Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-10 Thread Dana
mmmya Daily Mail. Isn't that the one with the page 3 cheesecake? Let's break out the current Enquirer for comparison purposes. On 11/10/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the aliens? > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=415514&in_page_id=1770

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-10 Thread Sam
What about the aliens? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=415514&in_page_id=1770 'Aliens could attack at any time' warns former MoD chief" On 11/3/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seen as a threat to world >

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-10 Thread So Kenfused
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Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-10 Thread So Kenfused
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Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-09 Thread Sam
Maryland 4.2 Delaware 4.1 Wyoming 3.9 New Hampshire 3.8 Nebraska 3.8 Virginia 3.7 Vermont 3.7 South Dakota 3.5 North Dakota 3.4 Hawaii 3.3 On 11/8/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The unemployment rate is Canada in 6.2 and 4.4 in the US > > > >http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/L

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Lawrence wrote: > BC 4.6 %, Manitoba 4.2 % and Saskatchewan 3.9% As of November 7 2006. > And isn't being unemployed in Canada WAY better then in the US? I mean don't you get all those free services: medical care, education, etc? ~~~

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Larry Lyons
>The unemployment rate is Canada in 6.2 and 4.4 in the US > >http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Labour/LFS/lfs-en.htm > > >On 11/8/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BC 4.6 %, Manitoba 4.2 % and Saskatchewan 3.9% As of November 7 2006. http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/061103/d

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Dana
or a $70 million dollar 14-mile fence? On 11/8/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >yeah I realized that later when I wasn't around the computer any more. > >True. It was an misapplication of world war 1 technology to world war > >2. I still think it's irrelevant to the present discussion

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Larry Lyons
>yeah I realized that later when I wasn't around the computer any more. >True. It was an misapplication of world war 1 technology to world war >2. I still think it's irrelevant to the present discussion, unless you >want to talk about expensive, ineffective boondoggles. > You mean like that 300 mi

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Dana
yeah I realized that later when I wasn't around the computer any more. True. It was an misapplication of world war 1 technology to world war 2. I still think it's irrelevant to the present discussion, unless you want to talk about expensive, ineffective boondoggles. On 11/8/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Sam
The unemployment rate is Canada in 6.2 and 4.4 in the US http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Labour/LFS/lfs-en.htm On 11/8/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I guess I don't think of Canada as socialist. What is Canada's unemployment > >rate? > > > >I was more thinking about Europe

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > > Depending on the province, the rates range from less than 3.5% to 7%. BC, > Well good! I think the US was somewhere in the low 5's last time i > checked...which is pretty close to full employment as well. > While the unemployment rate can be a useful metric you shouldn't read t

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread G Money
On 11/8/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Depending on the province, the rates range from less than 3.5% to 7%. BC, > Manitoba and Saskatchewan all have unemployment rates of less than 4% - > that's considered full employment by economists. > source - > http://cansim2.statcan.ca/cgi-wi

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Larry Lyons
>I guess I don't think of Canada as socialist. What is Canada's unemployment >rate? > >I was more thinking about European nations, which always seem to have an >extraordinarily high unemployment rate. Canada and the US benefit immensely >from each others relative affluence and trade. Depending on

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread Larry Lyons
>the Ligne Maginot was in 1914. I suppose that's withing this century, >but just barely. And are you saying it's ok to spend $70 million on a >14-mile fence because the French were there first? Strikes me as a bad >argumentyou really want to invite comparison with the Maginot >Line? > Nope. Th

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-08 Thread G Money
I guess I don't think of Canada as socialist. What is Canada's unemployment rate? I was more thinking about European nations, which always seem to have an extraordinarily high unemployment rate. Canada and the US benefit immensely from each others relative affluence and trade. On 11/7/06, Larry L

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Larry Lyons
>On 11/7/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> France, as a society, is trying to solve this problems with socialism >> and the US, lately, is leaning heavily capitalistic. >> >> Which is best? WAY too early to empirically so it's just a matter of >> preference or opinion. >> > >Economic

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Larry Lyons
>Dana, something I think you haven't picked up on. > >Anything from Canada or Europe, is already to the left of most Americans, >even Democrats. > Only the most extreme right wing in Canada is anything approaching the current US republican party. Even Alberta, which is considered to be on the rig

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Dana
I am saying reality. Like, we are going to invade this country but they will love us for it. Like, we are going to drill oil right on top of the aquifer for almost an entire state, but that won't matter because we have passed a law saying that oil is not pollution, and everyone knows that stuff is

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > ok. The *current* US *government* is more out of touch with reality > than that of other nations. Happy now? > Whoa - out of touch with whom? If you're saying out of touch with the populace, clearly that hasn't been true. Tonight we'll find out it that's more true. If you saying

