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C J Campbell[_1_]
November 1st 07, 07:32 PM
He was 92. God speed, General.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Morgans[_2_]
November 1st 07, 09:30 PM
"C J Campbell" < wrote
> He was 92. God speed, General.
Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
Rest easy, brave one.
-- 
Jim in NC
Gatt
November 1st 07, 11:51 PM
>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>
> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>
> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
I always wondered how well he slept at night long after the war.
Not saying what he did was wrong, but, so many men of virtue who knew they 
were fighting the good fight or who had no choice but to kill are haunted by 
their war.  The pilot of my grandfather's plane never talked about it to his 
family, and the co-pilot shut down to the point where he refused to 
believe--he got angry at the suggestion--that there were ever B-17s that 
weren't olive drab when I spoke with him a few years ago.  One of the 
officers later committed suicide. Very brave men who did what they had to 
do, but couldn't bear to remember.
To be reminded of that every time the History Channel or somebody talked 
about dropping The Bomb must have weighed heavy on the old warrior.   May he 
rest in eternal peace.
-c
Blueskies
November 2nd 07, 12:25 AM
"Gatt" > wrote in message ...
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>>
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>
> I always wondered how well he slept at night long after the war.
>
They had a recorded interview with him on the news tonight. He said that war was immoral, and he did what he had to do 
in that immoral situation. He also said that he slept well at night...
BT
November 2nd 07, 12:54 AM
He has a fine grandson.. he was a B-1 Co-pilot when I knew him. Has served 
as a B-1 Aircraft Commander in IRAQ and I've lost track of him.
BT
"Morgans" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "C J Campbell" < wrote
>
>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>
> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>
> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>
> Rest easy, brave one.
> -- 
> Jim in NC
>
M.W. Barrow
November 2nd 07, 01:07 AM
"Gatt" > wrote in message 
...
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>>
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>
> I always wondered how well he slept at night long after the war.
Based on a radio interview I heard him give a couple years ago, I'd guess he 
selpt just fine.
IIUC, much of PTS was from ABJECT FEAR for themselves and their buddies, not 
for what they did to the enemy.
>
> Not saying what he did was wrong, but, so many men of virtue who knew they 
> were fighting the good fight or who had no choice but to kill are haunted 
> by their war.  The pilot of my grandfather's plane never talked about it 
> to his family, and the co-pilot shut down to the point where he refused to 
> believe--he got angry at the suggestion--that there were ever B-17s that 
> weren't olive drab when I spoke with him a few years ago.  One of the 
> officers later committed suicide. Very brave men who did what they had to 
> do, but couldn't bear to remember.
See above. Also, get the DVD set for "Band of Brothers" and listen to the 
interviews of the original men from the 101st.
>
> To be reminded of that every time the History Channel or somebody talked 
> about dropping The Bomb must have weighed heavy on the old warrior.
Again, based on the radio interview mentioned above, I don't think so.
>  May he rest in eternal peace.
Indeed! Godspeed, General.
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 01:29 AM
"Blueskies" > wrote in message 
 t...
>>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>>
>>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
> They had a recorded interview with him on the news tonight. He said that 
> war was immoral, and he did what he had to do in that immoral situation. 
> He also said that he slept well at night...
I'm glad to hear that.
-c
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 01:40 AM
"M.W. Barrow" > wrote in message 
...
> See above. Also, get the DVD set for "Band of Brothers" and listen to the 
> interviews of the original men from the 101st.
I just watched it with my little brother, who came home on leave from his 
second (and final..woohoo) deployment.  Had a friend of the family who was a 
captain in one of those companies.  I never knew anything about it until I 
saw his Purple Heart license plate.  Asked my mother if she knew he'd been 
there and she said that when she was a kid, he was their neighbor and he'd 
wake up screaming so loud that my grandfather would go over with a couple of 
beers or some whiskey and help him out.   When I asked about the plate he 
told me he had gone to the unveiling of the World War II memorial, and that 
had given him closure.
>> To be reminded of that every time the History Channel or somebody talked 
>> about dropping The Bomb must have weighed heavy on >>the old warrior.
> Again, based on the radio interview mentioned above, I don't think so.
I wish I could completely believe that.  I was raised by a B-17 vet.  I 
understand the part about fear waking them up, but, I was with him in his 
last hours.  It was the final moment that I realized I would never, ever 
want to have carried that weight.
The 96th was sent to bomb a cathedral city on Sunday, and on that day when 
the chaplain came around before the mission he refused prayer because he he 
said he couldn't pray for safety when he was about to go bomb civilians in 
the houses of God.  Of course he knew it had to be done, but, as a debout 
Catholic it ate him up.  On the other hand, he wasn't fighting the Imperial 
Japanese or knowingly striking the blow that could end the war.  That might 
have made all the difference to Tibbets and his crew.
Thanks for answering my question, though.  That's good to know.
-c
Morgans[_2_]
November 2nd 07, 02:29 AM
"Gatt" > wrote
> The 96th was sent to bomb a cathedral city on Sunday, and on that day when 
> the chaplain came around before the mission he refused prayer because he 
> he said he couldn't pray for safety when he was about to go bomb civilians 
> in the houses of God.
That Chaplin put a heavy load on guys like your dad, just so he could feel 
better about himself.  That is a far greater sin than what the 96th did, 
IMHO.  I hope he realizes what he did, and how harmful it was, and prays for 
forgiveness every day.
That story is hard to believe.  It isn't that I don't believe it, but it is 
really hard to swallow.  I put to you, that the Chaplin was not a very good 
Christian, after all.  He should have been able to forgive, like the 
teachings of the One he follows.
> Of course he knew it had to be done, but, as a debout Catholic it ate him 
> up.  On the other hand, he wasn't fighting the Imperial Japanese or 
> knowingly striking the blow that could end the war.  That might have made 
> all the difference to Tibbets and his crew.
 I believe it did.  I always got the feeling he was telling the truth when 
he said he slept at night.  He always seemed like an up front, straight 
shooting guy.
Other members of his crew, not so much, as far as not sleeping well, 
perhaps.  Only Tibbits really knew what the whole program was about, the 
whole time.  He knew what was going to happen, and how big of a deal it was. 
He knew that he would be taking many lives, but saving many more.  He had 
reconciled it long before the bomb bay doors opened.  If there were any 
sleepless nights, I'm betting that during that reconciling is when he may 
have had some sleepless nights.
That HAD to have made a difference.  The crews only knew the whole magnitude 
when they saw the size of the flash and cloud.  That would be hard to 
reconcile, in that short of a time, I would think.
-- 
Jim in NC
xxx
November 2nd 07, 02:59 AM
He did an interview with Studs Terkel a few years ago.
Here's a link to it:
http://www.avweb.com/news/profiles/PaulTibbets_StudsTerkel_EnolaGayInterview_2002_196 499-1.html
BT
November 2nd 07, 03:42 AM
Read it again Morgans..
Tibbets refused the prayer.. not that the Chaplin refused to pray for the 
men.
BT
"Morgans" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "Gatt" > wrote
>
>> The 96th was sent to bomb a cathedral city on Sunday, and on that day 
>> when the chaplain came around before the mission he refused prayer 
>> because he he said he couldn't pray for safety when he was about to go 
>> bomb civilians in the houses of God.
>
> That Chaplin put a heavy load on guys like your dad, just so he could feel 
> better about himself.  That is a far greater sin than what the 96th did, 
> IMHO.  I hope he realizes what he did, and how harmful it was, and prays 
> for forgiveness every day.
