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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (14950)	12/31/2004 1:58:14 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

"hate", a very popular word among US conservative activists, backwards to the future?? Why not use "evil hate" or "good hate", or even "blessed hate"?? Or "two-party medieval hate"?? Or "selfprojecting hate", plus "early childhood spanking hate"?? well instilled, hopefully (to be really efficient) before age 3. PS Was Perot the first major US politician who pointed out how most neurons are formed during the 3(-12 ) first years, but did he mention those formed on both ends of the blastula?? PPS Luckily most other cultures figured out this already, as documented, some 3,000 years ago, it is even instilled into laws and constitution. However, it takes a lot to keep a funny two-party-system going, single-seat-districts, gerrymandering and voting machines, plus early actions... plus a lot of stuff on the opposite end of that blastula..

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (14950)	12/31/2004 2:56:33 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Re: . People are so quick to criticize Bush because they hate him.... No, we are quick to criticize him because he's a stingy, illegitimate fraud.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (14950)	1/3/2005 3:50:48 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 20773

Re: U.S. ups tsunami aid from $35 million to $350 million Over here in Europe --especially in Spain, France and Italy-- there's a psychopathic figure that keeps popping up every summer in the bushy landscapes of Provence, Corsica,... namely, the "pompier pyromane" --the pyromaniac firefighter. It's usually a man in his 20s or 30s who is a compulsive arsonist, yet smart enough to repress/conceal his pathological impulses to set fires --most often in his own environs... Hence his pervert cast of mind prompts him to enroll as a firefighter in the local fire brigade. That way, when summer sets in and mistral squalls blow across Southern France, our pyromaniac firefighter gets his thrill both ways: first when he sets the bush aflame and next when he gets a piece of the action fighting the blaze... together with Canadair flying boats buzzing over on their way to refill or drop their waterload. Likewise, 911 and its aftermath provided us with the "policier terroriste" character, that is, an intelligence outfit or a cluster of intelligence rogues that are, one way or the other, involved in the current terror wave AND, at the same time, cry wolf and posture as our trustworthy law enforcers.... However, just as with the pyromaniac firefighter, it's a matter of time before they're nailed. Excerpted from: Message 19649384

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (14950)	1/3/2005 11:34:29 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Re: Donations hit $2.6bn as nations dig deep By John Garnaut January 3, 2005 World leaders have fallen into step with the remarkable outpouring of generosity from ordinary people as a huge increase in US Government relief pushed the global government fund for tsunami aid to $2.6billion. A day after President George Bush increased the US pledge to $US350 million (...) the Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, announced his country would contribute up to $US500 million. Aid from the Australian Government totals $60million, while individual and corporate donations have passed $64million to four agencies in seven days, making it the country's greatest relief effort. That figure already exceeds all emergency fundraising last year and is expected to double as other organisations tally the money they have collected and more donations flow through. The secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said the world had responded generously to the largest disaster the UN had faced. [...] smh.com.au All these pledges of financial aid are heartening indeed... Yet, it also could turn out to be a cunning bait-and-switch by the US war machine. The bait consisting of those hundreds of millions of dollars pledged to tsunami-hit countries. However, it's gonna take months to deliver the funds --months during which the warmongering campaign against Iran will likely escalate... So much so that the US will bring the Iran case before the UN Security Council and ask for tougher sanctions against Iran... Now, throw into that scenario the South Asian countries --Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka-- and try to figure out their responses to the US crusade against Iran... Get the picture? Four months from now, the "switch" will be turned on: either tsunami-hit South Asia falls into line with the US and give a UN greenlight for whatever sanctions against Iran or.... it can kiss goodbye to the "relief monies".... Brilliant, isn't it? Gus