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Quite the contrary. When legitimate parallels between
historical
and
current events are presented to me, I spend a lot of time
reading
historical
references to learn more.




Good. Read up on our adventures in the Phillippines.


The key phrase in my paragraph: *LEGITIMATE PARALLELS*.

But I will "read up on the Phillippines".

Can you provide a specific period or time frame that you're
alluding
to?
My
ADD will not allow me to spend hours sifting through two
centuries
of
US/Filipino history to find a parallel that may or may not
exist.

1898 through present. Try:
"In Our Image - America's Empire in the Phillippines", by
Stanley
Karnow.
There is no better chronicle on the subject.

The problem with obtaining knowledge from such a book lies in the
fact
that
the word "Empire" has such negative connotations. Before I even
open
the
book, I've already formed an opinion about how the author is about
to
spin
our relationship with the Filipinos.


I prefer a little less subjective source that simply gives me
historical
names, dates, and significant occurances as they relate to the
United
States
and the Philippines.

In the little digging around that I've done (in the last 38
seconds),
I'm
already having a hard time seeing a parallel to our current
involvement
in
Iraq. The Filipinos were fighting a revolution against Spain. We
beat
Spain in the Spanish-American war...and then "bought" the
Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and several other islands. In other words, we bought
an
island
that had spent centuries as a Colony, but the prior 3 years
fighting
for
independence from that outside controlling force...and then we
tried
to
colonize them again.

I just don't see the parallel with Iraq. Who is supposed to play
the
role
of Spain? Where was the 3 year revolution prior to our arrival?
And,
finally, how are we "colonizing" Iraq? We're turning the country
over
to
the Iraqis.






Where did you get your information in 38 seconds?

That was a joke in reference to your "attention span" comment from a
little
while ago.




Wherever you got it, it's about 99% incomplete. There's a big difference
between an encylopedia and a book written by an historian.


I got it from a site that used the following books as references:

1. In Our Image: America's Empire In The Philippines. 1989, by Stanley
Karnow. pp. 75-195.
2. The Wars of America. 1981, by Robert Leckie. pp. 563-574.




Think it was enough? You don't have to be a Renaissance man, but at the same
time, it's utterly pathetic to have such a narrow range of knowledge. You
should be ashamed of yourself, and your children should be placed in foster
care.

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And he knew were to go to play professional hockey.

A Florida team wins the Stanley Cup....pretty embarrassing for you
Canucks.


I always said that Yankee dollars were ruining the NHL. Canadian teams
can't compete on the free agent market..what with our lower dollar and
higher taxes. Put your money to some good...not making sports players
multi-millionaires.

Throw off the shackles of socialism and join the free market.

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Quite the contrary. When legitimate parallels between
historical
and
current events are presented to me, I spend a lot of
time
reading
historical
references to learn more.




Good. Read up on our adventures in the Phillippines.


The key phrase in my paragraph: *LEGITIMATE PARALLELS*.

But I will "read up on the Phillippines".

Can you provide a specific period or time frame that you're
alluding
to?
My
ADD will not allow me to spend hours sifting through two
centuries
of
US/Filipino history to find a parallel that may or may not
exist.

1898 through present. Try:
"In Our Image - America's Empire in the Phillippines", by
Stanley
Karnow.
There is no better chronicle on the subject.

The problem with obtaining knowledge from such a book lies in
the
fact
that
the word "Empire" has such negative connotations. Before I even
open
the
book, I've already formed an opinion about how the author is
about
to
spin
our relationship with the Filipinos.


I prefer a little less subjective source that simply gives me
historical
names, dates, and significant occurances as they relate to the
United
States
and the Philippines.

In the little digging around that I've done (in the last 38
seconds),
I'm
already having a hard time seeing a parallel to our current
involvement
in
Iraq. The Filipinos were fighting a revolution against Spain.
We
beat
Spain in the Spanish-American war...and then "bought" the
Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and several other islands. In other words, we
bought
an
island
that had spent centuries as a Colony, but the prior 3 years
fighting
for
independence from that outside controlling force...and then we
tried
to
colonize them again.

