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Post #50,630
by Brandioch
9/5/02 12:56:01 PM
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New Reasons to believe that it isn't true.
Our intelligence organizations did NOT know how badly off the Russian economy was.

We running massive red ink then, also. If we had kept it up, we might have been the ones bankrupt.
Post #50,656
by wharris2
9/5/02 4:04:44 PM
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New (cynical) Doesn't matter anyway
We running massive red ink then, also. If we had kept it up, we might have been the ones bankrupt.

Back when we were running our (largely imaginary) surplus, everyone and his dog in Congress was falling all over themselves trying to get their own particular brand of pork into any and every bill. Business as usual, regardless of who had control of which branch of government.
The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
     Some thoughts on Bush admin & tactics - (dmarker2) - (19) - Sept. 5, 2002, 12:15:19 AM EDT
         The problem with that theory - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - Sept. 5, 2002, 01:02:03 AM EDT
             Reasons to believe that it isn't true. - (Brandioch) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2002, 12:56:01 PM EDT
                 (cynical) Doesn't matter anyway - (wharris2) - Sept. 5, 2002, 04:04:44 PM EDT
         Soviet Communism collapsed by itself, shortly after... - (marlowe) - (15) - Sept. 5, 2002, 09:10:41 AM EDT
             Re: What a wonderful compacted view you have of the world .. - (dmarker2) - (13) - Sept. 5, 2002, 09:24:41 AM EDT
                 Er.. - (Ashton) - (10) - Sept. 5, 2002, 06:50:37 PM EDT
                     Re: Human Events (or was that Humourous Even) - (dmarker2) - (9) - Sept. 6, 2002, 03:33:46 AM EDT
                         Yup, Mourning Becomes Elektra - (Ashton) - (8) - Sept. 6, 2002, 05:19:18 AM EDT
                             Question for Doug and Ashton. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Sept. 6, 2002, 11:08:34 PM EDT
                                 ?!? - (Ashton) - (4) - Sept. 6, 2002, 11:53:37 PM EDT
                                     Maybe it's simple. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 8, 2002, 05:04:58 PM EDT
                                     Check out "Atlas Shrugged" for an example of Communist - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Sept. 9, 2002, 02:10:56 PM EDT
                                         Such as we are - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 9, 2002, 08:03:53 PM EDT
                                             Even before we go inventing luxuries, - (Arkadiy) - Sept. 9, 2002, 09:47:58 PM EDT
                             Feel sorry for her - (JayMehaffey) - Sept. 8, 2002, 08:38:59 PM EDT
                             Re: Yup, Mourning Becomes Elektra - (deSitter) - Sept. 10, 2002, 04:13:59 PM EDT
                 I'm sure you could think as clearly as I, if you only dared. - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 9, 2002, 12:33:24 PM EDT
                     Let's not totally defile the word 'clarity' - shall we not? - (Ashton) - Sept. 9, 2002, 01:59:32 PM EDT
             But there is a moral difference - (mhuber) - Sept. 11, 2002, 03:12:51 AM EDT

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