Kim:

Do you really think that time to sit back, be silent, and
let others do the thinking for you, is when people's lives
are on the line?

Just a thought.

As for Mark Twain, do you seriously think that he thought
it a good think to keep one's mouth shut? You'd have a
hard time convincing this Mark Twain fan that he thought
that "silence if golden". If he did, he was the world's
biggest hypocrite, and I'm firmly convinced he was no such
think.

Mr. Soresomethingoranother:

    Arne, I don't think you play or sing squat! I suspect you are
    on some payroll-which one?-, and worried about the bottom
    line, as well as being a certain kind of person who will say
    or do almost anything for more green stuff, hence your presence
    here, did the 'Manager' send you, are you the dude with the
    Limo?

Dunno, Mr. SF, sounds like _you're_ the one here who's been
bought. No, I'm not on any "payroll". Yes, I do play,
but not professionally. Yes, I was DJ for a number of
years, working for _nothing_, because I loved it. Why do
you assume that I must be on the take to hold the positions
I do? I'm curious.

    This thread is not about G W Bush, it is about a big mouthed
    babe . . .

... who was commenting on Dubya.

    . . . who dragged an entire state into her foreign public
    arena privilidged US citizen entertainer put down of G W,
    it is about the fact that lots of people in Texas not only
    disaggree with her, but take the opposite view, . . .

Imagine my surprise. But it doesn't seem thatthe cause iof
your ire was her supposed misrepresentation of the feelings
of Texas. Hell, you're just as free to tell the world what
_you_ think that the Texas Borg thinks, and it seems you're
doing it, so I'm not sure I see what you're complaining
about.

                                             . . . it is about
    Texas ain't cowardly, it is about hushing some little spoilt
    brat who is putting Allied lives in danger by her drunk
    drugged MISINFORMED outburst, . . .

Into ad hominem attack IC.

    finaly it is about a measured and appropriate response - not
    the sort that Saddam and Co would be dealing out=a firing
    squad= though at first that did occur to me- in short Mr
    Arne moneygrabber it is about knowing the difference between
    fact and fantasy.

"Mr Arne moneygrubber", eh? Your discernment for fact would
explain your position vis a vis Dubya's lies as well, I
suppose. . . .

    To sell more CDs . . .

LOL. You think she was trying to seel more CDs????

            . . . she blabbed and she stabbed Texas in the
    BACK now she got caught and has to be gagged. Her bleatings
    about how sorry she is, ain't gonna help her at all, this
    is War. . . .

IC. Natalie Maines has joined the ranks of "Sodamn Insane"
and Hitler, even?

       . . . Not only will Joepublic not buy her shit, I am
    willing to bet some enlisted babe will take a poke at her.
    So B4 this is ova, Earl's fate may be one she prays for.

IC. Glad to see your true nature coming through.

    My response is 'hey Chics remember Earl, yeah that one?,
    the cops have reopened the case, and you are No 1 suspects'

You seem to be having difficulty making an aquaintance with
reality.

Cheers,

                              -- Arne Langsetmo