2008/9/25 Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > >> Jon Louis Mann wrote: >> >>> >>> We need another FDR to >>> start up some a new CCC, WWW etc. >>> >>> What are those AFTs? CCC is Brazil was "Comando de Caça aos Comunistas" >> (hint: Caça = Hunt, the other words are the same in English). And >> WWW sounds terribly like WWIII... I hope I don't preach the same >> solution to 29, meaning a WW? (OTOH, it might not be so bad... Billions >> dead in the first minutes, and let the survivors think how to >> manage the remains of the scorched Earth). >> > > CCC = Civilian Conservation Corps > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps > > WWW? Dunno. Did Jon mean WPA? That would be Works Progress > Administration. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration > > The umbrella label for the whole thing was the New Deal. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_deal if you want to read more about > various "alphabet soup" programs.... > > Julia > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > > Maybe he meant IWW, International Workers of the World aka "Wobblies". OTOH, maybe he meant Wicked Witch of the West or Weasley's Wizard Wheezes
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