From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 12:39:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and the NMD Date: 6 Sep 2001 14:39:13 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <3B9795E1.54B12E70@worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 999805156 6888 192.135.80.34 (6 Sep 2001 19:39:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12835 Date: 2001-09-06T14:39:13-05:00 List-Id: In article , Ted Dennison writes: > In article <3B9795E1.54B12E70@worldnet.att.net>, James Rogers says... >> >>Preben Randhol wrote: >>> >>> >>> Anyhow the current goverment of USA does not seem to care at all about >>> the environment. >>> >>The current US government cares deeply about the environment. It >>simply does not agree with certain international political "solutions". > > OK. Preben's statement seemed a bit extreme, but this one is a real howler. > > As ususal I think the truth is somewhere in the middle, although I have to say > that I've yet to see any *hard* evidence that Preben is wrong. However, you > can't really use the term "government" wrt the US as Preben does, because we > don't quite work that way. Our government has 2 political branches, one of which > is split into two parts. Of those 3, 2 are presently controlled by one party, > and the third is (barely) controlled by another. Obviously, you'll search in > vain for any kind of unified coherent message comming out of the whole. Please do not assume from Ted's remarks that when all three were controlled by a single party there was a coherent message.