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2007-01-18 Britain
Labour must admit Iraq errors, say ministers
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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 UK out?
Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-18 02:23||   2007-01-18 02:23|| Front Page Top

#2 "UK out?"

Sure looks that way.
Posted by Dave D.">Dave D.  2007-01-18 04:53||   2007-01-18 04:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn. I always wanted to visit Britain. No way I'll visit the Islamic Republic of Britain.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2007-01-18 05:40|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2007-01-18 05:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Funny you should say that Robert , I always envisaged myself retiring here and living out my final days fly-fishing and shooting up until about 6 years ago , now i just count down the days till im ready to leave for good.

Britain is just a mess, and far too overcrowded now
Posted by MacNails 2007-01-18 08:08||   2007-01-18 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Then come to Texas, McNails... lots of wide open spaces, still. Charming small towns in the Hill Country, fly-fishing galore.
Hell, you can even own guns. And if someone breaks into your house in the middle of the night, you can shoot at them. Really. The cops won't mind at all; they'll look on it as perfectly understandable; laudable, even.

Does get a bit hot in the summer, though. Always has, glow-ball worming notwithstanding.
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-01-18 08:29|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com]  2007-01-18 08:29|| Front Page Top

#6 And the Fabian Society would wank themselves unconscious if Sammy were back in power? Clueless, feckin useless, wanky lefties who haven't got a clue about the real world.
Posted by Howard UK 2007-01-18 08:37||   2007-01-18 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Does Texas have a beach?

Any IT industry?
Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-01-18 09:07||   2007-01-18 09:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes, Texas has beaches and a solid IT Industry around the cities. Also, Bright, there is something there for you ...

The stars at night, are big and BRIGHT, deep in the heart of texas.
Posted by bombay">bombay  2007-01-18 09:14||   2007-01-18 09:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, we have beaches, a whole Gulf Coast worth of beaches... and an IT industry, and bright stars and fly-fishing, a forbearing constabulary... and best of all, the veritable food of the Gods: The Breakfast Taco!
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-01-18 10:39|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com]  2007-01-18 10:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Sgt Mom , Minister of Tourism , and doing an excellent job !
Posted by MacNails 2007-01-18 10:41||   2007-01-18 10:41|| Front Page Top

#11 MacNails, don't listen to 'em. If it's fly fishing, you want the Florida Keys - and a fight with the gray ghost of the flats.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-18 10:58||   2007-01-18 10:58|| Front Page Top

#12 And don't forget to mention frequent hurricanes, just to add to the authentic Florida atmosphere, Ship.
The Hill Country is becoming the new Provence: thriving wine industry at the point where Californias' was twenty years ago. Also fields of lavender and other herbs and wildflowers, a handful of enthusiasts have started olive groves; and we even have locally made goat cheese.
Cal Florida offer that?
All we need is a couple of wealthy eccentrics to build some hilltop castles or rambling mansions, and we'd have it all.
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-01-18 11:14|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com]  2007-01-18 11:14|| Front Page Top

#13 Uh oh, TX vs. FL brawl on aisle 11.

All our cousins across the pond, I'd consider Texas over Florida. A LOT less crowded, you do have beaches (but they're nowhere as gorgeous as Florida's), and mostly, stay out of the way of hurricanes (except for Rita recently). Tons of IT there (heard of Dell, Texas Instruments, etc?). And, it just impresses me when you cross the State border (from Louisiana) that the Interstate sign says "El Paso, 850-something miles" (goes to show you how big TX is). The heat can be a bear though.

Me personally? I'm headin' to L.A. (Lower Alabama) when I retire. Low cost of living, low taxes, and close enough to those FL. panhandle beaches to visit anytime, but far enough away to miss the hurricanes, lol!
Posted by BA 2007-01-18 11:55||   2007-01-18 11:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Serious fields of wildflowers, from the pictures I've seen. President Johnson's wife was into wildflowers, I believe, and she started a foundation after he retired, the model for wildflower societies around the country.
Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-18 13:02||   2007-01-18 13:02|| Front Page Top

#15 and we even have locally made goat cheese.

