Message-ID: <25751739.1075852558169.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:36:10 -0700 (PDT) From: dottyhop@napanet.net To: jglathe@yahoo.com, waynearm@napanet.net, thomas.patton@doj.state.or.us, sandison@napanet.net, sriordan@hscis.net, sjohnson@morganlane.com, shawn.hopkins@amg-la.com, stpatton@mindspring.com, shopkins@hscis.net, philipjazz@aol.com, nony.morgan@enron.com, njmorgan@virtuallyfreeinternet.com, nelsonya.causby@pactel.com, mattrnbsn@home.com, med@ioa.com, jeff_dasovich@enron.com, eldon@interx.net, dnelms@morganlane.com, drugg67@hotmail.com, cameron@perfect.com, curlygirlang@aol.com, judgebowen@aol.com, rnapda@aol.com, evansrose7@earthlink.net Subject: Fw: from Fumiko Docker. A Must Read! Cc: jglathe@yahoo.com, ztrapperz@earthlink.net, rmmdog@earthlink.net, leslie.winslow@ci.san-carlos.ca.us, shawn.hopkins@amg-la.com, rhettel@levi.com, wrightonroofing@hotmail.com, thomas.patton@doj.state.or.us, fumeco@yahoo.com, mattrnbsn@home.com, mcfeesha@aol.com, colettepowers@hotmail.com, meikow@yahoo.com, tsrdock@mcn.org, char@zoo-phonics.com, lewbradshaw@earthlink.com, stpatton@mindspring.com, fogleman1@llnl.gov, bradcarol@earthlink.net, gigi@zoo-phonics.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: jglathe@yahoo.com, ztrapperz@earthlink.net, rmmdog@earthlink.net, leslie.winslow@ci.san-carlos.ca.us, shawn.hopkins@amg-la.com, rhettel@levi.com, wrightonroofing@hotmail.com, thomas.patton@doj.state.or.us, fumeco@yahoo.com, mattrnbsn@home.com, mcfeesha@aol.com, colettepowers@hotmail.com, meikow@yahoo.com, tsrdock@mcn.org, char@zoo-phonics.com, lewbradshaw@earthlink.com, stpatton@mindspring.com, fogleman1@llnl.gov, bradcarol@earthlink.net, gigi@zoo-phonics.com X-From: Dotty Hopkins X-To: Jeff & Tammy Glathe , Wayne Armstron , Tom Patton , Teri Sandison , Susan Riordan , Shelley Johnson , Shawn Hopkins , Scott & Terry Patton , Sally Hopkins , Philip Smith , Nony J Morgan, D.C. , Nelsonya.Causby@pactel.com, Matt Powers , Marion Donovan , Jeff Dasovich , Eldon & Nancy Sellers , Daniel Nelms , Daniel J. Rugg , Cameron Sellers , Angela & Dan Masluk , Joe Bowen , RNAPDA@aol.com, Barbara Evans X-cc: Jeff & Tammy Glathe , Jim & Leslie Winslow , Norma & John Robbins , Leslie Winslow , Shawn Hopkins , Roberta & Jim Hettel , BJ & Jernni Wrighton , Tom Patton , Fumiko Docker , Matt Powers , Patty & Jim Leidigh , Colette Powers , Meiko & Frank Winton , Jimmy & Aki Docker , char wrighton , Lewis Bradshaw IV , Scott & Terry Patton , Mike Fogleman , Lew & Carol Bradshaw , Georgene Bradshaw X-bcc: X-Folder: \JDASOVIC (Non-Privileged)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Shankman-J X-FileName: JSHANKM (Non-Privileged).pst ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fumiko Docker" To: ; ; ; Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:05 PM Subject: Fwd: Read this if you get a chance. > Another perspective > > > 'Brutality smeared in peanut butter' > > > > Why America must stop the war now. By Arundhati Roy > > > > Tuesday October 23, 2001 > > > > As darkness deepened over Afghanistan on Sunday > > October 7 2001, the US government, backed by the > > International Coalition Against Terror (the new, > > amenable surrogate for the United Nations), launched > > air strikes against Afghanistan. TV channels > > lingered on computer-animated images of cruise > > missiles, stealth bombers, tomahawks, > > "bunker-busting" missiles and Mark 82 high drag > > bombs. All over the world, little boys watched > > goggle-eyed and stopped clamouring for new video > > games. > > The UN, reduced now to an ineffective acronym, > > wasn't even asked to mandate the air strikes. (As > > Madeleine Albright once said, "We will behave > > multilaterally when we can, and unilaterally when we > > must.") The "evidence" against the terrorists was > > shared amongst friends in the "coalition". > > After conferring, they announced that it didn1t > > matter whether or not the "evidence" would stand up > > in a court of law. Thus, in an instant, were > > centuries of jurisprudence carelessly trashed. > > Nothing can excuse or justify an act of terrorism, > > whether it is committed by religious > > fundamentalists, private militia, people's > > resistance movements - or whether it's dressed up as > > a war of retribution by a recognised government. The > > bombing of Afghanistan is not revenge for New York > > and Washington. It is yet another act of terror > > against the people of the world. > > Each innocent person that is killed must be added > > to, not set off against, the grisly toll of > > civilians who died in New York and Washington. > > People rarely win wars, governments rarely lose > > them. People get killed. > > Governments moult and regroup, hydra-headed. They > > use flags first