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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (10585)	12/31/2001 11:21:49 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Report: U.S. Must Reduce Dependence On Foreign Turmoil WASHINGTON, DC—According to a Cato Institute report released Monday, the U.S. has become overly dependent on foreign turmoil for its conversations and media coverage. "The American people consume as many as 60 million barrels of crude speculation every day, using it for everything from driving discussions to heating up political debates," the report stated. "Unless we can dredge up domestic sources of turmoil, we may end up utterly dependent on the Middle East for conversational fuel."

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (10585)	1/2/2002 6:03:41 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

LOL... That pamphlet is a little bit outdated, though. For there's no longer such a thing as a "Belgian" guy --you are either Flemish or Walloon/Francophone. Only a (dwindling) minority of public servants/officials and nostalgic retirees still cling to the antiquated notion of Belgium... I think the EU presidency spared the country yet another "ethnic raw" between its two constituencies, however, as the economic ordeal will worsen in the coming months, the "rainbow" government will have a bumpy drive imposing more and more hardships on the people. Gus