Re: The Problems Caused By Globalization

2000-05-26 Thread William B Ward
The details of the deal are starting to come out. Hold your noses. China Lifts Tobacco Import Ban http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=26201O=263254 China has lifted an 11-year-old ban on the importation of American tobacco.

Fw: The roots of Arab poverty

2001-12-10 Thread William B Ward
(Alan Schwartz is a professor of law and management at Yale.) With 1 million lawyers in the US to just 25,000 in Japan, it appears that the oversupply leads to no hesitancy on their part to become immediate experts in Middle Eastern history. Perhaps lawyers should spend more time on practicing

Re: The roots of Arab poverty

2001-12-11 Thread William B Ward
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:55:24 -0500 Ray Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To the list, Perhaps you might speak on the issues of money in the Middle East. Your parallel to my people here in America doesn't quite hold since what made the great opportunity for your ancestors was a die off

Re: Fw: The roots of Arab poverty

2001-12-11 Thread William B Ward
Ed, first let me say that I feel that the Holocaust is the worst man made horror that I am aware of. Second, Arab countries have been much meaner to Palestinians than have the Israelis. I have never been pro-Arab, as the term is used. There is pretty good indication that King Hussein killed

Reflections on the Death of King Hussein

2002-04-30 Thread William B Ward
Although a bit dated, this brief synopsis of the rise of the Hashemite family is one of the more accurate I have run across: http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/mideast/GIU020799.html Bill Ward GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!

Re: Creative fiction/Delusion ( was RE: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy)

2002-07-10 Thread William B Ward
Keith, Could you expand on your comment?: Consumers are becoming much more powerful than they used to be Thanks, Bill Ward GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join

Re: The customer is king! ( was Re: Creative fiction/Delusion ( was RE: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy)

2002-07-10 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I would agree with you for the upper 20% of the population and the effect it has on demand but for the other 80%, that is the rub. Bill On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:51:41 +0100 Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill, At 08:18 10/07/02 -0400, you wrote: Keith, Could you expand on

Fw: Quis custodiet . . . ? (was Re: Let's get rid of Capitalism

2002-07-13 Thread William B Ward
Keith, Do you find that you get higher quality postings to your afternoon offerings? Bill Ward ** I must say that it's a pleasant experience to receive a well-considered reply to one of my early morning ponderings. Keith

Re: Panic stations

2002-07-23 Thread William B Ward
What does everyone have against guerillas? I just don't like terrorists but certainly support the people of Chiapas. Bush has successfully clouded the issue by defining guerillas as terrorists and anyone who is the enemy of Citicorp [aka the IMF] is a terrorist by his definition. Bill Ward On

Re: Panic stations

2002-07-23 Thread William B Ward
Lawry, I agree completely. Bush's position is that any group providing armed resistance to a group he supports qualifies as terrorists. The IMF has, through its policies and crossing the palms of strong men, probably killed more people than many of the groups Bush has fingered. I have not

Re: Panic stations

2002-07-23 Thread William B Ward
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William B Ward Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 5:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Panic stations Lawry, I agree completely. Bush's position is that any group providing armed resistance to a group he supports qualifies

Re: Panic stations

2002-07-24 Thread William B Ward
Harry, Sorry to misread you. Bill On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:29:05 -0700 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill, Don't take on so. I was referring not to the guerrillas but to the way they operate. They can hit anywhere at any time. Difficult to defend against, unless you make

Re: Predicting Reaction in the ME

2002-08-09 Thread William B Ward
An important point vis-a-vis a jihad is that is a concept promoted by extremists among Muslims and I have never seen any indication that Saddaam is serious about Islam. I don't think he and Usama would get along very well. Bill Ward there is this deliberately set call for Islamic Jihad that did

Re: Gulf War II/Israeli War IV

2002-08-11 Thread William B Ward
Bob Novak took me by surprise when he indicated that the idea to move on Iraq is that of Richard Perle, a foreign affairs advisor to Bush who also was an advisor to his dad. It was not that I was unaware of the role that Perle was playing in the administration but that Novak would be so

Re: Next 11 September

2002-08-12 Thread William B Ward
Keith, While the scenarios you mention may all occur, I feel that you are imputing too much logic to the Bush contingent. My guess is that they are simply trying to put the squeeze on Sa'ud and trying to help out a few Congress people for the November elections. I bet you will see a change in

Re: Mad Deer

2002-08-12 Thread William B Ward
Absolutely! There is an epidemic of TSE [the equivalent of BSE or mad cow dies ease] among deer, sheep [scapie], goats, elk, and moose along the US-Canadian border. It has gone on for a number of years and scientists have assumed that it is not transferrable to humans until recently when three

Re: Do I remember correctly?

