--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have "Viper" squads in the Bay Area at BART: > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19588150/ > > Probably not here so much as to protect us against "terrorists" (in the > Bay Area that could easily be right-wing hot headed Texans) but to ramp > up the terrornoia and keep the populace in their schizoid state. The > spokesman for the Viper squad on the local news last night looked more > like someone they would be interested in than running the show. > > I began celebrating the 4th early by seeing "Sicko" at the local art > house in one of the country's remaining dome theaters. Great film and > there is a slight theme (which no one has mentioned) change at about 1 > hour and 15 minutes to pick up on. That's why I'm seeing support for > Michael Moore from areas you wouldn't have expected. At that point he > begins to look at the bigger picture. Much of what Barry has been > saying about the French health care system is validated and even more. > You wind up feeling that we're really getting screwed in the US and > things really need to change. But gee we wouldn't want Shemp to miss > out on a buck or two on his way to becoming a billionaire would we? > > BTW, Bill Gates is now the second wealthiest person in the world being > replaced by Mr. Slim the Mexican telecom tycoon. Those going out of > business sales at CompUSA must have been really lucrative. > > Happy 4th to everyone. It'll be quiet here for a change as the weather > has been too hot and fireworks are banned in this county. That still > usually means that people are setting some off but I only heard a few > firecrackers over the weekend. There's a big fine and jail time if you > set them off these days. But I was over in Union City which is another > country on Monday and the local kids soccer team had a fireworks booth. > Some message to send to kids eh? I love fireworks but where I grew up > as a kid we would set them off at my uncle's farm over a plowed field > where nothing would catch fire. I'm glad I got rid of my shake roof on > Monday. >
*********** At least this candidate seems calm in the face of all the fearmongering -- in fact, Mike Gravel has clearly made the best campaign ad so far: http://www.slatev.com/
