Thump, Please put the political and quasi-political comments on a political list, and not on the pianotech list. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/6/2003 at 12:44 PM gordon stelter wrote: >--- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote: >> >> A. I'd have split the instant I realized what was >> going on. And, I might >> very well have been the one who called the cops: no >> one likes a stoolie but >> there was serious crime and endangerment going on. >> >> B. Thump said: "And those Arabs think we're immoral! >> How DARE they!" >> >> Well, excuuuuuuuse me, Bud, but "WE" are not >> immoral. Some of us are, some >> are not. Some Arabs are, some are not. Can you >> understand that subtle >> difference? >> >Thanks for the clarification, Alan! Without you, but >what would I do?????????? >Of course I realize that there are moral and immoral >people in every culture and religion. I also realize >that, thanks to our media, many foreigners see us as >loud, sex crazed, intoxicated, greedy buffoons. Which >puts us at danger from fanatics who think they will be >doing God a favor by hurting us. > By the way: I just read a lovely article about >the 7 strains of anthrax "our" government provided >"So-Damn Insane" back in the 80's (Reagan-Bush) when >he was our "friend", and we were helping him target >his enemies (Kurds and others) and kill them with the >nerve gas, etc. that we provided. ( About which we >complained not for 2 years because he was still our >"friend". )And how Dubya snatched up that 12,000 page >weapons report from Baghdad and edited it before the >U.N. could read it for, ostensibly,"National Security" >reasons: these being that Bush didn't think it would >be good "P.R." if the world knew that American and >Japanese companies originally BUILT Saddam's weapons >of mass destructiuon, and gave or sold them to him, >which is precisely why Bush knows what Iraq still >has!!! ( But won't tell us how he >knows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) >Source: John Suggs, editor in chief at "Creative >Loafing", who cites as his source, and by name, an old >friend in the National Security office. > So, which category are THESE characters in, in >your book? Moral, or immoral? > And don't forget the 43 million (your tax dollars) >"we" gave the Taliban in May, 2001 >(Source: Wall Street Journal) ostensibly for "opium >eradication", but also to "butter up" the Taliban for >Bush's oil buddies in an attempt to gain permission to >build a pipeline through Afghanistan. (This, although >having dealings with the Taliban was outlawed >internationally several years ago.) Karzai, our >installed "president" of Afghanistan was on the board >of directors of Unocal, the company established for >this project. As was Cheney, I believe, who rebuilt >Iraq's oilfields with Halliburton and has been buying >oil from Iraq for years.( The Bin Laden family >construction group did the corrosion proofing on its >pipelines.) > And, after September 11, when all U.S. skies were >cleared of flights for several days, one lone Saudi >jet flew to 5 American cities and evacuated 20 Bin >Laden family members (Bush's buddies--there are easily >accessible photos them all dining together at the >White House) before the F.B.I could question them, >(which made the F.B.I pretty irate----temporarily!) >Source: "The New Yorker" magazine. > > Beginning to see the picture? > Good! > Sleep well! > Thump > >P.S. What is presented above is easily confirmable >historical fact (as is PrescottBush's extensive >business dealings with Adolf Hitler--stopped by >Congress in 1942 ) so pleasedo alittle reasearch with >your computers before calling me a traitor, etc.. >And while you're at it,please read MollyIvins' >excellent article (March 3) about how Bush's >belligrence wrecked 5 decades of slow progress in >relationswithN.Korea, thus helping to create the >crisis we are in with them, too! > Whether you agree with Bush's policies or not, >anyone with a TV can see that he has quickly made us >the most hated nation on earth, which puts us all at >risk of attack. How does this jibe with his avowed >policy of "protecting Americans"? > Regards, > Thump > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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