Re: Slightly extended (was Re: [Futurework] David Ricardo, Cavema n Trade vs. Modern Trade

2003-12-14 Thread wbward
In one state where I lived there were 2 med schools. One accepted 1 of every 2 applicants [not the university where I was [:)}]. Bill On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:48 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: accreditation is a thorny issue. It is nice to see the diplomas on the wall (of doctor, lawyer,

Re: [Futurework] Are they going mad?

2003-12-10 Thread wbward
Ed, I feel that these air strikes [damn the consequences] are going on because of desperation by Bush to find al-qa'ida and taliban folk to show some progress there since the news isn't very good. Bill On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:54:10 -0500 "Ed Weick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just a short

Re: [Futurework] Biography

2003-12-09 Thread wbward
Keith, Great stuff and a productive life. BTW, did you get an additional pension each time you retired? Bill On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:57:14 + Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Frank,Here's stuff for my biography page. I've probably left something out -- I always do -- then

Re: [Futurework] No NATO in Iraq and Western myopia

2003-12-09 Thread wbward
Lawry, I must admit I haven't yet read Keith's stuff but am going through a book by my old College Advisor, Caesar Farah, called Islam and a bunch of stuff is coming back. The thing that Sunni's get Shia'as for is multiple gods which is the same thing they get Christians for [believing

Re: [Futurework] Death of a Consumer

2003-11-30 Thread wbward
Arthur, Re "Put Christ back in Christmas movement" Jesus was a socialist. He wouldn't be very popular in the Bush administration. Also, probably Gay, the Anglicans probably wouldn't care much for him either. Bill On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:20:36 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It

Re: [Futurework] Bush's impossible problem of same-sex marriage

2003-11-24 Thread wbward
Harry, you are correct if you consider ever divorced, viz: Young Adults Were Postponing Marriage _ The proportion of divorced persons increased markedly at the national level in recent decades, but the increases were not the same for all areas of the country. In fact, by 1990, sharp

[Futurework] Re: % of divorces in the US

2003-11-24 Thread wbward
Harry, If you look at the percentage of new marriages in 1997 that end in divorce, the figure according to US stats, is 50%.. http://www.divorcemag.com/statistics/statsUS.shtml (2000 except where noted) Marriage Divorce: Total

Re: [Futurework] Bush's impossible problem of same-sex marriage

2003-11-23 Thread wbward
Harry, you are defining prevalence of divorce but most are more interested in incidence of divorce which would be the 50% in your definition. The fact that someone may get divorced three times out of three and someone never gets divorced would give a divorce rate of 75% but again, only half

Re: [Futurework] Bush's impossible problem of same-sex marriage

2003-11-19 Thread wbward
Keith, I heard the argument this morning that this was actually a plus for Bush since his position is well known and Democratic candidates risk losing support no matter what position they take. Bill On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:36:15 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Great posting. Most

Re: [Futurework] The big slide?

2003-11-14 Thread wbward
Keith, You wrote: It is possible that the events in Iraq are the cause of the weaker dollarthat has occurred in the last day or two and that this is thebeginning ofa big slide -- much overdue, of course, in view of the trillion dollartrade deficit A cheaper dollar has been the policy

Re: [Futurework] Something big in the offing in Iraq?

2003-11-11 Thread wbward
Keith, Nice analysis. Re your comments here: Shias, however, if suitably armed could probably get on top of the Sunni and radical terrorists straightaway and could probably find Saddam fairly quickly. You are right. There are no secrets in the Arab world. Bill On Tue, 11 Nov 2003

Re: [Futurework] Blade Runner

2003-11-10 Thread wbward
Mexican friends of mine ask me if I have ever been to Mexico. I tell them that I lived in 'Occupied' Mexico for about 7 years - Los Angeles. We stole it from Mexico. It is the second largest Mexican city in the World, and Spanish was the language of the land long before English. Why didn't

Re: [Futurework] The coming crash

2003-11-07 Thread wbward
Karen, The link below talks about a multiplier effect of 1.8 but it is attempting to promote a military program in Hawaii: http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030728-cv01.htm Here is one by a Muslim and a Jewish writer who argue that military expenditure actually has a negative

Re: [Futurework] Bush's preliminary step to withdrawal?

