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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
I'm way more educated than a neonazi ****tard like you and I
know WHEN to use "proper" English and when to use a language more appropriate for usenet. If you knwo so much about proper English--which does not call for inverted commas--then outline the difference between the following words: While and whilst Among and amongst Compared to and compared with (Admittedly I already gave that away) Owing to and due to That should be enough to get you started. |
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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
Simon Elliott muttered....
Olivers writes Big H got the contracts not simply because there were no other proposers/bidders, but because no other companies would have been able to provide the services (it being somewhat unlikely that Schlumberger was going to win a contract). Why is that? The roars from Congress over the award of a contract to a firm with a large French family listed on the owners' sheet... TMO |
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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
Paolo Pizzi muttered....
Olivers wrote: Let's see....In the US we're paying less for gas than we did in the early 50s, and less for gas than we did in the early 80s "panic period". How many cars were in circulation in the 1950's? IDIOT!!! .....and just how does the number of cars on the road relate to the price of gas. In a logical sense, it ought to mean lower prices...less demand with supply in theory greater than demand. Unfortunately, the number of cars is not a "driver" of gasoline prices. Even the number of trucks, may times more now, hasn't changed the cost comparison of diesel fuel, and there was a essentially no demand other than military for Jet A/JP4/JP5 (essentially aviation kerosene) and its other counterparts for turbines back then. In the early 80s, there were certainly about as many cars on the road as today. Huge profits for the oil companies? Suuuure, no huge profits, they're charitable businesses... Companies make profits if they are well run. Large companies get that way making large profits. On a margin of sales basis oil compmaies are less profitable than several other types of businesses. ExxonMobil is probably still the world's largest companies and among the most profitable, but you and I can share in those profits. If oil companies are so profitable, buy shares in several. I do have some stock in a minor producing venture which I'll be glad to sell to you at far below par value. No commission, unlisted on any exchange, a real bargain, except for the reality that it used up all its capital (from investors), didn't hit a producing well, and exists as a file drawer in an accountant's office, a net worth of less than $100,000 left out of several hundred million (and not a profitable day in its history), a stock which traded at a couple of hundred dollars a share, now nothing bid and lots available. I can only presume that your (lack of) political knowledge and rigidly skewed political philosophy are directly related to the absence of even the slightest awareness of how the oil and gas business - or any business for that matter - works. Perhaps you might lay aside a music score for a few moments, disencumber yourself from the tender embraces of your bride, and read a book or two. Amazingly, your capacity to comprehend the world about you might rise above its current pre-kindergarden level... Amazingly the only argument you have is an ad hominem... For you whose every post is permeated with waspish, acerbic ad hominem is the grandest example of "pot/kettle/black" I've seen in a while. Your paranoia (or your reaction to how folks treat you on the street) shows through (glaringly). Did your Mom have to tie a porkchop bone around your neck before the neighborhood dogs would play with you? Treated badly by the world? Bitter at your lot? Suspenders to short for a hangman's knot? That's the general tone and tenor of your whinging and whining... TMO |
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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
"Paolo Pizzi" wrote in message .com...
SMD wrote: Someone must care about them, given the quality. Mostly foreigners, mostly from Asia (China, Korea, Japan.) Hypocrite! Your suggestion is racist towards people from those nations: 'Only they would want an American schooling'. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ha You are a complete MORON and a total ignorant of the classical music scene. It's mostly people from those countries (educate yourself, IDIOT and you'll find out I'm telling the truth) because China and Korea have few good music schools and most Japanese musicians don't feel "complete" if they haven't had a complete "bath" in the western culture. I was commenting on your tone--the ininuation in yoyur message was the Europeans would avoid US schools whilst Asians would happily go. Your use elsewhere of race to judge American orchestras--a jusgement that was itself racist--is obviously hypocritical: what does it matter if people come from a different country? Why should we judge them differently as a consequence? You have yet to define 'Classical hit parade' and 'Bubba's oil favourites'. It is unseemly to hurl insults. I am reminded of Germanicus and Piso. |
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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
"SMD" wrote in message
