On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>
> >
> > I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
> > embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
> > already disappointed.
>
>
> I'm not...
>
> Best
> Greg
>
>
Me neither.

On 3/20/2017 4:26 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:20:38 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 2:30:00 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What I mean is that he's even worse than expected. His approval
>>>> rating's down to 37%. That's after 50% voted for him a few months ago.
>>>> He doesn't know how to behave in public, he doesn't know how things
>>>> work, he's clueless and he constantly looks like a ****ed off child.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> And you think the lying socialist Killary would be better?
>>
>> Well, at least Hillary understands international etiquette, so she
>> wouldn't be a public embarrassment to your country when meeting foreign
>> politicians.
>>
>>
> No, Killary just knows how to lie through her teeth like her husband.
>>
>> I've had
>>> enough of her and her sexual predator husband, Slick Willy.
>>
>> Then why did you elect another sexual predator, one with an ex-call
>> girl wife?
>>
>> Janet
>>
>>
> You know Melania is an ex-call girl how? Cite your sources.
>

perhaps the big monetary settlement paid to the Trumps by the idiot
blogger who made this up.

On 3/20/2017 7:29 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
>> Bruce wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
>>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
>>> already disappointed.
>>
>>
>> I'm not...
>>
>> Best
>> Greg
>>
>>
> Me neither.
>

I didn't vote for him (or Hillary) but was glad to see him beat her.
Unfortunately, he does not know when to shut up and deal with facts. I
thought he would do better.

I'd like to see him pull the wire tap story out if it was true, but no
evidence so far so he looks the fool.

On 2017-03-20 5:29 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
>> Bruce wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
>>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
>>> already disappointed.
>>
>>
>> I'm not...
>>
>> Best
>> Greg
>>
>>
> Me neither.
>
You obviously voted for the government you deserve!

On 2017-03-20 8:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/20/2017 7:29 PM, wrote:
>> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
>>>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
>>>> already disappointed.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not...
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>> Me neither.
>>
>
> I didn't vote for him (or Hillary) but was glad to see him beat her.
> Unfortunately, he does not know when to shut up and deal with facts. I
> thought he would do better.
>
> I'd like to see him pull the wire tap story out if it was true, but no
> evidence so far so he looks the fool.

On 2017-03-20 8:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/20/2017 7:29 PM, wrote:

> I didn't vote for him (or Hillary) but was glad to see him beat her.
> Unfortunately, he does not know when to shut up and deal with facts. I
> thought he would do better.



Really? You expected that he would do better? He is doing just about
exactly what I expected of him. The guy is a buffoon.

>
> I'd like to see him pull the wire tap story out if it was true, but no
> evidence so far so he looks the fool.


He has had lots of time to pull out of that one. It has done a great
job of distracting the people from the Russian hacking issue.

On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 7:56:34 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
>
> On 2017-03-20 5:29 PM, wrote:
>
> > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
> >> Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
> >>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
> >>> already disappointed.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm not...
> >>
> >> Best
> >> Greg
> >>
> >>
> > Me neither.
> >
> You obviously voted for the government you deserve!
>
>
So how's that 'hope and change' thingie working out for you?

On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:53:35 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 7:56:34 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> >
> > On 2017-03-20 5:29 PM, wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
> > >> Bruce wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
> > >>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
> > >>> already disappointed.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I'm not...
> > >>
> > >> Best
> > >> Greg
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Me neither.
> > >
> > You obviously voted for the government you deserve!
> >
> >
> So how's that 'hope and change' thingie working out for you?

I'm a little worried that Trump and Un might have a contest to see who has the bigger balls and Mr. Un lobbing a tactical nuke at Hawaii. We appear to be careening towards something very bad but other than that, it's all going just swell.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:01:04 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 2:30:00 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >
> > What I mean is that he's even worse than expected. His approval
> > rating's down to 37%. That's after 50% voted for him a few months ago.
> > He doesn't know how to behave in public, he doesn't know how things
> > work, he's clueless and he constantly looks like a ****ed off child.
> >
> >
> And you think the lying socialist Killary would be better? I've had
> enough of her and her sexual predator husband, Slick Willy.

