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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:23:00 -0500, Charlie Morgan said:

Guess you've never been in the audience at one of these shows. There are
prompts. Letterman's NYC audience also finds Cheney ludicrous. They don't
need
prompts.

You make my point rather well. Totally Pavlovian responses entirely
divorced
from the substance of the line.

Charlie (BB) Morgan salivates at the sound of a bell . . . er, rather at the
mention of Cheney being derided by a comic.

Max

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Well, Cheney is a funny guy, especially with a shotgun or a war.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:10:03 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

Must be Nancy Pelosi.

Ever notice how Leno's monologue relies very heavily on the audience's
Pavlovian response to certain words? For example, regardless of what
Leno's
line is, funny or not funny, the mention of Dick Cheney at any point in
the
monologue automatically triggers a laugh response from the Hollywood based
audience.

I think that after Nancy Pelosi's antics of last week, she's destined for
that kind of a response as well.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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I'd say that of the colonial powers, the British had about
the best (and most consistent, more to their credit)record
of building infrastructure, encouraging local economic
autonomy & development, and leaving the least mess behind
them. Certainly better than say Belgium.

Thanks-I think... :-)

big snip

It isn't the fault of Great Britain.

Agreed. None of the colonial powers ever seriously undertook
to build a stable & sef-sustaining social & economic
infrastructure to leave behind. And how can you blame them,
when that wasn't even close to what they were there for in
the first place?

Remember that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India were once British
Colonies.

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Edgar wrote:


Remember that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India were once British
Colonies.

Indeed, and look at the sorry lot of their aborignal peoples.

Cheers
Marty

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Edgar wrote:
"DSK" wrote in message
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I'd say that of the colonial powers, the British had about
the best (and most consistent, more to their credit)record
of building infrastructure, encouraging local economic
autonomy & development, and leaving the least mess behind
them. Certainly better than say Belgium.

Thanks-I think... :-)

big snip

It isn't the fault of Great Britain.

Agreed. None of the colonial powers ever seriously undertook
to build a stable & sef-sustaining social & economic
infrastructure to leave behind. And how can you blame them,
when that wasn't even close to what they were there for in
the first place?

Remember that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India were once British
Colonies.

So was the USA.

PDW

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Well, Cheney is a funny guy, especially with a shotgun or a war.

Funny with a shotgun??? Are you a masochist?

Max

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Warning, warning, maximum density alert... warning... :-)

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Well, Cheney is a funny guy, especially with a shotgun or a war.

Funny with a shotgun??? Are you a masochist?

Max

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Well, they may well have grounds to feel that they are now ethnic minorities
in countries where there ancestors once had full possession, but they are
not starving to death in their thousands or killing each other in their
thousands like the Africans. Nor are their governments totally corrupt, nor
do they have to see their leaders feathering their own nests and riding
around in luxury while they starve, like the Africans.

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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Edgar wrote:


Remember that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India were once British
Colonies.

Indeed, and look at the sorry lot of their aborignal peoples.

Cheers
Marty

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"Peter" wrote in message
ps.com...


Remember that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India were once British
Colonies.

So was the USA.

PDW

I was listing only those countries we released voluntarily...

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Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 24 Nov 2006 10:39:02 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:56:26 GMT, "Maxprop" said:

Funny with a shotgun??? Are you a masochist?
He's simply expecting to elicit the usual Pavlovian response, Max.

And he successfully got it from both you and Jeff.

CWM
Moi???

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.... building infrastructure, encouraging local economic
autonomy & development, and leaving the least mess behind
them. Certainly better than say Belgium.


Edgar wrote:
Thanks-I think... :-)


I've had the experience of talking with a few Indonesians
about their colonial history... the Dutch left a big mess
and a legacy of truly bitter hatred... you can always find
somebody that's worse!



big snip

It isn't the fault of Great Britain.

Agreed. None of the colonial powers ever seriously undertook
to build a stable & sef-sustaining social & economic
infrastructure to leave behind. And how can you blame them,
when that wasn't even close to what they were there for in
the first place?


Edgar wrote:
Remember that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India were once British
Colonies.


Canada was also a French colony, remember ;)
Australia wasn't so much a colony as an open-air prison,
kind of a special case in many ways. There were some prison
colonies in the U.S. too. India might not feel they were
left in such great shape.

DSK

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I did? I don't think Max was laughing...were you?

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:26:37 -0500, Charlie Morgan said:

And he successfully got it from both you and Jeff.

Not quite. The expected response was laughter at the word "Cheney." What
he
got was laughter directed at himself.

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On 24 Nov 2006 10:39:02 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:56:26 GMT, "Maxprop" said:

Funny with a shotgun??? Are you a masochist?

He's simply expecting to elicit the usual Pavlovian response, Max.

And he successfully got it from both you and Jeff.

Yeah, I laughed myself silly. Thought I was watching Letterman . . .

Max

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I did? I don't think Max was laughing...were you?

You took my comment basakwards, Jon. I was making light of Cheney being
"funny" with a shotgun. Obviously he's not funny with a shotgun, but I
thought that was painfully (intended) obvious.

Sure enough, I was experiencing the Pavlovian reaction in response to the
name "Cheney."

Max

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"Jeff" wrote in message
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Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 24 Nov 2006 10:39:02 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:56:26 GMT, "Maxprop"
said:

Funny with a shotgun??? Are you a masochist?
He's simply expecting to elicit the usual Pavlovian response, Max.

And he successfully got it from both you and Jeff.

CWM
Moi???

Non vous. Moi.

Max (Jeff)

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I think he's funny with a shotgun, but not if an attorney is nearby... :-)

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I did? I don't think Max was laughing...were you?

You took my comment basakwards, Jon. I was making light of Cheney being
"funny" with a shotgun. Obviously he's not funny with a shotgun, but I
thought that was painfully (intended) obvious.

Sure enough, I was experiencing the Pavlovian reaction in response to the
name "Cheney."

Max

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It's a good sign that eagles are making a comeback. Maybe in a few years,
we can start using DDT again.

DSK

Now that's funny.

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It's a good sign that eagles are making a comeback. Maybe in a few years,
we can start using DDT again.


jlrogers±³© wrote:
Now that's funny.



Well, I thought so, but some people took it wrong.

Did anybody ever tell you, JL, you have a morbid & bizarre
(not to mention cruel & cynical) sense of humor?

DSK

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I think he's funny with a shotgun, but not if an attorney is nearby... :-)

And you hold that against him . . . ?

Max