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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (5426)	12/11/2006 11:02:21 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Whether or not Iraq was necessary, or even a good idea, it was certainly an attempt to "prepare the soil". maybe it was necessary for the Iraq people to get rid of him, just as we got rid of the redcoats. I think he was pretty secure in power. Maybe they would have gotten rid of one of his successors eventually, or maybe eventually his successors wouldn't have been as bad (although his sons seemed pretty bad and they where possible successors). One of the myths is that the colonists rose up with their weapons to defeat the redcoats, but the reality was that most didn't have rifles, only small game guns, and had to be equipt. Its not really a myth. Early on a lot of the colonists where using their own weapons, and later the militia often did.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (5426)	12/12/2006 11:02:10 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

They are finally coming out... ========================= 18 Llamas to Appear in Rose Parade PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Llamas have waited 15 years to appear in the Rose Parade. On New Year's Day, 18 of the animals and their owners will stroll down Colorado Boulevard. Joan Selby, a member of the Llama Association of Southern California, sent the original application to the parade committee 15 years ago. She is not sure why it took so long for parade officials to let the llamas into the parade but suggested it might have been fear of the unknown. "It could be that it just was not our time. Back then, llamas weren't very well known," Selby said. Paul Holman, president and chairman of the board of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, said he has been told llamas had not been allowed in the parade because horses fear them and react as if the llamas were predators. But he did his research and found a solution. The llamas will be staged in a separate area and have a spot toward the beginning of the parade, far from the equestrian units, Holman said.