Don,

To be honest, neither the nice guy or bad guy actually makes any difference
in Usenet. Very few people care what anyone says to them or about them.

So while you might be "playing the bad guy", my guess is you are probably a
good guy.

The pendulum swings both ways, so you can expect the extreme right wing will
swing back towards the center. I don't think we will be as socialistic as
Canada, but the anti-Canada rhetoric you hear in rec.boats is not reflective
of the vast majority of American citizens or the US government. I think
most Americans' view Canada as family, and you are allowed to disagree with
family.


"Don White" wrote in message
...
Starbuck wrote:
Don,
No one in rec.boats spends more time striking out at people
than Harry Krause.

I don't think he was talking about you, because you are really just
seeking Harry's approval. Your real objective is not to insult others.
I would guess that in the real world you are probably a nice guy.


Tried that 'nice guy' routine..didn't work.

My objective is to do a small part balancing the scales, trying to hold
back the darkness that's enveloping the US and could possibly spread to
Canada. These are trying times re George W, terrorists etc.

Starbuck wrote:
Don,

To be honest, neither the nice guy or bad guy actually makes any difference
in Usenet. Very few people care what anyone says to them or about them.

So while you might be "playing the bad guy", my guess is you are probably a
good guy.

The pendulum swings both ways, so you can expect the extreme right wing will
swing back towards the center. I don't think we will be as socialistic as
Canada, but the anti-Canada rhetoric you hear in rec.boats is not reflective
of the vast majority of American citizens or the US government. I think
most Americans' view Canada as family, and you are allowed to disagree with
family.


Sounds good. Now tell George W. to give back the $5 billion he swindled
from us over the softwood lumber dispute.

Don,
GWB doesn't listen to me, but I actually had to Google up what the softwood
dispute was. I think the dispute is over a 27% tariff imposed due to claims
of dumping. Where did the $5 billion dollar "swindle" come from? Do you
mean $5 billion in lost income?


"Don White" wrote in message
...
Starbuck wrote:
Don,

To be honest, neither the nice guy or bad guy actually makes any
difference in Usenet. Very few people care what anyone says to them or
about them.

So while you might be "playing the bad guy", my guess is you are probably
a good guy.

The pendulum swings both ways, so you can expect the extreme right wing
will swing back towards the center. I don't think we will be as
socialistic as Canada, but the anti-Canada rhetoric you hear in rec.boats
is not reflective of the vast majority of American citizens or the US
government. I think most Americans' view Canada as family, and you are
allowed to disagree with family.


Sounds good. Now tell George W. to give back the $5 billion he swindled
from us over the softwood lumber dispute.

PS - The softwood labor dispute is over 20 yrs old, so it really isn't a GWB
thing. It appears that NAFTA will side with Canada.
"Starbuck" wrote in message
. ..
Don,
GWB doesn't listen to me, but I actually had to Google up what the
softwood dispute was. I think the dispute is over a 27% tariff imposed
due to claims of dumping. Where did the $5 billion dollar "swindle" come
from? Do you mean $5 billion in lost income?


"Don White" wrote in message
...
Starbuck wrote:
Don,

To be honest, neither the nice guy or bad guy actually makes any
difference in Usenet. Very few people care what anyone says to them or
about them.

So while you might be "playing the bad guy", my guess is you are
probably a good guy.

The pendulum swings both ways, so you can expect the extreme right wing
will swing back towards the center. I don't think we will be as
socialistic as Canada, but the anti-Canada rhetoric you hear in
rec.boats is not reflective of the vast majority of American citizens or
the US government. I think most Americans' view Canada as family, and
you are allowed to disagree with family.


Sounds good. Now tell George W. to give back the $5 billion he swindled
from us over the softwood lumber dispute.

Starbuck wrote:
Don,
GWB doesn't listen to me, but I actually had to Google up what the softwood
dispute was. I think the dispute is over a 27% tariff imposed due to claims
of dumping. Where did the $5 billion dollar "swindle" come from? Do you
mean $5 billion in lost income?

note: the tariffs have only been applied since 'the International
Outlaw' took over Washington.
see:
http://www.senioryears.com/dispute.html
http://www.globalgeorgia.com/newsMAN...=1209&zoneid=1
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...T_OUR_WAY_.asp
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...26030/-1/MONEY

As an American Consumer, I hope NAFTA puts some teeth into their decision,
and they force this issue soon.

If you read the article in Senior Years, you would have seen they do not
place the responsibility for this on GWB. They placed the blame 100% on the
Congress and the fact that the lobbyist have too many in their pockets.

It is too easy to place all blame on those you disagree, ie GWB and Katrina
and flooding, and to ignore the facts.


"Don White" wrote in message
...
Starbuck wrote:
Don,
GWB doesn't listen to me, but I actually had to Google up what the
softwood dispute was. I think the dispute is over a 27% tariff imposed
due to claims of dumping. Where did the $5 billion dollar "swindle" come
from? Do you mean $5 billion in lost income?

note: the tariffs have only been applied since 'the International Outlaw'
took over Washington.
see:
http://www.senioryears.com/dispute.html
http://www.globalgeorgia.com/newsMAN...=1209&zoneid=1
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...T_OUR_WAY_.asp
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...26030/-1/MONEY

"It is too easy to place all blame on
those you disagree, ie GWB and Katrina
and flooding, and to ignore the facts."..

well stated, imho...placing quick blame
lets folks get onto "other business"...i
guess.....