to shrink-wrap people's minds and > > smother thought, and then as ceremonial shrouds to > > bury their willing dead. On both sides, in > > Afghanistan as well as America, civilians are now > > hostage to the actions of their own governments. > > Unknowingly, ordinary people in both countries share > > a common bond - they have to live with the > > phenomenon of blind, unpredictable terror. Each > > batch of bombs that is dropped on Afghanistan is > > matched by a corresponding escalation of mass > > hysteria in America about anthrax, more hijackings > > and other terrorist acts. > > There is no easy way out of the spiralling morass of > > terror and brutality that confronts the world today. > > It is time now for the human race to hold still, to > > delve into its wells of collective wisdom, both > > ancient and modern. What happened on September 11 > > changed the world forever. > > Freedom, progress, wealth, technology, war - these > > words have taken on new meaning. > > Governments have to acknowledge this transformation, > > and approach their new tasks with a modicum of > > honesty and humility. Unfortunately, up to now, > > there has been no sign of any introspection from the > > leaders of the International Coalition. Or the > > Taliban. > > When he announced the air strikes, President George > > Bush said: "We're a peaceful nation." America1s > > favourite ambassador, Tony Blair, (who also holds > > the portfolio of prime minister of the UK), echoed > > him: "We're a peaceful people." > > So now we know. Pigs are horses. Girls are boys. War > > is peace. > > Speaking at the FBI headquarters a few days later, > > President Bush said: "This is our calling. This is > > the calling of the United States of America. The > > most free nation in the world. A nation built on > > fundamental values that reject hate, reject > > violence, rejects murderers and rejects evil. We > > will not tire." > > Here is a list of the countries that America has > > been at war with - and bombed - since the second > > world war: China (1945-46, 1950-53), Korea > > (1950-53), Guatemala (1954, 1967-69), Indonesia > > (1958), Cuba (1959-60), the Belgian Congo (1964), > > Peru (1965), Laos (1964-73), Vietnam (1961-73), > > Cambodia (1969-70), Grenada (1983), Libya (1986), El > > Salvador (1980s), Nicaragua (1980s), Panama (1989), > > Iraq (1991-99), Bosnia (1995), Sudan (1998), > > Yugoslavia (1999). And now Afghanistan. > > Certainly it does not tire - this, the most free > > nation in the world. > > What freedoms does it uphold? Within its borders, > > the freedoms of speech, religion, thought; of > > artistic expression, food habits, sexual preferences > > (well, to some extent) and many other exemplary, > > wonderful things. > > Outside its borders, the freedom to dominate, > > humiliate and subjugate ­ usually in the service > > of America1s real religion, the "free market". So > > when the US government christens a war "Operation > > Infinite Justice", or "Operation Enduring Freedom", > > we in the third world feel more than a tremor of > > fear. > > Because we know that Infinite Justice for some means > > Infinite Injustice for others. And Enduring Freedom > > for some means Enduring Subjugation for others. > > The International Coalition Against Terror is a > > largely cabal of the richest countries in the world. > > Between them, they manufacture and sell almost all > > of the world's weapons, they possess the largest > > stockpile of weapons of mass destruction - chemical, > > biological and nuclear. They have fought the most > > wars, account for most of the genocide, subjection, > > ethnic cleansing and human rights violations in > > modern history, and have sponsored, armed and > > financed untold numbers of dictators and despots. > > Between them, they have worshipped, almost deified, > > the cult of violence and war. For all its appalling > > sins, the Taliban just isn't in the same league. > > The Taliban was compounded in the crumbling crucible > > of rubble, heroin and landmines in the backwash of > > the cold war. Its oldest leaders are in their early > > 40s. Many of them are disfigured and handicapped, > > missing an eye, an arm or a leg. They grew up in a > > society scarred and devastated by war. > > Between the Soviet Union and America, over 20 years, > > about $45bn (?30bn) worth of arms and ammunition was > > poured into Afghanistan. The latest weaponry was the > > only shard of modernity to intrude upon a thoroughly > > medieval society. > > Young boys ­ many of them orphans - who grew up > > in those times, had guns for toys, never knew the > > security and comfort of family life, never > > experienced the company of women. Now, as adults and > > rulers, the Taliban beat, stone, rape and