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To: Ilaine who wrote (100048)	6/3/2003 4:41:53 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thanks CB. New Zealand doesn't have a written constitution and the place seems to function quite well. Most things that are good are a function of intelligence and goodwill rather than written legalisms. The writing merely formalizes what people actually choose to do. So, should we plug the Iroquois into the UN and hand Iraq over to them? To save me a lot of reading and cut to the chase. Mqurice

To: Ilaine who wrote (100048)	6/3/2003 6:51:35 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

CB, here's some gossip on how the Iroquois got to the legal space in .law.ou.edu ... etc. I say bring Iroquois Law into United Nations practise. Then hand Iraq over to the UN, which will avoid Islamic Jihad to free Iraq from the infidel USA. Hold a big UN conference in Iraq to revamp the constitution. There is a connection between Bruce Johansen,http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dbooks%26field-author%3DJohansen%2C%20Bruce%20E./104-6393261-4243915 [there are his books] and the promulgation of his pet theory that commenced at the highest legal level; the level of the Supreme Court of the United States. Bruce told my buddy a story about an incident that occurred during a final research trip to Washington, D.C. It centered on a chance encounter with then Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Warren Burger, on an elevator. The Chief Justice expressed an interest in the manuscript in Bruce's hand and Bruce did his best to tell the Chief Justice what it was about. But, to no avail. Bruce has a serious speech handicap. He stutters terribly and few people have the patience to listen. Apparently the Chief Justice had the patience, read the manuscript and wrote a blurb for the dust jacket of Bruce's book, Forgotten Founders. That initial "Supreme" endorsement resulting from a purely chance encounter on an elevator led to the rapid spread of the newly adopted meme within the legal profession. Thus your quick legal access to it. Bruce is a one-off sort of guy, and as liberal (U.S. kind) as one can get. Now, just try to imagine this encounter one sunny day in the early '80s in a Washington D.C. lift; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court enters the lift's closed space and encounters a really weird guy dressed head to toe in skin tight black leather clothes, studded everywhere with solid silver studs, buttons and castings; with multiple silver rings on every finger and silver earrings (this is in the early '80s mind you!) and silver nose rings -- i.e., Bruce Johansen. Then taking the time to listen to his stuttering then taking and reading his manuscript! That's the whisper on the street anyway. Interesting eh? It's a small world in cyberspace. From the sidelines, Mqurice PS: I notice I left a clue, centered, on how much of the above I wrote. Not a lot. So I'm not giving my usual double your money back guarantee on such hearsay. I did correct spelling from Johanson to Johansen.