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AMERICAN DREAMS: Hey, have you heard the "L" word recently? You know: "Liberal"? Probably not much. Today, "liberal" is typically a term of contempt and condemnation, not pride and praise. When President Clinton offered one of his periodic mantras of the moment - "The Era of Big Government Is Over" - he was simply winking at the corporate managers and ideologues to assure them that "liberal" had been crossed out of his dictionary. Even Bill Bradley - now wondering what to do with all those boxes of "Bradley 2000" bumper stickers - never once dared mention the "L" word even as he was campaigning as a liberal....STEVE VIVIAN "Trickle Down Liberalism" DAY ONE: Anyone who has lived in an expatriate community will recognise the symptoms: a shallow, sheltered group of people who have unconsciously assumed a mild, vaguely unpleasant, form of superiority over the natives; a life of exchange rate calculations and minor pieces of tax free fixing; a total indifference at best and ignorance at worst to the history, customs, culture and politics of the place they have come to reside in; and a cloying sentimentality about the virtues of the place they have left. Yet what these expatriates possessed of value, it seemed to me, was a total lack of real, gun barrel nationalism; they wouldn't fight for any flag and would certainly not risk dying for one, whether that flag represented a religion, a tribe or a sovereign state. Their cynicism might be self-corrosive but it wouldn't ever harm anyone else....KEVIN CAREY "EXPATS" MONTHLY PLANETARY MADNESS: Pisces and its planetary kindred soul, Neptune, erode and flood demarcations. Material life experiences some pesky dissolution while the subconscious and unconscious portions of the psyche squeal with glee as they scamper through previously formidable barricades. The 12th through the 15th are shifty... JENNIFER BLUE "March" G21 EUROPE: A question to all citizens of the world: Are you bored of a certain election campaign built on mega bucks and personality politics that despite receiving so much publicity is still a long way from its conclusion? If the answer is yes, then you are probably not considering the London Mayoral elections due on May 4th, which has gripped Europe, principally because it has given Europeans the best opportunity to laugh at England since Henry VIII demonstrated how to avoid costly divorces...."Who Wants to Be London Mayor?" HOT LINKS (Not from Louisiana): RAHEEM spotlights another great link for your consideration. VOX POPULI: From John R., Windsor, CA, USA - Well if the world is going to see my letter, I just have to stress the ingenious writings of superbabe deluxe "Jenny Blue". Besides her wonderful weekly astrology chart, she is also a wonderful writer. check out her stories & wonderful commentary on her homepage. All you jojo pseudo jack booted lesbians have a lot to learn from her. --- Colonel Kurtz

MY GLASS HOUSE: After ten years as Editor & Publisher, only being the publisher will be quite a change. I'm moving on. So I thought I'd begin this final word with a letter from my successor, Wolf DeVoon.... ROD AMIS "Changing the Guard" IRISH EYES: One year ago, on March 15, 1999, in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, local solicitor (attorney) Rosemary Nelson climbed into her car, backed out of her driveway, and set off on the short distance to her office in the city center. At the first intersection, less than 100 yards from her home, a bomb planted underneath her car sometime within the previous 48 hours, detonated. Nelson's three young children, in a nearby school, heard the explosion. Neighbors and family rushed to the scene, followed by a mobile medical team, but there was little that could be done. Nelson lost both legs, suffered severe abdominal injuries, and died a few hours later after unsuccessful surgery to save her life. She is survived by her husband and three children. Her death remains unsolved....JAMES BROSNAHAN, ESQ. & DAN VANDEMORTEL "Lives in the Balance" RECOMMENDED DAILY REQUIREMENT: On April 9, 1984, the Government of Nicaragua brought suit against the United States before this Court. Nicaragua said that the United States had violated the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation that was signed in Managua on January 21, 1956. The United States Government alledgedly carried out military and para-military actions against the Government of Nicaragua by blowing up ships and killing maritime personnel and dockside workers. The acts themselves were never disputed. The United States Government carried out violent, terrorist, subversive, criminal acts in the territorial waters of Nicaragua and never claimed otherwise. The International Court of Justice found for the Government of Nicaragua and against the Government of the United States on November 26, 1984..."International Justice?" RON DIENER RDR O3.14.00: "Queen Elizabeth" by ROD AMIS RDR O3.20.00: "Eyes to the East" by ANAYAT DURRANI MEMOIRS OF THE INFORMATION AGE: Hey, Rod, I guess I'd have to support your tendency to support the end user. I recently had an experience that turned me right off of tech support.Ý In fact, I'm almost at the point where if I have another problem with a product, I'm taking it back just so I don't have to deal with tech support.....Ý"Stormbringer" "Tech UNSupportive"

"...Let the poets pipe of love
In their childish way
I know every type of love
Better far than they
If you want the thrill of love
I've been through the mill of love
Old love, new love,
Every type but true love" --- "Love for Sale"Cole Porter

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