Sec. of State Rice warns Russia about Bombers off Alaska

On Aug 22, 12:31*am, Dan wrote:
frank wrote:
On Aug 21, 8:03 pm, "Dean A. Markley" wrote:
korben dallas wrote:
eyeball wrote:
lol "john pumpkin from dumb****, ga warns solar system"
You live in Moscow, komrade?
this question is actually deeper than you might know, sonny ))
live? well, i work in oregon. of course, i have to kind of "live" there.
or, more precisely, i "reside" there, since applying the word "live" to
anywhere in the usa is like the greatest insult to life ever. nobody
lives in the usa.
i do in fact live in moscow when i go there about once a year on vacation.
What part of Moscow do you live in? *Which McDonalds is the closest to
you? *Do the Russians prefer Coke or Pepsi?

Wait, we got Ruskies in Idaho? First they show up in Georgia, now
they're in Idaho? What the hell they do, take the Amtrak from
Berkeley?

Damn Bush and his black helicopters, where's my militia alert list....

* * If we give them Sacramento and Newark will they give us Georgia back?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

I vote El Paso and Houston, and I'm a native Texan. Anybody got any
other areas? Maybe we can swap for oil fields in the Caucases. Florida
for the Ukraine? Then they could have MORE Cubans...and if we time it
right, could get rid of some of the more airheaded movie stars.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:54:54 -0700 (PDT), frank
wrote:

On Aug 22, 12:31*am, Dan wrote:
frank wrote:
On Aug 21, 8:03 pm, "Dean A. Markley" wrote:
korben dallas wrote:
eyeball wrote:
lol "john pumpkin from dumb****, ga warns solar system"
You live in Moscow, komrade?
this question is actually deeper than you might know, sonny ))
live? well, i work in oregon. of course, i have to kind of "live" there.
or, more precisely, i "reside" there, since applying the word "live" to
anywhere in the usa is like the greatest insult to life ever. nobody
lives in the usa.
i do in fact live in moscow when i go there about once a year on vacation.
What part of Moscow do you live in? *Which McDonalds is the closest to
you? *Do the Russians prefer Coke or Pepsi?

Wait, we got Ruskies in Idaho? First they show up in Georgia, now
they're in Idaho? What the hell they do, take the Amtrak from
Berkeley?

Damn Bush and his black helicopters, where's my militia alert list....

* * If we give them Sacramento and Newark will they give us Georgia back?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

I vote El Paso and Houston, and I'm a native Texan. Anybody got any
other areas? Maybe we can swap for oil fields in the Caucases. Florida
for the Ukraine? Then they could have MORE Cubans...and if we time it
right, could get rid of some of the more airheaded movie stars.

As a Viet Nam era USAF vet, I don't really mind that Jane Fonda made a
trip to Hanoi. I object to her coming back.

Casady

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:04:16 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Aug 22, 8:13*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:32 -0700 (PDT), george
wrote:





On Aug 22, 6:10 am, "William Black"
wrote:
"Rob Arndt" wrote in message

...

So what? Sounds like Condi has more ****ing balls than you do. What do
you do when a hunter with a rifle encounters a hostile bear? Drop his
gun and get into the fetal position hoping it will just sniff around
you and leave? No, you aim and shoot the ****er dead.

----------------------------

That's great, *right up to when you realise that the bear has a gun too,
and so does his wife and his kids.

I can't work out as to why his only solution to a wild animal is to
destroy it.
The simile is absurd

Of the critters in North America, only bears, possibly moose, are
dangerous enough to occasionally need shooting in self defence. All
the rest get a pass unless one needs to eat them. [I haven't shot any
game in about thirty years.]

Casady


Rattlesnakes and cottonmouths say "hi". Also, mountain
lions have been getting a bit more frisky lately.

It is easier to avoid a snake than shoot it. Lions do not have an
extensive record for attacking people. Bears do.

Casady

On Aug 22, 11:39*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:04:16 -0700 (PDT), "





wrote:
On Aug 22, 8:13*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:32 -0700 (PDT), george
wrote:

On Aug 22, 6:10 am, "William Black"
wrote:
"Rob Arndt" wrote in message

...

So what? Sounds like Condi has more ****ing balls than you do. What do
you do when a hunter with a rifle encounters a hostile bear? Drop his
gun and get into the fetal position hoping it will just sniff around
you and leave? No, you aim and shoot the ****er dead.

