HAPPY D-DAY, EVERYONE !

@panzade,

panzade wrote:

Yes FM, the Russians helped to secure the success of D Day
and so did Hitler who refused to mobilize his large reserves nearby.

Dr. Theodor Morell does not get as much credit
for winning the war as he deserves.

We shud raise our glasses to his memory on D-Day.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

we called them "allies" before we called them enemies.

Youre an old man, so you should remember first hand all that stuff called history. When did you become so embittered and obsessed ?
I think youd make an interesting case study

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

It seems to me my Lord that the most fitting memorial to those people
who were killed, injured and bereaved (a knife in a mother's heart for life)
would be to show that we at least learned something from the sacrifice.

The most important thing might be to tone down the belligerence
and the "in your face, what you gonna do about it then" jingoistic claptrap
we are getting so much of but which is so attractive to the henpecked and bosspecked and powerless.

OK, Spendius: we got it!
U prefer the school of thought
that Neville Chamberlain brought to
the Munich negotiations, in consequence whereof
he achieved "Peace in Our Time." From that, I dissent.

I approve of Churchill 's vu of the situation. (He was 1/2 American.)

David

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

we called them "allies" before we called them enemies.

Youre an old man, so you should remember first hand all that stuff called history.
When did you become so embittered and obsessed ?

Thru out the years of the 3rd World War
from May 8th, 1945 until Christmas of 1991. That 's when.
Tho I have always been an optimist by nature,
I thought that because of the disloyalty of Roosevelt-Kennedy liberals,
(who felt a subtle, sexy-like allure from the commies)
we 'd lose the war and be conquered by the communists.
The evil of the commies, the terror, the pain,
the authoritarian degradation surpassed ineffability.
Unlike the National Socialists, the commies did not declare war on us
(not openly, not officially; thay were sneaky). We knew what thay did to their victims.

The liberals were communist-apologists.
Thay never shared our lust for personal liberty and Individualism.
Thay still don t. That 's Y thay vote for authoritarianism and collectivism:
the antithesis of Americanism.

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HAPPY D-DAY, AGAIN, EVERYONE!!!

Today is June 6th, 2O14!

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

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Yea, we dont want too much of that.

Aaahh!! A chink in your armour eh?

I don't think anybody wants too much of anything.

So you are just like the rest of us after all.

Do you want a referee or not?

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

Quote:
Yea, we dont want too much of that.

Aaahh!! A chink in your armour eh?

I don't think anybody wants too much of anything.

So you are just like the rest of us after all.

Do you want a referee or not?

I am not a 1OO% anarchist, but almost !

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

So you are almost an enemy of the State then?

You are 100% silly moocow Dave.

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@spendius,

There was an item on Newsnight yesterday providing details of 700 US dead practicing a landing on a beach in Devon. Mostly drowned.

It seems that the destroyer protecting the rehearsal for Utah with withdrawn and German patrol boats moved in. The population and livestock in many square miles around that beach were evacuated for over 12 months.

It was hushed up and only came to light in the mid '80s as a result of a beachcomber finding large numbers of cartridge cases and other stuff.

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@spendius,

One wit said that everybody was having so much fun at the festivities that it was like Glastonbury.

I bet Obarmy is glad to be away from the Oval Office.

I wondered how much a pint must cost.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

So you are almost an enemy of the State then?

Yes. (Referring to America):
the relationship between our employee, government,
and its owner & creator, the citizens, is ADVERSARIAL.
Our employee is very aware of that, and it acts accordingly, resenting the Boss.

We owe it to ourselves to keep our hireling in subjection.
Keep it on a short leash, like a watchdog.
When we speak of government, our chosen words
shud be rife with contempt, disdain and derision, to keep the damned thing in its place.

I hesitate to comment on government in England
because the relationships there are not the same as we have them.

David

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@spendius,

What is "Glastonbury" ?

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@OmSigDAVID,

That's what the grockles call it, we locals call it Pilton.

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@izzythepush,

What 's a grockle ?

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@spendius,

I've been there at the 50th anniversary. It really was a bit like Glastonbury with a touch of Notting Hill Carnival and a lot of Goodwood Revival.

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@OmSigDAVID,

Not a local.

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@OmSigDAVID,

Quote:

What is "Glastonbury" ?

It's a two-day (I think) music festival in some dump in southern England which usually entails mooching about in the mud, listening to crap music and shagging in tents.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

Quote:
What is "Glastonbury" ?

It's a two-day (I think) music festival in some dump in southern England
which usually entails mooching about in the mud, listening to crap music and shagging in tents.

Thank u.

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

David, forget your, (all too American,) obsession with the Royal Family.
For all the pomp and circumstance, the Queen is nothing but a figurehead,
she has very little power. All real/important decisions are made in the, (elected,) House Of Commons.

Most people, (unless given a day off work for some Royal anniversary
or other, in which case they're incredibly patriotic,) feel about the
Royal Family the same way you feel about the Post Office.
It fulfils a purpose, probably best leaving alone, that's about it.

Understood. I did not mean to be anti-monarchical.
My reference to the Prince was a feeble effort at humor, or oblique sarcasm.
I have NO IDEA of his philosophy qua self defense
or of English law that curtails it, so that English victims
(legally) have less ability to defend themselves.

I disapprove of the Quaker or the Amish radical pacifism
against self defense. I hope that u still have the legal freedom
to defend yourselves, tho I 'm not so sure of that.

David

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@izzythepush,

Sorry for the delay in response, Izzy.
I only just found this post.

izzythepush wrote:

What is wrong, isn't that the policeman confiscated the knife,
but that he didn't fill out the necessary paperwork back at the station.
The crime, if there is one, ( the brother in law may have gone to the
wrong police station/given, perhaps inadvertently, the wrong details,)
occurred AFTER the event.

The crime was ROBBERY,
the same as if he 'd stolen his watch or his wallet.

Robbers can write out whatever thay want
(sometimes, thay even video tape their robberies or beatings, in progress)
as trophies. That does not retro-actively absolve nor void the crime.

Suppose that the poor fellow had robbed the police officer
of his wallet or of his shoes ???? and then he went home with the loot and wrote about it in his diary ??

Does that writing justify it???

David

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