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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (258257)	8/30/2003 9:33:44 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Here's a fourth concept to explain Mr. Zero's behavior: Ground Zero is fullashit and gets his jollies threatening mostly anonymous people in Cyberspace with "reports" to the FBI; and posting personal real name and address information as much as he can identify, etc. To "censor" his perceived "enemies" in this place in which he oddly considers himself to be "important" and "powerful." When in fact, he an insecure loser. lb

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (258257)	8/31/2003 6:00:01 AM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

In regards to trying to make software to stop file sharing. I ask Why? I say screw the record companies. Why is a CD $12 to pay a group of 4 guys to record an album and for each CD sale, they see about 4 cents. Compare this to a DVD costing about $16.99 which entails a film crew the size of a small army, a cast of actors making millions, post production crew, marketing dept etc etc. The film industry makes money so the music industry needs to tighten their belts and drop their costs. Prices of CDs hasn't dropped since their inception and yet blank CDs have dropped from $4 bucks a disc to about 25 cents. The problem isn't the people that have stopped buying the CDs, it is in the industry itself. I buy tons of DVDs but I don't think I have bought a music CD since the mid 1990s. If someone writes software to stop copying it, some 12 year old kid will either crack it within a month or we can always just play it then record it via microphone and then copy that. People are fed up. I don't napster due to the corrupt files that are all over but I just listen to the radio or my digital cable music channels. Good Luck, Lee

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (258257)	8/31/2003 9:20:25 AM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I'm sure you are aware of this executive order, GZ: "I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the threat of attachment or other judicial process against the Development Fund for Iraq, Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products, and interests therein, and proceeds, obligations, or any financial instruments of any nature whatsoever arising from or related to the sale or marketing thereof, and interests therein, obstructs the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq. This situation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order: Section 1. Unless licensed or otherwise authorized pursuant to this order, any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is prohibited, and shall be deemed null and void, with respect to the following: (a) the Development Fund for Iraq, and (b) all Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products, and interests therein, and proceeds, obligations or any financial instruments of any nature whatsoever arising from or related to the sale or marketing thereof, and interests therein, in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons." By this edict, President Bush has carved out a legal VOID, inside which agencies and corporations acceptable to the President can operate in respect of the oil in Iraq, while being untouchable by any law whatsoever!