2003-11-07 Thread wbward
Keith, On this, I think that Bush is in for the long haul. He is making very unpopular moves in the US by calling up more military reserves. It appears that he intends to reduce the size of the troops and bring Iraqis on board in large numbers. This is what he should have done initially. Bill

Re: [Futurework] Bush's preliminary step to withdrawal?

2003-11-07 Thread wbward
Harry, There are some folks who feel that our support for Saddam was a bit more than Go to it, buster! viz: http://citizensnotspectators.org/archives/70.html Bill On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:59:33 -0800 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Keith, Much speculation, as

Re: [Futurework] The Arar Case

2003-11-06 Thread wbward
Ed, you wrote: Send the bastard to Syria. They'll know how to look after him. What this suggests is that there is closer collaboration between the Bush Administration and Syria than had been thought. Bill On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:06:28 -0500 "Ed Weick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is

Re: [Futurework] The coming crash

2003-11-06 Thread wbward
I wonder how much of the US growth was military driven. Bill On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:56:31 + Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill,At 08:42 06/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: Keith,I have a small import business and track shipping rates. Shipping ratesrecently have doubled,

Re: [Futurework] Anthony Cordesman - Saudi Arabia and terror

2003-11-04 Thread wbward
I was just now listening to News World International and Anthony Cordesman was the guest. Talk was on Saudi Arabia and terrorism. Cordesman seemed to have a good picture of what was going on. He is listed as an ABC consultant but I have never seen him on the air before nor knew of him.

Re: Re: [Futurework] All the President's votes?

2003-11-04 Thread wbward
Tit for tat PRESIDENT PUTIN: RUSSIA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES YEKATERINBURG, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia reserves the right to pre-emptive strikes if such a practice remains in the world, Russian president Vladimir Putin said during the inter-state Russian-German

Re: [Futurework] Our mysterious universe and the toasters in it

2003-11-03 Thread wbward
Just hit um with a fan club. Bill On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:50:31 -0500 "Ed Weick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ray tells me that what did Merton in was a fan, not a toaster. Fans can be deadly when they turn against you. Ed - Original Message - From: "Brad McCormick,

Re: [Futurework] We're getting the hell out

2003-11-02 Thread wbward
Quranically, thereis to be a 2.5% tax on all assets annually [zakat]. Bill On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:58:51 -0500 "Ray Evans Harrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With the exception of the military, roads and education what do they tax for in Islamic countries? Here in the US we have a very

Re: [Futurework] An immoral solution for Iraq

2003-10-28 Thread wbward
Keith, Here is a bit more by Baram Bill An Analysis of Iraqi WMD Strategy by Amatzia Baram Although the details of Iraqi efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have been well-documented, a debate continues over the precise nature of Iraqi WMD strategy. While Iraqi

Re: [Futurework] assessing Iraq oil potential

2003-10-25 Thread wbward
Karen, Even when Iraqi oil comes online in significant amounts, prices will go up world wide. This means that Iraq should be able to raise prices. It also might mean that it would be in Iraq's best interest not to overproduce as was the case in Nigeria. I have been waiting for China's

Re: [Futurework] Jihad 2004

2003-10-24 Thread wbward
Karen, You wrote: Even if they don't believe it in a strict scriptural sense, many Christians--led by preachers such asFranklin Graham--see Islam as a problematic faith, at best. Firing Boykin would, in these eyes, be seen as a capitulation. Another point to remember is that

Re: [Futurework] Middle East bilateral peace plan

2003-10-23 Thread wbward
Karen, If I had sent you a slide showing the state of the Israeli economy, it would have pretty much been an upside down version of the numbers of deaths. Israelis are suffering, Israeli Arabs even more, and the Palestinian Arabs still more. The link below is from the BBC: *Political

Re: [Futurework] Middle East bilateral peace plan

2003-10-23 Thread wbward
Chris, You are very correct. There is also a very close interrelationship between the arms industries in Israel and the US. You might say that the two are codependent. This is a bit like the interlink in the diamond industry between Israel and South Africa in the past. Bill On Thu, 23 Oct 2003

Re: [Futurework] WITH U.S. TROOPS STILL IN THE MIDEAST, PRIVATE FIRMS MUST GUARD MILITARY BASES AT HOME

2003-10-22 Thread wbward
You all may be getting this: === THE DAILY MIS-LEAD http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1270034l=6795 === WITH U.S. TROOPS STILL IN THE MIDEAST, PRIVATE FIRMS MUST GUARD MILITARY BASES AT HOME One of George Bush Jr.'s campaign promises

