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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* INSTALLED: 27 OCT 89 ***************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up.
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17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18$**************************************************************************
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19$
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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/27/89 20:53 Msg:4508 Call:25010 Lines:3
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20 What is more foolish, the child who is afraid of the dark
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21 or the man afraid of the light? -- Maurice Freehill
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22 ************************************************************************
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003=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 10/27/89 21:51 Msg:4509 Call:25014 Lines:5
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23
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24 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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25 I'm close to the top! Nyah nyah nyah! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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26 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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004=Usr:0 Null User 10/27/89 23:23 Msg:4510 Call:25017 Lines:3
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28 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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29 And I'm close to a slug. Great.
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30 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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005=Usr:35 Kristy Crawford 10/28/89 12:32 Msg:4511 Call:25035 Lines:7
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31 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
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32 Just a note from a new logee...Taken from Murphy's Laws on Sex:
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34 "Sex has no calories"
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35 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*##Kristy Crawford*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
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36 list
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006=Usr:29 The Bard 10/28/89 14:48 Msg:4512 Call:25036 Lines:5
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38 Well, as I understand it, what little concensus there is on the subject holds
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39 that the sysop is only liable if someone posts copyrighted material if he
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40 allows it to remain on the system after he discovers it.
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41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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42@Yeah, I know, but I had to say *something* about it.
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007=Usr:352 Katie Kolbet 10/28/89 20:04 Msg:4513 Call:25040 Lines:12
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45 ***********$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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46 HI! Just signed on to say Hi! to all my former acquaintances here. I didn't
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47 get a chance to say goodbye to anyone, but, since I have just returned from
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48 college after a midterm or two, I thought I'd drop in. So to Friar, Vision,
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49 Astral Dreamer, Hagberd, and whoever else I've been conversing with, HI!!!!!
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50
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51 +++++++++++Kaitlyn+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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52 (See you at Thanksgiving!!!!!)
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008=Usr:402 DELTA.FIVE SHANN 10/28/89 23:52 Msg:4514 Call:25042 Lines:15
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55 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*]
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56 PASSENGER(MON AMI)+DV35mmBRAND(FIRST 3 LETTERS)=KEY.
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57 YVYNV KOGRR VUGYA IUOOR GVGVR GRGYA OVNVV AAUGR RGOOA RIXXX 1526, 95109
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58 The earthquake was indeed BAD, but not as bad as the media made it to be. Some
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59 ten thousand people in the Los Gatos area were left homeless, many had their
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60 homes destroyed. Very sad for many people here.
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61 What the media didn't stress was that many thousands of people-police, fire,
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62 ham radio Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, Red Cross, California Civil
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63 Emergency Services, and thousands of "ordinary citizens" pitched in to help.
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64 Communications and transportation were QUICKLY restored. Everywhere, people
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65 helped people. I am warm inside that I was able to do a little myself in
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66 transportation and communications. Though I have little love of California
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67 (being an Oregonian) I am really impressed how the people here handled the
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68 situation.
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69 [*=*] DELTA FIVE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA [*=*]
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009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/29/89 09:17 Msg:4515 Call:25047 Lines:6
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70 &*&*&*&*'s
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71 Just lurking. Hello to all.
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72
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73 An Astral Dreamer
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74 &*&*&*&*'s
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010=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 10/29/89 13:37 Msg:4516 Call:25054 Lines:11
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76 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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77 Delta Five: What you forget is that the number of people hiking up prices on
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78 chainsaws and other power tools far beyond the range of many to pay, and the
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79 number of people charging triple on bare necessities, and the number of
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80 business establishments announcing "Disaster Pricing", meaning increases due to
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81 the desolation, FAR exceeds the number who "helped" out of the goodness of
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82 their smog-infested hearts. For anyone to take advantage of the pain and
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83 suffering of others is, put simply, HORRIBLE, and the only warming I'm
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84 experiencing from Californian mentality or action is the result of the
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85 Greenhouse Effect they've helped to bring about.
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86 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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011=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/29/89 23:09 Msg:4517 Call:25069 Lines:4
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87 Kristy,
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88 Welcome to the system. I hope that you enjoy the discusions and stories.
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89 Caloric or otherwise.... <grin>
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90 ************************** CM *******************************************
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012=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 10/30/89 06:54 Msg:4518 Call:25074 Lines:23
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91
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93 {{+}{+}{+}
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95 { Wait a minute....
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97 Where's Kristy ?
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99 She was just here
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101 Kristy ?
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103 KRISTY !
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105 Oh Well..........Another Broken Heart
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107 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
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108 Happens All The Time
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111 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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013=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 10/30/89 12:20 Msg:4519 Call:25076 Lines:15
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114 Luke!
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116 Luke?
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118 LUKE???
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120 Are you there my love?
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122 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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124 *_)@*()_#@()_(_)!(@$_+)#@$+_@)$@+#(%$@_)+#$(@+#$)@+_%^*@+_#@#+_%)@#_+%)@#+_@)%
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125 DV: Glad to hear you survived. Somehow I knew you would be in the thick of
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126 things down there in the mess. Good job, and if you see Leroy McKane selling
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127 $1000 chainsaws, fill him full of lead for me, will ya?
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128 *$)_@#*$_)@#*(%_)@%*@_)@#_)%( L'homme sans Parity *%_)#@%*)_#@(_)@()_@#(%)_@#(
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014=Usr:37 Kristy Crawford 10/30/89 16:50 Msg:4520 Call:25080 Lines:25
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129 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
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131 Hey, it's me again...Kristy...Kristy Crawford...Just thought I'd stop in to say
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132 "hi." I suppose that's to who ever is reading this at the moment. I read
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133 through the list of messages, just a question or two. I want to thank <CM> for
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134 the welcoming on message. All I can say is that I'm new, and it's great to
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135 make some new friendPossibly. And another question, about <ThingFish>, wa[Cs
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136 that directed toward me? And if it was, what was by the "another broken
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137 heart"? HUMMMMMMMMM?!? Ah well, I should cut it short, and as before, I'll
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138 sign off with another Murphy's Law on Sex quote...
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140 "Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you won't
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141 either." Just a side note, I'm getting these off a poster that's hanging in
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142 my dorm room. Thought it'd liven up the people here. Oh well. Hey, does any-
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143 one know Audie Huber? He used to hook up to this message board quite a bit.
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144 He's at school...U of O to be precise. Anyway, nice talking to ya'...Until
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145 next time...
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147 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*Kristy Crawford#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
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148 Sheeze, another entry by the obnoxious Kristy...This is directed to the
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149 system operator...I had to re-sign up on this BBS board. I couldn't get in on
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150 my other password. Bummer. Anyway, I just got a new number and changed
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151 the password, so number 35 won't be used. It was my old "ON" number. Thanks.
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153 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#Kristy Crawford#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
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015=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 10/30/89 23:05 Msg:4521 Call:25085 Lines:50
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154 696969696969 (oh no, not again...)
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155 What's going on with Nicaragua ?
