"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 19:31:32 +0100, "Ian Field"
> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 17:43:18 +0100, "Ian Field"
>>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 20:46:01 +0100, "Ian Field"
>>>>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 19:09:09 +0100, "Ian Field"
>>>>>>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Moi" <moi@here.now> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:05:29 +0000, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can appreciate your frustration, but do you really believe your
>>>>>>>>>> government could run things any better? Right now, you are not
>>>>>>>>>> subsidizing these industries with your taxes. If they were still
>>>>>>>>>> under
>>>>>>>>>> government control, don't you think they would operate at a loss
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> require taxpayer subsidy? If you never took the train, wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>> resent having to subsidize those who do use them?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Honestly, I can't think of anything that any government runs
>>>>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>>>>> private industry, can you?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The British Government still subsidizes the privatized rail
>>>>>>>>> service.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Its also going to heavily subsidise the French company EDF to build
>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>nuclear power station in the UK.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So basically - they're giving back the money they got for asset
>>>>>>>>stripping!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "giving" back the money in exchange for a nuclear power plant is
>>>>>>> known
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> "buying".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You're obviously a bit pedestrian at this!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The power station (assuming the French fuckwits ever complete it) will
>>>>>>remain property of EDF - the huge government subsidies are just a
>>>>>>bribe
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>build it here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When the Toraidhe sold the National Grid to the French, we all got a
>>>>>>cheque
>>>>>>paid,
>>>>>>over
>>>>>>sexed and over here) were instructed that if they slept with a local
>>>>>>woman,
>>>>>>they should leave half a crown (50p in todays money) under the pillow
>>>>>>before
>>>>>>sneaking out, so she couldn't call it rape.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There were no such payments for any of the other assets stripped by
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>Toraidhe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Apparently the generators are to be manufactured by the Chinese -
>>>>>>anything
>>>>>>to avoid creating UK jobs!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If my approach is pedestrian, yours could be described as baseless
>>>>> hysteria.
>>>>>
>>>>> You continuously accuse people of crimes: steal, bribe, etc. However,
>>>>> upon
>>>>> examination, no one has been charged, prosecuted or convicted of wrong
>>>>> doing in
>>>>> these transactions, at least not as far as I can determine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will say to you what I say to my fellow countrymen, if you don't
>>>>> like
>>>>> how
>>>>> things are being done, then run for office yourself. Vote the people
>>>>> you
>>>>> dislike out of office, do something more productive than bloviate on
>>>>> Usenet.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for creating jobs in the UK, I suspect if a UK company had stepped
>>>>> up
>>>>> to the
>>>>> plate with a competent, competitive bid they would have gotten the
>>>>> job.
>>>>
>>>>Not with the Toraidhe in charge they wouldn't!
>>>>
>>>>The toraidhe constantly whinge about the cost of the NHS - then cut back
>>>>on
>>>>staff recruitment till they're forced to hire in expensive foriegn
>>>>agency
>>>>staff.
>>>>
>>>>The previous infestation of Toraidhe pretty much stamped out our
>>>>manufacturing industry (allegedly to hit the unions) - now there's
>>>>little
>>>>more than shelf stacking and burger flipping.
>>>
>>> OK, I am positive you are absolutely correct about everything you are
>>> asserting.
>>> Thanks for sharing.
>>
>>I suppose I also imagined the Thieving Toraidhe awarding a railway rolling
>>stock contract to Siemens when they knew a UK manufacturer was counting on
>>getting that contract.
>
> What part of "I am positive you are absolutely correct about everything
> you are
> asserting" was unclear?
I was expecting sarcasm.
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