"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@no-spam> wrote in message
> You're the goddamned retard. The flight simulator that the pilot
> referred to was the full cockpit style that Boeing has at their
> facility, not some lame assed PC software. Doh!
I think you just screwed yourself, dumbshit!
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:40:36 +0800, corks <trigarti@no-spam> wrote:
> rubbish
>
> i was over there for 6 weeks in 96, any american will list every president
> of the usa since gw and alll 51 states states.
Yeah, well, if there's on thing the American education is supposed to do,
it's teach American children about American history. Most children do
indeed manage to memorize all 51 states and most of the presidents.
However, American newspapers regularly report depressing statistics about
surveys showing Americans can't even place the civil war to within the
nearest 50 year period, get it confused with the revolutionary war, etc,
demonstrating that all is not well in the US education system.
Craig Taylor (cujo@no-spam wrote:
: Brilliant?
: I thought the WTC attacks were brilliant. Maximum impact. The collapse was
: an added but welcome bonus for them. The WTC was a symbol for the
: capitalistic greed of the US. This is why they interfere in other countries
: so much... that and their egos.
: The only stupid thing was that they were too good at what they did. It
: pissed the US off way too much. If they had of taken out the Sears Tower
: they wouldn't have cared so much :)
Although one can think of intelligence in value-free terms, for example
when evaluating the technical competence of the people who worked to give
the mass-murderer Stalin the hydrogen bomb, it really doesn't take much
intelligence to abuse trust and make the world a colder place.
What those who destroyed the World Trade Center towers did was evil; so
abominably and monstrously evil that to give the devils responsible even
their due is in poor taste for the time being. Those attackers chose,
wilfully, and without cause, to cut off thousands of innocent lives in
their prime and bring a tremendous grief to thousands of families.
This will never be forgotten.
There is no question of anything in United States foreign policy being
considered as anything worse than imperfect; there is no comparison, no
"moral equivalency" possible. America represents freedom and democracy;
because of its great power, it dare not risk falling into tyranny, so it
must maintain a political system with distributed power that prevents
dealing as expeditiously as one might wish with such matters as racial
inequality.
The American people, and everyone else in the civilized world that cares
about the lives and well-being of peaceful hard-working innocent
law-abiding people, have been awakened by the events of September 11,
2001. Terrorists should realize that it is now GAME OVER for that kind of
tactic, and those that do not will be defeated. (It is astonishing that
there are still some democratic countries where an overwhelming public
sympathy has not brought about total solidarity with Israel on the part of
their governments, but this should not take much longer.)
The Islamic world will cease to be a breeding ground for terrorism.
Children growing up there will be taught tolerance, and the notion that
inequality before the law of Muslim and non-Muslim is right and proper
will be cast down and ridiculed, from one end of the Islamic world to the
other before this is over. No longer will people in that part of the world
be afraid of violence against them if they convert to another religion, as
they are now in many countries there.
John Savard
Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
: Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid, it was
: defence war.
From British, French, and U.S. side.
Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they "defended"
themselves against half of Poland at the start.
So although they were defending themselves *part* of the time, they were
stupid aggressors at other times.
John Savard
M.A.T.H.T.E.W (potter) wrote:
: being stupid would indicate a lack of intelligence.
: Bin laden is far from stupid
If he wasn't stupid, he wouldn't be a bad bully who hurts people.
Intelligent people do constructive things that help others, like inventing
new vaccines or labor-saving devices to make our lives more pleasant.
John Savard
> Osama got away with it and we still can't find an aging sick
> man.
Hey, you try finding a 6'4" Saudi in Afganistan toting a kidney dialysis
machine, it's not so easy as you think, buddy! ;-)
"Petzl" <petzl+news2@no-spam> wrote in message
news:iu6gfvgu6rla4pkut87qeco6m3lk20qb02@no-spam
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:54:38 +1000, Craig Welch <craig@no-spam>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:01:00 +1000, Petzl <petzl+news2@no-spam>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>>being stupid would indicate a lack of intelligence.
> >>>Bin laden is far from stupid
> >>
> >>The cave he was sprayed all over was colored in "hint of brain"
> >
> >Come on Petzl, have another go. This time, please, in English.
