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It's hard, really, to repeat it so many times. Write or call the Fox Channel and ask them for the Rita Cosby interview with the Jewish Nazi SS officer.
Take many pills before you do that. It's shocking. Or even better, look for the book. There's a whole book in the libraries in the United States which talks about it.

The Spaniards have been trying for the past 40 years, or more. No success so far. Buildings are still being blown up, and the Basques are killing, from time to time, Spanish citizens.
The war on terror is a very difficult war. It has been going on in Europe for a long, long time. It is not a one year event, and then politicians can claim victory. The best example would be Spain and the Basques. Do some reading about it. Or Italy and the Red Brigades. Or the IRA and Ireland and the UK. It goes on and on.

No, Tasha is not a Muslim. I haven't even talked to a Muslim in the past year or two. But they say, if people don't know what to say, they'll fantasize.

You're not going to hear anything from Muslims. They're waiting to be attacked, they want to be victims. Then every newspaper in Europe will call America a Nazi country. Many of them are already doing it. They hope this will destroy President Bush and his administrtaion. It's a poker game. If we make a mistake, we will lose Wall Street, trade, wealth, and leadership.

Not that long ago on the Fox Channel, Rita Cosby interviewed a Jewish SS officer, and the author of a book who claimed that 100,000 Jews were serving in the Nazi army.

What you wrote doesn't make any sense. I'll make my point clear: There is no religion (or nationality) responsible for terrorism. Terrorism is an act. It does not belong to any particular religion or race. That's about all you can say. Anything else is just repetition.
And by the way, if you think you have a million men, that's what they told clinton after Waco. He said, what? A million cowards? Not on of them will do anything. He was wrong; one idiot blew up the Oklahoma City building, and he was a terrorist. But he wasn't Muslim. He was a homegrown, American coo coo.

I am far from being anti-Jewish, or anti-Arab. I'm really tired of pictures of dying people in that part of the world. And the only thing that I pray for is peace.

There wasn't a country yet which could warranty 100 percent security to their citizens. And even if you lock up every Muslim in America, that wouldn't warranty 100 percent security. Nor would it make America more safe. There will be other groups, and before you know it, you're in a giant camp.Just put the barb wire around and call the guards.

Just how much have you read of the history, ideology, and practice of Islam in the world?

I have studied the history of Islam, just about from the beginning. Basically I was interested about what happened to Ishmael, after he left with his Egyptian slave. So I did lots of research and study and tried to read the old Hebrew writings.
In the beginning there were two brothers, Isaac and Ishmael. Abraham was their father. Yes, I did lots of studying and I'm deeply saddened that the descendents of the two brothers can't talk to each other. I wouldn't judge either of them. I pray that they will get together, find some common ground and start talking peace. Maybe some day the Almighty will hear my prayers. You never know. He works in mysterious ways.

We cannot judge people's spirits. The only one who can look into man's soul is the Lord. If anyone is a terrorist, Muslim or not, they shall be dealt with and disposed of. But we cannot judge a man by religion or nationality, if they are a terrorist or not. The Spanish Basques are one of the most aggressive European terrorist groups, and they are Christians. Terrosrism doesn't have a nationality or religion. Terrorism is an act, not a state of mind.

I don't know, but this board is becoming saturated with extremists. I don't know where they came from, or what rock they crawled from, but believe me President Bush and his administration must stop this extremism, in either direction. I know that arrogant and uneducated people need someone to destroy and some books to burn, but this is getting unacceptable. Not all Muslims are terrorists. The Islamic religion is not America's enemy. And any of you who want to ruin this country, just propogate the idea that all Muslims are bad and Islam is our enemy, and watch the consequences. You will be the first ones crying the loudest.

No I am not exaggerating. Muslims are guarding almost every apartment complex in Chicago. By the way - read up on your geography - at this point Chicago is estimated at 5 million + citizens, that's including suburbs. In 1998 Farakhan and the Nation of Islam signed the largest security contract with the clinton administration. But my point is that not all Muslims are bad, and we are not fighting a war against Muslims or Islam. We are fighting the war against terrorists. That's the point I'm trying to make.

I think this is the end of our conversation. I don't stoop that low, to involve myself in conversations with cowards and intellectual midgets. That's about the end of it.

