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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1871)	7/25/1999 9:46:00 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

I think we are seeing a lowering of our political discourse in which emotions run so out of control that it is not enough to skewer the opponent politically--his character must be attacked, even to the point of branding him a murderer . Thus, we see people who did not like FDR accusing him of murdering U.S. servicemen at Pearl Harbor; LBJ purportedly murdering thousands of young men in a war he knew was unwinnable because he was in thrall to the military-industrial complex, and perhaps having a hand in the murder of Martin Luther King (via the FBI); and Clinton accused of murdering Vince Foster, Ron Brown and many others. I may be the only one troubled by this trend, but I find it troubling indeed. P.S. Oh, I almost forgot--didn't the Kennedys do away with an indiscreet Marilyn Monroe?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1871)	7/25/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: truedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

to: Brumar89 from: truedog Ther may very well be a lapse in my knowledge of Asian history. When were the Mongols kicked out of China? I know that virtually the whole country was conquered by them under Gengis Khan and that Kubla Khan was ruling when Marco Polo visited. After that, I am not familiar with the turns of events. I also know that they conquered India and the rulers known in history as Mogols were actually Mongols. I would appreciate you enlightening me on this. I admit that I do not have all the facts when it comes to the events during the period after Kubla. TD