From: William Clark on
In article <7tg8kdFk2aU2(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
> news:clark-D56CDA.11305210022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <7tg31iFilgU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9264n5l6besm20bkqla1b1fgmeqcglhgm9(a)4ax.com...
> >> > On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:02:37 -0600, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>You know Jack, I might be willing to discuss this with Mike, or
> >> >>Ketchum, or another conservative, but you, and a couple of others here
> >> >>are so inane with the ultra-right messages that I won't waste my time.
> >> >>Of all the posts that you've delivered here for instance the one about
> >> >>Palin possibly being elected president renders you certifiable insane.
> >> >>
> >> >>BK
> >> >
> >> > Right now, the polls show that she's the leading contender for the
> >> > Republican nomination. I'd gladly vote for her over Obama.
> >>
> >> They would be complete fools to run her again.
> >
> > Well, we agree on something :-)
>
> That and Guinness. Perhaps there is hope. :-)

Amen.
From: William Clark on
In article
<79aca92b-bb37-48f7-a871-2fb0efbd8e26(a)d37g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
"John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 10, 10:45�am, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-
> state.edu> wrote:
> > In article <MPG.25dc97c31d530f1c989...(a)news.giganews.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > �BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > In article <clark-00B9B0.09490810022...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> > > state.edu>, cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says...
> >
> > > > In article <MPG.25dc6d3f66d5441b989...(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > > > �BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > In article <wclark2-544D01.07001110022...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> > > > > state.edu>, wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says...
> >
> > > > > > In article <67a4n5d10mqh038e6i2fco1jf511hko...(a)4ax.com>,
> > > > > > �bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > On 10 Feb 2010 03:25:58 GMT, Carbon
> > > > > > > <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > >On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:46:19 -0600, bknight wrote:
> > > > > > > >> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:39:17 -0500, Jack Hollis
> > > > > > > >> <xslee...(a)aol.com>
> > > > > > > >> wrote:
> > > > > > > >>>On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:02:37 -0600, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > >>>>You know Jack, I might be willing to discuss this with Mike,
> > > > > > > >>>>or
> > > > > > > >>>>Ketchum, or another conservative, but you, and a couple of
> > > > > > > >>>>others
> > > > > > > >>>>here are so inane with the ultra-right messages that I won't
> > > > > > > >>>>waste my
> > > > > > > >>>>time. �Of all the posts that you've delivered here for
> > > > > > > >>>>instance
> > > > > > > >>>>the
> > > > > > > >>>>one about Palin possibly being elected president renders you
> > > > > > > >>>>certifiable insane.
> >
> > > > > > > >>>Right now, the polls show that she's the leading contender for
> > > > > > > >>>the
> > > > > > > >>>Republican nomination. �I'd gladly vote for her over Obama.
> >
> > > > > > > >> That figures. �You have no common sense.
> >
> > > > > > > >I actually want Palin to get the Republican nomination. However,
> > > > > > > >2012 is
> > > > > > > >a long way away and there isn't much chance that she'd be able
> > > > > > > >to
> > > > > > > >fool
> > > > > > > >the true believers long enough to make it happen. It's too bad,
> > > > > > > >because
> > > > > > > >she would have zero chance of winning the election.
> >
> > > > > > > I'm liking Scott Brown more and more. �He's a thousand times more
> > > > > > > qualified than Palin. �If Obama isn't able to get things going
> > > > > > > better
> > > > > > > I think he's the GOP's best shot. �I'd vote for him.
> >
> > > > > > > BK
> >
> > > > > > As long as he and his wife promise to keep their clothes on in
> > > > > > public.
> > > > > > Oh, and stop their daughter from getting in front of a microphone.
> >
> > > > > The true character of Billy Clark shows through again.
> >
> > > > The true absence of any glimmer of humor in Bertie shows through again.
> >
> > > > Actually Brown and his family were in the Dubliner in DC last Thursday
> > > > evening after his swearing in. He kept his clothes on there, too.
> >
> > > I like the Dubliner, my boss at USDA was an Irishman by birth, retired
> > > from the US Army after 20 and then went to work at USDA. He taught us
> > > how to drink proper beer at the Dubliner.
> >
> > Indeed, Guinness is good there, Unfortunately, it seems to attract too
> > many obnoxious staffers, fresh out of law school, from the Hill. Oh,
> > well.
>
> All true. I don't know if it's still the case, but the Dubliner used
> to be the largest seller of Guiness in the U.S.

