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".
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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evil jimi - Apr 03, 2003 8:23:34 pm PST #3108 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
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.
P.M. Marc - Apr 03, 2003 10:21:17 pm PST #3115 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I hear that in Australia, Mars Bars are known as "Cloud 9." That's my unamerican factoid for the day.
UK/Canadian Mars Bars are like USian Milky Way bars, only better.
US Mars Bars are like (Canadian) Mars with Almonds, but they seem to have been rebranded Snickers With Almonds.
Caroma - Apr 03, 2003 10:21:45 pm PST #3116 of 9843
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I want to try a deep-fried Twinkie. I know they have them in Brooklyn somewhere. I must quest.
Heh. Ted Koppel, looking silly in an admittedly needed helmet, is broadcasting from the tarmac at Saddam International. I'm beginning to really think that its namesake is chatting with Stalin in Hell right now. I'm betting that the reporters or troops have a pool on when they'll find the solid proof.
Trudy Booth - Apr 03, 2003 10:27:41 pm PST #3117 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
it'll be one less source of money for those Islamofacist bastards in the world
I'm sure the Saudis can manage solo.
Why Mars bars I've always wondered.