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I apologize
I apologize.
I apologize to the right-wing and to Christian fundamentalists of our country. I was wrong to presume to believe that a majority of Americans believe in truth and justice for all our citizens, for the disenfranchised, for minorities, for the elderly who contributed all of their lives to our great land, for the young women of this country, who may soon have their right of privacy severely restrictedin the name of religion, for the poor in this country, who stuggle every day to put food in their children's mouths, pay the rent, and keep the heat on, and for the millions of Americans, children and adults, who have no health insurance. I apologize for believing that the owning a gun should be a priviledge not a right, and that owning a semi-automatic weapon is antithetical to a modern and free society. I apologize for believing that the right to speak freely and in a public forum should not be abridged, neither in times of peace nor in times of war. I apologize to the Bush administration for believing that we should not be beholden to foreign governments, all of whom are oppressing their own people, for oil regardless of how much money a few rich people might lose in the short term. I apologize for believing that there is an alternative to destroying our environment is the price we have to pay for being energy independent. I apologize for believing that insisting on peace between Israel and the Palestinians would solve more problems in the region than attacking a country, devestating their infrastructure, and occupying their land. I apologize for believing that we should honor our veterans, our commitments to them, and support their families, no matter what war they fought in, even if the war was unpopular. I apologize to the rest of the world for truly believing that we are more than the arrogant bully we really are. You deserve better from us, and I apologize for believing that we are better. Why am I apologizing? I'm apologizing because it's my fault. I didn't fight long enough or hard enough to make things right. I am one of the priviledged in this country. I have a decent job, good health and good health insurance, generally avery good life, more friends than I deserve, people who love me, and enough time to enjoy much of what life can offer. I thought that if I made a modest contribution of time, money, and passion to the cause of equality and justice for all, those things that I believe in would come to pass, and that we would all be better off. I was wrong. I now know that I may have waited too long to make a difference, to reverse the slide down the slippery slope of the aborgation of our civil rights, and away from the national and international obligations we have as the most powerful nation on Earth to stand up to the tyranny that exists both here and abroad. I am not sure that I'm arrogant enough to believe that I can still make a difference, nor am I sure that any one person can make a difference. I pledge to try harder. No more apologies. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
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In article .net,
Gilligan wrote: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269350/posts Typical... you have nothing useful to say. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
Get real.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster" "Trains are a winter sport" |
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SAIL LOCO wrote: Get real. I did, but you're too foolish to acknowledge it. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269350/posts
How scary. When the Bush people claim "god saved them" you know they're no different than Bin Laden and is kind. RB |
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote Typical... I have nothing useful to say. never stopped you before, loser. SV |
"Jonathan Loser Ganz" wrote ... I apologize. I apologize for being a loser. I apologize for believing that Kerry could win. he's a loser. I apologize for believing in Mikey moore, he's a big fat loser. I apologize for believing that gay marriage is my right. I'm a loser. I apologize for anything bad I may have said against our President, G.W. Bush. He's a winner. Why am I apologizing? I'm apologizing because I'm a sorry ass loser. I pledge to try harder. No more apologies. Go Bush. -- Jonathan Gaynz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) |
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote
I apologize for believing that the owning a gun should be a priviledge not a right, and that owning a semi-automatic weapon is antithetical to a modern and free society. No! Such treasonous beliefs are unforgivable! Go commit honorable seppuku immediately!! |
Bobsprit wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269350/posts How scary. When the Bush people claim "god saved them" you know they're no different than Bin Laden and is kind. RB Scarey isn't it Bob? Just as bad as the analogy being bandied around likening Bush's activities in the Middle East to the Crusades, he should do a little research; didn't the Crusaders get whooped there, followed by the Moors taking over half of Europe? Cheers Marty |
Martin Baxter wrote:
Scarey isn't it Bob? Just as bad as the analogy being bandied around likening Bush's activities in the Middle East to the Crusades, he should do a little research; didn't the Crusaders get whooped there, followed by the Moors taking over half of Europe? I think ya got that one backwards. The Moors overran Spain in the early 700s and battled Charlemagne's grandfather at Tours in 732. By the time the Carolingian Renaissance was under way, Charlemagne was fighting them south of the Pyrenees. The Crusades didn't start until more than three hundred years later, when Pope Urban cried out against the infidel, a classic political red herring, and the crowd roared "Deus Le Volt" (trans: the batteries in my Walkman are dead) BTW for those inclined to take the recent election too seriously http://letsriot.com/stuff/new_map.jpg Regards Doug King |
