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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd

Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New
England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?

In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry) as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.

There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I have a
happy and fullfilling life.

From the constant negative crap you type here one would have to doubt
that
Kevin.

I'm not Kevin.


You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like Jim.


How was your marijuana crop this year Kevin? Did you save any for the
family?

I'm not Kevin. But, you are a childish low life asshole. How damned low
can you go Jim? You've proven to the group that you are such a low life
that when you can't think of anything decent to say, you'll start
spreading lies about them without any shred of evidence, then you show
that you'll go even LOWER and drag someone's family into the fray. What
a sorry human being you are. Someone that would say untrue and negative
things constantly about one's family is just slime. What a pig you are.


So you smoked it all yourself Kevin?
I'm not Kevin

Jim, I'll make this very easy, even for a low life pig like you. Please
show any and all evidence that you have that I have EVER smoked pot.
While you are at it, please show the group what evidence you have that
I have ever beat my wife, beat my kids, sell pot, smoke pot, grow pot.
Do you have any? Put up, or shut up. Damn, Jim, just when I thought you
couldn't possibly go any lower and be any less of man, you prove me
wrong. What a pig.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd

Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New
England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?

In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the
classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry)
as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the
Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the
fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it
the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals
with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in
theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to
the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on
Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the
craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.

There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated
you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I
have a
happy and fullfilling life.

From the constant negative crap you type here one would have to doubt
that
Kevin.

I'm not Kevin.


You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like
Jim.


How was your marijuana crop this year Kevin? Did you save any for the
family?

I'm not Kevin. But, you are a childish low life asshole. How damned low
can you go Jim? You've proven to the group that you are such a low life
that when you can't think of anything decent to say, you'll start
spreading lies about them without any shred of evidence, then you show
that you'll go even LOWER and drag someone's family into the fray. What
a sorry human being you are. Someone that would say untrue and negative
things constantly about one's family is just slime. What a pig you are.


So you smoked it all yourself Kevin?
I'm not Kevin

Jim, I'll make this very easy, even for a low life pig like you. Please
show any and all evidence that you have that I have EVER smoked pot.
While you are at it, please show the group what evidence you have that
I have ever beat my wife, beat my kids, sell pot, smoke pot, grow pot.
Do you have any? Put up, or shut up. Damn, Jim, just when I thought you
couldn't possibly go any lower and be any less of man, you prove me
wrong. What a pig.


So *have* you stopped beating your wife and kids Kevin?

Harry Krause wrote:
On 9/17/2006 9:48 AM, Bert Robbins wrote:

Narrow mindedness is a character flaw typically seen in those that are
not accepting of others views.


Is that a Bush quote?

Not that I know. I wrote that all by my little uneducated lonesome self.

basskisser wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd
Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?
In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry) as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.
There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I have a
happy and fullfilling life. You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like Jim.

Narrow mindedness is a character flaw typically seen in those that are
not accepting of others views.

There are many countries that I would like to travel to and many that I
have no interest in traveling to does this make me narrow minded? No, it
makes me, me.

Try and stop being so argumentative and be accepting of others views.

Bert, why do you reply to posts not addressed to you?
Does that question sound familiar to you?
Not wanting to travel to a country doesn't have much to do with this.
Constantly and consistently saying negative things about a place you've
never been to does, and that IS narrow minded.


You are taking a ridiculous position and it will come back to haunt you
in the future.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd

Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New
England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?

In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the
classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry)
as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the
Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the
fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it
the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals
with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in
theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to
the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on
Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the
craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.

There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated
you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I
have a
happy and fullfilling life.

From the constant negative crap you type here one would have to doubt
that
Kevin.

I'm not Kevin.


You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like
Jim.


How was your marijuana crop this year Kevin? Did you save any for the
family?

I'm not Kevin. But, you are a childish low life asshole. How damned low
can you go Jim? You've proven to the group that you are such a low life
that when you can't think of anything decent to say, you'll start
spreading lies about them without any shred of evidence, then you show
that you'll go even LOWER and drag someone's family into the fray. What
a sorry human being you are. Someone that would say untrue and negative
things constantly about one's family is just slime. What a pig you are.


So you smoked it all yourself Kevin?
I'm not Kevin

Jim, I'll make this very easy, even for a low life pig like you. Please
show any and all evidence that you have that I have EVER smoked pot.
While you are at it, please show the group what evidence you have that
I have ever beat my wife, beat my kids, sell pot, smoke pot, grow pot.
Do you have any? Put up, or shut up. Damn, Jim, just when I thought you
couldn't possibly go any lower and be any less of man, you prove me
wrong. What a pig.


So *have* you stopped beating your wife and kids Kevin?

And the resident bipolar low life sinks even further. How low can you
go? I made it as simple as possible, SHOW SOME EVIDENCE of your wild
allegations, low life.

Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd
Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?
In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry) as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.
There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I have a
happy and fullfilling life. You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like Jim.

Narrow mindedness is a character flaw typically seen in those that are
not accepting of others views.

There are many countries that I would like to travel to and many that I
have no interest in traveling to does this make me narrow minded? No, it
makes me, me.

Try and stop being so argumentative and be accepting of others views.

Bert, why do you reply to posts not addressed to you?
Does that question sound familiar to you?
Not wanting to travel to a country doesn't have much to do with this.
Constantly and consistently saying negative things about a place you've
never been to does, and that IS narrow minded.


