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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (103931)	7/4/2003 5:02:16 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

Have a great fourth of july Jacob, and all to whom that applies [happy friday to the rest except for Mq et al for whom it is saturday] ... and please know that we don't need 'to learn to love Uncle Sam', we already do, all that wonderfully liberal principle of the rights of man, we lap that stuff up, always have ..... no, it's only with a few of his bratty children and their whacko interpretation of said principle with whom we ever have problems, just like you do, and we do plan to remain right here indefinitely, helping you to straighten them out ... and don't think for a minute that we're in a permanent snit or anything - why if you were to come to your senses and realise that this leaving the empire experiment is not working out so great, we're prepared at any time to run off 250 applications for provincehood [got to do everything in quintuplate here, the bureaucracy doncha know, and three of the copies must be filled out in french, so preparez-vous eh] ... no wait, that'll only be around 200 copies, not sure they're all ready for civilisation [which ones are Helms and Thurmond and de Lay from? .. but we're definitely interested in Hawaii, even if it means letting Lindy in] .... ah well, maybe we can get together and discuss it over a beer .... while possibly not the ultimate solution to the problems of mankind, it could be argued that beer presents a medium toward eventual resolution ... some of the dutch seem to think so, here they are slipping in the near-beer thin end of the wedge - ' Heineken Aims for Muslim Markets Friday July 4, 1:40 pm ET By Marcel Michelson AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch brewer Heineken plans to use an Egyptian barley drink as a lever to enter Muslim markets either in the east or among immigrant populations in west Europe, chief executive Thony Ruys said on Friday. "First we are learning from the experiences in Egypt and then we can go for a bigger launch," he told journalists. The product, Fayrouz, could be sold in the Indian market as well as to the large Muslim communities in the Netherlands, France, Britain and Germany. "Those are large communities and if we come with a serious product, I am sure this will appeal to them," Ruys said. Fayrouz is a brand of Egyptian brewer ABC that Heineken bought last year. Observant Muslims do not drink alcohol. ...' ca.us.biz.yahoo.com