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To: paret who wrote (701325)	9/11/2005 12:36:33 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769670

House Republican Leader Tom DeLay, Labor Secretary Elaine Chou, and Treasury Secretary John Snow visited some "refugees" in a Reliant Park shelter and DeLay asked a couple of young boys, "Isn't this fun, boys?" ...Yeah, like a campout without the Smores.

To: paret who wrote (701325)	9/11/2005 6:42:07 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I have a problem with Hate-America commies An understandable condition. As a kid it was all atomic bombs and reds under the bed. (there was a lot of them to, especially in the upper classes, both in the UK and USA). As a student activist during the seventies I met loads of commies. They were typically hard working and dedicated. Qualities I do not frown upon, except the ideology. What bothers me is the Americans beat the commies hands down, but now we have this terrorist problem. Where did that suddenly appear from?

To: paret who wrote (701325)	9/11/2005 9:14:20 AM
From: BEEF JERKEY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Like that of central banks, the power of militaries is often more effective when it has acquired a fearsome reputation of being effective and powerful. Sometimes, as Machiavelli noted, the reputation for ferocity is more important than the capacity to deliver it - and makes actual exercise of it superfluous. What the response to Katrina has done is make the U.S. super-power look a lot less credible, a lot less fearsome, a lot less capable. Ditto, of course, with regard to the inept conduct of the war in Iraq. Just as this administration has squandered America's fiscal reputation, it has also put a dent in perception of its military effectiveness. That only emboldens enemies, makes deterrence harder and makes more conflict likelier. andrewsullivan.com