Donate Frequent Flyer Miles to Our Troops

[Philip A. Marshall]

: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch"
<[email protected]>
: wrote:
:
: >Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity
that not
: >everyone here is from the states,
:
: Really? I didn't know that ;-)
:
: >and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
: >what the states is doing??
:
: Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

They don't agree that Hussein needed his arse
kicked??? I guess they live in a glass case and
have never been persecuted.

Now, I can't quite remember. How did Hussein get into power again?
Who funded Bin Ladin?

I think the world would be quite a lot better off without the US
playing Big Brother to us all.

 

[Bruce Robin]

Nice liturgy. And this relates to Home Automation how? There's lots of
political newsgroups for this debate. Please take it there.

 

[SioL]

Did you know that you can donate some of your frequent flyer miles to
benefit our troops getting to their homes from Iraq?

...Jim Thompson

Do you think they accept frequent flyer miles from extreme leftists?

SioL

 

[[email protected]]

: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:51:21 -0500, "repatch"
<[email protected]>
: wrote:
:
: >Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity
that not
: >everyone here is from the states,
:
: Really? I didn't know that ;-)
:
: >and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
: >what the states is doing??
:
: Really? I didn't know that, but do you think I care?

They don't agree that Hussein needed his arse
kicked??? I guess they live in a glass case and
have never been persecuted.

No one disagrees that persecution is a bad thing. The problem is U.S.
involvement: should the U.S. get involved with EVERY country that has
a persecuting despot? Do you as a taxpayer want to go that route?
Iraq alone is going to cost us a minimum of $87 billion, remember.

Furthermore, how can we justify getting involved with one country and
not another? Why is it ok to get involved with Iraq and not Rwanda
(which had horrific numbers and cases of genocide in recent years)?
More people died and suffered in Rwanda than in Iraq. The only
difference I see is that Iraq has oil, which Bush wants. And that
leads to a whole other discussion: our energy use in the U.S. Why
are we still so reliant on oil, a commodity controlled by many people
who are our enemies?

 

[Anthony Fremont]

Well, before you sign up, do they give you any kind of indication
what you might be in for? Anybody who signs up for a 2-year hitch
and then whines and snivels because they can't fly back to Mommy's
lap on a moments notice doesn't deserve to have been sent on a road
trip at taxpayer expense in the first place.

He was drafted.

 

[A Soberon]

And which NG would that be? You may not have noticed

that this particular thread is multiply cross-posted.

Yes I did notice. But none of those NG are intended for this kind of
discussion.

Antonio

 

[Baphomet]

Hehe, I guess that, and that sir, is the reason much of the world thinks
of the States as they do. TTYL

Simple jealousy would probably take you further in terms of finding an
explanation.

 

[Southern]

Hmm, ok, consider this: what about Sadam's former soldiers? Do they
deserve the same?

There are no commercial airlines flying in/out of Iraq so the issue is moot.
Besides, the overwhelming majority of them went home before the conflict
began in earnest.

 

[Brian]

No one disagrees that persecution is a bad thing. The problem is U.S.
involvement: should the U.S. get involved with EVERY country that has
a persecuting despot? Do you as a taxpayer want to go that route?
Iraq alone is going to cost us a minimum of $87 billion, remember.

Furthermore, how can we justify getting involved with one country and
not another? Why is it ok to get involved with Iraq and not Rwanda
(which had horrific numbers and cases of genocide in recent years)?
More people died and suffered in Rwanda than in Iraq. The only
difference I see is that Iraq has oil, which Bush wants. And that
leads to a whole other discussion: our energy use in the U.S. Why
are we still so reliant on oil, a commodity controlled by many people
who are our enemies?

Sorry....but you're at best just another moron towing party line. Do you
have any idea how much oil was involed in you making an ass of yourself
in that post? Take a look around your home. You've chosen to surround
yourself with oil.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Gee, that's great, but did you ever think about the possiblity that not
everyone here is from the states, and not everyone here exactly AGREES with
what the states is doing??

