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From: unsettled on 10 Nov 2006 18:19 T Wake wrote: > "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message > news:7gs9l2d2b5tpkeo6r93fkkp8nskbfitte1(a)4ax.com... > >>On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:11:12 -0000, "T Wake" >><usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >> >>>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message >>>news:vk59l2phvmcn4ilmj8cn6kvgape1ip72h5(a)4ax.com... >>> >>>>On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:28:43 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:>>>here. >>>> >>>>>Again, I resent having my money wasted in the way that it is. >>>> >>>>--- >>>>Move then? >>> >>>Great mindset. >> >>--- >>Just reductio ad absurdum... > > > Possibly, however it creates the situation where any complaints or hopes to > improve a much loved country can be met with dismissive retort. Are you speaking for Lucas or yourself when you refer to "much loved"? Or did you lose track of which ID you're using?
From: Eeyore on 10 Nov 2006 18:23 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message > news:c8u9l2p15huilmdlqg8okct65cdt6ap5hm(a)4ax.com... > > > >Not that we're > > lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for > > snacks either. > > How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our > high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus unum" > to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!" Fields has warranted a nickname. Impaler ! Graham
From: Jonathan Kirwan on 10 Nov 2006 18:26 On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:23:23 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message >> news:c8u9l2p15huilmdlqg8okct65cdt6ap5hm(a)4ax.com... >> > >> >Not that we're >> > lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for >> > snacks either. >> >> How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our >> high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus unum" >> to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!" > >Fields has warranted a nickname. > >Impaler ! No, that would need to be 'almost Impaler.' Doesn't quite rank up there with the best of them, yet. ;) Jon
From: unsettled on 10 Nov 2006 18:29 Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:23:23 +0000, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >> >>>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message >>>news:c8u9l2p15huilmdlqg8okct65cdt6ap5hm(a)4ax.com... >>> >>>>Not that we're >>>>lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for >>>>snacks either. >>> >>>How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our >>>high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus unum" >>>to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!" >> >>Fields has warranted a nickname. >> >>Impaler ! > > > No, that would need to be 'almost Impaler.' Doesn't quite rank up > there with the best of them, yet. ;) Several of you need to get back on your meds.
From: lucasea on 10 Nov 2006 18:34
"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:7c150$4555089e$4fe76a4$1154(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:23:23 +0000, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >>> >>> >>>>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message >>>>news:c8u9l2p15huilmdlqg8okct65cdt6ap5hm(a)4ax.com... >>>> >>>>>Not that we're >>>>>lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for >>>>>snacks either. >>>> >>>>How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our >>>>high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus >>>>unum" >>>>to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!" >>> >>>Fields has warranted a nickname. >>> >>>Impaler ! >> >> >> No, that would need to be 'almost Impaler.' Doesn't quite rank up >> there with the best of them, yet. ;) > > > Several of you need to get back on your meds. Hey, it was Fields that pointed out that our standard for decency involves not cannibalizing our young. Eric Lucas |