Bad, bad, bad. In a few years Texas will be teeming with militants.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-01-18 13:13||   2007-01-18 13:13|| Front Page Top

#16 ***sigh***
It was the fault of those hippy types who collected exotic pets... all those arty types who got into spinning and weaving and all. They got little flocks of kashmir goats, and then had to figure out what to do with the milk. Seriously, though, it's good stuff. The local HEB grocery chain carries several local brands, and its' good!
HEB--- another reason to live in Texas; an excellent local chain grocery.
Oh, yes, Lady Bird was seriously into wildflowers: the highway verges have been seeded for years, but practically anywhere you go from March to about late May, there will be meadows of every kind of wildflower you can imagine: Bluebonnets, Mexican Hat, primroses...
Hey! (**** looking around ****) I know it's waaaaay off-topic, but I'm supposed to be the Minister of Tourism, and this is an opening, 'kay? McNails and Bright, and Howard might be keen to come and see.... ACK!
(****exit, stage left, dragged by mod with shepards' crook****)
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-01-18 14:03|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com]  2007-01-18 14:03|| Front Page Top

#17 MacNails, Howard, Bulldog (where are ya, bro?) Come on over here. We will treat you well. Live in Texas, but come up to Alaska during the summer. Great fishing, scenery, and free rides on mosquitos in certain places. We'll show you a good time.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2007-01-18 14:27||   2007-01-18 14:27|| Front Page Top

#18 I'd like to mention San Diego which has wonderful beaches, breakfast burritos, no humidity to mention, a couple of hours from Vegas and the occasional carrier or two in port for those impressed by that sort of thing.
Posted by rjschwarz 2007-01-18 15:11||   2007-01-18 15:11|| Front Page Top

#19 (****despairing wail from offstage****) Yeah, but what about the cost of living in S-D!!!!
The cost of liv.....! (****muffled by something placed over mouth*****)
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-01-18 15:26|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com]  2007-01-18 15:26|| Front Page Top

#20 Now Ima love Texas, but MacNails sounds like a serious fisherPerson, Texas stocktanks really can't compete with real lakes and does Texas allow bear hunting?
Posted by Shipman 2007-01-18 16:31||   2007-01-18 16:31|| Front Page Top

#21  Labour will have to admit that serious errors have been made over the war in Iraq

Yes...you must admit your errors, Comrade. And remember, we have always been at war with Eurasia.

Down with Goldstein.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-18 16:46||   2007-01-18 16:46|| Front Page Top

#22 Gotta wonder if our English cousins could ever fall in love with fried catfish, though. Or, shrimp and grits!
Posted by BA 2007-01-18 17:58||   2007-01-18 17:58|| Front Page Top

#23 (****muffled voice from offstage****)
No-o-o-o-o! Not the grits! Anything but grits, like cream of wheat but without the delicious flavor! And for the love of god, don't tell them about sausage gravy! That horrid stuff!!!It looks like vomit, I tell you! It does! Like vom.....(***mfmf....***)
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-01-18 18:52|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com]  2007-01-18 18:52|| Front Page Top

#24 Now, now, people - let's not fight.

Our British Rantburgers should come to Virginia. Beaches, ocean, lots of hunting and fishing, plenty of unspoiled rural areas, never too far from a metropolitan area. Not as hot in summer as Florida and Texas, nor as cold in winter as Alaska.

And y'all will understand us, too. Virginia-speak is just like English-speak, slowed waaaay down. ;-p

Y'all come!
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-01-18 19:00|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2007-01-18 19:00|| Front Page Top

#25 Aaaaw shucks , im gonna go bed and sleep well tonite :)
Posted by MacNails 2007-01-18 19:14||   2007-01-18 19:14|| Front Page Top

#26 fried catfish, cornbread, coleslaw, and a mason jar filled with sweetened tea.
Posted by mrp 2007-01-18 19:19||   2007-01-18 19:19|| Front Page Top

#27 PS - MacNails et al. - y'all don't have to have sugar in your tea. And you don't have to drink it cold, either. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-01-18 19:30|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2007-01-18 19:30|| Front Page Top

