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To: geode00 who wrote (163987)	6/10/2005 3:24:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If I, as a microcosm economy, have a GDP per capita of $40,000 in my single person world and trade with other economies which also have $40,000 GDPs per capita in their single person worlds, then my total spending is $40,000 per year. If I stop spending $1000 a year on one thing and start spending it on another, such as paying interest on borrowed money, then it's no big deal, especially since most of that $40,000 spending is on junk stuff like calories which make me fat, gymnasium fees which make me poor [and I don't go to despite good intentions], monster SUV which I don't need, lots of petrol for said monster SUV, - oh, I have already saved much more than enough to pay the $1000. See, no problem. If my little microcosm also controls the printing of said $, then I'm really in business! The others just have to accept my dilution of my debt. Good trick! The wisest person, Mqurice

To: geode00 who wrote (163987)	6/10/2005 3:31:23 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

BREAKING NEWS: Memogate Hearings Scheduled for June 16 truthout.org t r u t h o u t \| Press Release Friday 10 June 2005 On Thursday June 16, 2005, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of House Judiciary Committee, and other Democratic Members will hold a Democratic hearing to hear testimony concerning the Downing Street Minutes and the efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence. On May 1, 2005 a Sunday London Times article disclosed the details of a classified memo, also known as the Downing Street Minutes, recounting the minutes of a July 2002 meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair that describes an American President already committed to going to war in the summer of 2002, despite contrary assertions to the public and the Congress. The minutes also describe apparent efforts by the Administration to manipulate intelligence data to justify the war. The June 16th hearing will attempt to answer the serious constitutional questions raised by these revelations and will further investigate the Administration's actions in the lead up to war with new documents that further corroborate the Downing Street memo. Those expected to testify include Joe Wilson, Former Ambassador and WMD Expert; Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA analyst who prepared regular Presidential briefings during the Reagan administration; Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen American soldier; and John Bonifaz, renowned constitutional lawyer and co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org. Directly following the hearing, Rep. Conyers, Members of Congress, and concerned citizens plan to hand deliver to the White House the petition and signatures of over a half million Americans that have joined Rep. Conyers in demanding that President Bush answer questions about his secret plan for the Iraq war. AfterDowningStreet.org is a rapidly growing coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups, which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war. -------