From: dene on 19 Feb 2010 15:10 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:775045b5-c698-4ec5-9c3c-e18fe9c0fa54(a)l19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... On Feb 19, 12:35 am, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > How has the fed. government's management of Medicare been "abysmal?" Cost. Medicare is spending more than they are taking in. Businesses do not last long in that scenario, which is precisely why the present system needs to stay in place with reform, not replacement. -Greg
From: dene on 19 Feb 2010 15:12 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:3a04ac6d-b8ae-471b-a2c3-61fb22a87108(a)15g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... On Feb 19, 12:36 am, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:d8699b0d-4044-4b1c-ba5b-3d70c2643a9e(a)i39g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 18, 3:58 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 8:30 pm, "gray asphalt" <dontwr...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > _____ > > > > No offense buy I'm kinda focused on US government. > > > Look up their "solutions" to the "red indian" problem, and how well > > they worked out.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > They worked out pretty well. The government wanted to exterminate the > Indians and they damn near did it. Not that that's relevant. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Smallpox did much of the damage. > > -Greg Smallpox was spread to Indian tribes by white people. ------------------------------------------------------------------ In context to what you wrote, you think that tragedy was deliberate, extermination plot by the government? -Greg
From: John B. on 19 Feb 2010 15:20 On Feb 19, 3:12 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:3a04ac6d-b8ae-471b-a2c3-61fb22a87108(a)15g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 19, 12:36 am, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:d8699b0d-4044-4b1c-ba5b-3d70c2643a9e(a)i39g2000yqm.googlegroups.com.... > > On Feb 18, 3:58 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote: > > > > On Feb 17, 8:30 pm, "gray asphalt" <dontwr...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > _____ > > > > > No offense buy I'm kinda focused on US government. > > > > Look up their "solutions" to the "red indian" problem, and how well > > > they worked out.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > They worked out pretty well. The government wanted to exterminate the > > Indians and they damn near did it. Not that that's relevant. > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > Smallpox did much of the damage. > > > -Greg > > Smallpox was spread to Indian tribes by white people. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > In context to what you wrote, you think that tragedy was deliberate, > extermination plot by the government? > > -Greg- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I do not think white Americans deliberately infected Indians w/ smallpox.
From: gray asphalt on 19 Feb 2010 15:20 <assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message news:zPofn.1132$mn6.757(a)newsfe07.iad... > > On 18-Feb-2010, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> How can I have a narrow mind and a fat head >> at the same time? My wife says I have a huge >> ego. That wouldn't fit in a narrow mind. > > The head is just the case for the brain, the mind is neither of the two, > so > chew on that for a while. > > -- > bill And I doubted your medical expertease.
From: gray asphalt on 19 Feb 2010 15:22
The first paragraph of "Critique of Pure Reason" by Kant, answers this, imo. "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4b7e1ae8$0$4876$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:54:01 +0000, assimilate wrote: >> On 18-Feb-2010, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How can I have a narrow mind and a fat head at the same time? My wife >>> says I have a huge ego. That wouldn't fit in a narrow mind. >> >> The head is just the case for the brain, the mind is neither of the >> two, so chew on that for a while. > > Minds and brains have nothing to do with each other! |