----------------------------

That's great, *right up to when you realise that the bear has a gun too,
and so does his wife and his kids.

I can't work out as to why his only solution to a wild animal is to
destroy it.
The simile is absurd

Of the critters in North America, only bears, possibly moose, are
dangerous enough to occasionally need shooting in self defence. All
the rest get a pass unless one needs to eat them. [I haven't shot any
game in about thirty years.]

Casady

* * * * * * *Rattlesnakes and cottonmouths say "hi". Also, mountain
lions have been getting a bit more frisky lately.

It is easier to avoid a snake than shoot it. Lions do not have an
extensive record for attacking people. Bears do.

Casady

Snakes are fine unless they decide to move in. Mountqain
lions...which there was no record of an attack on a human until about
20 years ago....are now averaging 3-4 per year.

·


Of the critters in North America, only bears, possibly moose, are
dangerous enough to occasionally need shooting in self defence. All
the rest get a pass unless one needs to eat them. [I haven't shot any
game in about thirty years.]

Casady

* * * * * * * Rattlesnakes and cottonmouths say "hi". Also, mountain
lions have been getting a bit more frisky lately.

I guess if that's your thing, you 'could' move to Missouri. They
repealed the laws on bestiality a few years ago. Then realized their
mistake and put them back in. For State legislatures, they have to be
one of the dumbest ones around, hands down.

For a while they were passing anti-abortion laws. Not a problem,
that's part of the legislative system, you can make whatever law you
want. But, when the Supreme court finds it unconstitutional, and the
court voids the law, then you pass the same law a year later, and its
voided and you do it again, now that's stupid. Or idiotic. Or the
Missouri legislature.

Now Missouri is a nice state, their Dept of Conservation, Wildlife,
all that, is the best in the country. Great places to fish, hunt,
recreate, and lots of them. Hiking, biking, can't beat it. You can't
climb a 5,000 foot mountain, but hey.

Legislators, they're dumb. I used to work for the state, used to hate
to get calls from the legislators wanting to back up their favorite
project or bill.

I'd say most, if not all, state legislatures tend toward being
total dumbasses at times. There's something about getting elected that
seems to drop IQs by 25 points at the national level and 50 points at
the state level.

On Aug 22, 12:49 pm, " wrote:
·

Of the critters in North America, only bears, possibly moose, are
dangerous enough to occasionally need shooting in self defence. All
the rest get a pass unless one needs to eat them. [I haven't shot any
game in about thirty years.]

Casady

Rattlesnakes and cottonmouths say "hi". Also, mountain
lions have been getting a bit more frisky lately.

I guess if that's your thing, you 'could' move to Missouri. They
repealed the laws on bestiality a few years ago. Then realized their
mistake and put them back in. For State legislatures, they have to be
one of the dumbest ones around, hands down.

For a while they were passing anti-abortion laws. Not a problem,
that's part of the legislative system, you can make whatever law you
want. But, when the Supreme court finds it unconstitutional, and the
court voids the law, then you pass the same law a year later, and its
voided and you do it again, now that's stupid. Or idiotic. Or the
Missouri legislature.

Now Missouri is a nice state, their Dept of Conservation, Wildlife,
all that, is the best in the country. Great places to fish, hunt,
recreate, and lots of them. Hiking, biking, can't beat it. You can't
climb a 5,000 foot mountain, but hey.

Legislators, they're dumb. I used to work for the state, used to hate
to get calls from the legislators wanting to back up their favorite
project or bill.

I'd say most, if not all, state legislatures tend toward being
total dumbasses at times. There's something about getting elected that
seems to drop IQs by 25 points at the national level and 50 points at
the state level.

There is also the factor of phantom self-esteem, the belief that you
have in you the qualities the lobbyists and staff seem to find in you.

On Aug 22, 10:35*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:54:54 -0700 (PDT), frank



wrote:
On Aug 22, 12:31*am, Dan wrote:
frank wrote:
On Aug 21, 8:03 pm, "Dean A. Markley" wrote:
korben dallas wrote:
eyeball wrote:
lol "john pumpkin from dumb****, ga warns solar system"
You live in Moscow, komrade?
this question is actually deeper than you might know, sonny ))
live? well, i work in oregon. of course, i have to kind of "live" there.
or, more precisely, i "reside" there, since applying the word "live" to
anywhere in the usa is like the greatest insult to life ever. nobody
lives in the usa.
i do in fact live in moscow when i go there about once a year on vacation.
What part of Moscow do you live in? *Which McDonalds is the closest to
you? *Do the Russians prefer Coke or Pepsi?

