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To: skinowski who wrote (67117)	1/19/2003 11:24:08 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT: In the meantime, back at the ranch… Mayor Mike smoking out Stone smokers. Nothing in the world is more important to this chap. drudgereport.com XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JAN 19, 2003 10:35:25 ET XXXXX NEW YORK CITY MAYOR FUMED OVER 'SMOKING' ON STAGE AT STONES CONCER Exclusive New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is fuming mad over Rolling Stones members smoking on stage at Madison Square Garden during an nationally televised concert this weekend, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "The mayor sent cops to issue summonses," one stage source told the DRUDGE REPORT late Saturday. "But the cops watched the show, off stage, by a monitor, instead of stopping the concert." MORE HBO cameras captured band members Keith Richards and Ron Wood smoking cigarettes while performing. "The band raced out of the Garden after they finished their last number, avoiding the police," an insider said. "The music had not even finished playing; and they were in cars already, spinning away. They did not even go to their dressing rooms!" Madison Square Garden regulations state: there is no smoking permitted. "This policy is strictly enforced. Violation of this regulation is grounds for ejection." In December, ex-smoker Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a strict smoking ban in New York City. Bloomberg is also trying to get smoking banned in Central Park. Developing...

To: skinowski who wrote (67117)	1/20/2003 9:36:38 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Reprisals… I think there will be reprisals no matter what we do. I think, to some degree, that's true, skin. But, in the context of Ajami's essay, the argument is not that because of the danger of reprisals the US should not (way too many negatives in that sentence) address the Iraqi situation. The argument, again, in that context, is that it should be prepared for reprisals when it addresses it and regardless of whether it actually attempts to do the nation building thing or simply leaves it to a proxy dictator to do something.