>
Mortimer Schnerd, RN[_2_]
November 2nd 07, 04:09 AM
Bill Watson wrote:
> He has been recorded more than once answering that question.  He's
> always answered it the same way.  To his credit, I doubt whether that's
> true.  Perhaps best reflected in his request for no funeral or grave
> marker... though it can be interpreted in several ways.
I wondered about that too.  He is eligible for a military burial at Arlington 
National Cemetery... and there ain't so such thing as a protest there.  He'd be 
in excellent company and he'd be safe for posterity.
-- 
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 2nd 07, 05:34 AM
On 2007-11-01 15:51:33 -0700, "Gatt" > said:
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>> 
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>> 
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
> 
> I always wondered how well he slept at night long after the war.
> 
> Not saying what he did was wrong, but, so many men of virtue who knew they
> were fighting the good fight or who had no choice but to kill are haunted by
> their war.  The pilot of my grandfather's plane never talked about it to his
> family, and the co-pilot shut down to the point where he refused to
> believe--he got angry at the suggestion--that there were ever B-17s that
> weren't olive drab when I spoke with him a few years ago.  One of the
> officers later committed suicide. Very brave men who did what they had to
> do, but couldn't bear to remember.
> 
> To be reminded of that every time the History Channel or somebody talked
> about dropping The Bomb must have weighed heavy on the old warrior.   May he
> rest in eternal peace.
> 
> -c
He asked that there be no funeral or headstone so that there would be 
no place for protesters to gather. He always said that dropping the 
atomic bomb was the right thing to do. He said he did not start the 
war, but he was determined to finish it.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 2nd 07, 05:38 AM
On 2007-11-01 17:40:29 -0700, "Gatt" > said:
> 
> "M.W. Barrow" > wrote in message
> ...
> 
>> See above. Also, get the DVD set for "Band of Brothers" and listen to the
>> interviews of the original men from the 101st.
> 
> I just watched it with my little brother, who came home on leave from his
> second (and final..woohoo) deployment.  Had a friend of the family who was a
> captain in one of those companies.  I never knew anything about it until I
> saw his Purple Heart license plate.  Asked my mother if she knew he'd been
> there and she said that when she was a kid, he was their neighbor and he'd
> wake up screaming so loud that my grandfather would go over with a couple of
> beers or some whiskey and help him out.   When I asked about the plate he
> told me he had gone to the unveiling of the World War II memorial, and that
> had given him closure.
> 
>>> To be reminded of that every time the History Channel or somebody talked
>>> about dropping The Bomb must have weighed heavy on >>the old warrior.
> 
>> Again, based on the radio interview mentioned above, I don't think so.
> 
> I wish I could completely believe that.  I was raised by a B-17 vet.  I
> understand the part about fear waking them up, but, I was with him in his
> last hours.  It was the final moment that I realized I would never, ever
> want to have carried that weight.
For some time he flew re-enactments in B-29s at air shows. He had 
little patience for the protesters there, or for the proposed 
apologetic display of the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian. He was 
convinced that what he did was necessary, which I suppose is the only 
way anyone could deal with a thing like that.
He was irritated by the perennial rumor that he had committed suicide.
> 
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Matt W. Barrow
November 2nd 07, 06:03 AM
"BT" > wrote in message 
...
> Read it again Morgans..
> Tibbets refused the prayer.. not that the Chaplin refused to pray for the 
> men.
It wasn't Tibbets, he's speaking of a different outfit.
>
> BT
>
> "Morgans" > wrote in message 
> ...
>>
>> "Gatt" > wrote
>>
>>> The 96th was sent to bomb a cathedral city on Sunday, and on that day 
>>> when the chaplain came around before the mission he refused prayer 
>>> because he he said he couldn't pray for safety when he was about to go 
>>> bomb civilians in the houses of God.
>>
>> That Chaplin put a heavy load on guys like your dad, just so he could 
>> feel better about himself.  That is a far greater sin than what the 96th 
>> did, IMHO.  I hope he realizes what he did, and how harmful it was, and 
>> prays for forgiveness every day.
>>
>
Jay Honeck
November 2nd 07, 12:53 PM
> He was 92. God speed, General.
Mary and I had the opportunity to meet the General at OSH '04 or '05
-- I forget which one.
He had been signing autographs and talking all afternoon, and he was
visibly tired.  We found him sitting incongruously on a kitchen chair
near the edge of Aeroshell Square, with a young woman acting as his
"keeper".   As we approached, he looked like a lion, with a thick
shock of white hair, two hearing aids (now THAT is an old pilot's
signature, no?), and rheumy eyes that nevertheless felt like lasers
when he focused on you.
As we got closer, he looked more and more tired.  My son and daughter
wanted him to sign their airshow hats in the worst way, but as we
walked up to him his "keeper" shot me a look with pleading eyes, as if
to say "Please give him a break!"
I steered the kids away, without stopping to chat.
Godspeed, General.   I thank you for saving my dad's life.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
November 2nd 07, 03:59 PM
Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Bill Watson wrote:
>> He has been recorded more than once answering that question.  He's
>> always answered it the same way.  To his credit, I doubt whether that's
>> true.  Perhaps best reflected in his request for no funeral or grave
>> marker... though it can be interpreted in several ways.
> 
> 
> I wondered about that too.  He is eligible for a military burial at Arlington 
> National Cemetery... and there ain't so such thing as a protest there.  He'd be 
> in excellent company and he'd be safe for posterity.
> 
> 
> 
Tibbets received many letters after the war and all through his life 
from  Japanese citizens thanking him for helping to save what would have 
been millions of their lives as well the American lives saved by forcing 
the surrender.
He never had trouble sleeping and always understood the role he played 
in ending the war.
About his grave request; Tibbets always has understood and has had to 
deal with the extreme left all through his life. He was well aware of 
the ingenuity and inventiveness of some of these people. To my knowledge 
he has always believed that no matter where he was buried, the location 
would be a prime target for these people.
As for Arlington; interning him there would only have served to feed the 
extreme left who would again have used the very location of the 
internment as cannon fodder for keeping his name alive for use in the 
anti-war movement.
The word I have gotten through my sources is that Tibbets simply wanted 
to not be used after his death in any way the location of his remains 
would have provided. He had quite enough of that in life, and simply 
wanted not to be used in any ongoing controversy.
Personally, I think he did the right thing, although it's puzzling to me 
why, considering his goals, he simply didn't choose cremation. It's not 
too much a stretch however, to surmise that feeling the way he did about 
all of it, that he chose to take even the "fire" relationship out of the 
equation for the extreme left.
-- 
Dudley Henriques
November 2nd 07, 04:25 PM
Dudley Henriques > wrote:
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> > Bill Watson wrote:
> >> He has been recorded more than once answering that question.  He's
> >> always answered it the same way.  To his credit, I doubt whether that's
> >> true.  Perhaps best reflected in his request for no funeral or grave
> >> marker... though it can be interpreted in several ways.
> > 
> > 
> > I wondered about that too.  He is eligible for a military burial at Arlington 
> > National Cemetery... and there ain't so such thing as a protest there.  He'd be 
> > in excellent company and he'd be safe for posterity.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Tibbets received many letters after the war and all through his life 
> from  Japanese citizens thanking him for helping to save what would have 
> been millions of their lives as well the American lives saved by forcing 
> the surrender.
> He never had trouble sleeping and always understood the role he played 
> in ending the war.
