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 ?)
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 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 ?)
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
