Re[3]: British Lion Roars

2005-08-16 Thread Paul Van Noord
8/16/2005  3:56 PM

Hi NetVicious,

On 8/16/2005 NetVicious wrote:


N> Please,  cut  your  message before replying. F4 key it's a must in the
N> TB!

Yeah, I know. I was distracted and then hit send before the trim job.
As usual I wear out the eraser before the lead. Hasta luego.

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Re[2]: British Lion Roars

2005-08-16 Thread NetVicious
martes, 16 ago 2005 at 02:05, it seems you wrote:

> I hope you posted this to this forum by mistake. Not that it is good
> or bad...just doesn't belong here.

Please,  cut  your  message before replying. F4 key it's a must in the
TB!

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Re[2]: British Lion Roars

2005-08-15 Thread Michael Acklin
Monday, August 15, 2005, 7:05:21 PM, (Internet Time - @045) you wrote:

Hello Paul,


PVN>
PVN> I hope you posted this to this forum by mistake. Not that it is good
PVN> or bad...just doesn't belong here.

Yes I did. Again I apologize for my mistake, all.


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Re: British Lion Roars

2005-08-15 Thread Paul Van Noord
8/15/2005  8:04 PM

Hi Michael,

On 8/15/2005 Michael Acklin wrote:

MA> Written At Monday, August 15, 2005, 18:49:43

MA> Hello All,

MA>First off, I just got this from a friend and would like to share it
MA>with you all. I am an American and this particular quote made me
MA>start thinking. I know we have a lot of diversity on this list, but
MA>I would like just to say that I agree with this and thought it
MA>would let others know, at least for me, how some of us Americans
MA>feel.


MA> BRITISH LION ROARS 

MA> Why does Tony Blair’s strength make me worry about my own country’s
MA> weakness? 

MA> Why has the vigor and courage of England’s response to terrorism given
MA> me second thoughts about America’s? 

MA> The contrast has been stark. 

MA> We were hit and they were hit. We acted one way and they acted another,
MA> and their way seems better. 

MA> Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a George W. Bush supporter from the
MA> beginning. I believe going into Iraq was the right thing, and I
MA> support our efforts and our troops there. 

MA> But I’m beginning to get the idea that we’re more talk than action, and
MA> that we may lack an essential mental toughness, and that we are dangerously
MA> bound by nonsensical political correctness. The cumulative impact of
MA> these things is to endanger our nation and its survival. 

MA> As I have seen England’s leaders respond to the attacks against it,
MA> I’ve been embarrassed by the failure of our leaders to respond with
MA> similar resolve and candor. 

MA> At the top, the British liberal is showing more spine than the American
MA> conservative. 

MA> No one is more proud of being an American than I am, and no one loves
MA> this country more I do. But an honest assessment shows that we are lacking,
MA> in our culture and in our leadership, and have apparently grown soft in
MA> our prosperity and insularity.

MA> We don’t know how to take a punch, and we don’t know how to put up a
MA> fight. 

MA> The characteristics that equipped us to win the Second World War seem
MA> now to be in short supply. 

MA> We still weep over September 11, while the British jaw clenches in
MA> resolve. We lost 3,000 and are patting down grandmothers at the airport; 
they
MA> lost 56 and are getting ready to shut down militant mosques.

MA> Our president says Islam is a religion of peace; their prime minister
MA> says militant Islam will not be tolerated in his country.

MA> Our internees get ACLU lawyers; theirs are going to be charged with
MA> treason. 

MA> Our president gives us a diversity lecture; their prime minister says
MA> immigrants have a duty to support and accept English values and learn
MA> the English language.

MA> It scares me. Down deep, I just have the sense that they’re doing
MA> things right and we’re doing things wrong. I wonder if their centuries of
MA> repelling invaders and having to fight for their very existence has given 
them a
MA> certain fortitude that our comfort and security have denied us. 

MA> Yes, after we were attacked we put flags on our cars and our president
MA> talked tough. And, yes, we did go into Afghanistan as we should have
MA> and we did go into Iraq as we should have, but after we got there we never
MA> quite got the job done.

MA> Osama is still on the loose, in apparent command of an operational
MA> terrorist organization, the Taliban is still in the field and bloodying us, 
we
MA> are presiding over a quagmire in Iraq and we haven’t figured out how to
MA> keep a bunch of savages with bombs from blowing up our trucks and troops.
MA> We’ve sent our troops out, Vietnam style, and tied their hands behind their
MA> backs. 

MA> We’ve taught our Army how to build schools, but we won’t free it to
MA> kill our enemies.

MA> It’s almost as if, at the highest levels of our government, we’ve
MA> forgotten how to fight. We seem to be all hat and no cattle.

MA> Tony Blair said that people preaching militant Islam and violence would
MA> be deported, if foreigners, and locked up, if Britons. He said those found
MA> praising or encouraging the terrorists would be tried for treason.

MA> Tony Blair said that militant Islamic websites would be shut down, that
MA> militant Islamic bookstores would be shut down, that militant Islamic
MA> coffee shops would be shut down, that militant Islamic mosques would be shut
MA> down. 