> About his grave request; Tibbets always has understood and has had to 
> deal with the extreme left all through his life. He was well aware of 
> the ingenuity and inventiveness of some of these people. To my knowledge 
> he has always believed that no matter where he was buried, the location 
> would be a prime target for these people.
> As for Arlington; interning him there would only have served to feed the 
> extreme left who would again have used the very location of the 
> internment as cannon fodder for keeping his name alive for use in the 
> anti-war movement.
> The word I have gotten through my sources is that Tibbets simply wanted 
> to not be used after his death in any way the location of his remains 
> would have provided. He had quite enough of that in life, and simply 
> wanted not to be used in any ongoing controversy.
> Personally, I think he did the right thing, although it's puzzling to me 
> why, considering his goals, he simply didn't choose cremation. It's not 
> too much a stretch however, to surmise that feeling the way he did about 
> all of it, that he chose to take even the "fire" relationship out of the 
> equation for the extreme left.
> -- 
> Dudley Henriques
According to
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/EnolaGayPilotPaulTibbetsDies_196498-1.html
"He asked that his ashes be spread over the English Channel, where he flew
for part of his war service."
-- 
Jim Pennino
Remove .spam.sux to reply.
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 04:36 PM
"Morgans" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "Gatt" > wrote
>
>> The 96th was sent to bomb a cathedral city on Sunday, and on that day 
>> when  the chaplain came around before the mission he refused >>prayer 
>> because he  he said he couldn't pray for safety when he was about to go 
>> bomb civilians in the houses of God.
>
> That Chaplin put a heavy load on guys like your dad, just so he could feel 
> better about himself.  That is a far greater sin than what the >96th did, 
> IMHO.  I hope he realizes what he did, and how harmful it was, and prays 
> for forgiveness every day.
At the risk of sounding foolish, I hope I articulated that clearly; the 
Chaplain offered prayer and my grandfather (and some of the others) couldn't 
accept because he didn't feel right about being blessed to go bomb people 
whey they were in church.  As to the Chaplain, on the Schweinfurt raid he 
offered last rites as the crews were departing.  How's that for a morale 
booster?    Maybe Tibbets just had a really good chaplain.
> I believe it did.  I always got the feeling he was telling the truth when 
> he said he slept at night.  He always seemed like an up front, >straight 
> shooting guy.
Well, with nerves like that I sure wouldn't want to have gotten on his bad 
side!   :>
KAE
November 2nd 07, 04:53 PM
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:25:02 GMT,  wrote:
>
>According to
>http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/EnolaGayPilotPaulTibbetsDies_196498-1.html
>
>"He asked that his ashes be spread over the English Channel, where he flew
>for part of his war service."
They replayed an  interview with him on NPR yesterday. He said he
wanted his ashes to be scattered over the North Atlantic because the
flights over the ocean were the most peaceful times he ever had.
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 05:11 PM
"xxx" > wrote in message 
 ps.com...
> He did an interview with Studs Terkel a few years ago.
>
> Here's a link to it:
>
> http://www.avweb.com/news/profiles/PaulTibbets_StudsTerkel_EnolaGayInterview_2002_196 499-1.html
What an amazing interview!  Thank you for posting this.
-c
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 05:15 PM
"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message 
 ups.com...
> Godspeed, General.   I thank you for saving my dad's life.
A friend of mine's wife's grandfather died a couple of years ago and they 
asked him to come sort through his military stuff and determine what was 
important or worth keeping.
Apparently, there's a whole bunch of maps of Japan with invasion routes 
drawn on them, and various other documents.    Mike called and asked me if I 
thought they were important.  Heh.
Maybe they were just for training, but, I said the best thing to do would be 
to take them to the Evergreen Air Museum or somewhere.  Not sure what they 
ended up doing, but, this reminds me that I should ask.
-c
S Green
November 2nd 07, 06:56 PM
"Morgans" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "C J Campbell" < wrote
>
>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>
> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>
> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>
> Rest easy, brave one.
I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 07:34 PM
"S Green" > wrote in message 
...
>> Rest easy, brave one.
>
> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.
Have a nice lunch:
http://www.rotten.com/library/history/war-crimes/rape-of-nanking/
http://www.centurychina.com/wiihist/germwar/vivisect.gif
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133p/133p04papers/133p04papimg/NanjingBuriedAlive400pxh.jpg
Pedophelia, torture, rape, vivisection and civilians being buried alive. 
Ask the Marines at Saipan who tried to stop the women from throwing their 
kids over the cliff what the probability of a Japanese surrender might have 
been.
-c
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 2nd 07, 07:45 PM
On 2007-11-02 07:59:29 -0700, Dudley Henriques > said:
> 
> 
> Personally, I think he did the right thing, although it's puzzling to 
> me why, considering his goals, he simply didn't choose cremation.
Actually, his family will have him cremated and his ashes scattered on 
the English Channel.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 2nd 07, 07:53 PM
On 2007-11-02 10:56:55 -0700, "S Green" > said:
> 
> "Morgans" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 
>> "C J Campbell" < wrote
>> 
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>> 
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>> 
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>> 
>> Rest easy, brave one.
> 
> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
What a mean thing to say.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Jay Honeck
November 2nd 07, 08:01 PM
> Apparently, there's a whole bunch of maps of Japan with invasion routes
> drawn on them, and various other documents.
Dang.  Those have to be sobering to view.
My dad was a Captain in the Signal Corps at war's end.  Thanks to Paul
Tibbets and the atomic bomb, instead of being shipped off to the
Pacific Theater he stayed in Germany as an aide at the Nuremburg
Trials.
My dad has been gone since '93, but I'll bet he's shaking Paul's hand
right now, thanking him for the good life his children have been able
to lead because the war was ended when it did...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Steven P. McNicoll
November 2nd 07, 08:02 PM
"S Green" > wrote in message 
...
>
> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
I am sure you're wrong and equally sure you'll never understand why.
Jay Honeck
November 2nd 07, 08:04 PM
> >> Rest easy, brave one.
>
> > I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
>
> Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.
You're wasting your breath on the likes of him...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Mortimer Schnerd, RN[_2_]
November 2nd 07, 08:41 PM
S Green wrote:
> "Morgans" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "C J Campbell" < wrote
>>
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>>
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>>
>> Rest easy, brave one.
>
> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
Perhaps you will take his place.  He's been upgraded.
-- 
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
Maxwell
November 2nd 07, 09:02 PM
"Gatt" > wrote in message 
...
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>>
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>
> I always wondered how well he slept at night long after the war.
>
> Not saying what he did was wrong, but, so many men of virtue who knew they 
> were fighting the good fight or who had no choice but to kill are haunted 
> by their war.  The pilot of my grandfather's plane never talked about it 
> to his family, and the co-pilot shut down to the point where he refused to 
> believe--he got angry at the suggestion--that there were ever B-17s that 
> weren't olive drab when I spoke with him a few years ago.  One of the 
> officers later committed suicide. Very brave men who did what they had to 
> do, but couldn't bear to remember.
>
> To be reminded of that every time the History Channel or somebody talked 
> about dropping The Bomb must have weighed heavy on the old warrior.   May 
> he rest in eternal peace.
>
I had heard years ago that Tibbet's bombardier had taken his own life 
shortly after the war, but I have my doubts. Does anyone know for sure?
Gatt
November 2nd 07, 09:18 PM
"Maxwell" > wrote in message 
...
