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07-02-2004, 12:52 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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obfuscatory...(as in "eschew obfuscatory verbiage")
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07-02-2004, 01:03 PM
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Quote:
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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07-05-2004, 12:02 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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lanolin...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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07-05-2004, 08:37 PM
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Location: Northeast Jesusland
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obloquy
<ol><li>Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny: <i>"I have had enough obloquy for one lifetime"(Anthony Eden). </i></li> <li>condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute. </li></ol> (Greetings from Vegas, Babies!!! Back to semi-regular posting Sunday or Monday.)
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07-06-2004, 12:38 PM
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comfortably numb...
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necromancer...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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07-07-2004, 11:12 AM
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Adrift
Location: Wandering in the Desert of Life
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kapok - the silky down that invests the seeds of a tropical silk-cotton tree, used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, accoustical insulation...
edited because I do not read very well.
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07-07-2004, 12:31 PM
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comfortably numb...
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kinetoscope...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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07-08-2004, 05:23 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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ebonize...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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