#28 In the mountains of East Tennessee I can go outside and not hear anything but the birds, insects, hawks, and wind. mrp, I was thinking more along the lines of a Mason jar filled with corn squeezins. Sgt. Mom, I can cook you a meal with grits that you will enjoy.
Posted by Chetch Hupong1935 2007-01-18 19:49||   2007-01-18 19:49|| Front Page Top

#29 The previous was me. somebody ate my cookie.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2007-01-18 19:50||   2007-01-18 19:50|| Front Page Top

#30 Your fault, Deacon Blue. That's what happens when they're so delicious. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-18 19:59||   2007-01-18 19:59|| Front Page Top

#31 Maybe if we had grits/okra cookies, they wouldn't get eaten so much?
Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2007-01-18 20:42|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2007-01-18 20:42|| Front Page Top

#32  fried catfish, cornbread, coleslaw, and a mason jar filled with sweetened tea

Let's eat!
Posted by badanov 2007-01-18 20:44|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2007-01-18 20:44|| Front Page Top

#33 Barbara,

Unfortunately, Virginia has a high proportion of loonies in its legislature. You know about Delegate Frank D. Hargrave (R-Glen Allen), for example?

“The present commonwealth has nothing to do with slavery,” said Del. Frank D. Hargrove, R-Glen Allen, whose ancestors were French Huguenots who came to America in search of religious freedom.

How far do these calls for apologies go, wondered Hargrove, a member of the House Rules Committee that could take up McEachin’s resolution as early as Wednesday.

“Are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?” Hargrove wondered. “Nobody living today had anything to do with it. It would be far more appropriate in my view to apologize to the Upper Mattaponi and the Pamunkey” Indians for the loss of their lands in eastern Virginia, he said.

We're all angry at my synagogue. As Lawrence Simon once blogcasted, "Yes, we did. And you're next."
Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow  2007-01-18 20:55||   2007-01-18 20:55|| Front Page Top

#34 Concur on San Diego - Stennis ported at 11:30AM today (from my office window). Due to the fence, we have less illegals than other portions of the border. Don't be fooled by Texas's siren calls!
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-01-18 21:29||   2007-01-18 21:29|| Front Page Top

#35 No, New Hampshire. If we hear voices in the night, we fling open the windows and start shooting.
Posted by  KBK 2007-01-18 22:02||   2007-01-18 22:02|| Front Page Top

#36 PS - MacNails et al. - y'all don't have to have sugar in your tea. And you don't have to drink it cold, either. ;-p

Jeebus, Barbara. In my neck of the woods, 'dem are fytin' wordz!

Seriously, our British cousins would LOVE sweet tea. And, we've got some good dentists, if'n your teeth start rotting out!

Serious college story (from my Alma Mater, Auburn University in Auburn, AL)....some friends of mine had a HUGE U.S. map up on their apartment wall. We literally re-drew the Mason-Dixon line based upon our college travels (SEC football can take you on some LONG trips) and what they served at the local restaurants. Unfortunately (at least in my experience), Virginia is no longer the "South" if you base it on sweet tea, lol!
Posted by BA 2007-01-18 22:13||   2007-01-18 22:13|| Front Page Top

#37 Depends on which part of Virginia you're talking about, #36 BA. I don't drink tea myself, sweet or otherwise, but the first thing a friend's daughter said when she moved back to Richmond was at last she could get sweet tea - unlike in Connecticut.

#33 Eric - when you start talking politicians, all bets for sanity are off in every state. I did hear on the news this evening that his office had said they were getting calls & e-mails about his statement, with them running 20 to 1 in his favor (which I'm pretty sure is about the slavery part, not the Jews part - though who knows?).

I'd like an apology for slavery, too - from the Africans and Arabs. I'd like for them to apologize not only for the historic slave traffic that they were suppliers for (which ended in this country in 1865, in case no one has noticed), but for the present-day slavery they engage in.

You'll notice I'm not holding my breath.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-01-18 23:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2007-01-18 23:06|| Front Page Top

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