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In article , dg411{at}FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andre
Lieven) wrote:


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> USA (no{at}thanks.com) writes:
>> On 27 Jan 2005 20:59:20 GMT, dg411{at}FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andre Lieven)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>USA (no{at}thanks.com) writes:
>>>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:10:40 GMT, "Heidi Graw"

>>>> babbled:
>>>>
>>>>>>"Hyerdahl3" 
oozed in message
>>>>>>news:20050127105443.18026.00000224{at}mb-m22.aol.com...
>>>>>(snip)
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hyerdahl wrote:
>>>>>> No mixing of church and state, dearie.  It's coming to your
>>>>>> neighborhood soon. Get your god out of my govt. or
you may find
>>>>>> my goddess on your doorstep.  :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>What I find so humorous about American Christians is
that they are
>>>>>so darn pagan!  They worship the Goddess of Democracy,
the Goddess
>>>>>of Liberty, and the Goddess of Justice!
>>>>
>>>> Of course, you'll provide one of your lame links to back
this up.  ;-)
>>>
>>> Indeed.
>>>
>>>Even though I'm an atheist, I do not believe that a religion is
>>>*necessarily* anti-democratic, et al. Both concepts can co-exist.
>>>
>>>>>Their God is also the God of Wealth...witness
>>>>>their coins which are stamped with:  In God we Trust.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> What do Canadians trust?  BTW, it's easy to scorn wealth
when you have
>>>> none.  It's called sour grapes.  ;-)
>>>
>>>We're cranky right now: No NHL hockey, no Hockey Night In Canada ( CBC-
>>>TV ). :-)
>>
>> I'm not a hockey fan myself.  How do you feel about NASCAR?  
>
> Its Ok, I just prefer sports to be based on human capabilities. For
> techy stuff, I lean towards aerospace gear.
>
>>>>>So, American Christians have Mr. Moneybags with 3
ladies dangling off
>>>>>his arms.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Jealous?  It's ok, Heidi.  Everyone know most Canadians wish they
>>>> weren't.
>>>
>>>Well, we've done this dance on another newsgroup.
>>
>> It is too bad Heidi believes she is reprentative of all Canadians.
>
> Its consistant: She also believes that she is representative of women.
>
>> She does a disservice to most of them when she speaks of Canada.
>
> Agreed. As in any nation, and especially in one so disparate in geography,
> its not easy to find some nationwide agreed to ideologies.
>
>>>At that time, I pointed out that, up here in " Soviet
Canuckistan "
>>>( Pat Buchanna's term: I give the credit ), we have a federal
>>>budget in *surplus*, a shrinking national debt, a growing in value
>>>currency, and a positive balance of trade. Oh, healthcare for all.
>>>
>>>How you all doin', again ? 
>>
>> We're doing fine here.  My comment was worded and directed primarily
>> to Heidi rather than to all Canadians.
>
> Indeed. I just thought I'd throw my two cents in: 1.8 cents US. 
>
>> One common thread I've noticed
>> amongst feminists is that they are perpetually jealous of and forever
>> coveting others' goods.  I believe that is where her peevish remarks
>> about America were coming from.
>
> Sure. While I do agree with Deb T's comments about excessive mammon
> worship in the US, Canada is not free of such, either.
>
> I find it scarily amusing that one of the home & garden channels
> has a show about someone coming to your house, to get rid of much
> of your goods, to simplify life, and diminish stuff. That we have
> so much stuff, that we need help to be less tied down by it, well,
> thats overconsumption.

Want to know what is REALLY scary? I have a former customer that I bumped
into last week. They've got a big whopping addititon on their house - a new
kitchen complete with granite countertops, stainless fridge/freezer, stove -
all the accoutrements - also an office upstairs and a 4-Wheel Drive SUV to
tote the kids around and so much debt they also couldn't pay off a modest
$7,000 hospital bill (when I had my emergency surgery, I paid it off in cash
at once).

Yeah, that's getting ahead, isn't it?

Just wait, Andre. I've been reading alot of the Wall Street Journal and
Barrons and Bloomberg and reading the policy news items. It's gonna be
interesting to see how the Republican plan to get this country out of debt
unfolds. It's briliant - I'm reading the papers and what the government
plans, is to dig itself out by pushing 'upward mobility' on as many middle
class Americans as possible so they end up in the bracket that is where the
Alternative Income Tax will kick in.

Heee-heee-hee! Yaaah, right. Put ME into a tax bracket where I pay an even
LARGER percentage of my income to the government? Nice try assholes. The
Sermon on the Mount, with it's message of poverty makes alot of subversive
sense if you wish to 'Give Unto Caesar All That Is His.."

The Sons of Belial are running this country, Andre.

Jesus was right about immoral governments like Rome - and we live in it's
modern incarnation.

Downward mobility anyone?

Deb.
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> Andre
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> " I'm a man... But, I can change... If I have to... I guess. "
>                                     The Man Prayer, Red Green.


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