You are taking a ridiculous position and it will come back to haunt you
in the future.

Oooohh.......do you think it's OPEN minded to instantly and
consistently say negative things about a country you've never been to?

JimH wrote:
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd

Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New
England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?

In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the
classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry)
as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the
Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the
fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it
the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals
with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in
theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to
the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on
Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the
craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.

There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated
you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I
have a
happy and fullfilling life.

From the constant negative crap you type here one would have to doubt
that
Kevin.

I'm not Kevin.


You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like
Jim.


How was your marijuana crop this year Kevin? Did you save any for the
family?

I'm not Kevin. But, you are a childish low life asshole. How damned low
can you go Jim? You've proven to the group that you are such a low life
that when you can't think of anything decent to say, you'll start
spreading lies about them without any shred of evidence, then you show
that you'll go even LOWER and drag someone's family into the fray. What
a sorry human being you are. Someone that would say untrue and negative
things constantly about one's family is just slime. What a pig you are.


So you smoked it all yourself Kevin?
I'm not Kevin

Jim, I'll make this very easy, even for a low life pig like you. Please
show any and all evidence that you have that I have EVER smoked pot.
While you are at it, please show the group what evidence you have that
I have ever beat my wife, beat my kids, sell pot, smoke pot, grow pot.
Do you have any? Put up, or shut up. Damn, Jim, just when I thought you
couldn't possibly go any lower and be any less of man, you prove me
wrong. What a pig.


So *have* you stopped beating your wife and kids Kevin?

Have you stopped beating your sickly wife, Jim?

basskisser wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd
Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?
In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry) as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.
There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I have a
happy and fullfilling life. You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like Jim.

Narrow mindedness is a character flaw typically seen in those that are
not accepting of others views.

There are many countries that I would like to travel to and many that I
have no interest in traveling to does this make me narrow minded? No, it
makes me, me.

Try and stop being so argumentative and be accepting of others views.
Bert, why do you reply to posts not addressed to you?
Does that question sound familiar to you?
Not wanting to travel to a country doesn't have much to do with this.
Constantly and consistently saying negative things about a place you've
never been to does, and that IS narrow minded.

You are taking a ridiculous position and it will come back to haunt you
in the future.

Oooohh.......do you think it's OPEN minded to instantly and
consistently say negative things about a country you've never been to?


Yes. Do you obtain all of your knowledge from direct experience or do
you rely upon others to communicate their experiences to you which you
can then make decisions about what you want to do?

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 17 Sep 2006 06:38:07 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:

Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like Jim.

Game, set, match.

Point made.

Thak you! I am quite good at making my point.

Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 06:55:42 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/n88jd
Yeah, there's never been a report of rabies in anything in New England,
huh? Only in Paris. One case, one time. I suppose that will be the
reason to not broaden your horizons, huh?
In 1516, Ludovico Ariosto wrote a sequel to Matteo Maria Boiardo's
"Orlando Innamorato" titled "Orlando Furioso".

While not exactly a sequel in the sense that it followed the classic
theme of "knight errant" (the concept of courtly love and chivalry) as
the seminal work did, it uses certain concepts from the Roland/Orlando
mythic construct to provide a backdrop for the basic knight in love
plot line.

One of the main tenants of the "Orlando Furioso" is the "Culture of
Contradiction" and is directly applicable to today's social
environments - many allegories and metaphors demonstrate the fallacy
of human senses and judgment in particular with respect to how it the
theme relates to human interaction.

One of the more interesting passages in "Orlando Furioso" deals with
the character Astolpho who is basically a Beowulf clone both in theme
and particulars. In this particular passage, Astolpho travels to the
Moon and finds it to be a treasure house of everything wasted on Earth
- misspent time, ill-spent wealth, broken promises, failed quests
hopeless ambitions and Wasted Lives kept in vases lining the craters.

The latter, Wasted Lives, and the original theme of Cultural
Contradiction are apropos here because being a Creature of
Contradiction, you consistently attempt to prove the superiority of
your view even when faced with evidence to the contrary.

In short, one of those Wasted lives in a crater on the Moon has the
name Basskisser on it.

And being a Creature of Contradiction, you don't even realize it.
There's no need to be fickle and childish. Just because I've stated you
are narrow minded in regards to other countries (and you are). I have a
happy and fullfilling life. You know nothing about my life, but dare to
make wild allegations about it. You're turning into JimH. Next I
suppose you'll be accusing me of beating my wife and kids, growing,
smoking, selling pot, all without any evidence of such, just like Jim.

Narrow mindedness is a character flaw typically seen in those that are
not accepting of others views.

There are many countries that I would like to travel to and many that I
have no interest in traveling to does this make me narrow minded? No, it
makes me, me.

Try and stop being so argumentative and be accepting of others views.
Bert, why do you reply to posts not addressed to you?
Does that question sound familiar to you?
Not wanting to travel to a country doesn't have much to do with this.
Constantly and consistently saying negative things about a place you've
never been to does, and that IS narrow minded.

You are taking a ridiculous position and it will come back to haunt you
in the future.

Oooohh.......do you think it's OPEN minded to instantly and
consistently say negative things about a country you've never been to?


Yes. Do you obtain all of your knowledge from direct experience or do
you rely upon others to communicate their experiences to you which you
can then make decisions about what you want to do?

I'm not stupid enough to think that in any given country, all is bad,
or all is good for that matter. I take you are, however.