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Used Motor oil diesel engine

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Is there any diesel engine that will run on used motor oil?

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All will if you dont want them to last

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> Is there any diesel engine that will run on used motor oil?

you run into Fed and State Clean Air rules doing that becausse of the metals content among other things. Steam engine are legal to do that,in most states and reqires buying a permit.Additioally ,you if you buy it  have be in large enorgh volumes for an oilchanger to use you exclusively…600+ gallons a week at .10 to .25 cents a gallon taxfree,almost.You have a tank permit that you have to pay which averages out to a tax. After you figure in the permit price your light plant expense is more like .35 a gallon.

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Why not use used vegetable oil. You’ll live longer, and so will the engine. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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Vegetable oil would be the worst ting to do it has none of the properties of modern oil. want to Void a warranty fast use veg oil.

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> Vegetable oil would be the worst ting to do it has none of the > properties of modern oil. want to Void a warranty fast use veg oil.

and another WebTv’er chimes in without a clue of what the thread was about……. Hey Dufus, we are talking about the fuel side of the engine, not the oil in the crankcase.  The fuel only lubricates the fuel side of injector pump.  Yes, you can cut your Used, Filtered, Crankcase Oil with anything from Veggie Oil on down to #2 Diesel and your diesel will run just fine.   me          who has many hours of genset time on mixed fuel

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I have over 70k miles on my diesel using veg oil for fuel. Warranties are not violated unless it’s a fuel related claim, and they can prove the veggie oil caused the damage. Maybe you were thinking lubricating oil instead of fuel as per the thread? We have experimented with veggie oil based lubricants as well as fuel, with some success. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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See pics of my new off grid home!

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http://www.green-trust.org PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net asking for money.

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If you can call three kids, no job and a wife with possible breat cancer "more".  I’m retired, my wife is retired and we both work part time because we can’t make it on $40k a year retirement.  I don’t see how he does as well as he does.  Post your PalPal address and I’ll send you a dollar to buy a stick of gum.

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One time, Steve claimed/bragged to be making in the six figure  annual salary bracket in his computer business.  Seems he should be a whole lot better off and not be on the skids the day after being laid off.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If you can call three kids, no job and a wife with possible breat cancer > "more".  I’m retired, my wife is retired and we both work part time because > we can’t make it on $40k a year retirement.  I don’t see how he does as well > as he does.  Post your PalPal address and I’ll send you a dollar to buy a > stick of gum. > This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net > asking > for money. > > http://www.green-trust.org > > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > > — > > Steve Spence > > Renewable energy and sustainable living > > http://www.green-trust.org > > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > > powered diesels at > > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/ > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 100,000 Newsgroups – 19 Different Servers! =—–

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gum to help pay for my Medicare. thanks

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If you can call three kids, no job and a wife with possible breat cancer > "more".  I’m retired, my wife is retired and we both work part time because > we can’t make it on $40k a year retirement.  I don’t see how he does as well > as he does.  Post your PalPal address and I’ll send you a dollar to buy a > stick of gum. > This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net > asking > for money. > > http://www.green-trust.org > > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > > — > > Steve Spence > > Renewable energy and sustainable living > > http://www.green-trust.org > > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > > powered diesels at > > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/ > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 100,000 Newsgroups – 19 Different Servers! =—–

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Steve and Linda need your help! In the past I have asked for donations to Green Trust for renewable energy projects, but I’ve never asked for us personally. Now I need to. They say trouble comes in three’s, and I’m starting to believe it. http://www.green-trust.org/ Can you say mail fraud?

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> This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net asking > for money.

He’s a "Reverend" nuff’ said. The Duck

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Who’s a "Reverend"? I’m an IT guy, who has had a run of bad luck, and fortunately, friends and neighbors (even the virtual ones) have come to our aid. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net > asking > for money. > He’s a "Reverend" nuff’ said. > The Duck

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Mail fraud is when you promise something and don’t deliver. We are legit, and have given a method for checking up on us. Can you say "compassion"? — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Steve and Linda need your help! > In the past I have asked for donations to Green Trust for renewable energy > projects, but I’ve never asked for us personally. Now I need to. They say > trouble comes in three’s, and I’m starting to believe it. > http://www.green-trust.org/ > Can you say mail fraud? > http://www.green-trust.org > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > — > Steve Spence > Renewable energy and sustainable living > http://www.green-trust.org > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > powered diesels at > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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http://www.green-trust.org PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net asking for money.

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If you can call three kids, no job and a wife with possible breat cancer "more".  I’m retired, my wife is retired and we both work part time because we can’t make it on $40k a year retirement.  I don’t see how he does as well as he does.  Post your PalPal address and I’ll send you a dollar to buy a stick of gum.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net asking > for money. > http://www.green-trust.org > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > — > Steve Spence > Renewable energy and sustainable living > http://www.green-trust.org > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > powered diesels at > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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One time, Steve claimed/bragged to be making in the six figure  annual salary bracket in his computer business.  Seems he should be a whole lot better off and not be on the skids the day after being laid off.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If you can call three kids, no job and a wife with possible breat cancer > "more".  I’m retired, my wife is retired and we both work part time because > we can’t make it on $40k a year retirement.  I don’t see how he does as well > as he does.  Post your PalPal address and I’ll send you a dollar to buy a > stick of gum. > This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net > asking > for money. > > http://www.green-trust.org > > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > > — > > Steve Spence > > Renewable energy and sustainable living > > http://www.green-trust.org > > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > > powered diesels at > > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/ > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 100,000 Newsgroups – 19 Different Servers! =—–

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gum to help pay for my Medicare. thanks

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If you can call three kids, no job and a wife with possible breat cancer > "more".  I’m retired, my wife is retired and we both work part time because > we can’t make it on $40k a year retirement.  I don’t see how he does as well > as he does.  Post your PalPal address and I’ll send you a dollar to buy a > stick of gum. > This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net > asking > for money. > > http://www.green-trust.org > > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > > — > > Steve Spence > > Renewable energy and sustainable living > > http://www.green-trust.org > > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > > powered diesels at > > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/ > —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– > http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > —–==  Over 100,000 Newsgroups – 19 Different Servers! =—–

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Steve and Linda need your help! In the past I have asked for donations to Green Trust for renewable energy projects, but I’ve never asked for us personally. Now I need to. They say trouble comes in three’s, and I’m starting to believe it. http://www.green-trust.org/ Can you say mail fraud?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> http://www.green-trust.org > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > — > Steve Spence > Renewable energy and sustainable living > http://www.green-trust.org > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > powered diesels at > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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> This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net asking > for money.

He’s a "Reverend" nuff’ said. The Duck

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Who’s a "Reverend"? I’m an IT guy, who has had a run of bad luck, and fortunately, friends and neighbors (even the virtual ones) have come to our aid. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This guy has alot more than I have and  he  has post all over the net > asking > for money. > He’s a "Reverend" nuff’ said. > The Duck

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Mail fraud is when you promise something and don’t deliver. We are legit, and have given a method for checking up on us. Can you say "compassion"? — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Steve and Linda need your help! > In the past I have asked for donations to Green Trust for renewable energy > projects, but I’ve never asked for us personally. Now I need to. They say > trouble comes in three’s, and I’m starting to believe it. > http://www.green-trust.org/ > Can you say mail fraud? > http://www.green-trust.org > PV, Wind, Veggie oil fueled Cogen. > — > Steve Spence > Renewable energy and sustainable living > http://www.green-trust.org > Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel > powered diesels at > http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

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New Energy Proposal?

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I think I have discovered  an endless supply of renewable energy fuel… Now if we can just find a way to burn human body fat !!!

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> I think I have discovered  an endless supply of renewable energy fuel… > Now if we can just find a way to burn human body fat !!!

