Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Two thousand isn't much to spend on a dog, considering some people will
> spend that much on a TV. Hell, it's only money.

Yeah, but would you spend that much on a used TV when a new one of the same
type might only be $200?

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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---snippy---
>
> being "smart" doesnt mean that you arent totally and completely
> ignorant to areas in which you have no experience.

But it doesn't mean that we are. And it doesn't mean that we don't have
that "experience", that you seem to think you have monopoly on. I think we
have enough experience of ignorant redneck yokels between us, to be able to
see what is ahead for you. Have a nice trip, but watch out for the fall.
>
> ......anyway, i got a late start today because my original planned
> camping spot is under 3' of snow so im headed south instead. see
> you guys tomorrow.
>
Snow camping is cool.

Earle

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:nYt2g.41$b26.5682@news.uswest.net...
---snippy---
>
> being "smart" doesnt mean that you arent totally and completely
> ignorant to areas in which you have no experience.

But it doesn't mean that we are. And it doesn't mean that we don't have
that "experience", that you seem to think you have monopoly on. I think we
have enough experience of ignorant redneck yokels between us, to be able to
see what is ahead for you. Have a nice trip, but watch out for the fall.
>
> ......anyway, i got a late start today because my original planned
> camping spot is under 3' of snow so im headed south instead. see
> you guys tomorrow.
>
Snow camping is cool.

Earle

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:nYt2g.41$b26.5682@news.uswest.net...
---snippy---
>
> being "smart" doesnt mean that you arent totally and completely
> ignorant to areas in which you have no experience.

But it doesn't mean that we are. And it doesn't mean that we don't have
that "experience", that you seem to think you have monopoly on. I think we
have enough experience of ignorant redneck yokels between us, to be able to
see what is ahead for you. Have a nice trip, but watch out for the fall.
>
> ......anyway, i got a late start today because my original planned
> camping spot is under 3' of snow so im headed south instead. see
> you guys tomorrow.
>
Snow camping is cool.

Earle

Re: the reported bear attack
 

<Matt Osborn> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:09:00 -0600, "Earle Horton"
> <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote:
>
> >The whole thing hinges on
> >how you define a "child".
>
> Absolute, illogical nonsense. A child (any life, actually) is what it
> is regardless of any definition. Definitions are conceptual not
> actual.
>
> Worse, such logical contortions never improve civilization, quite to
> the contrary they reduce life to whatever we want it to be. Does
> gulag ring any bells? How about killing fields? Holocausts?
>
It doesn't matter whether you think it is logical or not. What matters, is
what the congress, various state legislatures, and the supreme courts have
to say about it. And "definitions", which you seem not to like, perhaps
because you can't provide one, are the stuff out of which laws are made.

Earle

Re: the reported bear attack
 

<Matt Osborn> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:09:00 -0600, "Earle Horton"
> <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote:
>
> >The whole thing hinges on
> >how you define a "child".
>
> Absolute, illogical nonsense. A child (any life, actually) is what it
> is regardless of any definition. Definitions are conceptual not
> actual.
>
> Worse, such logical contortions never improve civilization, quite to
> the contrary they reduce life to whatever we want it to be. Does
> gulag ring any bells? How about killing fields? Holocausts?
>
It doesn't matter whether you think it is logical or not. What matters, is
what the congress, various state legislatures, and the supreme courts have
to say about it. And "definitions", which you seem not to like, perhaps
because you can't provide one, are the stuff out of which laws are made.

Earle

Re: the reported bear attack
 

<Matt Osborn> wrote in message
news:j2ok42drnu4f1fj5atglb9g2fa8f7ucgf3@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:09:00 -0600, "Earle Horton"
> <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote:
>
> >The whole thing hinges on
> >how you define a "child".
>
> Absolute, illogical nonsense. A child (any life, actually) is what it
> is regardless of any definition. Definitions are conceptual not
> actual.
>
> Worse, such logical contortions never improve civilization, quite to
> the contrary they reduce life to whatever we want it to be. Does
> gulag ring any bells? How about killing fields? Holocausts?
>
It doesn't matter whether you think it is logical or not. What matters, is
what the congress, various state legislatures, and the supreme courts have
to say about it. And "definitions", which you seem not to like, perhaps
because you can't provide one, are the stuff out of which laws are made.

Earle

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> while sucking our economy dry. their children flood our schools while
they
> arent paying property taxes. they get free health care while not paying
> into social security, or any income tax for that matter. theyre drawing
> welfare, medicare, food stamps, and we're footing the bill for it. is
there
> really any wonder why we're in such economic trouble?

Just goes to show you that our current tax system is --------... We should
go to a strict consumption based tax system... Basically a national sales
tax on everything... Sooner or later, either you or your heirs will buy
something with your money and it gets taxed at that point...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:Jjs2g.22$b26.4111@news.uswest.net...
> while sucking our economy dry. their children flood our schools while
they
> arent paying property taxes. they get free health care while not paying
> into social security, or any income tax for that matter. theyre drawing
> welfare, medicare, food stamps, and we're footing the bill for it. is
there
> really any wonder why we're in such economic trouble?

Just goes to show you that our current tax system is --------... We should
go to a strict consumption based tax system... Basically a national sales
tax on everything... Sooner or later, either you or your heirs will buy
something with your money and it gets taxed at that point...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:Jjs2g.22$b26.4111@news.uswest.net...
> while sucking our economy dry. their children flood our schools while
they
> arent paying property taxes. they get free health care while not paying
> into social security, or any income tax for that matter. theyre drawing
> welfare, medicare, food stamps, and we're footing the bill for it. is
there
> really any wonder why we're in such economic trouble?

Just goes to show you that our current tax system is --------... We should
go to a strict consumption based tax system... Basically a national sales
tax on everything... Sooner or later, either you or your heirs will buy
something with your money and it gets taxed at that point...