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<div>Gosh, I miss those guys!<br>-------------------- <br><br>From: "AOL =
Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.=
net> <br>Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" =
<crusaderchuck55@aol.com> <br>To: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.=
net>, "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com> <br>Cc: "Spridgets" =
<spridgets@autox.team.net>, <wilkmanracing@aol.com>, =
"Weslake1330" <weslake1330@gmail.com> <br>Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00=
PM EDT <br>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 =
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Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<div>Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!</div>
<div>LOL!</div>
<div>Chuck </div>
<div>Recently trying to figure out what's older.....=
dirt or me?</div>
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722878" class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyahoo_quoted">
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#26282a;">
<div>On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via =
Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>
<div id=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414">
<div>When we’d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, =
Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.
<div><br =
id=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature">
<div>Ron Soave</div>
<div><br>
<blockquote>On Jun 22, 2026, at =
12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> =
wrote:<br><br></blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<div> </div>
<div>Delete key works fine. But this kind of nonsense does not belong=
here.</div>
<div><br>
<blockquote>On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, =
Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> =
wrote:<br><br></blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div>
<div>Delete key not working?</div>
<br>
<div class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938=
414gmail_quote ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414gmail_quote_container">
<div class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414gmail_attr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at =
20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.=
net" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:</div>
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style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,204,=
204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div>Well, it's supposed to be. This=
kind of stuff is really not welcome here.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>
<div>
<p style=3D"font-size: 12.8px;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
color: navy;">Jim Ryan</span></p>
<p style=3D"font-size: 12.=
8px;">©¿©¬</p>
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</div>
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<div class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, =
3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <<a =
href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank" =
rel=3D"noopener">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,204,204); padding-left: =
1ex;">
<div>Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.
<div> </div>
<div>Bill</div>
<div>1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br><br>
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<div>Today's Topics:</div>
<div> </div>
<div> 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the=
EU, Islamic</div>
<div> immigration and healthcare =
(Weslake1330)</div>
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<div>Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 =
23:20:32 +0100</div>
<div>From: Weslake1330 <<a href=3D"mailto:weslake13=
30@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">weslake1330@gmail.=
com</a>></div>
<div>To: Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.=
team.net" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">spridgets@autox.team.=
net</a>></div>
<div>Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) =
Europe, the EU,</div>
<div> Islamic immigration and =
healthcare</div>
<div>Message-ID:</div>
<div> =
<CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3D<a href=3D"mailto:BkMtxCZp7zVM%2BG=
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<div>Hi list, some of you are don=
?t like it when I post stuff like this but</div>
<div>never challenge any =
of the points I make or even privately debate them with</div>
<div>me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this=
e-mail</div>
<div>already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube =
and regardless of any</div>
<div>opinion or political allegiances it does =
seem to me that not everyone</div>
<div>understands the basic of some =
issues and that leads to misunderstandings.</div>
<div>Sure, the list =
should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will</div>
<div>confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the =
highway</div>
<div>and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping =
Ukraine in their fight</div>
<div>against Russian aggression and attacks, =
lie with The Budapest Memorandum on</div>
<div>Security signed in Budapest,=
Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary is</div>
<div>that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=
The</div>
<div>other obvious reason is that when one country attacks=
another and seeks to</div>
<div>completely invade it there is choice other=
countries have to make in</div>
<div>whether to sit back and do nothing or=
find a way to help. Thirdly you have</div>
<div>to consider a domino =
effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then</div>
<div>goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for=
the</div>
<div>Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But =
if the dominos carry</div>
<div>on falling then you once again have a USSR =
that threatens the USA.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>NATO is the North =
Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the</div>
<div>French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand)=
.</div>
<div>It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of =
buddies to defend</div>
<div>each other against a big bully. It?s not=
a European idea or club and</div>
<div>Canada is a member. Despite =
the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO</div>
<div>isn?t a way for =
everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.</div>
<div>Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.=
</div>
<div>However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay =
less but argues</div>
<div>others should pay more. Why is that? =
Well, you might have to do your own</div>
<div>research on that.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=
The EU is not the same</div>
<div>thing as Europe because the EU is =
a kind of club. Strangely enough the EU</div>
<div>has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not =
all</div>
<div>the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of=
it. The</div>
<div>republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in =
Europe and is in the EU. The</div>
<div>United Kingdom (Great Britain=
, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is</div>
<div>not in the EU (it left some years ago).</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well,=
I don?t</div>
<div>think so. I could make a joke and say that in =
England at least, the Hindus</div>
<div>and Sikhs would never allow that to=
happen. You also have to understand</div>
<div>there are actually 2 major =
and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this</div>
<div>is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I =
like to</div>
<div>think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside =
Moslems and they were</div>
<div>great people and not extremists.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free =
healthcare is because they</div>
<div>rely on the US, as part of NATO, to =
protect them rather than pay for their</div>
<div>own protection. In =
the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and</div>
<div>existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a=
lot</div>
<div>more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not =
quite as encompassing</div>
<div>as it used to be. For example, when =
I was a child, medical prescriptions</div>
<div>were free but for decades =
since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly,</div>
<div>all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is =
still</div>
<div>subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still=
be very</div>
<div>expensive. I think at least one country in Europe=
has free healthcare. A</div>
<div>question to consider then is if =
the US spent less money on NATO and defense</div>
<div>generally would it =
be enough for free healthcare?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with =
their</div>
<div>understanding of and I?m confident that listers are =
generally smarter than</div>
<div>everyone else but may have friends with =
lesser rides and knowledge</div>
<div>generally! Also, while I have =
political opinions, I am not a member of any</div>
<div>political party and=
haven?t always voted for the same political party. I</div>
<div>have enlisted military service but not combat experience. =
Recently I even</div>
<div>applied for and have been granted a HM Forces =
Veteran ID card and maybe</div>
<div>when I get my 3rd one it will actually=
correctly record the initials for my</div>
<div>Christian/Fore names. . . =
.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry =
Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can</div>
<div>be happy and prosperous by =
letting the government take care of him better</div>
<div>take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to=
be bunk</div>
<div>and that he never said that but did say a bunch of =
other stuff. So, how</div>
<div>about a quote from the bible? Matthew=
Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first</div>
<div>will be last, and many =
who are last will be first.</div>
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<div>Daniel</div>
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