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Scott Vernon wrote: "Jonathan Ganz" wrote Typical... I have nothing useful to say. never stopped you before, loser. Forging posts again? Pretty stupid for a ... well, just pretty stupid. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
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Scott Vernon wrote: I pledge to try harder. No more apologies. My boyfriend told me to say that. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
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Joe wrote: (Jonathan Ganz) wrote in message ... You should apologize to Kerry. It's big mouth wackos like you that cost him the election and cost his suger momma lots of Ketchup money. Had Kerry not been surrounded with people like you and M. Moore he would of won the election...maybe. He got more votes against a sitting president than any other candidate in history. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
"Jonathan Loser Ganz" wrote He got more votes against a sitting president than any other candidate in history. AND LOST !!!! he lost Ganz, you lost, get over it. S |
-- "Jonathan Loser Ganz" wrote Forging posts again? Pretty stupid for a ... well, just pretty again? still ! |
What I say is of great utility to those who haven't made politics a
religion. Gilligan "Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message ... In article .net, Gilligan wrote: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269350/posts Typical... you have nothing useful to say. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
"Horvath" wrote in message ... On 4 Nov 2004 10:01:05 -0800, (Jonathan Ganz) wrote this crap: He got more votes against a sitting president than any other candidate in history. He got Moore votes than any other loser in history. Doesn't that make him the biggest loser in history? LOL. it's a three way tie, kerry , ganz, and bob. |
DSK wrote:
I think ya got that one backwards. The Moors overran Spain in the early 700s and battled Charlemagne's grandfather at Tours in 732. By the time the Carolingian Renaissance was under way, Charlemagne was fighting them south of the Pyrenees. The Crusades didn't start until more than three hundred years later, when Pope Urban cried out against the infidel, a classic political red herring, and the crowd roared "Deus Le Volt" (trans: the batteries in my Walkman are dead) Thanks Doug, my knowledge of history in that area leaves something to be desired. Cheers Marty |
Martin Baxter wrote:
Thanks Doug, my knowledge of history in that area leaves something to be desired. Mine too... one of my goals in learning Spanish is to read about some of the history involved. Regards Doug King |
DSK wrote:
Martin Baxter wrote: Thanks Doug, my knowledge of history in that area leaves something to be desired. Mine too... one of my goals in learning Spanish is to read about some of the history involved. Regards Doug King Did a bit of reading last night, turns out the Crusades analogy is not so bad. The first Crusade was relatively successful, the objective was reached ('liberating' Jerusalem). The Second Crusade captured some more land, and shamelessly sacked Constantinople along the way. The last three Crusades were pretty much a bust and in the long run most of the territory fell back to the Saracens. The one great legacy of the Crusades was the implementation of system of organized taxation, a lofty goal for the GOP (remember that's how this arabesque got started). Cheers Marty |
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:01:05 -0800, Jonathan Ganz wrote:
He got more votes against a sitting president than any other candidate in history. Uh, he got more votes than any other candidate ever, except one. ;-( |
Martin Baxter wrote:
Did a bit of reading last night, turns out the Crusades analogy is not so bad. The first Crusade was relatively successful, the objective was reached ('liberating' Jerusalem). The Second Crusade captured some more land, and shamelessly sacked Constantinople along the way. The last three Crusades were pretty much a bust and in the long run most of the territory fell back to the Saracens. The one great legacy of the Crusades was the implementation of system of organized taxation, a lofty goal for the GOP (remember that's how this arabesque got started). groan But seriously, the Crusades are a good analogy for present times... maybe those who don't know history really are condemned to repeat it. The Crusade served the European princes & kings fairly well at some secondary political goals, such as sending troublesome younger sons far away; also furthered the goals of the old Mediterranean trading powers, and introduced fractional reserve banking. Double entry accounting was invented somewhere in there too. A man named Steve Runciman has written several good books on the Crusades. IIRC the First Crusade was relatively straighforward. They succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and a fair amount of territory (thus giving those younger sons some area to rule) but it was 'just barely' and they never established self-supporting principalities. Just about the time these Crusader principalities got on their feet economically, and could develop reasonable trade relationships with neighboring Arab territories, a new wave of belligerent Crusaders arrived and knocked over the applecart. Crusaders that returned to Europe brought with them new technology and new tastes, and a much greater knowledge of the world around them. The Arabs which had overrun the Hellenic empires, inheritors of Alexander the Great, had a much greater familiarity with classical & ancient knowledge. This opened the door, several generations down the road, for the Renaissance. The crusading era ended with Saint Louis the Pious, (Louis Xth IIRC) who was blatantly delusional and a one-man military strategic disaster. Drawing the parallels to modern times is best left as an exercise for studious! Regards Doug King |