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > I wasn't suggesting that France was inferior, I was responding to Dana's > contention that somehow the US was more out of touch with reality than other > nations. > ::red face:: Oh. Well. Nv mnddd. ~~~

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Dana
ok. The *current* US *government* is more out of touch with reality than that of other nations. Happy now? On 11/7/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wasn't suggesting that France was inferior, I was responding to Dana's > contention that somehow the US was more out of touch with reali

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > with reality either. Are you suggesting that Tim McVeigh was more in touch > with reality than the general American public? > No, I'm saying that America has plenty of problems with riots and out-and-out home grown terrorism so to suggest that France is somehow inferior to the US

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread G Money
On 11/7/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > France, as a society, is trying to solve this problems with socialism > and the US, lately, is leaning heavily capitalistic. > > Which is best? WAY too early to empirically so it's just a matter of > preference or opinion. > Economically speak

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Robert Munn
I wasn't suggesting that France was inferior, I was responding to Dana's contention that somehow the US was more out of touch with reality than other nations. On 11/7/06, Grusswrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > with reality either. Are you suggesting that Tim McVeigh was more in > touch > > with reali

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-07 Thread Dana
TECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:08 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il > > > > > > hmm well I was going by the standard of not having recently invaded > > any countries while expecting to be welc

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Robert Munn
Rioting over sport events has nothing to do with being out of touch with reality, it has to do with drunken idiocy. Our little sports riots are nothing compared to soccer riots in europe. As for homegrown terrorism, that happens all over the place, and it has nothing to do with being out of touch w

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > I imagine it wouldn't be hard to have some money, I mean when your illegally > arming Iran and Iraq. > We were arming the Shah of Iran until 1979 (and would've continued had he not been deposed) and Iraq well into the 80s. ~

RE: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Loathe
Subject: Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il > > > hmm well I was going by the standard of not having recently invaded > any countries while expecting to be welcomed. And not being in denial > on the subject of global warming. > > On immigration policies, I feel strongly

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
if you like we can go see what the Germans or the Irish have to say... but it isn't going to be any different. On 11/6/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmm well I was going by the standard of not having recently invaded > any countries while expecting to be welcomed. And not being in denial >

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > You do mean France, home > to religious/race riots in the suburbs of Paris, You mean not like America where we riot over the important stuff like sports teams victories and our own citizens attack our government by blowing up its buildings, killing a hundred of our own citizens?

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
hmm well I was going by the standard of not having recently invaded any countries while expecting to be welcomed. And not being in denial on the subject of global warming. On immigration policies, I feel strongly that France is wrong for reasons of my own and would have to think long and hard as t

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Robert Munn
The Europeans (esp. the French) are more connected to reality than the US? That is the funniest thing I have heard in awhile. You do mean France, home to religious/race riots in the suburbs of Paris, the place where Chirac wishes he had the approval numbers of Bush? Europe, one of only two places o

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:47 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il > > > > > > I know about winters in Florida ;) I'm Quebecoise remember. If further > > proof were needed, they ha

RE: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Loathe
ct: Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il > > > I know about winters in Florida ;) I'm Quebecoise remember. If further > proof were needed, they have their own paper so there are enough of > them there to make that viable. But it's not the same culture, nooo. > Not

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
I know about winters in Florida ;) I'm Quebecoise remember. If further proof were needed, they have their own paper so there are enough of them there to make that viable. But it's not the same culture, nooo. Not at all. As requested here is the election as seen from France. Notice that Le Monde is

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Jerry Johnson
If you've ever driven from Pennsylvania to Florida in the Fall, you will learn they share much of the same population. I'd guess that 75% of cars we saw over a 24-hour drive to Florida had Canadian plates. On 11/6/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Florida actually. I suppose I can get you som

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
Florida actually. I suppose I can get you something from Le Monde. Not reight now though. On 11/6/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not abroad, that's Canada! > > On 11/5/06, Dana wrote: > > > > sample of the public perception of Bush abroad, by the way, made me > > think of this

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Robert Munn
That's not abroad, that's Canada! On 11/5/06, Dana wrote: > > sample of the public perception of Bush abroad, by the way, made me > think of this thread... > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?P3C023C1E > > It's been babelfished but I think the point gets across. If anyone is > curious about the quain

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
uh ya did I reply to you? Sorry if so. But you're right, Gel hasn't been around ina while On 11/6/06, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/11/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By the way, Wayne's right, good to see you. Where you been? > > Did you mean Gel by any chance :)

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Wayne Putterill
On 03/11/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, Wayne's right, good to see you. Where you been? Did you mean Gel by any chance :) ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-d

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-06 Thread Dana
hehe couldn't resist sharing this too: No, the name of the 44th President does not appear on any ballot this week, and even when the results are in, he will still be spending another 26 months and 12 days in the White House. Yet at these mid-terms, the 80 million or so Americans expected to vote w