Get a bicycle. No other transport technology will take you 20 miles on the energy in a bowl of porridge and a handfull of nuts. Of course, if the fat comes from eating meat then the equivilent mpg drops from 300 to around 30. It takes 0.4 gallons of oil to produce a pound of beef and 0.03 gallons to produce a pound of potatoes. Article at :- http://bicycleuniverse.info/cars/beef.html

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> I think I have discovered  an endless supply of renewable energy fuel… > Now if we can just find a way to burn human body fat !!!

     Pretty much the same idea Jonathan Swift had way back in 1729:  

Island Building Costs

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Sorry if this is in the wrong group.  I’ve been looking into some different costs associated with purchasing a small island.  Does anyone have any info on the actual costs of building a protected harbor and freshwater storage?  I can’t seem to find anything even remotely close on the Internet. Thanks, Gene Nix

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Million Dollars. Actually that is close. St. Francis Resort and Marine which is being built on Stocking Island off of Exuma will run close to that. Property was $400,000 plus stamp duty, real estate and legal fees, another $100,000, plus permits structures, dredging, and construction.

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Any one knows if the Bahamas would allow a private island owner to float materials over on a barge for building?  Or whom you could contact about renewable energy sources? Ex. Solar Roof Tiles, Wind Turbines, etc… Or anyone with particular knowledge with raising capital for resort type ventures? Thanks, Gene Nix – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Million Dollars. Actually that is close. St. Francis Resort and Marine which > is being built on Stocking Island off of Exuma will run close to that. > Property was $400,000 plus stamp duty, real estate and legal fees, another > $100,000, plus permits structures, dredging, and construction. > Sorry if this is in the wrong group.  I’ve been looking into some > different costs associated with purchasing a small island.  Does > anyone have any info on the actual costs of building a protected > harbor and freshwater storage?  I can’t seem to find anything even > remotely close on the Internet. > Thanks, > Gene Nix

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Gene, What you are asking is a long process. I have worked for a Solar Company, Lawyers and as an Asst. to a Financial Advisor / Trustee of an Offshore Bank. Perhaps you should contact me via email, instead of on the Newsgroup. Dave

> Any one knows if the Bahamas would allow a private island owner to > float materials over on a barge for building?  Or whom you could > contact about renewable energy sources? Ex. Solar Roof Tiles, Wind > Turbines, etc… Or anyone with particular knowledge with raising > capital for resort type ventures? > Thanks, > Gene Nix

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Million Dollars. Actually that is close. St. Francis Resort and Marine which > is being built on Stocking Island off of Exuma will run close to that. > Property was $400,000 plus stamp duty, real estate and legal fees, another > $100,000, plus permits structures, dredging, and construction. > > Sorry if this is in the wrong group.  I’ve been looking into some > > different costs associated with purchasing a small island.  Does > > anyone have any info on the actual costs of building a protected > > harbor and freshwater storage?  I can’t seem to find anything even > > remotely close on the Internet. > > Thanks, > > Gene Nix

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> Sorry if this is in the wrong group.  I’ve been looking into some > different costs associated with purchasing a small island.  Does > anyone have any info on the actual costs of building a protected > harbor and freshwater storage?  I can’t seem to find anything even > remotely close on the Internet. > Thanks, > Gene Nix

Lots more information is required to answer that one, but it basically boils down to what locals are willing to charge for what you want done. If you make friends with them, they could charge "local" rates: higher than they’d charge their neighbors, but still friendly. Otherwise, they’ll ask/demand quite a bit more. Annoy them and you may not be able to get anyone for any money. Cistern storage is fairly usual on remote islands, so shouldn’t be that expensive. The locals aren’t on the net because they’re at most working on the next island over. The harbor’s the big item, I think. EPA (or whatever they call themselves locally) is likely to be an impediment. Most or all of the natural protected harbors have already been exploited; blasting a hole in the reef is frowned upon these days. The harbor implies a bit more than a single family unit. Creating a resort can be a political hot potato that could be your major problem. In the islands I consider responsible, you’ll have to enlist the aid of locals to get the project off the ground. In other words, I think your answers are likely only to be answered by your feet on the ground, and you talking to the locals, official and not. Making friends is a good thing as you’ll not know who the opinion leaders are at first. That 77 year old rummy at the end of the bar may be just the person you need to win over. — Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux (‘73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan’s Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

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The EPA here locally is called the BEST Commission

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sorry if this is in the wrong group.  I’ve been looking into some > different costs associated with purchasing a small island.  Does > anyone have any info on the actual costs of building a protected > harbor and freshwater storage?  I can’t seem to find anything even > remotely close on the Internet. > Thanks, > Gene Nix > Lots more information is required to answer that one, but it basically > boils down to what locals are willing to charge for what you want done. > If you make friends with them, they could charge "local" rates: higher > than they’d charge their neighbors, but still friendly. Otherwise, > they’ll ask/demand quite a bit more. Annoy them and you may not be able > to get anyone for any money. > Cistern storage is fairly usual on remote islands, so shouldn’t be that > expensive. The locals aren’t on the net because they’re at most working > on the next island over. > The harbor’s the big item, I think. EPA (or whatever they call > themselves locally) is likely to be an impediment. Most or all of the > natural protected harbors have already been exploited; blasting a hole > in the reef is frowned upon these days. > The harbor implies a bit more than a single family unit. Creating a > resort can be a political hot potato that could be your major problem. > In the islands I consider responsible, you’ll have to enlist the aid of > locals to get the project off the ground. > In other words, I think your answers are likely only to be answered by > your feet on the ground, and you talking to the locals, official and > not. Making friends is a good thing as you’ll not know who the opinion > leaders are at first. That 77 year old rummy at the end of the bar may > be just the person you need to win over. > — > Jere Lull > Xan-a-Deux (‘73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) > Xan’s Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html > Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

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Contributing to the Energy Grid with lightning

Question:

Hello, I am just some crank who knows jack about how electical systems, but I had an idea I was hoping for some feedback. Assuming: 1. It is possible for anyone to insert power into the power grid, rather than just draw it. 2. A lightning bolt contains about 1 billion volts of electricity. Would it be possible to build a lightning rod that inserted the energy from lightning into the electrical grid. Has anyone tried? I imagine, that if every building and every house had such lightning rods, then a single lightning storm could provide a boat load of energy. That is provided we had the means to collect and store it. Has any reasurch been done to this end? thanks

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>>I imagine, that if every building and every house had such lightning >rods, then a single lightning storm could provide a boat load of >energy. That is provided we had the means to collect and store it. > Despite the high voltage, loud cracks of thunder, and bright flashes, a > lightning bolt actually contains surprisingly little energy. Sure, it > represents a tremendous power surge, but it is so short in duration that > the total amount of energy it contains is not large. IIRC, a typical > lightning bolt contains enough energy to light a 100W light bulb for > just a few minutes.

I thought, from a programme about the storms you guys in Texas and Oklahoma have, that the amount of lightning you see during the average hurricane could run New York for about an hour. Mind you they looked some quite spectacular shows of lightning streaking across the sky. — Forth based HIDECS Consultancy …..<http://www.amleth.demon.co.uk/> Tel: +44 (0)1235-811095 …. see http://www.feabhas.com for details. Going Forth Safely ….. EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk..