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157 CONTRA REBELS KILL 18:-10/23/89
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158 Contra rebels killed 18 and wounded eight when they ambushed trucks that
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159 were transporting soldiers. Nicaragua said the attack was part of a campaign
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160 aimed at disrupting the electoral process. The last day for 1.3 million to
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161 register to vote in February elections was Sunday.
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162
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163 BUSH WON'T TALK TO ORTEGA:-10/26/89
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164 President Bush doesn't plan to talk with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
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165 during a hemispheric summit in Costa Rica this weekend. Wednesday, Bush
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166 extended for another six months a 1985 trade embargo against Nicaragua.
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167 Civilian contra leaders say Bush and his aides haven't paid them any attention
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168 in months.
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170 DEBATE - ORTEGA OF NICARAGUA
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171 JESSE HILL FORD, novelist and screenwriter: Teddy Roosevelt had it right:
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172 "Walk softly and carry a big stick." Bush speaks loudly, but no stick of any
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173 sort is anywhere in sight.
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174 PAUL REICHLER, Sandinistas' lobbyist: "They have to go back on the
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175 offensive or risk being picked off like sitting ducks."
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176 PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: "We have encouraged the contras not to take
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177 aggressive military action. And we would continue to do that."
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178 OSCAR ARIAS, Costa Rican president: "We have often seen how those who led
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179 struggles against dictators themselves use the name of freedom to establish
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180 dictatorships of a different ideological hue."
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182 CONGRESS STRESSES U.S. AID:-10/30/89
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183 Democrats and Republicans stressed support for continued U.S. humanitarian
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184 aid to the contras until after Nicaraguan elections Feb. 25. Members of
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185 Congress Sunday discounted the danger of new fighting in Nicaragua as
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186 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega softened his surprise threat to end a 19-
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187 month cease-fire.
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189 So, the U.S.-backed Contras (freedom fighters, as Ronnie called them) are
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190 killing Nicaraguans on the day the end to restrictions on covert actions
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191 ended. Coincidence? So, the U.S.-backed Contras resume killing Nicaraguans
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192 instead of observing a 19-month long cease-fire that WAS observed by the
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193 Sandinistas. Ortega says the Contras want to disrupt the elections. Bush says
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194 that Ortega wants to disrupt the elections. The Congress says it wants to
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195 send more "humanitarian" aid, and tells the President anything goes as far as
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196 covert activity is concerned. With all the problems in the world, and in this
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197 country, do we really need another war (shades of Viet Nam) to keep the
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198 greedy military-industrial complex enormously wealthy? We can't even deal with
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199 Bush's buddy Noriega (but then maybe we don't really want to). What about a
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200 war on drugs? Sorry, to busy busting folks for burning flags, and forcing
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201 poor, abused, and raped women to have babies to deal with that......
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202
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203 696969696969696969 (Is it fact, or fiction???)
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016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/30/89 23:23 Msg:4522 Call:25086 Lines:16
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204 &*&*&*&*'s
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205 My new motto. "I worship the constitution, not the flag." To bad bush is
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206 to caught up in an object to realize what the real foundation of this
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207 country is.
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208
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209 I like to think of myself as a member of the new left. Proud to be an
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210 american, but not stupid about it.
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211
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212 All forms of government stink. I just think ours stinks less then most. I
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213 won't bother to argue about European socialism. They're much more
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214 heterogenous in terms of culture and thus don't have many of the problems
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215 our diverse country does.
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216
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217 An Astral Dreamer
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218 &*&*&*&*'s
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017=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/31/89 00:17 Msg:4523 Call:25089 Lines:7
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220 *********************************************************************
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221 Kristy, No problem, it happens to lot of folks. The password system
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222 here is a bit picky, it is case sensitive, so you have to remember to
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223 use the same upper/lower case as you originally entered it.
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224 Hope you enjoy the system, there are lots of people here and friends to
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225 make. And just good fun to be had by all.
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226 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY (CM) **************************
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018=Usr:13 voyeur 10/31/89 01:15 Msg:4525 Call:25091 Lines:77
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227 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al
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229 Ever so lightly the rain tapped its timeless rhythm on Simon
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230 Albright's bedroom window; the drops joining into tiny rivulets that
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231 coursed down the pane. The grey September morning seemed anything but
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232 unusual.
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233 Shaved, showered, and refreshed by an uncommonly lavish breakfast
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234 of hot coffee (quaffed) and half a cinnamon roll, Albright left his house
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235 in time to see a UPS truck pulling up to the curb. Forty-five minutes
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236 later he was sitting in a gloomy office trying to figure out where he had
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237 diverged from the course that should have resulted in a normal day.
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238 "I hope you weren't handled too roughly Mr. Albright." The man
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239 seated opposite him was saying, "Our UPS team normally handles our less
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240 friendly visitors."
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241 "That's appropriate then," replied Albright flatly, "because I
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242 wasn't feeling particularly friendly."
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243 He was seated at the end of a large, black table in the shape of
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244 an elongated hexagon. The austere fixture hanging over the center of the
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245 table failed to illuminate the room's borders; but from the way their
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246 voices stifled, Albright sensed the room was small, and definitely sound-
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247 proofed.
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248 Besides himself, there were three people in the room. Opposite of
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249 Albright, at the head of the table, was a dark, thin man apparently
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250 wielding some authority. He had one of those faces that seems young at
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251 first glance, but which ages by increments when broken down to its
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252 component features -- a thin veneer of youthful vitality stretched tightly
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253 over a fleshscape finely etched with the lines of weighty responsibility.
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254 The precision with which he chose his words went as far to emphasize his
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255 attention to detail as did the magnifying glass he wielded while examining
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256 the documents stacked neatly before him.
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257 To the right of the vital man, one edge of the hexagon over, sat
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258 a young woman. She was dressed conservatively and wore glasses when
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259 contacts would have worked better. Albright decided that she could look
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260 quite pretty if she wanted to; and then reprimanded himself for judging
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261 the woman based solely on her looks.
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262 Despite her obvious attempts to play down her femininity, the way
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263 she rocked back in her chair and occasionally tossed her hair when
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264 emphasizing a point (plus a number of intangible cues he couldn't define)
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265 made it clear that she hadn't sacrificed her spirit to survive in a man's
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266 world. Also, though Albright didn't pick up on this until later, her eyes
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267 could sometimes be glimpsed flashing a burning, almost frightening
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268 intensity, particularly when she thought she was alone or when the
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269 discussion ran to other parties and she was free, as Albright imagined it,
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270 to indulge a stormy id. Always this intensity gave way to a standard
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271 impassiveness when she discovered she was being watched.
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272 Curiously, to the left of the leader, sat a man Albright knew.
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273 Or thought he knew. It was his friend Howard the used-car salesman.
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274 Albright disliked those people as a rule, but Howard was different; he was
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275 intelligent, sometimes contemplative, and almost never wore loud jackets.
