Frank wrote:
Oh, yeah, gotta ditto this. Yes, even the part about the U.S., despite
my status as a citizen of said entity. We're getting ready to start
cruising toward the Caribbean in a coupla months (as soon as we get the
new boat ready). We'll be flying a "world" flag from our stern.

"Homeland Security!" Snort! A bureau name (and philosophy and tactics)
straight out of the Third Reich. And is there anything more
"unamerican" than the soi-disant "Patriot" Act? Lately, however, I've
been hearing rumors of impeachment. I can only hope. Guess I'd better
keep a U.S. ensign with the other courtesy flags. Just in case.

But to move away from politics... Homeschooling at sea! I can't wait!
The kids are pretty excited, too.

I hope you are keeping them far from the WWW & TV and teaching them the
Mandarin they will soon need to survive in the coming reich.

Another Frank
Former Homeschooler

wrote:

I hope you are keeping them far from the WWW & TV and teaching them the
Mandarin they will soon need to survive in the coming reich.

???coming reich???
baby, you're living it and you don't even know it.
But I agree, teach them Chinese because it will make them smarter

{off topic mode on}

See, now this is what really bothers me about the current political
chasm in the world. All sides seem to be ignorant of history, and make
extreme hyperbolic statements to support their opinions.

The REAL Reich imprisoned, tortured, and murdered somewhat more than
10 MILLION people over a period of about four years. That is a documented
fact of history.

I don't particularly like where the US and the world are headed right now
either, but equating the USA with the German Reich is purely hyperbole.
Perhaps you prefer the methods of the "Islamic" extremists which include
car bombing civilians, and sawing the heads off of live prisoners??

prodigal1 wrote:

???coming reich???
baby, you're living it and you don't even know it.

{off topic mode off}

Cruising is how I hope to travel while avoiding removing my shoes for the
security line. {OTMBOn} Which, BTW, I wouldn't have to do if "muslim"
Richard Reid hadn't tried to murder an entire airplane load of civilians
with the bomb hidden in his shoes. Sheesh!! {OTMBOff}

My idea of cruising is to travel to the peaceful places in the world where
they are not getting caught up in the current troubles between the western
and islamic worlds.


Don W.

Don W wrote:
snipola

Don,
You want to take me to task for responding to whatsisname's OT political
comments?
puhllleeeeze
spare me defensiveness
do go cruising on that boat of yours
I think you'll find that the further you get away from the noise, the
clearer your perspective will be on current events

Prodigal,

{otmon}
No, I don't care about whatever you were responding to. I was just
making the point that both sides of this political gulf have already
forgotten the hard learned lessons of less than sixty years ago. So,
I guess that we will all have to re-learn those lessons the hard way.

That we includes the western world, and it includes the islamic world.

And the "sheesh" was aimed at Richard Reid, and the people who inspired
him, not at you.

What I responded to in your post was the comment comparing the current USA
to the German REICH of 1936-45, and saying that we were already living in
it. We may yet get there (and I really really hope that we don't), but if
we were already there you would have been too scared to make a comment like
that in a public forum--because there _would_ have been a knock at your door in
the night, and the rest of us would never have known what happened to you.
I gather that you are not at all worried about that possibility?? Well then
we must not be there yet.

Defensive?? puhllleeeeze spare me. I'm just a student of history who has
a grasp on the reality of what happened during our grandparents generation.
It was a lot of really ugly things that all of us should have the sense not
to do again.

{otmoff}

Instead, we should go cruising, and make friends with people all over the
world. We should smile, and laugh, and dance, and tell jokes. Sometimes
we should laugh at other peoples lame jokes just because it makes them feel
good. We should eat good food that we prepared ourselves, and marvel at the
sunsets, and the deep azure blue ocean. And on that perfect day when the sun
smiles and the winds are fair, we should remember to feel a little sadness for
those who take life too seriously and thus never really get to live it.

Life's blessings and fair winds to you,

Don W.

prodigal1 wrote:

Don,
You want to take me to task for responding to whatsisname's OT political
comments?
puhllleeeeze
spare me defensiveness
do go cruising on that boat of yours
I think you'll find that the further you get away from the noise, the
clearer your perspective will be on current events

Don W wrote in
:

the islamic world.

I've worked in Iran, for the Iranian Air Force under the Shahanshah. I've
fixed ships in Bahrain from Charleston Naval Shipyard, our Great White
Fleet at Bahrain's port. I left Iran about 28 days before the Shah did in
'79. I'd go back next week if they had a friendly government, again.

If you tire of the constant onslaught of Tel Aviv TV telling Americans they
are all just terrorists and want to kill us all, take a little trip to
Mahmood's Blog for fun in Bahrain to see what normal Arab people are really
like. Mahmood's Blog is in English. He's a fluent English Arab, probably
trained at the British School in Al Manama or in England. He has great
videos of all kinds of silly things Bahrainis take quite seriously. The
video yesterday was about a guy who saves an endangered Bahraini frog that
lives on the desert island the development threatens.

Note how normal Arab people are kinda laid back, not what CNN wants you to
think at all!....hee hee.

http://www.mahmood.tv/

Warning! His colorful language ISN'T what you hear coming from a
mosque!...(c; He's getting much better at video productions, of late.
There's great pointers to other Arab English language blogs from his site,
too. Bahraini Girl is a good read. Mahmood's coverage of the Formula 1
racing in Bahrain has some great pictures of beautiful expat and Bahraini
women...without the covering! Bahrainis tolerate a lot of outside ideas.
They've had 7000 years of foreign traders to corrupt them...

--
Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in
chalk.

Don W wrote in
m:

The REAL Reich imprisoned, tortured, and murdered somewhat more than
10 MILLION people over a period of about four years. That is a
documented fact of history.


Oh, boy....this'll make the thread EXPLODE!
http://www.nizkor.org/faqs/leuchter/
http://www.ihr.org/books/leuchter/leuchter.toc.html

There....that'll rile 'em....(c;

--
Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in
chalk.