2002-08-14 Thread William B Ward
Brad, There are some interesting triangles Israel, Turkey, US Arab World, Greece, Russia China, Pakistan, US India, Russia, Vietnam But as you know, these are already breaking down which leads to all sorts of risks. Pakistan/India war

Re: SA and Work in oil-rich countries

2002-08-14 Thread William B Ward
The thing that most people forget is that the stock boom was the result of saving money by the boomers. Now that they are starting to retire, they are pulling the money out and the speculation [and high P/E rations] will slack off. They are now putting their money into real estate so that it

Re: Next 11 September

2002-08-14 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I agree that there is a struggle going on in the Bush administration. Even though 'W' is not a match for the brain power surrounding him, you have to remember that his background and wealth is in and from oil and he probably has a much warmer feeling for Saudi money than anyone else there.

Re: Wall St. Journal attacks leisure

2002-08-15 Thread William B Ward
If Europeans worked a longer week, unemployment would be higher still. WSJ is bound to attack the Europeans life style since it doesn't fit very well with serfdom. Bill Ward On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 05:59:13 -0700 Tom Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WSJ, Aug. 8, 2002 Europe's Prized Leisure Life

Re: America in decline? (was Re: What is Economics, Hudson?

2002-08-18 Thread William B Ward
Keith, You are right on! There are a couple of supporting bits of evidence. 1) We are willing to put security over freedom [John Ashcroft is the first step in a fulfilling of the novel '1984' although the author blew it by 24 years]. 2) Willingness of the Bush/Cheney combo to delay action on

Re: Symptom of decline (RE: Fundamentalists vs Modernists (was Human Rights, Imperialism)

2002-08-18 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I agree with your view that increased fundamentalism is evidence of decline. In addition, fundamentalists have been working on aggrandizement of wealth. The Christian right justifies accumulation of wealth as having been blessed by Jesus for good works. With fundamentalism growing

Re: Symptom of decline (RE: Fundamentalists vs Modernists (was Human Rights, Imperialism)

2002-08-19 Thread William B Ward
Karen, I agree with your discussion below. I will look for the group. I saw them in one of our local newspapers this last week. Bill On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:41:48 -0700 Karen Watters Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Interesting post, Bill. I would dearly love to know the name of the

Re: Junior gets a spanking

2002-08-19 Thread William B Ward
I personally feel that this was the way for 41 to pass a message to 43. W is much more beholden to Reagan than to his Dad and this is a way to get back at his Mom telling him to keep his feet off of the table when he goes him. Also, W is much more beholden to his advisors [he kept the most

Re: pipeline nonsense

2002-08-19 Thread William B Ward
Chris, I agree that it is quite unacceptable to attack an entire group just because of the actions of a few killers. Bill Ward On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 16:41:31 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Naw, I think it was Swiss bankers. Chris, prove that it wasn't. arthur -Original

Re: condoleeza rice oil tanker

2002-08-27 Thread William B Ward
I really wish Condoleezaa would stick to the piano. How many get invited by Yoyo Ma to play a duet? It was beautiful. Bill Ward On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:09:06 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess this administration knows a lot about the oil business.

Re: I'm waiting

2002-08-30 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I think that hope for a more stable Middle East with changes in governments is not realistic. In general, when governments change, the change is brought about by the most far out. I would guess that we need to be ready for a couple of decades of chaos to make up for our policies of

Re: An Uncertain Presidency An Uncertain Time (was an Uncertain Britain)

2002-09-02 Thread William B Ward
Lawry, You can't treat a crook honorably. Gore's mistake was that he failed to distance himself early and sincerely from Clinton. Bill Ward Gore blew it badly, for several reasons (which I would suggest are: failure to treat Clinton honorably; failure to have confidence in himself; too

Re: An Uncertain Presidency An Uncertain Time (was an Uncertain Britain)

2002-09-04 Thread William B Ward
Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; William B Ward Subject: Re: An Uncertain Presidency An Uncertain Time (was an Uncertain Britain) - Original Message - From: William B Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: I'll shut up

2002-09-04 Thread William B Ward
Oops - Freudian! The word below should have been 'play' in the best Clintonesque sense. Bill Ward On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:42:41 -0400 William B Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Keith, What we have may not be a crisis but a reallignment. The information age has made it possible to lay around

Re: FW: Perspectives on where we are headed

2002-09-05 Thread William B Ward
The good news is that there is not a straight line supply demand function with oil. If consumption drops even slightly below supplhy, prices drop quite considerably. Conservation in the US could bring oil producing countries to their knees. We are our own worst enemy. Bill Ward For those

Fascist America?

