Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2

From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:08:41 -0400

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"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Delete key works fine. &nbsp;=
But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><b=
lockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via=
 Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div=
><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Delete=
 key not working?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan=
 via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-lef=
t:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>Well, it's supposed to be.&nbsp; This kind of s=
tuff is really not welcome here.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
p style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;color:navy">Jim R=
yan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=
=C2=AC</p></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- v=
ia Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blan=
k">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,20=
4,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Bill</=
div><div>1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br><br><div><a style=3D"font-size:12px" href=3D=
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 rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS<=
/a><br></div><br><p style=3D"font-size:15px;color:rgb(132,115,255);padding-t=
op:15px;margin-top:0px">On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, <a href=3D"mailt=
o:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">spr=
[email-masked]</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@au=
tox.team.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]=
eam.net</a>&gt; wrote:</p><blockquote><div dir=3D"ltr">Send Spridgets mailin=
g list submissions to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">sprid=
[email-masked]</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir=
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essage with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;=
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"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">You can reach the person managing the list a=
t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=3D"mailto:spridgets-o=
[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">spridgets-owner@au=
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eplying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  1. No LBC - Budap=
est, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &n=
bsp; &nbsp; immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">-------------------=
---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Date: Sat,=
 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: Weslake1330 &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank=
">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_bl=
ank">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Sp=
ridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Islamic immigration and healthcare<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;CAMho=
h1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3D<a href=3D"mailto:BkMtxCZp7zVM%2BGgdTw@mail.=
gmail.com" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]=
l.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D=
"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some o=
f you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them=
 with<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">me.&nbsp; Some of you find them interesting a=
nd some have deleted this e-mail<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.&nbsp; We=
ll, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyo=
ne<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understands the basic of some issues and that l=
eads to misunderstandings.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should b=
e to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Firstly, part of the reason count=
ries are helping Ukraine in their fight<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Ru=
ssian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nb=
sp; The summary is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nucl=
ear weapons as part of a defence deal.&nbsp; The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">o=
ther obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">completely invade it there is choice other countries=
 have to make in<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">whether to sit back and do nothin=
g or find a way to help. Thirdly you have<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">to consi=
der a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild the USSR.&nbsp; Maybe that sounds like a p=
roblem for the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europeans and I guess it is, or at l=
east first.&nbsp; But if the dominos carry<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">on fall=
ing then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO is the North Atlantic (not North A=
merican) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">French call it O=
TAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to de=
fend<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other against a big bully.&nbsp; It?s no=
t a European idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Canada is a member.&=
nbsp; Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea=
p.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that every=
one is paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying t=
he most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">ot=
hers should pay more.&nbsp; Why is that?&nbsp; Well, you might have to do yo=
ur own<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=
&nbsp; The EU is not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe beca=
use the EU is a kind of club.&nbsp; Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where n=
ot all<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equa=
l benefits out of it.&nbsp; The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Irelan=
d is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.&nbsp; The<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Euro=
pe but is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken o=
ver by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?&nbsp; Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">think so.&nbsp; I could make a joke and say that in England at least, t=
he Hindus<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that to happ=
en. You also have to understand<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually=
 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I li=
ke to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think of it.&nbsp; Over the years I?ve worke=
d alongside Moslems and they were<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">great people and=
 not extremists.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read=
 a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather t=
han pay for their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">own protection.&nbsp; In the UK f=
ree healthcare came into being after WW2 and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">exist=
ed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">more on defence than it does now.&nbsp; However, it?s no=
