Copper theft

Been there, done that in Vietnam.

He just stopped too soon. Most of the deregulation worked out fine. If he had just deregulated sin we would be doing great.

I do want to make noted that Reagan and his supporters in both houses of Congress exercised the rarely-exercised "Federal Veto" (my words, differing from wording to the same effect in US Constitution) allowed by US Constitution upon local legislation of the District of Columbia.

This event was performed during the Reagan Administration to "veto" (my words) Washington DC's repeal of their sodomy law.

Also note that the Reagan Administration was all in favor of, and likely the driving force behind, forfeiture of property suspected to have been used in illegal drug trade. Owners of siezed property have to sue in federal court and adequately provide a preponderance of evidence that they are innocent to get their property back.

Oh, it surely appears to me that in the US Supreme Court case on allowability of forbidding dancing, Reagan appointees supported the upholding of a dancing ban like the one in the "Footloose" movie!

- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)

I have heard enough of a proposal to make a new Jewish main-Jewish-state out of a big enough island in the Indian Ocean, Madascar.

As I heard that, the Jews refused Madascar. Meanwhile, how much more right to the "Palestine" area do Moslems have than Jews have?

Why should in/about 1949 should have Arabs/Moslems lost an independent Palestine nation to Israel and also to Jordan in a war that the Arabs started?

- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)

The way I have been told by friends that I have in Canada:

Canada has a Parliament and a Prime Minister, but also a "Governor General" that can "veto" (my word) any and all Canadian legislation, and the "Governor General" is appointed by the British Crown.

Canada's governing ruling party makes a recommendation or a request for the British Crown in terms of hiring the "Governor General", and it has been told to me that the Crown follows these recommendations/requests.

It appears to me that Canada is nearly enough an independent nation, and England is avoiding any motivation to have a last vestige of Canada being part of the British Empire being severed.

Oh, and how many British colonies were in existence in North America in

- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)

I think the UN should take over the Holy Land and operate it as a religious park, open to anyone but with no "owner". As for the rights the jews asserted in 1948 it was more akin to Hitler annexing the Czechoslovakia or the Sudetenland than anything else.

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:35:52 -0500, John Fields Gave us:

Very well put. You may be a zen master prophet. How's your one inch punch? :-]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:57:03 +0100, Eeyore Gave us:

This dude is total troll.

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:12:54 +0100, Eeyore Gave us:

You fall in somewhere under Morlock.

The US also has a very high population of insane people in prison. This seems equally ineffective and dangerous for all concerned.

Utah or a chunk of it. The US wouldn't have to pay Israel, Egypt and god knows who else AND they would have the highly competent Israeli military design and manufacturing system -- and they would have had all of the taxes the Jews pay.

And Utah would have great corned beef sandwiches.

The Savings and Loan industry? Half a trillion went to the Mafia.

The household moving business? Now you have to battle to find an honest house mover.

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:26:40 -0500, John Fields Gave us:

Ain't gonna happen (re:US failing).

There. I added that last line you forgot. :-]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:33:26 -0700, John Larkin Gave us:

Very well put. That other guy is off his clocker. :-]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:42:02 +0100, Eeyore Gave us:

Why do you have the perverted notion that you do not?

Why not go after the thugs in Myanmar, as just one example.

Hell, if they wanted to invade somewhere, there are plenty of countries of the West coast of Africa where the population really WOULD welcome the US with flowers - anything to get rid of the vile, vicious and corrupt governments they have now. And some of those countries have oil, gold or diamonds. All Iraq has is sand and death.

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:49:23 +0100, Eeyore Gave us:

You're an idiot, actually, troll.

Maybe, but an idiot who knows your history, something you are clearly ignorant of.

The great mistake (or one of them) that the USA made was going to the nutters. If they ever come to the US I'm sure they'll run into more opposition than the armed services can provide.