2002-09-08 Thread William B Ward
Keith and Chris, With the fierce battle going on in the administration over a number of issues dealing with Democratic freedoms and with Colin Powell giving notice that he will be bowing out at the end of 43's first term, to what extent do Europeans, with their history of nondemocratic regimes,

Re: My speculation

2002-09-10 Thread William B Ward
NOTE, THIS EM AIL IS TO LAWRY BUT I AM SENDING IT TO THE LIST SO AS NOT TO BE ACCUSED OF SIDE STEPPING HIS POSTING. 99% OF YOU WILL WANT TO SIMPLY HIT THE DELETE KEY. I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME FOR FILLING UP YOUR MAILBOXES. Bill Ward

Re: A timely book review

2002-09-10 Thread William B Ward
I lived for six years under Lebanese, Jordanian, and Israeli rule [my wife was with me the last five of those years] and have found that much of what is written is pure fiction. Orientalists, as they are wont to call themselves, are mostly hermits. They read others works and compound those errors

Re: Militant Zionism (was Re: Militant Islam)

2002-09-10 Thread William B Ward
Chris, Thanks for the reference. One issue - I feel that we must stick to the term - Zionist, since there are may Jews who are very distressed by th nonJewish and militaristic character of Israel at the moment and many Jews who are involved in :Peace movements. How soon we forget. Adam Shapiro

Re: Militant Islam (Was Noam Chomsky)

2002-09-10 Thread William B Ward
I feel that Pipes is a little condescending by assuming that no one else reads or can count. The moral from his message obviously is that since militant Muslims have killed so many Christians/Jews without losing anyone themselves, we might as well roll over and give up. by the way, Pipes

Re: further speculation

2002-09-10 Thread William B Ward
Karen, I would guess that you have hit the nail on the head. The USSR was brought down with fax machines. I have spent a lot of time with the Christian right. When we lived overseas, we would have a lot of visitors of such ilk who realized that we did not watch their every move and phrase the

Re: Keystone Cops reappear in Florida

2002-09-11 Thread William B Ward
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: William B Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: RE: Keystone Cops reappear in Florida Bill, I just finished reading about Florida Voting Disaster, the sequel. Sorry to hear it. Really. (see http

Re: The irony of Islam

2002-09-11 Thread William B Ward
Here a two versions of the book that will do much of what Keith asks for. Philip Hitti was born in the village of Shemlan Lebanon where I lived a year. He was an amazing man. When he was 84, he asked me at breakfast at his son's house to walk with him among the orchards the next morning,

Re: one musician and 9 11

2002-09-17 Thread William B Ward
Ray, Although I am sure that it would not be popular for Muslims to focus on Universality at this time in history, the Quran uses the term 'ahl al-kitaab' which means 'people of the book'. This includes Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Muslims believe that they were simply the latest recipients in

Re: No going back?

2002-09-17 Thread William B Ward
Thomas Homer-Dixon for President! Bill Ward On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:50:09 -0400 "Ed Weick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Interesting commentary in the Globe and Mail this morning. Ed Ed Weick577 Melbourne Ave.Ottawa, ON, K2A 1W7CanadaPhone (613) 728 4630Fax (613) 728 9382

Re: FW: The future is going our way

2002-09-17 Thread William B Ward
Karen, viz the 3 ideas, I believe that the spelling should be 'piece' - we want a piece of them. I feel simply that we have moved from bodies in body bags to WTO-led dominance of the weak by the strong. I feel the jury is still out on free markets. As an importer, free markets have helped

Re: Death of mass democracy (was Re: Fw: No going back?

