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Quote " In his address to the UN, Gordon Brown demanded International action to rebuild financial sytems to achieve long term stability. Confidence in the future is needed to build confidence today, he said"

Gordon Brown also called for an end to the "Age of Irresponsibility"

Blimey Gordon, much more of that talk & you'll have us voting for you.

A friend just sent me this.

In light of the election fever, the U.S. Census Board say that:

190,374 people are having sex right now

212,130 people are kissing

11,238 people are receiving head

1 sad person is reading e mails

YOU HANG IN THERE

oscar;998736 wrote: A friend just sent me this.

In light of the election fever, the U.S. Census Board say that:

190,374 people are having sex right now

212,130 people are kissing

11,238 people are receiving head

1 sad person is reading e mails

YOU HANG IN THERE


I got the same one today in an email. Funny:wah:

Hoss;999104 wrote: Every foreign car I pass on the road I call a 'traitor'. I buy American only. If it isn't made in America I don't need it. I'm getting that way too. In Britain, a good steam iron is about £18. I was amazed at the chinese price. Bearing in mind, that price includes making it, shipment, pakaging etc etc. If America & Britain would only totally boycot imported cheap consumer goods, our economys may be thriving like China. People here won't do it. They go for low price, not quality. They are not as patriotic either.

Hoss;999104 wrote: Every foreign car I pass on the road I call a 'traitor'. I buy American only. If it isn't made in America I don't need it.
Every Toyota Tundra is built with pride right here in San Antonio. :yh_flag

Ian;998153 wrote: Obama seemed to struggle with McCain's first name :-3

he called him Jim about three times and also Tim at least once,

Obama couldn't focus on who he was talking to :-2

why Jim and Tim?


I think Obama could pull off the Jim because it was Jim Leher running the debate...but I thought the other name was Tom. Either way, I'm not sure why someone hasn't run with this in the media. Maybe he was trying to pull off that "you're not important enough to remember your name" game.

Lon

don't bother a trip to the welfare office - you'll be denied anyway.

Then we'd have to come & pull you out of your 72 Gremlin you've been living in..:wah:

How long will it last - any of it.??? welfare - social security

Hoss

It's difficult finding "Made in the USA " as compared to l972.

we were all USA - never did your tag - merchadise stamp say China - Japan thai - etc. etc...

and never did our Father's buy anything less..

different times friend - don't seem too confident with your Mexico view

who said Mexico's not in producing for the US ??

think again

Patsy

Hoss

Do you realize how many American's cross the border for supplies?

whether a construction worker or a DENTIST

your vehicle may say made in the USA

Your crown/bridge say's MADE IN MEXICO

or wood floor say's MADE IN MEXICO

or your Bathroom Basin say's made in MEXICO

don't kid yourself..

Patsy

Hoss

I completely understand what your conveying - if it's not USA - hell I'll make it..

and that is the US Spirit.

My Dad did the exact same - USA or I'll make it

I also apply the same attitude to my life & I hope other's do also..

you mentioned - Mexico - suprised they don't make the pride there...?

as if you know products aren't manufactured there?

you seem to think nothing in your life/enviorment has anything but USA ?

you better double check is all I say..

Patsy

Maybe it would help if that FENCE was built along the border of Mexico IT ONLY BORDER'S Texas - AZ - CA - New Mexico

did anyone get their fence ???



NO - chicken wire is not a fence

Patsy

Hoss;999144 wrote: It seemed very obvious to me especially the way the air quality looked during the Olympics. I thought the press reports of air quality during the Olympics all said that it was good. Did you see any which said otherwise? I'd quite like to read what you saw.Air quality had been highlighted as the one issue the International Olympics Committee were most concerned about in advance of this year's Games. But in the event, although smog blighted the opening day, the air cleared quickly as the effects of a massive shut-down of industry and "alternate day" restrictions on private car usage began to be seen. About 150 factories in the city had production shut down, while others closed as a result of tighter security during the Games. The ban on cars on alternate days, depending on whether they had odd or even licence plates, reduced the number of cars on the roads by about a million a day.

