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On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:14:30 +0000, Larry wrote:
"Roger Long" wrote in : Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant, like pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels, what makes you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They drones under the dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in China, India, and other rapidly developing nations, together with eight years of disasterous and stupid foreign policy in the oil producing areas of the world are what sets the prices. -- Roger Long I don't believe any of that. Gas prices are fixed by demand, yes, but a much larger factor is the fact that the Yankee dollar is near worthless. That blame lays firmly at the feet of the Federal Reserve Privately Owned Bank Corporation, the bankers behind the curtain. It's why gold is constantly creeping its way back up to $1000/oz. The value of gold hasn't changed in 10,000 years. The money has, quite simply, gotten more worthless as the FED runs the printing press 24 hours a day loaning money to the US Government and failing American banks with nothing but a promise to back it up. You barely hear a thing said on the Propaganda Channels (cable news) about failing banks like the biggest one to close in US history this week: http://www.indymac.com/ Notice the slick bank webpage has been completely replaced by serious Federal Deposit Insurance Corp text. Pages like this: http://web.archive.org/web/200708271...ndymacb2b.com/ and all others, have simply vanished....along with a substantial amount of depositors' money. Who do you think will cough up the $US8,000,000,000 FDIC will pay in insurance? Who will crank up the money printing presses to print it....raising fuel prices even further. We're going to be in VERY serious trouble, very soon, as OPEC is moving operations away from the useless Yankee dollars sliding over the falls and onto the more stable EURO. Gas will really jump on that day as the conversion is nearly 1.5:1 at the moment and widening. More than that Larry, An English historian, Toynbee (sp?) postulated that the vital life of any empire in history is about 200 years. Depending on when you date the start of the American empire, I would say that it is fast coming to an end though will still survive as a powerhouse for some time to come. It started before the sinking of the Maine and the takeover of Spanish colonial possesions such as the Philippines and the economic/political colonialsim of the United Fruit Company. Interesting that in 1868 Commodore Perry forced open the doors of Japan to trade with the US - apart from WWII, look what happened to your home economy when that tiger awoke. Then the Nixon admin. wanted China to open its doors to international trade - 30 to 1 dollar trade imbalance now and it hasn't ended yet. China has the largest armed forces in the world and is rapidly acquiring advanced technilogical weaponry. The last three wars of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology doesn't necessarily mean you win. The World Bank has predicted that the four top economies of the world in 2020 will be India, Russia, China and Brazil. The USA will only be in 5th place by countries but will be behind the EEC. You simply cannot move your production and jobs offshore without something giving - at least that is what we were once taught in Keynsian economic model at university. It's amazing how fast living standards can slip. New Zealand once had the 4th highest standard of living (don't know the criteria by which it was measured) and a few years ago it was only about 21st in the world. Awaiting a flame |
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Herodotus wrote in
: The last three wars of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology doesn't necessarily mean you win. My only problem with your post is the "you" in the above sentence. The American government isn't run by the people of the United States, and hasn't been since 1913 when the Federal Reserve Bank Corporation, owned by a shadowy group of secret bankers, took control of our government by controlling its money supply. Even its creation was done without the permission of the American people as it was by a quick voice vote when most of our representatives had gone home for the holidays. They didn't even count the votes because the count would have meant it didn't pass. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service), hated by most all Americans like the Germans hated the Gestapo, was created at the same time in the same manner. Bankers and Think Tankers run America, not its citizens. We citizens are as much victims, having been used for cannon fodder in the constant wars the bankers use to keep the interest on national debt rolling into their pockets, as any Iraqi or Afghan. Our elections are a scam: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iVlZTWH7u8w Watch all 9 parts in order. Only the most stupid Americans still think Arabs with box cutters made THREE huge steel reinforced buildings fall straight down into their own footprint at freefall speed, an airliner crashed into the Pentagon and simply vanished, an airliner crashed in Pennsylvania and didn't leave a single seat or piece of luggage or massive titanium engine....just a gouge in the ground with no wreckage. The Nazy Ministry