2002-09-17 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I honestly believe that this process happens when population demand on resources is such that, to survive, one country needs to control the resources of another. We are in an end-stage process described so well by Jeremy Rifkin in Entropy. Bill Ward On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:10:22 +0100

Re: one musician and 9 11

2002-09-17 Thread William B Ward
Ed, I am running basically 100% on it when a Muslim and I talk about Islam. It seems that virtually every Muslim is aware of the role Christianity played in forming Islam. Moses [Musa] and Jesus [Issa] are seen as profits of God and are revered. Bill On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:11:06 -0400 Ed

Re: one musician and 9 11

2002-09-17 Thread William B Ward
they are not trustworthy nor do they deserve to be considered so.Just mention Usury and watch them all turn tail and head for the hills. REH - Original Message - From: William B Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:14 AM Subject: Re: one

Re: chalk marks

2002-09-18 Thread William B Ward
Sorry, I can't resist. A Notre Dame football player went to confession one Sunday afternoon. The Father was known for his forgetfulness. To correct the problem, he made a chalk mark on his sleeve for every infraction. The football player began: 'Father, when I tackled a running back

Re: Population Demand? (was Re: Death of mass democracy (was Re: Fw: No going back?

2002-09-19 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I agree swith your analysis in the short run re oil supplies and demand has actually lessened and alternative are coming forward. However, what the west fails to appreciate is that there are 200 million middle class Indians and the Chinese middle class is growing rapidly so I feel

Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa

2002-09-23 Thread William B Ward
Since most studies use and alpha value of .05 to demonstrate statistical significance [a few even use .01], the probability of finding a significant effect is 1 out of 20. These cutoff points have been selected by statisticians since statisticians are the accountants of the scientific world. The

Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa)

2002-09-23 Thread William B Ward
Harry, The awards in liability insurance rarely add up to the cost to Society [maybe Johns Mansville and a subsidiary of Dow/Corning but they are still around. Bill Ward On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:44:02 -0700 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: People are responsible for any harm they cause,

Re: Failing to make distinctions

2002-09-23 Thread William B Ward
Harry, You know darn well that the reason they didn't put German-Americans in internment camps was that they looked too much like Wasps. [plus there were too many of them!]. Bill Ward On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:34:26 -0700 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With regard to the internment of

Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa)

2002-09-23 Thread William B Ward
- Original Message - From: William B Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa) Harry, The awards in liability insurance rarely add up to the cost to Society

Re: A simplistic picture

2002-09-24 Thread William B Ward
Keith, Something I forgot to mention but Koya Asumi brought it up. When accepting graduate students into a program, I always add 200 points to African American scores to estimate a true GRE. I have never been disappointed which suggests to me quite a cultural bias. By the way, we had a woman

Re: A simplistic picture

2002-09-24 Thread William B Ward
Keith, If you review medical publications, you will find Jews, Christians, and Muslims on a lot of the same lists of coauthors. What the world fails to understand is that Palestinians are heads and tails above the rest of the Middle East in basic intelligence and productivity. If Israel had been

Re: Eyes Wide Open (was Failing to make distinctions)

2002-09-25 Thread William B Ward
Karen, While I agree with a lot of your analysis, I am not quite ready to write Bush's actions as simply shallow since they were developed by his 'brain trust'. I do feel that his interest in invading Iraq fits with the self interest cell he has around him. He realizes that there is a risk of

Re: Eyes Wide Open (was Failing to make distinctions)

2002-09-26 Thread William B Ward
Devorah, We can't reverse history. Humans have done some terrible things, often in the name of religion, but we have to move forward with the less than perfect world we have. Having lived in the Jerusalem area for 5 years a few decades ago, I was well aware of Palestinian Jews, Christians, and

Re: Eyes Wide Open (was Failing to make distinctions)

2002-09-26 Thread William B Ward
Harry, How about going back, compare the number of days Ehud Barak was in office and the number of suicide bombers with the number of days Sharon has been in office and the number of suicide bombers? Bill Ward On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:01:05 -0700 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Devorah

Re: A tragedy in the making (was RE: Voting against Blair's Dossier

2002-09-26 Thread William B Ward
'the first signs of increasingly bitter clashes for resources'. Keith, I think the link above pretty much sums it up. Bill Ward On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:07:41 +0100 Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Karen, Please don't get carried away by the apparent democratic discussion of

Re: To survive or not to survive.

