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To: jrhana who wrote (20879)	10/28/2004 4:13:20 PM
From: loantech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Those demorats in Chicago were the best and they even had mob assistance. Yeah both sides are rotten to the core. But for now my insults are hurled towards the repubs. That can change in short order depending on who the current screw ups in office are. I voted for W in 2000 so like Russ I can switch sides. Let's just hope with either man elected that POG goes to da moon! <g>

To: jrhana who wrote (20879)	10/28/2004 4:31:19 PM
From: loantech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

New Topic: Jr I know you don't believe much about this but can you expound a bit please as a resident expert. mosnews.com Photo from novayagazeta.ru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian Expert Says Flu Epidemic May Kill Over One Billion This Year Created: 28.10.2004 18:06 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 18:15 MSK, 3 hours 28 minutes ago MosNews The world is on the brink of a major flu epidemic — one that could claim more than a billion lives, the head of the Russian Virology Institute, Academician Dmitry Lvov said at a press conference organized by the RIA-Novosti news agency on Thursday. “Up to one billion people could die around the whole world in six months,” Lvov said. The expert did not give a timeframe for the epidemic, but said that it is highly probable that it will start this year. “We are half a step away from a worldwide pandemic catastrophe,” the academic said. The Russian expert said that U.S. researchers possessed data suggesting that if a pandemic hits, up to 700,000 people will fall ill in the United States. He said that the population of the United States can be roughly compared to that of Russia and thus the number of cases will be approximately the same. The academician said the pandemic was most likely to be caused by the so-called bird flu stem. “The death rate among those who contract this type of flu reaches 70 percent,” Lvov said. The expert called for the Russian authorities to prepare for the epidemic. The country will need a reserve of at least 300,000 hospital beds if an epidemic breaks out, he said.

To: jrhana who wrote (20879)	10/28/2004 6:39:58 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

<<If we see what happened in Florida in several states, POG to the roof.>> They had a pretty good segment on "election reform" on the Diane Reim show on NPR today. Some guy named John Harwood from the WSJ and another guy who's name I didn't catch. Both noted their would be numerous poll watchers from both parties, and suggested that Republican poll watchers who venture into some of the more, errrr, URBAN locales in the industrial midwest (Cleveland was mentioned specifically) may run into conflict if they conduct themselves too aggressively (which appears to be part of the battle plan, unfortunately). One can easily imagine some rather heated and perhaps violent incidents breaking out. Maybe we need to get the UN in to insure a fair election.....<G?> I plan to be in and out of the polls at my inner city Phoenix precinct by 5 minutes after the polls open , so I'll probably miss out on the fun.