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1. is a correct assumption, 2. is sort of correct (a cloud to ground strike is 100 million to one billion volts), but immaterial. No, you can’t use lightning bolts. part of the problem: lightning reaches 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 4 times as hot as the sun’s surface. air is a poor conductor of electricity and acts to insulate the cloud and ground charges, preventing the flow of current until enormous electrical charges have built up. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1997/BrookeHaramija.shtml — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, I am just some crank who knows jack about how electical > systems, but I had an idea I was hoping for some feedback. > Assuming: > 1. It is possible for anyone to insert power into the power grid, > rather than just draw it. > 2. A lightning bolt contains about 1 billion volts of electricity. > Would it be possible to build a lightning rod that inserted the energy > from lightning into the electrical grid. Has anyone tried? > I imagine, that if every building and every house had such lightning > rods, then a single lightning storm could provide a boat load of > energy. That is provided we had the means to collect and store it. > Has any reasurch been done to this end? > thanks

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Gene Mallove

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According to the Norwich Bulletin Gene Mallove editor of Infinite Energy Magazine and cold fusion advocate was killed in his home Friday in a robbery homicide.

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Can’t wait for the conspiracy theories like the CIA did it.

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> According to the Norwich Bulletin Gene Mallove editor of Infinite > Energy Magazine and cold fusion advocate was killed in his home Friday > in a robbery homicide.

http://rense.com/general53/ddie.htm http://www.planetarymysteries.com/energy/mallove.html Stories about Mallove and his work. I once had the pleasure of a long conversation with Mallove which was included as part of the subject of an article regarding the death Stanley Meyer. Rest in peace to them both.

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If "dr." mallove was involved with Stanley Meyer, then the world is a safer place to live now. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> According to the Norwich Bulletin Gene Mallove editor of Infinite > Energy Magazine and cold fusion advocate was killed in his home Friday > in a robbery homicide. > http://rense.com/general53/ddie.htm > http://www.planetarymysteries.com/energy/mallove.html > Stories about Mallove and his work. > I once had the pleasure of a long conversation with Mallove which was > included as part of the subject of an article regarding the death > Stanley Meyer. > Rest in peace to them both.

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How many tools are needed to sustain a self-sufficient methane plant?

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I know that some farms are turning themselves into methane producers.  I wonder how hard it is to fabricate and maintain the necessary base of equipment for methane generation. A farm can be considered to be largely self-sufficient if it produces enough materials to meet most daily needs.  E.g., consider a farm that uses organic composting to produce methane for electricity and high quality organic fertilizer for crops.  Such a farm might very well import no energy, no water — nothing but replacement parts for items such as motors.  It might go for months without a single tool breakdown requiring an import. If self-sufficient organic farms use tools that are designed to be easily repaired and long-lasting, it might be possible to import only replacement parts rather than whole replacement tools.  Of course, those who are motivated by profit will resist this, since modern consumerism prefers to sell products which cannot be repaired and must be thrown out when any component fails. If farms in the developing world can be brought up to a level of technology where they can produce their own renewable energy (windpower, methane, etc.) and repair most of their tools, the results would save many lives, since the developing world would have less need of imported tools, fertilizers, and energy from elsewhere. I’ve been looking through the notes from my engineering courses, trying to determine a fault analysis for an organic farm based on mean-time-to-failure for a representative sample of components. However I don’t know enough about the tools used on organic farms and how they are supplied.  I also don’t know enough about the tools needed to keep a compost-to-methane operation going.  (I have webpages describing how methane is being used in China and India, but I don’t have any contacts who have worked with it.) I think self-sufficient farms are a good idea for everyone — developing nations and developed nations alike — but if the developing nations can taste independence from imported fertilizers and energy, that would be a big step forward. Any help will be appreciated.

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www.methane-gas.com — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know that some farms are turning themselves into methane > producers.  I wonder how hard it is to fabricate and maintain > the necessary base of equipment for methane generation. > A farm can be considered to be largely self-sufficient if it produces > enough materials to meet most daily needs.  E.g., consider a farm that > uses organic composting to produce methane for electricity and high > quality organic fertilizer for crops.  Such a farm might very well > import no energy, no water — nothing but replacement parts for items > such as motors.  It might go for months without a single tool > breakdown requiring an import. > If self-sufficient organic farms use tools that are designed to be > easily repaired and long-lasting, it might be possible to import only > replacement parts rather than whole replacement tools.  Of course, > those who are motivated by profit will resist this, since modern > consumerism prefers to sell products which cannot be repaired and must > be thrown out when any component fails. > If farms in the developing world can be brought up to a level of > technology where they can produce their own renewable energy > (windpower, methane, etc.) and repair most of their tools, the results > would save many lives, since the developing world would have less need > of imported tools, fertilizers, and energy from elsewhere. > I’ve been looking through the notes from my engineering courses, > trying to determine a fault analysis for an organic farm based on > mean-time-to-failure for a representative sample of components. > However I don’t know enough about the tools used on organic farms and > how they are supplied.  I also don’t know enough about the tools > needed to keep a compost-to-methane operation going.  (I have webpages > describing how methane is being used in China and India, but I don’t > have any contacts who have worked with it.) > I think self-sufficient farms are a good idea for everyone — > developing nations and developed nations alike — but if the > developing nations can taste independence from imported fertilizers > and energy, that would be a big step forward. > Any help will be appreciated.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know that some farms are turning themselves into methane > producers.  I wonder how hard it is to fabricate and maintain > the necessary base of equipment for methane generation. > A farm can be considered to be largely self-sufficient if it produces > enough materials to meet most daily needs.  E.g., consider a farm that > uses organic composting to produce methane for electricity and high > quality organic fertilizer for crops.  Such a farm might very well > import no energy, no water — nothing but replacement parts for items > such as motors.  It might go for months without a single tool > breakdown requiring an import. > If self-sufficient organic farms use tools that are designed to be > easily repaired and long-lasting, it might be possible to import only > replacement parts rather than whole replacement tools.  Of course, > those who are motivated by profit will resist this, since modern > consumerism prefers to sell products which cannot be repaired and must > be thrown out when any component fails. > If farms in the developing world can be brought up to a level of > technology where they can produce their own renewable energy > (windpower, methane, etc.) and repair most of their tools, the results > would save many lives, since the developing world would have less need > of imported tools, fertilizers, and energy from elsewhere. > I’ve been looking through the notes from my engineering courses, > trying to determine a fault analysis for an organic farm based on > mean-time-to-failure for a representative sample of components. > However I don’t know enough about the tools used on organic farms and > how they are supplied.  I also don’t know enough about the tools > needed to keep a compost-to-methane operation going.  (I have webpages > describing how methane is being used in China and India, but I don’t > have any contacts who have worked with it.) > I think self-sufficient farms are a good idea for everyone — > developing nations and developed nations alike — but if the > developing nations can taste independence from imported fertilizers > and energy, that would be a big step forward. > Any help will be appreciated.

You have hit the nail on the head mentioning  India and China, temperature makes the difference, we in the UK. have a long cold winter, fermentation starts slowly at 50 f. and really needs  65 or 70 to produce well, if fermentation vessels are well buried this will help but it will have to be covered by atleast 4 ft and more to be effective,  and even then it will probably need some of the product to heat the fluids and agitate  it for best results.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know that some farms are turning themselves into methane > producers.  I wonder how hard it is to fabricate and maintain > the necessary base of equipment for methane generation. > A farm can be considered to be largely self-sufficient if it produces > enough materials to meet most daily needs.  E.g., consider a farm that > uses organic composting to produce methane for electricity and high > quality organic fertilizer for crops.  Such a farm might very well > import no energy, no water — nothing but replacement parts for items > such as motors.  It might go for months without a single tool > breakdown requiring an import. > If self-sufficient organic farms use tools that are designed to be > easily repaired and long-lasting, it might be possible to import only > replacement parts rather than whole replacement tools.  Of course, > those who are motivated by profit will resist this, since modern > consumerism prefers to sell products which cannot be repaired and must > be thrown out when any component fails. > If farms in the developing world can be brought up to a level of > technology where they can produce their own renewable energy > (windpower, methane, etc.) and repair most of their tools, the results > would save many lives, since the developing world would have less need > of imported tools, fertilizers, and energy from elsewhere. > I’ve been looking through the notes from my engineering courses, > trying to determine a fault analysis for an organic farm based on > mean-time-to-failure for a representative sample of components. > However I don’t know enough about the tools used on organic farms and > how they are supplied.  I also don’t know enough about the tools > needed to keep a compost-to-methane operation going.  (I have webpages > describing how methane is being used in China and India, but I don’t > have any contacts who have worked with it.) > I think self-sufficient farms are a good idea for everyone — > developing nations and developed nations alike — but if the > developing nations can taste independence from imported fertilizers > and energy, that would be a big step forward. > Any help will be appreciated. > You have hit the nail on the head mentioning  India and China, temperature > makes the difference, we in the UK. have a long cold winter, fermentation > starts slowly at 50 f. and really needs  65 or 70 to produce well, if > fermentation vessels are well buried this will help but it will have to be > covered by atleast 4 ft and more to be effective,  and even then it will > probably need some of the product to heat the fluids and agitate  it for > best results.

