Whoops, eviljimi, they did mention you guys (you're from the Antipodes, one of them, right?)
"Right now, America and Britain are taking action, almost alone."
There ya go.
And that's PUBLIC television and all.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Caroma - Apr 03, 2003 7:54:43 pm PST #3105 of 9843
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evil jimi - Apr 03, 2003 7:55:58 pm PST #3106 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Little Johnnie = Prime Minister John Howard
Idiot Alex = Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer
I believe the only reason we're in the war is b/c these two fuckwits fancy themselves as more important on the world's stage, than they clearly are. Both are too stupid to notice Dubya and his cronies, laughing at them behind their backs.
Caroma - Apr 03, 2003 8:08:04 pm PST #3107 of 9843
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If it makes you feel any better, I don't think they're laughing at them behind their backs. Or to their faces. You really don't hear much about them up here since the Bali attack.
Your foreign minister is named Downer? OMFG!
BTW, I've noticed not much overt support of the war but a quiet undercurrent of happiness here in NY that Saddam will soon be gone, because even though he didn't have anything to do with 9/11 it'll be one less source of money for those Islamofacist bastards in the world. Does anybody who supports the war down there, or at least doesn't mind it that much, cite Bali? From what I heard it was almost as bad a blow as 9/11 was to us.
evil jimi - Apr 03, 2003 8:23:34 pm PST #3108 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Yeah, Bali has become our September 11, thanks entirely to the media and the politicians. It was a terrible, terrible tragedy but it was not comparable to September 11, for one simple reason: September 11 was directly targetting America but the Bali bombing was targetting foreigners. Our pollies and media have really hyped the fact 90+ Australians were killed in the blasts but despite what they would have us believe, the terrorists were not solely targetting Aussies. There were Americans at those clubs and I believe they were the primary targets. Australians were "nothing more" than "collateral damage".
Caroma - Apr 03, 2003 9:06:27 pm PST #3109 of 9843
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Wow, in a way that's worse than being the targets. But I thought the Al-Qaeda operatives were locals? You'd think they'd know the composition of folks at those particular clubs.
Consuela - Apr 03, 2003 9:38:29 pm PST #3110 of 9843
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Damn, I missed the rutabaga discussion.
Nutty, as a New Englander you'll appreciate my befuddlement at finding NO TURNIPS in California. Only these tiny things they called rutabagas. You can't get a fullsized turnip for love or money here.
Caroma - Apr 03, 2003 9:44:34 pm PST #3111 of 9843
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My grandpa used to mix his turnips and mashed potatoes. I felt it was an insult to both.
DXMachina - Apr 03, 2003 9:49:38 pm PST #3112 of 9843
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
My grandpa used to mix his turnips and mashed potatoes. I felt it was an insult to both.
My mom did that. Still didn't mask the fact that there were frelling turnips in the potatoes.
Caroma - Apr 03, 2003 9:53:55 pm PST #3113 of 9843
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DX, she wouldn't do it before she served them, would she? At least Grandpa kept the desecration to his own plate.
Noumenon - Apr 03, 2003 10:15:30 pm PST #3114 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
And I'm addicted to Quorn.
Next to "tofurkey" and "mock duck," "Quorn" sounds like a meat substitute for corn. For carnivores.
Is this the right time to extol the virtues of deep fried Mars Bar?
I hear that in Australia, Mars Bars are known as "Cloud 9." That's my unamerican factoid for the day.