<html> <body> Pleaaaaaase!!!!!!! Take this to some other list! NOT HERE!!!!!!!!!!! Avery At 08:58 PM 2/12/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Dear Mr. Barnard,      I regret to inform you of some innacuracies in this last statement. To wit: Jesus was, in all likelihood, supported in his ministry by wealthy patrons, many of whom were women. But we KNOW that Mary Magdalene ( never a whore, as falsely claimed by the papacy )was especially dear to him, as the other disciples grumbled " ...why does He spend so much time with her!!!" ( Sorry I can't quote chapter and verse. But its in there. ) She was also the first to meet Him after the resurrection. And there are many other examples of Jesus' recognition of everyone as SOULS, children of God, without any status due to gender! Even Paul states "....neither male nor female, but children of God....".      Bush's entire agenda amounts to this: 1)Insure fossil fuel dependancy in the U.S. by underfunding alternative and renewable energy research. 2) Use taxpayers' dollars, extracted by maintaining an atmosphere of fear among the populace, to position himself,personal cohorts and Cheney's Halliburton Co. to "clean up" when the energy crisis truly hits.      That's it! In totality. And it's extremely short-sighted, as it does not take into account what will happen to the rest of the economy when everyone is spending all of their disposable income to commute, cook food and keep warm ( or cool). But that doesn't bother Bush and Cheney. They have had "off-grid" survival retreats for years ( or so I have heard ) from long before they were elected officials. Probably have a lot of food stockpiled, too.      And you, Mr.Barnard, like me and all the other "little people" on this list who actually work for a living, they are perfectly willing to let starve, freeze, or die of disease. You mean no more to Bush than a vote, a vote to alow him to keep vacuuming up the U.S. treasury and dumping the bag out into the lap of his very few, super rich friends! And in telling you this, I am being far, far more of a friend to you than "W" would ever be in "real life". Count on it!!!      All this talk of terrorism and such is just a ploy to justify his squandering of the U.S. treasury for personal enrichment, and that of his pals. Even the 9/11 attacks occurred after negotiations with the Taliban broke down over the summer of 2001, over the Trans-Asia pipeline. ( Negotiations which were illegal, as all negotiations with the Taliban were after the USS Cole bombing. Yet Colin Powell dumped $43 million into their laps in May, 2001. allegedly for "opium eradication".( But far more likely to "butter them up" for the pipeline project." Well, guess what!!! After we took over Afghanistan, opium production soared to a record level!!!      You display a great deal of intelligence, and even more wit and humor. I am truly astounded that you have not read the HISTORICAL, PROVEN facts on all of this and "connected the dots" as so many others have, and continue to do, daily.     Please go to <a href="http://www.copvcia/" eudora="autourl">www.copvcia</a> and READ!     Sincerely,     Gordon Lee Stelter "It will take a  galvanizing event, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, to soften the American Public to this agenda."      From a report by the "Project for a New American Century ", a task force headed by Cheney, exploring the goal of achieving military dominance throughout Asia and securing access to Caspian Sea oil reserves. Published in the summer of 2000.     --- "Kevin E. Ramsey" <kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net> wrote: > MessageI'm with Alan on this one, and PS..... I mean > it... > Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T. >   ----- Original Message ----- >   From: Alan >   To: 'Sarah Fox' ; Pianotech >   Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:37 PM >   Subject: RE: Yeah!!! Political Questions ( very OT > - feel free to delete ) > > >   Sarah, may there ALWAYS be peace between us. But > as to the list being true ... did you know that for > the last three years of his life Jesus was a > homeless vagabond and a rebel who held no job, > contributed nothing to the economy, travelled with a > similar group (all men -- wink, wink) and was > constantly in trouble with the authorities? > >   Truth suffers in the hands of its enemies. > >   Bottom line for me: We dare not turn this country > over to anyone who would yank the troups, decimate > morale in the armed forces, signal to the world that > we are fair game to all terrorists, throw the Iraqis > to the wolves, seriously empower Iran, Libya, Syria, > etc., put the Israelies (our ONLY steadfast allies > over there) in mortal danger, dismantle our > intelligence services, and drastically hamper the > economic recovery (or kill it) by raising taxes. I > have my troubles with George, too. But he has my > vote over any of the Democrats. You know, they guys > who saw the same intelligence info from both Clinton > and Bush, voted FOR the war, and now claim > otherwise. They frankly and literally scare me. > >   Alan R. Barnard >   Salem, MO > >   PS "Dear Jesus, I didn't mean it. Just > illustrating a point!" > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. <a href="http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html" eudora="autourl">http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html</a> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote></body> </html>