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Scott Vernon wrote: "Jonathan Loser Ganz" wrote He got more votes against a sitting president than any other candidate in history. AND LOST !!!! he lost Ganz, you lost, get over it. Keep shouting... it makes you look even more stupid if that's possible. -- Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m) http://www.sailnow.com "If there's no wind, row." |
While you are apologizing, shouldn't you also mention your cynical (but
vacuous) notes posted throughout the year repeatedly bashing my Mac 26M? Jim Jonathan Ganz wrote: I apologize. I apologize to the right-wing and to Christian fundamentalists of our country. I was wrong to presume to believe that a majority of Americans believe in truth and justice for all our citizens, for the disenfranchised, for minorities, for the elderly who contributed all of their lives to our great land, for the young women of this country, who may soon have their right of privacy severely restrictedin the name of religion, for the poor in this country, who stuggle every day to put food in their children's mouths, pay the rent, and keep the heat on, and for the millions of Americans, children and adults, who have no health insurance. I apologize for believing that the owning a gun should be a priviledge not a right, and that owning a semi-automatic weapon is antithetical to a modern and free society. I apologize for believing that the right to speak freely and in a public forum should not be abridged, neither in times of peace nor in times of war. I apologize to the Bush administration for believing that we should not be beholden to foreign governments, all of whom are oppressing their own people, for oil regardless of how much money a few rich people might lose in the short term. I apologize for believing that there is an alternative to destroying our environment is the price we have to pay for being energy independent. I apologize for believing that insisting on peace between Israel and the Palestinians would solve more problems in the region than attacking a country, devestating their infrastructure, and occupying their land. I apologize for believing that we should honor our veterans, our commitments to them, and support their families, no matter what war they fought in, even if the war was unpopular. I apologize to the rest of the world for truly believing that we are more than the arrogant bully we really are. You deserve better from us, and I apologize for believing that we are better. Why am I apologizing? I'm apologizing because it's my fault. I didn't fight long enough or hard enough to make things right. I am one of the priviledged in this country. I have a decent job, good health and good health insurance, generally avery good life, more friends than I deserve, people who love me, and enough time to enjoy much of what life can offer. I thought that if I made a modest contribution of time, money, and passion to the cause of equality and justice for all, those things that I believe in would come to pass, and that we would all be better off. I was wrong. I now know that I may have waited too long to make a difference, to reverse the slide down the slippery slope of the aborgation of our civil rights, and away from the national and international obligations we have as the most powerful nation on Earth to stand up to the tyranny that exists both here and abroad. I am not sure that I'm arrogant enough to believe that I can still make a difference, nor am I sure that any one person can make a difference. I pledge to try harder. No more apologies. |
I apologize for thinking anyone as stupid as you could possible string two
coherent sentences together about any boat, even a piece of crap Mac. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... While you are apologizing, shouldn't you also mention your cynical (but vacuous) notes posted throughout the year repeatedly bashing my Mac 26M? Jim Jonathan Ganz wrote: I apologize. I apologize to the right-wing and to Christian fundamentalists of our country. I was wrong to presume to believe that a majority of Americans believe in truth and justice for all our citizens, for the disenfranchised, for minorities, for the elderly who contributed all of their lives to our great land, for the young women of this country, who may soon have their right of privacy severely restrictedin the name of religion, for the poor in this country, who stuggle every day to put food in their children's mouths, pay the rent, and keep the heat on, and for the millions of Americans, children and adults, who have no health insurance. I apologize for believing that the owning a gun should be a priviledge not a right, and that owning a semi-automatic weapon is antithetical to a modern and free society. I apologize for believing that the right to speak freely and in a public forum should not be abridged, neither in times of peace nor in times of war. I apologize to the Bush administration for believing that we should not be beholden to foreign governments, all of whom are oppressing their own