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To: elmatador who wrote (26736)	12/23/2007 2:24:01 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 217588

Winning a war against and itself, and it is still 2007. booktv.org Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror By Breaking Free of Oil Author: Robert Zubrin Upcoming Schedule Saturday, December 29, at 10:00 PM About the Program Robert Zubrin argues that the United States is subsidizing a war against itself because of its dependence on oil, a resource controlled by its enemies. He says that if Congress passed a law requiring all new cars sold in the United States to be flexible fueled, OPEC's control on the world's transportation fuel supply would be diminished. This event was hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC. About the Author Robert Zubrin is the President of Pioneer Astronautics and President of the Mars Society, an organization dedicated to the exploration and settlement of Mars. He is the author of numerous nonfiction and science fiction books including "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must," "Entering Space," and "Mars on Earth." This event was hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Institute in Washington, DC. --- probably internet-archived in some weeks, CSPAN usually does that, but not always. Wow, if anyone is stupid as stupid says, it must be Zubrin.

To: elmatador who wrote (26736)	12/23/2007 11:55:52 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217588

Part of the appeal of the auction is that the competition it creates allows the seller to do well independent of any knowledge of bidder values or any ability to exploit that knowl- edge. Arming either buyers or sellers with greater commitment power and the knowledge necessary to use it will modify the equilibrium in the sequential mechanism. If the seller can opportunistically subsidize entry it can increase expected revenue ?mainly through the 5Put di¤erently, a potential bidder is just like an investor considering the purchase of a stock-option, with the bidder?s entry cost corresponding to the price of the option, so ceteris paribus the mechanism with the more uncertain price is more attractive ?just as a stock option is more valuable the more volatile is the stock. ceteris paribus, the more volatile is the story. As Galeano said and still writes. nuff.ox.ac.uk //////////////// Funny stuff, sorry for the repetition, considering the rubber-barons, amazonians, of Nancy SInatra too geocities.com Anyway, in just one year the next years must be better. Ilmarinen. The booth-bomber, really totally silly stuff, when it is mainly a question of growing cellulosa, not just littliest Uruguay. Anyway, 12 more months, US election cycles, we are all counting and having fun., PS The Booth-Bomber, that was senator Craig, severely religious, fiddling around his shoes. However, we are still trying to find out a cellulosa solution, with Brazil too.