BF>> It's nothing wrong with the Norwegians, it's only fun to make fun of
 BF>> them.

 RN> I know the feeling well.  (-:

And they speek so funny.

 BF>> Don't know actually. It's such small country so we have to be nice to
 BF>> them.

 RN> Always a good idea.

And they make the best beer in the world.

 BF>> Yes, and if they should even take controll over our money, oh well.....

 RN> They'll give it a try, so be prepared.

England said no to Euro and there will be a popular vote here in autumn so....

 BF>> On TV they said that in Ireland the prices have increesed 300% since they
 BF>> joined EU and the Euro in 4 to 5 years ago and we don't want that to
 BF>> happend. A "normal" 2 family house in a normal
surroundings will cost for
 BF>> one family about 1.5 mil USD for one of the apartments. Huh....

 RN> WOW!

Even thow the intrest is low it is a helluva lot of money.

 RN>>> Not many Americans going to France, either.  Not after what they did.

 BF>> That must include Germany as well.

 RN> I think there is an allure to France that I never could understand.

France /is/ nice and so are Germany and I believe that the French are nicer then
the Germans.
We have many German tourists here and they act like they own the whole world.
They camp with their tents and caravans where they are not supposed to and litter
SO much that you wont believe it.
We have "all mans right" and that means that you can walk in the
woods, bath
everywhare and put up your tent where you don't disturb the habitants and/or
the wildlife but the Germans don't respect this and therefor they are not really
"welcome" since they are loud and don't take their trash with them.

 RN> Probably for the same reason that if I were to visit a country in Europe
 RN> and I had a choice between France and Germany, I'd choose Germany.  My
 RN> maternal grandparents came from there.  My paternal grandparents came from
 RN> England.

I would prefer France but I can't speek French so therefor I go to Greece.  :-)

 BF>> "Experts" are saying that he is still alive, somwhare in Iraq.

 RN> If he is, we'll find him.

I hope so.

 RN> Most people would like to see that situation resolved in the next five
 RN> minutes, without giving any consideration to the fact that the situation
 RN> over there is highly complicated.

It surly is. There are at least 7 different partys that wants to be in power and none
have any experience of democracy and how it works to live in peace.

 RN> First things first.  I think we'd rather solve the problems with them
 RN> through diplomacy rather than force.  Of course, then we'd have to
 RN> convince the Chinese government to give Tibet back to the Tibetans.

And North Koreans to give up their atomic program.

 RN> Those people have been at war for thousands of years.  I think the
 RN> Palestinians would like to rid the world of the Israelis, but that
 RN> wouldn't solve anything.  As long as Israel exists, the Arabs are going to
 RN> go on killing them and Israel is going to retaliate.  Too much hatred for
 RN> far too long between the two.

There have always existed a hate towards the jews since they are so good in
trading and making money. They can even sell their mother in order to make a $
and one historian have said that even Hitler did some good with the Holocaust,
otherwise the world had been rueled by the jews by now, but if he is right, we
never will know.

 RN> By keeping our eyes and ears open and being on guard as we now are.  As
 RN> for bothering us again, I don't believe anyone can make a promise that
 RN> they won't.

Don't bet on it.
Living in open countrys as we do, a terrorist can do almost as he please.

 BF>> It's the fanatics that are the worst and can strike all over the world at
 BF>> any time and they have proven they can.

 RN> It takes money and an organization to do that.  We, along with many other
 RN> countries, have stifled their supply of cash.

Temporaraly.

 RN> Whenever the voters threaten to vote them out of office if they don't do
 RN> their jobs.  It only remains for the voters to take an interest and
 RN> organize.  In unity there is strength.

And there the French are forrunners.
When something goes against the farmers they fill Paris with tractors and
cow-dunge.

 RN> That is a sticking point between me and my friend in New Zealand.  Many
 RN> wars have not been fought because of religion.  WWII comes to mind.  But
 RN> then, that's only my opinion.  He doesn't agree, which is why he and I,
 RN> and also you, get along so well together.  (-:

WWII started as a war against the jews with the Krystal-night.
I have never had something against a senible discussion and for all I care, you can
believe in what ever God you like, that doesn't disturb me as long as you don't want
me to believe in yours.
Anyway, I don't believe in any God att all, I put all my faith in myself
and that's enough
for me. I don't even are either blue or red, It's enough with a common sense.

 BF>> Yes. They are promissed heaven and before that they have even expiered it
 BF>> with drugs and wimman and beeing told that this is what's going to
 BF>> happend to you when you explode yourself. This has been told by some of
 BF>> the survivors. As I say, fanatics is the worse kind of people.

 RN> Not the sort of people you'd want to invite to your home for dinner, huh?
 RN> (-:

I don't know any fanatic so this is not a problem for me.

//Bj”rn

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