John W. wrote:

> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>John W. wrote:
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>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cft11n$apb$5@news.Stanford.EDU>...
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>>>>John W. <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cfrvop$jb9$3@news.Stanford.EDU>...
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>>>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>John W. wrote:
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>>>>>>>Because he's a rich fat cat?
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>>>>>>Naw, cause he's an idiot draft-dodger.
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>>>>>Increasingly I'm prone to believing he isn't as big of an idiot as he
>>>>>sometimes appears. If he was, he wouldn't have been able to get past
>>>>>the primaries, much less actually get elected.
>>>>
>>>>In many respects, he's not so much stupid, as lazy. He doesn't think
>>>>through the consequences of his actions, and expects to charm (or
>>>>"lead", if you will) his way out of any problems.
>>>>
>>>>And being a "true believer", he cannot understand much of his
>>>>opposition.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ignoring Reagan comments, I'd say that's a fair assessment. One thing
>>>I love about not having Cable is that for the most part I get a
>>>reasonable view of the news since I am forced to actually go get it
>>>and not have it forced upon me. I personally will probably never watch
>>>Farenheit since a lot of the things in the movie (the things that have
>>>made the press, that is) I already know from just paying attention to
>>>the news. It's sad that Moore is considered by some to have presented
>>>eye-opening stuff, but as Ted Koppell (sp) pointed out on NPR
>>>yesterday morning some of those stories had already been done (and
>>>ignored) by the mainstream. If you're not yelling the story at someone
>>>these days I guess it's not news.
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>>OMG THE AFGHAN WAR WAS TO BUILD AN OIL PIPELINE!!!11!! NO BLOOD FOR
>>OIL!!!1!!
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> See, now that you've appropriately yelled the message I believe it's gospel.

Just checking to see if that was one of the things you learned from the
news and thus didn't need Michael Moore to tell you.

> (And you don't think the 'blood for oil' actually has anything to do with Afghanistan, do
> you?)

I don't think 'blood for oil' has anything to do with anything. But hey,
they've been shouting that since Vietnam. Yes, 'no blood for oil' has
been shouted in response to every US military action since Vietnam. They
would have shouted it in response to Grenada, but they didn't have
enough time.

> John W.

- Kevin