On several days, the sky really was blue, and on Monday the mountains that surround the city to the north and west were visible from the city centre, an unusual event for the usually humid, overcast summer months. Figures from the city's bureau for environmental protection showed there were 14 days in which air pollution met its "level one" criteria - matching the level the World Heath Organisation declares safe when achieved over the long term. The rest of the month was level two, which meets China's own standard for a so-called "blue sky day", except for one day which failed.

Average pollution was down 45 per cent, bringing it down to levels not seen since ten years ago, the ministry said in a statement on its website. "Temporary measures to reduce pollution that were put in place in Beijing and surrounding provinces to guarantee clean air for the Olympics played a fundamental role in improving the air during the Olympic period," the bureau said. The success of these measures has caused one major problem for the government though: what to do when the restrictions are due to be lifted after the Paralympics end on September 20.

Several newspapers and internet bulletin boards have reported demands by residents that some at least remain in place - a reflection in itself of the how the Games may have raised expectations of greater participation in decision-making by citizens. Xinhua, the state news agency, reported that an opinion survey of 10,000 people found 56 per cent in favour of retaining some restrictions.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... place.html

Hoss;999174 wrote: But the profit goes overseas. I think that Toyota knows if they did it totally out of America then we'd not buy as many and we are an important market for them. Either that or there is a government rule that if you sell so many some percentage has to be made in the USA.



With Mexican labor so cheap, it's amazing they don't just make them with pride right across the border in Mexico.I was just ribbing ya anyway. I own (or owned) stock in Toyota. It's a global company now, just like GM & Ford. I think they should build Tundras in Alaska; that'd make more sense.

oscar;999120 wrote: I'm getting that way too. In Britain, a good steam iron is about £18. I was amazed at the chinese price. Bearing in mind, that price includes making it, shipment, pakaging etc etc. If America & Britain would only totally boycot imported cheap consumer goods, our economys may be thriving like China. People here won't do it. They go for low price, not quality. They are not as patriotic either.


No our economy would really go down the toilet if countries return to mercantile economics. So would everybody elses come to that. It doesn't work. The UK is a global trading nation we depend on trade to survive. Try talking to someone involved in exporting and see what they have to say about it. Same with those who want to pull out the EU. Our main trading partner is the EU if we withdraw goodbye inward investment hello mass unemployment as companies shift to keep inside the EU. Try having a look at who is investing in china and the far east and who is exporting to them the answers might surprise you.

posted by hoss

But the profit goes overseas. I think that Toyota knows if they did it totally out of America then we'd not buy as many and we are an important market for them. Either that or there is a government rule that if you sell so many some percentage has to be made in the USA.

With Mexican labor so cheap, it's amazing they don't just make them with pride right across the border in Mexico.


Works the same way with american companies manufacturing in foreign countries. let's say we took the same attitude in europe with General Motors and Ford. Neither company would still be in existence-it's their foreign subsidiaries that are propping the home company up at the moment and it's their foreign subsidiaries that the technical edge comes from to allow them to compete with the japanese competition. They try and sell american made cars here-apart from being vastly overpriced for what they the build quality leaves a lot to be desired. The best one is the chrysler PT Cruiser but that's actually made in Germany.

Just don't buy any french cars THEY ARE RUBBISH!!

Hoss;999186 wrote: LOL, you're right chicken wire can't even keep the foxes out! :wah: Keep them out?? I love them. I feed a pack every night. We're not over sentimental but god i love them. Earlier in the year, i felt so privaliged that mom brought her babies to me in my garden. We spend £25 a week on chicken for them. We named the alpha male "Clarkson". British peeps will understand why. Every night at midnight, they're there waiting for us. They don't kill for fun. I've often seen next doors tabby cat sitting in amongst six of them waiting for some food as well. Clarkson could pick that cat off any day but i see them sat side by side. Priceless.

Hoss;999144 wrote: Environmentalism sells these days. All we need to do is get out the word that China uses 1000X more pollutants to manufacture the steam iron and the people won’t buy from them. It seemed very obvious to me especially the way the air quality looked during the Olympics.

