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To: Rascal who wrote (48518)10/1/2002 12:01:40 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
"Experts Know

Rules to live by:

1) Don't play Poker with a guy named "Doc."

2) Don't believe an article that starts with the statement, "Experts know."



To: Rascal who wrote (48518)10/1/2002 8:33:55 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 281500
 
Instead, he said, surveys have found that "Middle Easterners to a person are firm democrats,"

Now, there's a blanket statement to just drop into the conversation! Evidence, please? There's certainly none to be found in any of their government structures (unless you count the Turks and the Israelis), and precious little evidence of democracy in Arab family and clan structures.