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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (122888)	1/7/2004 2:25:11 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

U.S. Begins Hoofprinting Canadian Cows at Border (2004-01-06) -- With the dual threats of terror attacks and 'mad cow' disease dominating the headlines, the U.S. Department of Barnland Security yesterday implemented heightened border security measures, including hoofprinting and photographing of all cows entering the country from Canada. On the first day of the intensified process, some cows seemed reluctant to place their hooves on the computer screen and to stand for the photo, but Barnland Security officials said the new measures add only about 20 seconds to the normal border-crossing process. Canadian bovine-rights advocates protested what they called "xenophobic species-profiling." "Non-threatening holsteins are treated like criminals just because they're cows and they're Canadian," said an unnamed spokesman for the Bovine Civil Liberties Union (BCLU). "All they want is to be allowed to graze in peace and contribute to the U.S. economy as best they can." scrappleface.com

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (122888)	1/7/2004 4:18:57 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 281500

With regard to John le Carré's new book, here is an editorial in today's Globe and Mail: Hmm, no surprise there.

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (122888)	1/7/2004 6:55:38 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Respond to of 281500

"To suggest that George W. Bush, with all his faults, is in the same moral league as Osama bin Laden is to enter a Looking Glass world." True enough, they are not in the same moral league. Osama's action killed 3000 and destroyed for a few billions in property. Bush II's actions killed 10000 and took over Iraq's oil. He rode roughshod over civil rights with Patriot II(the act that got passed when Saddam's teeth were being checked on TV). He prevaricated on Saddam's connection to bin Laden's terrorism and to WMD's. The list is much longer.