On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, beth kupper-herr wrote: > ...anyone remember the "peace dividend" we were supposed to have when the > Cold War ended? > Steve Runge wrote: > > ...I prefer to speak in the unit of B2's: an ironically apt name for a war > machine that costs roughly 2Billion, and a unit that is useful for pointing > out national budgetary discrepancies and priorities.)" "Peace dividend" indeed. With a government bought and sold on the market place, the only piece dividend in mind is how big a piece of the pie each of our "representitives" can slice for themselves. Makes one wonder which "evil empire" won that cold war. Jim ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Jim Valkenburg [log in to unmask] Delta College University Center, MI 48710-0002 (517) 686-9034 FAX (517) 686-8736