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276 He had med Howard at the House-O-Cars where the portly salesman
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277 was employed. They hit it off fairly well once Howard managed to overcome
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278 some of Albright's misgivings about his profession. The two men would get
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279 together and play chess or discuss politics or baseball or women; just
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280 about anything. Albright made it a point to never discuss his own
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281 business and had found it strange that Howard had never asked. He
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282 imagined how a boisterous salesman might use the information -- "That's
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283 right madame! Sold one just like it to a secret service man just last
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284 week! Yessir. CIA knows quality! Absolutely, miss! Lives right down
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285 the street in number 21-B..."
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286 In the light of present circumstances, Albright decided that he
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287 must have known all along. The twisting knot in his stomach agreed. Now
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288 Howard was watching Albright intently, leaning forward with his forearm on
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289 the table. As usual, his tie was loosened and his top button was open.
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290 With a practiced deliberation the leader placed his lens squarely
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291 on top of his documents and directed his complete attention to Simon
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292 Albright. "Let's start over." He said in a formal but unmenacing tone.
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293 "Mr. Albright, I am Anthony Monticelli. These are Hillary McQueen and
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294 Johnathon Lutz." He made economical gestures to each as he said their
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295 names. "Of course you know John as Howard Smythe."
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296 Albright said nothing as his mysterious, now grotesque-looking
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297 friend (a mind's trick) grinned at him from across the cold hexagonal
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298 plane.
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299 To Be Continued...
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301 Albright
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303 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al
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019=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 10/31/89 03:05 Msg:4526 Call:25094 Lines:19
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305
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306 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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307
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308 { Kristy:
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309 That may have been directed toward you, I can never be too
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310 sure. Generally its best to disregard any messages of mine
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311 that are under a full paragraph in length. Otherwise they'll
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312 only make sense if you time your medication to be precisely
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313 in synch with mine. Welcome to BKW. So..tell us all about
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314 yourself. What's your favorite color? Favorite ice cream
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315 flavor? Enjoy driving on ice? Any felony convictions? Ever
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316 dance with the devil by the pale moonlight?
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317
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318 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
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319 Better Disregard This One Too
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320
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321 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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020=Usr:37 Kristy Crawford 10/31/89 15:13 Msg:4527 Call:25101 Lines:19
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323 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
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324 Just to let you know ThingFish, I won't disregard anything that has my name
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325 in it. It's just me. That's for the welcoming, again. I haven't had a
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326 whole lot of time to just sit down and write anything. Been busy with
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327 school and all. You know, it's pretty much hell around here. Favorite
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328 color: green (blue too, but I like blue and green together. Like plaid.)
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329 Don't particularly enjoy the ice. Too dang cold. No felony convictions
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330 yet. AND I DO MEAN yet. And as for the question of the day...I haven't
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331 actually danced with the dby the pale moonlight. Although I would
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332 very much like it, I haven't had the chance. He's my idol, ya know..HEHEHE.
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333 Ah well, stupid humor. Let's throw this into YOUR face ThingFish, what's
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334 your favorite comic strip, book, song (or group), what about your favorite
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335 MOVIE?!? Anyway...should sign off with another one of you-know-what's:
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336
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337 "Never Say No..."
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338
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339 Isn't it a wonderful world out here?
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340
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341 {#*}{#*}{#*} Kristy "Kissy" Crawford {#*}{#*}{#*}
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021=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 10/31/89 21:01 Msg:4528 Call:25106 Lines:50
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342 69696969696
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343 Refresh my memory please...
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344 just WHO WON World War II ???
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345
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346 JAPANESE BUY ROCKEFELLER GROUP:-10/31/89
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347 The Japanese firm Mitsubishi Estate Co. is buying a controlling interest in
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348 the Rockefeller Group for $846 million. Rockefeller Group owns a real estate
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349 and business empire that includes 28.5 percent of New York's Rockefeller
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350 Center, 80 percent of real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc. and Radio City
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351 Music Hall Productions.
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352
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353 PROTESTERS TO BE ARRAIGNED:-10/31/89
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354 Four demonstrators who burned flags at the U.S. Capitol Monday are
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355 scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Washington. Their case could lead to a
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356 test of the law Congress passed after the Supreme Court held the First
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357 Amendment protects flag-burning as free speech.
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358
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359 DEBATE - Guns
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360 USA TODAY'S OPINION: There's a deadly epidemic threatening our children. The
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361 disease is gun violence. ... Every day, nine kids between 1 and 19 are killed
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362 by firearms. Many deaths were accidental. ... But most firearm deaths are
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363 deliberate. ... We must halt the gun-violence epidemic now.
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364 OTHER VIEWS:
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365 ALAN M. GOTTLEIEB, chairman of Citizens Committee for Right to Keep and
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366 Bear Arms: Gun deaths account for a mere 2 percent of all accidental deaths in
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367 the United States. Firearms rank fifth behind automobiles, drowning, fires and
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368 suffocation as causes of death of children under 15.
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369 FRED WATKINS, Troy, Ala., gun enthusiast: "The goal is to disarm the
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370 public, and we haven't done anything wrong."
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371 MARK HOLZBAND, Los Angeles teacher after student suicide: "Some students
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372 may have known he had a gun, and there was guilt about that."
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373 11-YEAR-OLD TAMPA BOY, to police after firing at classmates: "I'm tired of
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374 them teasing me, and I was going to take care of it."
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375 SUSAN KENNEY, who organized Gun Responsibility In Every Family after her
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376 son was killed: "We have too many kids dying."
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377 LARCHMONT, N.Y., Charles Curran, 63, marketing consultant: "The serious gun
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378 owner is going to be more careful. It's the casual owner - the person who has
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379 no serious need for a gun - who poses the most problems."
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380 KNOB NOSTER, MO., Neva Allen, 35, program coordinator: "The only way to
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381 honestly protect children from guns is through stronger laws that don't allow
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382 guns in the home unless they have appropriate safety mechanisms that would
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383 prevent them from being fired by children."
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384 MOSS POINT, MISS., Will Woods, 44, project coordinator: "You can't keep
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385 people from having guns, but if accidents do happen through negligence, we
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386 should be looking at Florida's law."
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387 BURLINGTON, VT., Clifton E. LaPlante, 58, retired Army: "Every state should
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388 have laws, not the federal government. ... If the government tries to infringe
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389 on our rights anymore, only criminals will have guns."
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390 Only the 5th killer of kids. What people REALLY have a "serious need"?
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391 696969696969696969
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022=Usr:13 voyeur 11/01/89 00:27 Msg:4529 Call:25114 Lines:15
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392 ????????????????????????????
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393 >firearms rank fifth behind automobiles, drowning, fires and suffocation...
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394 > What people REALLY have a "serious need"?
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395 Automobiles - most people don't need cars - use mass transit.
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396 Drowning - very few people are required to be near the water; mostly it's
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397 pleasure boating or other recreation. Water skiing or canoeing
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398 certainly is not a necessity.
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399 Fires - a lot of there are smoker's carelessness. Finish banning cigarettes.