I just don't see the parallel with Iraq. Who is supposed to
play
the
role
of Spain? Where was the 3 year revolution prior to our arrival?
And,
finally, how are we "colonizing" Iraq? We're turning the
country
over
to
the Iraqis.






Where did you get your information in 38 seconds?

That was a joke in reference to your "attention span" comment from a

little
while ago.




Wherever you got it, it's about 99% incomplete. There's a big
difference
between an encylopedia and a book written by an historian.


I got it from a site that used the following books as references:

1. In Our Image: America's Empire In The Philippines. 1989, by Stanley
Karnow. pp. 75-195.
2. The Wars of America. 1981, by Robert Leckie. pp. 563-574.




Think it was enough? You don't have to be a Renaissance man, but at the
same
time, it's utterly pathetic to have such a narrow range of knowledge.

I have a narrow range of knowledge of a broad range of topics...and a broad
range of knowledge of a narrow range of topics.



You
should be ashamed of yourself, and your children should be placed in
foster
care.

Since you brought my kids into this...
Go **** yourself.

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Guess you don't know a lot about Atlanta then.


Atlanta Summary:

Wafflehouse, and

Buckhead... (where "An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of
manure")




Hey...don't knock Waffle House...my favorite spot on the highway to
load
up on cholesterol.

In fact, I've thought many times of getting a Waffle House franchise.

Blech! The last time I went to one was about 15 years ago. The coffee
was
cold, the toast was burnt, the bacon was fatty, and the waffles were
uncooked in the middle.

I'd rather eat at McDonald's. Their food is barely edible...but at
least
it's consistently "barely edible". Waffle House is completely
inedible...and inconsistently so.

My top choice for national breakfast franchises is Perkins...but it
costs a
lot more to start one of those.

Original Pancake House is by far the best :-) But few and far between

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"basskisser" wrote in message

Guess you don't know a lot about Atlanta then.


Atlanta Summary:

Wafflehouse, and

Buckhead... (where "An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure")




Hey...don't knock Waffle House...my favorite spot on the highway to load
up on cholesterol.

In fact, I've thought many times of getting a Waffle House franchise.

Blech! The last time I went to one was about 15 years ago. The coffee was
cold, the toast was burnt, the bacon was fatty, and the waffles were
uncooked in the middle.

I'd rather eat at McDonald's. Their food is barely edible...but at least
it's consistently "barely edible". Waffle House is completely
inedible...and inconsistently so.

My top choice for national breakfast franchises is Perkins...but it costs a
lot more to start one of those.

Face it, NOYB, you simply HATE everything that isn't in your white
bread, missionary position only, blinders on republican back yard.

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"basskisser" wrote in message

Guess you don't know a lot about Atlanta then.

Atlanta Summary:

Wafflehouse, and

Buckhead... (where "An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure")

As I said, you don't know a damned thing about Atlanta. It's truly sad
when someone can be so prejudiced, and not even know about WHAT!

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Quite the contrary. When legitimate parallels between
historical
and
current events are presented to me, I spend a lot of
time
reading
historical
references to learn more.




Good. Read up on our adventures in the Phillippines.


The key phrase in my paragraph: *LEGITIMATE PARALLELS*.

But I will "read up on the Phillippines".

Can you provide a specific period or time frame that
you're
alluding
to?
My
ADD will not allow me to spend hours sifting through two
centuries
of
US/Filipino history to find a parallel that may or may not
exist.

1898 through present. Try:
"In Our Image - America's Empire in the Phillippines", by
Stanley
Karnow.
There is no better chronicle on the subject.

The problem with obtaining knowledge from such a book lies in
the
fact
that
the word "Empire" has such negative connotations. Before I
even
open
the
book, I've already formed an opinion about how the author is
about
to
spin
our relationship with the Filipinos.


I prefer a little less subjective source that simply gives me
historical
names, dates, and significant occurances as they relate to the
United
States
and the Philippines.

In the little digging around that I've done (in the last 38
seconds),
I'm
already having a hard time seeing a parallel to our current
involvement
in
Iraq. The Filipinos were fighting a revolution against Spain.
We
beat
Spain in the Spanish-American war...and then "bought" the
Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and several other islands. In other words, we
bought
an
island
that had spent centuries as a Colony, but the prior 3 years
fighting
for
independence from that outside controlling force...and then we
tried
to
colonize them again.

