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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tony,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>You Write:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>“As an objective third party fresh
to this conflict, I would have to hand this round to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Wilson</st1:place></st1:City>. Chiming "April Fools"
under such circumstances doesn't ring true. "I was just kidding!"
sounds like the plea of someone caught in a fabrication. But perhaps you
were simply following the lead of liberal journalists who put their own views
and prejudices into print while attributing them to fictitious, "anonymous"
sources.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Michael Responds:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Well, I really don’t want to discuss this on Vision
2020; I and others have given a good deal of thought to the matter on
poohsthink.com just today. Folks would have to go get it straight from
the Wood in order to get the full context. Again, others are free to quote me
here as they see fit, but I am not the one linking to my web site here. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am truly surprised and a bit disturbed, Tony, that you
would claim here that I have lied. What evidence do you have for
this? Are you really suggesting that I was hoping to pull a big one on <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> with this post—but
shucks, I got caught red handed by someone demanding I keep his knowledge of my
crime private! : -) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As I pointed out on my Blog, even Dale knew I was “trying
to be funny,” as he posted on his own Blog. You continue to perplex
me Tony; I would like to meet you face to face some day. Could we meet
sometime soon? I really would like to meet another “objective third
party” in all this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Take Care,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Michael Metzler<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>P.S. To help you out on your investigation into these matters:
the post was actually published March 2, despite the erroneous time stamp.
I agree that two days away from April 1 would be a crime in gross deceit; but I
figured that only one day off would be fun.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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