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Why The British National Health Service [NHS] Is A Fiasco	30 Nov 2004 17:43 GMT	136
"This was the reality of the collectivist ethic in which each should be striving for all, not for himself and his own. It amounted to the infantilizing of people, who had come to believe that they could not, positively should not, be making life-determining
Come fly with me into the flak filled skies over Germany	29 Nov 2004 19:14 GMT	10
Come fly with me.... www.coastcomp.com/artkramer Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS
Monty Python would be proud	29 Nov 2004 17:07 GMT	6
Apparently, all will be revealed on Thursday. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=139331&command=dis playContent&sourceNode=139314&contentPK=11357954
The United States Does Not Have An Empire	29 Nov 2004 08:49 GMT	60
The United States does not have an Empire -- so it cannot lose one, as did the British. Those who do not understand that are quite stupid and/or willfully ignorant.
Slaughters coffee house	29 Nov 2004 07:06 GMT	5
In the 18th Century there was a famous coffee house called Slaughters where people used to play chess. Does anyone know where I can find any references to this? I can't find anything in books or by a minimal archive search.
Condoleezza Rice To Be Nominated As Secretary Of State	28 Nov 2004 21:53 GMT	102
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=254647 GREAT CHOICE! Condi Rice is JUST the sort of ACADEMIC we need in GOVERNMENT -- the well-educated, broad-gauge, high-calibre, non-parochial, NON-FLAKEY
New York Times Colin Powell Thumbsucker -- Fuhgeddaboutit!	28 Nov 2004 18:39 GMT	43
"I became a Republican because I believe that America must remain the leader of the free world," he declared at the Republican National Convention in San Diego that year. [1996 -- DSH] "Republican leadership, a Republican president, will bring greater conviction and
Declaration Of Independence Banned At California School	28 Nov 2004 18:27 GMT	8
"Liberal" loons, eager to censor, are at it again: DSH -------------------- "Declaration of Independence Banned at Calif School
The Coming Iraqi Elections	28 Nov 2004 14:41 GMT	4
"A Fight for Shiites" By Charles Krauthammer Friday, November 26, 2004 "In 1864, 11 of the 36 states did not participate in the presidential
Good Riddance -- American "Liberal Elites" On The Run	28 Nov 2004 04:50 GMT	19
COMMENTARY "Good Riddance" By MARTY PERETZ November 10, 2004
Re: "Yes, Virginia -- Cousin Diana WAS An Incredible, Airheaded Bitch"	27 Nov 2004 18:29 GMT	1
Recte: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/256678p-219819c.html OF COURSE, the Prince of Wales deserved to have a mistress -- and one who was NOT an airhead.
Dropping The Anchorman -- Brits Cheer At The Economist	27 Nov 2004 17:59 GMT	5
"Dropping the anchorman" Nov 25th 2004 The Economist "Dan Rather's retirement marks a welcome change in American journalism"
Fans Hurl Racist Epithets At Black Soccer Stars	27 Nov 2004 06:04 GMT	19
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004532921,00.html Nasty! DSH
New British Naval Historical - Reviews???	27 Nov 2004 03:41 GMT	3
This week's Economist has a very favorable review of: "The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britian, 1649-1815", N.A.M. Rodger, (Penguin/Allen Lane in UK, Norton in US); the second in a planned trilogy.
Thanksgiving Day, 2004 -- No Pandering To Atheists	26 Nov 2004 10:11 GMT	1
Our President is certainly not afraid of using the "G" Word. 'Nuff Said. DSH ---------------------