>
> Bin laden is dead he was sprayed all over his cave as "real
> intelligence" honed daisy cutter bombs onto his cowardly voice as he
> squealed for help. This squealing simply aided marksmen to pick of
> 100's of his hired murdering help
>
> He has never been seen alive since
>
> The color of the cave wall, he and his hired murders were sprayed all
> over, was called "hint of brain"
>
>
> Petzl
Getting closer, that one almost made sense. Give it one more try...
Bill Matthews Jnr <billm@no-spam> wrote:
> Seems the quality of the VHS tapes they distribute to the world media keeps
> getting worse.
>
>
> I wonder why they don't use DVD?
"Behind the Scenes" featurette destroyed by American bombing.
People would fear explosion at the layer change.
Osama thinks anamorphic squeeze is the work of Satan.
Lynn Redgrave unavailable for commentary track.
Al Qaeda fears reprisals from MPAA.
Osama thinks polycarbonate made from pork rinds.
John Williams refuses to provide musical score.
Osama's last Blockbuster rental contained satellite tracking chip.
Hindu Kush Wal Mart stores keep running out of DVD blanks.
Osama delinquent in paying SAG dues.
> Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
>
> : Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid, it
was
> : defence war.
>
> From British, French, and U.S. side.
>
> Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland, Czechoslovakia,
> Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they "defended"
> themselves against half of Poland at the start.
You think they should left Nazis in Poland, Hungary, etc... so they continue
to kill people?
>
> So although they were defending themselves *part* of the time, they were
> stupid aggressors at other times.
Not more agressor than US.
>
> John Savard
>
Petzl <petzl+news2@no-spam> wrote in
news:ddggfv0efselnrbfn27j1hu9j955djc02g@no-spam
<snip>
> Well he is more popular than ever by doing so?
Adolf Hitler was popular, as was Stalin and so is bin Laden.
> Maybe its you who are
> not "normal"
Possibly, if the definition of normal is supporting a Prime Minister whose
Governemnt locks ileagel immigrants in concentration camps, gleefuly joins
an ileagle war against the wishes of the majority and manages to divide a
nation. At a time when the incompetence of the opposition seems
tanatamount, I am not suprised he is popular. As an aside, I don't think
he is "evil" per se, I think it is systemic of a system that produces
heartless pepole such as yourself, Howard, binLaden at al, and others
filled with hate and vitrole. Where the system went wrong I do not know,
finding out and repairing it are of vital importance to the futire of the
nation and the World, so that hopefully it can be changed to stop this
happening in the future.
<snip>
> It was for both legal and something you don't comprehend (DECENCY)
What saddens me most about the human race in general is that I actually
think you mean this :(
Trevor S
"M.A.T.H.T.E.W" wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:35:04 +1000, Petzl <petzl+news2@no-spam>
> wrote:
>
> >They are too stupid to do anything right except run away
>
> I've seen no evidence to suggest they are stupid
You'd be stupid to understand it if you did.
Bob
DarkMatter wrote:
> On 22 Jun 2003 05:16:11 -0500, "Gerry" <!@no-spam> Gave us:
>
> >
> >> Anyone who fight a war could be called stupid.
> >
> >Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid, it was
> >defence war. Bush's war for oil is stupid, it's a war for greedy. Feel the
> >difference.
> >
> I know that you have been asked this before, but is english your
> first language, or are you a child, or just plain stupid?
>
> "it's a war for greedy." WTF is that? You wouldn't know what the
> mechanisms for war were if they bit you in the ass, you retarded putz.
Gerry is a troll, and on many newsgroups. When angered, he can write perfectly
good English. His misuse of the language is his troll.
He is, for all intents and purposes, an asshole. Oh. Aussie group.
Arsehole. I think he is a Canadian who was refused admittance to the USA,
hence his bitterness and hate.
Bob
Gerry wrote:
> > On 22 Jun 2003 05:12:23 -0500, "Gerry" <!@no-spam> Gave us:
> >
> > >
> > >> I thought the WTC attacks were brilliant.
> > >
> > >Yeah, it was great show. US deserved it. The only bad thing is that there
> > >were innocent people in the buildings and planes, who don't have
> > >responsibility for moron president bush's actions.
> > >
> >
> > You're a goddamned retard.
>
> You're about to kick my asshole with your tongue.
The problem is that your entire being is all asshole.
Bob
David in Perth wrote:
David, you are an utter ass.
> > The bombing in bali was pretting good too. Itmakes me wish that the
> > US did not save Ozs arse in WWII
>
> OK, history lesson. You did NOT save our arse. We were beating the Japanese
> long before you turned up.