Once the fermentation starts, it ought to produce its own heat. Therefore, an insulated fermentation vessel would be a good idea.  Some heat can be imported to start the process.  If the insulation is good enough, it might even be necessary to actively cool the vessel. Ray

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > I know that some farms are turning themselves into methane > > producers.  I wonder how hard it is to fabricate and maintain > > the necessary base of equipment for methane generation. > > A farm can be considered to be largely self-sufficient if it > produces > > enough materials to meet most daily needs.  E.g., consider a farm > that > > uses organic composting to produce methane for electricity and high > > quality organic fertilizer for crops.  Such a farm might very well > > import no energy, no water — nothing but replacement parts for > items > > such as motors.  It might go for months without a single tool > > breakdown requiring an import. > > If self-sufficient organic farms use tools that are designed to be > > easily repaired and long-lasting, it might be possible to import > only > > replacement parts rather than whole replacement tools.  Of course, > > those who are motivated by profit will resist this, since modern > > consumerism prefers to sell products which cannot be repaired and > must > > be thrown out when any component fails. > > If farms in the developing world can be brought up to a level of > > technology where they can produce their own renewable energy > > (windpower, methane, etc.) and repair most of their tools, the > results > > would save many lives, since the developing world would have less > need > > of imported tools, fertilizers, and energy from elsewhere. > > I’ve been looking through the notes from my engineering courses, > > trying to determine a fault analysis for an organic farm based on > > mean-time-to-failure for a representative sample of components. > > However I don’t know enough about the tools used on organic farms > and > > how they are supplied.  I also don’t know enough about the tools > > needed to keep a compost-to-methane operation going.  (I have > webpages > > describing how methane is being used in China and India, but I don’t > > have any contacts who have worked with it.) > > I think self-sufficient farms are a good idea for everyone — > > developing nations and developed nations alike — but if the > > developing nations can taste independence from imported fertilizers > > and energy, that would be a big step forward. > > Any help will be appreciated. > You have hit the nail on the head mentioning  India and China, > temperature > makes the difference, we in the UK. have a long cold winter, > fermentation > starts slowly at 50 f. and really needs  65 or 70 to produce well, if > fermentation vessels are well buried this will help but it will have > to be > covered by atleast 4 ft and more to be effective,  and even then it > will > probably need some of the product to heat the fluids and agitate  it > for > best results. > Once the fermentation starts, it ought to produce its own heat. > Therefore, an insulated fermentation vessel would be a good idea.  Some > heat can be imported to start the process.  If the insulation is good > enough, it might even be necessary to actively cool the vessel. > Ray

There was a great deal of idea’s and action, in the sixties, it maybe a good idea to search the web for some of them. Basic fermenting  like used in India is good in the warm latitudes, but in order to get a good continuous supply of gas conditions must be within certain bands, after a while the ferment stops or slows down and needs agitating, an idea would be to have two vessels pumping from one to the other then when it is spent one could be empytied while the other can still be added to with more whatever then they could be returned to full use. Water traps must be used on inlets to stop gas escaping up the feed pipe, then I am stating the obvious here sorry. A drying out area or pan would be good> unless the slurry left from the vessels can used as fertiliser, only I believe dried out  slurry makes a reasonable fuel in a large stove, a smouldering fire.

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> There was a great deal of idea’s and action, in the sixties, it maybe a good > idea to search the web for some of them. > Basic fermenting  like used in India is good in the warm latitudes, but in > order to get a good continuous supply of gas conditions must be within > certain bands, after a while the ferment stops or slows down and needs > agitating, an idea would be to have two vessels pumping from one to the > other then when it is spent one could be empytied while the other can still > be added to with more whatever then they could be returned to full use. > Water traps must be used on inlets to stop gas escaping up the feed pipe, > then I am stating the obvious here sorry. > A drying out area or pan would be good> unless the slurry left from the > vessels can used as fertiliser, only I believe dried out  slurry makes a > reasonable fuel in a large stove, a smouldering fire.

Those are very good specific points. Personally I think that the slurry could be used more effectively as topsoil than as fuel, but that’s going to depend on the users, the circumstances, and the slurry. By the way, I had a major realization — Buckminster Fuller already spelled out this whole problem far more effectively than anything I’ve written in any of my posts so far.

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Actually the spent slurry is used to build the soil. It’s a good idea to get the methane from it first. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Personally I think that the slurry could be used more effectively as > topsoil than as fuel, but that’s going to depend on the users, the > circumstances, and the slurry.

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Book Review: From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank, Joshua Tickell

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Entertaining, but not economically feasible for most people, May 8, 2004 If you want to do something like this for your own amusement, this is a good book. It explains the what, how, and why of making old burger grease into biodiesel fuel, and I suppose it would be a fun project for some people. I know of two people who have, with results just as described: yes, Virginia, it runs. Is it cost-effective as a source of fuel? Probably no. If you figure only your own time on a per-gallon basis, it’s probably cheaper to pull up to the truck stop-before you fabricate any equipment, set aside the real estate, buy the wood alcohol and lye and the needed safety equipment to safely handle the incredibly caustic sodium methoxide, and set about getting the local burger joints to give you their used grease-a bigger challenge than the author expplains in many areas! My only other proviso is I wouldn’t put the stuff in my only go-to-work vehicle. Until you have got the process down there’s the danger of taking out expensive injection pumps and injectors with water, debris, and sodium methoxide. Biodiesel may also be incompatible with seals and bearings in some diesel systems, so I would buy a second hobby vehicle to tinker with, one that you are comfortable working on yourself. No diesel manufacturer will cover problems induced by homemade biofuel under warranty.

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It’s actually a lot easier than you describe, and safer than you think. It costs us $.70 / gallon to make our own biodiesel, takes 2 hours out of my Saturday afternoon to make a weeks worth of fuel. If you follow the instructions, there is no problems with your vehicle or your warranty. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Entertaining, but not economically feasible for most people, May 8, > 2004 > If you want to do something like this for your own amusement, this is > a good book. It explains the what, how, and why of making old burger > grease into biodiesel fuel, and I suppose it would be a fun project > for some people. I know of two people who have, with results just as > described: yes, Virginia, it runs. > Is it cost-effective as a source of fuel? Probably no. If you figure > only your own time on a per-gallon basis, it’s probably cheaper to > pull up to the truck stop-before you fabricate any equipment, set > aside the real estate, buy the wood alcohol and lye and the needed > safety equipment to safely handle the incredibly caustic sodium > methoxide, and set about getting the local burger joints to give you > their used grease-a bigger challenge than the author expplains in many > areas! > My only other proviso is I wouldn’t put the stuff in my only > go-to-work vehicle. Until you have got the process down there’s the > danger of taking out expensive injection pumps and injectors with > water, debris, and sodium methoxide. Biodiesel may also be > incompatible with seals and bearings in some diesel systems, so I > would buy a second hobby vehicle to tinker with, one that you are > comfortable working on yourself. No diesel manufacturer will cover > problems induced by homemade biofuel under warranty.