t quite as encompassing<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.&nbsp; Fo=
r example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.&nbsp; Simila=
rly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">all dental care was free when I was a child b=
ut now while it is still<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">subsidised there is 3 tie=
r system of fees and it can still be very<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">expensiv=
e.&nbsp; I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.&nbsp; A=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to consider then is if the US spent less=
 money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally would it be e=
nough for free healthcare?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their<br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding of and I?m confident that listers are ge=
nerally smarter than<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">everyone else but may have fr=
iends with lesser rides and knowledge<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally!&n=
bsp; Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">political party and haven?t always voted for the same pol=
itical party.&nbsp; I<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">have enlisted military servi=
ce but not combat experience.&nbsp; Recently I even<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly rec=
ord the initials for my<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish wit=
h a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bette=
r<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">take a closer look at the American Indian?.&nbsp=
; However, it seems to be bunk<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never s=
aid that but did say a bunch of other stuff.&nbsp; So, how<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who a=
re first<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">will be last, and many who are last will b=
e first.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Daniel<br></di=
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<div>Gosh, I miss those guys!<br>-------------------- <br><br>From: "AOL =
Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy) via Spridgets" &lt;[email-masked].=
net&gt; <br>Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy)" =
&lt;[email-masked]&gt; <br>To: "Rick Fisk" &lt;refisk@chartermi.=
net&gt;, "Ron Soave" &lt;[email-masked]&gt; <br>Cc: "Spridgets" =
&lt;[email-masked]&gt;, &lt;[email-masked]&gt;, =
"Weslake1330" &lt;[email-masked]&gt; <br>Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00=
 PM EDT <br>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 =
</div>
<div class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!</div>
<div>LOL!</div>
<div>Chuck&nbsp;</div>
<div>Recently trying to figure out what's older.....=
dirt or me?</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div id=3D"ydp991a1fcdyahoo_quoted_2417=
722878" class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyahoo_quoted">
<div style=3D"font-family: =
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: =
#26282a;">
<div>On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via =
Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>
<div id=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414">
<div>When we&rsquo;d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, =
Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.&nbsp;
<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 &lt;[email-masked]&gt; =
wrote:<br><br></blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Delete key works fine. &nbsp;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 &lt;[email-masked]&gt; =
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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked].=
net" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">[email-masked]</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div>
<blockquote class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414gmail_quote" =
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.&nbsp; This=
 kind of stuff is really not welcome here.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</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;">&copy;&iquest;&copy;&not;</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div>&nbsp; 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the=
 EU, Islamic</div>
<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; immigration and healthcare =
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<div>Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 =
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<div>From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:weslake13=
[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">weslake1330@gmail.=
com</a>&gt;</div>
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net</a>&gt;</div>
<div>Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) =
Europe, the EU,</div>
<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Islamic immigration and =
healthcare</div>
<div>Message-ID:</div>
<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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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.&nbsp; Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this=
 e-mail</div>
<div>already.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;</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.&nbsp; The summary is</div>
<div>that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=
&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Maybe that sounds like a problem for=
 the</div>
<div>Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.&nbsp; But =
if the dominos carry</div>
<div>on falling then you once again have a USSR =
that threatens the USA.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</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.&nbsp; It?s not=
 a European idea or club and</div>
<div>Canada is a member.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Why is that?&nbsp;=
 Well, you might have to do your own</div>
<div>research on that.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=
&nbsp; The EU is not the same</div>
<div>thing as Europe because the EU is =
a kind of club.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The</div>
<div>republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in =
Europe and is in the EU.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?&nbsp; Well,=
 I don?t</div>
<div>think so.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Over the years I?ve worked alongside =
Moslems and they were</div>
<div>great people and not extremists.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; However, it?s not =
quite as encompassing</div>
<div>as it used to be.&nbsp; For example, when =
I was a child, medical prescriptions</div>
<div>were free but for decades =
since there has been a fee to pay.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; I think at least one country in Europe=
 has free healthcare.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;</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!&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; I</div>
<div>have enlisted military service but not combat experience.&nbsp; =
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>&nbsp;</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?.&nbsp; However, it seems to=