Bullshit. The majority of the Australian Army, never a huge Army, was in North
Africa. Remember? Rommel??
>
>
> The first time you faced the Japanese at Gona in Papua New Guinea you got
> your arse whipped and Australian troops came to your rescue. There were
> always more Australian troops in the Pacific theater than American,
Jesu Christo, now that one is just an outright lie.
>
> including Navy personnel. While the marines were island hopping towards
> Japan Australian troops were actually engaging the enemy you left behind.
Mopping up action against unsupplied troops. Valuable work, much needed, but
not what I would call winning the war without the Americans.
>
>
> America's belated entry into the war merely shortened it. The truth is the
> Russians won The World War and would have probably defeated Japan too until
> Truman dropped the big one. Which is precisely why he did it of course.
Shortened the war. Russia did not declare war against Japan until August,
1945. Without the Americans in the Pacific, and with Russia fighting the
Germans, Australia would have been a Japanese province by 1945. Considering
the treatment of the Chinese by the Japanese as a model, there would have been
few, if any Caucasion citizens left alive in Australian by 1945.
You, Sir, are a fucking idiot with no knowledge of the time.
Bob
>
>
> P.S. Our generals did not run away after abandoning their troops.
torcik wedlowski wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:40:39 +0800, "David in Perth"
> <friendelijahspamtrap@no-spam> wrote:
>
> >
> >> The bombing in bali was pretting good too. Itmakes me wish that the
> >> US did not save Ozs arse in WWII
> >
> >OK, history lesson. You did NOT save our arse. We were beating the Japanese
> >long before you turned up.
> >
> >The first time you faced the Japanese at Gona in Papua New Guinea you got
> >your arse whipped and Australian troops came to your rescue. There were
> >always more Australian troops in the Pacific theater than American,
> >including Navy personnel. While the marines were island hopping towards
> >Japan Australian troops were actually engaging the enemy you left behind.
> >
> >America's belated entry into the war merely shortened it. The truth is the
> >Russians won The World War and would have probably defeated Japan too until
> >Truman dropped the big one. Which is precisely why he did it of course.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >P.S. Our generals did not run away after abandoning their troops.
> >
> Are you going to tell me that the Australians would have defeated the
> japanese by them selves. Beside Gona, give me an example of another
> major battle the Austrailains won without the USA. The American
> military and especially the American Navy defeated the Japanese. Also
> the Russian did not enter the Pacific campaign until the American were
> ready to invade Japan.I will grant that Russia certainly defeated the
> germans. By the time they reached berlin, they were suffering serious
> manpower shortages and would have been a drain to take on japan.
Not to mention the tremendous difficulty of transferring their Army across
Siberia with only one railroad line. At the end of the war, Japan still had a
million troops in Northern China along the Russian border.
Bob
"Je=DFus" wrote:
> In news: i7gcfv0hnimah3o1ialie3d8k3si5d5rg8@no-spam someone let
> Petzl <petzl+news2@no-spam> loose on on a computer... and the
> unfortunate result was:
>
> : Australia was considered an easy and *first* target before then.
> : It was only because of the Al-Qaeda making a stupid mistake in
> : attacking the USa first that an effective war on these terrorists is=
> : taking place now
> : If Islamic's had as they originally planned attacked Australia first.=
> : Australia would be up the creek without a paddle.
>
> OMG do you really believe that shit?
> Thats so illogical in so many ways...
>
>
Since when have terrorists groups been logical?
Bob
Craig Welch wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:44:11 +1000, Petzl <petzl+news2@no-spam>
> wrote:
>
> >>>>being stupid would indicate a lack of intelligence.
> >>>>Bin laden is far from stupid
> >>>
> >>>The cave he was sprayed all over was colored in "hint of brain"
> >>
> >>Come on Petzl, have another go. This time, please, in English.
> >
> >Bin laden is dead he was sprayed all over his cave as "real
> >intelligence" honed daisy cutter bombs onto his cowardly voice as he
> >squealed for help. This squealing simply aided marksmen to pick of
> >100's of his hired murdering help
>
> If I understand you correctly (something of which I'm not often
> sure) you seem to be saying that Osama is dead.
>
> There is of course no evidence of that, but then you have never
> needed actual evidence, have you?
>
> How do you 'hone' a bomb onto a voice?
>
> Why is his voice 'cowardly'?
>
> Given that we don't know if he's dead, how do you know that he
> 'squealed'? How do you know that this 'squealing' aided marksmen?
