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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (53138)	9/25/2001 3:56:13 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Jacob, re >1. no direct government involvement. They pay the bills, and outsource the job.< Sort of like energy deregulation, eh? Actually, sometimes the government does a decent job. Our armed forces, for instance, shouldn't be privatized. :) On a different topic... >Moving to repair damage to Muslim sensibilities, the Pentagon changed the code name of its military buildup to ''Operation Enduring Freedom.'' The change was made after the initial name -- ``Operation Infinite Justice'' -- last week ran into objections from some Islamic scholars on grounds that only God, or Allah, could mete out infinite justice in their view.< dailynews.yahoo.com Are we sensitive or what? Gottfried