The direct subject of the message, allowing for several subjunctives, was to
convey the fact that the subject of some of Daniel's and my discussions was
predicated on the erroneous assumption on my part that he claimed subjective
allegiance to the Bald Eagle. Which is a carrion eater and scavenger among
other things. Imagine having that for the symbol of a country; at least
Canada has the Beaver, which is useful in building dams and providing work
for government employees, and the Loon which provides Loonsh-t which makes
up most of the marsh at the foot of our property.
Re-coffee houses, I refer to a company that has the same name as an office
implement. I've visited school staffrooms, yep, the coffees bad. But try
the coffee that I used to drink on midnight shift, tasted like something
awful, high in caffeine, but it kept me awake so I could drive the Old
Patrol Car until 0800.
>Now, if they weren't so revolting, and hadn't revolted, think what an
> interesting place the world would be today. Problems with the Afghans,
send
> in a representative of the Foreign Office, a platoon of Gurkhas, and the
> whole thing would be cleared up in a day. The Iraqis are revolting, send
in
> a Political Officer to set them straight. The natives of North America
are
> rioting, send in a section of soldiers with a good sergeant in charge, end
> of problem.
Ah, but this is the Old Way, and it worked. No sending Canadian soldiers
home in body bags, no destroying villages just because someone {thinks?} it
might be a guerilla camp, and above all, IT WORKED.
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 2008/06/07 04:02
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [social] Hillary finally quits
On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 14:21 -0700, Pat McBride wrote:
> To you all;
>
> Please excuse my bad manners and this blunder {weren't so revolting}in the
> message, I copied part of it from a vent that I wrote to an American
friend
> (who'se still a really good friend), but it's still no excuse for bad
> manners.
>
> Humbly,
Can happen to anyone :-)
> >From your e-mail address, and that of Ian, I gather that you are a direct
> subject of Her Britannic Majesty;
On that issue I am technically a subject but don't consider myself
subjugated :-)
Daniel is much more complicated.
> And they're responsible for the creation of some of the most disgusting
> coffee houses in the world; no names, no lawsuit.
You obviously haven't visited the staffrooms in many UK schools ;-)
> Now, if they weren't so revolting, and hadn't revolted, think what an
> interesting place the world would be today. Problems with the Afghans,
send
> in a representative of the Foreign Office, a platoon of Gurkhas, and the
> whole thing would be cleared up in a day. The Iraqis are revolting, send
in
> a Political Officer to set them straight. The natives of North America
are
> rioting, send in a section of soldiers with a good sergeant in charge, end
> of problem.
Snag is that when you interfere something else has a knock on effect. We
could say just nuke em, that will sort out the problem, but what about
afterwards? Problems in Iraq, Israel, Africa - we can see our
interference in all those, which is I guess why Star trek has the prime
directive :-) Unfortunately we are where we are so judgements have to be
made about where and when to interfere which is why we need good
politicians.
Ian
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