> Oh, I forgot. You just make up your little embellishments ...
>
> >He has never been seen alive since
>
> You finally said something that's true. Although you really meant to
> say that the axis of stupidity soldiers have never seen him alive
> since.
>
> >The color of the cave wall, he and his hired murders were sprayed all
> >over, was called "hint of brain"
>
> By whom? Why can you not properly spell 'colour'?
>
> --
> Craig
1. I doubt that Petzl birth tongue is English.
2. In America, he has used the proper spelling of "color"
We do not use the extraneous "u". ( One of the few places where
English (The language, not the nationality ) spelling makes a bit of
sense.)
Bob
Gerry wrote:
> > Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
> >
> > : Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid, it
> was
> > : defence war.
> >
> > From British, French, and U.S. side.
> >
> > Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland, Czechoslovakia,
> > Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they "defended"
> > themselves against half of Poland at the start.
>
> You think they should left Nazis in Poland, Hungary, etc... so they continue
> to kill people?
You mean after they divided Poland between themselves and Nazi Germany? That
happened, you know.
Bob
>
>
> >
> > So although they were defending themselves *part* of the time, they were
> > stupid aggressors at other times.
>
> Not more agressor than US.
>
> >
> > John Savard
> >
> Gerry wrote:
>
> > > Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
> > >
> > > : Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid,
it
> > was
> > > : defence war.
> > >
> > > From British, French, and U.S. side.
> > >
> > > Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland,
Czechoslovakia,
> > > Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they
"defended"
> > > themselves against half of Poland at the start.
> >
> > You think they should left Nazis in Poland, Hungary, etc... so they
continue
> > to kill people?
>
> You mean after they divided Poland between themselves and Nazi Germany?
That
> happened, you know.
> Bob
No, I don't know. Prove it please.
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > So although they were defending themselves *part* of the time, they
were
> > > stupid aggressors at other times.
> >
> > Not more agressor than US.
> >
> > >
> > > John Savard
> > >
>
"Gerry" <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@no-spam> wrote in
message 3efa0d53$0$1245$45beb828@no-spam
[...]
>> You mean after they divided Poland between themselves and Nazi Germany?
>> That happened, you know.
>> Bob
>
> No, I don't know. Prove it please.
It was part of the secret protocol attached to the Nazi-Soviet
Non-Aggression Pact.
"The secret protocol held an agreement between the Nazis and Soviets that
greatly affected Eastern Europe. For the Soviets for agreeing to not join
the possible future war, Germany was giving the Soviets the Baltic States
(Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Poland was also to be divided between the
two - along the Narew, Vistula, and San rivers."
http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/aa072699.htm
--
A: Top-posters.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
"Gerry" <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@no-spam> wrote in
message news:3efa0d53$0$1245$45beb828@no-spam
>
> > Gerry wrote:
> >
> > > > Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
> > > >
> > > > : Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid,
> it
> > > was
> > > > : defence war.
> > > >
> > > > From British, French, and U.S. side.
> > > >
> > > > Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland,
> Czechoslovakia,
> > > > Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they
> "defended"
> > > > themselves against half of Poland at the start.
> > >
> > > You think they should left Nazis in Poland, Hungary, etc... so they
> continue
> > > to kill people?
> >
> > You mean after they divided Poland between themselves and Nazi Germany?
> That
> > happened, you know.
> > Bob
>
> No, I don't know. Prove it please.
>
Jerry isn't too bright, folks, so cut him some slack. His education seems
to have stopped about the sixth grade.
Mark Maps
In news: bdddae$ntd$1@no-spam someone let
Mark Maps <markmaps@no-spam> loose on on a computer... and the unfortunate
result was:
: Jerry isn't too bright, folks, so cut him some slack. His education
: seems to have stopped about the sixth grade.
: Mark Maps
Mark which maps and with what?
--
Jeßus
"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@no-spam> wrote in message
> >David in Perth wrote:
> >David, you are an utter ass.
> >
> >> > The bombing in bali was pretting good too. Itmakes me wish that the
> >> > US did not save Ozs arse in WWII
> >>
> >> OK, history lesson. You did NOT save our arse. We were beating the
Japanese
> >> long before you turned up.
> >
> >Bullshit. The majority of the Australian Army, never a huge Army, was in
North
> >Africa. Remember? Rommel??
> >
>
> Some of these dolts are mere kids.
