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To: chowder who wrote (9682)	10/17/2001 9:48:53 PM
From: Warpfactor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

The Chinese at it again!! Time for liberals to blow a few more gaskets!! China bans Middle East visitors By David Rennie in Beijing (Filed: 18/10/2001) CHINA has sparked anger across the Middle East after it put people from 20 countries and areas across the region, including Israel, on a secret security blacklist ahead of this week's Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit (APEC) in Shanghai. Middle Eastern and Israeli citizens have found themselves banned from Chinese airlines and denied visas since the September 11 attacks, and they have been barred from Shanghai hotels during the APEC meeting. China is proud of its reputation as a haven from international terrorism and is determined that nothing will go wrong during the summit, which is due to be attended by world leaders including President Bush and Vladimir Putin. The existence of a blacklist has been denied but Middle Eastern embassies have been swamped with complaints from tourists and businessmen refused entry, forced to leave early or stranded at Chinese borders. Shortly after September 11, Air China cancelled all flights to the Middle East and Pakistan, amid security fears. Israel is particularly annoyed to find itself on China's blacklist alongside such nations as Iran and Libya. Staff at the Grand Hyatt hotel in the city, at the top of China's highest skyscraper, said: "People from Middle Eastern countries cannot stay during APEC, but others like the British are OK."

To: chowder who wrote (9682)	10/18/2001 12:59:17 AM
From: Steeliejim	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

You almost made some sense this time until that last sentence. Not smug at all, unless you believe that my being convinced that it is important to look at the consequences of ones actions, and to temper the burn 'em nuke talk is smug. You apparently are po'd because your bs about no one agreeing with me or caring is proven wrong, not only by the pres., but by some of the posters on this board--and some of the things you said, perhaps in the heat of the moment look pretty rediculous in the rereading. After all, you yourself have done some reconstruction of your message. And as far as I am concerned, you were the one who misused the purpose of PM's. I'm not going to say anything to you in private that I'm unwilling to say in public, and if you pull the bs you did in another PM, I'll do the same thing again. And yeah, I hope we succeed in taking out the leadership of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, in a word about stocks, I think LPAC is worth taking a look at. I own a bunch starting at 3, and Dale's cost basis is a lot lower. It's an A/D postprocessing house for movies and TV shows. Growing market, and LPAC is getting its share. There's a fair amount of discussion about it on Dale's thread. It's biggest problem is that it is so illiquid.