MA> Tony Blair said imams preaching jihad would be imprisoned or deported.

MA> Our president is insisting that this is not about religion, it is about
MA> terror. George W. Bush is asking for tolerance for Muslims; Tony Blair
MA> is asking for accountability from them. One defends Muslim leaders; the
MA> other insists that they stand up and denounce their violent fellow 
believers.

M

Re: British Lion Roars

2005-08-15 Thread Michael Acklin
Monday, August 15, 2005, 6:57:34 PM, (Internet Time - @039) you wrote:

Hello Michael,

 MA> Written At Monday, August 15, 2005, 18:49:43

MA> Hello All,

Sorry. Sent this to the wrong list. I know it isn't related to TBBeta.

Sorry again...

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British Lion Roars

2005-08-15 Thread Michael Acklin
Written At Monday, August 15, 2005, 18:49:43

Hello All,

   First off, I just got this from a friend and would like to share it
   with you all. I am an American and this particular quote made me
   start thinking. I know we have a lot of diversity on this list, but
   I would like just to say that I agree with this and thought it
   would let others know, at least for me, how some of us Americans
   feel.


BRITISH LION ROARS 

Why does Tony Blair’s strength make me worry about my own country’s 
weakness? 

Why has the vigor and courage of England’s response to terrorism given
me second thoughts about America’s? 

The contrast has been stark. 

We were hit and they were hit. We acted one way and they acted another,
and their way seems better. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a George W. Bush supporter from the
beginning. I believe going into Iraq was the right thing, and I
support our efforts and our troops there. 

But I’m beginning to get the idea that we’re more talk than action, and
that we may lack an essential mental toughness, and that we are dangerously
bound by nonsensical political correctness. The cumulative impact of
these things is to endanger our nation and its survival. 

As I have seen England’s leaders respond to the attacks against it,
I’ve been embarrassed by the failure of our leaders to respond with
similar resolve and candor. 

At the top, the British liberal is showing more spine than the American 
conservative. 

No one is more proud of being an American than I am, and no one loves
this country more I do. But an honest assessment shows that we are lacking,
in our culture and in our leadership, and have apparently grown soft in
our prosperity and insularity.

We don’t know how to take a punch, and we don’t know how to put up a
fight. 

The characteristics that equipped us to win the Second World War seem
now to be in short supply. 

We still weep over September 11, while the British jaw clenches in
resolve. We lost 3,000 and are patting down grandmothers at the airport; they
lost 56 and are getting ready to shut down militant mosques.

Our president says Islam is a religion of peace; their prime minister
says militant Islam will not be tolerated in his country.

Our internees get ACLU lawyers; theirs are going to be charged with
treason. 

Our president gives us a diversity lecture; their prime minister says 
immigrants have a duty to support and accept English values and learn
the English language.

It scares me. Down deep, I just have the sense that they’re doing
things right and we’re doing things wrong. I wonder if their centuries of
repelling invaders and having to fight for their very existence has given them a
certain fortitude that our comfort and security have denied us. 

Yes, after we were attacked we put flags on our cars and our president 
talked tough. And, yes, we did go into Afghanistan as we should have
and we did go into Iraq as we should have, but after we got there we never
quite got the job done.

Osama is still on the loose, in apparent command of an operational
terrorist organization, the Taliban is still in the field and bloodying us, we
are presiding over a quagmire in Iraq and we haven’t figured out how to
keep a bunch of savages with bombs from blowing up our trucks and troops.
We’ve sent our troops out, Vietnam style, and tied their hands behind their
backs. 

We’ve taught our Army how to build schools, but we won’t free it to
kill our enemies.

It’s almost as if, at the highest levels of our government, we’ve
forgotten how to fight. We seem to be all hat and no cattle.

Tony Blair said that people preaching militant Islam and violence would
be deported, if foreigners, and locked up, if Britons. He said those found
praising or encouraging the terrorists would be tried for treason. 

Tony Blair said that militant Islamic websites would be shut down, that 
militant Islamic bookstores would be shut down, that militant Islamic
coffee shops would be shut down, that militant Islamic mosques would be shut
down. 

Tony Blair said imams preaching jihad would be imprisoned or deported.

Our president is insisting that this is not about religion, it is about 
terror. George W. Bush is asking for tolerance for Muslims; Tony Blair
is asking for accountability from them. One defends Muslim leaders; the
other insists that they stand up and denounce their violent fellow believers.

They’re kicking butt, we’re kissing butt. 
England is chasing down those who attacked it; we’re confiscating
fingernail files by the millions.

We’re randomly checking bags on the subway. And ignoring our southern 
border. And winning hearts and minds. 

The American response has been one of weakness; the English response
has been one of strength. It’s really that simple.

They’re fighting and we’re pussyfooting. 

And that’s become obvious in recent days. 

Sometimes you don’t realize how short you are, until you see how tall
the other fellow is. 

And Tony Blair is pretty tall. 

- by Bob