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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

I heard that too Dave.  I think if a terrorist really wants to make money
before an act he will short the stock market or select stocks, not invest
$100 (the limit on the proposed Gov't system) to place a stupid bet.

The fact that they have been working on it two years confirms for me that I
need a government job.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David R. Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>
To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:10 PM
Subject: [internetworkers] multi-part addendum


> 1. just overheard on BBC News - some yuppie economist defending the
> system "Hey, if some terrorist wants to make $30 bucks to tell us what
> their next target is, then all the better!!"
>
> (one interpretation might be that our current Security Infrastructure
> is SO BAD that we have to pay the terrorists to give us information.
> and i am sure it would always be accurate and complete information...)
>
> 2. also out of that piece - this gambling/payola initiative has been
> underway for TWO YEARS.  two years, people -- do you really think they
> are going to throw it in the gutter to appease some wussy Democrats?
>
> 3. did anyone else find it wickedly amusing that Japan decided to send
> its Army Troops to fight the War on Iraq /LAST/WEEK/ ??  one would
> imagine with all the DoCoMo phones and fancy electronics over there
> that they would have found out that the war was already over.  and
> America (the Sprinting Empire) had already won.  (this was all on the
> cover of some time/newsweek "Special Edition" proclaiming "How the US
> won the War on Iraq").  gotta love objective news.
>
> well, at least we know in future conflicts that Spain has our back.
> (and to a lesser extent, Japan).
> /drm
>
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