2002-09-30 Thread William B Ward
Ray, We don't have to worry about the threat of China. Americans are doing it to themselves. John Glish [ www.flatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/indexglisch.htm] writes: I'm talking about a poll from the First Amendment Center in Arlington, Va., which has found that nearly half of Americans think

Re: Eyes Wide Open

2002-09-30 Thread William B Ward
Harry, Since we are into homilies, a Swedish colleague of mine working with the Lutheran World Federation's vocational tech center in Beit Hanina [ http://www.poica.org/casestudies/beit-hanina25-9-01/ ] , was asked by an Israeli census worker as to when he came to Israel. My friend stopped

Re: Eyes Wide Open (was Failing to make distinctions)

2002-09-30 Thread William B Ward
Harry - Balfour Declaration www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00pp0 You need to view Hamaas more like the IRA. They are not in it for the money. Arafat is afraid of them and does not control them. Israel is afraid of them andcannot control them. Arab nations support the Palestinian cause a

Re: To survive or not to survive.

2002-10-01 Thread William B Ward
The rest of the world has been sacrificing for the American future which is here and now. In a few years, we will be leaving the US to Europe seeking opportunities. Bill Ward It's somewhat similar to us sacrificing for future generations: We *are* a future generation, so we should get ours

Re: To survive or not to survive.

2002-10-01 Thread William B Ward
:26:28 -0400 Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William B Ward wrote: The rest of the world has been sacrificing for the American future which is here and now. In a few years, we will be leaving the US to Europe seeking opportunities. Leave the dead to bury the dead

Re: Writing lasts forever, how will we fare in the annals of history?

2002-10-04 Thread William B Ward
Harry, I bet that Bush is a better shot than Sir Lawrence. I think the proposal by the Iraqi VP of a duel is fantastic. It could set a tremendous precedent for the future. Bill Ward I remember with awe Lawrence Olivier's acceptance speech for an Oscar. He spoke for 5 minutes. It was

Re: Bifurcation?

2002-10-04 Thread William B Ward
Harry, I have been associated with some good schools and some mediocre ones and can attest that doctoral degrees are more a measure of tenacity than any basic intelligence. Why is it that Michael Dell and Bill Gates could drop out as undergraduates and do so well? In fact, Gates dropped out a

Re: Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General, letter to UN

2002-10-04 Thread William B Ward
Ray, Have you noticed the trend in conservative journalists interviewing conservative journalists? That truly is taking it to a higher level. Bill On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:13:11 -0400 Ray Evans Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Clark has also been very verbal on the various minority shows while

Re: the Power of a Yale Education and a good Silver Spoon.

2002-10-04 Thread William B Ward
Ray, I'm an endomorph so maybe s/he was an ectomorph. Bill On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:50:26 -0400 Ray Evans Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adventures in George W. Bushspeak, the accidental words of wisdom of our illustrious leader who will lead our warriors over the barricades and into

Re: MCM Management: Demolition means progress

2002-10-07 Thread William B Ward
Brad, The demolition tax is a good one. I have spent since 1980 living in Southern Cities - Columbia SC, New Orleans,and Tampa, what I have noticed is a tendency for big players to look for fast money projects rather than something that will endure over time. There is a bit of this touched

Re: Bifurcation? -- The Dirty Little Secret of Credential Inflation

2002-10-09 Thread William B Ward
Great Article Bill Ward Here's an interesting piece that seems to me to put things into a useful perspective. (I pass it on since it may not be readily available to all.) best wishes, Stephen Straker GET INTERNET

Re: Random IQ

2002-10-11 Thread William B Ward
Is there such a thing as random intelligence? Mine seems capricious. Bill Ward On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:59:57 -0700 Tom Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Being the Visionary Philosopher I am, I retook the test giving random answers. Remarkably, the random response showed I am an Inventive

Re: Odd disappearance

2002-10-13 Thread William B Ward
Absolutely. There is no way that Bush trusts anyone else to control his oil. Bill Ward On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:35:01 -0500 Tom Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did anyone else notice this happening? Tom Lowe -- _ Tom

Re: Random IQ

2002-10-12 Thread William B Ward
When I signed up for this list, I didn't ask if there were minimum requirements. I may not be eligible. Emode test is absolutely useless for high-IQ FWer types Bill Ward On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:36:56 +0100 Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lawry, At 19:33 11/10/02 -0400, you wrote:

Re: FW: What is the real agenda in the ME?