>
> I had heard years ago that Tibbet's bombardier had taken his own life 
> shortly after the war, but I have my doubts. Does anyone know for sure?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ferebee
"Like Tibbets, Ferebee never expressed regret for his role in the bombing, 
saying, "it was a job that had to be done."
He remained in the military in the years after World War II, eventually 
serving in Vietnam and retiring in the rank of He died in Windermere, 
Florida home at the age of 81"
Maxwell
November 2nd 07, 09:57 PM
"Gatt" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "Maxwell" > wrote in message 
> ...
>>
>> I had heard years ago that Tibbet's bombardier had taken his own life 
>> shortly after the war, but I have my doubts. Does anyone know for sure?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ferebee
>
> "Like Tibbets, Ferebee never expressed regret for his role in the bombing, 
> saying, "it was a job that had to be done."
>
> He remained in the military in the years after World War II, eventually 
> serving in Vietnam and retiring in the rank of He died in Windermere, 
> Florida home at the age of 81"
That's good to know Gatt, thanks.
Al  G[_1_]
November 2nd 07, 10:31 PM
"S Green" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "Morgans" > wrote in message 
> ...
>>
>> "C J Campbell" < wrote
>>
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>>
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>>
>> Rest easy, brave one.
>
> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
>
        Some people have too large a carbon footprint.
Al  G
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
November 3rd 07, 03:13 AM
Bill Watson wrote:
> Just for the record Mr Henriques, I consider myself pretty far out on 
> the left side political and social thinking.  At the same time, I 
> totally honor Mr Tibbets.  I even think a lot of you.  Do we have to 
> politicize EVERYTHING?
> 
> Mr Oppenheimer arguably had more to do with dropping the big one - check 
> out what the far right did to him... and that actually happened.
> 
> Christ!  Politics!  Let's fly.
> 
> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>> Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>>> Bill Watson wrote:
>>>> He has been recorded more than once answering that question.  He's
>>>> always answered it the same way.  To his credit, I doubt whether that's
>>>> true.  Perhaps best reflected in his request for no funeral or grave
>>>> marker... though it can be interpreted in several ways.
>>>
>>>
>>> I wondered about that too.  He is eligible for a military burial at 
>>> Arlington National Cemetery... and there ain't so such thing as a 
>>> protest there.  He'd be in excellent company and he'd be safe for 
>>> posterity.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Tibbets received many letters after the war and all through his life 
>> from  Japanese citizens thanking him for helping to save what would 
>> have been millions of their lives as well the American lives saved by 
>> forcing the surrender.
>> He never had trouble sleeping and always understood the role he played 
>> in ending the war.
>> About his grave request; Tibbets always has understood and has had to 
>> deal with the extreme left all through his life. He was well aware of 
>> the ingenuity and inventiveness of some of these people. To my 
>> knowledge he has always believed that no matter where he was buried, 
>> the location would be a prime target for these people.
>> As for Arlington; interning him there would only have served to feed 
>> the extreme left who would again have used the very location of the 
>> internment as cannon fodder for keeping his name alive for use in the 
>> anti-war movement.
>> The word I have gotten through my sources is that Tibbets simply 
>> wanted to not be used after his death in any way the location of his 
>> remains would have provided. He had quite enough of that in life, and 
>> simply wanted not to be used in any ongoing controversy.
>>
>> Personally, I think he did the right thing, although it's puzzling to 
>> me why, considering his goals, he simply didn't choose cremation. It's 
>> not too much a stretch however, to surmise that feeling the way he did 
>> about all of it, that he chose to take even the "fire" relationship 
>> out of the equation for the extreme left.
>>
Not quite sure what you are addressing here, but I'm assuming you 
believe I have politicized something that need not have been politicized?
Anyway, I'm happy that you "even like me" whatever the "even" might 
represent :-))
-- 
Dudley Henriques
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
November 3rd 07, 04:29 AM
Bill Watson wrote:
> Sorry Dudley, I just have a habit of reacting to terms like "these 
> people" and "extreme".  They've been used so often to negatively 
> characterize people of good faith and purpose.  I also tend to consider 
> the terms "left wing" and "extreme left" to be political, don't you? And 
> I consider their application to the remembrance  of the recently 
> deceased to be "politicizing".
> 
> And yes, I still 'even' respect you despite your insistence on the 
> casual politicization of the passing of a hero.... or your unwillingness 
> to recognize the weight of you words.
> 
> I think Paul Tibbets was a man who bore his duty, and the great burden 
> that attended it, with honor and distinction. And I know you do too.
> 
> Perhaps we can agree with that if nothing else.
> 
> Bill Watson
> Durham NC
> 
> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>> Bill Watson wrote:
>>> Just for the record Mr Henriques, I consider myself pretty far out on 
>>> the left side political and social thinking.  At the same time, I 
>>> totally honor Mr Tibbets.  I even think a lot of you.  Do we have to 
>>> politicize EVERYTHING?
>>>
>>> Mr Oppenheimer arguably had more to do with dropping the big one - 
>>> check out what the far right did to him... and that actually happened.
>>>
>>> Christ!  Politics!  Let's fly.
>>>
>>> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>>>> Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>>>>> Bill Watson wrote:
>>>>>> He has been recorded more than once answering that question.  He's
>>>>>> always answered it the same way.  To his credit, I doubt whether 
>>>>>> that's
>>>>>> true.  Perhaps best reflected in his request for no funeral or grave
>>>>>> marker... though it can be interpreted in several ways.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wondered about that too.  He is eligible for a military burial at 
>>>>> Arlington National Cemetery... and there ain't so such thing as a 
>>>>> protest there.  He'd be in excellent company and he'd be safe for 
>>>>> posterity.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Tibbets received many letters after the war and all through his life 
>>>> from  Japanese citizens thanking him for helping to save what would 
>>>> have been millions of their lives as well the American lives saved 
>>>> by forcing the surrender.
>>>> He never had trouble sleeping and always understood the role he 
>>>> played in ending the war.
>>>> About his grave request; Tibbets always has understood and has had 
>>>> to deal with the extreme left all through his life. He was well 
>>>> aware of the ingenuity and inventiveness of some of these people. To 
>>>> my knowledge he has always believed that no matter where he was 
>>>> buried, the location would be a prime target for these people.
>>>> As for Arlington; interning him there would only have served to feed 
>>>> the extreme left who would again have used the very location of the 
>>>> internment as cannon fodder for keeping his name alive for use in 
>>>> the anti-war movement.
>>>> The word I have gotten through my sources is that Tibbets simply 
>>>> wanted to not be used after his death in any way the location of his 
>>>> remains would have provided. He had quite enough of that in life, 
>>>> and simply wanted not to be used in any ongoing controversy.
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I think he did the right thing, although it's puzzling 
>>>> to me why, considering his goals, he simply didn't choose cremation. 
>>>> It's not too much a stretch however, to surmise that feeling the way 
>>>> he did about all of it, that he chose to take even the "fire" 
>>>> relationship out of the equation for the extreme left.
>>>>
>> Not quite sure what you are addressing here, but I'm assuming you 
>> believe I have politicized something that need not have been politicized?
>> Anyway, I'm happy that you "even like me" whatever the "even" might 
>> represent :-))
>>
Sorry. I can't agree with you on that. I do however respect your right 
to an opinion and I won't push the issue.
Best to you
DH
-- 
Dudley Henriques
S Green
November 3rd 07, 08:42 AM
"Gatt" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "S Green" > wrote in message 
> ...
