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On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote: I agree. This reminds me of something that Frances Uruqhart (sp?), played by Iain Richardson, said in "House of Cards." I don't have the exact quote, but he suggested that what the Europeans need is not a common currency, but a common language, namely English. :-) That sounds like what the U.S. needs as well, with all of the idiotic bizdroids over here bowing down to the speakers of Spanish. Even when calling the telephone company one has to "press 1 to hear this recording in English, or [some weird foreign sounding phrase with the word espanol in it]. Alas, Georgieporgie Dubya amBush isn't going to help things, as he appears to have the idea of transforming the U.S.A. into the U.S. of Mexican Jumping Beans (this probably has something to do with why they have cars modified to jump up and down on air-shocks in Mexico and California). -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.net 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.net beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.