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Posted on 01/10/2005 7:58:39 PM PST by LaDivaLoca
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Now there's a lawsuit waitin' to happen (#518). I'd hate to be involved in the research of that litigation. Geez.
LOL!! I know the feeling - I rarely get to catch up on the Saturday threads if I'm down at the farm for the day...!
Unfortunately, they seem to be everywhere...LOL!!
FReegards...MUD
Have you always been this perky? You're a tad to quick for me, tom.
And we don't deal in the world of acquit - it's civil law so we deal in $$$$ (with mighty efforts to keep our clients from having to dish it out). Now the manufacturer of that contraption either deserves to be sued or should have exclusive distribution to certain countries which shall remain nameless.
Hi Mud! So you are not going to go and forget about us little folk when you are a big star songwriter- are you?
What took so long?
"Shan't Git Fooled Again!!"
(To be sung to The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again")
We'll enlighten all we meet...
For our children, we shall FReep...
Truth and Morals that we worship shall live on!!
'Tis Clinton who spurs us on...
Lib'ral Judgement is all Wrong...
Media LIES, but the Sheeple shall catch on!!
We'll re-enforce Nation's Ol' Constitution...
Devolve Power...The Great Devolution...
Laugh and sing and take Slick Willie down!!
Listen to what Limbaugh's sayin'...
Gotta do more than pray!!
Folks, we'll rise to our feet and sing...
"We shan't git fooled again!!!"...No NO!!
We'll raise our voice for our Country with pride...
Ain't gonna listen to Left's Medyuh Jive!!
We'll wake all the Sheeple and smite all Left's spies!!
Folks, you know that RATS' Chi-Com spies always lie...Don'tcha?!!
(Kewl synthesizer/guitar combo)
YEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
FReepers, hit the streets...educate everyone you meet...
Lib'rals' "programs" we'll erase...MUD don't lie!!
And the SLAUGHTER of the Left...means momentum for what's Right...
Sheeples' fears shall melt away before our sight!!
Right'll re-enforce our Ol' Constitution...
Reject Hitlery's Socialist solutions!!
Smile and grin at the change all around...)8^D!!
Pick up my ol' harp and sing...ain't like yesterday...
Folks, we'll take to streets and scream...
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!
Meet the new boss...his name is George Bush!!
Mudboy Slim (10/13/2000)
LOL...I already thought I was a "big star songwriter" and I owe it all to my FReeper FRiends...MUD
The WHO? Sheesh!
Not asking much!
You may get some visitors!
Hide your pen, paper, and hard drives.
Good tunes Mud.
Hopefully my computer will do the updates all by itself tonight, but I will be on the lookout. Thanks, E.
.......I can't plead insanity?
Just ignore him and maybe he'll get tired of no attention.
Works on me.
I get called every 56 days for A neg, but had to put it off because of this stupid cold. When I get there, I'll try to remember to inquire about a possible test, especially since so many of our military are excluded. The Os are being begged for on the radio every day lately.
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Now with a larger following and the help of Togrul and the Chin (a large civilization in northern China), Temuchin was able to defeat the Tartars and avenge his father’s death (Nicolle 18). Temuchin continued to build power by removing rivals (Nicolle 18-19). Deals were struck with most Mongol chieftains giving them leadership roles and wives (Humphrey 47). These chiefs who would not serve under other chiefs were willing to serve under the dominating Temuchin (Humphrey 47). Eventually Jamuga became Temuchin’s primary rival allying with Temuchin’s enemies in a series of campaigns which came to include even Togrul and the Kereits (Nicolle 19). Using superior political and military skill, Temuchin defeated and integrated all opposing Mongol tribes (Marshall 28-32). By 1206 Temuchin led more than two million people and ruled land stretching a 1000 miles from west to east and 600 miles from Siberia in the north to the Gobi Desert in the south (Humphrey 57, 63). Temuchin’s followers, while still nomadic, were now united behind their leader and considered themselves one nation of Mongols (Humphrey 59). Temuchin took the name Genghis which appropriately meant universal leader (USA Today 1). 
Having created a nation Genghis now looked to build an empire (Humphrey 77-78). During his lifetime Genghis conquered Hsi Hsia a southwestern border country of Mongolia, the Chin empire of north China, and (after being provoked by the massacre of a trade caravan and subsequent murder of his ambassador) the medieval Muslim kingdom of Khwarezm (Marshall 42-57). Genghis was able to consistently defeat larger forces by using ruthless military strategies which are well-known and innovative military strategies which should be well known (Marshall 37-57). Genghis’ highly disciplined troops were equally capable of slaughtering civilians whose armies refused to surrender and mastering the advanced methods required to capture fortified cities (Humphrey 82-83). Well supplied and constantly drilled in war games, the Mongolian men were always prepared for war (Humphrey 68). In the field of battle Genghis maintained close communications with commanders using swift "arrow messengers, signal flags, and fire (Humphrey 79-78). The entire army moved and attacked on horseback and there were always one or two fresh horses available for each man (Humphrey 65). Combined with other tactics, the incredible mobility of Genghis’ forces (which was probably not matched until the German blitzkrieg of WWII) always gave him the advantage of surprise (Humphrey 67-68). 
Most of the Western world views Genghis Khan as a simple savage who overwhelmed others by brute force (Marshall 64). However, Genghis was a cunning warrior, a superb motivator, an organized leader, and a wise ruler who valued loyalty, education, strict laws, and the exchange of knowledge and goods with other cultures. Genghis created Mongolia and established an empire that reached from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea and from Siberia to Tibet (USA Today 1). Genghis died in 1227 but the structure and tradition the great leader established did not (Nicolle 46-47). Descendants were well positioned to expand Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire from the Pacific to the Danube and from Siberia to the Indian Ocean, an area in which half the population of the world then lived (Humphrey 107). It took a genius, not a savage, to accomplish this.