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To: Joe S Pack who wrote (54895)	10/31/2001 12:15:46 PM
From: advocatedevil	Respond to of 70976

"Texas Inst Sees Semiconductor Revenue Off" Wednesday October 31, 11:54 am Eastern Time snip: "Aylesworth also said he expected the company to have a capital spending budget of $1 billion to $1.2 billion, down from $1.8 billion this year." full article at: biz.yahoo.com AdvocateDevil _______________ OT - A friend sent this to me: When you think the U.S. isn't thought well of all over the world, read this editorial from a Romanian Newspaper: An ode to America Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one another, and in matters of religious beliefs, not even God can count how many they are. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed on the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After the first moments of panic, they raised the flag on the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and one very car a minister or the president was passing. On every occasion they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!". Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert broadcast on Saturday once, twice, three times, on different TV channels. There were Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts, Cassius Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Silvester Stalone, James Wood, and many others whom no film or producers could ever bring together. TheAmerican's solidarity spirit turned them into a choir. Actually, choir is not the word. What you could hear was the heavy artillery of the American soul. What neither George W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell could say without facing the risk of stumbling over words and sounds, was being heard in a great and unmistakable way in this charity concert. I don't know how it happened that all this obsessive singing of America didn't sound croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious! It made you green with envy because you weren't able to sing for your country without running the risk of being considered chauvinist, ridiculous, or suspected of who-knows-what mean interests. I watched the live broadcast and the rerun of its rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floor swith a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who fought with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that would have killed other hundreds or thousands of people. How on earth were they able to bow before a fellow human? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit which nothing can buy. What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases which risk of sounding like commonplaces. I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion. Only freedom can work such miracles!

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (54895)	10/31/2001 12:53:03 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 70976

nat, This is a thread for thinkers and folks who can take their lumps. So join us--we usually have a good time here. mike

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (54895)	10/31/2001 4:20:20 PM
From: Tony B	Respond to of 70976

Brian, I am also a lurker. I hardly every post, I just lurk. I have learned a lot in the past from this thread. Everyone has something to offer on topic. I also second what Nat Nithi said "Of late this post has become a pit of hatred". This thread is not for AMAT post any more, but is for all off topic post. There are too many personal post on personal feelings and beliefs. I for one don't care what anyone else believes, Nuke em or don't Nuke em, or whatever. Your not going to change someone else's mind or what they believe. This thread was for AMAT on topic post. As others have posted TAKE YOUR OFF TOPIC POST TO ANOTHER SITE. No need to reply, I wont answer. I am a snake also. Time to go back to lurk mode. Sorry if I offended anyone. TonyB.