Michael Cash wrote:
> On 3 Jul 2003 00:13:37 -0700, dvdfan9@hotmail.com (Ken) belched the
> alphabet and kept on going with:
<snip>
>>With its population of 280 million, the US contribution works out
>>to less than a dollar per person per year, for a country whose
>>GDP in 2001 was about USD 36000 per capita.
> 
> I want my dollar back.

In which case you might also want to get your yen based contributions 
back first. A slightly higher proportion of your current taxes paid in 
this country heads to the UN than would be the case if you were driving 
your truck in Sepponia.



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Don Quixote, and a quick listen to the CD of Man of La Mancha will take 
care of that. Who speaks it that you are really desperate to talk to? 
The help? Your leaf blower? Study French or German, where there are at 
least a few books worth reading, or if you're American, try English."

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