of Propaganda were amateurs compared to American cable news networks controlled by Zionists. George Orwell had the date set too soon.....but not by far. 1984 "You" never wins. WE, the yous of America, only end up face down in the killing fields of Europe, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and soon to be Iran. These men will stage another "attack" to justify Iran, just like they have since Pearl Harbor.... .....a day that lives in infamy, indeed. Meyer Rothchild said, "Let me control a nation's money supply and I care NOT who makes its laws." He's still right, today. We Americans go on arguing about the employees of these bankers...presidents, politicians, senior bureaucrats....just as if it made a difference who we voted for. Our current presidential candidates are all: Freemasons Council on Foreign Relations Trilateral Commission hand picked by the bankers who run the place..... We get to vote for the "Lawyer of their choice".... It's why non-member Ron Paul wasn't allowed to debate them....and screw up the farce being broadcast. |
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On 2008-07-13 22:49:50 -0400, Larry said:
Herodotus wrote in : The last three wars of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology doesn't necessarily mean you win. My only problem with your post is the "you" in the above sentence. Oh gosh Larry, this is one subject I won't debate you online, though I'll indicate that that "you" was generic, not directed to anyone in particular..... NO participant or observer wins in war. All lose, one way or the other. But sometimes the war must be fought to give the non-combatants some measure of freedom. Some "good" wars left the populace only slightly improved. Unluckily, some "good" wars left the populace in worse shape. (At the time, it sounded like a good idea.) Perhaps my problem is that I grew up in an area where the "Amish" influence is strong. Personally, if I or mine is directly endangered, I won't hesitate to use deadly force in defense. I admire those who can effectively solve problems without physical conflict. But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al Quaida vs. most/all western countries? Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities" refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them so many ways? -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:05:56 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:
Perhaps my problem is that I grew up in an area where the "Amish" influence is strong. Personally, if I or mine is directly endangered, I won't hesitate to use deadly force in defense. I admire those who can effectively solve problems without physical conflict. But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al Quaida vs. most/all western countries? Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities" refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them so many ways? Jere, This is getting a bit off topic but begs a reply. Firstly, the establishment of Israel was promoted by the chapel politicians of Great Britain and their equally Bible reading politicians of the USA. The Zionists were previously offered a homeland in Uganda and in Australia, both of which they turned down. Secondly, nobody asked the then current inhabitants as to the establishment of a Jewish state in their lands. I do agree that it is only proper that the Jews needed a homeland but to claim a right to occupy Bible lands by prior occupation (the Diaspora began with Titus's sacking of Jerusalem in 68AD) is the same right that Mussolini and his Italian fascists claimed the right to accupy Libya and intern its occupants in giant concentration camps where huge numbers were systematically starved to death to provide land for Italian peasant settlers. The claim was that it was a Roman province 2,000 years ago. Also, there are many millions of Jews living throughout the world who do not believe in the principle of the modern state of Israel such as many of the Sephardic branch of Jews. Thirdly, I do agree with non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. My country (New Zealand) made a quite costly stand many years ago during the cold war by banning ships with nuclear weapons from its ports. However, I have often wondered why it is not ok for Iran to have nuclear weapons but it is perfectly fine for Israel, Pakistan (another US`ally) and India to have them even though they have not signed the various protocols of non-proliferation. Only recently it was revealed that it was the Pakistan armed forces who shipped the necessary nuclear weapon technology and machinery to North Korea aboard North Korean military planes from Pakistan. This hardware and technical knowledge originally came from the USA. This, and the fact that neither India nor Pakistan have signed the non-proliferation concords is why Australia refuses to sell them its uranium. The rest of the world really doesn't mind the US stance on Iran's nuclear weapon development, which is also the position of the EU, but it does not fail to see the double standards. If the US does attack Iran on some trumped up pretext as they did in Iraq, then the world's current shortage of petroleum will compound dramatically. However, it probably won't matter as big business will make even more money in supplying its subsidiary, the military. Their children will not be sent to die. regards Peter |