Round all Muslims in the USA up, put them in camps temporarily for a time, and then deport them back to Allahland. They hate us, they just take our money and use it to try to destroy the West and Israel.

When you guys do that don't forget to put on your brown uniforms, some kind of arm band would be good. Pictures of the fuehrer are always welcome. The phrases Fatherland and Homeland Forever can excite the crowd, burning pictures and screaming loud can move the crowd even further. But when you do that, there are poeple who won't be with you. But then after, they will sit and judge you the same way they judged the Nazis at Nuremburg.
History never teaches anyone anything, I guess. Muslims, Christians, and Jews have good and bad people and any of these religions could be directed toward hatred of each other. So far you're steering the Devil's soup and you want to start soem kind of civil war, American Muslims against the rest. Then I tell you - not all Muslims are terrorists and bad people. But when you put them in a corner, don't forget that in Chicago alone there are 300,000 Muslim security guards and many of them are not afraid of anything.
I will say stop bashing Muslims, because you are asking for big trouble. Much bigger trouble than you can probably hold.

By the way, if WorldCom directors and executives would have gone to the traders and told them the truth, I don't believe that even if they were losing money, and the business was unprofitable, they would be bankrupt. The truth and trust between stockholders and the executives and board of directors is the key to success. Not constant profit and perfect balance sheets. Anyone who knows anything about business knows that there are ups and downs. But anyone who thinks they're going to steal money from traders and live happily ever after must be really awfully stupid and deserves whatever punishment he or she gets. There is a difference between making money and stealing money.

Sorry for posting so many times, but the post button wasn't responding.

The millions they loaned officers were peanuts

WorldCom, itself, was peanuts. The problem is that when you cheat in gambling, you might end up getting killed. That is exactly what happened to WorldCom. There are traders who own so much stock in a company, it didn't cost them anything, you see they won. If they sell their stock, even decent, self-respecting companies will go bankrupt.
I'll put it another way: I own stock in a company. If the stock goes to zero, I'm still making $10 a share. But if the stock goes to one, credit to the company will be denied, and they're going bankrupt. So I own the bonds, in case I need to send the repo guys. Simple? If these guys lie to me, they are as good as bankrupt. And I'm still making money. That's the perspective of many traders.

The millions they loaned officers were peanuts

WorldCom, itself, was peanuts. The problem is that when you cheat in gambling, you might end up getting killed. That is exactly what happened to WorldCom. There are traders who own so much stock in a company, it didn't cost them anything, you see they won. If they sell their stock, even decent, self-respecting companies will go bankrupt.
I'll put it another way: I own stock in a company. If the stock goes to zero, I'm still making $10 a share. But if the stock goes to one, credit to the company will be denied, and they're going bankrupt. So I own the bonds, in case I need to send the repo guys. Simple? If these guys lie to me, they are as good as bankrupt. And I'm still making money. That's the perspective of many traders.

The millions they loaned officers were peanuts

WorldCom, itself, was peanuts. The problem is that when you cheat in gambling, you might end up getting killed. That is exactly what happened to WorldCom. There are traders who own so much stock in a company, it didn't cost them anything, you see they won. If they sell their stock, even decent, self-respecting companies will go bankrupt.
I'll put it another way: I own stock in a company. If the stock goes to zero, I'm still making $10 a share. But if the stock goes to one, credit to the company will be denied, and they're going bankrupt. So I own the bonds, in case I need to send the repo guys. Simple? If these guys lie to me, they are as good as bankrupt. And I'm still making money. That's the perspective of many traders.

No. Traders did. I will try to explain it to you very simply: The guy who ran WorldCom was a total moron. He protected himself with a golden parachute, plus millions of shares of WorldCom. The only effective way of punishment for lying and cooking books was to bankrupt the company. Too bad some decent and honest people lost tons of money.
Traders, most of the time, will go long in the bond, since it pays interest, and short in the stock, as insurance that they get paid. That way, traders didn't lose much money (if at all). The little guy, the pension funds, the 401Ks did. This is really sad. But this is the only way to show how real capitalism works. You lose my trust, and I will bankrupt you. If Wall Street doesn't shape up, it will become one giant WorldCom.