Bush to send man to Mars

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040109/325/eiotu.html

Hopefully himself, on permanent mission.

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(These Gremlins Grammaticus) wrote:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040109/325/eiotu.html

Hopefully himself, on permanent mission.

Heh, I'd vote for that!

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(These Gremlins Grammaticus) wrote in message . com...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040109/325/eiotu.html

Hopefully himself, on permanent mission.


Like all Conserva-Clowns, Bush tries to control people's
impression; he's doing whatever he thinks makes himself
look good. What a selfish piece of garbage. He doesn't
give a rat's ass about anyone except himself so he can
get re-elected. He doesn't know a thing about anything.

THE PRESIDENT: ...I was in Florida...the TV was obviously on...
I said, it must have been a horrible accident...and...my Chief
of Staff...walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower,
America is under attack."...And, Jordan, I wasn't sure what to
think at first. You know, I grew up in a period of time where
the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind--
just like your Daddy's and Mother's mind probably...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...011204-17.html

(Unpleasant Truth) wrote in
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the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind--

I'm sure that a lot of us could say this, and I certainly could. 9-11 took
us all by surprise.

In article ,
John Schutkeker wrote:
(Unpleasant Truth) wrote in
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the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind--

I'm sure that a lot of us could say this, and I certainly could. 9-11 took
us all by surprise.

Anyone remember December 7th? There was a movie about it.

OK, that was a military attack on (mostly) military assets.
I'll substitute March 9th, which included attacks on civilians.


--
"Precepts of religion. Every victory is a defeat. Every cut made is a wound
received. Every strength is a weakness. Every time you kill, you die."
In which case, he thought, clawing briars from in front of his face, the
enemy must be taking a right pounding, the poor buggers. [Memory, K.J. Parker]

I have several movies in my personal library on the subject of December 7,
1941:

the definitive movie -- "TORA! TORA! TORA!", a mini-series, "PEARL", and a
semi-romantic movie, "PEARL HARBOR".

I am sure there will be some movies on the events of September 11, 2001. And
its aftermath as well.

Personally, I hold with the ultimate answer to September 11 -- building
Mount Malapart Lunar Base and Community, the first true step on the long
road from Man's Original Home to his Only Home: the Final Frontier.

--
Leonard C Robinson
"The Historian Remembers, and speculates on what might have been.
"The Visionary Remembers, and speculates on what may yet be."

"Leonard Robinson" wrote in
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I am sure there will be some movies on the events of September 11,
2001. And its aftermath as well.

I'm sure you're right, but it won't be until the shock has receded farther
into history. I'm surprised that it wasn't immediately bid as a (bad) made
for TV movie.

Personally, I hold with the ultimate answer to September 11 --
building Mount Malapart Lunar Base and Community,

Malapart?

(Unpleasant Truth) wrote in
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What is he thinking???

IIRC, "I hit the trifecta" is what came out of his mouth when he got
careless for a moment.

--
Coridon Henshaw - http://www3.telus.net/csbh - "I have sadly come to the
conclusion that the Bush administration will go to any lengths to deny
reality." -- Charley Reese

On 11 Jan 2004 15:00:01 -0500, (James Nicoll)
wrote:


OK, that was a military attack on (mostly) military assets.
I'll substitute March 9th, which included attacks on civilians.

March 9th?

Penta wrote in
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On 11 Jan 2004 15:00:01 -0500, (James Nicoll)
wrote:


OK, that was a military attack on (mostly) military assets.
I'll substitute March 9th, which included attacks on civilians.

March 9th?

I'm guessing it's the firebombing of Tokyo he's going after here and not
Bob Hope's film debut in "The Big Broadcast of 1938" (Thanks, History
Channel!):

On this day, U.S. warplanes launch a new bombing offensive against
Japan, dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo. Almost 16
square miles in and around the Japanese capital were incinerated, and
between 80,000 and 130,000 Japanese civilians were killed in the
worst single firestorm in recorded history.

The *rest* of the story is that Japan had moved light industry into the
civilian areas of Tokyo in an attempt to shield them from American
bombing. If the Fourth Geneva Convention had existed then (it didn't
exist until 1949), an attempt to protect their industrial base in this
manner would have violated Article 28: "The presence of a protected
person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from
military operations."

If we could apply the Fourth Geneva Convention *retroactively* to this
attack, then, he would be correct in calling it a war crime -- and the
appropriate people (the war-time Japanese leadership) was brought to
account for it.

Good for us...

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Reed