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-05 Thread Dana
sample of the public perception of Bush abroad, by the way, made me think of this thread... http://makeashorterlink.com/?P3C023C1E It's been babelfished but I think the point gets across. If anyone is curious about the quainter mistranslations, let me know. For instance, it says that unhappy amer

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Dana
I am generally against attacking anyone, but the Taliban left us little choice. They may not *be* al-Qaeda but they actively allied themselves with them and refused to cooperate in the extradition of a war criminal. Hussein on the other hand was anethema to al-Qaeda, far too entwined with Western

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Sam
Taliban != al Qaeda Were you against attacking them? http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006710.php The top secret letter 2205 of the Military Branch of Al Qadisya on 4/3/2001 announced by the top secret letter 246 from the Command of the military sector of Zi Kar on 8/3/2001 announced

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Jerry Johnson
Is that a yes or no. Which part of America are we measuring from? On 11/3/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the guys from south park said the bad people were 8,234 miles from > america. dirka dirka, muhammed jihad! > > On 11/3/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert, d

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Robert Munn
the guys from south park said the bad people were 8,234 miles from america. dirka dirka, muhammed jihad! On 11/3/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert, do you think Saddam was directly tied to Al Qaeda, and that > removing him from power in Iraq defeated Al Qaeda, as the Vice > Pr

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Jerry Johnson
Robert, do you think Saddam was directly tied to Al Qaeda, and that removing him from power in Iraq defeated Al Qaeda, as the Vice President continues to insinuate? On 11/3/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So who is drinking the Al Kool-Aid? I hear Berry Jihad is pretty tasty... ~~~

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Robert Munn
So who is drinking the Al Kool-Aid? I hear Berry Jihad is pretty tasty... On 11/3/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ::shrug:: Don't yell at me. I am just the messenger here. I do however > think that people in other countries have a point. > > Look at you, poster boy for unexamined neoconserva

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Dana
::shrug:: Don't yell at me. I am just the messenger here. I do however think that people in other countries have a point. Look at you, poster boy for unexamined neoconservatism. Saddam != al Qaeda, Sam. No matter how much Kool Aid you drink. On 11/3/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How dare w

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Sam
How dare we fight back? We should just surrendered like Spain did. Maybe even help them destroy Israel for good measure. Then there will be peace on earth. Maybe Jimmy Carter will run in 2008 and save us all. On 11/3/06, Dana wrote: > > Also that we are not actually fighting al-Qaeda, just convinc

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Dana
consider, for just a second, that this might not be an either/or proposition. Also that we are not actually fighting al-Qaeda, just convincing the rest of the world that that they might have a point when they say that the US is a problem. On 11/3/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we ha

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Robert Munn
we have to fight the enemy. we have no choice, they keep attacking us, and they will keep attacking us. if everyone else wants to hole up in fear and just hope they don't get bombed, that's up to them, but we are going to stand and fight. if that means the middle east goes up in flames, well, that'

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Dana
something comes to mind about putting out a fire with gasoline... they aren't worried about us. They are worried about what we will blunder into. Dana On 11/3/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > f*ck those guys. the world was dangerous for Americans already. remember > 9/11? now everyon

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Robert Munn
f*ck those guys. the world was dangerous for Americans already. remember 9/11? now everyone gets to share in the fun. On 11/3/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seen as a threat to world > peace by its closest neighbors and allies, with Britons saying

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Dana
my reaction was well duh, but apparently this *is* news to people here. Maybe it doesn't seems surprising to me because I have family in other countries. Where yes, a lot of people think that the US has lost its collective mind. By the way, Wayne's right, good to see you. Where you been? Dana On

RE: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Nick McClure
Of course, there is a far smaller chance of North Korea launching a nuke on the UK, and you know, we're just crazy > -Original Message- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:38 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Britons fear Bush m

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Vivec
Well if you read the article, it wasn't just the British who were polled. So I guess there are a lot of dumb people in all those countries. ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-dat

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Sam
I find it hard to believe so many British could be umm... that dumb? But it is coming from the Guardian a week before an election so it's expected. Like the letter writing campaign in Ohio in 2004. Even if true I could kind of understand coming from a country that's main source of news is the BBC.

Re: Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> Gel wrote: > "LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seen as a threat to world > peace by its closest neighbors and allies, The Swedes are in there somewhere too. The majority of the world views us like their meathead dumb oaf 4th cousin who's always getting himself into some jam because he's

Britons fear Bush more than Kim Jong Il

2006-11-03 Thread Vivec
"LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbors and allies, with Britons saying President George W. Bush poses a greater danger than North Korea's Kim Jong-il, a survey found on Friday." "A majority of Canadians and Mexicans agreed, with 62 percent