Don't flatter yourself, sport.
"Mark Maps" <markmaps@no-spam> wrote in message
news:bddti1$f1f$1@no-spam
> Jesus, Ain't too bright either, are you, Jeßus. Jerry's at about the
sixth
> grade; your humor is at about the seventh grade, if you're lucky, so I
guess
> you've got Jerry beat. (And you're so mature you probably giggle at
people
> who are named Lipshitz, don't you.)
>
> Read "Maps" backward to reveal its secret meaning....
>
> Mark Maps
>
So, you've named yourself after canned ham. Clever, clever. I like it.
In reply to some remark or other by someone or other, probably about the
USA, Corks at <trigarti@no-spam> starts the message
<3ef6d7d5$0$11184@no-spam> with the following words:
> rubbish
>
> i was over there for 6 weeks in 96, any american will list every president of
> the usa since gw and alll 51 states states.
(snipped)
Dear Corks, perhaps you're counting the District of Columbia as a state of
the USA.
Or do you count Iraq as the 51st state?
Or perhaps you're harking back to the state of Jefferson, which some people
have said should be created from northern California and southern Oregon.
--
Quentin Burward
Bill Matthews Jnr <billm@no-spam> wrote in...
> Seems the quality of the VHS tapes they distribute to
> the world media keeps
> getting worse.
>
>
> I wonder why they don't use DVD?
'Cause dem low-tech tossazzzzzz...
"M.A.T.H.T.E.W" wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:20:28 -0700, Bob <chil-out@no-spam>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Gerry wrote:
> >
> >> > On 22 Jun 2003 05:12:23 -0500, "Gerry" <!@no-spam> Gave us:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > >> I thought the WTC attacks were brilliant.
> >> > >
> >> > >Yeah, it was great show. US deserved it. The only bad thing is that there
> >> > >were innocent people in the buildings and planes, who don't have
> >> > >responsibility for moron president bush's actions.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > You're a goddamned retard.
> >>
> >> You're about to kick my asshole with your tongue.
> >
> >The problem is that your entire being is all asshole.
> >Bob
>
> what is a donkey hole?
The entire content of your skull.
Bob
Gerry wrote:
> > Gerry wrote:
> >
> > > > Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
> > > >
> > > > : Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid,
> it
> > > was
> > > > : defence war.
> > > >
> > > > From British, French, and U.S. side.
> > > >
> > > > Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland,
> Czechoslovakia,
> > > > Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they
> "defended"
> > > > themselves against half of Poland at the start.
> > >
> > > You think they should left Nazis in Poland, Hungary, etc... so they
> continue
> > > to kill people?
> >
> > You mean after they divided Poland between themselves and Nazi Germany?
> That
> > happened, you know.
> > Bob
>
> No, I don't know. Prove it please.
Gerry, there is just one hell of a lot that you don't know. Look up the
German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ( late 1930.) You can read a bit of
history and find out when Hitler and Stalin divided Poland among themselves.
That is, if you have any desire whatsoever to know history.
Bob
>
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > So although they were defending themselves *part* of the time, they
> were
> > > > stupid aggressors at other times.
> > >
> > > Not more agressor than US.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > John Savard
> > > >
> >
Mark Maps wrote:
> "Gerry" <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@no-spam> wrote in
> message news:3efa0d53$0$1245$45beb828@no-spam
> >
> > > Gerry wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Gerry (!@no-spam wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > : Not anyone. WWII from Soviet Union and British side wasn't stupid,
> > it
> > > > was
> > > > > : defence war.
> > > > >
> > > > > From British, French, and U.S. side.
> > > > >
> > > > > Soviet Union... they "defended" themselves against Poland,
> > Czechoslovakia,
> > > > > Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria at the end of that war, and they
> > "defended"
> > > > > themselves against half of Poland at the start.
> > > >
> > > > You think they should left Nazis in Poland, Hungary, etc... so they
> > continue
> > > > to kill people?
> > >
> > > You mean after they divided Poland between themselves and Nazi Germany?
> > That
> > > happened, you know.
> > > Bob
> >
> > No, I don't know. Prove it please.
> >
>
> Jerry isn't too bright, folks, so cut him some slack. His education seems
> to have stopped about the sixth grade.
>
> Mark Maps
I think you are far, far too generous, by about 3 grades.