Wait, we got Ruskies in Idaho? First they show up in Georgia, now
they're in Idaho? What the hell they do, take the Amtrak from
Berkeley?

Damn Bush and his black helicopters, where's my militia alert list.....

* * If we give them Sacramento and Newark will they give us Georgia back?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

I vote El Paso and Houston, and I'm a native Texan. Anybody got any
other areas? Maybe we can swap for oil fields in the Caucases. Florida
for the Ukraine? Then they could have MORE Cubans...and if we time it
right, could get rid of some of the more airheaded movie stars.

As a Viet Nam era USAF vet, I don't really mind that Jane Fonda made a
trip to Hanoi. I object to her coming back.

Casady

I seem to recall there was quite an anti-war crowd in Japan, mainly
Communist based as opposed to those with a philosophical disagreement
with war. There were more than a few Army enlisted types who went over
to them and were smuggled out to Sweden via propaganda stop in Moscow.
Might have been a naval enlisted or two, but mainly Army.

I recall there was a B-52 navigator refused to drop on Hanoi, turned
the mission down, said he didn't want to kill wimmen, kids, group of
local Catholic nuns wanted to present a letter to him via our chain of
command commending him. We turned them down.

Later, Communists were still active. Used to show up at the base gates
monthly to protest USAF being there, complained about all the planes
flying, listed what took off when, where they flew to. Usually was a
pretty complete list. Passed over a petition and complaint and went on
their way. I guess they're still doing it, who knows...

In article ,
(Richard Casady) wrote:

It is easier to avoid a snake than shoot it.

I've lived in rattlesnake country almost all my life. Never a problem,
as long I take some care turning over rocks or logs in the spring, when
the hatchlings are first out. If I could just convince the local bull
snakes to move in on the gophers...

Lions do not have an extensive record for attacking people.

That has been changing in the past decade or so; several attacks,
including some fatalities, in California and Colorado in the past few
years.

Their numbers have been rising pretty well, and they really do seem to
be losing their fear of humans at the same time.

Bears do.

Dan wrote:
frank wrote:
On Aug 21, 8:03 pm, "Dean A. Markley" wrote:
korben dallas wrote:
eyeball wrote:
lol "john pumpkin from dumb****, ga warns solar system"
You live in Moscow, komrade?
this question is actually deeper than you might know, sonny ))
live? well, i work in oregon. of course, i have to kind of "live"
there.
or, more precisely, i "reside" there, since applying the word "live" to
anywhere in the usa is like the greatest insult to life ever. nobody
lives in the usa.
i do in fact live in moscow when i go there about once a year on
vacation.
What part of Moscow do you live in? Which McDonalds is the closest to
you? Do the Russians prefer Coke or Pepsi?

Wait, we got Ruskies in Idaho? First they show up in Georgia, now
they're in Idaho? What the hell they do, take the Amtrak from
Berkeley?

Damn Bush and his black helicopters, where's my militia alert list....

If we give them Sacramento and Newark will they give us Georgia back?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
Why do we want Georgia back? LOL

Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:32 -0700 (PDT), george
wrote:

On Aug 22, 6:10 am, "William Black"
wrote:
"Rob Arndt" wrote in message

...

So what? Sounds like Condi has more ****ing balls than you do. What do
you do when a hunter with a rifle encounters a hostile bear? Drop his
gun and get into the fetal position hoping it will just sniff around
you and leave? No, you aim and shoot the ****er dead.

----------------------------

That's great, right up to when you realise that the bear has a gun too,
and so does his wife and his kids.

I can't work out as to why his only solution to a wild animal is to
destroy it.
The simile is absurd

Of the critters in North America, only bears, possibly moose, are
dangerous enough to occasionally need shooting in self defence. All
the rest get a pass unless one needs to eat them. [I haven't shot any
game in about thirty years.]

Casady
Disagree. Ever have a Northern Banded Watersnake come at you? Not big,
not poisonous but mean and scary as all hell.