 be bunk</div>
<div>and that he never said that but did say a bunch of =
other stuff.&nbsp; 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>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Daniel</div>
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v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D=
"auto">I missed the good stuff.<div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignatur=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr">Lester<div><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockqu=
ote type=3D"cite">On Jun 24, 2026, at 6:25=E2=80=AFPM, Brad Fornal &lt;tequi=
[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">She was from the Pennines&nb=
sp;mountain area of England, where witches were known to have resided centur=
ies ago. She had married a Texan, and moved to the US. My wife and&nbsp;I me=
t her during the Texas Healey Roundup many years ago, and maintained a frien=
dship until she returned to England. That was about 10 years ago. She recent=
ly has passed.&nbsp;<br><br>Brad</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_qu=
ote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at=
 5:59=E2=80=AFPM JMFangio via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@auto=
x.team.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;">=
Elizabeth the witch predates me, what is the story there?<div><br></div><div=
>Lester</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div=
>On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:s=
[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; w=
rote:</div><br><div><div>Gosh, I miss those guys!<br>-------------------- <b=
r><br>From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy) via Spridgets" &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked].=
net</a>&gt; <br>Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy)" &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]=
m</a>&gt; <br>To: "Rick Fisk" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, "Ron Soave" &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; <br>Cc: "=
Spridgets" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank"=
>[email-masked]</a>&gt;, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
om" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, "Weslake1330" &lt;<a hr=
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/a>&gt; <br>Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT <br>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] S=
pridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 </div>
<div style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-se=
rif;font-size:16px">
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!</div>
<div>LOL!</div>
<div>Chuck&nbsp;</div>
<div>Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div id=3D"m_6654123732249835404ydp991a1fcdyahoo_quoted_2417722878">
<div style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-se=
rif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)">
<div>On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@au=
tox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>
<div id=3D"m_6654123732249835404ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414">
<div>When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, E=
lizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.&nbsp;
<div><br id=3D"m_6654123732249835404ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414lineBreakAtBegin=
ningOfSignature">
<div>Ron Soave</div>
<div><br>
<blockquote>On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@au=
tox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Delete key works fine.&nbsp; But this kind of nonsense does not belong h=
ere.</div>
<div><br>
<blockquote>On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@a=
utox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote>
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<div>
<div>Delete key not working?</div>
<br>
<div>
<div>On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noopener" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@a=
utox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
<blockquote 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.&nbsp; This kind of stuff is really not welco=
me here.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</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">=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC</=
p>
</div>
</div>
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<div>
<div>On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noopener" target=3D"_bl=
ank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
<blockquote style=3D"margin: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.&nbsp;
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Bill</div>
<div>1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br><br>
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<div>&nbsp; 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic</div>
<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)</div>
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<div>Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100</div>
<div>From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"n=
oopener" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt;</div>
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<div>Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,</di=
v>
<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Islamic immigration and healthcare</div>
<div>Message-ID:</div>
<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3D<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email-masked]" rel=3D"noopener" target=3D"_blan=
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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 w=
ith</div>
<div>me.&nbsp; Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e=
-mail</div>
<div>already.&nbsp; 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 misunderstanding=
s.</div>
<div>Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive w=
ill</div>
<div>confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the high=
way</div>
<div>and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their figh=
t</div>
<div>against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandu=
m on</div>
<div>Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nbsp; The sum=
mary is</div>
<div>that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.&n=
bsp; 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</d=
iv>
<div>whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you h=
ave</div>
<div>to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and t=
hen</div>
<div>goes onto rebuild the USSR.&nbsp; Maybe that sounds like a problem for t=
he</div>
<div>Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.&nbsp; But if the domino=
s carry</div>
<div>on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.</div=
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (th=
e</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 def=
end</div>
<div>each other against a big bully.&nbsp; It?s not a European idea or club a=
nd</div>
<div>Canada is a member.&nbsp; Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, N=
ATO</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.</d=
iv>
<div>However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but ar=
gues</div>
<div>others should pay more.&nbsp; Why is that?&nbsp; Well, you might have t=
o do your own</div>