2002-10-12 Thread William B Ward
What blows my mind is Bush's assumption that he can introduce a friendly regime in Baghdad. This is quite unlikely. If anyone has been following the election returns in Pakistan, Islamic fundamentalists made a strong showing. Of course, we are backing a military dictator in Pakistan, which is

Re: The long and short of it

2002-10-17 Thread William B Ward
Tom, Some liberals think that way. In addition, the funding of faith groups to do good in the community is a right wing effort [one which I support]. The bailing out of the airlines and almost letting Amtrak die was the work of a party that has to pay attention to the teamsters and

Re: FW: Drawing a line in the sand

2002-10-30 Thread William B Ward
Harry, What you are arguing is that the US alone makes or breaks the UN which means that it already is a whipping boy. With an EU growing in strength we may be surprised. Bill Ward On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:03:53 -0800 Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Karen, Europeans always blamed the

Re: Investment in China (was Re: FW: China Stock Market Note

2002-10-31 Thread William B Ward
What I felt interesting in this discussion was the lack of reference to Overseas Chinese. Bill Clinton certainly was aware of them. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0750641304/ref=lib_rd_ss/1 04-4779275-1646342?v=glancevi=slide-show#reader-link They are able to put together

Re: Questions about Paul Wellstone's Death

2002-11-04 Thread William B Ward
Arthur, I am glad that there is at least one other person who likes conspiracy theories around. What is amazing is that finding that you can change the entire direction of history by a well placed bullet. Bill Ward On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:34:39 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You are not

Re: Burden of complexity (was: IQ divide)

2002-11-04 Thread William B Ward
Keith, I doubt if there is a declining potential future elite with India and China a couple of bytes away. If we only look at Europeans, you may have a point but even the Europeans in the US will become a minority in a couple of decades. We continue to survive by importing superior foreigners.

Re: Questions about Paul Wellstone's Death

2002-11-04 Thread William B Ward
Ray, Honest! My hands are clean. Bill On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:27:23 -0500 Ray Evans Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Interesting post Chris.I've noticed that people who usually claim that other people are committing crimes are often involved in it themselves.

Re: Burden of complexity (was: IQ divide)

2002-11-04 Thread William B Ward
Keith, Well stated. Bill On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 21:17:22 + Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill, At 10:29 04/11/02 -0500, you wrote: Keith, I doubt if there is a declining potential future elite with India and China a couple of bytes away. If we only look at Europeans, you

Re: What do you think?

2002-11-13 Thread William B Ward
Ray, I used to kid my kid who was in the Navy and was a bit 'redneck' www.fortogden.com/foredneck.html when he expressed concern about Gays being on board. He lived in our house in Tampa before my wife and Imoved back from New Orleans. I also told him he was living in a Gay neighborhood

Re: What do you think?

2002-11-13 Thread William B Ward
Thanks Lawry, Bill On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:46:41 -0500 "Lawrence DeBivort" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unitarian Universalists, too. Cheers, L -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William B Ward Qu

Fw: Brave New World II

2002-11-20 Thread William B Ward
Thought FW'ers would appreciate this. Bill Ward FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PURGING ITS WEB SITES -- EDUCATIONAL ALERT The American Educational Research Association in conjunction with the American Library Association has issued an alert regarding the purging from Federal government web sites of

Re: Arabenrein?

2002-11-26 Thread William B Ward
Arthur, Interesting. I had once thought of having Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine in some kind of confederation so that each of the 3 religious groups could have a base although they might live anywhere in the area. Bill On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:47:18 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am

Re: FW: Learning from the past

2002-12-02 Thread William B Ward
Karen, Rudy Guiliani just received a contract for $4.3 million to work his wonders on Mexico City the way that he did in New York where crime has fallen dramatically. What people forget is that the boom and the rapid drop in teen population growth were the principal factors. Although

Re: FW: Mayberry Machiavellis

2002-12-02 Thread William B Ward
Karen, The poor in Florida pay a very regressive 6.5 to 7% sales tax supposedly aimed at tourists. Here is an interesting article from the NYTon the academic globalization battle at Columbia U.

