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		<title>By: sigmundringeck</title>
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		<dc:creator>sigmundringeck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just two questions for Gaffa of Arabia:
(and your suggested answers)

Was Lawrence of Arabia Britain&#039;s Greatest Counter-Terrorism Expert?
1)Yes, because I worship his hot, vibrating motorbike and I am a dimwit.
2)No, King Arthur was Britain&#039;s Greatest Counter-Terrorism Expert, any fool knows that

Do you, Gaffa, want to ride on Lawrence&#039;s hot, vibrating motorbike?
1)Yes, I love the feeling of being bentover a hot, vibrating motorbike with an Englishman wearing robes behind me
2)No, I want to be bentover King Arthur&#039;s cold, hard Roundtable with an Englishman wearing chainmail behind me</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Just two questions for Gaffa of Arabia:<br />
(and your suggested answers)</p>
<p>Was Lawrence of Arabia Britain&#8217;s Greatest Counter-Terrorism Expert?<br />
1)Yes, because I worship his hot, vibrating motorbike and I am a dimwit.<br />
2)No, King Arthur was Britain&#8217;s Greatest Counter-Terrorism Expert, any fool knows that</p>
<p>Do you, Gaffa, want to ride on Lawrence&#8217;s hot, vibrating motorbike?<br />
1)Yes, I love the feeling of being bentover a hot, vibrating motorbike with an Englishman wearing robes behind me<br />
2)No, I want to be bentover King Arthur&#8217;s cold, hard Roundtable with an Englishman wearing chainmail behind me</p>
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		<title>By: sigmundringeck</title>
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		<dc:creator>sigmundringeck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Haha, look how flustered this dimwit Gaffa sounds!

He&#039;s dumb enough to proclaim Lawrence of Arabia as Britain&#039;s greatest counter-terrorist expert, so I guess next he will be saying that &quot;Crocodile Dundee&quot; is a SEAL and King Arthur was actually an &quot;insurgent&quot;. Or maybe the late Steve Irwin was actually a CIA agent????

It&#039;s not easy to find people as dimwitted as Gaffa on the internet. If he is an example of the typical leftwinger, then he really shows how dimwitted the left is.

Looks like he can&#039;t forget how DUMB he was in proclaiming HIS IDOL Lawrence of Arabia to be Britain&#039;s greatest Counter-Terrorism Expert.

Looks like he has been riding TOO LONG on the hot, vibrating motorbike of Mr Lawrence of Arabia!!!!!! Riding in front of course, and bending over over the Gaffa way. Yup, that&#039;s just for him, since he advocates gay interests....nothing wrong with saying he lusts to bendover for lawrencing, right???? Only natural, right??? To be lawrenced by his idol over a motorbike???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Haha, look how flustered this dimwit Gaffa sounds!</p>
<p>He&#8217;s dumb enough to proclaim Lawrence of Arabia as Britain&#8217;s greatest counter-terrorist expert, so I guess next he will be saying that &#8220;Crocodile Dundee&#8221; is a SEAL and King Arthur was actually an &#8220;insurgent&#8221;. Or maybe the late Steve Irwin was actually a CIA agent????</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not easy to find people as dimwitted as Gaffa on the internet. If he is an example of the typical leftwinger, then he really shows how dimwitted the left is.</p>
<p>Looks like he can&#8217;t forget how DUMB he was in proclaiming HIS IDOL Lawrence of Arabia to be Britain&#8217;s greatest Counter-Terrorism Expert.</p>
<p>Looks like he has been riding TOO LONG on the hot, vibrating motorbike of Mr Lawrence of Arabia!!!!!! Riding in front of course, and bending over over the Gaffa way. Yup, that&#8217;s just for him, since he advocates gay interests&#8230;.nothing wrong with saying he lusts to bendover for lawrencing, right???? Only natural, right??? To be lawrenced by his idol over a motorbike???</p>
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		<title>By: GaffaUK</title>
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		<dc:creator>GaffaUK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Comrade Sig Von Felchmeister

lol - it&#039;s you who brought up Robin Hood you idiot. lol. And now you are acting like Tweety bird. Let me guess you are so embarrassed that you are trying to make it sarcasm. 

