From: Carbon on
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:46:13 -0400, Jack Hollis wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:36:18 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> > It was a stupid question.
>>>
>>> Bingo!
>>
>>How was it stupid to ask a Republican candidate about a Republican
>>president's philosophies?
>
> If he wanted to know her opinion on preemptive strikes against
> terrorists and the nations that sponsor them, he should have asker her
> that.
>
> The stupid question did more to hurt his reputation than hers.

On the contrary. More to the point, if she can't handle the likes of
Charlie Gibson she is in deep, deep trouble.
From: dene on

"Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:26:20 -0700, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Can you imagine the absurdity if anyone on the board cared about Canadian
> >politics, much less picked fights about it.
>
> One could write an extensive history of the world and never mention
> Canada.
>
> The only interesting thing that I know of in Canadian politics is the
> Quebec separatists. My sympathy is with them all the way.
>
> Vive le Qu�bec libre !

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I visited Sydney and was very impressed by what I saw there. Good people,
great society....staunch American ally. Baker doesn't represent his nation.
He's an anamoly....one who should be ignored.

-Greg


From: Alan Baker on
In article <6k5l0oF67jfeU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:

> "Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> news:basqd4tvf44mp5j6pv7l04eb54h2jqevcv(a)4ax.com...
> > On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:26:20 -0700, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Can you imagine the absurdity if anyone on the board cared about Canadian
> > >politics, much less picked fights about it.
> >
> > One could write an extensive history of the world and never mention
> > Canada.
> >
> > The only interesting thing that I know of in Canadian politics is the
> > Quebec separatists. My sympathy is with them all the way.
> >
> > Vive le Qu�bec libre !
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> I visited Sydney and was very impressed by what I saw there. Good people,
> great society....staunch American ally. Baker doesn't represent his nation.
> He's an anamoly....one who should be ignored.
>
> -Greg

LOL

You think there aren't lots of people in Canada who recognize the ugly
American? Please.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Jack Hollis on
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:01 -0400, "Michael Anselmo"
<manselmo41(a)comcast.net> wrote:

>Typical liberals. Biden and 0bama can do no wrong. Even if they say in on TV
>with witnesses.

Correct and, to use Alan's favorite word, a clear case of hypocrisy.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:43:48 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
wrote:

>> One could write an extensive history of the world and never mention
>> Canada.
>
>And if you're a typical american, it would also be true that you
>couldn't write the history about any other country in the world, because
>the typical american is ignorant of pretty much the entire world.

I'm not a typical American.