There are very few patriots left anymore. I agree Hoss. I am fiercely Patriotic. I would defend my country & my queen without doubt. I was angry with my husband buying the chinese iron. It's still in it's packaging, it can go back. My family has an impressive war history & although i was a girl, my dad brought me up with "Better to be a good runner up, than a damn right coward". It's got me into trouble before. We get Christmas on a ship here. I believe it's one of the largest ships in the world, comes here packed with cheap consumer crap from china ready for christmas. I understand some peeps don't have the budget to buy British but every little helps.

Hey GMC. I'm doing a live interview tonight on BBC Radio Five Live. It's in response from the Shadow Home Secretary's comments in The Telegraph today. Why don't you tune in? Just got a call from the BBC to say that they want to pre-record my interview this afternoon as i'm known for being trappy!!! They estimate i will be on air around 11.30 p.m. They had to edit my last interview. Tune in why don't you??:wah: I'm the voice of the people's silent majority.

oscar;999430 wrote: Hey GMC. I'm doing a live interview tonight on BBC Radio Five Live. It's in response from the Shadow Home Secretary's comments in The Telegraph today. Why don't you tune in? Just got a call from the BBC to say that they want to pre-record my interview this afternoon as i'm known for being trappy!!! They estimate i will be on air around 11.30 p.m. They had to edit my last interview. Tune in why don't you??:wah: I'm the voice of the people's silent majority.


You know I don't even know who the shadow home secretary is. Having trawled through the telegraph-not something i normally do-I assume you mean the comments on sharia courts. Actually I am against any kind of religious courts and would be just as opposed to christian extremism as to muslim extremism. While I'm at it I would do away with faith based schools of any kind. They are divisive and perpetuate and encourage sectarianism.

gmc;999672 wrote: You know I don't even know who the shadow home secretary is. Having trawled through the telegraph-not something i normally do-I assume you mean the comments on sharia courts. Actually I am against any kind of religious courts and would be just as opposed to christian extremism as to muslim extremism. While I'm at it I would do away with faith based schools of any kind. They are divisive and perpetuate and encourage sectarianism. Wrong!!! :wah: Although i'm right with you on that one, no problem or hang up there from Oscar.

Look for The shadow home secretay's comments (Dominic Grieve) on "Don't be afraid to hug a hoodie" in the Telegraph!! Funny that, they reported on me in a bad light & now they print comments which is what i said all along. That's newspapers who are "Users" for you. That's also politicians who are in opposition for you. Oh well, it gives Oscar a chance to voice & i do like that. :-6

Hoss;999764 wrote: LOL I imagine all French cars come with holes in the roof so the French can drive ready to throw their arms up in surrender unimpeded! :wah:

We should jest sell cars in our own countries, forget the imports. If the US stopped car imports then the domestic market would be fine. I bet we buy more cars than anyone else.


No without trade your economy would be in severe trouble. You only think you import a lot you actually export rather a lot as well. We would develop other markets your industry would simply stagnate without the fresh breeze of competition and no export markets. Your domestic car market-well american cars seem to be crap basically-although all i can judge from is the ones I've seen here. All the innovation is being imported. Let's face it without european ingenuity you wouldn't have cars in the first place. The industrial age owes little to america, imagine a world with No cars, no TV, no telephone no computers, no jets no radar and on and on and on. All imported technology. You benefited from industrial society you didn't actually invent it. The real danger is you will end up a backward country again if you now become isolationist. The rest of the world will survive you will be in schtook.

Hoss;999781 wrote: You're famous! Can I have your autograph? Hey Hoss, i got a call one night. I was so shocked!! It was from the 1st precinct of Manhattan Police force. I was so excited i nearly wet myself. (I'd been watching Kojak re-runs.) You guys don't mess about down there do you?? :wah::wah:

Hoss;999823 wrote: LOL- Crap? My dad has a 1970's Jeep CJ (not sure of the exact year) It's still running, we still hunt with it.

You think so? I don't. I think if we had been more isolationist from the beginning we'd have been far better off.

