Re: Florida! (was Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burnit ?)
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 20:49, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:40:00AM -0700, Deryk Barker wrote: > > > the Phillipines, Panama, Haiti, Japan, West Germany... > > > > I think others had hands in setting up Japan and (W) Germany at the > > end of WWII. > > And by anybody's account, The Phillipines, Panama and Haiti are > bananna republics. The Philipines and Panama have been making good progress since their US sponsored dictators were overthrown by or with the encourage- ment of the US. The souther rebels are making it hard in the Phlipines, though. Haiti is a basket case and is probably hopeless. -- +---+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a | | hotel with a bunch of journalists in it." | | Marine Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Retired) | +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Florida! (was Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burnit ?)
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 11:40, Deryk Barker wrote: > Thus spake Travis Crump ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > >On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:18:19PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > > > > > >>Name one "democracy" we've set up. I'll bet you my right knuckle that > > >>each and every one is a democracy in name only, and a republic in > > >>practice. > > > > > > > > >Not even a republic. Nicaragua: Dictatorship. Afghanistan (America > > >brought Osama to power to begin with): Dictatorship. Iraq (America > > >installed Saddam): Dictatorship. > > > > > >Name one republic America's created. > > > > > > > the Phillipines, Panama, Haiti, Japan, West Germany... > > I think others had hands in setting up Japan and (W) Germany at the > end of WWII. West Germany, yes, partially England and France. Who else helped with Japan? -- +---+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a | | hotel with a bunch of journalists in it." | | Marine Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Retired) | +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Florida! (was Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burnit ?)
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 23:53, Travis Crump wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:18:19PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > > > >>Name one "democracy" we've set up. I'll bet you my right knuckle that > >>each and every one is a democracy in name only, and a republic in practice. > > > > > > Not even a republic. Nicaragua: Dictatorship. Afghanistan (America > > brought Osama to power to begin with): Dictatorship. Iraq (America > > installed Saddam): Dictatorship. > > > > Name one republic America's created. > > > > the Phillipines, Panama, Haiti, Japan, West Germany... You mean post-Noriega Panama and post-Cedras-intervention Haiti? -- +---+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a | | hotel with a bunch of journalists in it." | | Marine Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Retired) | +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Florida! (was Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burnit ?)
Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:18:19PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: Name one "democracy" we've set up. I'll bet you my right knuckle that each and every one is a democracy in name only, and a republic in practice. Not even a republic. Nicaragua: Dictatorship. Afghanistan (America brought Osama to power to begin with): Dictatorship. Iraq (America installed Saddam): Dictatorship. Name one republic America's created. the Phillipines, Panama, Haiti, Japan, West Germany... pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Florida! (was Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burnit ?)
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 22:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:18:19PM -0400, Stephen Touset wrote: > > Name one "democracy" we've set up. I'll bet you my right knuckle that > > each and every one is a democracy in name only, and a republic in practice. > > Not even a republic. Nicaragua: Dictatorship. Afghanistan (America > brought Osama to power to begin with): Dictatorship. Iraq (America > installed Saddam): Dictatorship. > > Name one republic America's created. Japan, Germany, The Philipines. -- +---+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a | | hotel with a bunch of journalists in it." | | Marine Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Retired) | +---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