My guess is that now that Guinness has become so ubiquitous in the US,
there is probably some bar or two that sells more. But I would not bet
on it.
From: William Clark on
In article <7tg8hhFjj9U2(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:79aca92b-bb37-48f7-a871-2fb0efbd8e26(a)d37g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 10, 10:45 am, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-
> state.edu> wrote:
> > In article <MPG.25dc97c31d530f1c989...(a)news.giganews.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > In article <clark-00B9B0.09490810022...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> > > state.edu>, cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says...
> >
> > > > In article <MPG.25dc6d3f66d5441b989...(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > > > BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > In article <wclark2-544D01.07001110022...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> > > > > state.edu>, wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says...
> >
> > > > > > In article <67a4n5d10mqh038e6i2fco1jf511hko...(a)4ax.com>,
> > > > > > bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > On 10 Feb 2010 03:25:58 GMT, Carbon
> > > > > > > <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > >On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:46:19 -0600, bknight wrote:
> > > > > > > >> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:39:17 -0500, Jack Hollis
> > > > > > > >> <xslee...(a)aol.com>
> > > > > > > >> wrote:
> > > > > > > >>>On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:02:37 -0600, bkni...(a)conramp.net
> > > > > > > >>>wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > >>>>You know Jack, I might be willing to discuss this with Mike,
> > > > > > > >>>>or
> > > > > > > >>>>Ketchum, or another conservative, but you, and a couple of
> > > > > > > >>>>others
> > > > > > > >>>>here are so inane with the ultra-right messages that I won't
> > > > > > > >>>>waste my
> > > > > > > >>>>time. Of all the posts that you've delivered here for
> > > > > > > >>>>instance
> > > > > > > >>>>the
> > > > > > > >>>>one about Palin possibly being elected president renders you
> > > > > > > >>>>certifiable insane.
> >
> > > > > > > >>>Right now, the polls show that she's the leading contender
> > > > > > > >>>for the
> > > > > > > >>>Republican nomination. I'd gladly vote for her over Obama.
> >
> > > > > > > >> That figures. You have no common sense.
> >
> > > > > > > >I actually want Palin to get the Republican nomination.
> > > > > > > >However,
> > > > > > > >2012 is
> > > > > > > >a long way away and there isn't much chance that she'd be able
> > > > > > > >to
> > > > > > > >fool
> > > > > > > >the true believers long enough to make it happen. It's too bad,
> > > > > > > >because
> > > > > > > >she would have zero chance of winning the election.
> >
> > > > > > > I'm liking Scott Brown more and more. He's a thousand times more
> > > > > > > qualified than Palin. If Obama isn't able to get things going
> > > > > > > better
> > > > > > > I think he's the GOP's best shot. I'd vote for him.
> >
> > > > > > > BK
> >
> > > > > > As long as he and his wife promise to keep their clothes on in
> > > > > > public.
> > > > > > Oh, and stop their daughter from getting in front of a microphone.
> >
> > > > > The true character of Billy Clark shows through again.
> >
> > > > The true absence of any glimmer of humor in Bertie shows through
> > > > again.
> >
> > > > Actually Brown and his family were in the Dubliner in DC last Thursday
> > > > evening after his swearing in. He kept his clothes on there, too.
> >
> > > I like the Dubliner, my boss at USDA was an Irishman by birth, retired
> > > from the US Army after 20 and then went to work at USDA. He taught us
> > > how to drink proper beer at the Dubliner.
> >
> > Indeed, Guinness is good there, Unfortunately, it seems to attract too
> > many obnoxious staffers, fresh out of law school, from the Hill. Oh,
> > well.
>
> All true. I don't know if it's still the case, but the Dubliner used
> to be the largest seller of Guiness in the U.S.
>
> I will be doing my part to make sure Patrick McGoverns Pub in Saint Paul
> sets that record on St. Pattys day. ;-)

Indeed, I should have stayed in the Dubliner on Friday. What a great
place to be stormbound in! And there's a hotel right above it.
From: bknight on
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:29:14 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>In article <1187377b-c350-45b5-8d45-f5bcfa09bb80
>@o8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...

>> > He will quote the CIA fact book or some state dept list.
>>
>> And whom would you cite?
>
>You are a government flunky, what else would you quote.
>

I remember that you were completely ok with the CIA's estimate of
WMDs before the Iraqi invasion, which proved to be wrong.

That quote was ok, but any CIA quote by John B is questionable.

Do you see your problem here Bert?

BK
From: BAR on
In article <7tgr05FuqU1(a)mid.individual.net>, MNMiikkew(a)aol.com says...
> More people die in car accidents every day in the US than that. There are
> probably more murders as well each day.

It is over 100 people in the USA die everyday in auto accidents.

Stop the indiscriminate killing of people in the USA by banning all
autos.