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From: mower man on 30 Jun 2010 20:21 Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember mower man <nospam(a)f2s.com> saying > something like: Have you ever read the book you so boringly quote? And how old are you? That may seem irrelevant, but believe me it isn't. > >> It was the motive behind the war that most infuriates me. Big fat greedy >> capitalist USA tries to stop the rise of Communism. Again. > > The irony was, Uncle Ho wasn't really all that interested in being a > Commie - he just took what help he could get in kicking the Frogs out, > then the Septics, but by that time it kind of ran away with itself. Agreed. The French got out in the best way. Give it up, something the Yanks cannot ever face up to and didn't. > As far as the vast majority of Vietnamese were concerned, they just > wanted their country back and the 20th Century interlopers were just > another set of foreigners trying to take their country away from them - > the Chinese had tried it before and got their arses kicked eventually; > several times. As did the big fat capitalist USA get their arses kicked. Three cheers for that! Kerouac is dead. But... -- Chris I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 30 Jun 2010 20:46 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> saying something like: >I suspect that the lack of formal war status was just an easy way for the >merkins to "legally" throw unlimited resources at it And don't forget the MIC - the military had all sorts of sophisticated new toys in the 60s they hadn't had the chance to try out on real live targets. The Korean 'Police Action' was basically just a rehash of WW2 crudeness so a real live conflict with new kit was just what the doctor ordered. The defence contractors were rubbing their hands with glee and shoving brown envelopes into every politico's back pocket they could reach, with promises of jobs for life after retiring from political drudgery as a reward for services rendered.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 30 Jun 2010 20:52 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember mower man <nospam(a)f2s.com> saying something like: >Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: >> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >> drugs began to take hold. I remember mower man <nospam(a)f2s.com> saying >> something like: > >Have you ever read the book you so boringly quote? Yes. > And how old are you? Easy for you to find out, if you have a clue. >That may seem irrelevant, but believe me it isn't. It is, utterly.
From: Berf on 1 Jul 2010 02:57 Grimly Curmudgeon wrote > >Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > >> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > >> drugs began to take hold. I remember mower man <nospam(a)f2s.com> saying > >> something like: > > > >Have you ever read the book you so boringly quote? > > Yes. > > > And how old are you? > > Easy for you to find out, if you have a clue. > > >That may seem irrelevant, but believe me it isn't. > > It is, utterly. > I was cheering for The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea. And since they are on average 4" shorter than the average South Korean, and I'm 6' 3", I would be worshipped as a giant in that democracy, and I would be looked up to as a Super Star! I'm convinced. I'm moving! Word is that the leader has a substantial collection of Hollywood DVD's!
From: CT on 1 Jul 2010 04:06
Two Dogs wrote: > The least British Petroleum could have done was wear a condom. *sigh* It's "BP". It's not been "British Petroleum" since they merged with Amoco (US), then bought Arco (US) and Burmah (UK). > Their track record with safety issues has been abysmal. Can't argue with that, though. -- Chris |