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

To: American Spirit who wrote (155455)	6/24/2001 1:10:26 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Right on, pardner!

To: American Spirit who wrote (155455)	6/24/2001 6:28:25 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I'm sitting here shaking my head at your "facts".... I don't have time to answer all of them, all I want to address right now is the issue, that McCain helped Bush win....He did nothing to help Bush win...he costs him votes...Many of his supporters stayed home rather than vote for Bush... As for energy...how do you think energy is made...I mean where do you think it comes from??? Your thoughts are very naive.

To: American Spirit who wrote (155455)	6/24/2001 7:21:12 PM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

houstonreview.com Europe Offers California Creative Energy Solutions "We will show you Americans where our minds truly are," boasts German student. by Derek Copold -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – In the spirit of transatlantic friendship, mobs of Europeans have been offering several inventive solutions to California’s desperate energy shortage. Eager to steer wayward Americans away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, these inventive Swedes, Germans, French and English intellectuals are instead suggesting more environmentally friendly energy alternatives that would provide California with the electricity she needs and protect the Pacific Coast’s ecology. SOLAR REFLECTORS: Some helpful Europeans keeping their sunny side up. Pictured here is a prototypical Swedish solar reflector. As the average European intellectual loathes doing work outdoors, their backsides grow particularly large and white, making them the perfect reflective surface. It is estimated that tens of thousands of European backsides could be gainfully employed in the Mojave Desert. In addition to avoiding the use of greenhouse-gas -creating fuels, each energy cell could be easily replaced as reports indicate Europe is currently enjoying a glut of self-important intellectuals. The Review spoke with one potential energy cell, Ichbinvolle von der Kuehescheiss, a graduate student at Heidelburg who is completing her advanced studies in post-modern feminist theory. Ms. von der Kuehescheiss told the Review, "Yes, to me the clean air is very important. I want to breathe air that is not full of the pollutants. Do you mind if I smoke?" As she reached for her third pack of the afternoon, the perky Ichbinvolle reflected on the good that she could do in California, "America is a very backward country. They are in need of Europe’s advanced culture. I am happy that in the Mojave I will be able to show the natives there what the proper European position is when confronted with questions of state." HOT AIR GENERATORS: French Professors are offering to conduct lectures in literary theory inside of closed tanks. The hot air generated by their discussions should be able to boil more water than the average fission-run nuclear plant. The resultant steam will then be used to turn a pair of massive turbine generators. There are potential dangers though, and the Occupational Safety and Health Agency may be forced to lay down a number of stringent regulations concerning some of the proposed models. "Oh, yes," Agreed Professor Rene Gronoff, "We put out a lot of greenhouse gases in our conversations. But that is merely carbon dioxide, and it can be channeled to feed the old growth forests in northern California. However, some particular care must be exercised when we install the new and experimental Jacques Derrida and Juergen Habermas models. Even more potentially dangerous is the Michel Foucault power plant. In addition to their highly unstable foundations, these plants are known to spread large amounts of bovine excrement across the adjacent landscape. Then again, we might be able to use that for fertilizer. No?" GALLIC POWER: This plan comes from the creative mind of Alfred Falstaff of York, England. Said Falstaff, "I got the idea from watching old war films, I did. You see, what we do is catch ourselves some Frenchies. Right. So we got’em, see? Then we put these Frenchmen on a treadmill, and behind them place a couple of Jerries. That’s Germans to you Yanks. Well, the way I see it, the Frenchies will give us all the power we need cause they’ll either run as fast as they can to get away from the Hun, or they’ll run towards them as fast as they can so as to grovel and collaborate. In fact, they may do both in turn. Run to escape, then run to grovel. If they still don’t run fast enough, we’ll let Jerry wave a bar of soap at them. Right. That gives us a continuous source of renewable Alternatin’ Current. Not bad, if I may so myself. Now, which one of you gents is going to pay me? And don’t try to give me any of those damned Euros." "Of course," continued Falstaff, "I have some very interestin’ variants on this design. Of particular note is my Balkan surprise. You see, you take two specimens from any two different Balkan nations, say a Greek and a Turk or a Serb and an Albanian, and place them on opposing treadmills facing each other like so [makes two fists coming together]. Well, they’ll run straight at each other with knives drawn, and they’ll keep at it long after they plum forgot the reason why they’re doing it in the first place. In fact, considering the state of the Balkans today, I’d say this particular source of energy is practically inexhaustible." Derek Copold