tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post941614258038266767..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Major WeatherBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-2922844125476369712008-04-06T23:27:00.000+00:002008-04-06T23:27:00.000+00:00Hi to you too Rus:That spotlight should be followe...Hi to you too Rus:<BR/><BR/><I>That spotlight should be followed by constructive, not destructive, actions.</I><BR/><BR/>Which brings to mind the late, great W.F. Buckley Jr. who, in railing against the abominable phrase "constructive criticism", said something like: "The naysayer to 'Let us go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky' need not propose a visit to MacDonald's instead."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86002176392941942632008-04-06T23:07:00.000+00:002008-04-06T23:07:00.000+00:00Hi Mark,smiling well-padded men of affairs who alw...Hi Mark,<BR/><BR/><I>smiling well-padded men of affairs who always look as if they are patting their pockets to make sure the douceur is really in there</I><BR/><BR/>These men are everywhere, not only in the Olympics organizations. We would have to start the whole world over again on your logic, if we used your eloquence.<BR/><BR/>Don't do it. All you'll get is a story you will tell to serve Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-11375147515893894972008-04-06T22:17:00.000+00:002008-04-06T22:17:00.000+00:00Mark, you 2 cents are gold dustMark, you 2 cents are gold dustmaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47568692525040550232008-04-06T22:00:00.000+00:002008-04-06T22:00:00.000+00:00The Tibetans would like the freedom to live their ...The Tibetans would like the freedom to live their own way in their own country. Not exactly unreasonable is it? Instead they've had 50 years of rapine and plunder inflicted on them. If you judge our government by its deeds, not its words, then our government seems to think this is just fine and dandy. Disagree? On today's evidence (not shown on Chinese television, naturally) they'll send Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22149628345735802802008-04-06T19:21:00.000+00:002008-04-06T19:21:00.000+00:00Hi Nige,For the time being, I am in support of the...Hi Nige,<BR/><BR/>For the time being, I am in support of the Beijing Olympics.<BR/><BR/>Just yesterday, the Dalai Lama again urged support of the Olympics, here: <A HREF="http://dalailama.com/news.222.htm" REL="nofollow">Statement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to All Tibetans</A>. Here is the Beijing Olympics item:<BR/><BR/><I>8. The hosting of the Olympic games this year is a matter of great Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22797325876466771662008-04-06T17:16:00.000+00:002008-04-06T17:16:00.000+00:00Just watched the "closing ceremony" at the Ho Tui ...Just watched the "closing ceremony" at the Ho Tui Arena<BR/>Phrases like "wet fart in a babies nappy" trip lightly off the tonque. Since when has it been legal for a bunch of foreign heavies to run unchecked through our capital city on a Sunday afternoon.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-16076226249620163002008-04-06T16:54:00.000+00:002008-04-06T16:54:00.000+00:00Nige, you are so funny when you're grumpy. I nomin...Nige, you are so funny when you're grumpy. I nominate you for a Thurber Award!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65559349911206763712008-04-06T15:00:00.000+00:002008-04-06T15:00:00.000+00:00My old friend Connie Huq ran into a spot of troubl...My old friend Connie Huq ran into a spot of trouble, maybe she replaced the torch that was snatched from her hands with one she made earlier...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37576794546637599532008-04-06T14:46:00.000+00:002008-04-06T14:46:00.000+00:00Your mention of olympics had me putting on my reme...Your mention of olympics had me putting on my remembering head whilst sorting out some fleece tops for the flycatchers.<BR/>The wife of my Norwegian friend was PR manager for Norway Telecom (later Telenor) at the time of the Lillehammer winter olympics, as one of the sponsors she was heavily involved with the olympic committee. The stories she told us I could not repeat here, they are libellous maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52643986824900403522008-04-06T11:15:00.000+00:002008-04-06T11:15:00.000+00:00Flycatchers! Now that is enviable... No idea about...Flycatchers! Now that is enviable... <BR/>No idea about the ST -managed to avoid the papers so far, but that sounds intriguing...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.com