Bob
3W wrote:
> "Jason Stokes" <jstok@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:slrnbffl2b.2b9.jstok@no-spam
> > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:40:36 +0800, corks <trigarti@no-spam> wrote:
> > Yeah, well, if there's on thing the American education is supposed to do,
> > it's teach American children about American history. Most children do
> > indeed manage to memorize all 51 states and most of the presidents.
> > However, American newspapers regularly report depressing statistics about
> > surveys showing Americans can't even place the civil war to within the
> > nearest 50 year period, get it confused with the revolutionary war, etc,
> > demonstrating that all is not well in the US education system.
>
> I would love to see a list of all 51 states. Particularly the 51st would
> interest me.
As an American, I wouldn't mind knowing his insight into the future, either. (
But I would bet money he meant Washington, D.C. as a State, which it is not. )
Bob
Quentin Burward wrote:
>
> In reply to some remark or other by someone or other, probably about the
> USA, Corks at <trigarti@no-spam> starts the message
> <3ef6d7d5$0$11184@no-spam> with the following words:
>
> > rubbish
> >
> > i was over there for 6 weeks in 96, any american will list every president of
> > the usa since gw and alll 51 states states.
>
> (snipped)
>
> Dear Corks, perhaps you're counting the District of Columbia as a state of
> the USA.
>
> Or do you count Iraq as the 51st state?
>
> Or perhaps you're harking back to the state of Jefferson, which some people
> have said should be created from northern California and southern Oregon.
>
> --
> Quentin Burward
There is also a movement to divide California into THREE states, and not include
Southern Oregon.
I could see a lot of tax benefits to that.
Bob
>
>
>
>
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:26:33 GMT, 3W <trefork@no-spam> wrote:
> "Jason Stokes" <jstok@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:slrnbffl2b.2b9.jstok@no-spam
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:40:36 +0800, corks <trigarti@no-spam> wrote:
>> Yeah, well, if there's on thing the American education is supposed to do,
>> it's teach American children about American history. Most children do
>> indeed manage to memorize all 51 states and most of the presidents.
>> However, American newspapers regularly report depressing statistics about
>> surveys showing Americans can't even place the civil war to within the
>> nearest 50 year period, get it confused with the revolutionary war, etc,
>> demonstrating that all is not well in the US education system.
>
> I would love to see a list of all 51 states. Particularly the 51st would
> interest me.
Hey.... um.... I was counting the District of Columbia, smartarse!
Anyway, the list of states + districts schoolkids memorize is 51 members
long, no? (Unless you count American Samoa and Puerto Rico and the other
foreign colonies.)
And I'm not an American, so I have an excuse. So there.
Jason Stokes <jstok@no-spam> writes:
>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:26:33 GMT, 3W <trefork@no-spam> wrote:
>> "Jason Stokes" <jstok@no-spam> wrote in message
>> news:slrnbffl2b.2b9.jstok@no-spam
>>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:40:36 +0800, corks
>>> <trigarti@no-spam> wrote: Yeah, well, if there's on thing
>>> the American education is supposed to do, it's teach American
>>> children about American history. Most children do indeed manage
>>> to memorize all 51 states and most of the presidents. However,
>>> American newspapers regularly report depressing statistics about
>>> surveys showing Americans can't even place the civil war to
>>> within the nearest 50 year period, get it confused with the
>>> revolutionary war, etc, demonstrating that all is not well in
>>> the US education system.
>> I would love to see a list of all 51 states. Particularly the
>> 51st would interest me.
>Hey.... um.... I was counting the District of Columbia, smartarse!
>Anyway, the list of states + districts schoolkids memorize is 51 members
>long, no? (Unless you count American Samoa and Puerto Rico and the other
>foreign colonies.)
>And I'm not an American, so I have an excuse. So there.
Well, you could ask how many States are in Australia or Germany; how
many Provinces in Canada or Cantons in Switzerland. :-)
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"Kevin Hendrikssen" <nospam@no-spam> wrote in message
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> "Jason Stokes" <jstok@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:slrnbg0lah.a59.jstok@no-spam
>
> > Anyway, the list of states + districts schoolkids memorize is 51 members
> > long, no? (Unless you count American Samoa and Puerto Rico and the
other
> > foreign colonies.)
>
> American Samoa, District of Columbia, Fed States of Micronesia*, Guam,
> Mariana Is, Puerto Rico & Merkin Virgin Is.
>
> There ya go.
>
> *Hey, I learnt something.
>
and maybe a slice of Cuba and now Iraq?
PEM