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To: michael97123 who wrote (34632)	3/15/2004 3:30:08 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793888

Re WMD--IF our Intel groups were ALL wrong...then 8-10 years of previous employees at the various agencies were wrong as well. Reading the amount of info available, and particularly because of SI and this and other threads....It doesn't take anyone too bright to figure out that one doesn't just rid the CIA, or the Pentagon, or the FBI, of EVERY SINGLE ONE of the employees of these agencies. Bush had 7-1/2 months before the 9-11 attacks. He was not able to fire everyone in those agencies. Therefore, he had to believe the reports as they stood. The Heads of the various agencies are only appointees....usually they are there as long as the current Administration is there. We must look to other people --career types --- to see what had been, and is going on.

To: michael97123 who wrote (34632)	3/15/2004 3:36:19 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793888

And re tax cuts, or increases as Kerry wants. Bob Brinker was on this weekend on Money Talk. If anyone here listens to him, they will know he is certainly a Democrat. However, he blasted Kerry for his proposals to "tax the rich"....He asked "How much is enought for the Government to take.... Same sort of questions we ask here. Add in the increase in tax, plus probably more taxes on savings of various kinds, plus state income taxes, plus SS taxes....and heaven forbid, if one is in business for themselves or has a small business..... The tax rate comes to a minimum of 55% and most probably nearing or exceeding 60%%%%%!!!!! And on top of that, most probably these events will bring inflation as well. He believes, as do we in this home, that if it is anything like that, we will pull out and convert to cash.... And on the same token, he wasn't easy on the Bush Administration and Congress as well....He thinks as does Greenspan, that 'deficits DO count!!'

To: michael97123 who wrote (34632)	3/15/2004 7:01:28 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793888

3. a grand reconciliation with france. Those two arrogant sons of bitches hugging would be a good first step. AFter all al qaeda is the common enemy. If we could joe stalins ass in WW2, we can drink french wine now. OK. I'll try it with you. Tomorrow i am going to buy a case of French wine that I like. It is priced about 35% of what it cost a year ago. But I am not going to...their ass. And I don't need any hugs from them either. You ever smelled one those dudes? At least the Germans have 4711!