So was your denial that US liberated China at the end WWII also sarcasm?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>@Comrade Sig Von Felchmeister</p>
<p>lol &#8211; it&#8217;s you who brought up Robin Hood you idiot. lol. And now you are acting like Tweety bird. Let me guess you are so embarrassed that you are trying to make it sarcasm. </p>
<p>So was your denial that US liberated China at the end WWII also sarcasm?</p>
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		<title>By: sigmundringeck</title>
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		<dc:creator>sigmundringeck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ooooohhh, the widdle Gaffa thwow a tantrwum!!!!

Anymore adult insights other than proudly claiming the Lawrence of Arabia was Britain&#039;s greatest counter-terrorism expert????

Factual errors??? the only factual errors are the ones INVENTED by you in your mind, that you attribute to me. Robin Hood?? I talk to you abt Robin Hood because your history comes from watching movies. Got to bring myself down to Walt Disney level to talk to you. Sir Hiss, Prince John the lion, Robin Hood the fox. Don&#039;t even know sarcasm when you read it, dumbass.

Want me to talk about King Arthur also?? Or british fairies(like you)?.

On yer bike matey!!! The hot vibrwwating motorbwike of Mr Lawrence of Arwwwabia!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Ooooohhh, the widdle Gaffa thwow a tantrwum!!!!</p>
<p>Anymore adult insights other than proudly claiming the Lawrence of Arabia was Britain&#8217;s greatest counter-terrorism expert????</p>
<p>Factual errors??? the only factual errors are the ones INVENTED by you in your mind, that you attribute to me. Robin Hood?? I talk to you abt Robin Hood because your history comes from watching movies. Got to bring myself down to Walt Disney level to talk to you. Sir Hiss, Prince John the lion, Robin Hood the fox. Don&#8217;t even know sarcasm when you read it, dumbass.</p>
<p>Want me to talk about King Arthur also?? Or british fairies(like you)?.</p>
<p>On yer bike matey!!! The hot vibrwwating motorbwike of Mr Lawrence of Arwwwabia!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: GaffaUK</title>
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		<dc:creator>GaffaUK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comrade Sig

lol - that&#039;s what happened when I try to talk you like an adult. 

So what do you see the &#039;historic&#039; figure of Robin Hood then? Is it because he&#039;s like a good commie and steals from the rich or do you just like watching Men in Tights? I think you better put down the fairytale book and start reading real history.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Comrade Sig</p>
<p>lol &#8211; that&#8217;s what happened when I try to talk you like an adult. </p>
<p>So what do you see the &#8216;historic&#8217; figure of Robin Hood then? Is it because he&#8217;s like a good commie and steals from the rich or do you just like watching Men in Tights? I think you better put down the fairytale book and start reading real history.</p>
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		<title>By: sigmundringeck</title>
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		<dc:creator>sigmundringeck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oooohhh, is the widdle Gaffa getting upset???

On yer bike matey......the hot, vibrating motorbike of Mr Lawrence of Arabia!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Oooohhh, is the widdle Gaffa getting upset???</p>
<p>On yer bike matey&#8230;&#8230;the hot, vibrating motorbike of Mr Lawrence of Arabia!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: GaffaUK</title>
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		<dc:creator>GaffaUK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Comrade Sig

&lt;blockquote&gt;Actually, I think Gaffa is sort of upset with me after I pointed out that his idol, Lawrence of Arabia was not a counter-terrorism expert as he claimed, but actually an “insurgent” himself.

Gaffa was arrogantly scolding me and claiming that the british were experts in counter-insurgency, like Lawrence of Arabia. So I pointed out that Lawrence was an insurgent himself, not a counter-terrorism expert, as Gaffa described him.

Gaffa got upset after that.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

So where I have become upset about you pointing this out originally Sig? At the time of that specific thread I immediate said I got it wrong. But not only do you like a little boring child mention it as much as you can - you add in Lawrence sexuality - as if you are getting aroused about him being gay - which isn&#039;t even relevant to whether he was an insurgent or not. Get over yourself.lol

However you have now made a fool of yourself refering to Robin Hood as if it was a historical fact and a real person. You also compounded that with your ignorance that the US didn&#039;t need to do a D-day landing to contribute massively to the defeat of Japan and help liberate China.

Now if you were man enough - you would see your factual errors like I did and admit them. We can then call it quits and get back to some more interesting debate. 

