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To: redfish who wrote (610139)	8/25/2004 10:24:48 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 769670

Burger King Opens Chain of Tanning Salons, Thousands Line Up to be Flame Broiled 6/26/2004 7:42 AM MIAMI – In an attempt to diversify its product line and generate new revenue streams, Burger King Corporation has just opened a worldwide chain of tanning salons where a pasty-faced, tan-hungry public can opt to be flame broiled a healthy golden brown in a desperate attempt to make it appear to others as though they might actually have exposed themselves to sunlight at some point in the recent past. “With other systems you don’t really know you’re burnt until hours later,” said a spokesman for Burger King, “but with ours, as soon as you smell burning flesh, you know it’s time to get out.” Initial response from the public also seems to be positive. Said Mary-Kate Lefferty, one of the new chain’s first customers, “I really liked the fact that I was able to tan over low heat for a mere thirty seconds a pound, and although there were a few instances in which fat melted off my body and dripped down into the grill resulting in a momentary flare-up, the light charring and blistering of my skin in a couple of places seems like a small price to pay for a beautiful tan without the dangers of having to expose myself to deadly UV rays.” Burger King was initially going to go with a UV system, but opted for flame broiling after researchers were unable to perfect the SPF 32 special sauce that would have been required to make the tanning grills safe. A Burger King press release also indicated that the company had experimented with deep frying customers but discontinued the tests due to results that were characterized as “mostly unfortunate” and “really just kind of crispy and gross.” ragingdonkey.com

To: redfish who wrote (610139)	8/25/2004 10:54:20 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

In my opinion, you are wrong. Saddam was a threat and was actively supporting terrorists.

To: redfish who wrote (610139)	8/25/2004 11:00:01 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation." -- John Kerry, October 9, 2002