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To: wooden ships who wrote (5171)	5/25/1998 1:12:00 AM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 42834

Crony capitalism.... The scale of it and lack of a sense of proportion amazes me. One one hand he chases ladies about the White House with his fly open, has former business partners sitting in jail for refusing to implicate him or his wife, sells tickets to the "Lincoln Bedroom" and then pulls in Million dollar bribes for what appears to be treason! ..... and I thought I was bad saving coupons! I can't wait for the movie to explain what the Clinton White House was/is really like! regards Kirk out PS This was on my Msft thread: suite101.com Kirk Lindstrom on May 24, 1998 at 10:09 AM Funny "Letter to the Editor" in the SJ Merc today. Writer urged the DOJ to sue ogolopy Ford, Chrysler & GM for integrating cup holders into all autos thus putting cup holder companies out of business due to unfair competition. Shame on Ford, et al for requiring all dealers to not remove the cup holders from the dashboards of the autos they sell. (we all know how much money Bill Gates gives the politicans vs what they get from the UAW and the big 3 auto companies) Then I have a link to the DOJ MSFT legal briefs and other official gobbly-gook.

To: wooden ships who wrote (5171)	5/27/1998 3:40:00 AM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 42834

Following Alan Whirlwind's lead, I tuned into one Gary North, a presumed expert on the year 2000 bug, on Monday last. Mr. North was a guest on the Art Bell late night radio show. Suf- fice it to say, Gary North is seemingly convinced that 31 De- cember 1999 will prove to be the last day of Western civil- ization as we know it. Mr. North expects the North American electric power grid, the US Post Office, the railroads, the banking system, the US government, et cetera to collapse under the weight of the year 2000 bug. To protect himself, Mr. North has sold and otherwise liquidated his estate, moved onto "60 acres in a safe area," installed a well, sunk two huge natural gas tanks into the ground, installed a self-contained electric generating system on the property, and laid up two years' supply of food. He recommends that all his subscribers take similar precautions. When asked by Art Bell what he(North) would do were he appointed the Y2K czar with omnipotent powers, North responded unhesitatingly, "Resign the next day, and head for the hills." Needless to relate, Mr. North does not think any measures can now be taken to prevent total calamity other than to prepare oneself as he has done. Indeed, North asserts that the US government is now assembling contingency plans for bank holidays, rationing of currency and myriad "stuff," im- position of martial law, and widespread detention of obdurate citizens pursuant to a possible Y2K triggered breakdown of order. I do not know whether Gary North is a prophet or a madman. It is an understatement to say that only time will tell. However, Aesop's fable regarding the grasshopper and the ant may be in- structive here, in any case. Suffice it to say, North's web page is not recommended as soothing bedtime reading. See: garynorth.com