Milne: "Don't worry, the leak is in steerage, the Main Salon is fine."

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Subject:Water In The Main Salon
Date:1999/09/29
Author:Paul Milne <fedinfo@halifax.com>
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I was readin some more newspaper articles who are so fond of quoting John Koskinen. i get reall tired of hearing himpoint the finger at foreign countries saying that domestically, we 'should' be alright, but there probably will be some problems overseas.
 
I know that many of you will be tired of the Titanic analogies, but here is one more.
 
"Captain Koskinen! We've struck an icberg and we're shipping water!"
 
"Don't worry, the leak is in steerage, the Main Salon is fine."
 
 
Koskinen is an idiot. We are inextricably linked to the global economy. The rest of the world is doing virtually nothing. When they go, we all go together. The water will reach the Main Salon soon enough.
 
 
Paul Milne
"If you live within 5 miles of a 7-11, you're toast"



-- a (a@a.a), September 30, 1999

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Koskinen isn't an idiot. He is a cagey and skillful propagandist, there's a difference.

I suspect that TPTB elites at the top have already written off large segments of the population. Good riddance, they're too hard to control anyway.

-- Forrest Covington (theforrest@mindspring.com), September 30, 1999.


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