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Herodotus wrote in
: Jere, This is getting a bit off topic but begs a reply. I'm with Peter 100%. Please notice how Peter knows the Zionist American Government, run by the banker class, is a different entity, entirely, from the American People like me and the Americans in this group. Americans are not the "enemy" of the rest of the world. Our Zionist- controlled government is.....and the blame centers in Tel-Aviv. |
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:58:19 +0000, Larry wrote:
Herodotus wrote in : Jere, This is getting a bit off topic but begs a reply. I'm with Peter 100%. Please notice how Peter knows the Zionist American Government, run by the banker class, is a different entity, entirely, from the American People like me and the Americans in this group. Americans are not the "enemy" of the rest of the world. Our Zionist- controlled government is.....and the blame centers in Tel-Aviv. Hi Larry, Being science trained I am naturally sceptical of conspiracy theories, not to say that there is some validity and that they are not true. Hence I am somewhat loath to ascribe to a Zionist conspiracy theory however plausible it sometimes seems. But a lot of educated, informed and not anti-Jewish people are asking the same question. Why is it that Israel has such a hold on American politicians? Is it the large monied and powerful Jewish lobby and numbers of Jewish voters in the USA? Is it due to our collective guilt over the holocaust and all the evils and pogroms that have been inflicted on Jews over the centuries? I even feel the collective guilt. I bought a very scholarly book on the establishment of the state of Israel whereby it showed that the politicians responsible for promoting it were the chapel going - Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians (as opposed to Church of England - Episcopalean) British such as Disraeli and American stalwart christian politicians such as Woodrow Wilson. They were devout Bible readers as opposed to Cathoilics and Church of England devotees who seldom read the Bible with as much avidity. Unfortunately I gave this book to a Jewish former work colleague who expressed an interest so I cab no longer quote it. Excellent reading and not anti Israeli in the least. Israel's special relationship with the USA is of course convenient to the latter. When the United Nations, lead by the USA imposed a trade embargo with specific emphasis on weaponry on the South African Apartheid regime, South Africa was able to obtain what it required by way of Israel. I know that part of the exchange was Artillery manufactured in South Africa. Small arms and such as submachine guns were sent from Israel. A friend of mine who was a major in the South African army said that they often received consignments from the USA via Israel which were unopened until recieved. Though I am a practicing Moslem, I am not necessarily anti Jewish. I do believe that everyone has a right to a home and security, but the actions of the Jewish settlers just taking over Palistinian occupied lands even though their government has deemed it illegal squatting is nothing short of barbarism. The world (and myself) applauded Israel when they rescued the hostages at Entebbe in Uganda. Now that they are doing to their own citizens what the Nazi regime did to them. Nietzche said that when you look into the abbys, be careful that the abbys does not look back at you. They seem to have fallen into that abbys. The state of Israel seems to me to be like the small kid who bullies other around him and does and says what he likes because he is knows he is protected by the strongest boy on the block. To threaten a pre-emptive strike against Iran if "it feels threatened"as it has done in the last few days is tribal, base and barbaric. This excuse has been used many times over the centuries to initiate wars. It may be a good military tactic but surely we have advanced further than that. A bit like the afggressive drunk who hits a bystander because he didn't like the way he was looking at him (when he wasn't). People have to stop ascribing the conflict and other world conficts as a Moslem-Christian-Jewish divide. Much of this is hyped up by politicians and the news media, most of whose reporters are as ignorant as most of their readers of factual data. It should be considered that we Moslems are directly enjoined to respect "The peoples of the Book" - that is Chistians and Jews as well as Moslems who have common respect for the Old Testament or Torah and its additions. We all share a common Mosaic adherence. It should also be born in mind that under the various Moslem regimes throughout history, Christians and Jews were protected and thrived. It was the Turkish Sultan Suleiman who sent a fleet of ships to bring back the Sephardic Jews of Spain when they were being expelled by the Christian Isabella under pain of death. He built at his expense two large synagogues in Istanbul which are still there today. These people consider themselves Turks but still speak 15th century Spanish. They have no desire to go to Israel. Any web search on the 700 years of Islamic Spain or such as 10th century Islamic Sicily will show that these were truely enlightened civilisations with religious tolerance and integration with Jewish and Christian Vizers, judges and scholars all living