>
>>> Rest easy, brave one.
>>
>> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
>
> Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.
>
The only difference between him and your average war criminal is that he was 
on the winning side
Matt Whiting
November 3rd 07, 05:59 PM
S Green wrote:
> "Morgans" > wrote in message 
> ...
>> "C J Campbell" < wrote
>>
>>> He was 92. God speed, General.
>> Damn.  Another fine one of the great generation gone.
>>
>> Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.
>>
>> Rest easy, brave one.
> 
> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell. 
> 
> 
No, you have your place and his confused.
Matt
Bob Noel
November 3rd 07, 06:17 PM
In article >,
 "S Green" > wrote:
> The only difference between him and your average war criminal is that he was 
> on the winning side 
Define "war criminal"
-- 
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)
Gatt
November 6th 07, 02:58 AM
"S Green" > wrote in message 
...
>> Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.
>>
> The only difference between him and your average war criminal is that he 
> was on the winning side
My assessment of you stands.   You are of course entitled to your opinion. 
Thanks, mainly, to guys like Tibbets who risked their lives so that it could 
be preserved for you.
Had Japan or Germany won the war you would not now have the ability to 
accuse their warriors of war crimes in a public forum.
-c
akjcbkJA
November 6th 07, 09:29 AM
"Gatt" > wrote in message 
...
>
> "S Green" > wrote in message 
> ...
>
>>> Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.
>>>
>> The only difference between him and your average war criminal is that he 
>> was on the winning side
>
> My assessment of you stands.   You are of course entitled to your opinion. 
> Thanks, mainly, to guys like Tibbets who risked their lives so that it 
> could be preserved for you.
>
> Had Japan or Germany won the war you would not now have the ability to 
> accuse their warriors of war crimes in a public forum.
>
I think he was saying that if Japan or Germany had won the war they would 
have been accused of being war criminals - victors justice
Bob Noel
November 6th 07, 11:53 AM
In article >, "akjcbkJA" > 
wrote:
> I think he was saying that if Japan or Germany had won the war they would 
> have been accused of being war criminals - victors justice 
In this case being accused and actually being a war criminal are two different
things.
I'll take the Allies definition of war criminal over WWII Japan's or Germany's
definition thankyouverymuch.
-- 
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 6th 07, 03:09 PM
On 2007-11-03 00:42:49 -0700, "S Green" > said:
> 
> "Gatt" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 
>> "S Green" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> 
>>>> Rest easy, brave one.
>>> 
>>> I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.
>> 
>> Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.
>> 
> The only difference between him and your average war criminal is that he was
> on the winning side
Ah. So you think the Nazis were morally equivalent to the Allies.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Mortimer Schnerd, RN[_2_]
November 7th 07, 04:59 AM
akjcbkJA wrote:
>> Had Japan or Germany won the war you would not now have the ability to
>> accuse their warriors of war crimes in a public forum.
>>
> I think he was saying that if Japan or Germany had won the war they would
> have been accused of being war criminals - victors justice
"To the victor goes the spoils." - Andrew Jackson
If that seems unpalatable, better not lose.
-- 
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
November 7th 07, 05:15 AM
Mortimer Schnerd, RN <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote:
> akjcbkJA wrote:
> >> Had Japan or Germany won the war you would not now have the ability to
> >> accuse their warriors of war crimes in a public forum.
> >>
> > I think he was saying that if Japan or Germany had won the war they would
> > have been accused of being war criminals - victors justice
> "To the victor goes the spoils." - Andrew Jackson
> If that seems unpalatable, better not lose.
> -- 
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN
> mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com 
While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did not
as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
-- 
Jim Pennino
Remove .spam.sux to reply.
Matt W. Barrow
November 7th 07, 06:04 AM
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote in message 
 ...
> akjcbkJA wrote:
>>> Had Japan or Germany won the war you would not now have the ability to
>>> accuse their warriors of war crimes in a public forum.
>>>
>> I think he was saying that if Japan or Germany had won the war they would
>> have been accused of being war criminals - victors justice
>
>
> "To the victor goes the spoils." - Andrew Jackson
>
> If that seems unpalatable, better not lose.
>
Better yet, don't start nuthin'.
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 7th 07, 06:17 AM
On 2007-11-06 19:59:36 -0800, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" 
<mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> said:
> akjcbkJA wrote:
>>> Had Japan or Germany won the war you would not now have the ability to
>>> accuse their warriors of war crimes in a public forum.
>>> 
>> I think he was saying that if Japan or Germany had won the war they would
>> have been accused of being war criminals - victors justice
> 
> 
> "To the victor goes the spoils." - Andrew Jackson
> 
> If that seems unpalatable, better not lose.
I am stunned at the number of people here who are saying that the only 
difference between the Nazis and the Allies was that the Allies won the 
war.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
John Godwin
November 7th 07, 08:21 AM
C J Campbell > wrote in
news:2007110621170450073-christophercampbell@hotmailcom: 
> I am stunned at the number of people here who are saying that the
> only difference between the Nazis and the Allies was that the
> Allies won the war.
 
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- George Santayana (1863–1952), U.S. philosopher, poet.
--
Frank Ch. Eigler
November 7th 07, 01:42 PM
C J Campbell > writes:
> I am stunned at the number of people here who are saying that the only
> difference between the Nazis and the Allies was that the Allies won
> the war.
I'm not.  Anti-patriotism is fashionable.
- FChE
RST Engineering
November 7th 07, 05:30 PM
You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
Jim
>
> While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did not
> as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
>
> -- 
> Jim Pennino
>
> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
November 7th 07, 07:17 PM
>
> While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did not
> as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
>
> --
> Jim Pennino
>
> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
Dresden?
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 7th 07, 07:59 PM
On 2007-11-07 08:30:34 -0800, "RST Engineering" > said:
> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
> 
> Jim
Really? What atrocities would those be? The Holocaust? Concentration 
camps? Extermination camps? Gas ovens? Lining up whole towns and making 
people dig their own graves before being shot? Enslaving the population 
of entire countries? Making lampshades of human skin? Murdering entire 
populations for their dental fillings? Looting artistic treasures? 
Forcing hundreds of thousands of women to work as prostitutes for the 
soldiers? Deliberately murdering prisoners of war? The rape of Nanking? 
The destruction of Manila? Murdering 6 million people because of their 
race? Testing biological weapons on humans? Widespread use of chemical 
weapons? Mass cannibalism? Using famine as a weapon of war? Forced 
labor camps?
All of these are actually official administration policy? The 
administration actually commits crimes on a par with these?
You seem to have a serious difficulty with judgment and scale. In fact, 
you appear to be severely and clinically delusional.
>> 
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 7th 07, 08:21 PM
On 2007-11-07 08:30:34 -0800, "RST Engineering" > said:
> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
> 
> Jim
> 
>> 
>> While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did not
>> as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
>> 
>> --
>> Jim Pennino
>> 
>> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
The frequency with which you and others fall victim to Godwin's law 
when talking about the current administration reveals complete moral 
and intellectual bankruptcy. You do not belong in any forum which 
engages in civil discourse. Civility and truth are apparently totally 
foreign concepts to you.
You owe this group an apology, the administration an apology, and our 
armed forces and apology. Not that we are likely to get it. Your 
outrageous, uncontrolled, self-centered, egoistic attitude, your hate, 
your bottomless pit of bile, will not allow you to do that.