I just don't see the parallel with Iraq. Who is supposed to
play
the
role
of Spain? Where was the 3 year revolution prior to our
arrival?
And,
finally, how are we "colonizing" Iraq? We're turning the
country
over
to
the Iraqis.






Where did you get your information in 38 seconds?

That was a joke in reference to your "attention span" comment from
a

little
while ago.




Wherever you got it, it's about 99% incomplete. There's a big
difference
between an encylopedia and a book written by an historian.


I got it from a site that used the following books as references:

1. In Our Image: America's Empire In The Philippines. 1989, by Stanley
Karnow. pp. 75-195.
2. The Wars of America. 1981, by Robert Leckie. pp. 563-574.




Think it was enough? You don't have to be a Renaissance man, but at the
same
time, it's utterly pathetic to have such a narrow range of knowledge.

I have a narrow range of knowledge of a broad range of topics...and a
broad
range of knowledge of a narrow range of topics.



You
should be ashamed of yourself, and your children should be placed in
foster
care.

Since you brought my kids into this...
Go **** yourself.



I only brought them into this because they will probably inherit your
attitude toward learning. And, on that subject, if you can't muster the
effort to dig deeper into an important piece of American history, it must be
assumed that you probably bought your license to practice dentistry, too.

http://maddox.xmission.com/dip****.html
http://www.bartleby.com/61/22/D0242250.html
John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"basskisser" wrote in message
om...
"NOYB" wrote in message
thlink.net...
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message

Guess you don't know a lot about Atlanta then.


Atlanta Summary:

Wafflehouse, and

Buckhead... (where "An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of
manure")




Hey...don't knock Waffle House...my favorite spot on the highway to
load
up on cholesterol.

In fact, I've thought many times of getting a Waffle House franchise.

Blech! The last time I went to one was about 15 years ago. The coffee
was
cold, the toast was burnt, the bacon was fatty, and the waffles were
uncooked in the middle.

I'd rather eat at McDonald's. Their food is barely edible...but at
least
it's consistently "barely edible". Waffle House is completely
inedible...and inconsistently so.

My top choice for national breakfast franchises is Perkins...but it
costs a
lot more to start one of those.

Face it, NOYB, you simply HATE everything that isn't in your white
bread, missionary position only, blinders on republican back yard.


I didn't know that Waffle House chooses it's locations based on the sexual
position preferences of the local population. I also didn't know that
non-whites and non-republicans have a monopoly on non-missionary position
intercourse.

BTW--There's a Waffle House 7 miles from my house. Before I moved, it was 4
1/2 miles away.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:33:33 -0400, "NOYB" wrote:


"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message

Guess you don't know a lot about Atlanta then.


Atlanta Summary:

Wafflehouse, and

Buckhead... (where "An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of
manure")




Hey...don't knock Waffle House...my favorite spot on the highway to
load
up on cholesterol.

In fact, I've thought many times of getting a Waffle House franchise.

Blech! The last time I went to one was about 15 years ago. The coffee
was
cold, the toast was burnt, the bacon was fatty, and the waffles were
uncooked in the middle.

I'd rather eat at McDonald's. Their food is barely edible...but at
least
it's consistently "barely edible". Waffle House is completely
inedible...and inconsistently so.

My top choice for national breakfast franchises is Perkins...but it
costs a
lot more to start one of those.

Face it, NOYB, you simply HATE everything that isn't in your white
bread, missionary position only, blinders on republican back yard.


I didn't know that Waffle House chooses it's locations based on the sexual
position preferences of the local population. I also didn't know that
non-whites and non-republicans have a monopoly on non-missionary position
intercourse.

BTW--There's a Waffle House 7 miles from my house. Before I moved, it was 4
1/2 miles away.


I spent a few glorious months just outside Atlanta in a place called Fort
Benning (well, maybe a little more than just outside). I can honestly state that
there are some great places in Columbus to get all the fried catfish and
hushpuppies you can eat!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!