harmoniously. At the time, if they wished for an education, many north Europeans travelled to Moslem countries. My favourite Catholic, Saint Francis of Assisi studied at the university in Cairo. He even requested an audience with the Sultan Saladin to convert him to Christianity. Saladin listened to and conversed with him for two days and then politely declined the offer to convert. Remember it was the Christian crusaders who under Peter the Hermit who, when he was asked how they were to tell Christians, Jews and Moslems apart as they all dressed the same, replied "Kill them all, God will know his own" It was the 4th Crusaders who sacked Byzantium, divided its lands between them and took its treasures back home (lions of Venice for example). The Ottomans only finished off a much weakened state. The only Church they turned into a mosque was Hagia Sophia. It would do well for both sides to examine the background of history as well as each other's religions. Moslems are far more allied and akin to the West than most people realise. Without them there would have been no Renaissance. How about we all try to show a bit of common sense. I thank God that I travel under the New Zealand flag. We have no enemies and what little people know of us gives us a good reception. Anyway, this is way off topic. regards Peter |
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Herodotus wrote in
: How about we all try to show a bit of common sense. I thank God that I travel under the New Zealand flag. We have no enemies and what little people know of us gives us a good reception. Anyway, this is way off topic. regards Peter Peter, have you ever read about the USS Liberty from the first-hand reports of her crew in 1967? Take a look if you haven't.... http://www.gtr5.com/ Liberty was a spy ship sent to Israel to be sunk by them and blamed on Egypt so the false flaggers could drag the US military into the 6-day war to do Isreal's bidding. The valiant efforts of the captain and crew of Liberty saved the ship and thwarted the plans of US Zionists by keeping her afloat, at which time a cover story had to appear that she was mistaken for an Egyptian horse carrier that had no resemblence, whatsoever, to a US Navy spy ship bristling with hundreds of antennas over her superstructure. Hearing frantic calls from Liberty, the Sixth Fleet commander sent his jets to save Liberty and her crew from the Israeli attacks, TWICE! Each time, he was ORDERED by the highest levels of the Pentagram and White House to recall the jets as that would have ruined the plan to drag us into another war to the delight of our Federal Reserve bankers. By the way, I'm a former Christian, having been dragged into it by parents and adults since birth. I'm a practicing Atheist, today. There is no "god" and has never been one. Human superstitions run rampant throughout our history without a single shred of evidence to substantiate any of it. Those who live off superstitions make damned sure noone asks too many embarrassing questions like when was Christ born and when did it supposedly die. They don't like to talk about the following 70 years when not a single historian wrote a single sentence about such a man who could walk on water, heal the sick waving his hand and raise the dead. I find that quite curious, don't you? The myth of Jesus Christ came 3000 years after the same exact story of Horus in verifiable Egyptian stone hyeroglyphics at Luxor, another of the Zodiacal Sun Gods in a long string of Zodiacal Sun Gods. American Christians get mad if you ask them what that fish symbol and cross on the back of their minivans represents, having no idea of its Zodiac base in the age of Pisces and the shorthand cross of the Zodiac they took the ring off of many centuries ago... It will be a personal shame I cannot be here when the Procession of the Zodiac passes from Pisces into the Age of Aquarius around 2150 to see the looks on their faces when nothing happens, except in their minds.... There are some great videos on YouTube you may find enlightening: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mzciu8HvfwA Zeitgeist - The Movie....watch all 13 parts on YouTube. One whole section is about using religion to enslave us. Root of all Evil by Richard Dawkins http://youtube.com/watch?v=X2epvSAGuLc Professor Dawkins' view that forcing children into their parent's superstitions is child abuse. Having been a victim, I heartily agree. It's a crazy world we live in. Over 5000 humans die each DAY in the name of one religion or another. How absurd. No wonder we're hell bent on destroying the whole race as fast as possible. |
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Herodotus wrote in
: Without them there would have been no Renaissance. The number of Americans who are not professors of archiology and know about what Moslems did in Spain during the dark ages can be counted in an hour. Americans are great fodder for religious zealots even more than some place like Afghanistan. We live in a government-sponsored vacuum. |
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Jere Lull wrote in news:2008071401055675249-