Re: [Futurework] The first oil shock

2003-10-20 Thread wbward
Keith, Although I sympathize with your loss [and my guess, the loss of subscribers and future subscribers], quadrupling the price of oil may have been a good thing because it slowed oil's depletion and forced people to become more conserving. We probably need to quadruple it again to get

Re: [Futurework] Mahathir

2003-10-17 Thread wbward
Mahathir was at his best/worst this week. He ousted his very popular vice president for supposed homosexuality. I feel that Muslim leaders should stand up and condemn this man. He should be driven from office. His comments hurt Muslims more than they do Jews. Islam considers Jews to be

Re: [Futurework] Separating the wheat from the chaff

2003-10-17 Thread wbward
What is interesting is that it would cost Iraqis themselves 10-20% of what it will cost Halliburton and Bechtel to rebuild Iraq with the $20 billion. In other words, we want to stick the Iraqis with at least half of the $20 billion when the value of the work to be done is maybe $2-4 billion.

Re: [Futurework] Re: Nuclear power is a no go

2003-10-16 Thread wbward
Pete, For your reading enjoyment: http://www.nwenergy.org/news/pressrelease/970902_pr.html http://www.cyberlearn.com/rrwpps.htm http://feinstein.senate.gov/03Releases/r-nuclear.htm http://archive.pulp.tc/Saleof_plants42301.pdf Bill On Thu, 16 Oct 2003

Re: [Futurework] Fw: All the President's votes? [long; important]

2003-10-16 Thread wbward
Harry, I'm not sure whom you mean by 'one' but it isn't me. Bill If one is rich enough, he does nothing. On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:58:31 -0700 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill, The best thing for us is to see jobs move there. If one is rich enough, he does nothing. Everything

[Futurework] Re: making it official

2003-10-15 Thread wbward
My guess is that a certain percentage of these monies are to be used for covert activities. Bill On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:42:18 -0700 "Karen Watters Cole" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I’m filing this one under my Pax Americana folder, not my Iraq folder. It seems to contradict what I

Re: [Futurework] Grim news from Iraq

2003-10-14 Thread wbward
Karen, My son completed the Navy Nuke program and said that there might have been 7 suicides in the program. Some of these are single vehicle accidents. Motorcycles were a common means. Bill On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:26:55 -0700 "Karen Watters Cole" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Army Is

Re: [Futurework] Blair lost by winning

2003-10-09 Thread wbward
Ray, You need to explain that one to me. Bill On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:40:28 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, but I suspect Clinton was Schubert. REH - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Nuclear power is a no go (was Re: [Futurework] Lumps of unskilled labour

2003-10-09 Thread wbward
Keith, I have been anti-nuclear [or'nucular' as dubbya says] for many years and bombarded my son with literature when he became a Navy Nuke. He now agrees with me. The most compelling issue, however, re: If nuclear power is so wonderful why aren't countries falling over themselves

Re: [Futurework] Post-dogwalk speculations

2003-10-09 Thread wbward
Keith, I believe that this already has been accomplished: Oh, and another thing I forgot! We might also see a possible mutiny of American troops at almost any stage from now onwards when they refuse to go out on patrol except in tanks. The Israelis have been doing this for years. I

Fw: [Futurework] Blair lost by winning

2003-10-08 Thread wbward
Keith, Your words also characterize Bill Clinton: Perhaps we overlooked the warning signs. It is, after all, nine years ago this month that Mr. Blair took over a party he never pretended to like Some say that Clinton was the best Republican president we have had in a while. Bill

[Futurework] Dollar Continues Its Slide As Twin U.S. Deficits Swell

2003-10-08 Thread wbward
What is interesting is that this is the normal relationship much of the time since a tightening job market threatens higher labor costs. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=1471ncid=1471e=5u=/ibd/20031008/bs_ibd_ibd/2003108feature Bill Dollar Continues Its Slide As Twin U.S.