people, for oil regardless of how much money a few rich people might lose in the short term. I apologize for believing that there is an alternative to destroying our environment is the price we have to pay for being energy independent. I apologize for believing that insisting on peace between Israel and the Palestinians would solve more problems in the region than attacking a country, devestating their infrastructure, and occupying their land. I apologize for believing that we should honor our veterans, our commitments to them, and support their families, no matter what war they fought in, even if the war was unpopular. I apologize to the rest of the world for truly believing that we are more than the arrogant bully we really are. You deserve better from us, and I apologize for believing that we are better. Why am I apologizing? I'm apologizing because it's my fault. I didn't fight long enough or hard enough to make things right. I am one of the priviledged in this country. I have a decent job, good health and good health insurance, generally avery good life, more friends than I deserve, people who love me, and enough time to enjoy much of what life can offer. I thought that if I made a modest contribution of time, money, and passion to the cause of equality and justice for all, those things that I believe in would come to pass, and that we would all be better off. I was wrong. I now know that I may have waited too long to make a difference, to reverse the slide down the slippery slope of the aborgation of our civil rights, and away from the national and international obligations we have as the most powerful nation on Earth to stand up to the tyranny that exists both here and abroad. I am not sure that I'm arrogant enough to believe that I can still make a difference, nor am I sure that any one person can make a difference. I pledge to try harder. No more apologies. |
Jim, why would you care what a loser like ganz thinks about your boat?
Scotty "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... While you are apologizing, shouldn't you also mention your cynical (but vacuous) notes posted throughout the year repeatedly bashing my Mac 26M? Jim Jonathan LOSER Ganz wrote: I apologize. I apologize for being a LOSER.... |
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
... Jim, why would you care what a loser like me thinks about your boat? Scotty "Jim Cate" wrote in message ... While you are apologizing, shouldn't you also mention your cynical (but vacuous) notes posted throughout the year repeatedly bashing my Mac 26M? Jim Jonathan LOSER Ganz wrote: I apologize. I apologize for being a LOSER.... |
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:31:43 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap: Jim, why would you care what a loser like ganz thinks about your boat? Not only that, ask Jon-boy what kind of boat he has. It's the only thing worse than a Mac 26. Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now! |
Hahaha... good one Horass!! You managed to put down two people at the same
time! This the famous sword-through-the-neck trick. Way to go. I'm proud of you boy. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Horvath" wrote in message ... On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:31:43 -0500, "Scott Vernon" wrote this crap: Jim, why would you care what a loser like ganz thinks about your boat? Not only that, ask Jon-boy what kind of boat he has. It's the only thing worse than a Mac 26. Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now! |
Jim, why would you care what a loser like ganz thinks about your boat?
Aint that cute??? Scotty Potti is defending a fellow POS boat owner. Guess they gotta stick together. Strength in blunders...errr, I mean numbers! RB |
"Bob**** the big fat LOSER" wrote ... Jim, why would you care what a loser like ganz thinks about your boat? Aint that Scotty Potti cute? RBB, the knucklehead |
OzOne wrote in message ... On 07 Nov 2004 20:28:22 GMT, (Bobsprit) scribbled thusly: Jim, why would you care what a loser like ganz thinks about your boat? Aint that cute??? Scotty Potti is defending a fellow POS boat owner. Guess they gotta stick together. Strength in blunders...errr, I mean numbers! RB Bubbles, have you been drinking breast milk, you seem rather hyped lately it's the Hudson River water that he's drinking. S |
Bubbles, have you been drinking breast milk, you seem rather hyped
lately Nah, it makes me sleepy! RB |
"Bob**** the big fat LOSER" wrote ... Bubbles, have you been drinking breast milk, you seem rather hyped lately Nah, it makes me dopey! That's obvious. |
Aint that cute??? Scotty Potti is defending a fellow POS boat owner. Guess
they gotta stick together. Strength in blunders...errr, I mean numbers! Yep and your only 3 seconds ahead. S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster" "Trains are a winter sport" |
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:08:20 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap: Hahaha... good one Horass!! You managed to put down two people at the same time! This the famous sword-through-the-neck trick. Way to go. I'm proud of you boy. Do you have to gay-up everything? Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now! |
"Horvath" wrote in message
... On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:08:20 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz" wrote this crap: Hahaha... good one Horass!! You managed to put down two people at the same time! This the famous sword-through-the-neck trick. Way to go. I'm proud of you boy. Do you have to gay-up everything? Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now! |
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