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To: SirRealist who wrote (619)	11/14/2002 1:58:11 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 1296

9/11 changed our government for the worse. IMO, the Gore/Bush election fiasco was not very important at the time. Their platforms were virtually identical, and their weakness prevented them from pursuing their more extreme agendas. 9/11 transformed Bush from a weak president to a strong one, and that left the country fully in the hands of the cruel, the selfish, the violent, the dumb, and the anti-democratic. ( the last phrase borrowed from Sam Smith prorev.com ) Tom

To: SirRealist who wrote (619)	11/16/2002 11:55:37 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 1296

There's a wonderful moment in Mark Hertsgaard's new book, "The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World," when foreigners' complex feelings about the United States --- why they hate us, why they love us and why it usually isn't either/or -- come into startling focus. A 32-year-old Capetown bus driver happily informs Hertsgaard that every township in South Africa has two street gangs named the Young Americans and the Ugly Americans. The difference? "The Young Americans dress like Americans," the driver, named Malcolm, explained. "The Ugly Americans shoot like Americans." salon.com