Strange things happen when following and investigating a thread. I'm specifically referring to "Blood for Oil Analysis" started by J.D. Giorgis on Wed Mar 19 08:53:52 PST 2003 http://www.mccmedia.com/pipermail/brin-l/Week-of-Mon-20030317/015062.html or http://makeashorterlink.com/?E10C233E3 were I replied http://www.mccmedia.com/pipermail/brin-l/Week-of-Mon-20030317/015073.html or http://makeashorterlink.com/?J33C233E3 and was intending to add further information to that thread obtained from:
The New York Times Editorial / Op-Ed March 20, 2003 Ready for the Peace? By BOB HERBERT http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/20/opinion/20HERB.html [EXCERPTS] "What's driving this war is President Bush's Manichaean view of the world and messianic vision of himself, the dangerously grandiose perception of American power held by his saber-rattling advisers, and the irresistible lure of Iraq's enormous oil reserves." "Back in January, an article in The Wall Street Journal noted: "With oil reserves second only to Saudi Arabia's, Iraq would offer the oil industry enormous opportunity should a war topple Saddam Hussein. But the early spoils would probably go to companies needed to keep Iraq's already rundown oil operations running, especially if facilities were further damaged in a war. Oil-services firms such as Halliburton Co., where Vice President Dick Cheney formerly served as chief executive, and Schlumberger Ltd. are seen as favorites for what could be as much as $1.5 billion in contracts." [/EXCERPTS] when I focused on the first sentence of the excerpts I reference and I went looking further into "Manichean view" and was overwhelmed by the amount of information I missed during my studies of Taoism -- this started when I was seventeen and was being trained in Kung-Fu. I don't "Google" but do have a Copernic search engine (maybe I should say something about that in [EMAIL PROTECTED]) that produced: 1. Manichaean Writings THE GNOSTIC SOCIETY LIBRARY As classical Gnosticism was waning, another Gnostic movement developed under the inspiration of the Prophet Mani. ... under the inspiration of the Prophet Mani. The Manichaean movement became a true world religion, spreading to Europe, ... http://www.gnosis.org/library/manis.htm 2. New Advent: Fathers of the Church & DISPUTATION AGAINST FORTUNATUS, THE MANICHAEAN . [ACTA SEU DISPUTATIO CONTRA FORTUNATUM & AGAINST FORTUNATUS, AN ELDER OF THE MANICHAEANS , WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF HIPPO REGIUS & have lived as an... http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1404.htm 3. Anti-Manichaean and Anti-Donatist Writings Read a comprehensive set of Augustine of Hippo's polemics against the Manichaeans and Donatists. http://www.ccel.org/fathers/NPNF1-04/ 4. Order of Nazorean Essenes ... MANICHAEAN ROOTS: ... MANICHAEAN ORTHODOX CHURCH is the focus of the Order of Nazorean Essenes during Roseflame Season (Aug 1 to Sept 23). ... http://essenes.crosswinds.net/bnei3.htm 5. cjvlang - The Country of Kang and the Manichaeans Resource dedicated to the Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese languages describes Kang, which came under the control of the Tang dynasty in the 8th c., and Manicheanism. http://www.cjvlang.com/Dow/asides/Kang.html 6. Manichaean Dictionary Project Manichaean Dictionary Project - sponsored by the ... prepare a three volume Dictionary of Manichaean Texts, funded by the Arts and Humanities. ... the recently upgraded basement. The Manichaean religion was founded in the third century ... http://www.indiran.co.uk/manichaean.html 7. Manichaeanism is Alive: The New Manichaean Church Manichaeanism is Alive: The Neo-Manichaean Church This is the preliminary home page for the Neo-Manichaean Church. We represent ... http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/3991/NeoManichaean.html 8. Manichaean Input to Chinese Culture and Art - Radha Banerjee ... CULTURE AND ART MANICHAEAN INPUT TO CHINESE CULTURE AND ART ... deal with one of the varieties -the Manichaean art and culture. With the opening ... Mani Hayya, Mani the Living. In Manichaean texts this epithet is often given to ... http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_41029.htm 9. University of Athens - Department of Theology ... in Pseudo-Dionysius Anti-Manichaean Ontology Professor Constantine Scouteris ... more significant, his anti-Manichaean mentality and intention. Anti- ... is well known that Manichaean ontology had already .. http://www.cc.uoa.gr/theology/html/english/pubs/doctrsec/scouteris/05/05.htm 10. Manichaean Psalm-Book, Part II (Quasi-Christian) ... Psalms were discovered, along with many others that have not been translated, at Medinet Madi in the Fayoum. They are from a Manichaean Psalm-Book, Part II, discovered by Carl Schmidt and are thought to date from about 340 AD. Index Psalm 219 Psalm 220 ... http://touregypt.net/manichaeanpsalms.htm 11. Manichaean Studies Seminar ... Here you will find information on the past, present, and future activities of the Seminar, along with related information on the subject of Manichaean Studies. ... http://www4.nau.edu/manichaean/ 12. Philosophical Dictionary: Mach-Manichaeanism Austrian physicist and philosopher of science. http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/m.htm and ended concentrating on http://www.ccel.org/ThML/ and http://xml.coverpages.org/thml.html where the XML -- Theological Markup Language (ThML) is discussed. ...wooow!, what a trip. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma <- Trying real hard to stay on top of his board while surfing ;-) ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
