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To: michael97123 who wrote (198504)	8/22/2006 11:32:22 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Look up in the sky is it a bird no, is it a plane--no way they have been all blown up--no its Sar-Man from the planet Hyperbole. As he aptly described himself, he's just a "barking dog" that wants to complain about how everyone has persecuted and exploited the Arabs. Maybe one day he'll become introspective and ask himself what is it about American values that have led us to become a reluctant super-power, and 30% of the total global economy, while the Arabs, with their enormous oil wealth have no managed to diversify that investment into internally driven economic growth. Hell, look at Japan. With practically no natural resources, and almost totally dependent upon imported oil, they have become the world's second largest economy in a little over 100 years. And that's not even mentioning the utter devastation that was wrought upon their economy as a result of militarists hijacking their country and plunging it into a failed attempt at creating an Asian empire through conquest. So what excuse can the Arabs have? Hawk