Captain Oates

There is "something of the night" about him
W may have been stupid but at least he wasn't sinister

There is "something of the night" about him
W may have been stupid but at least he wasn't sinister

There is "something of the night" about him
W may have been stupid but at least he wasn't sinister

You need to get off that sheep farm

What if Perry comes out of the closet before then ?
He should

I will go with that 100%
But the republicans hate any form of government other than as a vehicle for paying the military and buying its equipment
I want safe medicines/safe skies/safe air and clean water and universal healthcare - all of which are provided or ensured by government
I want planning restrictions on my neighbors so they don't open an all night pole dancing club - that's government
Good government is VERY desirable
These wild westers must have no imagination of how bad life can be without good government
They really are cave men

The number of people killed by beer glasses is a real problem and there is hardly enough space left to bury them all in the yookay. Even plastic glasses are dangerous and I would be in favor of rice paper pint glasses and rubber floors in pubs
I don't know what a round knife is - is it something like a chocolate fireguard ?

The UK has the mind set that even if 1% of people are left without healthcare, that is not acceptable
Same with the 1% of people killed with tazers
It's a deep essential difference in the cultural make up of the two countries
The Brits don't sacrifice individuals for the good of the majority. The US does.
the Brits would rather be poorer as a whole than leave one person behind
Its the thinking that gave birth to the NHS

The men at my last gun club wanted to machine gun Mexicans swimming the river
I said "what about the kids"
they said "Kill them too"
They subscribe to the urban myth that anyone who is not a USC has no rights and can be beaten, raped, enslaved or killed quite legally
I know - its a Republican thing

The men at my last gun club wanted to machine gun Mexicans swimming the river
I said "what about the kids"
they said "Kill them too"
They subscribe to the urban myth that anyone who is not a USC has no rights and can be beaten, raped, enslaved or killed quite legally
I know - its a Republican thing

Spell "ancient" correctly

I was going to say that Barack Obama and Colin Powell show that African Americans can be wonderful upstanding citizens - then I realized they are both nearly white - so bad examples ! Heck Mohammed Ali and Oprah are nearly white too - drat !
ok let me start again - there are many fine black people so they DONT have to be that way. I cant apportion blame but when you move house and turn your cat loose in the street, it become feral and wild. When all the other neighbors kick it, and throw water at it, it makes it worse. That's what happened in 1865
I cant blame the cat, only the 'owner' and that's what they were - they were owners
So no I don't cut ANY slack for ANY criminal, but white people did cause the initial damage, and just because we have evaded the consequences for 150 years doesn't mean the damage is repaired
I don't believe in positive discrimination but I do believe in improving everyone's situations and getting those guns away from the disaffected youth would greatly help

If you had the experience of living in both, as I have, you would find out that the US does some things better than the UK and some things worse
The UK does some things better than the US and some things worse
The rejection of EVERYTHING foreign is something that many Americans hold to, and they are the poorer for it in so many ways
I have worked in the UK and the US and Paris and Munich and I found admirable things in all those places - and things I really disliked in all those places
Its a curious thing that this statement is unacceptable in much of US society which claims to be the best in all things, and 'less than ideal' in nothing
... and yet in the workplace we are all trained to criticize every method and to tear it down and rebuild it - constant improvement KAIZEN !
Its only when it come to matters of society that everything must be frozen in 1776... Me and the whole world find that so peculiar - and almost an act of 'self-harm'

There is only one thing wrong with America and that is those Americans who are satisfied with everything and never want it to progress and become ever better
If there had been a VJ in those days, they would have been on this forum - they would have criticized people who wanted an end to slavery, and votes for women, and have social security and medicare and medicaid
I see myself as a first class citizen of the USA because I always want it to be better.
To make something better, you have to look at it, rate it (criticize it) as improvable and want to change it for the better
When I first arrived in the US I was dismayed at the contempt and hatred that my views attracted. Not a day went past when I wasn't told to go back so my voice could be silenced (what price the 1st ?). Now I know better and there is a huge percentage of the US that thinks like me. In fact they are in the majority (not on VJ P&R)
Hence President Obama
I don't know why these people don't all go to South Carolina and then secede

I like to describe the UK situation because it gives contrast to any discussion on social issues, one of which is guns
I have had at least a target rifle since I was 17. I have taken advantage of the US conditions and bought lots of toys but all for the purpose of target shooting. I even refuse to shoot at targets of Moslem Women's heads in the way my fellow Americans do
I have to admit that I like to collect authorizations so I do have a Washington concealed license and now I have a Wisconsin one
However, I have never strutted round the streets with a gun or aggressively tailgated someone on the highway in a pick up truck with a gun ready to use
I guess you could say I have failed to assimilate.
I think it's time to follow the UK in calling in all hand guns (including mine)
People who want to hunt or shoot targets can use shotguns or rifles
There is no doubt that American Inner Cities could be very much improved by this measure
It doesn't run foul of the 2nd amendment as it is only a change of 'type' - after all, machine guns are a 'type' and are already severely restricted
Of course it would require an effort on the part of hand gun owners to do something real and un-selfish for the benefit of their country.

I take it you are not in favor of anyone attempting to convince other people of what they believe
What would such a person be doing posting in VJ P&R ?

Single people have more time to sit down and think logically - that is why they vote Democrat
Married people spend their time trying to avoid being scolded by their spouses - and like every victim of abuse, when they get the chance to get their own back on this cruel life, they vote for a hate party
They are Republicans

abe lincoln ?
he went out and freed the slaves just to get the southerners angry
That's when the southerners were democrats
Abe was a confused republican and what they call "Off message" nowadays
The southerners were so angry they decided to become republicans and wreck it from the inside
When the northerners saw that happening, they became democrats coz they didn't want to be in the same party as the Southerners
Glenn told me

You won't believe my new handle come October when I am allowed it
In the first war, the Germans put up a sign "gott mit uns" (god with us)
The English put up a sign "We have got mittens too !"

Single people have more time to sit down and think logically - that is why they vote Democrat
Married people spend their time trying to avoid being scolded by their spouses - and like every victim of abuse, when they get the chance to get their own back on this cruel life, they vote for a hate party
They are Republicans

Single people have more time to sit down and think logically - that is why they vote Democrat
Married people spend their time trying to avoid being scolded by their spouses - and like every victim of abuse, when they get the chance to get their own back on this cruel life, they vote for a hate party
They are Republicans

I take it you are not in favor of anyone attempting to convince other people of what they believe
What would such a person be doing posting in VJ P&R ?

Single people have more time to sit down and think logically - that is why they vote Democrat
Married people spend their time trying to avoid being scolded by their spouses - and like every victim of abuse, when they get the chance to get their own back on this cruel life, they vote for a hate party
They are Republicans

I say - that's awfully sporting
I almost got banned from Canada. When I couldn't enter the states because my visa was pending, she would fly to Toronto from Milwaukee and we would meet there for the weekend
A Japanese looking border control lady asked me why I wanted to come to Canada for 3 days
I told her I wanted to use her country for sex with my fiance
she looked like she was sucking a lemon and I resolved to say something different the next time
We did it (Toronto) 3 times - 3 weekends
Excellent homeless people - a source of endless amusement
and those people with the bells - jesters ? - no lepers !

Perhaps you are saying that at least Islam is better than mumbo jumbo bongo bongo as a belief system ?
Are you sure you are taking this the right way because soon you will be saying its better to cut their throats than stick em in a cooking pot with carrots and onions while banging on a bloody great drum and making lulululullu noises
You sound like an american, bragging that their country is better than the Sudan as far as math is concerned
Comparisons are odious