Re: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?]

2003-01-12 Thread bones
ABM: --- The dissolution of the former Soviet Union during the autumn and winter of 1991 required the United States to re-evaluate the bilateral treaties that had existed between the Soviet Union and itself, including the ABM Treaty. (1) Both President Bush and President Clinton operated on

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2003-01-10 Thread Kelley Jernigan
What a lot of nonsence. If it were about oil the Best thing the USA could do is lift all of the sanctions. Then the US could have all the Iraqi oil it wanted to buy. JKJ On Monday 06 January 2003 8:22 pm, Todd Franklin wrote: What gets me is that the whole Iraq thing is over the oil. There's

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2003-01-10 Thread Kelley Jernigan
Why is it that people miss that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was made with a country that no longer exists? Any treaties that are made with any country that ceases to exist are null and void automatically. JKJ On Thursday 09 January 2003 10:53 pm, bones wrote: Hell, everybody has

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2003-01-09 Thread bones
Hell, everybody has strong feelings about this subject. I have resisted long but this post is really way beyond. Imagine: There are two countries, X and Y. - X has made war to two other countries (to one of them with strong support by Y) and shot rockets against a third, it is _suspected_ to

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2003-01-09 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 09 January 2003 06:15 pm, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: Some people may have hurt your feelings - well that's sad. But your country is going to _kill_ people - not just hurt their feelings. Is it better to kill than to cope with opposing views and maybe discover that you are

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2003-01-08 Thread RichardA
On Tuesday 07 January 2003 23:04, Dennis Sue wrote: I have patiently waited for this ridiculous diatribe to die off. I have listened as you people have insulted MY country, MY President, My people. Now, I've had enough, And I'm going to have MY say. Some probably won't like what I have to

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2003-01-07 Thread Daryl Johnson
A quick check on my own server gave me 352 newsgroups that included the word politics in the title... some scope there I would suggest ;o) regards Daryl On Tuesday 07 Jan 2003 10:40 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Milos Prudek wrote: [...] I think that this list is intended for discussion

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2003-01-07 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:29 AM 1/7/2003 +0100, you wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Our Prime minister Tony Blair is way out on a limb.There is little support for an Iraqi war. I think that this list is intended for discussion about Mandrake Linux. While I appreciate your opinion and actually agree with most

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2003-01-07 Thread Dennis Sue
On Tuesday 07 January 2003 04:20 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Our Prime minister Tony Blair is way out on a limb.There is little support for an Iraqi war. I have patiently waited for this ridiculous diatribe to die off. I have listened as you people have insulted MY country, MY President, My

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2003-01-07 Thread et
On Tuesday 07 January 2003 08:38 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 18:04, Dennis Sue wrote: Well, Dennis Sue, all I can say is that you've got your shite together. You got's my vote, I'll be watching email from this address much closer in the future. Btw, see what you think

U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?]

2003-01-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 03:27:07PM +1100, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 15:22, mike wrote: I've noticed there is a lot of Red and Yellow in Linux... ...and to think I moved to Australia to be away from US politics...I guess not... Not that the U.S. seems intent on building a

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2003-01-05 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 05 January 2003 12:08 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 03:27:07PM +1100, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 15:22, mike wrote: I've noticed there is a lot of Red and Yellow in Linux... ...and to think I moved to Australia to be away from US politics...I

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2003-01-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 6:38 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: What I can't figure out is who here in the US wants a world empire and why they think it's a good idea. Ain't that true the world over? How many people really do? I raised 5 kids and that is all the squabling I care to endure. I also