Unfortunatley I worry that you are to childish to do so. So I will have to treat you as you treat me, get down to your level and mention this everytime I get. Which is going to bore the pants off everyone else. Ho hum.

So it&#039;s your call....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>@Comrade Sig</p>
<blockquote><p>Actually, I think Gaffa is sort of upset with me after I pointed out that his idol, Lawrence of Arabia was not a counter-terrorism expert as he claimed, but actually an “insurgent” himself.</p>
<p>Gaffa was arrogantly scolding me and claiming that the british were experts in counter-insurgency, like Lawrence of Arabia. So I pointed out that Lawrence was an insurgent himself, not a counter-terrorism expert, as Gaffa described him.</p>
<p>Gaffa got upset after that.</p></blockquote>
<p>So where I have become upset about you pointing this out originally Sig? At the time of that specific thread I immediate said I got it wrong. But not only do you like a little boring child mention it as much as you can &#8211; you add in Lawrence sexuality &#8211; as if you are getting aroused about him being gay &#8211; which isn&#8217;t even relevant to whether he was an insurgent or not. Get over yourself.lol</p>
<p>However you have now made a fool of yourself refering to Robin Hood as if it was a historical fact and a real person. You also compounded that with your ignorance that the US didn&#8217;t need to do a D-day landing to contribute massively to the defeat of Japan and help liberate China.</p>
<p>Now if you were man enough &#8211; you would see your factual errors like I did and admit them. We can then call it quits and get back to some more interesting debate. </p>
<p>Unfortunatley I worry that you are to childish to do so. So I will have to treat you as you treat me, get down to your level and mention this everytime I get. Which is going to bore the pants off everyone else. Ho hum.</p>
<p>So it&#8217;s your call&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: sigmundringeck</title>
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		<dc:creator>sigmundringeck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I think Gaffa is sort of upset with me after I pointed out that his idol, Lawrence of Arabia was not a counter-terrorism expert as he claimed, but actually an &quot;insurgent&quot; himself.

Gaffa was arrogantly scolding me and claiming that the british were experts in counter-insurgency, like Lawrence of Arabia. So I pointed out that Lawrence was an insurgent himself, not a counter-terrorism expert, as Gaffa described him.

Gaffa got upset after that.

In any case, we need dumbasses like Gaffa as a foil for our discussions on Obama&#039;s policies, liberalism and socialism in general. So Gaffa, despite his dumbness, is very welcome in this forum, because he serves the function of the &quot;useful idiot&quot; as Lenin(?) described it.
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On language, I think my english has become better than my chinese. When you start to think in the other language, you know something has happened already. In china, there is a great hunger to learn foreign languages, esp english. Being able to spout english is almost regarded as a status symbol there.

To really learn about another culture, you have to learn their language, IMHO. My thinking has been so enriched by learning about the history of america, its founding fathers, the constitution and so on. It really is a special idea, this idea of america, and you americans are very blessed and you should never forget what you have.

That is why it sickens me to see marxist scum like Obama destroying the freedom and liberties that america is about.

Of course sometimes america does not live up to its ideals, but at least those ideals are there. Not so with many other societies.

Can china ever become like this? I don&#039;t think so, not in the near future, but generally chinese have a lot of economic freedom. You do your business, do your job, stay out of politics(don&#039;t do more than complain about govt on the internet) and nobody bothers you. Tax is low, artificial restrictions and barriers to business are not many, and everyone is an enterpreneur if he can do it. There is no welfare, no govt to help you if you go down, only your friends or family.

My grandfather was a poor peasant farmer from the central regions who did well in business and made good. From literally nothing to assets of more than US$50M. And he went thru WW2, almost got killed by the japanese, and also survived thru the vietnam conflict. So many ups and downs, and no big govt to bail us out or control us.

My family went through the mass riots in SEAsia in the 60s and 70s, where hundreds of thousands of chinese were killed by muslims, the rivers choked up with butchered chinese body parts for days. 

