Mercedes, Not US, To Bail Out Chrysler

You read my reply without any idea what I was replying to?

Where it would have made no sense. In order to comprehend the reply you had to know what it was a reply to. Even you had to figure out that it was in reply to what you had said. Someone else reading my post without having first read yours would have no idea what was going on.

It has nothing to do with attitude. It has to do with presenting parts of an ongoing conversation in a comprehendable manner. Unless, that is, you are concinced tht only your contribution matters. Then you may as well snip everything and just post your comment.

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zayton
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Bill.

Those that are still pounding the WMD drum (and by extention are Bush / Cheney appologists) have got it wrong again.

Everyone knows (now) that the US and UN and IEAE knew that Iraq had tons of yellow cake, which had been in storage since before the 1991 gulf war. Which makes the trumped-up charge that Iraq was trying to obtain

*more* of it all the more strange (and which ignited the Plame / Wilson situation and a crime for which nobody in the Bush administration has ever been charged with. Please explain how Richard Armitage knew about Plame's identity, and why he wasn't charged with treason for revealing it to Bob Novak).

Regarding the yellow cake, read this:

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The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program ? a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium ? reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" ? the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment ? was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy.

Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and containers since before the 1991 Gulf War. There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991, the official said.

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This 550-tone stockpile of yellow cake was never mentioned during Bush's leadup to the invasion in March 2003, nor was it ever mentioned during the 5+ years of occupation.

I've been looking for web-sources that might explain where the yellow cake came from (was it mined inside Iraq? Did it come from Niger during the 1980's?) but can't find any info about this.

All accounts say that during the UN/US-imposed sanctions, that the IAEA had control over the yellowcake. If the US wanted to do a deal and remove that yellow cake back in the late 1990's or early 2000's then it was well within it's power to do so, and using more conventional (cheaper, safer) transport routes - without invading Iraq.

But all in all, this revelation that the US had flown 550 tons of yellow cake out of Iraq this summer didn't get much press, the Bush white house was strangely silent about it, and it all goes to show that the invasion of Iraq was a charade of mis-information and lies on many fronts.

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MoPar Man

Actually it's pretty obvious you're neither an expert nor objective. And what you think are facts are not. Can you cite a source for your "facts"?

Wrong. This was still in the early days. Lots of Chrysler execs, including on the Board of Management.

"Both of Chrysler's current front drive car platforms are being replaced by Mitsubishi platforms,"

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"The fwd vehicle platform for such models as the 2007 Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Chrysler Sebring originated at Mitsubishi."

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"Chrysler offers two mid-size cars in the form of the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger, both based on the JS-platform, which was developed with Mitsubishi."

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"The new Sebring will be built on a Mitsubishi Lancer-derived platform, "

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"The Outlander is Mitsubishi's smallest SUV offering in North America. The compact crossover is built on the same platform as the Dodge Caliber and Chrysler Sebring -- the result of a partnership with Chrysler."

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Lloyd

I doubt the concentration of chlorine reaches swimming pool levels, and I doubt that any water authority in the US (& any developed country) would permit the circulation of water that is harmful to health.

Not liking the taste of one's local water is another matter. That, in my opinion, is the only reason for filtering at home or drinking still bottled water.

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"

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Dori A Schmetterling

Comprehensible...

:-) DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"

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Dori A Schmetterling

You'd be surprised - do a chemical strip test on tap water in a municipal supply in a house close to the treatment facility's outlet. It tells you something when you can walk by a bathroom where water is being run and smell the chlorine.

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Bill Putney

Try Philadelphia tap water, a.k.a Schuylkill Punch. The chlorine may not quite be up to swimming pool levels, but it still burns when it goes down.

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Matthew Russotto

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