Fake news!


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:27:49 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:12:15 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:01:04 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >And you think the lying socialist Killary would be better? I've had
>> >enough of her and her sexual predator husband, Slick Willy.
>>
>> I don't know her. But are you happy with Trump so far?
>>
>>
>If you are going to butt into American politics then you should
>know that Killary is Hillary.

Hillary a socialist? She's in the pocket of the big corporations. But
are you happy with Trump so far?

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:29:51 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
>> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
>> > embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
>> > already disappointed.
>>
>>
>> I'm not...
>>
>> Best
>> Greg
>>
>>
>Me neither.

Ok, there's my answer. Amazing.

On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:48:08 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/20/2017 7:29 PM, wrote:
> > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
> >> Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
> >>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
> >>> already disappointed.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm not...
> >>
> >> Best
> >> Greg
> >>
> >>
> > Me neither.
> >
>
> I didn't vote for him (or Hillary) but was glad to see him beat her.
> Unfortunately, he does not know when to shut up and deal with facts. I
> thought he would do better.

Actually, he's doing better than I expected. I expected we'd be in
a new war by now. Sorry, "police action", since POTUS can't declare
war on his own.

> I'd like to see him pull the wire tap story out if it was true, but no
> evidence so far so he looks the fool.

He's incapable of admitting he's wrong. That's a major character flaw
in my book.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 03:27:06 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:48:08 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> I didn't vote for him (or Hillary) but was glad to see him beat her.
>> Unfortunately, he does not know when to shut up and deal with facts. I
>> thought he would do better.
>
>Actually, he's doing better than I expected. I expected we'd be in
>a new war by now. Sorry, "police action", since POTUS can't declare
>war on his own.
>
>> I'd like to see him pull the wire tap story out if it was true, but no
>> evidence so far so he looks the fool.
>
>He's incapable of admitting he's wrong. That's a major character flaw
>in my book.

He's also always surprised when judges stop his plans. He simply
doesn't understand how things work. That's pitiful for a president.
It's like a surgeon who doesn't know where the heart of the patient is
located.

dsi1 wrote:

