Don wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Don wrote:


"John Smith" wrote in message
news:9FHic.25624$w96.1927586@attbi_s54...


I didn't think it was possible for someone to be dumber than Basskisser,

but


Don has done it.

Be careful not to take anything of his, because the law requires him to

shot


you in the face.


Most children learn the difference between *shoot* and *shot* when they

are

about 8 years old.
What's your excuse?



Most of the righties here have low-level language skills. It's part of
being a card-carrying RepubliBORG.


sigh
It's not a matter of right or left.
It's a matter of *belonging*.
Many people today find it stylish to *belong* to one group or another,
because they have no self esteem.
They realize they are worthless and cling deperately to any kind of identity
that will offer them some semblence of emotional support.
They have no sense of self identity, no self worth.




I'm not sure your posit conflicts with mine. Most of the RepubliBORG who
post here have poor written language skills. Or are you saying that
writing as if one were nearly functionally illiterate helps one identify
with Bush...

"John Gaquin" wrote
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
Insecurity? Just the sort of guy I want in charge of an arsenal of
nuclear
weapons.

Insecurity in public speaking.

There was a time when a man spoke his mind, and his mind was clear.
But those days are long gone.
Lately it has become standard operating procedure for a man to repeat what
he has been told, by many others, whether he believes it or not.
That is why he must read a teleprompter, to keep track of all things he is
supposed to say.
These men of late are hollow, they have no core values. They are easily lead
by others and then are presented as mere mouthpieces, and poor ones they
are.
What we're talking about here is a conscience and an ideal. If a man has
these things he needs no teleprompter for he speaks what he knows rather
than what he has been told.
How anyone can waste their time in a voting booth these days is an enigma to
me.

"Don" wrote in message
...
"Doug Kanter" wrote
Insecurity? Just the sort of guy I want in charge of an arsenal of
nuclear
weapons.

Why in the hell do you want anyone in charge of that stuff?

Let me make sure I understand which question you're asking. I think it's #1,
but....

1) Why should anyone be in charge of something nobody should have to begin
with?

or

2) We *should* have these weapons, but nobody should be in charge of them?

"Don" wrote in message
...
"Doug Kanter" wrote
Regional accents are like regional cuisine and music: Without them, this
would be a pretty boring country.

You've been reading too many socialist newspapers.
Life is boring if you make it so, it has nothing to do with anyone else.



Oh boy. Socialist newspapers are somehow connected with linguistic and
culinary variety? Are you talking about a publication like Conde Nast
Traveller?

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message

.....You're talking about accents, and I'm talking about grammar.

No, you're missing my point, Doug. You're attributing grammatical or
structural mis-speaks to rank ignorance, but I disagree. I say they
predominantly arise from insecurity and self-consciousness in [mostly]
ex-temp public speaking.

His recent press conference is a case in point. I saw a room full of
professional wordsmiths and stand-up reporters doing their utmost to
embarrass and humiliate the President of the US. These guys are all
building their careers on the ease with which they can make a bad
speaker
look uneasy. I think we may be only a short time from the day when some
petty little s#*t like Terry Moran will stand up and say "Mr. President,
don't you think you were a fool to say that......"

When reading a prepared text GW does much better -- still not
"right-at-home", but I don't think it's a major issue. As I've said
elsewhere, we recently had eight years of one of the finest ex-temp
speakers
ever to inhabit the WH, thus proving conclusively that the ability to
speak
off the cuff does not necessarily bring with it a man of character and
integrity.

Unless you have had occasion to have private, off record conversations
with
Mr. Bush, neither of us can resolve this question.

Was in a room with him for a half hour (during the campaign) and spoke
with him for a brief second or two. You are absolutely correct.....the
moment the cameras were turned on, and the microphone was shoved in his
face, he changed........even then, I recall the media types hanging around
making the 'stupid' remarks.

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Don" wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote

Regional accents are like regional cuisine and music: Without them, this
would be a pretty boring country.

You've been reading too many socialist newspapers.
Life is boring if you make it so, it has nothing to do with anyone else.




Oh boy. Socialist newspapers are somehow connected with linguistic and
culinary variety? Are you talking about a publication like Conde Nast
Traveller?




I think he means the Conde Nast Fellow Traveller.

Calif Bill wrote:
John Kerry was insulting to my brother who did 2 tours in country as a
Seabee. Kerry came home and called the soldiers in VN: raping, stealing,
killing innocents soldiers.

I don't think that's true. I have looked for real quotes from him from
that time frame, and while he was outspoken against the war, he did not
make these kinds of statemensts.

Of course, the pro-Bush campaign has spent millions of dollars to
convince everybody that he *did* say things like that. Is that as good
as the truth, as far as you're concerned?

DSK

It's pointless and less than appropriate to debate the VN war on rec boats.

For students of history in search of additional information about the Phoenix
progam here are some links.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/phoenix/

http://www.serendipity.li/cia/operation_phoenix.htm

"John Gaquin" wrote in message I can't talk to you anymore -- there are
enough adults in this world demanding my attention. Perhaps JohnH can pick
it up. He's accustomed to dealing with pre-teen tactics.

And he's proven that he likes photographs of pre-teen's also.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Don" wrote in message
...
"Doug Kanter" wrote
Insecurity? Just the sort of guy I want in charge of an arsenal of
nuclear
weapons.

Why in the hell do you want anyone in charge of that stuff?

Let me make sure I understand which question you're asking. I think it's
#1,
but....

1) Why should anyone be in charge of something nobody should have to begin
with?

Anybody should have anything they want, no one should be in charge of what
people have.

or

2) We *should* have these weapons, but nobody should be in charge of them?

Aside from the *we* part, yes.
I am not a *we* and neither are you, and I don't possess those things.