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400 Gas stoves? Gas is dangerous - look at post-quake San Francisco.
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401 Suffocation - old refrigerators and plastic bags (garbage, shopping).
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402 Make it mandatory to turn in your obsolete refrigerators; return
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403 to paper bags.
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404 It's simple, really. There are only about three 'needs' - food, water, air.
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405 Do you want to give up *everything* else?
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406 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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023=Usr:366 berney dunn 11/01/89 13:29 Msg:4530 Call:25119 Lines:13
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407 Sure, guns kill people. They don't even need someone to pull the trigger, they
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408 just hunt out poor inocent children. Perfect safety devices? Easy, remove and
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409 lock up the ammo. More laws are sure to stop the problem just look at the
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410 drug laws, which are getting more restrictive every day, and yet we have more
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411 drug related problems every day.
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412 It's not guns, or cars, or water that's killing our children, it's the
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413 drunken parents that leave loaded guns lying around, don't teach their children
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414 how to handle dangerous items, and expect the government to protect them from
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415 themselves. The politicans just love this attitude, it makes them feel
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416 important.
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417 You can't have it both ways, which do you want, safety or freedom?
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418 ( I chose freedom, and will protect myself. don't push me.)
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419 _________________________________B.A.D. _______________________________
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024=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/01/89 18:28 Msg:4531 Call:25126 Lines:11
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420 &*&*&*&*'s
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421 Why not put the death penalty on anybody that uses a gun in a crime?
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422 Atleast that way the people who deserve it get the punishment.
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423
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424 I'll give up my guns when they outlaw cars, motorcycles, all sports
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425 and overeating.
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426
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427 An Astral Dreamer
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428 &*&*&*&*'s {Who doesn't want it to get to the point where they do pry it
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429 out of his cold dead hands.}
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025=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 11/01/89 22:09 Msg:4532 Call:25131 Lines:4
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431 ###############################################################################
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432 So who's still posting this news crap anyway? Bleah.
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433 ###############################################################################
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434
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026=Usr:7 Leonard Erickson 11/01/89 22:28 Msg:4533 Call:25133 Lines:6
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435 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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436 JQTFR \Y@ME YR@XI @NQRW F]ALD AZFPZ KSDAT WFHCO MYVGR HCADA ZFJ\[ TEXPD
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437 RYQ@N QTFR\ Y@MAP VHHCB LURV\ HCADA YFJXK LDAGD JUA@M URWF\ [AL]R RXCHJ
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438 OEWWJ I[DDA QFJHC DM]RF NZKNL \PFD] KLMQR WH\Y@ LI\R@ [SON\ WB\KP MAH_F
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439 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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440 ... I'm Baaaaackk.... :-)
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027=Usr:13 voyeur 11/02/89 00:16 Msg:4534 Call:25137 Lines:73
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441 After much digging, I managed to uncover my old secret decoder ring. It still
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442 works! However, it's not exactly what your message suggests...
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443 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al
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444
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445 Albright listened quietly while Monticelli told him things he
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446 already knew. "We know all about you, Mr. Albright. You're a graduate of
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447 Gonzaga where you studied political science and literature; also, you
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448 demonstrate a keen aptitude for languages. You speak German, French,
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449 Russian, and a few less-common tongues. You joined the CIA to put your
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450 language skills to work; and, though you performed well in field
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451 assignments, you have found yourself behind a desk in the states, trans-
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452 lating correspondence that you personally find trivial."
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453 This was true. The new liberal atmosphere and budget cuts in
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454 Washington had taken their toll. "Pencil-pushing peeping Toms! That's
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455 what we've become!" His department-head had once raged. Overseas posts
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456 had become sparse, especially for agents with little seniority.
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457 Monticelli recited more facts about Albright's career. Alarmingly,
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458 some of the details bespoke a deep penetration into his CIA records.
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459 Albright became aware that Monticelli was giving him a small cross-section
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460 of his history to demonstrate the thoroughness of their sources.
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461 His unwelcomed biographer then carefully moved his magnifying
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462 glass aside and opened a folder from which he extracted elements of
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463 Abright's personal life, including, unfortunately, specifics on his
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464 failed engagement, which had blown an O-ring the previous year. Albright
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465 was surprised at how sharply it still hurt when picked-over in the cold
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466 light of an interrogation room.
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467 The man quoted CIA documents (some familiar, some not) that
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468 described Albright as moderately intelligent, gifted in a few specialized
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469 areas, and competently manipulative of the psychological states of others.
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470 But they also noted that he was frequently volatile, unpredictable in
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471 pressure situations, and insecure enough to warrant concern over his
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472 suitability for field assignments.
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473 So that was why they had pulled him out -- held over for
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474 observation. Albright shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
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475 Monticelli also read passages from what Albright recognized as
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476 one of his college papers on political ethics; and he was reminded of some
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477 of the statements he had made to "Howard" when the latter was still just
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478 a benign salesman at the House-O-Cars.
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479 At length, Monticelli closed the folder and clasped his hands in
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480 front of himself. "I would very much enjoy discussing some of these
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481 topics with you Mr. Albright. But for now I'm here to offer you a
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482 position with our organization. We believe you possess skills and view-
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483 points that would be valuable to us. I'm certain you would find the
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484 experience rewarding."
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485 This offer was so blunt and unexpected (and ludicrous) that
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486 Albright nearly laughed. "Join you?!" He stopped and remodulated his
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487 voice. "If it hasn't occurred to you, you haven't told me who you are,
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488 aside from quoting three questionable names. But I wonder, Mr. Anthony
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489 Monticelli: if you ARE legitimate, why would you reveal three of your
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490 members, knowing you can't trust me."
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491 "Legitimate?" Monticelli replied, "I hardly think so. But if
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492 you're concerned about hidden strings or double-crosses, I assure you that
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493 your worries are unfounded. As for trusting you, I admit we have to take
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494 chances in recruitment, but you're not one of them."
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495 Albright was vaguely offended, and struggled to keep his voice
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496 detached and confident. "You're that sure you can control me?"
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497 Monticelli leaned forward and adopted a more animated tone, "We
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498 KNOW you. We know your philosophies and beliefs. We understand your
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499 motivations and goals. We offer you a chance to do the work you chose to
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500 do. You won't want to leave us, Dirk."
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501 Obviously Monticelli had used one of Albright's old code names as
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502 a reminder of how well they did, in fact, know him. After a moment the
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503 man stood and gathered his folders. "Besides, Mr. Albright, once you've
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504 seen what it is we do here, you'll find it difficult to take the CIA
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505 seriously. As for our identity, I will leave it to Miss McQueen to give
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506 you our history and function. I will return once you've had a chance to
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507 consider our offer. It's been a pleasure meeting you Mr. Albright." And
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508 promptly he left.
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509
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511 Albright
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513 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al
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514 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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515 No postings in over a DAY? For a while there, we were running a pretty steady
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516 average of 300 LINES per day. Users, why hath thou forsaken us?
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517 Friar: The Cloaked Man approaches, and the Stone Triangle crumbles.
