This is becoming very nasty and personal, and nothing to do with Orkney. Yours, Geoffrey In a message dated 17/06/2010 15:19:14 GMT Daylight Time, mikeridlen@earthlink.net writes: Stephen's an idiot. I am likewise fed up with his perpetual, unfounded bashing of the United States. He's like the Unabomber, living in a small cabin in the woods, tossing grenades over the border from time to time to satisfy some grudge he has against an entire country. Granted an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That was the problem in the Gulf. Stephen, why don't you direct that comment toward British Petroleum first, George Bush second, and then to Mr. Obama who has had his hands full with other problems created by the republicans and their disdain for regulation and for government in general. I congratulate the Canadians on their regulations as I understand they require oil companies to drill a second well at the time they drill the first. We are having to wait months for that, and it appears to be our only real hope in stopping this current problem. When I say we, I mostly mean BP. The US government is not in the business of drilling for oil or stopping leaks. As for your freedom, Stephen, you can thank the US for that. Your little cabin in the woods would belong to someone else if Canada had to depend on its own military to defend the country. Also, you can thank us for subsidizing your prescription drug prices as we have to pay the manufacturers more for the same drugs to make up for the discounts your government gets on them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen davie" <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> To: <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:27 PM Subject: [ORCADIA] Ferry Tales... An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as > Mr. Obama is discovering. > > Nite all.....Stephen > > I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my > own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I > believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. > This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind." > - July 1, 1960. From the Canadian Bill of Rights. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message