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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Very interesting, Joan. I’ll
simply quit my day job, donate my monthly retirement pension to ex-President
George Bush Sr.’s “Kinder, Gentler America” campaign, salvage
a couple good sized cardboard boxes from behind Safeway, and hit the streets
with my significant other.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And to think of the fortunate unemployed
homeless citizens of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
(that Pat Kraut considers so lucky) that do not pay income or property taxes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>PS – This must be the greatest
country on the planet. For the past three years we have managed to
survive, in spite of having an alcoholic coke-head president with an IQ of ten.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Joan Opyr<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 10, 2004
3:05 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Vision2020 Moscow<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] I want some
of what Dick Cheney's smoking.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Big news! The economy for second-hand
shit is booming! Quick, Mr. and Mrs. Unemployed, get
that Hummel collection out of Grandma's attic and log onto the Internet!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Now we know. Dick inhaled.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Joan Opyr/Auntie Established <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>From:
<a href="http://www.salon.com">http://www.salon.com</a><br>
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</span></font><font size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><!-- Headline -->Cheney:
economic stats miss EBay sales</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
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<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Sept.
10, 2004 | </span></font><!-- end default pre content -->Indicators
measure the nation's unemployment rate, consumer spending and other economic
milestones, but Vice President Dick Cheney says it misses the hundreds of
thousands who make money selling on eBay. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"That's
a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago," Cheney told an audience in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place></st1:City> on Thursday.
"Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>San Jose,
Calif.-based EBay Inc. is an Internet auction site where anyone can sell just
about anything, including clothing, cell phones, jewelry, memorabilia, trinkets
and automobiles. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Democratic
vice presidential candidate John Edwards responded that Cheney's comments show
how "out of touch" he and President Bush are with the economy. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"If
we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands,
this economy would really be cooking," Edwards said in a statement. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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