Re: [Futurework] Blair lost by winning

2003-10-08 Thread wbward
Ray, I'll grant you that. There ain't no Bachs in US politics. Bill On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:35:02 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill, Just because a bunch of mediocrities use the c -Major scale doesn't make them Bach. REH - Original Message

Re: [Futurework] A much wider war is possible

2003-10-07 Thread wbward
Lawry, Good summary. Bill On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:10:57 -0400 "Lawrence DeBivort" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, the British Empire created many conflicts for local peoples around the world. To those already mentioned, we can add Cyprus, Kenya, and India/Pakistan/Kashmir, and

Re: [Futurework] FW: #377: Pipes in NYPost on [Saddam's] WMD Lies

2003-10-07 Thread wbward
Arthur, I don't disagree a whole lot with Pipes' conclusions and feel that Saddaam's controlhad to be eliminated in order for Iraqis to have a future. The WMD stuff either shows dishonesty or poor intelligence or both. I was pretty sure that Bush and Co. would make a mess of it due to

Re: [Futurework] California political propaganda

2003-10-06 Thread wbward
Karen, I am not sure what I feel about recalls but do feel that there needs to be a process for removing the totally incompetent and the dangerous. I would like to have capability for removing a large number of Bush advisors. Bill On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:35:43 -0700 "Karen Watters Cole"

[Futurework] Bush's Decision to Invade Iraq Happened Days after September 11th, Despite His Assertions to the Contrary

2003-10-06 Thread wbward
If there is any truth in the stuff below, this wuold mean that planning may have happened before 9/11. One would have thought this this might have reduced the incompetence due to a longer planning pipeline. Bill October 6, 2003 | Daily Mislead Archive Bush's Decision to Invade Iraq

Re: [Futurework] Cloudburst by Spring

2003-10-06 Thread wbward
Keith, re As for Bush, I would have thought that the Republicans will be actively looking for another Presidential candidate.unlike the UK, the president in the US is the head of the party and controls its resources. This greatly reduces the potential for a coop. US voters are

Re: [Futurework] A much wider war is possible

2003-10-06 Thread wbward
Keith, as indeed the English did in the case of the Welsh and the Scots -- until some minimal common culturearises. [how truly common!] The irony is that these English are the same ones who gave us the Israel/Palestine problem and current- day Iraqi. I am for giving the Shi'a a shot.

Re: [Futurework] Inhuman rights

2003-10-06 Thread wbward
Ray, Here is a link to the court case that some Colombians are raising against Drummond Corporation. We [US corps] may be collaborating with right wing death squads agains. Bill On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:02:14 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It doesn't hurt to remember

Re: [Futurework] California political propaganda

2003-10-05 Thread wbward
I feel that Davis' stubbornness and unwillingness to drop out has hurt Bustamante who has not been able to campaign normally. Davis did not create the problems but has done nothing to fix them and is likely to turn California into a Republican bastion for some time weakening Democratic

Re: [Futurework] examining the Free Market benefits (was Re: Free Trade kills)

2003-10-05 Thread wbward
Chris, re One day, a drunk truck driver of that company causes a head-on crash in the Alps' longest tunnel, by swerving to the left lane, crashing into an oncoming truck. The resulting fire (burning tires and plastics) in the long tunnel causes many deaths and

Re: [Futurework] Trust -- the very basis of economics

2003-10-01 Thread wbward
Keith, re Let's play a game of trust. I give you £10. The rules of the game are that you can keep it, or give it away to an anonymous person whom you will never meet. If you decide to do that, the money will be quadrupled to £40. Then your anonymous beneficiary

[Futurework] There are things that simply cannot be amended or fixed.

2003-10-01 Thread wbward
Ed, Not according to Irish Travellers. A lot of them moved to the States and became politicians. http://www.travellersrest.org/ There are things that simply cannot be amended or fixed. Ed Bill

[Futurework] Bush Jr.'s Failure to Heed Advice of Bush Sr. Traps U. S. Forces in Iraq for Foreseeable Future

2003-10-01 Thread wbward
Interesting! Bill * October 1, 2003 | Daily Mislead Archive Bush Jr.'s Failure to Heed Advice of Bush Sr. Traps U. S. Forces in Iraq for Foreseeable FutureOn Tuesday members of the Iraqi Governing Council contradicted Secretary

Re: [Futurework] Bush Jr.'s Failure to Heed Advice of Bush Sr. Traps U. S. Forces in Iraq for Foreseeable Future

2003-10-01 Thread wbward
Norman, Do you feel that he is just being a supportive father or that he is working behind the scenes to finish an agenda of his own? Bill On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:32:40 -0700 "Norman DeBrus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course, Sr. understands it is necessary to portray Jr. as being

Re: [Futurework] Legacy of Edward Said

2003-09-29 Thread wbward
Arthur, While I feel Said is a great man, I also feel the same way about Yizhak Rabin and feel that Ehud Barak could have dome great things if not undermined by Ariel Sharon. Here are some of Said's comments: He [Abba Eban] earned rare praise from Edward Said, who even described him as

Re: [Futurework] More myopia and all that ~ looking thru the tele scope vs looking in the mirror?

