Cobol - Re: Iraq

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Re: Iraq

Alistair

2007-09-21, 6:55 pm

On 21 Sep, 03:38, LX-i <lxi0...@netscape.net> wrote:
> Charles Hottel wrote:
>
>
> My first presidential vote was in 1992 - I started out 0-2. (I think it
> might have been different had Gramm gotten the (R) nomination in 1996,
> but... you know, woulda coulda shoulda...) Then, in 2000, Bush sounded
> really good (and heaven forbid the other guy got in). In 2004, he still
> hadn't really done what he said he was going to do, but the other guy
> was way worse. If he ran again, my vote would be against the (D).

I guess that scotches the rumour that only Democrat supporters were
sent to fight in Iraq and Afganistan.

Howard Brazee

2007-09-24, 6:56 pm

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:46:29 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Thousands of really smart folks put together XP and Vista and Office. Gates
>has $35 billion.
>
>Perhaps the definition of "smart" is flawed.

It is probably hard for intellectual people to accept - but "smart" is
overrated.

Doug Miller

2007-09-24, 6:56 pm

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In article <fg4gf3pdkrr0bmdb14t966037lirhvlpnr@4ax.com>, Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:46:29 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>
>It is probably hard for intellectual people to accept - but "smart" is
>overrated.

Mostly by those who aren't.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphag

at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Robert

2007-09-24, 6:56 pm

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:38:44 -0600, Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:46:29 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>
>It is probably hard for intellectual people to accept - but "smart" is
>overrated.

Median earned income in 1992 for...

Very Bright (125+) $36,000
Bright (110-124) $27,000
Normal (90-109) $20,000
Dull (75-89) $12,400
Very Dull (less than 75) $5,000

http://www.aceviper.net/aceviper_ne....html#question6

SkippyPB

2007-09-25, 6:55 pm

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:54:54 -0600, Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:15:16 -0400, SkippyPB
><swiegand@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>Yep.
>
>
>GWB learned to be a "good old boy" after an early loss in Texas, and
>that was sufficient for the rural counties to vote for him - which was
>sufficient for him to win. He also was smart enough to hire Rove.

I believe it was his daddy GHWB that steered GWB towards Rove. I
suspect daddy had more to do with that hiring than GWB's brain power.

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Judson McClendon

2007-09-27, 6:55 pm

"Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> JC was crucified when in his 30s? The Bible relates approx 3 w

s of
> his life (although the selective reporting may reflect events decades
> apart)? By my calculations that leaves 29 years 49 w

s unaccounted
> for. ...

Jesus started His ministry when He was about 30, and was crucified when
He was about 33. The Gospels are almost exclusively concerned with His
3 year ministry.
--
Judson McClendon judmc@sunvaley0.com (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

Pete Dashwood

2007-09-27, 9:55 pm

"Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1190918729.973676.259870@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On 27 Sep, 16:15, "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@removethis.enternet.co.nz>
> wrote:
>
> Actually, I believe that was Badger Lamont.
>
Yes, it was Norman Lamont. I thought it happened earlier and didn't bother
to check.My apologies to Mr. Lawson and anyone else offended by inaccuracy
:-)

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
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