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518 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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029=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/04/89 01:37 Msg:4536 Call:25182 Lines:8
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519 &*&*&*&*'s
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520 Why is it that nobody seems to pay any attention to me here? I dare
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521 anybody to notice this note!
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522
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523 An Astral Dreamer (Who is tired of having conversations die on him.)
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524
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525
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526 &*&*&*&*'s(Two extra lines filled by tired fingers and brain.)
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528 Uh-oh, the board is slooooooowwwiiiinng down, and that might mean the begininng
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529 of a Bear Writer's Market!
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530 Oh, goody, I know! I'll stir up some heady controversy. Let's see here.
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531 What is the nd? Nah, too monotonous, been done before. The Ozone Layer?
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532 Water pollution? Too Greenpeacy. Hmm, how about "George Bush is God?" Will
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533 that generate a reaction... I think not, too unbelievable. "The Surgeon
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534 General should have been lynched"? Too violently oriented. "Exxon is the
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535 best run company in the United States? No, I don't think so. Guns don't kill
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536 people, people do? Cigarettes are not really hazardous to your health? Not
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537 those either... Decisions, decisions. Oh, wait! I've got it! The perfect
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538 way to anny everyone on the board!!!! Why didn't I think of this before?
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542 69696969696969696
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031=Usr:38 Eric Starker 11/05/89 10:55 Msg:4538 Call:25198 Lines:2
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545 howdy
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546
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032=Usr:427 alyx * 11/05/89 16:41 Msg:4539 Call:25203 Lines:13
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547
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548 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# alyx #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
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550 No, George Bush isn't God but I think Melissa Etheridge might be.
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552 --
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553
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554 i went hiking in the rain today with a new found friend (previously he
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555 was "just" a co-worker. it always amazes me how people (or even me) will
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556 just seemingly randomly let down their barriers.
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558 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
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560 070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070
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561 eh?
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562 070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070
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034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/05/89 22:04 Msg:4541 Call:25209 Lines:10
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563 &*&*&*&*'s
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564 I knew I'd be ignored.
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565
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566 (So Abuse me. ANYTHING would be nice. This is a full duplex line you know.
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567 :-)
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569 An Astral Dreamer (I've been here a year and a half, don't I atleast deserve
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570 an occasional 'how are you?)
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571 &*&*&*&*'s
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573 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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574 % Never Me %
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575 % I see you on the TV dancing cheek to cheek. %
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576 % I see you walking down the street hand in hand. %
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577 % I see you with your love standing there so close. %
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578 % Always I see you. %
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579 % You do not see my hurt. %
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580 % You do not see my pain. %
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581 % You do not see my hate. %
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582 % How can you? %
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583 % Always there is love for you. %
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584 % Always there is someone for you. %
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585 % Always for you, but never for me. %
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586 % Never me. %
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036=Usr:13 voyeur 11/06/89 00:23 Msg:4543 Call:25214 Lines:5
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588 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*
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589 I've got another 90 lines ready to upload, but I don't want to oversaturate
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590 the board with this (as a certain un-named news reposter does), so I guess
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591 I'll see what tomorrow looks like.
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592 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*
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593 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DV [*=*]
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594 DELTA FIVE IN LURK MODE...
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595 by
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038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/06/89 11:24 Msg:4545 Call:25219 Lines:2
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596 &*&*&*&*'s
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597 I'm starting to see how twits develope. If somebody doesn't acknowledge my
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039=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/06/89 19:03 Msg:4546 Call:25238 Lines:6
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598 existence within the next two days I'm going to enter one twitish message.
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599 (Assuming that this doesn't quilify.)
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600
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601 An Astral Dreamer (Temporal shift messages are us.)
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602 &*&*&*&*'s
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605 Astral Dreamer: The portion of my text which mentioned your message seems to
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606 have been munched. So, I'll paraphrase in the hopes that nothing is lost over
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607 the way.
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608 Astral Dreamer: Hello.
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609 That being done, I may ignore you now in peace, secure in the notion that I
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610 have prevented the birth of a terrible scourge upon the free world... THE
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611 ASTRAL TWIT! Think about it... Seeping in between other users' conversations,
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612 hidden, a little ball of ectoplasm in the corner snickering "I'm General Zod!
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613 Eyem Thee KeyPuhr Uf Sowls!"
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614 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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615 Oh, and Friar, the Cloaked Man is getting closer and closer. The Stone
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616 Triangle's Falling! The Stone Triangle's Falling! Friar Friar, L'Homme
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617 L'Homme, Mikey Mikey, the Stone Triangle's Falling!
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619 *.*.*.*.*.*.Jessie
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620 Friar has a new baby at home that arrived this last week. I'm afraid the stone
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621 triangle will just have to hold its topple in mid-drop unless you wish to end
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622 story rather abruptly.
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624 Baby is little girl, nine and a half pounds, 20.5 inches, dark hair. Perhaps
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625 she will come questing with the friar as soon as she gets the magic bit down
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626 but for right now the Friar needs his sleep. Be kind to the poor man...if he
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627 wasn't a *poor* man before he will be after the bills. >:) We will me more
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628 involved in baby powder than quests for a slight while.
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629 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.Jessie
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631 {}
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633 Say, anybody need a slightly used buhdist (sp) monk?
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634
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635 Astral Dreamer, you shouldn't become bitter over the stupidity of
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636 the world around you. I spent YEARS doing so and it only gave me a
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637 morbid sense of humor. Fortuneately, wounds heal, but my scars still
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638 remain upon me. Rejoice with what little you and I and everyone else
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639 has - oh! Need I mention that "New Left" is not what you are. Welcome
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640 to the only no-power party in the world: anarchism. Anarchism comes
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641 in different flavors, usually because people tend to be self-styled.
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642 "Left" usally implies socialism, "Right" implies totalitarianism, and
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643 "(colorful metaphor deleted)" is what anarchists say to both.
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644
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645 Or have they changed the rules?
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646
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647 (If you figure out that paradox, and you don't laugh, take out some
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648 time for an 'attitude' adjustment.)
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649
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650 To the new faces on the board - hello. I am Hagbard Celine (with
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651 appologies to Robert Anton Wilson). Occationally I will appear hear
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652 to goad others into confronting existence, or to weep over something
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653 trivial, or to simply open my mouth and spill words onto a worn
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654 keyboard. My mind is viewed as "conservative" by liberals and
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655 "liberal" by conservatives, and simply "weird" to my friends. My
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656 "character" on this board is a young white male, 200lbs, dark hair/eyes
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657 wearing bhuddist (got it right this time) robes and floating through
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658 air. A simple "charactature" indeed.
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659
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660 To Friar: my best wishes; I can not lend you my patience, but I
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661 sense your upcoming plight. May your family be happy, and your
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662 time as bountiful as the Magik Sac you carry. I know you will never
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663 read this message (for lack of time and the impending New Disk),
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664 but my hopes go to you.