brutalise > > women, they don't seem to know what else to do with > > them. > > Years of war has stripped them of gentleness, inured > > them to kindness and human compassion. Now they've > > turned their monstrosity on their own people. > > They dance to the percussive rhythms of bombs > > raining down around them. > > With all due respect to President Bush, the people > > of the world do not have to choose between the > > Taliban and the US government. All the beauty of > > human civilisation - our art, our music, our > > literature - lies beyond these two fundamentalist, > > ideological poles. There is as little chance that > > the people of the world can all become middle-class > > consumers as there is that they will all embrace any > > one particular religion. The issue is not about good > > v evil or Islam v Christianity as much as it is > > about space. About how to accommodate diversity, how > > to contain the impulse towards hegemony ­ every > > kind of hegemony, economic, military, linguistic, > > religious and cultural. > > Any ecologist will tell you how dangerous and > > fragile a monoculture is. A hegemonic world is like > > having a government without a healthy opposition. It > > becomes a kind of dictatorship. It1s like putting a > > plastic bag over the world, and preventing it from > > breathing. Eventually, it will be torn open. > > One and a half million Afghan people lost their > > lives in the 20 years of conflict that preceded this > > new war. Afghanistan was reduced to rubble, and now, > > the rubble is being pounded into finer dust. By the > > second day of the air strikes, US pilots were > > returning to their bases without dropping their > > assigned payload of bombs. As one pilot put it, > > Afghanistan is "not a target-rich environment". At a > > press briefing at the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld, the > > US defence secretary, was asked if America had run > > out of targets. > > "First we're going to re-hit targets," he said, "and > > second, we're not running out of targets, > > Afghanistan is ..." This was greeted with gales of > > laughter in the briefing room. > > By the third day of the strikes, the US defence > > department boasted that it had "achieved air > > supremacy over Afghanistan" (Did they mean that they > > had destroyed both, or maybe all 16, of > > Afghanistan's planes?) > > On the ground in Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance > > - the Taliban's old enemy, and therefore the > > international coalition's newest friend - is making > > headway in its push to capture Kabul. (For the > > archives, let it be said that the Northern > > Alliance's track record is not very different from > > the Taliban's. But for now, because it's > > inconvenient, that little detail is being glossed > > over.) The visible, moderate, "acceptable" leader of > > the alliance, Ahmed Shah Masud, was killed in a > > suicide-bomb attack early in September. The rest of > > the Northern Alliance is a brittle confederation of > > brutal warlords, ex-communists and unbending > > clerics. It is a disparate group divided along > > ethnic lines, some of whom have tasted power in > > Afghanistan in the past. > > Until the US air strikes, the Northern Alliance > > controlled about 5% of the geographical area of > > Afghanistan. Now, with the coalition's help and "air > > cover", it is poised to topple the Taliban. > > Meanwhile, Taliban soldiers, sensing imminent > > defeat, have begun to defect to the alliance. So the > > fighting forces are busy switching sides and > > changing uniforms. But in an enterprise as cynical > > as this one, it seems to matter hardly at all. > > Love is hate, north is south, peace is war. > > Among the global powers, there is talk of "putting > > in a representative government". Or, on the other > > hand, of "restoring" the kingdom to Afghanistan's > > 89-year old former king Zahir Shah, who has lived in > > exile in Rome since 1973. That's the way the game > > goes - support Saddam Hussein, then "take him out"; > > finance the mojahedin, then bomb them to > > smithereens; put in Zahir Shah and see if he's going > > to be a good boy. (Is it possible to "put in" a > > representative government? Can you place an order > > for democracy - with extra cheese and jalapeno > > peppers?) > > Reports have begun to trickle in about civilian > > casualties, about cities emptying out as Afghan > > civilians flock to the borders which have been > > closed. Main arterial roads have been blown up or > > sealed off. Those who have experience of working in > > Afghanistan say that by early November, food convoys > > will not be able to reach the millions of Afghans > > (7.5m, according to the UN) who run the very real > > risk of