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> It’s actually a lot easier than you describe, and safer than you think. It > costs us $.70 / gallon to make our own biodiesel, takes 2 hours out of my > Saturday afternoon to make a weeks worth of fuel. > If you follow the instructions, there is no problems with your vehicle or > your warranty.

Perhaps folks who are concerned with handling the chemicals and such might favor a straight vegetable oil conversion for their vehicle. A second tank, a heater loop, a few switches and the like and you’re set. They could buy their biodiesel (available in hundreds of stations now) for the one tank and fill the other with vegetable oil. There are quite a few after market kits out there for this and mechanics who will install them. Anthony

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Indeed, we resell such a kit. — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> It’s actually a lot easier than you describe, and safer than you think. It > costs us $.70 / gallon to make our own biodiesel, takes 2 hours out of my > Saturday afternoon to make a weeks worth of fuel. > If you follow the instructions, there is no problems with your vehicle or > your warranty. > Perhaps folks who are concerned with handling the chemicals and such > might favor a straight vegetable oil conversion for their vehicle. A > second tank, a heater loop, a few switches and the like and you’re set. > They could buy their biodiesel (available in hundreds of stations now) > for the one tank and fill the other with vegetable oil. There are quite > a few after market kits out there for this and mechanics who will install > them. > Anthony

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Looking for Newbie Sites and Info

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My wife and I have been moving towards a more environmentally way of living for years, and decided recently to be more active in this pursuit. I am looking for sites that outline basics, like better light bulbs, using rain water, composting, etc. Can anyone recommend some sites? — BV. www.iheartmypond.com

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Try www.nrel.gov

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My wife and I have been moving towards a more environmentally way of living > for years, and decided recently to be more active in this pursuit. I am > looking for sites that outline basics, like better light bulbs, using rain > water, composting, etc. Can anyone recommend some sites? > — > BV. > www.iheartmypond.com

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainwater/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wastewatts/ — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My wife and I have been moving towards a more environmentally way of living > for years, and decided recently to be more active in this pursuit. I am > looking for sites that outline basics, like better light bulbs, using rain > water, composting, etc. Can anyone recommend some sites? > — > BV. > www.iheartmypond.com

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Waco 1993 and OK City 1995

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> Death threat my ass !! What part of my statement consitutes a death > >> threat idiot. > >Learn to read.  I said you better not be making a threat.  I did not > >positively say that you were making a threat, but warning you against > >any such thing.   > Now I’m curious. > Like I care.

You can admit that you care. > I have no interest in your sexual preferences > Then don’t ask — even rhetorically.

Why not? Are you threatening to take legal action against me also? Do you do this a lot? I mean, how many times a week do you threaten people with legal action? > and, in fact, > I’d prefer not to know if you are a homosexual. > I don’t really care what you’d prefer.

Are you fibbing? >  Whatever the answer > to that question you knew he wasn’t threatening you. > I was making sure that he didn’t get out of line.  His comment was over > the top and silly.  But that doesn’t necessarily mean that he isn’t > trying to make vague threats.  I’m glad that he claims he wasn’t.

HAve you ever seen this site? http://www.plonk.com/ > You are just > using the issue to avoid coming up with a solid response to him. > Not so.  I responded to his position adequately.  It’s obvious that the > Davidians were not martyrs, nor where they hero or even victims.  They > were people who performed criminal acts and the survivors were convicted > of criminal acts.  The Davidians filed civil suit against the government > alleging all kinds of abuse and that suit was thrown out.  

Ah, that proves everything then, doesn’t it. > The Davidians > were largely a bunch of religious whack jobs and many got what they > deserved.  

"Got what they deserved"   What are your thoughts on penal colonies, concentration camps, mass executions, performing scientific experiments on prisoners, … > The children might not have deserved to die, but > unfortunately they had parents stupid enough to follow David Koresh.  

"the children might not have deserved to die" What do you think of genetic cleansing? If it could be shown that certain individuals are more likely to commit violent crimes than others would you support locking them up or killing them before they commit a crime? > At most I can fill a bit of pity for some of these folks, but they deserve > no respect or admiration for their poor life choices.

Why does this issue bother you so much? > >> You just proved yourself to be a nutjob. > >No, there is nothing wrong with warning you that your hateful language > >can expose you to criminal liability if you aren’t careful. > Kooks use cyberharrassment threats when they start to lose an > argument. Are you a kook? > No.  Kooks are not the only ones who invoke legitimate cyberharrassment > laws.  I did not press the issue further.  Rather, I educated Mr. North > about how to talk to people so that he will not give the mistaken > impression of threatening anyone.  That’s a good thing.

Did you know that Martha Stewart used to say that a lot. > >> Now go take your meds asshole. > >You’re projecting again.  Unlike you, I don’t need any medicines.   > Are you trying to harass him? > Nope.  My actions are perfectly permissible.  If I were a kook I’d be > complaining that his false claims about me bordered on being libelous.   > But the fact is that I respect his right to state his opinion, > inaccurate though it may be.  As long as he keeps his comments legal I > have no quarrel with him (except maybe about Waco).

You’d enjoy it if you were able to sick the law on him, wouldn’t you.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Death threat my ass !! What part of my statement consitutes a death >> threat idiot. >Learn to read.  I said you better not be making a threat.  I did not >positively say that you were making a threat, but warning you against >any such thing.   > Now I’m curious.

Like I care. > Are you a homosexual?

No. > BTW, that was a rhetorical question.

No it wasn’t.  It was a very straightforward question which had no rhetorical value at all.   > I have no interest in your sexual preferences

Then don’t ask — even rhetorically. > and, in fact, > I’d prefer not to know if you are a homosexual.

I don’t really care what you’d prefer. >  Whatever the answer > to that question you knew he wasn’t threatening you.

I was making sure that he didn’t get out of line.  His comment was over the top and silly.  But that doesn’t necessarily mean that he isn’t trying to make vague threats.  I’m glad that he claims he wasn’t. > You are just > using the issue to avoid coming up with a solid response to him.

Not so.  I responded to his position adequately.  It’s obvious that the Davidians were not martyrs, nor where they hero or even victims.  They were people who performed criminal acts and the survivors were convicted of criminal acts.  The Davidians filed civil suit against the government alleging all kinds of abuse and that suit was thrown out.  The Davidians were largely a bunch of religious whack jobs and many got what they deserved.  The children might not have deserved to die, but unfortunately they had parents stupid enough to follow David Koresh.  At most I can fill a bit of pity for some of these folks, but they deserve no respect or admiration for their poor life choices. >> You just proved yourself to be a nutjob. >No, there is nothing wrong with warning you that your hateful language >can expose you to criminal liability if you aren’t careful. > Kooks use cyberharrassment threats when they start to lose an > argument. Are you a kook?

No.  Kooks are not the only ones who invoke legitimate cyberharrassment laws.  I did not press the issue further.  Rather, I educated Mr. North about how to talk to people so that he will not give the mistaken impression of threatening anyone.  That’s a good thing. >> Now go take your meds asshole. >You’re projecting again.  Unlike you, I don’t need any medicines.   > Are you trying to harass him?

Nope.  My actions are perfectly permissible.  If I were a kook I’d be complaining that his false claims about me bordered on being libelous.   But the fact is that I respect his right to state his opinion, inaccurate though it may be.  As long as he keeps his comments legal I have no quarrel with him (except maybe about Waco).   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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> Death threat my ass !! What part of my statement consitutes a death > threat idiot.

Learn to read.  I said you better not be making a threat.  I did not positively say that you were making a threat, but warning you against any such thing.   > You just proved yourself to be a nutjob.

