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Re: Is global leadership a matter of military strength?

#545126
From: raeg... The Revvrdd
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:59
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:07:14 +1100, "Peter Webb"
<webbf...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>
>"The Re'vvrdd" <raeg...@englikonn.com.za> wrote in message 
>news:45b9906d.856922@news.onetel.net.uk...
>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:32:21 +1100, B J Foster <bjfo...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The Re'vvrdd wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:01:46 +1100, "Peter Webb"
>>>><webbfamily...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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>>>>>"The Re'vvrdd" <raeg...@englikonn.com.za> wrote in message =
>>>>>news:45b8be46.2391208@news.onetel.net.uk...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:08:08 +0800, "mettas_mother"
>>>>>><mettas_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well anybody who invents axis of evil should also not have it.  =
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>Imagine the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>stupid wars that flow out of it!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>GW Bush originally claimed that Eye-ran was the axis of evil...then
>>>>>>someone took him aside and explained that it takes two to make an
>>>>>>axis!
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks to google define,
>>>>>
>>>>>Definitions of axis on the Web:
>>>>>
>>>>> a.. a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain =
>>>>>conditions=20
>>>>> b.. the center around which something rotates=20
>>>>> c.. the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant =
>>>>>parts such as branches are arranged
>>>>>
>>>>>Hmmm, "the center around which something rotates".
>>>>>
>>>>>Looks like you are a lot stupider than you claim Bush is.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On the contrary, it seems that a little knowledge in the hands of an
>>>>illiterate asshole like you is not a good thing.
>>>>
>>>>Try dictionary.com - you'll get eleven defintions in the first source
>>>>(Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
>>>>Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, � Random House, Inc.
>>>>2006), the relevant one being:
>>>>
>>>>9. an alliance of two or more nations to coordinate their foreign and
>>>>military policies, and to draw in with them a group of dependent or
>>>>supporting powers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Very good.
>>>So what did you mean by "then someone took him aside and explained that
>>>it takes two to make an axis!"?
>>>
>>>I hate to tell you this, but it appears that you're a bigger idiot than 
>>>Bush
>>
>> You can't have an axis comprising one country (Eye-ran).  Capiche?
>>
>
>
>Yes you can. According to Google Define, one of the meanings of axis is "the 
>centre about which something rotates".

And the relevant definition can be found in dictionary.com which is
apparently more comprehensive than "Google Define".

> This appears perfectly consistent 
>with what Bush said. I guess you didn't know this meaning of the word 
>"axis", and Bush does.

And now he refers to the axis of evil consisting of three countries.
Only the moon can rotate around three countries thousands of miles
apart.

> Somewhat ironic that a story is invented to prove 
>that Bush is stupid, but it turns out that because the person who invented 
>the story clearly has a poor understanding of English, it actually proves 
>Bush is clearly brighter than the person who made up and reposted the story!

Bush is known to be an idiot.  By agreeing with him you are one too.

>I mean, you have got to laugh at how dumb some people are. They can't even 
>invent a story to try and prove a point without doing it so badly that they 
>disprove their own argument!

I just have to laugh at someone so desperate to prove his own
stupidity that he endorses one of Bush's many blunders!
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From: raeg...@engglikonn.com.za (The Re'vvrdd)
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Subject: Re: Is global leadership a matter of military strength?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:59:21 GMT
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