2003-09-29 Thread wbward
Ray, I just watched a documentary called "A Place Called Chiapas". It gives a flavor of what you talk about. http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mexico/resources/Background.pdf When "the Arnold" said that he, as an immigrant, understood the plight of Mexicans, what he failed to

Re: [Futurework] Fw: Edward Said

2003-09-29 Thread wbward
Arthur, Thanks for sharing. Of course, when the author of the piece wrote: "Mr. Said, who died last week, will go down in history for having practically invented the intellectual argument for Muslim rage", he failed to mention that Dr. Said was a Christian. A fact that is often

[Futurework] Re: Disconnect

2003-09-25 Thread wbward
What a disconnect. I just finished watching Jim Lehrer's show which featured a member of the Iraqi National Council, Adnan Pachachi, and plans for putting in place a constitution and the holding of elections. The gentleman was very well spoken, obviously a solid thinker. Then the show

Re: [Futurework] Re: Jewish IQ (was Re: Immigration into the United States)

2003-09-19 Thread wbward
Chris, I feel that IQ is very much environmentally determined. A lot of Israelis came from impoverished backgrounds in impoverished countries. Also, with my Palestinian bias, I feel that a constant state of war must have a tremendous effect on intelligence motivation. I am sure that you would

Re: [Futurework] Workloads

2003-09-07 Thread wbward
Selma, How do we place jobs that accelerate the pollution of the environment such as the 'cancer alley' chemical plants on the Mississippi above New Orleans? You wrote below No one on this list seems to understand the implicit contract between business and the Americangovernment to

[Futurework] Workload

2003-09-07 Thread wbward
Re workload, increased productivity, and job losses, I forget if anyone had addressed the issue that a majority of the 2 million jobs lost in the recent past will likely be permanent: http://www.cofc.org/Discussions/D-Elections/Election-2004/economic_crisis _and_politics__by.htm Bill

Re: [Futurework] Tragedy in Iran, too

2003-09-05 Thread wbward
Of course the prez, each time he looked at Nancy, asked 'who is this good looking woman'? Bill The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit

Re: [Futurework] Tragedy in Iran, too

2003-09-05 Thread wbward
Keith, I thank you for the enclosed article. It seems well written. The paragraph below is also quite accurate: Trade and freedom go hand in hand. In the 15th century the Muslim Middle East was not only as economically developed as Europe but was also a vigorous liberal

[Futurework] Our Future.org

2003-09-05 Thread wbward
Anybody know much about these huys? http://www.ourfuture.org/institute/ Bill The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to

Re: [Futurework] Fuel Efficiency Trumps Fuel Cells

2003-08-27 Thread wbward
Harry, If you equate 'driving time' with 'land-value tax', the US may be on its way. In Tampa, in the 90's, there was an incredible residential building boom in North Tampa, new Tampa, etc. We were gone from 91 to 99 and we really didn't recognize whole sectors of those communities when we

Re: [Futurework] Intelligence divide going global

2003-08-27 Thread wbward
Brad, What most Americans are unwilling to deal with is that the era of decline of the US [and perhaps the West in general] has begun. Bush is accelerating it by putting up visa barriers. In the past, having foreign students in the US generated around $45 billion per year in export

[Futurework] Oops!

2003-08-27 Thread wbward
Isn't there an option of just going into hiding? Bill ** http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fccid=34in=worldcat=iraq (Reuters) - Richard Perle, a leading Pentagon adviser and architect of the U.S. war to topple Saddam Hussein, said the

Re: [Futurework] Chinese as the world language? was: Re: [Futurework] Languages (fwd)

2003-08-24 Thread wbward
Ed, I am in the process of reading your travelog. Thanks for making it available. I spent time in Jamaica teaching a couple of field courses in St. Elizabeth in the early 90's. Early on, Jamaican villagers grew hash and the local sheriff made sure that the wealth was equitably distributed. We

Re: [Futurework] Chinese as the world language? was: Re: [Futurework] Languages (fwd)