No, there is nothing wrong with warning you that your hateful language can expose you to criminal liability if you aren’t careful. > Now go take your meds asshole.

You’re projecting again.  Unlike you, I don’t need any medicines.   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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Bye-bye, asshole. PLONK — Remove "nospam" for e-mail

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> W e > A in’t > C oming > O ut. > We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. > I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those > right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime > scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site > anyway. > — >       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) > "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the > threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ > disease, and many others, but I think a case can be > made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, > comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to > eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> What terrorist acts did the Branch Davidians commit? > >(1) Machine gunned several federal officers. > Wrong >Not wrong.  For federal officers died.  Davidians were convicted.

A number of those officers shot each other and in one case..themselves.  Tornado rounds were used, and those were the ones that managed to penetrate the raid vests.   Davidians were NOT convicted of murder. Think hard before you try to weasel out of this one. > >(2) Threatened citizens with attack by their paramilitary forces. > Wrong >Demonstrate otherwise or retract.

Provide cites. > >(3) Believed to have executed members of their own group who defected. > Wrong > >(4) Held children as hostages, refusing to release them and thereby > >causing their deaths. > Wrong >It’s an undisputable fact that they could have let children go but did >not.  It was clear that Koresh was using them for cover.

They did indeed let children go. Anyone who wanted to leave was allowed to do so.  A number did.  Therefore your argument is deeply flawed. > >(5) Illegally modified a number of firearms without license to function > >in fully automatic mode. > Wrong, not proven in court. >It was established beyond a reasonable doubt by the FBI report.  The >judge made a technical mistake in his sentencing, but the information is >part of the court record.  Here’s a report by the Treasury Department. >http://usgovinfo.about.com/blwacoguns.htm?once=true&

Why were none of those weapons available to expert outside witnesses? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >(6) Proven beyond all doubt to have committed mass murder and suicide by > >pouring accelerants around their own compound and setting it ablaze, > >rather than surrendering.   > Wrong. >Then offer the counter evidence.   >At best some people have questioned whether the davidians really >intended to burn themselves alive or if they just had a really stupid >plan.  However, they still did end up killing themselves and other >members in the compound appear to have been executed by gunshot.  So >both murder and suicide charges are well supported by the evidence.  

Its  very possible that a number of Davidians were killed by automatic weapons fire by the Delta teams stationed at the back of the building. One should note that at no time were the weapons held by the FBI/ATF etc tested for ballistic matches in the victims, both FBI/ATF/Davidian. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> What evidence do > >> you have that they planned to make war on the American people?   > >Koresh and others from the compound made threats against other citizens.   > >These were some of the bases upon which the BATF was called to > >intervene.  It was precisely because it was believed that the Davidians > >were heavily armed with illegal weapons that the Firearms control agents > >were sent rather than just child welfare. > Wrong again. Child welfare had been there less than a month before and > had given them a clean bill of health.  The BATF was there to enforce > what they though was a $200 tax stamp issue. >LOL!  Is that why they brought an 80 vehicle convoy and planned the raid >for several months with 76 agents?  Get some better lies. >http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6679/6679.ch01.html

Better lies than yours?  Lets try some facts instead. http://i2i.org/SuptDocs/Waco/warrant.htm http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/libe214-20030310-07.html – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> You are silly > >Nope. I just refuse to glorify a bunch of militant lunatics who did > >everything in their power to earn their fate.  I know the actual details > >about the Davidians, rather than the right wing myths spread by > >fundamentalists and militia fanatics. > Based on your above claims, you know nothing. Even the court records > refute your spew. >They certainly do not.  It’s rather obvious that you don’t know shit >about these legal documents.  

Been there, done that. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->  I find this rather interesting. >OTOH, I find your stupidity rather boring. > >> and a quick review of your posts indicates that you are > >> also very angry. > >Actually I don’t give a rat’s ass about the davidians anymore.  The only > >thing that makes me angry is when morons try to make them out to be > >martyrs.   > So..how long have you or a member of your family worked for the BATF? >How about never.

Really?  You sure sound like an appologist or someone with a bad case of guilt/denial > Or is your denial of the actual facts >I’ve given you the actual fact and it’s you who is in denial.

Spin on your part is not fact. > simply based on ignorance, >You appear to be projecting your own shortcomings on me.

Snicker…. > rather than guilt and ass covering? >I have no guilt about the matter because I have no involvement in it.  

Then why do you lie and spin like you do? Gunner No 220-pound thug can threaten the well-being or dignity of a 110-pound woman who has two pounds of iron to even things out.  Is that evil? Is that wrong?  People who object to weapons aren’t abolishing violence, they’re begging for the rule of brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically "right".  Guns end that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work.                 – L. Neil Smith

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> >> What terrorist acts did the Branch Davidians commit? >(1) Machine gunned several federal officers. > Wrong

Not wrong.  For federal officers died.  Davidians were convicted. >(2) Threatened citizens with attack by their paramilitary forces. > Wrong

Demonstrate otherwise or retract. >(3) Believed to have executed members of their own group who defected. > Wrong >(4) Held children as hostages, refusing to release them and thereby >causing their deaths. > Wrong

It’s an undisputable fact that they could have let children go but did not.  It was clear that Koresh was using them for cover. >(5) Illegally modified a number of firearms without license to function >in fully automatic mode. > Wrong, not proven in court.

It was established beyond a reasonable doubt by the FBI report.  The judge made a technical mistake in his sentencing, but the information is part of the court record.  Here’s a report by the Treasury Department. http://usgovinfo.about.com/blwacoguns.htm?once=true& >(6) Proven beyond all doubt to have committed mass murder and suicide by >pouring accelerants around their own compound and setting it ablaze, >rather than surrendering.   > Wrong.

Then offer the counter evidence.   At best some people have questioned whether the davidians really intended to burn themselves alive or if they just had a really stupid plan.  However, they still did end up killing themselves and other members in the compound appear to have been executed by gunshot.  So both murder and suicide charges are well supported by the evidence.   >> What evidence do >> you have that they planned to make war on the American people?   >Koresh and others from the compound made threats against other citizens.   >These were some of the bases upon which the BATF was called to >intervene.  It was precisely because it was believed that the Davidians >were heavily armed with illegal weapons that the Firearms control agents >were sent rather than just child welfare. > Wrong again. Child welfare had been there less than a month before and > had given them a clean bill of health.  The BATF was there to enforce > what they though was a $200 tax stamp issue.

LOL!  Is that why they brought an 80 vehicle convoy and planned the raid for several months with 76 agents?  Get some better lies. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6679/6679.ch01.html >> You are silly >Nope. I just refuse to glorify a bunch of militant lunatics who did >everything in their power to earn their fate.  I know the actual details >about the Davidians, rather than the right wing myths spread by >fundamentalists and militia fanatics. > Based on your above claims, you know nothing. Even the court records > refute your spew.

They certainly do not.  It’s rather obvious that you don’t know shit about these legal documents.   >  I find this rather interesting.

OTOH, I find your stupidity rather boring. >> and a quick review of your posts indicates that you are >> also very angry. >Actually I don’t give a rat’s ass about the davidians anymore.  The only >thing that makes me angry is when morons try to make them out to be >martyrs.   > So..how long have you or a member of your family worked for the BATF?

How about never. > Or is your denial of the actual facts

I’ve given you the actual fact and it’s you who is in denial. > simply based on ignorance,

You appear to be projecting your own shortcomings on me. > rather than guilt and ass covering?

