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To: sea_urchin who wrote (20687)	4/18/2004 5:29:54 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80950

> anyone who speaks badly of George W Bush is a traitor to the US. antiwar.com >>>This week he guaranteed that more Americans will die from terrorist attacks due to his stabbing the Palestinians in the back. He has from the beginning acted as if he were a ventriloquist's dummy and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon were the ventriloquist. He proved it again by buying into Sharon's scheme to steal great globs of Palestinian land in the West Bank, and by arrogantly denying the right of Palestinian refugees to return home or be compensated. Israel has no legal right to the land occupied by settlements; the whole world recognizes this and has for decades. The United States used to recognize it until Bush decided to kiss the most ample part of Sharon's anatomy. <<< rense.com

To: sea_urchin who wrote (20687)	4/18/2004 5:50:33 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 80950

Just a last thought on China. Many people are worried that China is one big bubble ready to burst. I recently read an article about someone who was in China and was awestruck with the incredible scene of construction in Shanghai and elsewhere. He was convinced that he was witnessing a bubble, and summarily pulled all investment out of China. Here is another piece about the real estate bubble China. business-times.asia1.com.sg The problem is, if China collapses, what are the consequences for the rest of the world? Gotta keep those bubbles going, at any cost! And the US must keep buying up all of China's production. Scenes from China: skyscraperpicture.com xs4all.nl In a few years China will be hosting the summer olympics, and I think many will all be shocked at what we will see. China is a very big bubble, and if it bursts it will be felt world-wide.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (20687)	4/23/2004 2:44:36 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 80950

> anyone who speaks badly of George W Bush is a traitor to the US. And a traitor to Australia theaustralian.news.com.au >>> THERE is a new sort of Australian in public life who, accusing fellow Australians of being unAustralian, expresses his or her patriotism by singing Hail To The Chief rather than Waltzing Matilda. They worship George Bush Jr.* To them, Dubya is no mere president but the Messiah. As such, he’s the second coming, sharing the name and intensifying the ideological proclivities of George Bush Snr. So devout are the Bushwhackers, they see even his lies as sacred texts. The Bushwhackers’ president, their burning Bush, is transcendent, and God help anyone who blasphemes with questioning or criticism. Such is the passion of Australia’s Bushwhackers that their patriotism is not directed at the Australian flag they profess to love, but at the Stars and Stripes. To them, the United States is truly the land of the brave, the home of the free, and, yes, has a manifest destiny to dominate and democratise the entire planet, according to the dogmas of their omniscient and omnipresent prophet – and his hyperactive disciples, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. <<< * same way the goldbugs feel about Richard Russell and James what's-his-name.