Emigration from US

2002-12-02 Thread William B Ward
There are Menonite communities in Belize and Costa Rica doing the same thing. A lot of Americans of Polish ancestry returned to Poland to live after the fall of the Berlin wall. Bill Ward On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:32:01 -0800 "Karen Watters Cole" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Future

Re: Ice sheets, etc

2002-12-17 Thread William B Ward
temperature gradients? Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William B Ward Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ice sheets, etc Harry and Keith, A somewhat scarier scenario

Re: Ice sheets, etc

2002-12-17 Thread William B Ward
Brian, Thanks. I hadn't seen that one but almost fell off my couch the other day [not any easy thing to do] did hear Christine Whitman [EPA director]acknowledge global warming and the fact that action needs to be taken. On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:20:43 -0500 Brian McAndrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: Coincidence?

2002-12-17 Thread William B Ward
Tom, Bush's leakers said that they were looking to let the dollar slide to improve exports with the new economic team coming in. Bill Ward On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:54:16 -0800 Tom Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Canada Dollar Surges to 5-Month Highs Vs U.S. Dollar TORONTO (Reuters) - The

Re: [Futurework] RE: The Solar Economy

2002-12-29 Thread William B Ward
Harry, It seems you missed the most important point that Keith made: but it would still need vast government subsidies because private investors can never afford to cover the costs of cleaning up afterwards. My youngest son became a Nuke in the Navy. When he went in, he was very pro

Re: [Futurework] RE: The Solar Economy

2002-12-29 Thread William B Ward
Harry, It seems you missed the most important point that Keith made: but it would still need vast government subsidies because private investors can never afford to cover the costs of cleaning up afterwards. My youngest son became a Nuke in the Navy. When he went in, he was very pro

Re: [Futurework] RE: The Solar Economy

2002-12-29 Thread William B Ward
Harry, It seems you missed the most important point that Keith made: but it would still need vast government subsidies because private investors can never afford to cover the costs of cleaning up afterwards. My youngest son became a Nuke in the Navy. When he went in, he was very pro

[Futurework] Fw: Race Study and Comments

2003-01-05 Thread William B Ward
Interesting, Bill Ward *** A new study done in Brazil has uncovered some interesting challenges to our thinking about the assumptions made about skin color and ancestry: Lay people and even scientists, often confuse color or 'race'

Re: [Futurework] The epidemic of Aids

2003-01-15 Thread William B Ward
Chris, A friend of mine was director of the Burkitt's Lymphoma dspace.dial.pipex.com/lrf-/diseases/burkitt_book.htm tumor center in Accra Ghana in the early to mid 70's [he is now with the US Public Health ServiceUniformed Officers' Corps]. After the appearance of AIDS, he went back and

Re: [Futurework] The epidemic of Aids

2003-01-15 Thread William B Ward
Chris, A friend of mine was director of the Burkitt's Lymphoma dspace.dial.pipex.com/lrf-/diseases/burkitt_book.htm tumor center in Accra Ghana in the early to mid 70's [he is now with the US Public Health ServiceUniformed Officers' Corps]. After the appearance of AIDS, he went back and

Re: [Futurework] The epidemic of Aids

2003-01-16 Thread William B Ward
Chris, I have always loved conspiracy theories and have been delighted by the recent suggestions [as the book goes] that the CIA used the Mafia to get at Castro and it was the same Mafia that wacked JFK. After Ruby killed Onward, so he wouldn't talk, Giancono, Traficante, and Hoffa all died or

Re: [Futurework] More skylarks?

2003-01-16 Thread William B Ward
Maybe we could reserve GM food for cloned folks so that the one could balance out the other. Bill Ward On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:47:25 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss) writes: Keith Hudson wrote: Apparently, the GM crops concerned (sugar beet) have been modified to be unsusceptible

Re: [Futurework] Epidemics

2003-01-17 Thread William B Ward
Keith, What bothers me about GM is that the Bush administration is trying to push it down the throats of hungry Africans saying that they either take it or starve. If you look at what science has produced, outside of vaccines [and the TV for naked news], results are probably on the negative side.

Fw: [Futurework] Biting the dust

2003-01-17 Thread William B Ward
Keith, While I like your hypotheses and urge you to keep them coming, I feel that 'W' is quite at odds with his father and is following the man his father said practiced 'voodoo economics', Uncle Ronnie. Bill Ward - Forwarded message -- From: Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[Futurework] Fw: Beware the United States, Part 2

2003-01-17 Thread William B Ward
Here is an interesting cross-list posting. Bill Ward - Forwarded message -- From: B. Michael McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 04:02:45 -0600 Subject: Beware the United States, Part 2 Greetings, On September 12, 2001, I made the posting

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