🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: dfw.general
Article #3222

Re: Warning Warning Warning: Federal Internment Camps Coming

#3222
From: Grumpy AuContraire
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:20
46 lines
3327 bytes

tom spillman wrote:

> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> 
>>
>>>  Apparently, they don't remember the Carter administration's results 
>>> during the Arab boycott of the 1970's. Remember the gasoline 
>>> shortages and long lines at the service stations?
>>>
>>
>> The Arab boycott occurred during the Nixon administration shortly 
>> after the Six Day War (I believe in 1973).
>>
>> I believe the shortage you are describing was the result of Iranian 
>> cut off of supplies following the Islamic revolution in 1978 which was 
>> during the Carter administration which I consider by far the worst in 
>> modern history.
>>
> 
> You're correct.  I shouldn't have been careless on my time line. 
> However, it doesn't change my comment that price controls and excess 
> profits taxes are counter productive.
> 
>>
>> Oh, I do find the possibly of one bright face on the horizon in the 
>> persona of Fred Thompson...
>>
>>
> 
> Certainly a possibility.  However, I'll need to know more about *actual* 
> proposed policies and *accomplishments* than I know now.  His senate 
> record was unspectacular.  If he decides to run, you can be sure between 
> the media and his opponents we'll learn much more...
>


A six year stint in the Senate could not be more than mediocre and you 
might recall his reason for not running for reelection was "boredom."

I don't think that I could last even that long dealing with idiots.

So far, I reflect favorably on every position expressed so far...

JT
Technical Details
Message-ID: <hoF8i.52243$Sa4.25902@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail
References: <1180564934.356628.109200@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> <Pine.WNT.4.64.0706010933030.13496@jmayson-wxp.cisco.com> <4660d61b$0$16682$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> <spc363p9t2g7lr2pr1sbdb062um44mqmt8@4ax.com> <uoc563lj9l9mr5sib8ehf57d2vv71ptm98@4ax.com> <4662d053$0$30610$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> <TMB8i.51738$Sa4.41745@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <4662ef8f$0$4731$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,dc8661088b12dc4e
X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,dc8661088b12dc4e
X-Google-Thread: 109097,dc8661088b12dc4e
X-Google-Thread: 101049,dc8661088b12dc4e
X-Google-Thread: 10675b,dc8661088b12dc4e
X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,gid10b82c,gid109097,gid101049,gid10675b,public,usenet
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail
From: Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060414
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: dfw.general,austin.general,houston.general,dc.general,nyc.general
Subject: Re: Warning Warning Warning:  Federal Internment Camps Coming
References: <1180564934.356628.109200@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> <Pine.WNT.4.64.0706010933030.13496@jmayson-wxp.cisco.com> <4660d61b$0$16682$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> <spc363p9t2g7lr2pr1sbdb062um44mqmt8@4ax.com> <uoc563lj9l9mr5sib8ehf57d2vv71ptm98@4ax.com> <4662d053$0$30610$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> <TMB8i.51738$Sa4.41745@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <4662ef8f$0$4731$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>
In-Reply-To: <4662ef8f$0$4731$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Lines: 48
Message-ID: <hoF8i.52243$Sa4.25902@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:20:29 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.69.144
X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net
X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1180902029 12.73.69.144 (Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:20:29 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:20:29 GMT
Organization: AT&T Worldnet