Re: Noise: Re: Those Evil Republicans

[Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>]

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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Gary Howland wrote:

> There are also several independent sovereign nations that have no control
> over their own currency (eg. Liechtenstein (the one you mentioned), Andorra,
> Monaco, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Pueto Rico)...

Don't forget Panama, Liberia, Tuvalu, Turks & Caicos, etc. 
Printing one's own money does not a sovereign nation make.

> First of all, "parasitic" is a very derogatory term to apply to these
> nations.  They are no more parasitic than out of town supermarkets.

Correct.  While the US unsuccessfully tries to play policeman 
for the world, other countries are far more successful in being
the bankers, playgrounds, pharmaceutical manufacturers and
distributors, etc. for the world.


 S a n d y

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