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mpm · Guest

On Jul 30, 10:30ï¿½am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com>

[quote]ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ The Democrats lost their souls a long time ago.
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½It must have happened when they had their spines removed.
[/quote]
Just wondering, would it have been better to sell those souls at a
profit to the Saudi>s? :)

-mpm

Guest · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: Re: Limited Mental Capacity

On Jul 31, 1:30 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
[quote]Limited Mental Capacity, your government in action...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12122.html

The Democrats lost their souls a long time ago.
It must have happened when they had their spines removed.
[/quote]
Jim is as far out of touch with reality as ever - Pelosi seems to have
read Dava Sobel>s "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who
Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time" which is a great
book, and she does seem to have the mental capacity to recognise it as
such, which is more than Jim can manage.

I wonder if Jim can name a Republican politician who has read the
book?

I>m fond of it because it was the last book my father read before he
died - I picked up a copy in Singapore (and read it on the plane) on
my way out to support my mother while my father>s cancer was finishing
him off, and he grabbed it and read in the ten days he had left.

Jim>s crack about Democratic spinelessness is another aspect of his
lack of contact with reality - Republicans are famously unaware of
what is going on in the real world, and consequently regard sensible
and necessary compromises as betrayals of their (perverse) principles.
They can hgo to the trouble of remembering their principles - which
are usually short and pithy - but can>t be bothered to do the work
involved to understand the practical issues involved (such as "how do
we reconcile the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shias after we>ve invaded
Irak?).

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

mpm · Guest

On Jul 31, 3:25ï¿½am, "MK" <nos...@please.com> wrote:
[quote]bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote in message

news:2cdaf1e8-eed6-4c56-8637-d06ad55495d9@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 31, 1:30 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-

Web-Site.com> wrote:
Limited Mental Capacity, your government in action...
[/quote]

I actually respect Jim>s views, even though I disagree with many of
them. He>s of another generation, and I also think a lot his rhetoric
is just taking jabs at other people>s views. Almost like an amusing
pasttime for him. Some people get their feathers ruffled too easily.

But let me interject this about the current Rebpulican nominee:

I find it astounding that apparently Ms. Spears was not approached
about using her likeness in the recent McCain ad ("Celeb"). The
article did not mention if Paris Hilton was contacted for permission.

All we need now is for one or both of them to throw their support
behind Obama.!!

Talk about "judgement"...!! :)

MK · Guest

<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message
news:2cdaf1e8-eed6-4c56-8637-d06ad55495d9@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 31, 1:30 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
[quote]Limited Mental Capacity, your government in action...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12122.html

The Democrats lost their souls a long time ago.
It must have happened when they had their spines removed.
[/quote]
Jim is as far out of touch with reality as ever - Pelosi seems to have
read Dava Sobel>s "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who
Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time" which is a great
book, and she does seem to have the mental capacity to recognise it as
such, which is more than Jim can manage.

I wonder if Jim can name a Republican politician who has read the
book?

I>m fond of it because it was the last book my father read before he
died - I picked up a copy in Singapore (and read it on the plane) on
my way out to support my mother while my father>s cancer was finishing
him off, and he grabbed it and read in the ten days he had left.

Jim>s crack about Democratic spinelessness is another aspect of his
lack of contact with reality - Republicans are famously unaware of
what is going on in the real world, and consequently regard sensible
and necessary compromises as betrayals of their (perverse) principles.
They can hgo to the trouble of remembering their principles - which
are usually short and pithy - but can>t be bothered to do the work
involved to understand the practical issues involved (such as "how do
we reconcile the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shias after we>ve invaded
Irak?).

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

No disrespect to your father but I hated that book - full of waffle about
personalitites and nothing about the engineeering.
And building an accurate clock was mainly an engineering issue (the science
was already understood).

Jim might want to swap our speaker (in UK) - he doesn>t have his head in the
clouds but his hand in the till.

Michael Kellett

mpm · Guest

On Jul 31, 9:01ï¿½am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
[quote]On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:56:38 -0700 (PDT), mpm <mpmill...@aol.com
wrote:

On Jul 31, 3:25?am, "MK" <nos...@please.com> wrote:
bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote in message

news:2cdaf1e8-eed6-4c56-8637-d06ad55495d9@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com....
On Jul 31, 1:30 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-

Web-Site.com> wrote:
Limited Mental Capacity, your government in action...

