Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The idea of a heroic Indian fighter is out of fashion these days, for good reason. ? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 26 Jun 2003 at 22:31, Julia Thompson wrote: Dan Minette wrote: Another example is the fact that half of the EU budget goes to subsidize inefficient farms. Really? How big is that budget? Where does the rest of it go? You mean the Common Agricultural Policy? Firstly, not all of

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Damon
? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who are serving in the middle east. What would the good reason be? Umm, an indian fighter is one who fights indians! Damon.

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
Here's some data I obtained from the superb compendium _Triumph of the Optimists_ by Dimson, Marsh, and Staunton. This book presents data and commentary for 1900-2000 for the returns of equities, bonds, bills, and inflation for 16 countries. I've copied some of the data below for a selection of

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 09:11:02PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 06:16 PM 6/26/03 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: Right, but the median real wage started going down around 1980. The increase in income for all but the top 20% of households was due to the

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:30:33PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: http://econ161.berkeley.edu/movable_type/archives/000949.html we find recent quotes from the IMF showing that the US now leads Europe in productivity per hour Huh? I read it that in 2001, Germany, France, and Italy all beat the US

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 04:04:13PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: Yeah, but out real motto should be: We have healthy demographics, while Europe (with the exception of Britain) is about to go down the toilet because of the age of its population. America's demographics aren't so hot either,

RE: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-27 Thread Horn, John
From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well... it depends on if the stones are standing upright or not, I guess. :) Why? Did they have too much to drink at the Solstice Party? (Couldn't resist.) - jmh Should Have Maru ___

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:11 PM 6/26/03 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth At 06:16 PM 6/26/03 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: Right,

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:35 AM Subject: Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth At 09:11 PM 6/26/03 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship

Re: this might be an interesting article

2003-06-27 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Deborah Harrell wrote: Question: What would a Southern Baptist have to say if his/her child came home from school with a flier inviting the child to 'Join the fellowship of Allah: follow the adventures of Ahmed and Fatima as they learn to apply the lessons of the Koran to everyday life

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:12 AM Subject: Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:30:33PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Chad Cooper
On NPR last night, they had a guy on that suggested that for the median worker, the Nordic countries have a higher standard of living than in the United States. He also suggested that there will be the rise of what he called Confucianism economics, where Asia will become the dominant economic

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 08:03:02AM -0700, Chad Cooper wrote: He stated that in India, they are benefiting from the colonialism of Britain, which brought English as a secondary language, and significant education for the masses. There will be a demographic of 40-something's Indians who are

Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Chad Cooper
http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital, accusing the United States of failing to protect Monrovia's people. So what is it they expect us to

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Richard Baker
Gautam said: Herbert Stein famously said that an unsustainable trend will not be sustained. I don't quite see how this particular trend is going to end, though. By 2050, I fully expect full-spectrum anti-agathic treatments, a mature nanotechnology, human-equivalent AI and so forth. Given all

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Chad Cooper
By 2050, I fully expect full-spectrum anti-agathic treatments, a mature nanotechnology, human-equivalent AI and so forth. Drexler himself recently responded to Richard Smalley's claim that Molecular manufacturing is a pipedream. Drexler is still confident we will have molecular assemblers, but

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who are serving in the middle east. What would the good reason be? Umm, an indian fighter is one who fights indians! Ha! Is an

Re: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital, accusing the United States of failing to protect

Re: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:47 PM 6/27/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital,

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:27 AM 6/27/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who are serving in the middle east. What would the good reason be? Umm, an indian fighter

Re: Holiday Lights, was [Humor] RE: Question RegardingReligion and Atheism

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:26 PM 6/27/03 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Another interesting question. I can't think of any quick way to check if your 240V bulbs are the same as our 120V ones. I assume yours look like the picture of the 2.5V mini-bulbs in the link? Even the packaging looks identical

Re: Holiday Lights, was [Humor] RE: Question RegardingReligion and Atheism

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:36 PM 6/26/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: Actually, can you buy LED Christmas lights these days? Now that they make GaN LEDs, you could have white, red, orange, yellow, green, and blue lights all with LEDs. Yes. I have several different sets, most of which run on batteries. -- Ronn! :)

RE: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:29 AM 6/27/03 -0500, Horn, John wrote: From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well... it depends on if the stones are standing upright or not, I guess. :) Why? Did they have too much to drink at the Solstice Party? No, it's just that the Stones are so old and wasted that they

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread William T Goodall
On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 03:21 am, Dan Minette wrote: You and I have a different understanding of spiralling, then. The non-European ethnic makeup of GB is 2.8%. They are optimistically projecting enough immigration to make this about 6% or so in 20 years. And its the shining star.

Re: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Jun 2003 at 13:02, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:47 PM 6/27/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic

Re: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 13:02 2003-06-27 -0500, Ronn! wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital, accusing the

RE: Names, was Another ultrasound

2003-06-27 Thread Horn, John
From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OTOH, with different names, when someone calls and asks for the father's name when everyone who knows him knows he has moved, it's a dead giveaway it's a telemarketer, and you can either have some fun with them or tell them exactly

RE: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Chad Cooper
-Original Message- From: Jean-Louis Couturier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 12:59 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Liberia's woes At 13:02 2003-06-27 -0500, Ronn! wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp

RE: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:10 2003-06-27 -0700, Chad wrote: Of course, we could just step in a take Charles Taylor out of office fairly easily, without fighting rebel soldiers. But what happens when we do so? We now own Liberia, and would be expected to take care of it until the rebels decide to lay down their arms. I

Re: this might be an interesting article

2003-06-27 Thread Reggie Bautista
Debbi wrote: Down South, we called them Holy Rollers.* :) Sects that seem to have more of this include Pentecostal and Charismatic congregations. There is a Charismatic movement within the Catholic church, of all places. A quick Google search shows that this movement is active in England and in

Re: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:29 PM 6/27/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 13:02, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:47 PM 6/27/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians,

RE: Names, was Another ultrasound

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:16 PM 6/27/03 -0500, Horn, John wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OTOH, with different names, when someone calls and asks for the father's name when everyone who knows him knows he has moved, it's a dead giveaway it's a telemarketer, and you can either have some

No, I wasn't the defendant . . .

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
COURT DOCKET 12659---CASE OF THE PREGNANT LADY A lady about 8 months pregnant got on a bus. She noticed the man opposite her was smiling at her. She immediately moved to another seat. This time the smile turned into a grin, so she moved again. The man seemed more amused. When on the fourth move,

Was there a name for Alvin's sister?

2003-06-27 Thread Medievalbk
I tried to do a quick read of the Jijo novels, highlighter in hand, to mark everything hoon. I thought Alvin's sister had a name, but I didn't find it. I did discover that our good Dr. Brin believes in leading the youth of Jijo away from the path of sobriety. Alvin was drinking wine before he

Re: Was there a name for Alvin's sister?

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:20 PM 6/27/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to do a quick read of the Jijo novels, highlighter in hand, to mark everything hoon. I thought Alvin's sister had a name, but I didn't find it. I thought there were two: Simone and Theodora. I did discover that our good Dr. Brin

SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
http://byunews.byu.edu/releases/release.aspx?y=archive03m=Junf=religdepress Contact: Grant Madsen (801) 422-9206 Religiousness associated with less depression, says BYU/U. of Miami study PROVO, Utah (June 17, 2003)-A new study by Brigham Young University researchers reveals that greater

Re: Was there a name for Alvin's sister?

2003-06-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/27/2003 7:32:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought Alvin's sister had a name, but I didn't find it. I thought there were two: Simone and Theodora. F sharp. And on another serious note, I don't think the Chipmunks would be a