"jps" wrote in message
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In article , says...
Doug Kanter wrote:

"Bert Robbins" wrote:

Len, I do not think that a lot of the Americans on this newsgroup can
comprehend what an "Ugly American" really is. Why don't you paint a
picture for us of an "Ugly American."

You are a stupid little man.

And you are such a class act, Kanter.

And where might that leave you?

Oh yeah, in Derby.

I'm sorry Dougie, I mised your dig at me.

I'll try and do a better job of looking out for your insightful responses in
the future.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:46:05 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:39:29 -0500, " *JimH*" wrote:



Personally, I'd vote for supporting Canada's entire military budget,
but only if they bomb Quebec back into the stone age.

~~ mutter - French speaking dorks - mutter ~~

Better be careful. Just this weekend I saw the top Quebecer in
Parliament talk about Quebec having it's own army. How many miles from
Quebec border to your town?

Trust me on this - if Quebec gets it's own "army", they will surrender
as soon as they are formed.

They speak French after all. :)

The best French troops were not even French.

Jim C.
You are wearing blinders if you don't think Canada benefits from a strong US
Military.


"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net...
It's because of its neighbor to the south that Canada doesn't have to
spend
a lot of money on its military.

Instead of buying all of those natural resources from you guys, what's to
stop China from marching onto Canadian soil and just taking it?

Canada does not rely on the US Military. We do not have the "enemies"
that
you have. We are a nation that uses diplomacy.

China does not have the bad manners that other countries have. They do
not
march in and take over countries. ;-)
Jim

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:31:57 -0500, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

In terms of who deserves the most credit it is unmistakenly
Gorbatsjov. Why is it there is such a need to blow up the part Reagan
played? Don't you think any president with a smart advisor would have
done not exactly the same but would have added in the same amount?

No, Reagan was the drivinig force in tearing down the iron curtain.

Actually, history was on both their sides. The borders were already
porous as a screened hatch in a submarine, the economies of the
various Baltic states were becoming more Westernized with a healthy
open black market fueled by some really good smugglers (a story of
whom has never been written but I wish would be), Poland and Hungary
had already become democratized - the forces of history.

They were in the right place in the right time for it all to come
crashing down. The fact that Reganites took credit for it is an
accident of that same history.

I suspect that the Pope deserves a big chunk of the credit for motivating
people. Some of his comments on Communism during that period were very
similar to Martin Luther King's on racism here.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:22:42 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


Someday, I really hope that the story of the Smuggling Monks is told. It's
a very interesting by-product of that time and one that, fifty years from
now, will become celebrated as important. I have no special knowledge of
it other than somebody I know who knows somebody, etc, but that's going to
be a fun read.

I've never heard anything about them. Hopefully, someone will write it
down before it's lost to history. What country are we talking about?
Poland?

"Smith Smithers" wrote in message
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Jim C.
You are wearing blinders if you don't think Canada benefits from a strong
US
Military.

The only benefit that is possible is that Canada sells some excellent
military equipment to the USA.
Jim

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:04:31 -0500, Smith Smithers wrote:

Jim C.
You are wearing blinders if you don't think Canada benefits from a strong
US Military.

Sometimes, just sometimes, I wonder if we benefit from a strong military.
;-) Bullets or butter? World's policeman doesn't come without a cost.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:46:05 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:39:29 -0500, " *JimH*" wrote:



Personally, I'd vote for supporting Canada's entire military budget,
but only if they bomb Quebec back into the stone age.

~~ mutter - French speaking dorks - mutter ~~

Better be careful. Just this weekend I saw the top Quebecer in
Parliament talk about Quebec having it's own army. How many miles from
Quebec border to your town?

Trust me on this - if Quebec gets it's own "army", they will surrender
as soon as they are formed.

They speak French after all. :)

And the French battle flag is plain white :-)

Harry,
Even someone with your limited mental capacity can see the need for a strong
military. You can disagree with the use of the military, but I don't
believe anyone would recommend the US do away with it's military. You have
amazed me with your logic in the past, so you might just recommend we do
disarm the military.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Jim Carter wrote:
"Smith Smithers" wrote in message
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Jim C.
You are wearing blinders if you don't think Canada benefits from a
strong
US
Military.

The only benefit that is possible is that Canada sells some excellent
military equipment to the USA.
Jim




Simps like "Smithers" believe the United States is the bastion of freedom
and democracy in the world. Since the ascent of Bush, the United States
has become a pariah, and I'd bet there are Canadians who wish they could
move their country away from the USA so as to avoid any missiles aimed at
the USA that miss.

Harry Krause wrote:

Simps like "Smithers" believe the United States is the bastion of
freedom and democracy in the world. Since the ascent of Bush, the United
States has become a pariah, and I'd bet there are Canadians who wish
they could move their country away from the USA so as to avoid any
missiles aimed at the USA that miss.

Can we assume you'd clime up on that missile launcher to congratulate
them as GI Jane Fonda did?

--
Skipper