<div>research on that.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.&nbsp; The EU is not th=
e same</div>
<div>thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.&nbsp; Strangely enoug=
h the EU</div>
<div>has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not a=
ll</div>
<div>the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.&nbsp; T=
he</div>
<div>republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.&n=
bsp; 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>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?&nbsp; Well, I=
 don?t</div>
<div>think so.&nbsp; I could make a joke and say that in England at least, t=
he 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 t=
his</div>
<div>is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I lik=
e to</div>
<div>think of it.&nbsp; Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and the=
y were</div>
<div>great people and not extremists.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because t=
hey</div>
<div>rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for th=
eir</div>
<div>own protection.&nbsp; In the UK free healthcare came into being after W=
W2 and</div>
<div>existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a l=
ot</div>
<div>more on defence than it does now.&nbsp; However, it?s not quite as enco=
mpassing</div>
<div>as it used to be.&nbsp; For example, when I was a child, medical prescr=
iptions</div>
<div>were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.&nbsp; Simi=
larly,</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.&nbsp; I think at least one country in Europe has free health=
care.&nbsp; A</div>
<div>question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and def=
ense</div>
<div>generally would it be enough for free healthcare?</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their</di=
v>
<div>understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter t=
han</div>
<div>everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge</div=
<div>generally!&nbsp; Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a memb=
er of any</div>
<div>political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.&=
nbsp; I</div>
<div>have enlisted military service but not combat experience.&nbsp; Recentl=
y 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 fo=
r my</div>
<div>Christian/Fore names. . . .</div>
<div>&nbsp;</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 bett=
er</div>
<div>take a closer look at the American Indian?.&nbsp; However, it seems to b=
e bunk</div>
<div>and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.&nbsp; S=
o, how</div>
<div>about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are f=
irst</div>
<div>will be last, and many who are last will be first.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
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v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D=
"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not Linda?</div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 24, 2026, at 8:00=E2=80=AFPM, Rick =
Fisk via Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquo=
te></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equi=
v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">There was a list member in Texas who had a Midget and c=
onsidered herself a witch, a good witch but a witch nonetheless.</div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 24, 2026, at 6:54=E2=80=AFPM=
, JMFangio via Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></bl=
ockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta htt=
p-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">Elizabeth th=
e witch predates me, what is the story there?<div class=3D""><br class=3D"">=
</div><div class=3D"">Lester</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div c=
lass=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=
=3D""><div class=3D"">On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">[email-masked]=
m.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=
=3D""><div class=3D"">Gosh, I miss those guys!<br class=3D"">---------------=
----- <br class=3D""><br class=3D"">From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Poli=
cy) via Spridgets" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"=
">[email-masked]</a>&gt; <br class=3D"">Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update=
 (Terms &amp; Policy)" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D=
"">[email-masked]</a>&gt; <br class=3D"">To: "Rick Fisk" &lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, "=
Ron Soave" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">soavero@yahoo=
.com</a>&gt; <br class=3D"">Cc: "Spridgets" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@=
autox.team.net" class=3D"">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, "Wes=
lake1330" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">weslake133=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; <br class=3D"">Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT <br cl=
ass=3D"">Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 </div>
<div class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica N=
eue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!</div>
<div class=3D"">LOL!</div>
<div class=3D"">Chuck&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?</=
div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
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ted">
<div style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; f=
ont-size: 13px; color: #26282a;" class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via S=
pridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">spridget=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">
<div id=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414" class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zap=
pa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.&nbsp;
<div class=3D""><br id=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414lineBreakAtBeginningOfSign=
ature" class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">Ron Soave</div>
<div class=3D""><br class=3D"">
<blockquote class=3D"">On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via S=
pridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">spridget=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">Delete key works fine. &nbsp;But this kind of nonsense does n=
ot belong here.</div>
<div class=3D""><br class=3D"">
<blockquote class=3D"">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via S=
pridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">spridget=
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<div class=3D"">Delete key not working?</div>
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ail_quote_container">
<div class=3D"ydp991a1fcdyiv9221938414gmail_attr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:=
31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" t=
arget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" class=3D"">[email-masked]</a>&gt=
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;">
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<div class=3D"">Well, it's supposed to be.&nbsp; This kind of stuff is reall=
y not welcome here.</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
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<div class=3D""><p style=3D"font-size: 12.8px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size: 10pt; color: navy;" class=3D"">Jim Ryan</span></p><p style=3D"font-=