I have no respect at all for you, your opinions, or those who spawned 
you. You are nothing but a venomous little worm.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
RST Engineering
November 7th 07, 09:57 PM
I'm having trouble discerning whether you are off your meds or on the bottle 
again.
Jim
> You owe this group an apology, the administration an apology, and our 
> armed forces and apology. Not that we are likely to get it. Your 
> outrageous, uncontrolled, self-centered, egoistic attitude, your hate, 
> your bottomless pit of bile, will not allow you to do that.
>
> I have no respect at all for you, your opinions, or those who spawned you. 
> You are nothing but a venomous little worm.
> -- 
> Waddling Eagle
> World Famous Flight Instructor
>
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 7th 07, 10:47 PM
C J Campbell > wrote in
news:2007110711212175249-christophercampbell@hotmailcom: 
> On 2007-11-07 08:30:34 -0800, "RST Engineering"
> > said: 
> 
>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>> powers. 
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>>> 
>>> While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did
>>> not as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jim Pennino
>>> 
>>> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
> 
> The frequency with which you and others fall victim to Godwin's law 
> when talking about the current administration reveals complete moral 
> and intellectual bankruptcy.
Well, godwin's law is susppended when you're actually talking about a 
tinpot little dictator. 
In some future forum, it;s not hard to see Godwin's law revised to include 
any mention of the current administration (and it's lost boys like 
Rumsfeld)
Bertie
November 7th 07, 10:55 PM
 wrote:
> >
> > While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did not
> > as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Pennino
> >
> > Remove .spam.sux to reply.
> Dresden?
What about it?
-- 
Jim Pennino
Remove .spam.sux to reply.
John Godwin[_2_]
November 7th 07, 11:00 PM
Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in
: 
> In some future forum, it;s not hard to see Godwin's law revised to
> include any mention of the current administration (and it's lost boys
> like Rumsfeld)
 
I resent that. :-)
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 7th 07, 11:05 PM
John Godwin > wrote in 
:
> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in
> : 
> 
>> In some future forum, it;s not hard to see Godwin's law revised to
>> include any mention of the current administration (and it's lost boys
>> like Rumsfeld)
>  
> I resent that. :-)
> 
Hey you made the rules, you'll have to live with them. 
Bertie
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 8th 07, 01:31 AM
On 2007-11-07 12:57:30 -0800, "RST Engineering" > said:
> I'm having trouble discerning whether you are off your meds or on the bottle
> again.
> 
> Jim
I guess I should expect no more of you. Defamation and name-calling 
appear to be the limit of your intellectual capacity.
> 
> 
>> You owe this group an apology, the administration an apology, and our
>> armed forces and apology. Not that we are likely to get it. Your
>> outrageous, uncontrolled, self-centered, egoistic attitude, your hate,
>> your bottomless pit of bile, will not allow you to do that.
>> 
>> I have no respect at all for you, your opinions, or those who spawned you.
>> You are nothing but a venomous little worm.
>> --
>> Waddling Eagle
>> World Famous Flight Instructor
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 8th 07, 01:33 AM
On 2007-11-07 13:47:20 -0800, Bertie the Bunyip > said:
> C J Campbell > wrote in
> news:2007110711212175249-christophercampbell@hotmailcom:
> 
>> On 2007-11-07 08:30:34 -0800, "RST Engineering"
>> > said:
>> 
>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>> powers.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did
>>>> not as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Jim Pennino
>>>> 
>>>> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
>> 
>> The frequency with which you and others fall victim to Godwin's law
>> when talking about the current administration reveals complete moral
>> and intellectual bankruptcy.
> 
> 
> Well, godwin's law is susppended when you're actually talking about a
> tinpot little dictator.
In that event, it is not suspended here.
> 
> 
> In some future forum, it;s not hard to see Godwin's law revised to include
> any mention of the current administration (and it's lost boys like
> Rumsfeld)
> 
> 
> Bertie
If that ever happens, Godwin's law would be revised to say that the 
probability of someone being compared to a Nazi at the beginning of any 
thread is approaching one.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 8th 07, 01:37 AM
C J Campbell > wrote in
news:2007110716335443658-christophercampbell@hotmailcom: 
> On 2007-11-07 13:47:20 -0800, Bertie the Bunyip > said:
> 
>> C J Campbell > wrote in
>> news:2007110711212175249-christophercampbell@hotmailcom:
>> 
>>> On 2007-11-07 08:30:34 -0800, "RST Engineering"
>>> > said:
>>> 
>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>> powers.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> While there is a modicum of truth in that, the Allied nations did
>>>>> not as policy commit the atrocities of the Axis powers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jim Pennino
>>>>> 
>>>>> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
>>> 
>>> The frequency with which you and others fall victim to Godwin's law
>>> when talking about the current administration reveals complete moral
>>> and intellectual bankruptcy.
>> 
>> 
>> Well, godwin's law is susppended when you're actually talking about a
>> tinpot little dictator.
> 
> In that event, it is not suspended here.
Well, onl technically. Geroge W Bush isn't bright enough to stand still 
long enough tot be a doorstop, never mind a dicatator. 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> In some future forum, it;s not hard to see Godwin's law revised to
>> include any mention of the current administration (and it's lost boys
>> like Rumsfeld)
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> If that ever happens, Godwin's law would be revised to say that the 
> probability of someone being compared to a Nazi at the beginning of
> any thread is approaching one.
Yeh, Ok.. 
Bertie
Matt Whiting
November 8th 07, 03:14 AM
RST Engineering wrote:
> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time to 
let it go.
Matt
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 8th 07, 03:21 AM
Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
@news1.epix.net:
> RST Engineering wrote:
>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
> 
> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time to 
> let it go.
Care to get specific there? 
Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex with 
attempted genocide? 
Bertie
news.verizon.net[_2_]
November 8th 07, 05:00 AM
How about his inaction in Rwanda and his arming the Kosovo Liberation Army, 
a group that was founded Osama Bin Laden?
Let's face it, this administration does not have a corner on poor decisions, 
we have that problem for a very long time.
Google is your friend.
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
.. .
> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
> @news1.epix.net:
>
>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
>>
>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time to
>> let it go.
>
>
> Care to get specific there?
>
>
> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex with
> attempted genocide?
>
>
>
> Bertie
>
>
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 8th 07, 05:17 AM
"news.verizon.net" > wrote in
news:oRvYi.5272$lx.978@trndny05: 
> How about his inaction in Rwanda and his arming the Kosovo Liberation
> Army, a group that was founded Osama Bin Laden?
> 
> Let's face it, this administration does not have a corner on poor
> decisions, we have that problem for a very long time.
Well, a people get the government they deserve.. 
> 
> Google is your friend.
No it isn't. I choose my own friends, thank you. 
Bertie
>
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 8th 07, 06:27 AM
On 2007-11-07 20:00:20 -0800, "news.verizon.net" > said:
> How about his inaction in Rwanda and his arming the Kosovo Liberation 
> Army, a group that was founded Osama Bin Laden?
> 
> Let's face it, this administration does not have a corner on poor 
> decisions, we have that problem for a very long time.
> 
> Google is your friend.
> 
> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
> .. .
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
>>> 
>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time to
>>> let it go.
>> 
>> 
>> Care to get specific there?
>> 
>> 
>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex with
>> attempted genocide?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
Quite honestly, I have neither time nor patience to deal with ignorant 
loons who insist on spouting the vile obscenity that the US is like 
Nazi Germany -- and then they insist that this is patriotism. These 
people are extremely dishonest or abysmally ignorant of what Nazi 
Germany was really like -- probably both. The very fact that they are 
free to compare the US to Nazi Germany ought to prove them wrong. If 
they had tried publicly saying that kind of stuff in Nazi Germany they 
would have found out the true meaning of Himmler's "night and fog" 
order.