> On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 11:11:22 AM UTC-10, The Greatest! wrote:
> > An oldie but a goodie...Steve Wertz might even remember this. Sheryl Mexic was a nemesis of mine on rec.travel.air...
> >
> > Anyone else have "interesting" resto reviews to share...???
> >
> > PS: this is REAL, folks...!!!
> >
> >
> > From: Sheryl >
> > Subject: Miyako--My Lunch Today
> > Date: 2000/02/22
> > Message-ID: >#1/1
> > X-Deja-AN: 588224949
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > X-Accept-Language: en
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > X-Complaints-To:
> > X-Trace: news.flash.net 951188401 209.30.69.253 (Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:00:01 CST)
> > Organization: http://pub4.ezboard.com/bpricelineandexpediabidding
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Reply-To:
> > NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:00:01 CST
> > Newsgroups: houston.eats
> >
> >
> > "As I've commented on houston.eats several times in the past, I'm a
> > regular at lunchtime at Miyako on Kirby. Looks like today was my last
> > visit. I'll let my letter to Ms. Connie Wong explain. I got Ms. Wong's
> > name when I called the Westheimer location asking for the name and
> > address of Miyako's owner, who I know by sight from various times he's
> > been in the particular Miyako location where I was eating at the time.
> > Whenever he sees me, he always acknowledges me. Unfortunately, I was
> > told that Ms. Wong is in charge of all the restaurants and that I should
> > write to her. The nature of my request was known since I was forthright
> > from the beginning of the phone call. I immediately identified myself
> > by name and said I had a bad experience at the Kirby location earlier
> > today and I wanted to inform the owner about it.
> >
> > Ms. Connie Wong
> > Miyako Restaurant
> > 6345 Westheimer
> > Houston, TX 77057
> >
> > Dear Ms. Wong:
> >
> > My lunch hour today was an experience I hope to forget, as it was quite
> > unpleasant. Some background is in order, so first, I want you to know
> > that my first time ever eating sushi was at Miyako on Westheimer in
> > 1985. I've been hooked on sushi ever since, regularly having dinner at
> > the Miyako on Westheimer, the Little Miyako that was located in the
> > Village about 10 years or so ago, and then when that location closed,
> > the Kirby location. In the mid-1990s when the downtown location opened,
> > I began having lunch there at least once per week, every single week,
> > until I began working in Greenway Plaza in January 1998. Since that
> > time, until today, I've had lunch at the Kirby location at least once
> > per week, every single week. So a reasonable estimation would be that
> > I've eaten at Miyako more than 500 times in the past 15 years.
> >
> > I arrived at the Kirby location at 11:35 a.m. today and took my usual
> > seat at the sushi bar. Being that today was a federal holiday and many
> > offices were closed, there were only two others at the sushi bar, and
> > over the next 10 minutes, a total of about 5 tables were occupied.
> > Still, just the one couple and me at the sushi bar. In other words, not
> > very busy.
> >
> > Among other sushi items, I ordered the Miyako Special maki. As I always
> > do when ordering the Miyako Special maki, I asked that it be cut into 8
> > pieces, rather than the usual 6 pieces, because when cut into 6 pieces,
> > a single piece is too large for me to eat without biting into it, and
> > then it completely falls apart. About three minutes after taking my
> > order, the waitress returned to say that I would be charged $1 for
> > cutting the maki into 8 pieces instead of 6 pieces. I looked her
> > straight in the face and told her that I was highly insulted by that
> > comment and told her of my frequency of visits to Miyako. She told me
> > that it was the manager's decision to charge me $1. I asked to speak
> > with the manager. The manager, who I recall previously as a waitress,
> > came from the kitchen area with a very sour look on her face. I then
> > reiterated to the manager what I told the waitress of how insulting the
> > idea of charging me $1 to make two slices with a knife. I also reminded
> > her of my very frequent visits to Miyako, which I knew she already knew,
> > because every single employee who works outside the kitchen knows me by
> > my frequent visits.
> >
> > She told me that mine was a special request and there would be a $1
> > charge. I then told her that I guessed she had no idea what the notion
> > of customer service was and that she had two choices. She could either
> > charge me $1 for her employee to make 8 slices instead of 6 slices and I
> > would never again set foot in Miyako, or she could change her mind and I
> > would remain a customer. She stated once again that there would be a $1
> > charge. I then turned around, picked up my magazine and walked out of
> > the restaurant. Mind you, I had ordered a Coke which had already been
> > served to me and which I had partially consumed. I did not pay for it
> > nor was I followed and asked to pay for it.
> >
> > I am truly saddened to have to make the decision to no longer have lunch
> > at a restaurant that I so much enjoy at least once per week. But then,
> > it's a sad day when $1 is more important than the loyalty I've shown
> > Miyako over 15 years and thousands of dollars.
> >
> > /s/
> >
> > P.S. As a final comment, I thought I'd offer that sometimes I order the
> > daily special, even when there is a piece of sushi that I do not care
> > for, typically squid. Whenever squid is on the daily special, I tell
> > the sushi chef he can just leave it off my plate, something I consider
> > to be quite thoughtful. Miyako can re-sell it to someone else, charging
> > the normal per piece price, and I've not wasted any food.
> >
> > END OF LETTER
> >
> > </>
>
> My friend is like that. He takes things personally and never forgets any transgression, real or imagined, from restaurants. When we eat with him, it's easier to have him pick a restaurant than to suggest one because chances are, he'll refuse to eat there. He's pake and OCD so that's how that goes.
>
> Faced with the same situation, I wouldn't take it personally. Heck, it's worth a dollar to have such a story to tell. It's highly amusing. OTOH, I'll bet that I could get them to do this personal favor for me. You just got to know how to ask. My guess is that they wanted to get rid of the crazy old bat.


