On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:29:17 +0100, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
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>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
>news:r0nd3at3eh598luur11rvk9qk3hqnanabp@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 19:31:32 +0100, "Ian Field"
>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:ipfd3a971q9coa4gmsbd9c960kfouvmu0p@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 17:43:18 +0100, "Ian Field"
>>>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>news:neab3ad2g1tacd9ldogpnl9al4vlfbalbj@4ax.com...
>>>>>> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 20:46:01 +0100, "Ian Field"
>>>>>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Charles Lindbergh" <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:u64b3ahiqs4uink7qj0c1unpg55mavup08@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 19:09:09 +0100, "Ian Field"
>>>>>>>> <gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Moi" <moi@here.now> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:HgdZv.310843$8M5.26382@fx09.fr7...
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
No, it was facetious but not sarcastic. I simply do not see any point in
continuing the discussion. You hate the Tories which means we cannot have a
rational, in-depth debate.
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the
average voter." -Winston Churchill
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