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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (124461)	2/7/2004 6:18:49 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 281500

<you tell us who's oil industry has the most influence in directing the policies of their country..> The British government used to own BP [about half of it in the late 1970s I think]. Chairman John Browne is a friend of Tony's and I'm sure has his ear on political issues. BP is big business for Britain. France also has a strong link between their oil industry and government, some of based on bribery and corruption. There is also a strong link between the French noocular industry and their terrorist government [I don't know how much of the nuclear industry is owned by the government - Google could say]. While one could argue that the French government is no longer terrorist, they never gave a full and grovelling apology and compensation [they did pay some compensation]. Most French remain in 'good job' mode about the murder on the Rainbow Warrior. They should understand that such actions leave lingering memories. The USA also needs to understand that collateral damage and 'mistakes' are not forgotten next week. The hurt families and friends never forget. When feeling big and tough, the powerful and megalomaniac sneer and smirk at opposition, whose ideas they think can safely be ignored, or even casually killed, literally. The USA via Bush, Cheney and co is a Big Oil business. There really is a military-industrial complex, with the latest stupidity being Bush's "We're off to Mars" waste of space. It's the 21st century George. It's time for Innerspace, Cyberspace and nanospace, not Outerspace [where there's nowhere to go anyway]. There's more to be found in a neutrino than on Mars. Mqurice

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