I have no guilt about the matter because I have no involvement in it.   > "The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. > Each political party is a huge pinata — a papier-mache donkey, for example. > The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, > comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budge and other goodies. > The American voter is blindfoled and given a stick. The voter then swings > the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate > on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard." – P.J. O’Rourke,

P.J. O’Rourke is a moron who fails to understand the most elementary issues about a constitutional democracy. —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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said: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> said: > >> >> W e > >> >> A in’t > >> >> C oming > >> >> O ut. > >> >> We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. > >> >I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those > >> >right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime > >> >scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site > >> >anyway.   > >> You missed a good chance since the feds destroyed their crime > >> scene in just a few days. > >Since when was it a crime to kill right-wing terrorist assholes like the > >Branch Davidians who shot federal agents, were hoarding a million rounds > >of ammunition, possessed illegal machine guns and expressed the > >intention of treasonously making war on the american people.  They > >should have shot those fuckers down like dogs on the first day, instead > >of waiting 51.  It was only due to the fact that terrorist David Koresh > >was holding women and children as hostages which prevented him from > >getting immediately blasted into oblivion like he deserved.   > So you are saying that if I kill you and your homosexual left wing > boyfriend, that would not be a crime ? >Since none of your premises are correct it’s hardly important.  However, >you better not be making a death threat over the internet.

Death threat my ass !! What part of my statement consitutes a death threat idiot. You just proved yourself to be a nutjob. Now go take your meds asshole. n.

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>If you took five seconds of trouble you could find these yourself.  Here >is a partial inventory of what they had: >http://www.culteducation.com/waco.html  

Rather than someones blog..how about citing the actual trial documents? its a bit less…questionable that way….snicker. Btw…you are aware that the they were an FFL gun dealer, and made the "Have a complaint? Take a number" grenade on a sign novelties sold far and wide, are you not? I should also mention that of your "list" only several items were illegal to own, and oddly enough..those items have been unavailable for independant outside witnesses to verify their actual composition and construction.   Lets look at some other bits, shall we? http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/waco.questions.html http://www.daft.com/~rab/liberty/misc/davidians960104.html http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/waco.tausch.html One is reminded of the statement of the Jury Foreperson at the end of the first trial,,, "After the verdicts were announced on June 17, 1994, jury forewoman Sarah Bain went on a number of radio talk shows to protest Judge Smith’s actions in the case. Bain told one reporter, "The federal government was absolutely out of control there. We spoke in the jury room about the fact that the wrong people were on trial, that it should have been the ones that planned the raid and orchestrated it and insisted on carrying out this plan who should have been on trial." Hummmm  your not that wonk that used to post as Son Of ATF, are you? Gunner "The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. Each political party is a huge pinata — a papier-mache donkey, for example. The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budge and other goodies. The American voter is blindfoled and given a stick. The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard." – P.J. O’Rourke, "Parliament of Whores"

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said: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> said: > >> >> W e > >> >> A in’t > >> >> C oming > >> >> O ut. > >> >> We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. > >> >I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those > >> >right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime > >> >scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site > >> >anyway.   > >> You missed a good chance since the feds destroyed their crime > >> scene in just a few days. > >Since when was it a crime to kill right-wing terrorist assholes like the > >Branch Davidians who shot federal agents, were hoarding a million rounds > >of ammunition, possessed illegal machine guns and expressed the > >intention of treasonously making war on the american people.  They > >should have shot those fuckers down like dogs on the first day, instead > >of waiting 51.  It was only due to the fact that terrorist David Koresh > >was holding women and children as hostages which prevented him from > >getting immediately blasted into oblivion like he deserved.   > So you are saying that if I kill you and your homosexual left wing > boyfriend, that would not be a crime ? >Since none of your premises are correct it’s hardly important.  However, >you better not be making a death threat over the internet. > Also I’d like a cite for the machine guns that they ‘had’ . >If you took five seconds of trouble you could find these yourself.  Here >is a partial inventory of what they had: >http://www.culteducation.com/waco.html   >19 SGW CAR-AR assault submachine guns (three fitted with silencers), >nine other silencers

They were never proven to be full auto. >8 hand grenades and at least 31 other grenade parts and fragments, more >than 20 pieces and fragments of rockets (apparently used to make rocket- >propelled grenades) along with 1 sight for a rocket-propelled grenade >launcher. >3 Israeli-made IMI Galil assault rifles

Prefectly legal. >10 Ruger Mini-14 assault rifles (one with a mounted scope)

perfectly legal >A barrel for a M60 machine gun

perfectly legal >1 30 mm rocket shell

perfectly legal as long as the propellant has been removed. >9 FAL assault rifles (three mounted on bipods)

perfectly legal >At least 54 AK-47 or AKS assault rifles (some converted to fully >automatic submachine guns)

never proven to be full auto other than that, perfectly legal. >11 .12-gauge shotguns (one with a sawed-off barrel) >Dozens of pistols

perfectly legal >Dozens of barrels for M-16s, AR-15s and other weapons

perfectly legal >Gas masks and one chemical warfare suit

perfectly legal >Several Kevlar tactical vests and other body armor and eight Kevlar >helmets.

perfectly legal >Also found were lathes, milling equipment and other tooling machinery, >which essentially substantiated the suspicions of authorities, who >believed that Koresh and the Davidians were engaged in the illegal >conversion of assault rifles to automatic weapons and the manufacture of >crude "grease guns."

it is perfectly legal to own machine tools and in fact it is perfectly legal to build a homemade machine gun, all parts must be homemade. And BTW "who believed" is not proof they were doing anything illegal. > BTW, its prefectly legal to hoard as much ammo as one wants. >It depends upon what type of "ammo" and who is doing the hoarding.  

the only persons who may not own ammo are convicted felons

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Between the days of February 28, 1993 and April 19th, 1993, called Branch > Davidians. > http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/ > http://serendipity.magnet.ch/waco.html > On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, > Oklahoma was bombed, causing extensive damage to the structure, the loss of 168 > innocent lives, the victimization of the families of those who lost loved ones, > hundreds of non-fatal injuries, and substantial property damage in the > vicinity. The media and the Executive branch reported that the sole source of > the devastation was a single truck bomb consisting of 4,800 pounds of ammonium > nitrate, transported to the location in a Ryder Truck and parked in front of > the building. It is impossible that the destruction to the building could have > resulted from such a bomb alone. > http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/OK/PARTIN/okm.htm > caveat lector > Halcitron             misc.survivalism      alt.survival > "Failing to prepare…. Is preparing to fail." > NRA Member since 2002 > The Law of the Land, is the weapon in your hand. > Smith & Wesson starts where the Bill of Rights stop.

The great deception continues. May god save us all.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Between the days of February 28, 1993 and April 19th, 1993, called Branch > Davidians. > http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/ > http://serendipity.magnet.ch/waco.html > On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, > Oklahoma was bombed, causing extensive damage to the structure, the loss of 168 > innocent lives, the victimization of the families of those who lost loved ones, > hundreds of non-fatal injuries, and substantial property damage in the > vicinity. The media and the Executive branch reported that the sole source of > the devastation was a single truck bomb consisting of 4,800 pounds of ammonium > nitrate, transported to the location in a Ryder Truck and parked in front of > the building. It is impossible that the destruction to the building could have > resulted from such a bomb alone. > http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/OK/PARTIN/okm.htm > caveat lector > Halcitron             misc.survivalism      alt.survival > "Failing to prepare…. Is preparing to fail." > NRA Member since 2002 > The Law of the Land, is the weapon in your hand. > Smith & Wesson starts where the Bill of Rights stop. >The great deception continues. >May god save us all.

Take your medicine

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W e A in’t C oming O ut. We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. — Richard A. Macdonald, CPA/EA SSG (Ret), USA, ADA, 16P34

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> W e > A in’t > C oming > O ut. > We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood.

I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site anyway.   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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> Take your medicine

That will solve part of his problem, but it won’t fix the fact that he is terminally stupid and an ignoramus.   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> W e >> A in’t >> C oming >> O ut. >> We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. >I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those >right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime >scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site >anyway.   > You missed a good chance since the feds destroyed their crime > scene in just a few days.

