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7th June 2008, 03:07 AM

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> On Jun 6, 12:45 am, David Nebenzahl <nob...@but.us.chickens> wrote:
>> On 6/5/2008 8:27 PM Peter T. Daniels spake thus:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2:32 pm, "Bernie Kovack" <berniekovac...m> wrote:
>>>> "bobgnote" <bobgn...@> wrote in message
>>>> news:ba67a1e7-2a91-4f98-9f82-aff7ee927f34@y22g2000prd..com...> Those darned Austrians, you know?
>>>> Remember what happened the last time an Austrian seized power?
>>> Kurt Waldheim was no Boutros Galli or Kofi Annan, but he wasn't a
>>> terrible Secretary General.
>> And of course we all remember that coup where he forced his way in as
>> head of the U.N. ...
>
> You don't think he was picked at random, do you? No more than Pope
> Ratzinger was selected purely via divine guidance.

And you know what he was in charge of before that.

--
Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it
has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management
decisions. -From “Rollerball”

7th June 2008, 03:07 AM	#29 (permalink)
Martin Edwards Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Transit fares and high gas prices Peter T. Daniels wrote: > On Jun 6, 12:45 am, David Nebenzahl <nob...@but.us.chickens> wrote: >> On 6/5/2008 8:27 PM Peter T. Daniels spake thus: >> >> >> >>> On Jun 5, 2:32 pm, "Bernie Kovack" <berniekovac...m> wrote: >>>> "bobgnote" <bobgn...@> wrote in message >>>> news:ba67a1e7-2a91-4f98-9f82-aff7ee927f34@y22g2000prd..com...> Those darned Austrians, you know? >>>> Remember what happened the last time an Austrian seized power? >>> Kurt Waldheim was no Boutros Galli or Kofi Annan, but he wasn't a >>> terrible Secretary General. >> And of course we all remember that coup where he forced his way in as >> head of the U.N. ... > > You don't think he was picked at random, do you? No more than Pope > Ratzinger was selected purely via divine guidance. And you know what he was in charge of before that. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”