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To: TigerPaw who wrote (32351)	8/25/2000 11:18:25 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Respond to of 769667

They got a leader named Gorelieberarantzas. s

To: TigerPaw who wrote (32351)	8/26/2000 12:06:25 AM
From: Frank Griffin	Respond to of 769667

A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is a liberal Democrat. She asks her students to raise their hands if they were liberal Democrats too. Not really knowing what a liberal Democrat was, but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands flew up into the air.There was, however, one exception. A girl named Lucy had not gone along with the crowd. The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.'Because I'm not a liberal Democrat.''Then,' asks the teacher, 'What are you?''Why I'm a proud conservative Republican,' boasts the little girl.The teacher, a little perturbed and her face slightly red, asked Lucy why she is a conservative Republican.'Well, I was brought up to trust in myself instead of relying on an intrusive government to care for me and do all of my thinking. My Dad and Mom are conservative Republicans, and I am a conservative Republican too.'The teacher, now angry, loudly says, 'That's no reason! What if your Mom was a moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?'She pauses, and lets out a smile. 'Then,' Lucy says, 'I'd be a liberal Democrat.'

To: TigerPaw who wrote (32351)	8/26/2000 12:10:05 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I lean toward some type of Velikovskian disaster. The collapse throughout the basin was complete. Some say it was caused by widespread crop failure or disease. Another theory is the tin they used to make bronze ran out. But that wouldn't explain the utter devastation in the Aegean and Anatolia, where the Hittites disappeared without a trace. We know there were earthquakes and volcanic detonations, thats what did the Minoans in, but the area is too large for that to explain how writing and civilization was lost for centuries.