From: lucasea on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <45434375.F4DF501B(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Groundhog post - the WTC was not the centre of world trade. It was
>>> >named
> the
>>> >World Trade Center in the same manner that the World Series involves
>>> >very
>>> >few nations.
>>> >
>>> >A name is a name. Its function was different from what you seem to
>>> >imply
>>> >here.
>>>
>>> Are you talking about the restaurants and shops that provided
>>> services for the 50,000 (est.#) people who worked there?
>>
>>No. He's saying it was just a catchy name for a big office complex.
>
> Whose major business activities dealt with trade.

Yes, and exactly what has its loss done to world trade...actual, tangible
effects, please, not your worst-case fantasies.


>>There are 74 more World Trade Centers around the world including several
>>in
>>Muslim countries. However you've shown in a recent post that you don't
>>want
> to
>>see these.
>
> One down, 74 more to go. Take a look at the other targets. It has
> to do with trade.

Yeah, the USS Cole, the US Embassy, the London Underground...those are all
well-known bastions of world trade....


>>The NewYork WTC was *not* the centre of world trade !
>
> You certainly cannot comprehend that the WTC was a world trade
> center. I don't know what else I can write other than I told
> you so after the next mess happens.

You could write exactly what effect it had (real effects, no hypotheticals)
it had on actual world trade.

Eric Lucas


From: jmfbahciv on
In article <4543442A.FCBDD467(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Currently the US imports a lot of oil to run cars and the like. You
>> >can make automotive fuel from other things but the energy to do so is
>> >more than you get back. In a market where energy cost money, you will
>> >continue to use oil.
>> >
>> You people are not thinking! Scenario: oil imports stop.
>
>So who's going to be buying the oil instead of the USA ? Where did the oil go
?

If production hasn't been stopped, China, India, and parts of Europe
in exchange for capitulation.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <obidnWBJicNu_t7YRVnyhQ(a)pipex.net>,
"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>news:ehvga6$8qk_008(a)s964.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>> In article <45433F9F.F6808F39(a)hotmail.com>,
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [Clinton]
>>>> >(C)
>>>> >Pressed the Saudi government to reduce support for the Wahhabis. This
>>>> >I remember because it was a near perfect failure.
>>>>
>>>> I don't call asking a government to reduce support for its brand
>>>> of religion an effective action.
>>>
>>>It's not *its brand of religion* at all !
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabbi
>>>
>>>> That's spitting into a gale
>>>> force wind with expectations that you'll hit the sidewalk
>>>> a hundred miles away.
>>>
>>>How would you deal with it then ?
>>
>> I'd establish a nation with a capitalistic, representative democracy
>> with a secular education system mandatory for all residents
>> smack dab in the middle of that mess.
>
>Invade a sovereign nation. Remove that nations current government system and
>_force_ one upon the people. Force them to renounce their religious
>practices.
>
>That sounds real decent and righteous.
>
>
Wow. You should market your filter. I know a few politicians
that would love to hand them out before every speech.

/BAH
From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Jr30h.23211$6S3.10520(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>,

> The primary purpose of the occupants was global trade.

Certainly not all the occupants.

> This is
> the part of human society that keeps it functioning, growing,
> thriving. Remove that and you have a dark ages.

Do you know how many buildings the world over deal provide global trade
services? To remove "global trade" you would pretty much have to eliminate
90% of all trade buildings.


From: jmfbahciv on
In article <45435648.FD2B9A7(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Your pompousness aside, so what? It was just a couple of buildings
full
>> >> >of people, mostly Americans.
>> >>
>> >> The primary purpose of the occupants was global trade.
>> >
>> >Not especially. It was just a catchy name for a big office block.
>>
>> Yes. That is how the mayor got the building filled up; by attracting
>> businesses that dealt in world trade.
>
>Largely financial institutions as far as I know. That's not exclusively about
>world trade.

You overlooked the commodities and shipping businesses.


<snip>

/BAH