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To: Alighieri who wrote (213475)	12/15/2004 10:44:18 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576113

This is not good at all! ********************************************************* U.S. fears Iranian influence in Iraqi elections** Sources say 1 million Iranians have crossed border to register By Andrea Mitchell Correspondent NBC News Updated: 7:46 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2004Kicking off his country's first democratic election campaign Wednesday, Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared his own candidacy, saying the country can handle the challenge. But as Iraqis register to vote, the United States worries that the real winners could be the ayatollahs in neighboring Iran. U.S. intelligence sources tell NBC News that 1 million Iranians have already poured across the border to register to vote in Iraq. And Iran is spending as much as $100 million to elect its favored slate of candidates in Iraq — and may have thousands of spies in Iraq. "They're putting money into Iraq," says Danielle Pletka, an Iraq expert at the American Enterprise Institute. "They're promoting candidates. They're sponsoring terrorist groups that are pressuring people in Iraq. They're doing everything they can." continued.............. msnbc.msn.com

To: Alighieri who wrote (213475)	12/16/2004 2:30:06 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576113

Al Unless you clearly understand the relationship between fixed and variable expense of any education system, I would say you are on a soap box (again). I do. New York City has 100s of schools, it is closing and reopening new ones, spending capital budget to build schools. If a percentage of children leaves the system, the equal percentage of fixed and variable costs are removed from the "system". While adding or removing a school (enlarging or shrinking it) does go up or down in discrete steps in the smaller districts, it is not a problem in large ones. There are to the school board, which is funded by people, some of which derive NO benefit from it, because they have NO children in the school system. As a good conservative, you should be against this very principle, since it is a perfect example of income redistribution. But this one you don't seem to mind...me wonders why? I don't mind because I recognize the benefit (to all, to America, direct or indirect) of providing education to even the poorest people (including illegal immigrants, while the case against their parents is pending) who could never otherwise afford to purchase education for their children by themselves. Joe