Here she is in the flesh:

http://vintage.johnnyjet.com/folder/...TravelQ&A.html

She set herself up as majordomo of the rec.travel.air group. Several of us started to question her "veracity", and she went ballistic. It was fun trolling her, that is for sure...

I suspect she suffered from Narcissistic Personality Disorder or something....an absolutely miserable human being. She would viciously attack anyone who questioned her airfare knowledge, even when proved wrong she would never acknowledge it.


--
Best
Greg

On 2017-03-20 7:53 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 7:56:34 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
>>
>> On 2017-03-20 5:29 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 3:52:25 PM UTC-5, The Greatest! wrote:
>>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I know, but you don't have to be left wing to see what a failure and
>>>>> embarrassment Trump is. I think lots of people who voted for him, are
>>>>> already disappointed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not...
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Me neither.
>>>
>> You obviously voted for the government you deserve!
>>
>>
> So how's that 'hope and change' thingie working out for you?
>

"The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov

In article >, Ed Pawlowski >
wrote:

> I'd like to see him pull the wire tap story out if it was true, but no
> evidence so far so he looks the fool.

Stay tuned. The union media, fed by frightened government bureaucrats,
are shoveling crap into your ears as fast as they can. Either eat it up
or think for yourself. There's breaking news today. Quisling, rat
republicans are festering to the surface for everyone to see. I'm now
glad McCain lost.
Go Donald!

[Ob:Food] I think I'll have a couple of Johnsonville Polish sausages
wrapped in white bread with mustard and onions for dinner tonight.

leo

In article >, graham > wrote:

> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov

I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.

The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo

See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
"Doonesbury".

leo

On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

>In article >, graham > wrote:
>
>> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
>> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
>
>I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
>his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
>
>The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
>notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
>
>See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>"Doonesbury".
>
>leo

your last paragraph says everything
Janet US

On 2017-03-24 11:50 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> > wrote:
>
>> In article >, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>>> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
>>> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>>> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
>>
>> I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
>> his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
>>
>> The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
>> notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>> ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
>>
>> See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>> United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>> your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>> "Doonesbury".
>>
>> leo
>
> your last paragraph says everything
>

It's always a little amusing to see ignorant people trying to joke about
their ignorance.

On 3/24/2017 12:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-03-24 11:50 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> > wrote:
>>> See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>>> United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>>> your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>>> "Doonesbury".
>>>
>> your last paragraph says everything
>
> It's always a little amusing to see ignorant people trying to joke about
> their ignorance.
>
They often seem to be proud of their ignorance.

On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:50:30 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >, graham > wrote:
> >
> >> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> >> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
> >> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> >> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
> >
> >I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
> >his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
> >
> >The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> >way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
> >notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> >ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
> >
> >See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
> >United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
> >your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
> >"Doonesbury".
> >
> >leo
>
> your last paragraph says everything
> Janet US

He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:01:10 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-03-24 11:50 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In article >, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>>>> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
>>>> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>>>> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
>>>
>>> I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
>>> his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
>>>
>>> The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>>> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
>>> notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>>> ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
>>>
>>> See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>>> United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>>> your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>>> "Doonesbury".
>>>
>>> leo
>>
>> your last paragraph says everything
>>
>
>It's always a little amusing to see ignorant people trying to joke about
>their ignorance.

He seems proud of it even. "I'm an idiot. Why aren't you?"

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:50:30 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >In article >, graham > wrote:
>> >
>> >> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>> >> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
>> >> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>> >> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
>> >
>> >I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
>> >his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
>> >
>> >The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
>> >way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
>> >notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
>> >ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
>> >
>> >See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>> >United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>> >your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>> >"Doonesbury".
>> >
>> >leo
>>
>> your last paragraph says everything
>> Janet US
>
>He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...

no, no point. When the US rattles sabres it affects everyone. That
is not conceit, simply common sense. Any smart person from the US is
going to be concerned about foreign policy as should everyone across
the globe. Enemies don't just lob cannon balls at each other anymore.
All we need are a couple of clueless hotheads in charge of a couple of
governments and we will all be engaged one way or another. It's time
to realize that we are essentially one global economy and one
population sitting on top of this ball we call earth.
Janet US

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...