This NG is predominantly American- and the majority of contributions are
from Americans. Did this occur to you? Get the hell off of here with
your damned anti-American trash attitude, and post to the NG for your
backwards country.

 

[repatch]

There are no commercial airlines flying in/out of Iraq so the issue is moot.
Besides, the overwhelming majority of them went home before the conflict
began in earnest.

You didn't answer my question.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Well, before you sign up, do they give you any kind of indication
what you might be in for? Anybody who signs up for a 2-year hitch
and then whines and snivels because they can't fly back to Mommy's
lap on a moments notice doesn't deserve to have been sent on a road
trip at taxpayer expense in the first place.

Peace on Drugs!
Rich

Crawl in a corner and die in a drunken stupor, jackass. I was a
drafted, I didn't enlist. I served my time and went home. I wasn't going
to "fly back to Mommy's lap on a moments notice" I was in a place the
was well under -40°F through the winter. It would have cost most of my
pay for the year to go stateside for a week, so I didn't go on leave at
all. I used less than 25% of my available leave time because the pay was
so low you couldn't afford to go anywhere.


--
8 days!


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[repatch]

This NG is predominantly American- and the majority of contributions are
from Americans. Did this occur to you? Get the hell off of here with
your damned anti-American trash attitude, and post to the NG for your
backwards country.

HEHEHEHE, which newsgroup are you specifically referring to? Are you
saying the majority is the only one allowed a voice? Are you saying I don't
have the right to FREE SPEECH? It's funny how some people claim to believe
in certain universal rights, as long as it doesn't inconvinience them.

FWIW I'm not anti-american, you can consider me more anti-Bush. I have
quite a few american friends who think exactly the same as I do about this
whole Iraq thing. What percentage of American's agree with what Bush is
doing?

Oh, and BTW, the backwards country I'm from is your neighbour to the North.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

No one disagrees that persecution is a bad thing. The problem is U.S.
involvement: should the U.S. get involved with EVERY country that has
a persecuting despot?

You're a brain dead imbecile who lacks the analytical capability to find
the exit from a wet paper bag. It is impossible for you to originate a
thought so you repeat the latest drivel originating from the most evil
industrial block extant- that of France, Germany, and Russia, and their
world-wide propaganda campaign to impede the downfall of Saddam for
purely financial reasons. This mindless nonsense argument about going
after one despot while leaving others intact is akin to a defense
attorney claiming the government has no right to prosecute his client as
long as similar crimes go unpunished. So let that thieving Tyco sc_mbag
Kozlowski go for the $600M theft because certainly there are numerous
instances of CEOs misappropriating funds that go unprosecuted.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

He was drafted.

Oh? And what war was occurring in Alaska so that we were so desperate
for R&R?

 

[Richard Henry]

This is NOT the NG to discuss these issues, although miki, or whatever his
alias is now, will bark back that any NG is free to discuss anything.

That's because everyone is free not to read any posting. Or at least not
respond.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

This is NOT the NG to discuss these issues, although miki, or whatever his
alias is now, will bark back that any NG is free to discuss anything.

Antonio

Who are you talking about? I have posted on
with my name for over four
years. I have no idea what, or who, you are whining about.
--
8 days!


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Southern]

You didn't answer my question.

I did when I pointed out that the issue is moot.

 

[A Soberon]

Who are you talking about? I have posted on

with my name for over four
years. I have no idea what, or who, you are whining about.
--
8 days!


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Not you Michael. The problem is this thread is in many NG's. I was refering
to a certain miki who usually posts in comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro

Anyway, this thread has evolved into something none of the NG involved has
anything to do with.

ANtonio

 

[Jim Thompson]

Do you think they accept frequent flyer miles from extreme leftists?

SioL

Absolutely !-)

...Jim Thompson