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665
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666 To Everyone:
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667
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668 Well, what are you waiting for? Can't sit around all evening and
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669 be remorseful because the Writing has stopped - c'mon, you've only
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670 a life to live, use it now! Shall I prepare a set of guidelines for
|
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671 a short interactive story? Kurfur, where are you? There's ALWAYS
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672 ale to have.
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673 Yes, Real Life is "a reel bummer, mann, like, a drag, ya know?" -
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674 But when life bites my behind I simply YELL RIGHT BACK. So waht
|
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675 (oops) what if everyone else is rich or powerful; they're full of
|
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676 It to begin with. Money is a Drug, a REAL Drug. The user becomes
|
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677 hooked, panics when it is low, and can even die from withdrawl.
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678 Sure, it's nice to have SOME, but all of it is "beyond the
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679 Ludicrous Zone". Power is a brain game that people CHOOSE to believe.
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680 Bullets may kill you, but you CHOOSE to obey a armed person.
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681 Ack!!! Min minden ist dumbkopften und deranged, us vell us
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682 ust pain supid.
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683
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684 Sorry folks, got on a roll but forgot to get off.
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685
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686 Hagbard Celine, deranged Guru
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687
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688 {}
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689
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043=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 11/08/89 01:27 Msg:4550 Call:25270 Lines:9
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690 *%@*)@#)(!@_)!@($_)$!@)$_+!$(_)!($!_)+@$_~($%)_@*%^)_$*^_)(^)_$#(^#)(|~)@(%_)$(
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691 Astral Twit, er Dreamer : Indeed Hello! We wouldn't want you adding more twitly
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692 messages on this fine system now, would we. I mean what were you going to do?
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693 ZZTOP RULES isn't twitly anymore. Instead that sacred phrase has climbed to
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694 the realm of high comedy. Fake a ZOD message? Only a REAL twit would do that,
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695 and I think you are merely a lonely person who just wants someone to talk to.
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696 Not a bad thing in itself, but if you push something, generally the opposite
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697 of what you desire will happen...
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698 *%)_@%_#)@%*)_@#%*(_@)#*%_)@*%@)_*% L'homme sans Parity *_@)#%)#(%@_)#(%@#_)%@
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044=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/08/89 14:42 Msg:4551 Call:25284 Lines:20
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699 &*&*&*&*'s
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700 Ok, now I feel human! :-)
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701
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702 Its sort of sad that I had to threaten to be a twit to get any attention. Not
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703 that I was ever very serious about that.
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704
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705 So, no more ramblings about '386 sx's from me, I'll just sit back and listen.
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706 And if I ever get in the right mood perhaps I'll write a story or two.
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707
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708 It was good to hear from you Hagbard.
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709
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710 Congrats to Friar and family.
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711
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712 I'd be an anarchist, but I don't think most people can handle it. (We don't
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713 do well with the relative simplicty of the governmental form in America.
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714 )
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715
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716 An Astral Dreamer
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717 &*&*&*&*'s
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718
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045=Usr:13 voyeur 11/09/89 00:16 Msg:4552 Call:25297 Lines:84
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719 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al
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720
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721 As Monticelli left the room, Albright prepared for the influx of
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722 light that would define the shadowy edges of the room. but when the door
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723 behind him was opened the only thing that flowed in was more darkness, if
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724 that was possible. Nor did any wayward sounds find their way to his
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725 straining ears. No trains or voices or shuffling feet to clue his
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726 location; and no light to reveal the little glass observation window he
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727 knew was there.
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728 Without preliminaries McQueen launched into her monologue. She
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729 described how their organization, known as "George", had been founded by
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730 a former head of British intelligence as a means of circumventing the
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731 limitations associated with official status. When drastic measures were
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732 required, he could employ George, his private, unofficial agency, to
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733 produce results with impunity and secrecy.
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734 Inevitably this arrangement made the founder vulnerable because,
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735 where his security was based on secrecy, so, too, was the means of his
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736 destruction. Inasmuch as he was George's sole link to any set of
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737 acknowledged social guidelines or legal authority, and since it was
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738 impossible for him to avail upon that authority to constrain the organ-
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739 ization's activities without revealing his own improprieties, he became a
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740 captive of the same body he had created.
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741 Of course they didn't simply do away with their "leader" - instead
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742 they turned him into a marionette, maintaining a considerable influence
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743 over British Intelligence.
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744 "You mean you don't represent or serve any government? You just do
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745 whatever you want?" Albright asked in disbelief.
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746 "Not exactly. You might say we represent western interest in
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747 general. The internal dynamics of the agency are sufficient to police our
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748 own activities. Our current structure will be described to you at the
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749 proper time, but for now it will suffice to point out that the original
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750 George operatives were carefully screened for their political philosophies,
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751 so they were naturally inclined to strive for something resembling western
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752 ideals. We keep each other in line."
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753 Albright mocked, "They were obviously screened very carefully."
|
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754 "Mr. Albright," McQueen said, "You yourself have argued that the
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755 attaining of power, even in a dictatorial sense, is not intrinsically
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756 evil, or even immoral. Those George agents simply found themselves in a
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757 position where they could make an impact. Their founder in British
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758 Intelligence had made George moderately self-sufficient to avoid the
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759 dangers that day-to-day administrative correspondence would have created.
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760 They took advantage of his forced distance. I daresay you would have done
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761 the same thing in their position."
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762 "Something puzzles me, McQueen." Albright said, "How could the
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763 head of a major intelligence agency be so foolish as to create a self-
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764 sufficient organization of spies and expect to maintain control over it?
|
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765 He had to realize that he was eroding his own foundation by making himself
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766 unnecessary."
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767 "Not quite." McQueen replied, with a non-specific pointing motion.
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768 "He had created all of the peripheral machinery necessary to an independent
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769 organization, but not the means of coordinating it. That privilege he
|
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770 reserved for himself.
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771 "You see, there was not one man in George who knew more than ten
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772 percent of the agency's members. Most knew only an immediate few. George
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773 was broken into a collection of specialized units that could communicate
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774 only through the head man. For instance, one section was in charge of
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775 operating the covert operations that generated funds for the entire agency.
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776 They had money, but no way to use it. Other units were organized into
|
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777 discrete channels of espionage and communication. They had minimal funds
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778 and no way to contact other units.
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779 "When unneeded, George would lie in a sort of torpor -- quietly
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780 storing funds and maintaining contacts. Then, in the event of a crisis,
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781 it could be thrown into gear, with the head man tying all the channels
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782 together. If the crisis was extended or complicated, he could assemble
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783 tempory short-circuits where his role was bypassed, but in the end the
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784 members of different units would never know the identities of their
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785 counterparts in other units. Theoretically."
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786 "Meaning they eventually short-circuited the system for good."
|
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787 Albright said, framing his question in the form of a statement.
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788 "A few ambitious agents did," McQueen confirmed. "It was
|
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789 essential that the leader take himself out of the comm-loop at times to
|
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790 avoid being discovered by the official British agency. But the more
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791 contact the different units had with each other, the harder it became for
|
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792 the leader to eradicate the consequent residue. By the time he realized
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793 there was a problem, he was completely isolated -- at the mercy of a fully
|
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794 autonomous George."