size: 12.8px;" class=3D"">=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC</p>
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<div class=3D"">&nbsp; 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Isl=
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<div class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330=
)</div>
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<div class=3D"">Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100</div>
<div class=3D"">From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
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<div class=3D"">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, t=
he EU,</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Islamic immigration and healthcare</div>
<div class=3D"">Message-ID:</div>
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<div class=3D"">Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff lik=
e this but</div>
<div class=3D"">never challenge any of the points I make or even privately d=
ebate them with</div>
<div class=3D"">me.&nbsp; Some of you find them interesting and some have de=
leted this e-mail</div>
<div class=3D"">already.&nbsp; Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and re=
gardless of any</div>
<div class=3D"">opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not=
 everyone</div>
<div class=3D"">understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misun=
derstandings.</div>
<div class=3D"">Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think th=
e archive will</div>
<div class=3D"">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting o=
n the highway</div>
<div class=3D"">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in=
 their fight</div>
<div class=3D"">against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapes=
t Memorandum on</div>
<div class=3D"">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nb=
sp; The summary is</div>
<div class=3D"">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defe=
nce deal.&nbsp; The</div>
<div class=3D"">other obvious reason is that when one country attacks anothe=
r and seeks to</div>
<div class=3D"">completely invade it there is choice other countries have to=
 make in</div>
<div class=3D"">whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Th=
irdly you have</div>
<div class=3D"">to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Uk=
raine and then</div>
<div class=3D"">goes onto rebuild the USSR.&nbsp; Maybe that sounds like a p=
roblem for the</div>
<div class=3D"">Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.&nbsp; But if=
 the dominos carry</div>
<div class=3D"">on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens th=
e USA.</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organ=
isation (the</div>
<div class=3D"">French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t u=
nderstand).</div>
<div class=3D"">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of bud=
dies to defend</div>
<div class=3D"">each other against a big bully.&nbsp; It?s not a European id=
ea or club and</div>
<div class=3D"">Canada is a member.&nbsp; Despite the rhetoric you might rea=
d or hear, NATO</div>
<div class=3D"">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence o=
n the cheap.</div>
<div class=3D"">Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying=
 enough.</div>
<div class=3D"">However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay l=
ess but argues</div>
<div class=3D"">others should pay more.&nbsp; Why is that?&nbsp; Well, you m=
ight have to do your own</div>
<div class=3D"">research on that.</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.&nbsp; The E=
U is not the same</div>
<div class=3D"">thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.&nbsp; Stra=
ngely enough the EU</div>
<div class=3D"">has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club w=
here not all</div>
<div class=3D"">the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of=
 it.&nbsp; The</div>
<div class=3D"">republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is i=
n the EU.&nbsp; The</div>
<div class=3D"">United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in=
 Europe but is</div>
<div class=3D"">not in the EU (it left some years ago).</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?&n=
bsp; Well, I don?t</div>
<div class=3D"">think so.&nbsp; I could make a joke and say that in England a=
t least, the Hindus</div>
<div class=3D"">and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to=
 understand</div>
<div class=3D"">there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? no=
t sure if this</div>
<div class=3D"">is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?=
s how I like to</div>
<div class=3D"">think of it.&nbsp; Over the years I?ve worked alongside Mosl=
ems and they were</div>
<div class=3D"">great people and not extremists.</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare i=
s because they</div>
<div class=3D"">rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than=
 pay for their</div>
<div class=3D"">own protection.&nbsp; In the UK free healthcare came into be=
ing after WW2 and</div>
<div class=3D"">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the U=
K spent a lot</div>
<div class=3D"">more on defence than it does now.&nbsp; However, it?s not qu=
ite as encompassing</div>
<div class=3D"">as it used to be.&nbsp; For example, when I was a child, med=
ical prescriptions</div>
<div class=3D"">were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=
&nbsp; Similarly,</div>
<div class=3D"">all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it=
 is still</div>
<div class=3D"">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still b=
e very</div>
<div class=3D"">expensive.&nbsp; I think at least one country in Europe has f=
ree healthcare.&nbsp; A</div>
<div class=3D"">question to consider then is if the US spent less money on N=
ATO and defense</div>
<div class=3D"">generally would it be enough for free healthcare?</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others wit=
h their</div>
<div class=3D"">understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generall=
y smarter than</div>
<div class=3D"">everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and kno=
wledge</div>
<div class=3D"">generally!&nbsp; Also, while I have political opinions, I am=
 not a member of any</div>
<div class=3D"">political party and haven?t always voted for the same politi=
cal party.&nbsp; I</div>
<div class=3D"">have enlisted military service but not combat experience.&nb=
sp; Recently I even</div>
<div class=3D"">applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID car=
d and maybe</div>
<div class=3D"">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the i=
nitials for my</div>
<div class=3D"">Christian/Fore names. . . .</div>
<div class=3D"">&nbsp;</div>
<div class=3D"">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man wh=
o thinks he can</div>
<div class=3D"">be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care o=
f him better</div>
<div class=3D"">take a closer look at the American Indian?.&nbsp; However, i=
t seems to be bunk</div>
<div class=3D"">and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stu=
ff.&nbsp; So, how</div>
<div class=3D"">about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But man=
y who are first</div>
<div class=3D"">will be last, and many who are last will be first.</div>
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