Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---Original Message--- > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Authorizes Member States co-operating with the Government of Kuwait, unless Iraq on or before 15 January 1991 fully implements, as set forth in paragraph 1

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Authorizes Member States co-operating with the Government of Kuwait, unless Iraq on or before 15 January 1991 fully implements, as set forth in paragraph 1 above, the foregoing resolutions, to use all necessary means to uphold

Re: Re: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The citizens of the US are in a unique moral position. "With great power comes great responsibility." JDG - Who wonders if France would oppose Spiderman's unilateralism in pursuit of criminals. ___

Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Unfortunately, now we are being hosted by leagin the US troops prepared > ^^ > to carry out this resolution in the lurch in the Gulf. **

Re: Re: Tropical US Politics [Was Re: br!n: Re: a call to theirregulars!]

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But, there are indeed benefits in becoming a state, and statehood may pass the next election. It doesn't take a revolution; it just takes voting yes. Congress has to approve statehood, but it has indicated a willingness to do

Re: RE: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If we are now killing babies by failing to make war on Iraq, then we were also killing babies by supporting sanctions. Unless the "we" in those sentences is the whole human race, I don't think it makes any sense to think this

Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The UN Resolution says "serious consequences", it doesn't say "war". The consequence "war" is merely America's interpretation of the phrase "serious consequences"; the various UN members are not in agreement about the ho

Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Yeah, so? There were plenty of voices saying that war was a bad >idea. The Bush >regime decided to ignore those voices and set >the stage for war anyway. If the Bush >regime is foolish enough >to ignore good advice, it s

Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-15 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Yeah, so? There were plenty of voices saying that war was a bad >idea. The Bush >regime decided to ignore those voices and set >the stage for war anyway. If the Bush >regime is foolish enough >to ignore good advice, it

Re: Re: Commentary on French-bashing

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If France can prevent the war from happening, than it *has* effectively protected American soldiers. After all, when there is no war, the risk to a soldier's life is significantly less than when that soldier goes into co

Re: Re: Computer Repair Question

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - I'm assuming that when you hit the power button, there is absolutely no effect? *** Well, once, and only once, when I had the cover off, pressing the power button caused the CPU fan to spin once. - On most moder

Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: "S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I do however think that keeping the pressure on high, > while conducting further peacefull inspections is >probably the best bet for improvement in the region. > Then again I don't see how the US will be preven

Re: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in this >article. We are not >killing babies by failing to make war >on Iraq. There is a huge ethical difference between killing >and letting die; >otherwise, euthanasia woul

Re: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in this >article. We are not >killing babies by failing to make war >on Iraq. There is a huge ethical difference between killing >and letting die; >otherwise, euthanasia woul

Re: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in this >article. We are not >killing babies by failing to make war >on Iraq. There is a huge ethical difference between killing >and letting die; >otherwise, euthanasia woul

Re: Re: Computer Repair Question

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Try another power cable. The number of times I've seen >people replace power supplies because the fuse on the >power lead's burned out... Unfortuantely, I'm using that same power cable right now on my old computer... sigh

Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I am currently pretty frustrated by the UK's "First Past >the Post" system - at no time because of demographics >(I've still voted, but...) has my vote counted Your vote still counts even when your guy loses. Indeed, t

Re: Re: Replacing the UN Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-14 Thread jdgiorgis
>However, to be consistent with that policy, the population of >*every* >country should then be measured as the number of people who >voted that >country's government into power. No it should be measured by those who had the *opportunity* to vote. >IOW, you want an international organisatio

Re: Re: brin: Re: a call to the irregulars!

2003-03-13 Thread jdgiorgis
---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > stupid producers >An oxymoron (or maybe a real moron) if I ever heard one I believe that you mean it is a redundancy. JDG ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l