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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (17074)	9/28/2001 2:28:35 PM
From: Boa Babe	Respond to of 22706

Re the Canada Airliner returning to LAX escorted by fighters.... Fed time or make him pay/work off the costs of those fighters and the associated expenses of the whole debacle, including therapists to settle down his fellow passengers. Hmmm, can we get the cigarette companies for this one, too? cbb~

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (17074)	9/28/2001 7:31:13 PM
From: nosmo_king	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22706

<<cuf@smoking=bad.com>> First, the Babe starts recommending reading the Faq, and now this. If this isn't capitulation, it ain't coming... -OT- PC run amok department: Notice how in Judith's post on the other board in which she pastes a Reuters article (--MB, note the spelling of "Reuters"), there is no mention of the word "terrorist"? John O'Sullivan explains: "My day job, when I am not taking a vacation in the sunlit uplands of opinion journalism here and elsewhere, is that of editor-in-chief of United Press International. And this column will critically examine the decision by my counterpart at Reuters, a rival news agency with a distinguished history and current reputation, to prohibit the use of the word "terrorists" by their editors and reporters to describe the people who destroyed the World Trade Center in New York, drove a plane into the Pentagon, and attempted to hijack the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. Here is what Steven Jukes, Reuter's global head of news, wrote in a memo to his staff in an internal memo (made available to the world by media critic Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post): "We all know," he wrote, "that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and that Reuters upholds the principle that we do not use the word terrorist . . ." In an interview Jukes explained this ruling on the grounds that "We're trying to treat everyone on a level playing field, however tragic it's been and however awful and cataclysmic for the American people . . ." nationalreview.com cnk@givemeabreak

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (17074)	9/28/2001 7:35:08 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 22706

I decided to quit annoying you guys with my short term trades and set up a site for it. It is called "LindyBills Ballroom". I could not find a short term trade site that was not technically oriented. My site is at: Subject 51777 Come on over and say hello!

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (17074)	9/29/2001 5:30:58 AM
From: Bruce Brown	Respond to of 22706

Just emphasizes the point that smoking is dangerous to your health. It seems that when this bozo emerged from his smoking room and was confronted, he threatened to blow up the plane. That little "joke" might cost him some time at a federal facility. Unbelievable! In light of the current situation, I'm actually surprised the passengers didn't hang him on the spot for being such a SOB. This past summer when I boarded a US bound flight, there was a man a few rows in front of me who got 'caught' smoking in the 'boys room' so to speak shortly after take off. The airline was a European carrier( KLM) in conjunction with Northwest Airlines. Often these flights have a representative or two on the flight staff from Northwest for the overseas flight. To set the stage, the flight was delayed on the runway for a good hour and forty-five minutes before we took off on a hot summer day and everyone's temper was less than amiable. Combine that with not being able to get out of your seat for so long and it had everyone on edge to begin with before this man lit up in the bathroom. An African-American flight attendant in her Northwest uniform approached the man and confronted him about smoking in the bathroom. He shook his head like he didn't understand what she was saying. So she spoke louder and he still didn't answer. The lady next to him said he didn't understand English. When asked if he spoke Dutch, German, French, Italian or Russian and all of these received a no head shake from the man - this flight attendant - in utter frustration - said in a very loud and angry voice "Well , what fu$@ing language do you speak!!!??" - at which point all of us sitting around and listening to this interchange burst out in laughter and applause. They ended up issuing him a citation, but it was the flight attendant's words that made that particular leg of the flight 'enjoyable' for me. The guy on the flight from L.A. appears to have been clueless to many aspects of life. BB