Letters to the Editor
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A string. Spun from the beginning of our most ancient causes.... bucky1
Marcus Aurelius ~
And so accept everything which happens, even if it seems disagreeable, because it leads to the health of the universe and to the health and prosperity of (what can be transformed in you) a notion of a Zeus.
Everything is useful to the whole....
Events done for you and prescribed by you,
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Referenced for you...
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spun from the beginning out of the most ancient times...
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And you cut yourself off, as far as it is from your power, when you are dissatisfied and cast anything aside.
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Ah, GC!, I see....
I wished you good morning; now I'll wish you good night. In between there was a day like any other, but good very good.. And yes, I know that post-hoc ≠ propter hoc, but sometimes it feels that way anyway. I will remain skeptical, but thankful.
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@ bucky1
I answered Kit's little quibble as nice as anyone could. Should I have ignored him?
Perhaps not this specific time, but the answer to that has to be, eventually, "yes". Do you see why?
Your main point is that you ignore the flame wars; but you don't...
Oh, yes, I do. I venture to interject a comment perhaps about once a month or so ... when I have reached the point of having an uncontrollable urge to say "will you guys please just STFU!!!"...
We've heard it all before; all trod and retrod and stomped nto the ground. The other readers have read your 'position' and considered it (assuming they haven't been turned off by the spew) and will give it all the merit its due, regardless of any flaming and namecalling.
... You always show up to take one side. Odd that, eh?
Maybe it's just that you take more notice of such a perceived bias. Or perhaps it's because I find you most annoying; certainly most whiny. Take your pick.
And with that, given the tenor of my initial comment on the subject, the floor ... and the entire auditorium ... is yours; I've said my piece. Please treat it with respect.
Cheers,
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W.T. & R.M.P.
RMP. I can't remember the question you asked? What did William Timberman have for lunch?
Ask him.
W.T. People wake up and go back to sleep. Each day is a mini Life. People can live as if one day is an entire Life. All in one brief day. Sunrise to sunset. Then it's over?
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In the morn there is a gasp and a sigh. A whimper. A wail. A little bawl.
At the sunset we sleep. It's to die. And if ya's die in your sleep...o burp.
At sunrise time ya's give the groin 'crank' a pull and tug and shout Yew!
In the morning ya's go to the refrigerator to look and find ya's false teeth.
It's a miracle to be here to go have a beer. Good night. If you wake again,
Pull hard the groin crank and gasp a few breaths of air while ya's are here.
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@raymundohpl
Are you The Major's good twin??
If so, welcome!
Aside: I _STILL_ don't know what bucky's position is half the time. But I do know he hates LWM so much the old goat's sarcasm escapes him.
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"Sunday Times" (of London): McCain is "the new face of America"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3559409.ece
March 16, 2008
John McCain in bid to heal rifts with EuropeWHEN Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, arrives in Britain this week, he will start the job of presenting a new face of America to Europe.
“We need to do a better job on America’s image,” he said, citing the many differences he has had over the years with President George W Bush, from the conduct of the war in Iraq to the importance of climate change.
[...] This week, he is embarking on a six-day tour of Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Britain and France which will burnish his credentials to be America’s commander-in-chief.
He admitted, “I do miss Tony Blair” – America’s staunchest friend over Iraq – but said he regarded Gordon Brown, the prime minister, as “a fine man” whom he had met on the international conference circuit. He predicted they would bond over the issue of global warming.
McCain is a passionate environmentalist, who takes the threat of climate change seriously. “I know it’s a prime issue for Gordon Brown as well as Tony Blair and I’m expecting him to raise the issue with me,” he said. Friends believe it will be a “mood-changer” for America’s reputation in Europe [...]
McCain, who was tortured by the North Vietnamese, would restore the primacy of the Geneva conventions [...]
There is no doubt he believes his presence in the White House would be as symbolic a departure from Bush as the election of a Democrat [...]
[...] John McCain will remain in London for a break with his wife Cindy at the end of his official tour of Europe and the Middle East later this week.
First stop is the London Eye, the giant wheel by the Thames, which he has already visited three times. Then it is on to the Churchill Museum and the Cabinet War Rooms.
Churchill stars in McCain’s campaign video vowing to fight them “on the beaches”, just as McCain insists he will “never surrender” to Al-Qaeda. McCain will also hold a £500-a-head fundraising lunch at Spencer House, built by an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- - "The Sunday Times" newspaper (London)
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"Villainize" vs "demystify"?
I'm not trying to villainize Obama. I'm just trying to de-mystify the guy.
By declaring that Obama's actions as president will run somewhere between NAMBLA and Hamas?
Well, I'm all for that, but then I'm only registered as a Democrat so I can vote in primaries. So don't use me as a data point.
(What are you probing exactly, anyway, other than your own a$$?)
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Seems like serious fluffing...
- - "The Sunday Times" newspaper (London)
-- sysprog
Is that a Murdoch publication? I have never been straight on which British papers are tainted.
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@LWM & Free riding
It was interesting reading that article, but it seems to me that it is too intrusive, particularly if one seeks to live in an honestly free society. There will always be people who benefit more than they've earned from certain circumstances. I think the only solution would be a strong understanding of objective (as opposed to subjective) morals, and the fact that most people, when it comes down to it, act morally within their own understanding of morals. Of course, if one uses subjective moral standards, then morality gets thrown out the window because subjective morals are impossible to achieve, and people who believe them either have to live in shame or cravenly according to their own beliefs. If enough people want to do something that they're willing to pay for it, they should be satisfied with that, and not seek to force others to agree with them. Just because something is desirable or better is no excuse to force others to do it. Initiating force is always wrong, and what kind of victory is achieved in forcing people into some situation? I don't want to participate in something, even something I want, if others are forced against their will.
--Ron
<<In economics, collective bargaining, psychology and political science, "free riders" are actors that consume more than their fair share of a resource, or shoulder less than a fair share of the costs of its production. The free rider problem is the question of how to prevent free riding from taking place, or at least limit its negative effects.>>