> Then he told me he's an "Associate Professor Emiritus" (even spelled > it right) and threatened me with "retribution". I'm still shaking in > my boots (haven't dared take them off). Then he unsubbed. :-/ Still > trying to figure how refusing to censor stuff means I've got a closed > mind. Oh well. Such are the joys of list moderation.
Well you know of course...there is a big difference between a matriculate and a graduate. Appears that he fails to see the difference between a piece of sheep's skin and a mind that is fully functional in both forward and reverse. Fair guess is that your fellow has aged inside a closed mind in middle-muddle academia and is looking at the "back side of forty" (or 50? or 60?) with nary a clue as to where it's all gone and only a hint that the rest will be over before he's done squandering it. Don't know how one goes about oiling the hinges of one like without threat of bodily harm. Doesn't appear that you fared very well in the greasing the skids category. Perhaps "retribution" meant that he would rethink his ill manners and incomplete logic, to come back later and offer credit to a moderator that permits a fair lattitude of reasonable thought from each end of the spectrum? Perhaps not. Personally? Rather thankful that I didn't have to drink from a cup of such swill. What is it about people who drop $10-20,000 for a few letters behind their name that gives them cause to rise to a level of superiority? Humans. God love 'em. It's damned difficult for me. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: Who really gives a rat's backside? > Hi MM, Todd and all > > >On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:11:28 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Who really gives a rat's whisker as to what the all-self-important > > >gliteratti want, have or do? > > > > > >You want glitz and gossip pick up the Examiner, Globe or Enquirer. > > > >Never have paid for such a document. Can't imagine why I'd want to do > >so. > > > > >In the meantime the real world keeps spinning and real people keep busting > > >their hump. > > > >Re-reading the article, it dealt even more than I thought, about half, > >with Tai Robinson's efforts to build an H2 pickup (which he has > >already done), start a business, and offer to convert Arnold's > >vehicle. His additional comments that he also wanted to do a B100 > >vehicle seemed to make the article of even greater interest. Who's > >"Tai Robinson"? Just some guy, to me, not a self-important > >gliteratti. He apparently does have a background in the Olympics. > >Now he's a business owner. > > > >Since we're now talking about the Governor of California, his vehicles > >and enviro policies become very important to vehicle development and > >issues. As to the celebrity angle, clearly I do pay attention when a > >big-time celebrity attempts to bring attention to alt-fuel efforts > >(Cameron Diaz, for example), because they have some position from > >which to do so. > > > >Lastly, as to pasting Arnold's proposed enviro ideas for California, I > >do that in part for Hakan and in part for anyone who might be > >interested to disagree or agree with them. Sure, he's partly a > >buffoon on these matters, but what-of-it. If he wants to put ideas > >out there, heaven forfend, I'll discuss them a bit. > > There's been remarkably little discussion of the Greg Palast article > Hoagy posted about AS and Ken Lay, Enron et al, apart from your > comments MM. And apart from a person who opined: > > >what the hell does this hate mongering rag pusher and his > >broken left-wing crap have to do with a biofuel information > >page. if more garbage like this is allowed without > >monitorning to this site, then im outta here. what a bunch > >of useless trype it is. > > I wrote to him explaining list policy on topic cops and calls for > restricted discussion, not a rude letter, though direct, and got this > back: > > >If this forum was created as a cyber soapbox for political views, > >then, you sir, are indeed a very poor and small little man for even > >pondering the possibility that I should be admonished by a fool as > >yourself... I would be willing to suggest that following my name are > >more letters of matriculation than you will ever allow to be put in > >open forum which counterdict a closed and jaded mind, such as you > >posses. > > Then he told me he's an "Associate Professor Emiritus" (even spelled > it right) and threatened me with "retribution". I'm still shaking in > my boots (haven't dared take them off). Then he unsubbed. :-/ Still > trying to figure how refusing to censor stuff means I've got a closed > mind. Oh well. Such are the joys of list moderation. > > Anyway, Palast seldom gets it wrong (I don't know a case of his > getting it wrong), and the piece made a lot of sense to me, about the > first thing I've seen on the recall that has made a lot of sense, it > tied a lot of loose ends together. And shed a light on the subject > which makes Big Arnie's alt-fuel gas guzzlers perhaps not too > significant, by comparison, and his energy and enviro policies cause > for scepticism and not much else. Which is not to say we shouldn't > discuss them, please, feel free, as ever. > > Arnold Unplugged - It's hasta la vista to $9 billion if > the Governator is selected > Friday, October 3, 2003 > http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=283&row=0 > > Best > > Keith > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. 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