That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
world now - not Trump.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 3/24/2017 10:50 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>
> That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
> world now - not Trump.
>
>


There is no such thing as the free world anymore.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:57:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 3/24/2017 10:50 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>>
>> That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
>> world now - not Trump.
>>
>>
>
>
>There is no such thing as the free world anymore.

Yes, there is. You can go stand on a street corner and tell people
that Trump's an idiot. And you won't end up in jail. Same for me here.

On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>"Doonesbury".
>
>leo

==

Leo, I didn't realise you hated us so much


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"dsi1" wrote in message
...



He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about
another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the
bar on bad form. So you got that happening...

===

You too??


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On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:47:14 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>wrote:
>
>>On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:50:30 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
>>> >United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
>>> >your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
>>> >"Doonesbury".
>>> >
>>> >leo
>>>
>>> your last paragraph says everything
>>> Janet US
>>
>>He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>
>no, no point. When the US rattles sabres it affects everyone. That
>is not conceit, simply common sense. Any smart person from the US is
>going to be concerned about foreign policy as should everyone across
>the globe. Enemies don't just lob cannon balls at each other anymore.
>All we need are a couple of clueless hotheads in charge of a couple of
>governments and we will all be engaged one way or another. It's time
>to realize that we are essentially one global economy and one
>population sitting on top of this ball we call earth.

+1

On 3/24/2017 11:01 AM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:57:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> > wrote:
>
>> On 3/24/2017 10:50 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>>>
>>> That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
>>> world now - not Trump.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> There is no such thing as the free world anymore.
>
> Yes, there is. You can go stand on a street corner and tell people
> that Trump's an idiot. And you won't end up in jail. Same for me here.
>

But you cannot do the opposite on a college campus these days.

On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 8:16:42 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
>
>
> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about
> another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the
> bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>
> ===
>
> You too??
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Undoubtedly. I believe you expressed the same sentiments when disinterested third party types thought it their place to comment on Brexit. I got my feelings about Brexit but it's not my place to express it to interested first parties.

It is obvious that the poster was making a joke about Garry Trudeau. People that claim otherwise are either ignorant about this fact or they have absolutely no sense of humor. Either one sucks.

I was wearing a tee-shirt that I got in Liverpool yesterday. It was an X-large shirt with the Union Jack on it. Over here it would be a large/medium shirt. This probably means something and it ain't good.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:57:25 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 3/24/2017 11:01 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:57:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/24/2017 10:50 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>>>>
>>>> That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
>>>> world now - not Trump.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There is no such thing as the free world anymore.
>>
>> Yes, there is. You can go stand on a street corner and tell people
>> that Trump's an idiot. And you won't end up in jail. Same for me here.
>>
>
>But you cannot do the opposite on a college campus these days.

No, probably not. Nor should you praise the benefits of socialism at a
Tea Party.

On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 7:47:24 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi10yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:50:30 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:43:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article >, graham > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> >> >> way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion
> >> >> that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> >> >> knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
> >> >
> >> >I loved Mr. Asimov. I read damned everything he ever wrote including
> >> >his scientific explanations. But I'm going to change the quote above.
> >> >
> >> >The strain of intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its
> >> >way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
> >> >notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
> >> >ignorance, but I have a PhD in communist nonsense. -- leo
> >> >
> >> >See what I did there? Why the hell are you and others foreign to the
> >> >United States interested in us at all? I don't even know the name of
> >> >your Prime Ministers, although one possibly authors the cartoon
> >> >"Doonesbury".
> >> >
> >> >leo
> >>
> >> your last paragraph says everything
> >> Janet US
> >
> >He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>
> no, no point. When the US rattles sabres it affects everyone. That
> is not conceit, simply common sense. Any smart person from the US is
> going to be concerned about foreign policy as should everyone across
> the globe. Enemies don't just lob cannon balls at each other anymore.
> All we need are a couple of clueless hotheads in charge of a couple of
> governments and we will all be engaged one way or another. It's time
> to realize that we are essentially one global economy and one
> population sitting on top of this ball we call earth.
> Janet US

