[CTRL] China responds

2002-09-20 Thread daVinci
-Caveat Lector- [Off a forum at HiCow.com Seems to be exerpted out of MSNBC] ... Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2002 1:25 am The Chinese and U.S. military are engaged in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse just off the coast of China, NBC News has learned. China is accusing a U.S. survey vessel off its

[CTRL] Patriot boomers: 'There's always panhandling.'

2002-03-24 Thread Alex daVinci
-Caveat Lector- ' http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnists/jack_z_smith/2911743.htm Dallas Fort Worth Star-Telegram Posted Fri, Mar. 22, 2002 Lockboxed in Jack Z. Smith Remember the Social Security "lockbox" that President Bush and many members of Congress promised not to raid when

[CTRL] We don't want to scare you, but...

2002-02-20 Thread Alex daVinci
-Caveat Lector- [No such worries Stateside. How nice. ] http://www.observer.co.uk/cash/story/0,6903,651342,00.html Retirement's no joke We don't want to scare you, but... Britain's pension system is in a mess, leaving millions to face an unhappy retirement. Maria Scott reports Sunday February

[CTRL] Bush soft on Koizumi: U.S. needs capital

2002-02-20 Thread Alex daVinci
-Caveat Lector- ' http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=202015 Bush soft on Koizumi because U.S. needs capital: Times Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 18:00 JST LONDONU.S. President George W Bush did not press Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday to revive the Japa