I think we understand politics and I think we understand what is wrong with Mr Obama.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Actually, I think Gaffa is sort of upset with me after I pointed out that his idol, Lawrence of Arabia was not a counter-terrorism expert as he claimed, but actually an &#8220;insurgent&#8221; himself.</p>
<p>Gaffa was arrogantly scolding me and claiming that the british were experts in counter-insurgency, like Lawrence of Arabia. So I pointed out that Lawrence was an insurgent himself, not a counter-terrorism expert, as Gaffa described him.</p>
<p>Gaffa got upset after that.</p>
<p>In any case, we need dumbasses like Gaffa as a foil for our discussions on Obama&#8217;s policies, liberalism and socialism in general. So Gaffa, despite his dumbness, is very welcome in this forum, because he serves the function of the &#8220;useful idiot&#8221; as Lenin(?) described it.<br />
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On language, I think my english has become better than my chinese. When you start to think in the other language, you know something has happened already. In china, there is a great hunger to learn foreign languages, esp english. Being able to spout english is almost regarded as a status symbol there.</p>
<p>To really learn about another culture, you have to learn their language, IMHO. My thinking has been so enriched by learning about the history of america, its founding fathers, the constitution and so on. It really is a special idea, this idea of america, and you americans are very blessed and you should never forget what you have.</p>
<p>That is why it sickens me to see marxist scum like Obama destroying the freedom and liberties that america is about.</p>
<p>Of course sometimes america does not live up to its ideals, but at least those ideals are there. Not so with many other societies.</p>
<p>Can china ever become like this? I don&#8217;t think so, not in the near future, but generally chinese have a lot of economic freedom. You do your business, do your job, stay out of politics(don&#8217;t do more than complain about govt on the internet) and nobody bothers you. Tax is low, artificial restrictions and barriers to business are not many, and everyone is an enterpreneur if he can do it. There is no welfare, no govt to help you if you go down, only your friends or family.</p>
<p>My grandfather was a poor peasant farmer from the central regions who did well in business and made good. From literally nothing to assets of more than US$50M. And he went thru WW2, almost got killed by the japanese, and also survived thru the vietnam conflict. So many ups and downs, and no big govt to bail us out or control us.</p>
<p>My family went through the mass riots in SEAsia in the 60s and 70s, where hundreds of thousands of chinese were killed by muslims, the rivers choked up with butchered chinese body parts for days. </p>
<p>I think we understand politics and I think we understand what is wrong with Mr Obama.</p>
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		<title>By: Missy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Missy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-193014&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;GaffaUK&lt;/a&gt;: 

Yes, you can be &quot;fairly polite&quot; and that&#039;s when I enjoy your posts.  Unfortunately, today in the Tea protest, and Somali Pirate threads you have ventured OT to bash China to harrass, not debate Sigmund.  He&#039;s answered your question, he&#039;s a citizen of China he doesn&#039;t control it and knowing as  much as he does about finance as it relates to our two countries, his opinion of Obama is valid and he has a right to say so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>@<a href="#comment-193014" rel="nofollow">GaffaUK</a>: </p>
<p>Yes, you can be &#8220;fairly polite&#8221; and that&#8217;s when I enjoy your posts.  Unfortunately, today in the Tea protest, and Somali Pirate threads you have ventured OT to bash China to harrass, not debate Sigmund.  He&#8217;s answered your question, he&#8217;s a citizen of China he doesn&#8217;t control it and knowing as  much as he does about finance as it relates to our two countries, his opinion of Obama is valid and he has a right to say so.</p>
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		<title>By: GaffaUK</title>
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		<dc:creator>GaffaUK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Missy

I&#039;ve been on FA for several months and of the many posts I have added -  Sig and I have had a few posts back and forth including the recent half dozen today which is a tiny minority - I would hardly call it stalking. In fact I see there quite a lot of vigourous back and forth from others including moderators which also includes tangents, sarcasm, humour and insults. Overall I reckon I&#039;m fairly polite and if you somehow find healthy debate like a little game then simply don&#039;t read my posts if it so offends you. ta</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>@Missy</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been on FA for several months and of the many posts I have added &#8211;  Sig and I have had a few posts back and forth including the recent half dozen today which is a tiny minority &#8211; I would hardly call it stalking. In fact I see there quite a lot of vigourous back and forth from others including moderators which also includes tangents, sarcasm, humour and insults. Overall I reckon I&#8217;m fairly polite and if you somehow find healthy debate like a little game then simply don&#8217;t read my posts if it so offends you. ta</p>
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