My opinion on this doesn't depend on who is president or if people agree or disagree with me. At least I'm consistent.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:58:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 8:16:42 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about
>> another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the
>> bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>>
>> ===
>>
>> You too??
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
>Undoubtedly. I believe you expressed the same sentiments when disinterested third party types thought it their place to comment on Brexit. I got my feelings about Brexit but it's not my place to express it to interested first parties.

I'll give my opinion on anything. Let's start with Brexit: it's gonna
cost them a lot financially, but if it gives them a skip in their
step, maybe it's worth it. Next up: Icelandic politics.

On 3/24/2017 12:04 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:57:25 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> > wrote:
>
>> On 3/24/2017 11:01 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:57:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/24/2017 10:50 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>>>>>
>>>>> That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
>>>>> world now - not Trump.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is no such thing as the free world anymore.
>>>
>>> Yes, there is. You can go stand on a street corner and tell people
>>> that Trump's an idiot. And you won't end up in jail. Same for me here.
>>>
>>
>> But you cannot do the opposite on a college campus these days.
>
> No, probably not. Nor should you praise the benefits of socialism at a
> Tea Party.
>

not quite the same thing.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:07:27 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 3/24/2017 12:04 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:57:25 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/24/2017 11:01 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:57:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/24/2017 10:50 AM, sf wrote:

>>>>>> That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
>>>>>> world now - not Trump.
>>>>>>
>>>>> There is no such thing as the free world anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, there is. You can go stand on a street corner and tell people
>>>> that Trump's an idiot. And you won't end up in jail. Same for me here.
>>>>
>>>
>>> But you cannot do the opposite on a college campus these days.
>>
>> No, probably not. Nor should you praise the benefits of socialism at a
>> Tea Party.
>>
>
>not quite the same thing.

Same idea. Don't express opinions that go against a group your with.
Unless you want to have some fun, of course.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:50:14 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>wrote:
>
>> He has a point. It's bad form for disinterested parties to go on about another country's business. OTOH, the president has pretty much raised the bar on bad form. So you got that happening...
>
>That's for sure. In any case, Angela Merkel is leader of the free
>world now - not Trump.

You (as in US) will be back when this man-child will be history.

On 3/24/2017 1:47 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> When the US rattles sabres it affects everyone. That
> is not conceit, simply common sense. Any smart person from the US is
> going to be concerned about foreign policy as should everyone across
> the globe. Enemies don't just lob cannon balls at each other anymore.
> All we need are a couple of clueless hotheads in charge of a couple of
> governments and we will all be engaged one way or another. It's time
> to realize that we are essentially one global economy and one
> population sitting on top of this ball we call earth.
>
True.

If this were FaceBook, I'd click 'like'.

On 3/24/2017 3:15 PM, Bruce wrote:

>>>> But you cannot do the opposite on a college campus these days.
>>>
>>> No, probably not. Nor should you praise the benefits of socialism at a
>>> Tea Party.
>>>
>>
>> not quite the same thing.
>
> Same idea. Don't express opinions that go against a group your with.
> Unless you want to have some fun, of course.
>

Sure, but these days you are often risking physical injury exercising
your right of free speech.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:37:31 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/24/2017 3:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
>
>>>>> But you cannot do the opposite on a college campus these days.
>>>>
>>>> No, probably not. Nor should you praise the benefits of socialism at a
>>>> Tea Party.
>>>>
>>>
>>> not quite the same thing.
>>
>> Same idea. Don't express opinions that go against a group your with.
>> Unless you want to have some fun, of course.
>>
>
>Sure, but these days you are often risking physical injury exercising
>your right of free speech.

You mean if you speak out in favour of Trump?