jerelull@maccom: But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al Quaida vs. most/all western countries? First, I've never met, seen or had any contact with an "Al Quaida" person. I've seen some government-doctored videos of an Osama Bin Laden double who didn't even look like him. I'm not sure Al Quaida even exists, outside the various government propaganda offices that keep hammering away using this term, over and over and over....like they do "terrorist". I DO know several Moslems and have for many many years. I moved to Tehran in 1977 and lived and worked for the Iranian Air Force until 28 days before the Shahanshah left in 1979. No matter what the Zionists controlling the US Government say, Iranian people do NOT hate Americans. Iranian people hate the American GOVERNMENT, and with very good reason. It threatens to kill them, just like the Israeli masters that run the American Government. Iranians, in general, are so smart they know there is a difference. Drop by Radio Shack and talk to Iranians, who seem to gravitate there for a job. They are natural merchants, so be wary of all that stuff you've bought for reasons you can't imagine...(c; I knew rich Iranians. I knew dirt poor Iranians, Azurbajanis, Kurds. A Kurdish man even the Iranians in my neighborhood had trouble communicating with stayed on after our apartment building was constructed sleeping in our common area garage. We took pity on him sleeping on his straw mat on the concrete and made a little plywood room for him in a corner of the garage so he could be warm with his little kerosene stove that made the best pot of tea I ever tasted! We communicated with him through gestures and broken Farsi. The man was huge, a natural fork lift. I saw him carry a whole 15 cuft fridge up 8 flights of stairs and not even sweat! He kept our place clean, lawn hand manicured, rooftop picnic area we made clean, did odd jobs for us. He cried when he saw the room we had made for him, probably the first home he'd ever had. We Americans were heros for the whole neighborhood once that word got out of our good deed. NOONE dared cross our lawn or mess with our stuff with such a huge Kurd standing guard by the door, his favorite position except during prayer times. I never met an Iranian who hated me in over 2 years living in a middle-class neighborhood, off the local economy....well, except for that Iranian guy who tried to shove his way in front of me at the Supershellan (supermarket) when I threatened to put that shopping cart right up his ass, to the great amusement of the very English gentleman in line behind me in his bowler hat commenting, "Good show, old boy! Good Show!" I'd easily move back to Iran anytime the religious nuts lose their grip on the Iranian government and sane people from the 21st Century started running Iran again...after all this stupid sabre rattling stopped. Hell, I used to volunteer to fly with the Iranian Air Force....great fun except for the 3 weeks we flew 24/7 to Tabbas after a 9.2 earthquake killed 25,000 people in 80 seconds flat during their dinner hour. That was awful. We flew nonstop in C-130 Hercules to feed and house the 18,000 people that survived...out in the desert outside of the totally collapsed city on the Afghan border. I bet those Iranians remember all the Americans helping load and unload the planes all night long, too. You never get tired of being hugged to death for your good deeds. I was going back to Iran as soon as they let Googoosh, the Iranian pop star, back in the country. Taxi drivers used to pop in American rock cassettes into their players for the American riders when I lived there. "No, no! Do you have Googoosh?!", I'd always ask. EVERYONE had Googoosh, a silly question. A huge smile would cross the taxi drivers face as he popped open the glove compartment for you to select your favorite Googoosh tape. He had 'em all! Ahh...cruising around Tehran at 120km/hr with Googoosh blaring out of all 4 speakers...(c; She is banned in Iran...FAR too sexy and a threat to Islam for comfort! She drives Iranian men MAD with lust even Islam cannot control...(c; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googoosh "In 2001-03-21 during Norouz holiday Googoosh performed in Dubai. This concert was considered a homecoming for her since thousands of Iranians crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her." http://www.googoosh.tv/ Iranian women are a jealously guarded secret weapon, as you can see, FAR more dangerous to world peace than any stupid bomb! They are Aryans, not Arabs...a totally different race from Arabs, another group of beautiful women Islam tries to hide: Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities" refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them so many ways? Let's investigate your "average Arab"......here's one I know, Mahmood Al-Yousif, a blogger in Bahrain, one of my favorite Middle Eastern countries. His blog and his life are fairly open to everyone at: http://mahmood.tv/ He's a videographer and owns a video production company. His great pictures, especially of things he loves, are on: http://flickr.com/search/?q=Mahmood+Al-Yousif+&m=text .....a total ham....just like us! A couple of years ago, his wife gave him a new stainless BBQ grille for Christmas! They do Christmas like most Americans...not because they are religious, but because it's a fun thing to do...presents and all. Looks dangerous, doesn't he? Notice how he hold his scimitar to decapitate you. This is the Arab the Zionist propagandists DON'T want you to see, meet or think about. Notice how he wants the same kind of life you want...a little freedom and to be left alone to enjoy