starving to death during the course of this > > winter. They say that in the days that are left > > before winter sets in, there can either be a war, or > > an attempt to reach food to the hungry. Not both. > > As a gesture of humanitarian support, the US > > government air-dropped 37,000 packets of emergency > > rations into Afghanistan. It says it plans to drop a > > total of 500,000 packets. That will still only add > > up to a single meal for half a million people out of > > the several million in dire need of food. > > Aid workers have condemned it as a cynical, > > dangerous, public-relations exercise. They say that > > air-dropping food packets is worse than futile. > > First, because the food will never get to those who > > really need it. More dangerously, those who run out > > to retrieve the packets risk being blown up by > > landmines. A tragic alms race. > > Nevertheless, the food packets had a photo-op all to > > themselves. Their contents were listed in major > > newspapers. They were vegetarian, we're told, as per > > Muslim dietary law (!) Each yellow packet, decorated > > with the American flag, contained: rice, peanut > > butter, bean salad, strawberry jam, crackers, > > raisins, flat bread, an apple fruit bar, seasoning, > > matches, a set of plastic cutlery, a serviette and > > illustrated user instructions. > > After three years of unremitting drought, an > > air-dropped airline meal in Jalalabad! The level of > > cultural ineptitude, the failure to understand what > > months of relentless hunger and grinding poverty > > really mean, the US government1s attempt to use even > > this abject misery to boost its self-image, beggars > > description. > > Reverse the scenario for a moment. Imagine if the > > Taliban government was to bomb New York City, saying > > all the while that its real target was the US > > government and its policies. And suppose, during > > breaks between the bombing, the Taliban dropped a > > few thousand packets containing nan and kebabs > > impaled on an Afghan flag. Would the good people of > > New York ever find it in themselves to forgive the > > Afghan government? Even if they were hungry, even if > > they needed the food, even if they ate it, how would > > they ever forget the insult, the condescension? Rudi > > Guiliani, Mayor of New York City, returned a gift of > > $10m from a Saudi prince because it came with a few > > words of friendly advice about American policy in > > the Middle East. Is pride a luxury that only the > > rich are entitled to? > > Far from stamping it out, igniting this kind of rage > > is what creates terrorism. Hate and retribution > > don't go back into the box once you've let them out. > > For every "terrorist" or his "supporter" that is > > killed, hundreds of innocent people are being killed > > too. And for every hundred innocent people killed, > > there is a good chance that several future > > terrorists will be created. > > Where will it all lead? > > Setting aside the rhetoric for a moment, consider > > the fact that the world has not yet found an > > acceptable definition of what "terrorism" is. One > > country's terrorist is too often another1s freedom > > fighter. At the heart of the matter lies the world's > > deep-seated ambivalence towards violence. > > Once violence is accepted as a legitimate political > > instrument, then the morality and political > > acceptability of terrorists (insurgents or freedom > > fighters) becomes contentious, bumpy terrain. The US > > government itself has funded, armed and sheltered > > plenty of rebels and insurgents around the world. > > The CIA and Pakistan's ISI trained and armed the > > mojahedin who, in the 80s, were seen as terrorists > > by the government in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan. > > Today, Pakistan - America's ally in this new war - > > sponsors insurgents who cross the border into > > Kashmir in India. Pakistan lauds them as > > "freedom-fighters", India calls them "terrorists". > > India, for its part, denounces countries who sponsor > > and abet terrorism, but the Indian army has, in the > > past, trained separatist Tamil rebels asking for a > > homeland in Sri Lanka - the LTTE, responsible for > > countless acts of bloody terrorism. > > (Just as the CIA abandoned the mujahideen after they > > had served its purpose, India abruptly turned its > > back on the LTTE for a host of political reasons. It > > was an enraged LTTE suicide bomber who assassinated > > former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1989.) > > It is important for governments and politicians to > > understand that manipulating these huge, raging > > human feelings for their own narrow purposes may > > yield instant results, but eventually and > > inexorably, they