Dave, you never answered my question:

Was it a reasonable response by President Bush to stare open-mouthed when
asked about the situation?

Just a simple yes or no please.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Dave" wrote in message
...
On 29 Oct 2004 15:12:40 -0700, (Jonathan Ganz)
said:

More fundamentally, I think it's short-sighted, and a serious mistake, to
base Constitutional principle solely on whether it yields your desired
result in a particular case.

So, you would advocate the repeal of all civil rights legislation that
has taken place at the Federal level in favor of the legislation being
put to the individual states? Talk about short-sighted!!

From your last paragraph, should we infer that the Bill of Rights
should also be eliminated, since it was designed to specifically
address a desired result?

As usual, non-sequiturs.

And you still haven't answered the question:

you think the State legislators will ignore their
constituents if, as you say, and vast majority favor your position?

Or the second question:

Could it be that you have doubts about whether that vast majority is such
a
vast majority?

Peter,

Actually, it's not.

In Latin the plural of "virus" is not "virii." In fact, it appears that
there is no plural form for this noun (which, by the way, is neuter, even
though the way you are declining it suggests that it follows the typical
pattern of a second declension masculine noun).

Nor is the plural for "virus" the word "viri," which is actually the plural
of "vir," which means "man." ("Viri" = "men.")

--Alan Gomes

"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:19:12 GMT, "katysails"

wrote:

Si I dropped a friggin i from the word...so what? And I've never been
to
receptionist school or whatever you call it...I went to a Catholic lib
arts
college....and if you read any of the postings on this ng, you'd know
that
your opinion is held in respect by one person only....you know, maybe
injecting a foreign substance into your veins might be a good idea...



Dropped an "i"? Hoo Boy!!! There is no such word as "virii" in the
English
language either, ****forbrains. I'm guessing that you are looking for the
plural
of virus? It's "viruses"

Actually it's virii. Latin plural of a latin singular. Common usage is
viruses.

Try looking further than the cheap dictionary you use for failing to
solve kids' crosswords.

PDW

On 30 Oct 2004 21:36:03 -0700, (Suzy Brody)
wrote this crap:

BOO ! I went trick or treating tonight dressed up as a hooker. I
gots lots of yummy candy.

Suzy


I always pass out candy to little girls.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

So, you're saying that dumb looks and silence is how a US president should
answer legitmate questions of national and international importance. Got it.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Dave" wrote in message
...
On 29 Oct 2004 15:43:25 -0700, (Jonathan Ganz)
said:

How about restating it this way: Was it a reasonable response by
President Bush to stare open-mouthed when asked about the situation?

Just a simple yes or no please.

As between that and Kerry's shooting from the lip before the facts were
in,
yes.

While not exactly parallel, I'm reminded of the other JFK's famous fib
that
probably won him the election--the "missile gap." Both candidates knew
damned well there was no missile gap. But Nixon couldn't say so because to
do so would have let the cat out of the bag on this country's U-2 flights
over the USSR.

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On 30 Oct 2004 21:36:03 -0700, (Suzy Brody)
wrote this crap:

BOO ! I went trick or treating tonight dressed up as a hooker. I
gots lots of yummy candy.

Suzy


I always pass out candy to little boys.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote

.... it looks like Kerry was right. It's a huge mess that BushCo created.

Kind of like swatting a big hornets' nest out of a tree over your house
.......

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:45:39 GMT, wrote
this crap:


BUS is singular, and it is Latin, shortened from Omnibus. You'd better check and
see when the busii are running so you can leave town!



"Omnibus" is already plural. You can't pluralize it again.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!