Frankly, if declaring "Bush is a Nazi" and equating waterboarding with 
flaying a man alive are all that the Democrats have to offer on 
national security, they will lose the next election by a resounding 
margin, and deservedly so. They will probably blame it on the public, 
saying that people were not ready for a woman President or some such 
tripe. It never occurs to them that name-calling is not a substitute 
for policy or that treason is not a substitute for governing. They say 
nothing that would have been out of character for Lord Haw Haw or Tokyo 
Rose, and they act like this in time of war, giving aid and comfort to 
those who would like nothing better than to kill them. FDR would never 
have tolerated it.
They do not even see their own intemperance. The language they are 
using was once cause for mortal duels, if not war. There are limits to 
what people will tolerate, and these guys passed those limits long ago.
I see no reason to continue reading posts from people who have lost all 
sense of civility. I do not have to expose myself to their obscene 
assertion that the US is like Nazi Germany. It has been a long time 
since they had anything worthwhile to contribute, anyway.
I started this thread to honor the memory of a man who was a genuine 
hero. He did more for the good of humanity than the sum of all of his 
critics will manage in their entire lives. The least I can do is invoke 
Godwin's law and declare the thread closed.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 8th 07, 06:33 AM
C J Campbell > wrote in
news:2007110721270116807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom: 
> On 2007-11-07 20:00:20 -0800, "news.verizon.net"
> > said: 
> 
>> How about his inaction in Rwanda and his arming the Kosovo Liberation
>> Army, a group that was founded Osama Bin Laden?
>> 
>> Let's face it, this administration does not have a corner on poor 
>> decisions, we have that problem for a very long time.
>> 
>> Google is your friend.
>> 
>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
>> .. .
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>> 
>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>>> powers. 
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is
>>>> time to let it go.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Care to get specific there?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral
>>> sex with attempted genocide?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bertie
> 
> Quite honestly, I have neither time nor patience to deal with ignorant
> loons who insist on spouting the vile obscenity that the US is like 
> Nazi Germany -- and then they insist that this is patriotism.
I said nothing of the sort. 
I said he was an idiot and I said nothing irreverant about Paul Tibbets 
nor would I. 
I did say that George Bush is an idiot, and he is. 
I also think that the war in Irag is a criminal one, which makes him and 
his buddies criminals.
in fact, Rumsfeld had best watch where he spends his next vacation, lest 
he end up in the Hague.  
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 8th 07, 10:38 PM
Nomen Nescio > wrote in
: 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> From: Bertie the Bunyip >
> 
>>Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex
>>with attempted genocide? 
> 
> Well,.........Technically.............
> 
Good man! I wondered as I wrote that if anyone would pick it up. 
Bertie
Matt Whiting
November 9th 07, 12:30 AM
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
> @news1.epix.net:
> 
>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time to 
>> let it go.
> 
> 
> Care to get specific there? 
> 
> 
> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex with 
> attempted genocide? 
> 
> 
> 
> Bertie
> 
> 
I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
Matt
Cubdriver
November 9th 07, 12:57 AM
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:21:21 -0800, C J Campbell
> wrote:
>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
Um, 50 years from 1941 was 1991, the GWH Bush administration, and 50
years from 1945 was 1995, the Clinton administration. Which one did
you  have in mind?
Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com
Cubdriver
November 9th 07, 01:00 AM
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:21:35 -0000, John Godwin
> wrote:
>"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
>- George Santayana (1863–1952), U.S. philosopher, poet.
Actually, he was a Spanish citizen throughout his life.
(That would include a good part of the Franco era.)
Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com
Steven P. McNicoll
November 9th 07, 01:12 AM
"Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message 
...
>
> Um, 50 years from 1941 was 1991, the GWH Bush administration, and 50
> years from 1945 was 1995, the Clinton administration. Which one did
> you  have in mind?
>
I believe that should be GHW Bush.
John Godwin
November 9th 07, 01:16 AM
Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in 
:
> Actually, he was a Spanish citizen throughout his life.
 
He was, what one could consider, a Classical Hispanic-American 
Philosopher.  He did remain a Spanish Citizen throughout his life.
--
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 9th 07, 01:44 AM
Matt Whiting > wrote in
: 
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>> powers. 
>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time
>>> to let it go.
>> 
>> 
>> Care to get specific there? 
>> 
>> 
>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex
>> with attempted genocide? 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
>> 
>> 
> 
> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
Um, no you weren't
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 9th 07, 01:46 AM
Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in 
:
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:21:21 -0800, C J Campbell
> > wrote:
> 
>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an
>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis powers.
> 
> Um, 50 years from 1941 was 1991, the GWH Bush administration, and 50
> years from 1945 was 1995, the Clinton administration. Which one did
> you  have in mind?
> 
Well, the rise of th eThird Reich puts it firmly in Reagans era, actually. 
And lets not forget the cow who seemed to think it was a good idea to put 
an airplane load of civilians in harm's way for a clearly military 
objective.  
Bertie
Matt Whiting
November 9th 07, 05:02 AM
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> Matt Whiting > wrote in
> : 
> 
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>
>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>>> powers. 
>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is time
>>>> to let it go.
>>>
>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>
>>>
>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral sex
>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bertie
>>>
>>>
>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
> 
> 
> Um, no you weren't
> 
> 
> Bertie
Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
Matt
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 9th 07, 05:04 AM
Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
@news1.epix.net:
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>> : 
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>
>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is 
time
>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>
>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral 
sex
>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>> 
>> 
>> Um, no you weren't
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
Um, no you weren't
Bertie
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 9th 07, 07:56 AM
On 2007-11-08 16:12:45 -0800, "Steven P. McNicoll" 
> said:
> 
> "Cubdriver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
> ...
>> 
>> Um, 50 years from 1941 was 1991, the GWH Bush administration, and 50
>> years from 1945 was 1995, the Clinton administration. Which one did
>> you  have in mind?
>> 
> 
> I believe that should be GHW Bush.
Does it matter which administration it was? The United States is not 
Nazi Germany and never has been. The assertion that any administration 
was like the Nazis is reprehensible in the extreme.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Steven P. McNicoll
November 9th 07, 12:44 PM
"C J Campbell" > wrote in message 
news:2007110822561916807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom...
>
> Does it matter which administration it was?
Not a different administration, just transposed initials.
>
> The United States is not Nazi Germany and never has been. The assertion 
> that any administration was like the Nazis is reprehensible in the 
> extreme.
>
True dat.
Matt Whiting
November 9th 07, 12:49 PM
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
> @news1.epix.net:
> 
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>> : 
>>>
>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is 
> time
>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral 
> sex
>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>
>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>
>>>
>>> Bertie
>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
> 
> Um, no you weren't
Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical "administration."
Matt
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 9th 07, 03:43 PM
Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
@news1.epix.net:
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>> : 
>>>>
>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is 
>> time
>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral 
>> sex
>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>
>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>> 
>> Um, no you weren't
> 
> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical "administration."
No it isn't
Bertie
Matt Whiting
November 10th 07, 03:43 AM
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
> @news1.epix.net:
> 
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>
>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>> : 
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649$2n4.23813
>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect an 
>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the Axis
>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it is 
>>> time
>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates oral 
>>> sex
>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bertie
>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>> Um, no you weren't
>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical "administration."