om... "Paolo Pizzi" wrote in message .com... SMD wrote: And in the process Europeans have created societies (some European countries) that have created a higher standard of living than anywhere else in the world. Look at the Human Development Index list and European countries make up 15 or so of the top 20 countries. BUT The US comes near top of the list Because the US is really TWO countries, one of rich white idiots who exploit a much larger section of the population. It's no coincidence that the US is a champion of inequality... Which is why many people from all sorts of ethnic origin do well in the US. There is one flaw in all of your replies to Paolo - you are trying to use logic with a person devoid of logic. As most of his posts indicate, he has a heart full of hatred for anyone, particularly Americans, who have different views than he does. We're all fascists and racists in his valueless opinion. It is amusing to read through his posts where one can quickly see that he is nothing more than a crass unintelligent person who managed to learn how to use a computer. What is even more amusing, sad even, is that he is an immigrant living in the US who shares in the prosperity that this country offers - and is unmatched by any other - yet he has such hatred for this nation. He should simply leave and go back to his beloved Italy. |
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Olivers writes
Olivers writes Big H got the contracts not simply because there were no other proposers/bidders, but because no other companies would have been able to provide the services (it being somewhat unlikely that Schlumberger was going to win a contract). The roars from Congress over the award of a contract to a firm with a large French family listed on the owners' sheet... I wonder what percentage of the company is still owned by the descendants of the brothers. I found this article by William Kristol and Robert Kagan quite interesting: http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20031211.htm -- Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk/ |
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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
Vitaly Shmatikov writes
Unfortunately, he would not have been able to go to war on the basis of *that* case. As I said many times, removal of Saddam is a good consequence of a bad decision. Some people care about decisions, I care about consequences. Unfortunately in this case the consequences are tainted by the decision making process that led up to them. If the welfare of the people of Iraq had been a factor, there would have been much better planning for the aftermath of the war, and Iraq wouldn't be in quite such a mess now. -- Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk/ |
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What is the best country to visit in Europe?
SMD wrote:
You're pathetic, you know that, don't you? (Come one, accuse 99% of American of not being able to write in English because they use elisions...) Indeed. Most Americans cannot write either. It jsut seems ironic that you write in such a way and consider yourself educated. You're really out of arguments, aren't you? BTW, have some balls and sign your ludicrous opinions with your real name. That's what people in Academia do. If I were you, I'd probably consider that proof of your lack of education. |
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SMD wrote:
All I advocate is people's freedom to do as they please--within reason-- And obviously YOU decide what's "reasonable" and what's not... with as little government intervention as possible. Yes, you have already expressed your wish for the human kind to be ruled by the law of the jungle. **** the weak and the poor, that's the motto of scumbags like you, except of course in case YOU become weak or poor... your views seem nearer to Nazi ones in that you will not allow people of other political views to have their say. ??? Show me exactly where I EVER said anything like that... Just because someone holds right wing views it does not make them a Nazi. I wonder who created fascism and nazism and, most importantly, who backed them up financially... Study history and you'll get your answer. My grandfather was almost killed in a Nazi concentration camp and I am deeply hurt by your likening me to a neonazi. You have ZERO compassion and you deserve zero respect. But I see that like all neofascists, you are actually seeking the kind of compassion you're not willing to concede to the disadvantaged. You may also care to note that it is higly ungentlemanly to laugh at someone's views or to refer to them in the third person in a discussion to which they are party. You may also care to not that it is highly ungentlemanly to post under a handle and fail to put your real name after your very despicable opinions. Even more so when it comes from someone who I'm sure often speaks about "accountability"... On the academic point, I simply suggest that from my own experience, from conferences I have attended, from visiting chairs I have had (VPI, Oxford, Edinburgh, Eurasia Foundation, CEU, the list continues), there seems to be a sizeable group of intelligent people who agree with Bush. Likewise, others will disagree. To suggest that everyone agrees with you in these circles is simply untrue. I suggested that MOST people in Academia are Liberal, that's what compassionate and intelligent people ought to be. Exceptional minds like Einstein, Sagan and Hawking certainly cannot be neofascists like you. It takes COMPASSION to understand the universe, not your brand of religious fanaticism. Since when was Hayek a Nazi? Read and learn: http://members.tripod.com/~american_...c/vonhayek.htm The man wrote about freedom and liberty, two principles distinctly lacking from said regieme. Yeah, and Timothy McVeigh said he was no racist, just a "freedom-loving" patriot... I have said this before, and doubtless will again: please stop using your wretched elipisi. If you insist upon writing, do so in English. I didn't know that "regieme" and "elipisi" were English words... Also please use savoury language: there is no need to be obscene and refer to one's 'ass'. I use whatever language I chose to use and frankly couldn't care less about what a cowardly fascist who doesn't even have the guts to sign with his real name says. |
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