I actually respect Jim>s views, even though I disagree with many of
them. ï¿½He>s of another generation, and I also think a lot his rhetoric
is just taking jabs at other people>s views. ï¿½Almost like an amusing
pasttime for him.

Oh, damn! ï¿½You done gone and told on me ;-)

Some people get their feathers ruffled too easily.

See the SIG comment.

But let me interject this about the current Rebpulican nominee:

I find it astounding that apparently Ms. Spears was not approached
about using her likeness in the recent McCain ad ("Celeb"). ï¿½The
article did not mention if Paris Hilton was contacted for permission.

All we need now is for one or both of them to throw their support
behind Obama.!!

Talk about "judgement"...!! ï¿½ ï¿½ :)

You need to read the law concerning "public figures".

ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ...Jim Thompson
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| Analog Innovations, Inc. ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ | ï¿½ ï¿½ et ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½|
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ï¿½ I>ve finally figured out why Liberals have no sense of humor:
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½All that mental constipation would make me cranky, too.
[/quote]
I wasn>t worried about the law regarding public figures.
My point was if these individuals were not contacted, it is possible
the campaign does not actually know which (if any) candidate they
support. And if later that public figure publicly endorsed the other
candidate, the "judgement" to use them in a commerical to slam the
other party looks pretty suspect.

Now granted, Brittany (of the famed: "I think we should support
whoever the Preseident is" drivel) is probably a safe bet. But then
again, she might just be whacked enough to flip-flop. I wouldn>t put
it past any of them.. (air heads?)

Jim Thompson · Guest

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:56:38 -0700 (PDT), mpm <mpmillard@aol.com>
wrote:

[quote]On Jul 31, 3:25?am, "MK" <nos...@please.com> wrote:
bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote in message

news:2cdaf1e8-eed6-4c56-8637-d06ad55495d9@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 31, 1:30 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-

Web-Site.com> wrote:
Limited Mental Capacity, your government in action...

I actually respect Jim>s views, even though I disagree with many of
them. He>s of another generation, and I also think a lot his rhetoric
is just taking jabs at other people>s views. Almost like an amusing
pasttime for him.
[/quote]
Oh, damn! You done gone and told on me ;-)

[quote]Some people get their feathers ruffled too easily.
[/quote]
See the SIG comment.

[quote]
But let me interject this about the current Rebpulican nominee:

I find it astounding that apparently Ms. Spears was not approached
about using her likeness in the recent McCain ad ("Celeb"). The
article did not mention if Paris Hilton was contacted for permission.

All we need now is for one or both of them to throw their support
behind Obama.!!

Talk about "judgement"...!! :)
[/quote]
You need to read the law concerning "public figures".

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC>s and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I>ve finally figured out why Liberals have no sense of humor:
All that mental constipation would make me cranky, too.

mpm · Guest

On Jul 31, 7:40ï¿½pm, krw <k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

[quote]It hardly matters what, or if, they think. ï¿½The point made has
nothing to do with the sluts' political beliefs, or even the sluts
themselves. ï¿½Wake up!
[/quote]
Irrelevant because it would be a NEW point if the sluts were to
suddenly jump on the Obama bandwagon. That would make McCain look
like an idiot.

I don>t honestly even get the point the McCain campaign was trying to
make.
That Obama is unqualified because he>s just a shell of a person - like
a tabloid celebrity?

He>s a sitting US Senator. I doubt that argument goes very far?
Unless the message recipient doesn>t have a brain stem, in which case,
that could explain a lot about why these tactics sometimes work.

Besides, this whole notion that Obama>s not leadership material
implies that McCain is.
I>m not so sure about that. In fact, I>m more inclined than ever to
believe that McCain is NOT leadership material.

Just another tired old politician weaned on the failed policies of
old.