But not you, you'd be speaking German or Japanese, or Russian. As Oscar is a woman -- i have no idea what kind of car we have other than it's a white one. :driving::driving::driving:

JAB;999939 wrote: Kojak was a cop show - long before your time! - starring Telly Savales. He was bald-headed and always sucked on a lollipop. IT'S JIMBO :wah:

Hoss;999926 wrote: LOL I don't know what Kojak is? :-3 Manhatten New York? I think I'm as far across the continent as can be from there! We get re-runs of "Hill Street Blues" God i loved Joe Coffee. Still do.

And remember folks "Let's be careful out there".

Wouldn't life be great if there were no sea's & us Brits could walk into America? Sadly we have something called the English Channel. For any French people logged on, that's ENGLISH Channel, not the French Channel. Would it not be great if we could tow Great Britain out a little further into The Atlantic??

Hoss;1000004 wrote: LOL, I think during WW2 that channel was a lifesaver!:) The Channel never saved us Hoss. You guys saved us. (althougth your time keeping could be brought into question :wah:!!!) My dad brought me up grateful to America. That's how all Brit kids need to be brought up & our government should never forget. We stood together then, we'll stand together in our future's. You guys got my Uncle out of a Jap p.o.w. They are not here any more. When i lay my wreath on remberance Sunday, it'll be for allied forces, not just us lot.:-6

oscar;1000040 wrote: The Channel never saved us Hoss. You guys saved us. (althougth your time keeping could be brought into question :wah:!!!) My dad brought me up grateful to America. That's how all Brit kids need to be brought up & our government should never forget. We stood together then, we'll stand together in our future's. You guys got my Uncle out of a Jap p.o.w. They are not here any more. When i lay my wreath on remberance Sunday, it'll be for allied forces, not just us lot.:-6


That is an insult to all those who fought in the british armed forces in world war two. In case you've forgotten we stood alone when everyone else thought we were done for. It wasn't the amerians that saved us in 1940 we did that ourselves. Far from helping us there were many americans who actively supported the nazis and did their level best to block any attempts on the part of roosevelt to sell us weapons and plenty were cheering the nazis on. We had to bankrupt ourselves to pay for the aid we did get and kept on paying until just recently. We also had to hand over all the technical advances we had made as part of the deal for which we have never received proper recompense. American nazis became very quiet after pearl harbour but they didn't actually go away.

Yes americans played a big part in winning ww2, I wouldn't dispute, si did the Russians and the Chinese, but without the british being prepared to stand and fight regardless of the odds history would have been very different.

posted by oscar

My dad brought me up grateful to America. That's how all Brit kids need to be brought up & our government should never forget.


Bollocks, they need to be brought up to remember our history and the vital lesson that when push comes to shove we are on our own. America might get involved but only if it is in their interests to do so. We don't need to sit on anyone's coattails. Appreciative yes but let's forget this nonsense about a special relationship. The only ones who think it exists are idiots like tony blair.

Sorry GMC. My familys war record extends. I won't go into detail, it's long & boring. My maternal grandparents had a pub in a remote village during the war. They built a US Air force base next to the pub in the fields. My gran had more US troops in there than Eisenhower. Relationships were forged. That's all. It's the way i was brought up.

AIR QUALITY OVER BEIJING OLYMPICS. Without Predjudice

A journalist has revealed today that the air quality in Beijing was actually a Conspiracy by The British Monarchy.

It's believed that The Duke of Edinborough gave permission for the UK government to scramble it's entire Air Force. Undercover of darkness, Harrier Jets dropped 6 million tonnes of smoke bombs over Beijing on the eve of the opening ceremony.

It's alleged that HRH Queen Elizabeth was behind the secret plot in an attempt to hide embarassment when once again, British athletes returned with no medals.

It's rumoured that the BBC have handed a tape of a conversation between The Duke of Edinborough and Gordon Brown, the Prime Minsister to Metropolitan Police.

It's believed that The Duke may be charged later in the year with conspiracy to blame Chinese Pollution for breathing difficulties to excuse poor performance in British athletes.

The Duke has denied these allegations. It's claimed by palace officials that he was elsewhere at the time, planning a car crash in a tunnel for Paul Burrell.

Gordon Brown claims he was elsewhere at the time, -- Just being Scottish.