I'll bet you could sell a study of golf to the golf industry. Something pompous like, The Marginal Efficiency of Capital Investment in the Golf Industry: Based on the Marginal Propensity to Consume as Correlated to Environmental Factors. Your email pal Tom L. B.A. Michael Perelman wrote: > Jim Devine wrote: > > > As I drove to work this morning, listing to US Nationalist Public Radio, I > > was struck by the explanations given by the reporter, Silvia Pojoli (sp?), > > for the US/NATO bombing of the Serbian television station. Not only did it > > seem that she had abandoned journalistic standards in order to simply > > paraphrase NATO press releases, but it sure sounded like exactly the same > > rationalizations could be used to justify the bombing of NPR's > > headquarters. After all, NPR was being used to whip up popular support for > > a war and hatred, etc. > > > > I heard the same report as Jim. What struck me was weird similarity between > Serbian television, which reporter took to be out of line, and United States > reports. Serbian television outrageously compared Bill Clinton to Hitler. How > could that be? Slobo. is Hitler. Surely, they must be lying. > > > The problem is that golf > > courses take up tremendous amounts of real estate, closing off the ersatz > > natural beauty thus created to the general public. > > Golf courses employee an enormous amount of toxic materials, especially > pesticides and herbicides. > > > -- > > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chico, CA 95929 > 530-898-5321 > fax 530-898-5901