2003-08-24 Thread wbward
Ed, I haven't been in Jamaica since 1991. At that point, Kingston was going down hill but nowhere as bad as you indicate. Very sad. The University of the West Indies campus at Mona above Kingston was still quite nice. Thanks for the detailed notes. Very revealing. Bill On Sun, 24 Aug 2003

Re: [Futurework] Chinese as the world language? was: Re: [Futurework] Languages (fwd)

2003-08-24 Thread wbward
Ed, You wrote: However, the dialects that Cockneys, rural Jamaicans and perhaps Quebecois use may also be based on the fact that they don't want you, as an outsider, to know what they are saying. Good point but more true for the highly educated than for the minimally

Re: [Futurework] Chinese as the world language? was: Re: [Futurework] Languages (fwd)

2003-08-24 Thread wbward
I tried to keep the participants in the villages so they wouldn't see how painful it was for me correcting their work in the sand. Bill On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:36:19 -0400 Ed Weick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Treasure Beach must have been painful! Ed - Original Message - From:

Re: [Futurework] Jamaica

2003-08-24 Thread wbward
Ed, Thanks for the piece. Misquoting from it, "Fellow radicals, take note." any young entrepreneur with enough initiative ...could start an import-export business My guess is that a lot of this business is drug import to the US by Jamaican posses.

Re: [Futurework] When will America invade Saudi Arabia?

2003-08-24 Thread wbward
Keith, While I agree with much of what you and Steltzer have written, there are a few issues. I believe that the Bushies feel that the continuing deaths of American and British troops almost every day are a tolerable price to pay for their control of Iraqi oil. I don't believe that

Re: [Futurework] RE: 054. Community as the next Status Good?

2003-08-14 Thread wbward
What is very interesting about the focus on community is that the demise of the federal and state control over the economy as a result of Globalization is the resurgence of the Greek City State model in the US. The lack of tax collection by the states from Internet sales means that products move

[Futurework] Have you guys seen this yet?

2003-07-17 Thread wbward
FYI, Bill By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush (news - web sites)'s State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein (news

[Futurework] Have you guys seen this yet?

2003-07-17 Thread wbward
FYI, Bill By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush (news - web sites)'s State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein (news

[Futurework] Have you guys seen this yet?

2003-07-17 Thread wbward
FYI, Bill By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush (news - web sites)'s State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein (news

[Futurework] Have you guys seen this yet?

2003-07-17 Thread wbward
FYI, Bill By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush (news - web sites)'s State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein (news

[Futurework] Have you guys seen this yet?

2003-07-17 Thread wbward
FYI, Bill By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush (news - web sites)'s State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein (news

Re: [Futurework] Ringing the tocsin for America

2003-07-15 Thread wbward
Keith, If the US were to go bankrupt, this might be one of the best things to happen to the world. The world cannot afford America. I truly believe that George Bush realizes this and is doing what he can, in his power, to reduce the drag of the US on the rest of the world. Bill On Tue, 15 Jul

Re: [Futurework] Fw: Bigger Than Watergate!

2003-07-10 Thread wbward
Selma, The question is whether or not you are a Jeb/George Bush fan. Bill On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:41:15 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sorry to be so dense; perhaps I misread the article. My understanding was that this egregious situation has NOT been corrected. Selma

[Futurework] Fw: PRO/EDR Cholera - Liberia (Monrovia) (02)

2003-07-10 Thread wbward
FWers While Cholera is much dreaded, it does not have to be since it can be dealt with by constantly rehydrating a person for three or four days [enormous manpower delays even though you do not have to use clean salt-sugar-citrus solution]. Still, it shows the chaos that civil war can cause and

Re: [Futurework] Fw: Bigger Than Watergate!

2003-07-09 Thread wbward
That is a lot of work to create a system that we already have implemented here in Florida. Bill On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:57:11 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - Original Message - Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 9:11 PM Subject: Bigger Than Watergate! URL:

Re: [Futurework] Fw: Bigger Than Watergate!

