Prairie Grove, Ark. My dad got a BS in Business (56?) and never looked back. Seen the business end of too many miles, I guess. I spent a lot of time in Fayetteville.
Pretty country. Still have family there - used to summer at Devil's Den state park - laje weddngton - it goes on. > Dear Mr. Mike Weaver: > ¡Wellcome to the club!!!... > I lived and got my master´s degree in Fayetteville, Ark. long time ago, > back in 1973. > I allways desidered to meet an american with at least some afinity with my > line of thought. > RSVP > > Mr. F.J. Burgos > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Weaver > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:13 AM > Subject: [Biofuel] Americans ugly and otherwise... > > > Outside of my little nest here on the East Coast I feel like a stranger > in my own land. I go to the Midwest to visit family and I cannot and do > not talk to them about politics.. I have come to realize, after 40 > years, that they won't and probably can't change. I prize family above > rhetoric. I have finally learned it is better, in some cases to be > happy than to be right. OTOH, I did not live thru what they did: WWII, > most of them have been working since they could walk, and did not have > the benefits I have had. > > My father left Arkansas in his teens, got a degree, was drafted and got > a PhD. He moved East and saw to it that his childred all went to > college and grad school. We have all travelled overseas and in some > cases lived and/or worked in the 3rd world. As Mark Twain said: > nothing is as deadly to prejudice as travel. > > I have to agree with pretty much everything you say. Except, we have no > real foreign policy, nor do we really have an energy policy. We have a > bully policy. > No wonder 90% or the world is mad at us. I don't blame them. > > OTOH, the French are not without warts - look at West Africa. I am also > interested to see what happens with Western Europe with regards to their > economies. > The Western European countries are belatedly realizing you can't just > conjure an economy. You have to have money before you can have generous > social programs. This what Germany and France are wrestling with now. > I personally think a realistic economic base - fewer regulations in some > cases - in France it's pratically illegal to start a small business, and > God help you if you fail - you can expect to investigated for fraud no > matter what happened. Complain about the USll you want but you can > start a business w/o fear of gaol. This one of the thing we do have to > offer as a model for other countries. > > This country has a ways to go in terms of social programs. I still > can't believe we don't have SOME form of national health. The current > system is collapsing. My sister is a doctor and I can tell you the > current program is failing. I also believe that we need some form child > care - if both parents must work there must be a safe place for their > children. Europe is miles ahead of us here. > > I rattle on... > > Mike > > Hakan Falk wrote: > Mike, > > Ugly is your addition and I love Americans, the only thing > that I do not like is their foreign policies, energy policies. > and the political/economy corruption by the US corporations. > > By the way, I also like the French. My daughter in law and > grandchildren are French. > > Hakan > > At 23:21 14/10/2005, you wrote: > !! What about us ugly Americans? > > Hakan Falk wrote: > I really like this list and its members, including the French > and Canadian French. LOL > > It is fun with the sparks and the humor. > > Hakan > > At 20:52 14/10/2005, you wrote: > > I generally take a shower once a month whether I need it or not. > (in the summer of course, in the winter we can take snow baths every day) > > PS for all you foreigners..... underwear can be > recycled four times (inside out, back and front) > this is of course common sense to Canadians but > I am sensitive to the international nature of this list. > > Joe > > Frantz DESPREZ wrote: > > Mike Weaver a écrit : > > > > M. Falk: > > As a person with (minor) French ancestry, I am shocked and offended at > your suggestion that the French do not bathe regularly. > I challenge you to defend yourself in a duel of honor. Shampoo at > fifty yards, the first one to achieve a glossy sheen to be declared > the winner. > I name as my seconds Vidal Sasoon and the Breck girl. If the first > duel is not satisfactory, we will rinse and repeat. > > Prepare to meet your suds. > > M. Weaver > > > > M. Weaver, > > I am very grateful of your sollicitude, but be careful, scandinavians > are famous for their weapons of mass desinfection. > They could invite you into a steam bath until you've been cooked, before > roll you in snow or dive in icy water. > None a civilized gentleman as you surely are can resist such a barbarian > treatment. > And since Volvo refused to married Renault, we are in bad t(h)erms. > > M. Desprez > ( with half of my ancestry from Normandy, so Hakan is maybe a cousin of > mine) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > <http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > <http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