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795 The room was quiet for a few moments as the questions coalesced in
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796 Albright's mind. He needed to know he wasn't being duped into betraying
|
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797 his country for a bunch of barely-credible lies. Yes, it was time to
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798 choose a course.
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799
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800 Albright
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801 Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al*Al
|
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802
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046=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 11/09/89 12:02 Msg:4553 Call:25303 Lines:1
|
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803 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
|
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047=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 11/09/89 12:33 Msg:4554 Call:25306 Lines:48
|
|
804 696969696969
|
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805 So...let's see if I've got it straight... For the last 8
|
|
806 years (or longer?), the EPA has essentially done nothing, and had no funds
|
|
807 even if it wanted to clean the environment up; The CIA has been importing and
|
|
808 selling drugs with some of the largest drug dealers in the world, subverting
|
|
809 "free and democratic" elections, selling arms and other material in exchange
|
|
810 for hostages and to profit a few rich arms dealers, lying to Congress; HUD wa
|
|
811 giving taxpayers' money to Reagan/Bush croenies while the poor slept on heatin
|
|
812 grates, and the FDA was being bribed to approve drugs...What a great country
|
|
813 this must be. Might make some folks want to protest and perhaps burn the
|
|
814 symbol of all this greed and stupidity. BUT the same DESPOTS we would
|
|
815 burn the flag to protest, would take away our right of free expression......
|
|
816
|
|
817 "On the blind side and down the back ways The roots of sadness crawl...
|
|
818 When you can't get what you need, You feel like taking a torch to it all.
|
|
819 All the sweet talk makes a bitter man. You can feel the darkness rise.
|
|
820 Sometimes you don't know what you're fighting for, You don't know who it is
|
|
821 you despise.
|
|
822 I am the Halleluiah Man, break all the rules, I'm the King of
|
|
823 Fools. I'm the renegade, in this greytown And I'll do ANYTHING to bring a
|
|
824 government down. I am the Halleluiah Man, yes, my friends, I've been born
|
|
825 again. I'm the Black Sheep, who, while the shepards sleep Will do ANYTHING
|
|
826 to bring a government down.
|
|
827 In a coat of a thousand colours and a star-spangled Cadillac He picked up a
|
|
828 rodeo Queen with whiplash marks all over his back: "When dreams don't become
|
|
829 their people, People become their dreams." He didn't understand at the time,
|
|
830 But now he knows exactly what it means...
|
|
831
|
|
832 They said, "Watch out boy, be careful where you tread. Your're throwing away
|
|
833 all that beautiful bread." He slept outside until the world opened up, They'v
|
|
834 got to understand he's a Halleluiah Man. He built himself a prison, he knew
|
|
835 he had to escape. Some worlds are together by steel, Some worlds are held
|
|
836 together by cellophane tape. He was drifting thru the sharks' teeth He always
|
|
837 paid his dues. When something told him he had nothing, that's when he knew
|
|
838 He had NOTHING TO LOSE. He says,
|
|
839 "I am the Halleluiah Man,
|
|
840 break all the rules, I'm the King of Fools I'm the Renegade, in the greytown
|
|
841 And I'll do ANYTHING to bring a government down." I am the Halleluiah Man, ye
|
|
842 my friends, I've been born again I'm the Black Sheep, while the shepards sleep
|
|
843 I'LL DO ANYTHING TO BRING THIS GOVERNMENT DOWN.
|
|
844
|
|
845 "When dreams don't become their people, People become their dreams"
|
|
846 He didn't understand at the time, but now he know exactly what it means."
|
|
847 ---James Grant
|
|
848
|
|
849 696969696969696969
|
|
850 "...Too tired to think..."
|
|
851
|
|
048=Usr:29 The Bard 11/09/89 14:09 Msg:4555 Call:25316 Lines:2
|
|
852 Well, I'm off to ORYCON. See you at the Filksinging....
|
|
853 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
049=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 11/09/89 21:36 Msg:4556 Call:25340 Lines:6
|
|
854 *%)(*%@#)(*%@()#_%*_#)@(%@#)_(%_)@(_)@#%_++_@#%(@_)*%)_@%(*@#_)%@_)#(%@_)#*$@)_
|
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855
|
|
856 Bard: Not bloody likely, but have a good time anyway, and be sure to report
|
|
857 and good gossip or scandals you catch wind of...
|
|
858
|
|
859 *%@_(%*)_@(_)($@)_#(%@)_(%@)_#%(@)_% L'homme sans Parity (*@)_($)_!(!_))_#@%()_
|
|
050=Usr:366 berney dunn 11/10/89 13:13 Msg:4557 Call:25361 Lines:5
|
|
860 Cistop:
|
|
861 are you or are you related to the Michael Day speaking on
|
|
862 compuserve for Borland I. a.k.a Turbo?
|
|
863 (Or is this a private question?)
|
|
864 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
|
051=Usr:4 Milchar 11/10/89 20:58 Msg:4558 Call:25370 Lines:8
|
|
865 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|
866 Greetings all, 'tis been a while since I last stopped by. I notice
|
|
867 a few new faces (hi there!) a few familiar ones, and one or two
|
|
868 mysterious ones lurking in the background.
|
|
869 Bard: What, a Con in Portland and you didn't tell me? That's three
|
|
870 years now I've missed it. Harumph.
|
|
871 And L5 code too? My, what are things coming to.... :-)
|
|
872 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|
052=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 11/11/89 01:06 Msg:4559 Call:25376 Lines:6
|
|
873 Am I the Michael Day on Compuserve? No, that's my evil twin "Skippy"
|
|
874 <grin> Any resembalance is purely intentional. He only comes out when
|
|
875 I drink too much of the dreaded VOL. However a couple of cans of Jolt
|
|
876 usually puts him back in his place. ;-)
|
|
877 (Or to put it more succinctly, Yes it tis I. A little fame, but no fortune.)
|
|
878 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
|
|
053=Usr:4 Milchar 11/11/89 18:11 Msg:4560 Call:25393 Lines:3
|
|
879 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|
880 At the current CI$ rates, it would seem to me a fortune is involved... :-)
|
|
881 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|
054=Usr:4 Milchar 11/12/89 00:58 Msg:4561 Call:25399 Lines:16
|
|
882 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
|
|
883 A few droplets of rain spent themselves upon a window pane,
|
|
884 punctuating the faint hum of a computer terminal that illuminated an
|
|
885 otherwise dark study. A man, sitting alone at the terminal, taps out
|
|
886 a last instruction on the keyboard.......