2003-07-09 Thread wbward
We dun gottit and it dun did its job in 2000. On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:10:25 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you saying the system to cheat the voters has been implemented or that it has been corrected? Selma - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Futurework] Fw: The Italian poisoner

2003-07-07 Thread wbward
Selma, Thanks for posting the article. When I first saw his comments, I assumed that his branding of Schultz as a 'Nazi' was because he saw a Nazi threat. Bill On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 18:39:13 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some more frightening information. Selma -

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-07-03 Thread wbward
But doesn't this apply to some men, too? Brad, of course you are right. I was talking about the balance. No one would argue that Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, and Gold Meir were unmanly. Bill On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 02:04:51 -0400 Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-07-01 Thread wbward
Arthur, Good perspective. Bill On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:01:27 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems to difficult to be honest with one's emotions, somewhat empathic, and still lie openly and freely, praise workers one day and fire them the next. Talk teamwork and then plunder the

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-07-01 Thread wbward
Is there something inherent in capitalism that makes it antithetical to a humane society? Absolutely! Rape and Pillage. The US is the top power in the world because they were able to take land without paying for it, took Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from Mexico and half of California and

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-07-01 Thread wbward
One reason that women might not do as well as men in a capitalistic society is that the goals don't make any sense to them. Bill On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:27:47 -0700 Darryl and Natalia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Selma, I'm sure you've noticed: for all the studies done from year to year on

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-06-30 Thread wbward
My hypothesis as to why men do better at work is that men, due to their sports and other patterns of interaction, have created nonverbal and coded patterns of communication when doing business. I have seen situations where negotiations on an issue have ended where both men and women are present

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-06-30 Thread wbward
Ray, You are absolutely right. A lot of times, men skip important issues and come to a resolution having to do with the power structure of the group or with known vested interests. A lot of times, women realize that there are better ways of dealing with the issue but still are unaware that the

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-06-30 Thread wbward
Selma, I certainly agree with you. Rather than expecting men to change, I feel that there is need to set up a training program so that women will be able to steal men's signals. Bill On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:35:58 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is considerable sociological

Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work

2003-06-30 Thread wbward
Selma, I feel the second approach is certainly to be preferred but my guess is that the average male businessman has similar approaches to business that George Bush does to weaker nations. Bill On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:45:23 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have mixed feelings

Re: [Futurework] Future plans

2003-06-30 Thread wbward
Selma, Your letter is well written and points are well made. My guess, however, is that Ray may feel a bit under- appreciated in your denying that his is intimidatory Bill On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:46:42 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - Original Message - From: Keith

Re: Fw: [Futurework] ) Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies'

2003-06-29 Thread wbward
Keith, Hang in there. Ray can be rough [fortunately, he usually nails me off-list for which I am grateful]. With me, what is most upsetting is that his barbs are usually right on. This is a great list that will be diminished with your absence. I tell my friends that there are few places

Re: [Futurework] ) Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies'

2003-06-26 Thread wbward
Harry, I agree we need a fair playing field. I have found that accepting an African American into grad school with a GRE score 200 points lower predicts equal quality once in school. One school I taught at always had the files of legacies [not many Blacks, Native Americans, nor Hispanics there]

Re: [Futurework] Equals? in the middle east

2003-06-26 Thread wbward
Chris, I certainly agree that state terrorism is the same as individual terrorism and the country that finances it is as much at guilt as the perpetrator. Bill On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:27:13 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss) writes: Harry Pollard wrote: When all is said and done,

Re: Overtime rackets (was Re: [Futurework] Class warfare phase 2

2003-06-26 Thread wbward
Keith, There is certainly a measure of truth in what you say. However, it is not quite that simple. I did manual labor intwo settings where there was overhead. In one, workers were members of the Teamsters' Union and in the other it was not unionized. In the first, the day crew had

[Futurework] RE: No communities (was RE: A progressive tax system?)

2003-06-26 Thread wbward
Keith, I feel that you could argue the other way around and that they live in the 'burbs' since that is where people who look like them live. They commute because that is the only place they can find work that pays enough for them to be able to live in the 'blurbs. Talk about a dumb system.

Re: [Futurework] Fw: [AB] Bush to NGOs: watch your mouths

2003-06-21 Thread wbward
Selma, World Vision is far to the right of Bush but its site doesn't publicize this view: http://www.wvi.org/home.shtml Bill On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:43:11 -0400 Selma Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find this terrifying. Selma : Friday, June 20, 2003 5:22 PM Subject: Bush

Re: [Futurework] US economic initiative in Middle East

2003-06-20 Thread wbward
Ray, Let me take a shot so that someone who knows will come out of hiding and correct me. My guess is that it means something like 'whole or complete victory. Sieg means victory. Bill On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:50:28 -0400 Ray Evans Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you know what the actual

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