From: Clive on
In message <uuva565kutnfmpnsi7b0h2rqli931cj093(a)4ax.com>, Lookout
<mrLookout(a)yahoo.com> writes
>On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:17:23 +0100, Clive <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>>In message <4c54eedd$0$74748$afc38c87(a)read01.usenet4all.se>,
>>=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
>>writes
>>> milquetoast
>>What's that mean?
>Look it up
O.K. I just did, it means a submissive or timid person, it's a word I'd
never come across before so I just thought it American, but now I know
differently.
--
Clive

From: Clive on
In message <lpdb56dmpqon46r01ioijhsqk1687atfjq(a)4ax.com>, Lookout
<mrLookout(a)yahoo.com> writes
>On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:48:58 -0500, grey_ghost471-newsgroups(a)yahoo.com
>(Gray Ghost) wrote:
>>Clive <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in
>>news:t64h+mDjuTVMFwVM(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk:
>>> In message <4c54eedd$0$74748$afc38c87(a)read01.usenet4all.se>,
>>>=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
>>> writes
>>>> milquetoast
>>> What's that mean?
>>Are you familiar with the term "cultural literacy"?
>No , he's not.
>it's a sign of the times. The under 40 generation have little "common
>knowledge" any more. Like the conservatives of all ages they read
>little and only get their opinions from what they hear so they know
>nothing in depth or not related to their daily lives.
I'll take that as a complement, even though I've been retired for
several years.
--
Clive

From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:48:40 -0400, Gary L. Burnore wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:34:59 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:39:22 -0400, Gary L. Burnore wrote:
>>
>>>>> "This Week With Christiane Amanpour"
>>>>>
>>>>> Guests on 01 Aug 2010 premier: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and SecDef
>>>>> Robert Gates.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Pelousy
>>>
>>> When you do this, it's proof you care not at all about this country or
>>> solving it's problems. It proves you hate someone simply because of
>>> their political party which, in turn, proves you're quite STUPID.
>>
>>What does that have to do with whether I care about the country or not?
>
> That you don't get it proves my point. You're STUPID.

I do care about my country. The sooner Pelosi is out of the House, the
sooner the country can progress again.