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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (4721)	9/14/2003 1:20:16 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

And your point is? You think Bush is going to keep you from paying taxes? Bush is simply putting us in deep hock so the rich get off easy and debt gets deferred to future administrations and dumped on the states. There is nothing admirable about Bush's budget-busting, it's just irresponsible, short-sighted and inept. It's not even stimulating the economy or creating jobs. It's just a throwaway to the rich who didn't need any help in the first place. Nopbody enjoys paying taxes but responsible people do want to be fiscally conservative. Bush isn't.

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (4721)	9/14/2003 5:35:23 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 10965

Contact me about some prime Florida real estate I can steer you to, a great deal.... ;<) 2. The Space Pen Ball-point pens rely on gravity to work. The space pen was developed to be used in space, which as you know has zero-gravity. The Space Pen was specifically designed for NASA, at a cost of several millions of dollars. How did the Russians solve the problem of normal pens not working in space? They used pencils! * Now for the reality check * Until recently I took these stories to be true, but unfortunately they qualify as "urban legends": < snopes2.com > < snopes2.com > An urban legend is "a story, which may have started with a grain of truth, that has been embroidered and retold until it has passed into the realm of myth. It is an interesting phenomenon that these stories get spread so far, so fast and so often" (http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=urban%20legend). The space pen story is appealing because it reinforces the "keep it simple" idea and to not waste money. The standard gauge story works because it is amusing and seems to make (horse?) sense. To find out more about the Space Pen, as seen infamously on a Seinfeld episode, go to the official manufacturer's site: < spacepen.com > To read a whole lot of other urban legends on a whole range of topics, go to the Urban Legends Reference Page: < snopes2.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------