himself. You'll never see a Mahmood on American Zionist TV. That wouldn't be good for the thought police. He has more money than most Bahrainis I ever met and is far more outspoken, which gets him dragged into court by his own government and his blog banned in Bahrain by the local Islamists. But, he's a good representative of the Bahrainis I know and have met. They all love the American people, too, because WE are the country that made Bahrain filthy rich. How can anyone have such a beautiful garden....IN THE SAND?! These people, who do NOT have atomic weapons or even much of a military, are TERRIFIED of the Zionist War Mongers WHO DO HAVE ATOMIC WEAPONS and their American Government Cronies. Is it so hard to see why? They are no threat to you or me or our way of life. They'd like to sell us some oil at a fair price, taking into consideration the depleted value of our private banknotes. I love their oil, personally, and have for most of my life. It sure makes my life LOTS more pleasurable than anything the Zionist War Mongers have ever done for me...or any of you. I sat in the lobby of a really nice hotel in Bahrain enjoying some fine tea under the Imir's picture one afternoon while I was in Bahrain working on the USS Coronado, one of our two Navy support ships homeported in Bahrain's main port. A nicely dressed Saudi sat near me and notice I was a little different than most ugly Americans showing the bottom of their shoes, an insult to Arab customs, and not drinking booze the hotel serves for foreigners. He struck up a conversation with me, curious about what I did and why I was in Bahrain. He'd come to buy gold jewelry for his wives (2) over the causeway bridge from Daharan and decided to stay overnight to see a boxing match playing near the hotel, a sport Arabs love. Before we parted ways, we made a little deal. I was to come home to America and get my government to stop supporting the Zionists killing Arabs. His part was deadly serious, I still believe. His part was to make regular gasoline 50c/gallon in Charleston, SC, USA. I couldn't fix my part of the bargain, but I still believe he could have gotten that price at our pumps if I'd delivered the goods. They are THAT terrified of Zionism and its atomic bombs. Pity....Americans sure would have benefitted if the deal had gone through.....(c; |
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Thanks for the interesting info. I always wondered why the US poured
billions of $$$ into Israel and received nothing in return. They even attacked a US Navy ship, the USS Liberty and gassed Palestinians in a prison camp. Some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen are Arabic. "Larry" wrote in message ... Jere Lull wrote in news:2008071401055675249- jerelull@maccom: But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al Quaida vs. most/all western countries? First, I've never met, seen or had any contact with an "Al Quaida" person. I've seen some government-doctored videos of an Osama Bin Laden double who didn't even look like him. I'm not sure Al Quaida even exists, outside the various government propaganda offices that keep hammering away using this term, over and over and over....like they do "terrorist". I DO know several Moslems and have for many many years. I moved to Tehran in 1977 and lived and worked for the Iranian Air Force until 28 days before the Shahanshah left in 1979. No matter what the Zionists controlling the US Government say, Iranian people do NOT hate Americans. Iranian people hate the American GOVERNMENT, and with very good reason. It threatens to kill them, just like the Israeli masters that run the American Government. Iranians, in general, are so smart they know there is a difference. Drop by Radio Shack and talk to Iranians, who seem to gravitate there for a job. They are natural merchants, so be wary of all that stuff you've bought for reasons you can't imagine...(c; I knew rich Iranians. I knew dirt poor Iranians, Azurbajanis, Kurds. A Kurdish man even the Iranians in my neighborhood had trouble communicating with stayed on after our apartment building was constructed sleeping in our common area garage. We took pity on him sleeping on his straw mat on the concrete and made a little plywood room for him in a corner of the garage so he could be warm with his little kerosene stove that made the best pot of tea I ever tasted! We communicated with him through gestures and broken Farsi. The man was huge, a natural fork lift. I saw him carry a whole 15 cuft fridge up 8 flights of stairs and not even sweat! He kept our place clean, lawn hand manicured, rooftop picnic area we made clean, did odd jobs for us. He cried when he saw the room we had made for him, probably the first home he'd ever had. We Americans were heros for the whole neighborhood once that word got out of our good deed. NOONE dared cross our lawn or mess with our stuff with such a huge Kurd standing guard by the door, his favorite position except during prayer times. I never met an Iranian who hated me in over 2 years living in a middle-class neighborhood, off the local economy....well, except for that Iranian guy who tried to shove his way in front of me at the Supershellan (supermarket) when I threatened to put that shopping cart right up his ass, to the great amusement of the very English gentleman in line behind me in his bowler hat commenting, "Good show, old boy! Good