Since when was it a crime to kill right-wing terrorist assholes like the Branch Davidians who shot federal agents, were hoarding a million rounds of ammunition, possessed illegal machine guns and expressed the intention of treasonously making war on the american people.  They should have shot those fuckers down like dogs on the first day, instead of waiting 51.  It was only due to the fact that terrorist David Koresh was holding women and children as hostages which prevented him from getting immediately blasted into oblivion like he deserved.   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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ah, but the paranoid delusionists will try to tell you they were an innocent group of christians attending a prayer meeting and the government was trying to supress there subversive ideas <grin> — Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Discuss vegetable oil and biodiesel powered diesels at http://www.veggievan.org/discuss/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Since when was it a crime to kill right-wing terrorist assholes like the > Branch Davidians who shot federal agents, were hoarding a million rounds > of ammunition, possessed illegal machine guns and expressed the > intention of treasonously making war on the american people.  They > should have shot those fuckers down like dogs on the first day, instead > of waiting 51.  It was only due to the fact that terrorist David Koresh > was holding women and children as hostages which prevented him from > getting immediately blasted into oblivion like he deserved. > — >       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) > "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the > threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ > disease, and many others, but I think a case can be > made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, > comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to > eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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said: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> W e > >> A in’t > >> C oming > >> O ut. > >> We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. > >I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those > >right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime > >scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site > >anyway.   > You missed a good chance since the feds destroyed their crime > scene in just a few days. >Since when was it a crime to kill right-wing terrorist assholes like the >Branch Davidians who shot federal agents, were hoarding a million rounds >of ammunition, possessed illegal machine guns and expressed the >intention of treasonously making war on the american people.  They >should have shot those fuckers down like dogs on the first day, instead >of waiting 51.  It was only due to the fact that terrorist David Koresh >was holding women and children as hostages which prevented him from >getting immediately blasted into oblivion like he deserved.  

So you are saying that if I kill you and your homosexual left wing boyfriend, that would not be a crime ? Also I’d like a cite for the machine guns that they ‘had’ . BTW, its prefectly legal to hoard as much ammo as one wants. n.

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> What terrorist acts did the Branch Davidians commit?

(1) Machine gunned several federal officers. (2) Threatened citizens with attack by their paramilitary forces. (3) Believed to have executed members of their own group who defected. (4) Held children as hostages, refusing to release them and thereby causing their deaths. (5) Illegally modified a number of firearms without license to function in fully automatic mode. (6) Proven beyond all doubt to have committed mass murder and suicide by pouring accelerants around their own compound and setting it ablaze, rather than surrendering.   > What evidence do > you have that they planned to make war on the American people?  

Koresh and others from the compound made threats against other citizens.   These were some of the bases upon which the BATF was called to intervene.  It was precisely because it was believed that the Davidians were heavily armed with illegal weapons that the Firearms control agents were sent rather than just child welfare. > You are silly

Nope. I just refuse to glorify a bunch of militant lunatics who did everything in their power to earn their fate.  I know the actual details about the Davidians, rather than the right wing myths spread by fundamentalists and militia fanatics. > and a quick review of your posts indicates that you are > also very angry.

Actually I don’t give a rat’s ass about the davidians anymore.  The only thing that makes me angry is when morons try to make them out to be martyrs.   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > said: >> >> W e >> >> A in’t >> >> C oming >> >> O ut. >> >> We could almost see the smoke from Ft Hood. >> >I wanted to go down there and roast marshmellows over the ashes of those >> >right wing fundy terrorists.  But I figured that it was still a crime >> >scene so they probably wouldn’t let me get that close to the site >> >anyway.   >> You missed a good chance since the feds destroyed their crime >> scene in just a few days. >Since when was it a crime to kill right-wing terrorist assholes like the >Branch Davidians who shot federal agents, were hoarding a million rounds >of ammunition, possessed illegal machine guns and expressed the >intention of treasonously making war on the american people.  They >should have shot those fuckers down like dogs on the first day, instead >of waiting 51.  It was only due to the fact that terrorist David Koresh >was holding women and children as hostages which prevented him from >getting immediately blasted into oblivion like he deserved.   > So you are saying that if I kill you and your homosexual left wing > boyfriend, that would not be a crime ?

Since none of your premises are correct it’s hardly important.  However, you better not be making a death threat over the internet. > Also I’d like a cite for the machine guns that they ‘had’ .

If you took five seconds of trouble you could find these yourself.  Here is a partial inventory of what they had: http://www.culteducation.com/waco.html   19 SGW CAR-AR assault submachine guns (three fitted with silencers), nine other silencers 8 hand grenades and at least 31 other grenade parts and fragments, more than 20 pieces and fragments of rockets (apparently used to make rocket- propelled grenades) along with 1 sight for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. 3 Israeli-made IMI Galil assault rifles 10 Ruger Mini-14 assault rifles (one with a mounted scope) A barrel for a M60 machine gun 1 30 mm rocket shell 9 FAL assault rifles (three mounted on bipods) At least 54 AK-47 or AKS assault rifles (some converted to fully automatic submachine guns) 11 .12-gauge shotguns (one with a sawed-off barrel) Dozens of pistols Dozens of barrels for M-16s, AR-15s and other weapons Gas masks and one chemical warfare suit Several Kevlar tactical vests and other body armor and eight Kevlar helmets. Also found were lathes, milling equipment and other tooling machinery, which essentially substantiated the suspicions of authorities, who believed that Koresh and the Davidians were engaged in the illegal conversion of assault rifles to automatic weapons and the manufacture of crude "grease guns." > BTW, its prefectly legal to hoard as much ammo as one wants.

It depends upon what type of "ammo" and who is doing the hoarding.   —       Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com) "It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, ‘mad cow’ disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."  – Richard Dawkins

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>> What terrorist acts did the Branch Davidians commit? >(1) Machine gunned several federal officers.

Wrong >(2) Threatened citizens with attack by their paramilitary forces.

Wrong >(3) Believed to have executed members of their own group who defected.

Wrong >(4) Held children as hostages, refusing to release them and thereby >causing their deaths.

Wrong >(5) Illegally modified a number of firearms without license to function >in fully automatic mode.

Wrong, not proven in court. >(6) Proven beyond all doubt to have committed mass murder and suicide by >pouring accelerants around their own compound and setting it ablaze, >rather than surrendering.  

Wrong. > What evidence do > you have that they planned to make war on the American people?   >Koresh and others from the compound made threats against other citizens.   >These were some of the bases upon which the BATF was called to >intervene.  It was precisely because it was believed that the Davidians >were heavily armed with illegal weapons that the Firearms control agents >were sent rather than just child welfare.

Wrong again. Child welfare had been there less than a month before and had given them a clean bill of health.  The BATF was there to enforce what they though was a $200 tax stamp issue. > You are silly >Nope. I just refuse to glorify a bunch of militant lunatics who did >everything in their power to earn their fate.  I know the actual details >about the Davidians, rather than the right wing myths spread by >fundamentalists and militia fanatics.

Based on your above claims, you know nothing. Even the court records refute your spew.  I find this rather interesting. > and a quick review of your posts indicates that you are > also very angry. >Actually I don’t give a rat’s ass about the davidians anymore.  The only >thing that makes me angry is when morons try to make them out to be >martyrs.  

So..how long have you or a member of your family worked for the BATF? Or is your denial of the actual facts simply based on ignorance, rather than guilt and ass covering? Gunner "The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. Each political party is a huge pinata — a papier-mache donkey, for example. The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budge and other goodies. The American voter is blindfoled and given a stick. The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard." – P.J. O’Rourke, "Parliament of Whores"

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