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Boon Mee · 16-02-2007, 07:40 PM

The Arab street knows full well that we give billions to Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinians � and are probably baffled that we don't cut it out. They also know we have just as frequently fought Christians on their behalf as Muslims; they know � if their voting feet tell them anything � that no place is more tolerant of their religion or more open to immigration than the United States. Yes, (Radical) Islamists all know that opening a mosque in Detroit is one thing, and opening a church in Saudi Arabia is quite another. Hitler wasn't interested in Wilson's 14 Points or how nicely Germans lived in the U.S. � he cared only that we "cowboys" would not or could not stop what he was up to. -- Victor Davis Hanson

Agent_Smith · 16-02-2007, 08:02 PM

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And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.

Eh? Is this some joke? Germany is more 'democratic' than the US, if that accounts for anything.

That brainless dwarf is the pits.

He misspoke as usual. The connection between his brain and mouth is tenuous at the best of times.

Agent_Smith · 16-02-2007, 08:06 PM

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

Boon Mee · 20-02-2007, 01:12 AM

"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man." -- Ronald Reagan

Whiteshiva · 20-02-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man." -- Ronald Reagan

He probably didn't understand what inflation was....

Boon Mee · 20-02-2007, 11:30 AM

"The quickest way to end a war is to lose it" -- George Orwell

Boon Mee · 08-03-2007, 01:51 AM

The greatest gift our country can give the Cambodian people is not guns but peace. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now

That quote from Sen Christopher Dodd, March 12, 1975, as the Dems were cutting all promised financial aid to the Cambodia and South Vietnam governments. The vacuum resulted in Pol Pot's killing fields...

floorpotato · 08-03-2007, 09:45 AM

"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.” (Nikos Kazantzakis, novelist)

(if there is any truth to this quote, it can be argued that Thais are much freer than Westerners)

Boon Mee · 11-03-2007, 08:38 PM

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

Whiteshiva · 12-03-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

The I hope that in the next US presidential election, the voters who stayed at home last time will not repeat their mistake.

Milkman · 15-03-2007, 12:11 AM

“You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.”
-Malcolm X

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
-Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.”
-Albert Einstein

Boon Mee · 21-03-2007, 12:58 AM

Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. Sir John Harrington. (1561–1612)

Boon Mee · 02-04-2007, 08:54 PM

Down at an English fair,
One evening I was there,
When I heard a showman shouting
Underneath the flare:

Hoi’ve got a lo-ve-ly bunch o’ coconuts.
There they are a-standin’ in a row.
Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer ‘ead!
Give ‘em a twist, a flick o’ the wrist,
That’s what the showman said.

Hoi’ve got a lo-ve-ly bunch o’ coconuts.
Hevery ball yer throw will make me rich.
There stands me wife, the idol of me life,
Singin’ “roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!

-- Monty Python, “Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

Boon Mee · 09-04-2007, 12:54 PM

"The quickest way to ending a war is to lose it" -- George Orwell

danbo · 09-04-2007, 03:06 PM

Frankly, I'm suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue - Scott Adams (Dilbert)

Dougal · 09-04-2007, 03:28 PM

If your only tool is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail.

:- Dunno

Boon Mee · 10-04-2007, 05:28 PM

HOMAGE TO A GOVERNMENT
by Philip Larkin (1969)

Next year we are to bring the soldiers home
For lack of money, and it is all right.
Places they guarded, or kept orderly,
Must guard themselves, and keep themselves orderly.
We want the money for ourselves at home
Instead of working. And this is all right.
It's hard to say who wanted it to happen,
But now it's been decided nobody minds.
The places are a long way off, not here,
Which is all right, and from what we hear
The soldiers there only made trouble happen.
Next year we shall be easier in our minds,
Next year we shall be living in a country
That brought its soldiers home for lack of money.
The statues will be standing in the same
Tree-muffled squares, and look nearly the same.
Our children will not know it's a different country.
All we can hope to leave them now is money.

Boon Mee · 12-04-2007, 08:17 PM

"This wasn't an insult to all mankind, and certainly not an insult to Al Sharpton. Now, if Imus had called the basketball players "fat, race-baiting black men with clownish hairstyles," well, then perhaps Sharpton would be owed an apology." -- Ann Coulter

Boon Mee · 13-04-2007, 09:32 PM

"I used to believe that people got more religious when they got older because they were getting closer to death and they felt they needed to hedge their bets. And I felt that people got more conservative as they got older because they got richer and wanted to keep more of their money.
Then, when I got older, and became both of the above, I came to realize that while that’s true with a great many people, there was an alternate explanation that I would like to believe is true in my case and those of many others. You become more spiritual and more religious, because you realize nothing else works. And if you live a life like I have, you tried everything else. I’m the only guy that had to go to a 12-step program to get over Bill Clinton. And you become more conservative, not because you become more selfish, but because you keep the ideals that you had in your earlier years. But you realize that the way to achieve them is not the straight-ahead path that the left suggests, but the smart path that the right suggests." -- Dick Morris