Show!" I'd easily move back to Iran anytime the religious nuts lose their grip on the Iranian government and sane people from the 21st Century started running Iran again...after all this stupid sabre rattling stopped. Hell, I used to volunteer to fly with the Iranian Air Force....great fun except for the 3 weeks we flew 24/7 to Tabbas after a 9.2 earthquake killed 25,000 people in 80 seconds flat during their dinner hour. That was awful. We flew nonstop in C-130 Hercules to feed and house the 18,000 people that survived...out in the desert outside of the totally collapsed city on the Afghan border. I bet those Iranians remember all the Americans helping load and unload the planes all night long, too. You never get tired of being hugged to death for your good deeds. I was going back to Iran as soon as they let Googoosh, the Iranian pop star, back in the country. Taxi drivers used to pop in American rock cassettes into their players for the American riders when I lived there. "No, no! Do you have Googoosh?!", I'd always ask. EVERYONE had Googoosh, a silly question. A huge smile would cross the taxi drivers face as he popped open the glove compartment for you to select your favorite Googoosh tape. He had 'em all! Ahh...cruising around Tehran at 120km/hr with Googoosh blaring out of all 4 speakers...(c; She is banned in Iran...FAR too sexy and a threat to Islam for comfort! She drives Iranian men MAD with lust even Islam cannot control...(c; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googoosh "In 2001-03-21 during Norouz holiday Googoosh performed in Dubai. This concert was considered a homecoming for her since thousands of Iranians crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her." http://www.googoosh.tv/ Iranian women are a jealously guarded secret weapon, as you can see, FAR more dangerous to world peace than any stupid bomb! They are Aryans, not Arabs...a totally different race from Arabs, another group of beautiful women Islam tries to hide: Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities" refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them so many ways? Let's investigate your "average Arab"......here's one I know, Mahmood Al-Yousif, a blogger in Bahrain, one of my favorite Middle Eastern countries. His blog and his life are fairly open to everyone at: http://mahmood.tv/ He's a videographer and owns a video production company. His great pictures, especially of things he loves, are on: http://flickr.com/search/?q=Mahmood+Al-Yousif+&m=text ....a total ham....just like us! A couple of years ago, his wife gave him a new stainless BBQ grille for Christmas! They do Christmas like most Americans...not because they are religious, but because it's a fun thing to do...presents and all. Looks dangerous, doesn't he? Notice how he hold his scimitar to decapitate you. This is the Arab the Zionist propagandists DON'T want you to see, meet or think about. Notice how he wants the same kind of life you want...a little freedom and to be left alone to enjoy himself. You'll never see a Mahmood on American Zionist TV. That wouldn't be good for the thought police. He has more money than most Bahrainis I ever met and is far more outspoken, which gets him dragged into court by his own government and his blog banned in Bahrain by the local Islamists. But, he's a good representative of the Bahrainis I know and have met. They all love the American people, too, because WE are the country that made Bahrain filthy rich. How can anyone have such a beautiful garden....IN THE SAND?! These people, who do NOT have atomic weapons or even much of a military, are TERRIFIED of the Zionist War Mongers WHO DO HAVE ATOMIC WEAPONS and their American Government Cronies. Is it so hard to see why? They are no threat to you or me or our way of life. They'd like to sell us some oil at a fair price, taking into consideration the depleted value of our private banknotes. I love their oil, personally, and have for most of my life. It sure makes my life LOTS more pleasurable than anything the Zionist War Mongers have ever done for me...or any of you. I sat in the lobby of a really nice hotel in Bahrain enjoying some fine tea under the Imir's picture one afternoon while I was in Bahrain working on the USS Coronado, one of our two Navy support ships homeported in Bahrain's main port. A nicely dressed Saudi sat near me and notice I was a little different than most ugly Americans showing the bottom of their shoes, an insult to Arab customs, and not drinking booze the hotel serves for foreigners. He struck up a conversation with me, curious about what I did and why I was in Bahrain. He'd come to buy gold jewelry for his wives (2) over the causeway bridge from Daharan and decided to stay overnight to see a boxing match playing near the hotel, a sport Arabs love. Before we parted ways, we made a little deal. I was to come home to America and get my government to stop supporting the Zionists killing Arabs. His part was deadly serious, I still believe. His part was to make regular gasoline 50c/gallon in Charleston, SC, USA. I couldn't fix my part of the bargain, but I still believe he could have gotten that price at our pumps if I'd delivered the goods. They are THAT terrified of Zionism and its atomic bombs. Pity....Americans sure would have benefitted if the deal had gone through.....(c; |
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