The Dragonflies Lair~Thread XXIX

Thought of the Day

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt said,
"Obedience to the law is demanded as a right;
not asked as a favor."

Today is Monday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2006 with 139 to
follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn,
Mercury, Venus and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune,
Mars, Jupiter and Pluto.

821 posted on 08/14/2006 7:59:37 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

Very cool pictures, starbase. I wonder why the English is so large on the marquees.

822 posted on 08/14/2006 10:04:44 AM PDT by Samwise (All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)

823 posted on 08/14/2006 2:13:25 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated)

Happy Birthday Lady

I Hope you have a great one!!!

824 posted on 08/14/2006 2:46:31 PM PDT by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)

To: HopeandGlory

What cake did I take?

825 posted on 08/14/2006 5:25:14 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated)

I wonder why the English is so large on the marquees.

Well tourism is 6% of the economy, which, due to a number of setbacks, might only grow 2% or 3% this year, when it's been used to growing 4-6%. So take away 6% and it's -4% (recession!!!) Not to mention that area (Khao Sarn Rd.) is almost exclusively for tourists, so spoken and written English is everywhere.

So foreign money is very important, and Thais are true experts at greasing the skids, especially when they want to help you give them something! That can be both quite clever or sinister, depending on the sort of Thais you're dealing with, and as with all places which have humans in them, there are really good and really bad people here in Thailand.

826 posted on 08/14/2006 5:44:18 PM PDT by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))

"there are really good and really bad people here in Thailand."

Yep!

827 posted on 08/14/2006 6:33:50 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket. !)

there are really good and really bad people here in Thailand

That's true most places. :^)

828 posted on 08/14/2006 7:02:17 PM PDT by Samwise (All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)

Good night everyone.

829 posted on 08/14/2006 7:12:38 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

The "Crummy" one I hope . . . ;-)

830 posted on 08/14/2006 7:29:39 PM PDT by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)

Your poem reminded me of a song I heard the other day. My older son was playing some "Nickelback" and there was this song that I found touching. Some of it was the vocals, some of it was the tune, but some of it was the main lyrics. Here's a part of it...

If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody lied,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Would we have a world were nobody died.

I know it looks pretty weak just written down, but I was amazed at Nickelback's ability to have touching songs along with some not so touching songs.

That's my bazaar two cents for the night.

Scubie

831 posted on 08/14/2006 9:20:14 PM PDT by ScubieNuc

Good morning,

Ms Feather!

832 posted on 08/15/2006 4:29:55 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)

833 posted on 08/15/2006 6:00:50 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

To: WayzataJOHNN; HopeandGlory; ScubieNuc; starbase; Lady Jag; stephenjohnbanker

Good morning everyone.

834 posted on 08/15/2006 6:04:07 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody lied,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Would we have a world were nobody died.

That would be utopia.

835 posted on 08/15/2006 6:08:21 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

Good morning Bentfeather. Interesting poem.

836 posted on 08/15/2006 8:32:01 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)

To: stephenjohnbanker

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1664786/posts?page=777#777

Is this the poem you're thinking of??

Thanks!

How are you today??

837 posted on 08/15/2006 8:41:54 AM PDT by Soaring Feather

I'm fine, thank you!

838 posted on 08/15/2006 9:12:23 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)

Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote, "How often
have I said to you that when you have eliminated
the impossible, whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth?"

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2006 with 138
to go. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn,
Mercury, Venus and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune,
Mars, Jupiter and Pluto.

839 posted on 08/15/2006 4:01:09 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

On this date in history:

In 1914, a U.S. ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ocean, officially opening the Panama Canal.

In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post were
killed when their plane crashed in Alaska.

In 1947, India and Pakistan won their independence from
Great Britain.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival opened on
Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel, N.Y., drawing an estimated
400,000 people for three days of music.

In 1985, South African President P.W. Botha, rejecting
Western pleas to abolish apartheid, declared, "I am not
prepared to lead white South Africans and other minority
groups on a road to abdication and suicide."

In 1987, more than 13.5 inches of rain drenched the
Chicago area, causing more than $100 million in damage.

In 1991, the United Nations allowed Iraq to sell up to
$1.6 billion worth of oil to obtain money for food and
medicine.

In 1992, Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the "myth"
that U.S. servicemen are being held in Indochina.

In 1993, Pope John Paul II conducted mass for up to
400,000 people at the World Youth Day festival south of
Denver.

In 1995, the Justice Department agreed to pay $3.1
million to white separatist Randall Weaver, whose wife
and teenage son were killed by FBI sharpshooters during
a standoff at his Idaho cabin three years earlier.

In 1998, a bomb blast in Omagh, Northern Ireland,
killed 28 people and injured more than 300 others.
A 29th victim died a month later. It was the worst
attack in 29 years of paramilitary violence in Ulster.

Also in 1998, Pakistan handed over to Kenya a suspect
who reportedly confessed to involvement in the bombing
of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi eight days earlier.

In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed that
the United States was experiencing its worst outbreak
of mosquito-borne West Nile virus since the virus
appeared in the nation in 1999.

In 2003, Libya admitted responsibility for the 1988
bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland,
that claimed 270 lives and agreed to pay reparations
that reports say could total $2.7 billion.

In 2004, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Anan called on
Central Africa governments to curb militias in the
border areas of Burundi, Congo, Rwanda and Uganda
following the massacre of more than 150 Congolese
refugees, mostly women and children, in Burundi.

Also in 2004, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
survived a referendum to oust him.

In 2005, newly formed Hurricane Irene strengthened
to 85 mph winds but forecasters said it was unlikely
to pose a threat to the United States.

840 posted on 08/15/2006 4:02:53 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

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