|
|
887 <cmd: > ENCRYPT AND TRANSMIT
|
|
888 ATEEH [Y@D@ ]B@P[ EMYZG DXKLA TEEF] KBMH] B@P[U NIYFJ [STDA RGJ]C YDAYW
|
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889 HXKTN UYPZB RFNIW VZNQ@ F@Z@Z BPMAI IFJ\K ULUYW HHCMM EYWFZ KOMXP F^]KT
|
|
890 MQTV\ YINAT E@ZBP @@@@@
|
|
891 <mesg rcvd comset cntrl, end trans.>
|
|
892 Finished, he leans back and contemplates the future. Was he
|
|
893 to be re-activated? If malevolent forces moved on the Earth, then he
|
|
894 would have a job to do-- but was he ready to face that kind of
|
|
895 responsibility again? If not, then who would oppose those who wrought
|
|
896 destruction?
|
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897 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
|
|
055=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/12/89 19:05 Msg:4562 Call:25402 Lines:10
|
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898 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
899 The wind outside was a cool one. The wanderer sat at his usual table staring
|
|
900 moodily at the fire. The past year had been a stressfull one. He had gone from
|
|
901 the highest peeks of hapiness to the lowest valey of despair. He hoped that
|
|
902 the rapidly approaching new year would bring with it somthing of the dull
|
|
903 sameness that had pervaded many of the previous years of his life.
|
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904
|
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905 An Astral Dreamer
|
|
906 &*&*&*&*'s
|
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907
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056=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 11/12/89 21:11 Msg:4563 Call:25406 Lines:21
|
|
908 ***********************************************************************
|
|
909 Howdy Milch! Still around I see... Along with MM....
|
|
910
|
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911 Germany: I'm still amazed by it all... Decades of isolationism being
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|
912 torn down and thrown away in a matter of hours and days. I watch the
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|
913 people celebrating their new found freedom, and I can't help but feel
|
|
914 happy for them. I do hope it lasts and that we can count the new
|
|
915 country amoung our friends. I wish them good luck in their new direction.
|
|
916 May it bring health and happiness.
|
|
917
|
|
918 As I watch, I am reminded of an eagle breaking out of its shell.
|
|
919 Pecking away at the shell that surrounds it. Repeatedly hammering away
|
|
920 until the shell lays in pieces and it is exposed to the world, free
|
|
921 from its prison. Screaming for freedom, finally to achieve it and
|
|
922 being almost overwhelmed by the outside world. No way to go back,
|
|
923 no way to hide within the shell anymore. Breathing life into lungs
|
|
924 that never breathed before. Yelling out for food. Hollering for
|
|
925 its own place in the world.
|
|
926 Soon that eagle will spead its wings and take it's deserved place
|
|
927 in the world. I wish you well Germany. May you achieve all you desire.
|
|
928 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
|
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057=Usr:46 BRUCE CLARK 11/13/89 17:22 Msg:4564 Call:25432 Lines:5
|
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929
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930
|
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931 KD647 HHD53 JJD6D 5442D 777D4 JJWT8
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932
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933
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058=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/14/89 08:14 Msg:4565 Call:25446 Lines:13
|
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934 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
935 I'm happy for the germans and the rest of eastern Europe, but I just can't
|
|
936 help but think that it is still a possibility that those with the stalinist
|
|
937 attitude will return to power. Remember China? Remember Tiamen square? I
|
|
938 HOPE it doesn't happen in europe, because if it does things will be much
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|
939 worse.
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940
|
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941 Being small minded should be a crime. Being in a position of power and small
|
|
942 minded should be a capitol offense.
|
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943
|
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944 An Astral Dreamer
|
|
945 &*&*&*&*'s (I dare you to enter somthing. Now that you'v scared away the News.)
|
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946
|
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059=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 11/14/89 16:20 Msg:4566 Call:25454 Lines:2
|
|
947 The news hasn't been scared away...it has been censored.
|
|
948
|
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060=Usr:29 The Bard 11/15/89 02:03 Msg:4567 Call:25461 Lines:14
|
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949 Milchar: the con is *always* on the Veteran's day weekend. You just need to
|
|
950 mark your calendar. Or drop by the PorSFiS meeting this Saturday and buy your
|
|
951 memberships for both OryCon *and* for the WesterCon that'll be here 4th of July
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952 weekend.
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953
|
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954 News: The news has not been censored. No one has told you that you can not say
|
|
955 something. The sysop is merely excercising *editorial* control over how much
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956 can be entered on *his* system. You want to post megabytes of (illegally
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957 reproduced!) news, put up your own BBS. Freedom of the press doesn't mean that
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|
958 any paper has to print anything you submit. It means that they are free to
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959 print anything *they* want to print. If they won't print your material, that
|
|
960 isn't censorship. If *someone else* tells them that they can't print your
|
|
961 material *OR THAT THEY MUST PRINT IT* that is censorship.
|
|
962 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
061=Usr:4 Milchar 11/15/89 11:59 Msg:4568 Call:25463 Lines:4
|
|
963 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|
964 Bard: I wasn't aware it was always the same weekend. That clears up a few
|
|
965 matters... well, I can always wait until next time I suppose.
|
|
966 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++ 11/15/89 ++++++++++++++++++
|
|
062=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/15/89 19:49 Msg:4569 Call:25468 Lines:9
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967 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
968 An now, THE DISK THAT WOULDN'T END.
|
|
969
|
|
970 (Not quite an exhortation to fill the disk.)
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971
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972 An Astral Dreamer (Filler is still better then nothing. Atleast it takes up
|
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973 space.)
|
|
974 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
975
|
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063=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 11/15/89 21:07 Msg:4570 Call:25470 Lines:24
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976 Bard: It seems to me that if some have essentially unlimited access to a
|
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977 public medium, and others are limited because others disagree with what they
|
|
978 are saying on that public medium, that is censorship. As to whether the
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979 so-called "news" posting are legal or not, that has not been decided by anyone,
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980 let alone any court with jusidiction over this board. Anyone who took the time
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981 and effort to actually read what is posted between the "69" border would soon
|
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982 realize that very little is actually straight news copy, and historically a
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983 great deal of comment has accompanied those that are. Unfortunatly, some folks
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984 have trouble distinguishing fiction from reality, perhaps due to the times we
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985 live in, and the fact that the news media themselves seem to be having a
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986 certain amount of trouble with it themselves. It is interesting that without
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987 the "news" postings the progress of Backwater has ground almost to a halt. So
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988 what great literary work is it displacing? Encrypted messages with no key?
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989 It is also interesting to me that the "news" posting went on for several months
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990 with no comment and little response from anyone, until one day some unkind
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991 words were said about someone or something that touched a bare nerve of a few
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992 callers. They didn't want to read the truth, or be confronted with the absurd-
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993 ity of the current administration, or something, and began to squawk about it.
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994 A not untypically Bush/Reagan Republican response to reality. (Or was it?)
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995 Just because a posting says AP or UPI in it, doesn't necessarily mean that was
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996 its source. Where's your critical appraisal of what you read? Do you believe
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997 everything you see posted on a fiction-oriented BBS? Do you believe everything
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998 your read in the newspaper? Do you believe everything you see on television?
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999 As "Cub" Houck said: I'm innocent, because I say so.
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