At 09:37 PM 10/7/01, I wrote: >At 07:55 PM 10/7/01, rob wrote: >>I just got home late this evening. When I checked my mail I perused through >>the list and noticed no mention of the US/British attack on the Taliban. >> >>Did I miss some mention of a moratorium on news? >> >>xponent >>rob > > >No moratorium. Just apparently pre-empted for baseball.
I see the baseball pre-emption of news is continuing strong. _Anyone_ have any comments on the fact that a shooting war* started today in Afghanistan? Good idea? It's about time? Bad idea? Should we have waited and tried negotiation longer? Should we have started bombing sooner? What about our dropping food packages for civilians? Will the Taliban tell the people that the food packages are probably poisoned, and not to eat them, as a way of maintaining control? I for one have friends in uniform who may be over there already, or who may be going over there in the near future. Anyone else? Anyone getting the feeling that some higher power doesn't want the Emmy awards to be presented? ;-) Hello? Anyone there? Other than baseball statisticians? ;-) ----- (*Involving US and allied troops--I realize the country has hardly been a picture of peace and quiet and goodwill towards men, much less women, for many years now, and as such today could be considered only the opening of a new chapter in a continuing shooting war.) -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
