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As I said before, I have not researched WWI causation. I did quickly find this, which hints at what I mentioned, with multiple ???.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWI#Causes
Even you own link hints at my recollection of the reason I gave. Maybe you do not read the references you link.
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TO: Senators Snow & Collins, Washington, D.C.
Dear Senators,
Thank you for crossing party line and voting for the handout package.
My friend, Ed Peterson, over at Wells, Maine, received a check for $10,000 from the government for not raising hogs. So, I want to go into the “not raising hogs” business next year.
What I want to know is, in your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not to raise hogs on, and what is the best breed of hogs not to raise? I want to be sure that I approach this endeavor in keeping with all governmental policies. I would prefer not to raise razorbacks, but if that is not a good breed not to raise, then I will just as gladly not raise Yorkshires or Durocs.
As I see it, the hardest part of this program will be in keeping an accurate inventory of how many hogs I haven’t raised. My friend, Peterson, is very joyful about the future of the business. He has been raising hogs for twenty years or so, and the best he ever made on them was $1,422 in 1968, until this year when he got your check for $10,000 for not raising hogs. If I get $1,000 for not raising 50 hogs, will I get $2,000 for not raising 100 hogs? I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4,000 hogs not raised, which will mean about $80,000 the first year. Then I can afford an airplane.
Now another thing these hogs I will not raise will not eat 100,000 bushels of corn. I understand that you also pay farmers for not raising corn and wheat. Will I qualify for payments for not raising wheat and corn not to feed the 4,000 hogs I am not going to raise?
Also, I am considering the “not milking cows” business, so send me any information you have on that, too.
In view of these circumstances, you understand that I will be totally unemployed and plan to file for unemployment and food stamps. Be assured your party will have my vote in the coming election.
Patriotically Yours,
A soon to be Gentleman Farmer
P.S. Would you please notify me when you plan to distribute more free cheese?
TonyWalsham said:Is it spinning clock-wise or counter clockwise. I've always wondered about that south of the equator.
David you are so full of BS our heads are spinning.
David Hill said:Are you trying to tell us there are matters which have you wonder? No link to one of your profound wanko sites? ("wanko" in this context is an amalgam of "wanker" and "wacko")TonyWalsham said:Is it spinning clock-wise or counter clockwise. I've always wondered about that south of the equator.
David you are so full of BS our heads are spinning.
Yes I’ve wondered. I’ve wondered if a whirlpool does indeed spin opposite that of the direction in the Northern Hemisphere it would explain a lot.
Such as, those south of the Equator may also have their blood pumping in reverse, exiting the heart out of the right atrium, flowing backwards through the body and brain, thus causing your wrongheadedness.
Just asking.
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You guys are not at all creative in your insults.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... For support rather than illumination."
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."
Thomas Brackett Reed
"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."
Samuel Johnson
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
John Bright
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
Abraham Lincoln
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
Winston ChurchillDavid,
I respectfully submit that you need to get a railroad project going. You are not going to convince these guys anymore than they will convince you. But please breath, take a break, enjoy the hobby. Arguing politics is not a hobby.
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Ric Golding said:
David,I respectfully submit that you need to get a railroad project going. You are not going to convince these guys anymore than they will convince you. But please breath, take a break, enjoy the hobby. Arguing politics is not a hobby.
Wait a minute, Ric, I already stated that I wanna be just like him when I grow up.
:lol:BTW before we get into the railroad building, are there creationist equivalents to all the laws of physics that we generally apply? Just in case we need to study up on that kind of “stuff”.
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Ric Golding said:What Ric wrote, and [b]arguing religion is even less of a hobby[/b].
David, I respectfully submit that you need to get a railroad project going. You are not going to convince these guys anymore than they will convince you. But please breath, take a break, enjoy the hobby. Arguing politics is not a hobby.
In my very humble opinion, these continuing diatribes between the several of you lessens and wastes the respect each of you deserve, as well as alienating folks from this venue.
There, I had my say!!
Happy RRing,
Jerry