Famine!
Arizona is now concerned about fuel prices.  We have several gas lines that come
from California and when the lights go out in California the gas stops pumping
into Arizona.
Maybe its a good thing I'm looking for work now,  I can conserve gas in my car
by not driving to a job!  :(

Joseph Rosenblatt wrote:

> History repeats itself over and over again. The threat of famine, in this
> case a power famine, brings out the deepest convictions of people. If the
> threat to ones possessions, life style or financial stability gets too
> great, the claws come out.
>
> This list is composed of highly intelligent people. I would venture to guess
> that most are well into the 80th percentile. So we can postulate that
> intelligence will not save us from the feeding frenzy to come.
>
> We are being told that the "liberal" teachers are the problem. These are the
> same teachers that have taught our children the Euro-Centric values we all
> believe to be "*gospel*." These are the same "liberal" teachers that have
> taught about the glory of war and lied about the exploitation of the down
> trodden. These are the same "liberal" teachers that have preserved the
> mediocrity of our society at the bidding of their corporate masters.
>
> History repeats itself. Now if we can just get rid of the liberals then ...
>
> In the words of Mort Saul. "If there is anyone I haven't offended I
> sincerely apologize."
>
> Joseph Rosenblatt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Dave Darnell
> Sent:   Monday, January 22, 2001 4:49 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: [HP3000-L] OT: rotating blackouts ordered for Northern
> California
>
> I'm with Wayne 100%, and despite pressure to the contrary, I don't feel the
> least bit guilty about it.  When will the viewpoints we tolerate in the name
> of political correctness include those such as Wayne expressed? Probably
> never, but that's not an impediment.
>
> -dtd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 2:18 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: OT: rotating blackouts ordered for Northern California
> >
> >
> > On the contrary, I think vouchers stand for the notion that
> > people who don't use
> > the public educational system shouldn't have to pay for it.
> > If I send my
> > children to private school, then I pay their tuition PLUS
> > paying for everyone
> > else's kids (with my taxes).  Rather than vouchers, I'd
> > prefer that families who
> > don't make use of public schools simply be exempted from
> > paying whatever
> > percentage of their taxes goes to fund education.
> >
> > I'm raising my children to believe that a commitment to
> > Biblical morality and
> > doctrine, and above all, a personal commitment to Jesus
> > Christ, are the most
> > important decisions they will ever make; that no success is
> > worth having unless
> > it is consistent with the Christian life; that the whole
> > point of existence is
> > to bring individuals into a closer relationship with God, and
> > that nothing that
> > does not contribute to that goal is, in the long run,
> > worthwhile.  It really
> > bothers me that not only must I send them to government-run
> > schools that try to
> > teach them the opposite of all this, but that I'm forced to
> > foot the bill for it
> > as well.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> on 01/22/2001 01:16:44 PM
> >
> > Please respond to [log in to unmask]
> >
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > cc:    (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec)
> >
> > Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] OT: rotating blackouts ordered for Northern
> >       California
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > In Kansas and Tennessee and Mississippi, Bush's education
> > agenda is being
> > primarily interpreted as the idea of school vouchers, which
> > is political code
> > for the notion that the US government (meaning all of us)
> > should pay for
> > their children to attend religious academies so that they
> > will not be exposed
> > to the corrupting ideas of modern science.
> >
> > [snip]
> >