univeristy and travells the world, living it rough,
working in pubs and travelling around Europe, Asia etc. then comeing
back to settle down, get a job and have a family.
Well, I am doing those a little out of that order, and doing a number
of those things simultaneously now, and at an older age.
Counts still, right? :-)
--not an average american.
yeap, definately counts. You're right, you're definately not an average
American; are you second generation immigrants? good education? just
trying to work out how you didn't fall into the typical isolationist
mold that most yanks put themselves into.
I chose not to. :-)
Matty
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| User: "RainLover" |
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| Title: Re: The collective response to the latest win |
04 Nov 2004 08:59:52 AM |
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 08:10:43 -0500, Some-Writer
<sappywriter@poetic.com> wrote:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:28:19 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:36:38 +1100, Some-Writer <sappywriter@poetic.com> said:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:45:36 +1100, Matty <kaiwainz@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/imageViewer/0,1445,168037,00.jpg
Puts it very succinctly.
Matty
Don't you just love a brief but direct response?
Yeap. Then again, I knew Bush was going to win; just take a long hard
look at the US, and the type of people who make up the god forsaken
country. Hicks, weirdos, rednecks, religious freaks, yolkos and every
other type of weirdo that other countrys have kicked out.
Isn't that how we started?
But not all Americans are that way; some of us have traveled, even
lived in hard countries long enough to realise that there ARE other
countries who do just fine without the USA. Yes, hicks, there are
other countries beside the USA.
Someone else posted a link the The Mirror in the UK...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14832124%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=god%2dhelp%2damerica-name_page.html
It brings up one point that I would LOVE to see a study of, that is:
Among Americans who have PASSPORTS, I'd like to see the breakdown of
voting..... I have a suspicion that it would be around 80% kerry / 20%
bush.
James, Seattle
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