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(...) The latest winner, (...) Hold on there, conspiracy boy-- I thought Bush et al was in bed with Halliburton. Perhaps it is a really BIG bed... But wait, Bechtel isn't the BIGGEST contributor, what gives? (...) What exactly does that mean? (...) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm guessing that the US are simply using their miltary presence in the ME for what it's worth: To put pressure on other countries, whose policy they would like to see changed. BTW, I heard on BBC World Service recently that Rumsfeld was asked (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Reasons for War: Let Me Count the $680 MILLION USD
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Leave off one tiny "m" and it changes the whole meaning of the subject line. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract" (URL) open competitive bidding, the Bush administration has allowed few corporations to submit proposals for rebuilding Iraq. The latest winner, awarded $680 million to rehab power, water and sewage systems, is (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Countering a Wave of Hate" (URL) Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So, you offer ridicule in lieu of constructive criticism? (...) Well, that certainly is his perogative, but then his commenting on it seems particularily ignorant. Reminds me of a line from a Steve Martin song..."Criticize things you don't (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Something very disturbing is growing and gaining support since the beginning of the Iraqi crisis in USA. This, in my opinion, is more threatening than any dictator. It's called blind-nationalism. In 1970, the FLQ (Front de Lebération du Québec), (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I had to roll down the window to let out the stink from this one. Were you offering it as humor? Terry was right not to read the whole thing - I gotta take a shower just to clean it off (and I find France pompously self-righteous). -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It was reported by you, though. And as for Milliere, you can't be surprised to find at least one stupid person coming from a big counrtry like France to be an ignorant right-extremist... BTW, I read that article only in part. It's too dumb, I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You should read more carefully, Terry. The article was written by Guy Milliere, a *Frenchman*, not me. JOHN (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Another piece of trash coming form the infamous John Neal... Not surprising... (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes: <snip> (...) Well, I taped the West Wing, bought DiabloII Expansion (minions of hell watch out!) and I have loads of Voortman cookies in the desk drawer... Let the good times roll... Dave -who will, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) (Yes, I know, I have a nice amount of time on my hands :) <<_Matt Hein_>> Fellow lego enthusiast O s p r e y (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As a former journeyman electrician I can tell you they get laid off too (actually I was a shipyard electrician so, unlike the outside electricians my job was relatively secure-- that is until they closed the shipyard...) (...) Yeah, and get (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Interesting: (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) have to point out that of all the posters to this thread that responded to my original post or any other, you came the closest to actually addressing what was being said. What the article was addressing was not how much tax ought to be paid, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) have to point out that of all the posters to this thread that responded to my original post, you came the closest to actually addressing what was being said. What the article was addressing was not how much tax ought to be paid, nor how much (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) [1]. it may pay good, but the problem with jobs like these are lack of benefits. my father-in-law easily makes much more than i (he's a house painter), but i'll be able to retire when i'm 60 with almost a million coming from my retirement (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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