> 
> 
> No it isn't
> 
> Bertie
> 
It is for thinking people.
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 10th 07, 07:13 AM
Matt Whiting > wrote in news:HV8Zi.663$2n4.23945
@news1.epix.net:
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>
>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
$2n4.23813
>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect 
an 
>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
Axis
>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it 
is 
>>>> time
>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
oral 
>>>> sex
>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
"administration."
>> 
>> 
>> No it isn't
>> 
>> Bertie
>> 
> 
> It is for thinking people.
No, it isn't
Bertie
>
Matt Whiting
November 10th 07, 02:35 PM
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:HV8Zi.663$2n4.23945
> @news1.epix.net:
> 
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>
>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
> $2n4.23813
>>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect 
> an 
>>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
> Axis
>>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it 
> is 
>>>>> time
>>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
> oral 
>>>>> sex
>>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
> "administration."
>>>
>>> No it isn't
>>>
>>> Bertie
>>>
>> It is for thinking people.
> 
> No, it isn't
> 
> 
> Bertie
> 
Confirmed.
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
November 10th 07, 03:37 PM
Matt Whiting > wrote in news:8siZi.686$2n4.24003
@news1.epix.net:
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:HV8Zi.663$2n4.23945
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>
>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
>> $2n4.23813
>>>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to 
elect 
>> an 
>>>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
>> Axis
>>>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it 
>> is 
>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
>> oral 
>>>>>> sex
>>>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
>> "administration."
>>>>
>>>> No it isn't
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>>>
>>> It is for thinking people.
>> 
>> No, it isn't
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
>> 
> 
> Confirmed.
> 
No, it isn't
Bertie
AES
November 10th 07, 04:56 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now
I just came to a realization of a universal law of newsgroup reading 
that I should have learned long ago:  No newsgroup post that contains 
more than four  >>>> 's in any single line is worth reading.
Now if I could just find a newsreader with a filter mechanism that would 
immediately auto-delete all such messages.
Ash Wyllie
November 14th 07, 02:38 AM
Nice article in today's WSJ online edition
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010857
by our own cubdriver.
                         -ash
                         Cthulhu in 2007!
                         Why wait for nature?
Jim Logajan
November 14th 07, 08:01 AM
"Ash Wyllie" > wrote:
> Nice article in today's WSJ online edition
> 
> http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010857
> 
> by our own cubdriver.
First paragraph is IMHO awful. First 20 words used "we" to make a false 
claim that certainly doesn't speak for most Americans. Then went on to 
completely overlook (i.e. "little to compare") the carnage of the American 
Civil War (what's with that blind spot of a lot of writers lately anyway?) 
wherein total American casualties exceeded that of WWII (keep in mind also 
the relative population sizes made the Civil War even worse), among other 
horrors visited on the civilan population (e.g Sherman's March).
C J Campbell[_1_]
November 14th 07, 09:38 PM
On 2007-11-13 23:01:53 -0800, Jim Logajan > said:
> "Ash Wyllie" > wrote:
>> Nice article in today's WSJ online edition
>> 
>> http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010857
>> 
>> by our own cubdriver.
> 
> First paragraph is IMHO awful. First 20 words used "we" to make a false
> claim that certainly doesn't speak for most Americans. Then went on to
> completely overlook (i.e. "little to compare") the carnage of the American
> Civil War (what's with that blind spot of a lot of writers lately anyway?)
> wherein total American casualties exceeded that of WWII (keep in mind also
> the relative population sizes made the Civil War even worse), among other
> horrors visited on the civilan population (e.g Sherman's March).
Stimson was probably right, though. It was probably worse than anything 
that ever happened in the world. American casualties were relatively 
light, especially among civilians, and they were less than the Civil 
War. But when you start figuring in Europe and Asia, and including the 
associated genocides, etc., WW II was truly horrific. For proportion of 
population killed, though, I think that Frederick the Great saw entire 
regions completely depopulated.
-- 
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
Usenet Rulez[_3_]
January 6th 08, 07:01 PM
Medmänniskan Matt Whiting > skrev följande skiiiit i 
:
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>
>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
$2n4.23813
>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect 
an 
>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
Axis
>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it 
is 
>>>> time
>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
oral 
>>>> sex
>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
"administration."
>> 
>> 
>> No it isn't
>> 
>> Bertie
>> 
> 
> It is for thinking people.
> 
And Bunyips.
http://www.altavista.com/image/results?
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Medmänniskan Matt Whiting > skrev följande skiiiit i 
:
> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:HV8Zi.663$2n4.23945
>> @news1.epix.net:
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>
>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
>> $2n4.23813
>>>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to 
elect 
>> an 
>>>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
>> Axis
>>>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it 
>> is 
>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
>> oral 
>>>>>> sex
>>>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
>> "administration."
>>>>
>>>> No it isn't
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>>>
>>> It is for thinking people.
>> 
>> No, it isn't
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
>> 
> 
> Confirmed.
> 
For Bunyips
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Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
January 6th 08, 07:07 PM
Usenet Rulez > wrote in 
:
> Medmänniskan Matt Whiting > skrev följande skiiiit i 
> :
> 
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>> 
>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660$2n4.23769
>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
> $2n4.23813
>>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to elect 
> an 
>>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
> Axis
>>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so it 
> is 
>>>>> time
>>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
> oral 
>>>>> sex
>>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
> "administration."
>>> 
>>> 
>>> No it isn't
>>> 
>>> Bertie
>>> 
>> 
>> It is for thinking people.
>> 
> 
> And Bunyips.
> 
Of course. 
> 
> http://www.altavista.com/image/results?
> itag=ody&q=Bertie+Bunyip&mik=photo&mik=graphic&mip=all&mis=all&miwxh=a
ll
> 
Couldn't get this link to work. I presume it's one of the ads for the 
BtB show? 
Bertie
> 
> 
>
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
January 6th 08, 07:13 PM
Usenet Rulez > wrote in 
:
> Medmänniskan Matt Whiting > skrev följande skiiiit i 
> :
> 
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:HV8Zi.663$2n4.23945
>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>> 
>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:2PXYi.662$2n4.23467
>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:fZQYi.660
$2n4.23769
>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in
>>>>>>>>> : 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Matt Whiting > wrote in news:siuYi.649
>>> $2n4.23813
>>>>>>>>>>> @news1.epix.net:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> RST Engineering wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are correct.  It took over 50 years for the USA to 
> elect 
>>> an 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> administration that committed atrocities on a par with the 
>>> Axis
>>>>>>>>>>>>> powers. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but Bill has been out of office for some time now so 
it 
>>> is 
>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>>>>>> to let it go.
>>>>>>>>>>> Care to get specific there? 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Or are you just one of the anal retentive types that equates 
>>> oral 
>>>>>>> sex
>>>>>>>>>>> with attempted genocide? 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was as specific as was the email to which I replied.
>>>>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>> Uh, yes I was.  Actually, I was more specific.
>>>>>>> Um, no you weren't
>>>>>> Naming a name is far more specific than the mythical 
>>> "administration."
>>>>>
>>>>> No it isn't
>>>>>
>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>
>>>> It is for thinking people.
>>> 
>>> No, it isn't
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bertie
>>> 
>> 
>> Confirmed.
>> 
> 
> For Bunyips
We're uneeek
Bertie
> 
> 
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ll
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