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To: jlallen who wrote (155368)	1/6/2005 9:35:33 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

Yes, but Maurice has an easier task: just question what is officially published. Not that he is right more often, but when there is a failure, he can dine out on his "skepticism".........

To: jlallen who wrote (155368)	1/6/2005 6:40:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Only the gullible......as in for instance every major intel service on the globe...???> And minor ones, such as New Zealand's joke SIS [Security Intelligence Service] who make the Keystone Kops eljebelshrine.org look like professionals. People often mistake numbers and general agreement for thinking, as though truth can be voted on and therefore defined. You might recall heresy trials for those declaring the Earth round instead of flat, or perhaps it was that Earth is NOT the centre of the Universe, or that the Pope is not totally infallible. EVERYONE knew that the Earth was the centre of the universe and a good proportion of people still think, incredible though it might seem to you, that humans are some sacrosanct special creation of some supernatural being. They really do! Which is odd considering most carnivores consider humans as nothing more than a delicious snack with no tusks, antlers, horns, prickles, spines, armour, scales, poisons, smells, teeth or other nasties to spoil the meal. As we now know, regarding the dreaded WMDs, the major and minor "intel services" were wrong, again. Heck, they couldn't even detect a tsunami on the way, and warn millions of people. Tsunamis aren't duplicitous or secretive, but conduct their business right out there in the open. Still the "intel" people didn't notice. If they want something to notice, they could check out the Year of the Rooster manoeuvres planned for 2005. cbc.ca Roosters are going to be strutting around Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, and points between, fluffing their feathers and waving their wings at each other, challenging for a fight. Who will be top rooster? Watch this space. Maybe NATO will do some manoeuvres too, in Ukraine, at the invitation of newly-elected President Yuschenko, who is no doubt pretty annoyed at having been poisoned by Putin's sidekicks. The USA has a few ships, aircraft and stuff in the region, so they might go for a cruise to see the fun if there aren't any good movies on in Okinawa, Tokyo, or Palau. This could be a LOT of fun. More fun than has ever been had. Will Taiwan uninstall the Three Gorges Dams? Will Russia give the Kuril islands back to Japan and call bygones bygones? Will Taiwanese vote in a referendum to join Hu Jintao's political party? Will North Korea invite South Korean companies to establish CDMA networks? Will China roll out 1xEV-DO? Will Ukraine join NATO? Will Helen of Helengrad be the next UN Secretary General? Will the UN be revamped to a NUN to prevent the scourge of war? Don't miss the next exciting episode of "As the stomach churns". Mqurice