From: Bill Lucy 

Out of darkness, Geo. says...
adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com> wrote in message
> news:3e101cc7{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > A) Most of this is assertion. If the intel is so good then where is Bin
> > Laden?
>
> Saudi Arabia

Could you tell me where? I need a little extra money for this year and next.


> > B) Iran is full of Afghans running from the fighting (milllions of them).
> > The phrase needle in a haystack comes to mind
>
> Gee the Afghans didn't have any problem telling the difference between an
> Afghan and an Arab. The Arabs were the dead ones.

Iranians aren't Arab. You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between
a Persian and an Afghan in many places.

> > C) While there may be officials sympathetc too & aiding in
this process it
> > isn't iranian policy.
>
> I think the real question is who is in control.

That appears to be in doubt. Students in Iran are protesting daily against
the mullahs, Khamenei in particular. 2/3 of the parliament and the
executive are in the
hands of moderates.

> > However there is
> > 0 sign that the Gov of Iran supports Al-Qaeda.
>
> Being neutral isn't going to make much difference, Bush said it quite
> clearly, either with us or against us.

Iran is not neutral. Other than some statements by Khamenei and Karzai,
most of what is coming out of Iran is anti Al-Qaeda.

> Lets look at all six depressions:
>
> 1873-79 Ulysses S. Grant (1869-77) term limit,  Rutherford B. Hayes
> (1877-81)
> 1893-97 Grover Cleveland (1893-97)
> 1907-08 Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09) term limit
> 1920-21 Woodrow Wilson (1913-21) term limit
> 1929-33 Calvin Coolidge (1923-29) Herbert Hoover (1929-33)
> 1937-38 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-45) term limit

First, there have been anywhere from 4-10 economic depressions in the U.S. since
the founding of the country, depending upon who you listen to. The following are
mine.

The first significant one that I can think of was after Andrew Jackson's
Specie Circular in 1837 (no money supply = depression).

The second was the 1873 depression (too much paper money, Jay Cooke &
Co. failure).
The Specie Resumptive Act (paper money for gold) brought us out by 1875.

The third was the 1893 depression (first industrial depression, too many
workers/too little work) brought the triumph of investment bankers (J.P.
Morgan, et
al)

The fourth was in 1907 (again too much paper money). This one resulted in the Owen-
Glass Act, creating the Federal Reserve.

And then, the Great Depression, which had so many components (investment,
speculation, bank failures, Dust Bowl, etc.) that it's not easy to place
blame or
credit on anyone.

I would disagree with the assertion that the 1920-21 period was a depression. Most
economists would say it was a recession, very similar to many post-war recessions.

> > People vote with their wallets more than you would like to believe.
>
> I do believe people vote with their wallets, but then why was Roosevelt
> re-elected?

Because he provided jobs and money.

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