The HP Way

The leftists elite like to look down their noses at us country boys... just 'cause we talk "funny" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Our dear president, in a recent speech, gave the website name of a government entity that we could all log on to if we wished to help out in disaster relief. Unfortunately, he gave a shortened version of the name, leaving out the WWW prefix. Thus avoiding (perhaps due to astute coaching) the opportunity to record him saying "dubya-dubya-dubya".

I'm a country boy myself. In one high-school English class, our teacher said "Why do you say things like 'kayow' instead of 'cow'? Do you wnat everyone to think you are hicks?"

In unison (unrehearsed): "But we are!"

For some of my schoolmates, the big events of the year were the band and drum and bugle corps trip to the spring music festival parade in Burlington, and the annual Future Farmers convention in Barre.

In message , dated Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Frithiof Andreas Jensen writes

Like Iraq? (;-)

-- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try

John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

In message , dated Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Richard Henry writes

It's not only country boys; people from around London (excluding the true Cockneys, if they still exist; I think they're all Bangla these days) turn almost every vowel into three.

Ah, yes! I was in high school band, but never involved in FFA... but my granddaughters in Yuma are heavily into 4-H...

BTW: My daughter on the left (2nd page photo)... Republican Party Chair of Yuma County, and radio talk-show host of "Madeleine Monday" on KBLU ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Wasn't it Rumsfeld who said that he found weakness "provocative"?

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

In message , dated Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Spehro Pefhany writes

That excuse has been used by rapists. Not a wise thing to say.

Well of course evolution exists, but I don't claim to be better than the other critters, just different: I have better internet access. ;-)

Cheers, James Arthur

In message , dated Thu, 7 Sep 2006, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com writes

My point was that a number of our esteemed colleagues here say it doesn't, or that it may not.

If the Pope denies evolution, I'll accuse him of blasphemy by publicly belittling the powers of the deity he confesses.(;-)

Evolution is a superlatively intelligent design. The creation goes on creating itself, and you can sit back and relax for eternity.

I agree that evolution is superb, but not at all intelligent, it just happens.

Now where did I put that copy of the Blind Watchmaker?

martin

Like the Grand Vizier in many a tale?

Soon they'll be able to replace talking heads on TV. $16 million a year -- that's a lot of bananas!

In message , dated Thu, 7 Sep 2006, martin griffith writes

Quite, *evolution* is not intelligent. The point is that the Intelligent Design people, if they REALLY believed in an omnipotent Creator would see that such a being would most likely create a system that continued to create itself (by reproduction and evolution), once set in motion. By denying evolution, they belittle the powers, or the imagination, or the creativity of their postulated Creator. To the bonfire with them! (;-)

Yes of course--I've noted the debate. Surely though, the argument is over "natural selection" and the size, rate, effect, and mechanisms of mutation, rather than whether or not creatures evolve. They do.

Best, James Arthur

You deseve a beer :-)

martin

Creatures do not evolve. Species or lineages of creatures evolve.

Of course they do. And they evolve better and faster than random mutation and natural selection could support.

John

Hello Win,

And according to this morning's paper the DA is now trying to find out more about the process of snooping without a search warrant and without any authorization. I guess some folks have developed a few beads of sweat when learning that the DA might be breathing down their backs.

Yes. Their fundamental argument is, "God is not smarter than I am. So if I don't understand it, God couldn't have thought of it".