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To: Taro who wrote (469489)	4/7/2009 4:29:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576990

Carla Bruni is hot indeed - and has class. Actually, I think Bruni is hotter but I think Obama has more class. IMO Bruni acts too much like a trophy wife which she is. The problem with you Ted is, that you don't recognize class - or the lack of same - when you encounter it. Want me to explain why? No thank you.

To: Taro who wrote (469489)	4/7/2009 6:00:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576990

Looking at some of the quake damage in Italy.....first, Italy can not be as quake prone as CA....those 13th century bldgs would have come down long ago. They are absolute crap...stucco blocks piled on top of each other with no reinforcement at all. Now I understand why the death toll is so high. Secondly, how do they rebuild? Do they just tear down the historic stuff and put in new? That seems to be the only feasible approach at this point. From some of the photos we're seeing...30-50% of the buildings are beyond repair. And what do you do with all those homeless people while they rebuild? What a mess.