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There's a huge threat from terrorists. Unfortunately, they won the elections, and now they're busy dive-bombing the Statutes of Liberty. Or something like that. :-)

Cheers, James Arthur

Me, too!

...Jim Thompson

I delight in he fact that the Islamic terrorists are into big shows... so only the coasts are vulnerable... everything else is boondocks, except for perhaps Chicago and St. Louis... so nothing we'd really miss. And just think of the number of leftist weenies residing there ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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Or so the resident wingnut tells us.

-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Sorry, since its bull s*it it doesn't help.

Except it isn't bull s*it. Wait until "Uncle Sugardaddy" raises your taxes, your electric bill and the cost of gasoline thru various "crap and trade" frauds.

I can't hardly cope anymore... all this orgasmic Schadenfreude is exhausting ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Definitely not a state agency. If you personally know the owner of a gunshop and know he generally tells the truth, ask him about more frequent BATF visits and what they are now looking for. It would be interesting to see what the difference is. Am curious; please let me (and us?) know.

I can't let you do that--she looks way too dangerous. You wait there, I'll go in first...

Cheers, James Arthur

Age before beauty ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Will do. I've decided it would be wise to modernize my armament (and training). My oldest son has agreed to take me "shopping" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Look up the term "ass clown" on google...

James Arthur wrote in news:mp2Kl.1386$ snipped-for-privacy@nwrddc01.gnilink.net:

Ah,denial of the facts. WTC-ONE and 9-11 clearly showed there IS a definite threat from terrorists.

Yes,the Leftist Weenies of Socialism(LWS) are assuredly terrorists. They force their politics on everyone else,and are the clear foes of freedom and prosperity. As demonstrated by history.

(and they DARE to call themselves "progressives"! Progressive tyrannists and oppressors,more accurately.

Jim Thompson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Hell,they intend to make the automobile extinct.They know electric isn't practical,and they also are blocking electric generation by coal and nuclear(nuclear makes no carbon),the only practical methods for the massive amounts of electric power needed to power electric autos,in addition to the current demands....that coal provides HALF our power,and nuclear another

since they refuse to provide for the necessary power increase,their ONLY alternative is to do without personal transpo. Get ready to ride the bus,live in a smaller,colder home,and have a lower standard of living.

THAT is what they have planned for us.

Jim Thompson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I suggest scoped "hunting" rifles for starters; they'll come in handy for supplying food,in the coming revolt,and keeping away the Huns.

something like .300 Winchester Short Magnum. or at LEAST .308 cal.

Do a little research; it's all on the web. It's all official stuff. The videos of Barney Frank aren't faked.

But you'd use your time better looking for something useful to do, instead of pontificating on American politics.

I'm trying to design super-low noise, super-high input impedance wideband amplifiers to work in UHV, most of which I've never done before. Do something useful, and maybe you'll be less cranky.

John

Cue 'The world's smallest violin' and get ready for another re-run of 'When I saved Cambridge Instruments'.

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The Republican idea of "reform" was to stop lending money to mmembers of minority groups who lived in low-income neighbourhoods. The reform that was really needed was to stop the banks lending money to people who weren't going to pay it back - the infamous ninja loans.

James Arthur - and the bankers that he apologises for - still hasn't worked out that there are some members of minority groups living in low income neighbourhoods who are good credit risks, and won't borrow more money than they can pay bank. The bankers did have the rational - if self-destructive - excuse that running the credit checks needed to identify these deserving borrowers took time, and required them to reject some potential borrowers, thus cutting down the numbers of home loans that they could churn out in a day.

-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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I don't recall ever claiming that I "saved" Cambridge Instruments. The had quite a few engineers working for them, and half of us seemed to spend a fair bit of our time cleaning up after the other half.

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You are peddling James Arthur's view of the situation. In fact the U.S. government did want the banks to lend to people in higher risk groups - which is to say members of minrities who lived in low-income neighbourhoods - and accepted that this was going to lead to a somewhat higher proportion of defaults than the banks had been used to, and subsidised the loans to cover this.

This is a long way short of "forcing the banks" to write ninja loans to to people who everybody knew couldn't afford to pay them back - basically, the banks were too lazy and irresponsible to run the thorough credit checks that would have made it possible for them to make home loans to only those members of the high risk groups who were likely to pay them back. That would have taken time and effort, and depleted the pool of potential borrowers, who naturally preferred to borrow from lenders who were willing to lend them money without asking them lots of tedious questions and making them hang around until their stories had been checked out.

True, but the banks were prepared to lend against the bubble-boosted value of the properties, which has to be pretty stupid.

Actually, Uncle Sugardady is using your money to prevent the consequences of the banker's irresponsible behaviour from tanking the economy for a couple of years - unemployment went up to 25% during the Great Depression, and stayed there for a few years.

Nobody wants to have to bail out the banks, but not bailing out the banks makes the situation a whole lot worse.

-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen