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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (9567)4/17/2002 10:59:52 PM
From: marcos  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
You have yet to own up to having an aristocracy ... think about it - we did that long ago, and can now happily enjoy the little film clips of them cavorting with the corgis, secure in the knowledge that they don't run the country ..... pity you were so put off by the third George, true enough he was a few logs short of a load, but there were much better Georges to come, unlike your sad record with the appellation

Ever have a few beers and a fat spliff and play What If with history? ... nah, me neither ... but it might be fun, for instance what would have happened if Ike had allowed democratic elections to take place in Viet Nam in 1956, as all powers had solemnly promised they would be in Geneva two years before ... poof, no more degrading war on the indochinese ... funny how he did so well with the Suez, yet screwed up on the other, same year