Collasally stupid for Obama to mention "those other guys" on the
currency, though.
When I first heard it, I thought he was talking about age, not race.
But either way, I do think he>s got a valid point.

krw · Guest

In article <8295618a-260f-4b9b-81aa-cf8bf586e039
@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, mpmillard@aol.com says...
[quote]On Jul 31, 9:01?am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:56:38 -0700 (PDT), mpm <mpmill...@aol.com
wrote:

On Jul 31, 3:25?am, "MK" <nos...@please.com> wrote:
bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote in message

news:2cdaf1e8-eed6-4c56-8637-d06ad55495d9@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 31, 1:30 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-

Web-Site.com> wrote:
Limited Mental Capacity, your government in action...

I actually respect Jim>s views, even though I disagree with many of
them. ?He>s of another generation, and I also think a lot his rhetoric
is just taking jabs at other people>s views. ?Almost like an amusing
pasttime for him.

Oh, damn! ?You done gone and told on me ;-)

Some people get their feathers ruffled too easily.

See the SIG comment.

But let me interject this about the current Rebpulican nominee:

I find it astounding that apparently Ms. Spears was not approached
about using her likeness in the recent McCain ad ("Celeb"). ?The
article did not mention if Paris Hilton was contacted for permission.

All we need now is for one or both of them to throw their support
behind Obama.!!

Talk about "judgement"...!! ? ? :)

You need to read the law concerning "public figures".

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ?mens ? ? |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? et ? ? ?|
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC>s and Discrete Systems ?| ? ?manus ? ?|
| Phoenix, Arizona ?85048 ? ?Skype: Contacts Only ?| ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 ?Fax: Available upon request | ?Brass Rat ?|
| E-mail Icon athttp://www.analog-innovations.com| ? ?1962 ? ? |

? I>ve finally figured out why Liberals have no sense of humor:
? ? ?All that mental constipation would make me cranky, too.

I wasn>t worried about the law regarding public figures.
My point was if these individuals were not contacted, it is possible
the campaign does not actually know which (if any) candidate they
support. And if later that public figure publicly endorsed the other
candidate, the "judgement" to use them in a commerical to slam the
other party looks pretty suspect.
[/quote]
Umm, McCain isn>t using the sluts as an endorsement.

[quote]Now granted, Brittany (of the famed: "I think we should support
whoever the Preseident is" drivel) is probably a safe bet. But then
again, she might just be whacked enough to flip-flop. I wouldn>t put
it past any of them.. (air heads?)
[/quote]
It hardly matters what, or if, they think. The point made has
nothing to do with the sluts' political beliefs, or even the sluts
themselves. Wake up!

--
Keith

krw · Guest

In article <5566d86c-0c35-4510-8474-
76c04af39f7b@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, mpmillard@aol.com says...
[quote]On Jul 31, 7:40?pm, krw <k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

It hardly matters what, or if, they think. ?The point made has
nothing to do with the sluts' political beliefs, or even the sluts
themselves. ?Wake up!

Irrelevant because it would be a NEW point if the sluts were to
suddenly jump on the Obama bandwagon. That would make McCain look
like an idiot.
[/quote]
No it>s not irrelevant. The sluts aren>t central to the point at
all. The ad went right over you head (well, you are a DemonicRat).
[quote]
I don>t honestly even get the point the McCain campaign was trying to
make.
[/quote]
Obviously.

[quote]That Obama is unqualified because he>s just a shell of a person - like
a tabloid celebrity?
[/quote]
You>re getting a bit warmer.

[quote]He>s a sitting US Senator. I doubt that argument goes very far?
Unless the message recipient doesn>t have a brain stem, in which case,
that could explain a lot about why these tactics sometimes work.
[/quote]
I think you>re describing yourself here.

[quote]Besides, this whole notion that Obama>s not leadership material
implies that McCain is.
I>m not so sure about that. In fact, I>m more inclined than ever to
believe that McCain is NOT leadership material.
[/quote]
THAT is irrelevant.

[quote]Just another tired old politician weaned on the failed policies of
old.
[/quote]
You think Obama stants for something new? GMAFB!

[quote]Collasally stupid for Obama to mention "those other guys" on the
currency, though.
[/quote]
Typical leftist class.

[quote]When I first heard it, I thought he was talking about age, not race.
But either way, I do think he>s got a valid point.
[/quote]
You would.

--
Keith


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