danbo · 14-04-2007, 11:16 PM

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. - Ernest Hemingway

16-02-2007, 07:40 PM	#121 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	The Arab street knows full well that we give billions to Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinians � and are probably baffled that we don't cut it out. They also know we have just as frequently fought Christians on their behalf as Muslims; they know � if their voting feet tell them anything � that no place is more tolerant of their religion or more open to immigration than the United States. Yes, (Radical) Islamists all know that opening a mosque in Detroit is one thing, and opening a church in Saudi Arabia is quite another. Hitler wasn't interested in Wilson's 14 Points or how nicely Germans lived in the U.S. � he cared only that we "cowboys" would not or could not stop what he was up to. -- Victor Davis Hanson __________________ ผมเป็นคนบ้านนอก

15-03-2007, 12:11 AM	#131 (permalink)
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13-04-2007, 09:32 PM	#139 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	"I used to believe that people got more religious when they got older because they were getting closer to death and they felt they needed to hedge their bets. And I felt that people got more conservative as they got older because they got richer and wanted to keep more of their money. Then, when I got older, and became both of the above, I came to realize that while that’s true with a great many people, there was an alternate explanation that I would like to believe is true in my case and those of many others. You become more spiritual and more religious, because you realize nothing else works. And if you live a life like I have, you tried everything else. I’m the only guy that had to go to a 12-step program to get over Bill Clinton. And you become more conservative, not because you become more selfish, but because you keep the ideals that you had in your earlier years. But you realize that the way to achieve them is not the straight-ahead path that the left suggests, but the smart path that the right suggests." -- Dick Morris

16-02-2007, 08:06 PM	#123 (permalink)
Agent_Smith Bigger Than People Last Online: Today 03:47 AM Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In exile Posts: 1,839	"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

20-02-2007, 01:12 AM	#124 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man." -- Ronald Reagan

20-02-2007, 11:30 AM	#126 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	"The quickest way to end a war is to lose it" -- George Orwell

08-03-2007, 01:51 AM	#127 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	The greatest gift our country can give the Cambodian people is not guns but peace. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now That quote from Sen Christopher Dodd, March 12, 1975, as the Dems were cutting all promised financial aid to the Cambodia and South Vietnam governments. The vacuum resulted in Pol Pot's killing fields...

08-03-2007, 09:45 AM	#128 (permalink)
floorpotato Hat Yai Last Online: Today 12:53 AM Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 708	"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.” (Nikos Kazantzakis, novelist) (if there is any truth to this quote, it can be argued that Thais are much freer than Westerners)

11-03-2007, 08:38 PM	#129 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

21-03-2007, 12:58 AM	#132 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. Sir John Harrington. (1561–1612)

02-04-2007, 08:54 PM	#133 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	Down at an English fair, One evening I was there, When I heard a showman shouting Underneath the flare: Hoi’ve got a lo-ve-ly bunch o’ coconuts. There they are a-standin’ in a row. Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer ‘ead! Give ‘em a twist, a flick o’ the wrist, That’s what the showman said. Hoi’ve got a lo-ve-ly bunch o’ coconuts. Hevery ball yer throw will make me rich. There stands me wife, the idol of me life, Singin’ “roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! -- Monty Python, “Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

09-04-2007, 12:54 PM	#134 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	"The quickest way to ending a war is to lose it" -- George Orwell

09-04-2007, 03:06 PM	#135 (permalink)
danbo befuddled Last Online: 10-08-2008 11:57 PM Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hatty Town Posts: 3,908	Frankly, I'm suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue - Scott Adams (Dilbert)

09-04-2007, 03:28 PM	#136 (permalink)
Dougal Dis-member Last Online: 22-11-2008 03:38 PM Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Head Rock Posts: 4,054	If your only tool is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail. :- Dunno

10-04-2007, 05:28 PM	#137 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	HOMAGE TO A GOVERNMENT by Philip Larkin (1969) Next year we are to bring the soldiers home For lack of money, and it is all right. Places they guarded, or kept orderly, Must guard themselves, and keep themselves orderly. We want the money for ourselves at home Instead of working. And this is all right. It's hard to say who wanted it to happen, But now it's been decided nobody minds. The places are a long way off, not here, Which is all right, and from what we hear The soldiers there only made trouble happen. Next year we shall be easier in our minds, Next year we shall be living in a country That brought its soldiers home for lack of money. The statues will be standing in the same Tree-muffled squares, and look nearly the same. Our children will not know it's a different country. All we can hope to leave them now is money.

12-04-2007, 08:17 PM	#138 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: Today 03:19 AM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,749	"This wasn't an insult to all mankind, and certainly not an insult to Al Sharpton. Now, if Imus had called the basketball players "fat, race-baiting black men with clownish hairstyles," well, then perhaps Sharpton would be owed an apology." -- Ann Coulter

14-04-2007, 11:16 PM	#140 (permalink)
danbo befuddled Last Online: 10-08-2008 11:57 PM Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hatty Town Posts: 3,908	Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. - Ernest Hemingway