JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>>>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No matter where you live, it's nasty to be ignorant of history,
>>>>>>>>>>> even just the history of the last 5-10 years. Without that,
>>>>>>>>>>> you're being spoon fed nothing but headlines. That's just what
>>>>>>>>>>> politicians want - it keeps you happy & dumb.
>>>>>>>>>> And your point is?
>>>>>>>>>> Chatty Cathy
>>>>>>>>> My point is that your excuse for not knowing (whatever) about
>>>>>>>>> Howard Hughes was that you dropped history in high school. By
>>>>>>>>> saying that, you imply that you stopped learning about history
>>>>>>>>> after that.
>>>>>>>> No, not history in general, just Howard Hughes....
>>>>>>> Illogical.
>>>>> Cathy, I really don't know why you bother with him. He is in my
>>>>> killfile and I can't think of a better place for him.
>>>> Awww, O. Joe's not that bad... he's just "politically incorrect" -
>>>> sometimes...
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Chatty Cathy
>>> Yeah, it's politically incorrect to point out that being ignorant of
>>> history is a bad thing.
>> Oh, stop being an ass Joe :P... I was trying to say that you don't deserve
>> to be killfiled (IMHO).
>
> We're not done till it's done, Cathy.

If you say so...
>
> America has a president who is ignorant of history. In 1898, we went to war
> with the wrong country, and did the same thing in Vietnam. Bush repeated the
> mistake, and people who love him haven't noticed a thing. This is what
> happens when voters make a conscience choice to stop learning.
>
> You can draw a direct connection between ignorance, and being responsible
> for the deaths of almost 4000 of our soldiers.
>
>
Ahem. *I* don't have a vote in the USA, so I didn't have anything to do
with Bush being made President.... so, you are telling me all this...
why? Write to your Congressman, or something. You might get more feedback.

OBFood: We had mussels for dinner. With lots of garlic....
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible