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Author: SuzeSuze
Date: May 27, 2008 22:12
AriesVal wrote:
> In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates
> for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give
> notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
>
> Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical
> duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas ,
> which she does not fancy).
>
> Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor
> for America without the need for further elections.
> Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
>
> A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you
> noticed.
>
> To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules
> are introduced with immediate effect:
>
> (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) ...
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Author: Scout LadyScout Lady
Date: May 27, 2008 21:15
that during the Bush/Kerry election cycle all we heard from the Dems was
how Kerry served in Viet Nam and Bush did not. Now we have McCain/Obama and
suddenly service in the military is not a big deal.
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Author: Scout LadyScout Lady
Date: May 27, 2008 20:56
Good for him. It is a shame that the family of a schoolmate who lived close
to the school didn't put him up for the month or so before graduation.
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Author: CrusherCrusher
Date: May 27, 2008 19:36
"There were five huge things that have happened over the course of the past
few years that have driven prices very high. The first is China and India
emerging as big consumers of everything, including oil. And, a very strong
demand base in the United States. So that's the first thing: China, India
and the U.S. as big consumers.
"The second thing was underinvestment in new production and refining
capacity. We had a period not too long ago, just 10 years ago, when oil was
$10. Everybody thought the prices would keep going down, so there was not a
lot of investment in new production and refining. By the early part of this
decade, that underinvestment began to haunt us.
"The third thing is we've had rising geopolitical risk. We've had problems
in places like Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Venezuela, even Russia, you could argue.
There have been issues that have come up over the past few years that have
tended to constrain oil production.
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Author: BigbazzaBigbazza
Date: May 27, 2008 19:22
To be greatly admired for 'Real' commitment, Robert....Not many around these
days with that type of go in them...
Bigbazza (Barry) Oz
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Author: JD CooperJD Cooper
Date: May 27, 2008 18:49
Baba Mung wrote:
> The government is preparing to scrap Britain's entire arsenal of cluster
> bombs in the face of a growing clamour against weapons that have killed and
> maimed hundreds of innocent civilians.
wow! if russia, china, india, pakistan and the US aren't gonna sign
on... what is the fucking point?
gee! now if we can determine a way to distinguish between "innocent
civilians" (armed and deadly) and armed combatants we will have a good deal.
fucking lunatic liberals!
JD
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Author: CharlieCharlie
Date: May 27, 2008 18:34
On May 27, 5:42Â pm, "Baba Mung" redyonder.co.uk> wrote:> The government is preparing to scrap Britain's entire arsenal of cluster
> bombs in the face of a growing clamour against weapons that have killed and
> maimed hundreds of innocent civilians.
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> Officials are paving the way for the unexpected and radical step at talks in
> Dublin on an international treaty aimed at a worldwide ban on the bombs.
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> Well-placed sources made clear yesterday that despite opposition from the
> military, the government is prepared to get rid of the cluster munitions in
> Britain's armoury: the lsraeli-designed M85 artillery weapon used during the
> 2003 invasion of Iraq and in attacks on Lebanon two years ago; and the M73,
> part of a weapons system for Apache helicopters.
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> "The prime minister is very much behind this process and wants us to sign
> [the treaty]", a senior Foreign Office source said yesterday...Article 1 of
> the planned treaty, due to be signed in Oslo in early December, prohibits
> i say how he feels aboutassistance with the use, transfer and stockpiling of cluster
> munitions........
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