Blair 'I did what I thought was right' | 108 comments (108 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (4.00 / 2)

If we built it ourselves, do you have any idea how overpriced, rubbish and late it would be?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri May 11th, 2007 at 11:40:03 AM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (none / 1)

I think I do, yes.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 11th, 2007 at 11:46:54 AM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (none / 1)

Looking at the majority of projects that have been made in the last 20 years, you could take the cost of the US version, and treble it for the cost of a UK version, so roughly an excess 40 billion pounds.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri May 11th, 2007 at 12:27:01 PM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (4.00 / 2)

Maybe it could be funded by bonds. Or an LLP.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri May 11th, 2007 at 01:41:48 PM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (none / 1)

Or an interest-only, negative-equity mortgage.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 11th, 2007 at 04:49:06 PM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (4.00 / 3)

True. But the Iranians are short of even OUR level of management "competence".

They couldn't build a bomb in five years, even if all sanctions were dropped tomorrow and they went shopping at "Centrifuges 'r us"

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Fri May 11th, 2007 at 11:48:07 AM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (none / 0)

Really? Short of the country that digs random holes in its streets and doesn't touch them for six months (if even then) for no apparent reason? You're not giving Britain enough credit for its incompetence, Chris.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sun May 13th, 2007 at 12:50:30 AM EST
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We are pretty good at incompetence, I grant you.

Pretty good at creativity though: you have to be creative to be idle.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Sun May 13th, 2007 at 04:05:47 AM EST
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Re: Blair 'I did what I thought was right' (none / 0)

overpriced, rubbish and late

...only to be referred to as "Stability & Growth" after June 27th. Enjoy it while you can, ceebs. ;)

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sun May 13th, 2007 at 12:52:29 AM EST
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Blair 'I did what I thought was right' | 108 comments (108 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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