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 From: grammatim@worldnet.att.net 
  
 Steven Bornfeld wrote: 
 > 
 > Peter T. Daniels wrote: 
 > > Doug Cunningly wrote: 
 > > 
 > >>"Peter T. Daniels"  wrote in 
 > >>news:40D1838E.1D01@worldnet.att.net: 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >>>Doug Cunningly wrote: 
 > >>> 
 > >>>>" 
 > >>>> 
 > >>>>>Oh? And what did that great public servant George W. Bush _ever_ 
 > >>>>>accomplish, either in a few years as a figurehead governor, or in 
 > >>>>>three years as a figurehead president? Oh, yeah, he lost two 
 > >>>>>million jobs, left the country open to terrorist attack, and 
 > >>>>>started a war on grounds that were dubious in the first place and 
 > >>>>>soon proved to be entirely fictitious, as a result of which a 
 > >>>>>country is now in anarchy, terrorists have entered, and the 
 > >>>>>infrastructure has been destroyed. 
 > >>>>> 
 > >>>> 
 > >>>>WHAT? Iraq's infrastructure has been destroyed? How do you destroy 
 > >>>>sand???? 
 > >>> 
 > >>>What an asshole. 
 > >>> 
 > >>>Before the invasion, they had, e.g., electricity and water. 
 > >>> 
 > >>>For all I know they even had [ObTrans] subways. 
 > >> 
 > >>Yeah, it was a paradise. That's why they're all here driving cabs and 
 > >>unpacking newspapers. 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > If you think water and electricity are sufficient for paradise, you're a 
 > > major asshole. 
 > > 
 > > Can you remember back less than a year, to when we didn't have 
 > > electricity for about a day, with very pleasant weather no less? 
 > 
 >         Don't remember where you are--I'm thinking the Bronx. 
 > It was pretty much non-stop partying in Brooklyn--unless you were caught 
 > on the subway. 
  
 Yeah, no tall buildings in the Borough of Homes and Churches. 
  
 (Has anyone called it that in half a century? I think it's in the WPA 
 Guide.) 
 -- 
 Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net 
  
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