have disastrous consequences. > > Igniting and exploiting religious sentiments for > > reasons of political expediency is the most > > dangerous legacy that governments or politicians can > > bequeath to any people - including their own. > > People who live in societies ravaged by religious or > > communal bigotry know that every religious text - > > from the Bible to the Bhagwad Gita - can be mined > > and misinterpreted to justify anything, from nuclear > > war to genocide to corporate globalisation. > > This is not to suggest that the terrorists who > > perpetrated the outrage on September 11 should not > > be hunted down and brought to book. They must be. > > But is war the best way to track them down? Will > > burning the haystack find you the needle? Or will it > > escalate the anger and make the world a living hell > > for all of us? > > At the end of the day, how many people can you spy > > on, how many bank accounts can you freeze, how many > > conversations can you eavesdrop on, how many emails > > can you intercept, how many letters can you open, > > how many phones can you tap? Even before September > > 11, the CIA had accumulated more information than is > > humanly possible to process. (Sometimes, too much > > data can actually hinder intelligence - small wonder > > the US spy satellites completely missed the > > preparation that preceded India's nuclear tests in > > 1998.) > > The sheer scale of the surveillance will become a > > logistical, ethical and civil rights nightmare. It > > will drive everybody clean crazy. And freedom - that > > precious, precious thing - will be the first > > casualty. It's already hurt and haemorrhaging > > dangerously. > > Governments across the world are cynically using the > > prevailing paranoia to promote their own interests. > > All kinds of unpredictable political forces are > > being unleashed. In India, for instance, members of > > the All India People's Resistance Forum, who were > > distributing anti-war and anti-US pamphlets in > > Delhi, have been jailed. Even the printer of the > > leaflets was arrested. > > The rightwing government (while it shelters Hindu > > extremists groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad > > and the Bajrang Dal) has banned the Islamic Students > > Movement of India and is trying to revive an anti- > > terrorist Act which had been withdrawn after the > > Human Rights Commission reported that it had been > > more abused than used. Millions of Indian citizens > > are Muslim. Can anything be gained by alienating > > them? > > Every day that the war goes on, raging emotions are > > being let loose into the world. The international > > press has little or no independent access to the war > > zone. In any case, mainstream media, particularly in > > the US, have more or less rolled over, allowing > > themselves to be tickled on the stomach with press > > handouts from military men and government officials. > > Afghan radio stations have been destroyed by the > > bombing. The Taliban has always been deeply > > suspicious of the press. In the propaganda war, > > there is no accurate estimate of how many people > > have been killed, or how much destruction has taken > > place. In the absence of reliable information, wild > > rumours spread. > > Put your ear to the ground in this part of the > > world, and you can hear the thrumming, the deadly > > drumbeat of burgeoning anger. Please. Please, stop > > the war now. Enough people have died. The smart > > missiles are just not smart enough. They're blowing > > up whole warehouses of suppressed fury. > > President George Bush recently boasted, "When I take > > action, I'm not going to fire a $2m missile at a $10 > > empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going > > to be decisive." President Bush should know that > > there are no targets in Afghanistan that will give > > his missiles their money's worth. > > Perhaps, if only to balance his books, he should > > develop some cheaper missiles to use on cheaper > > targets and cheaper lives in the poor countries of > > the world. But then, that may not make good business > > sense to the coalition1s weapons manufacturers. It > > wouldn't make any sense at all, for example, to the > > Carlyle Group - described by the Industry Standard > > as "the world's largest private equity firm", with > > $13bn under management. > > Carlyle invests in the defence sector and makes its > > money from military conflicts and weapons spending. > > Carlyle is run by men with impeccable credentials. > > Former US defence secretary Frank Carlucci is > > Carlyle's chairman and managing director (he was a > > college roommate of Donald Rumsfeld's). Carlyle's > > other partners include former US secretary of state > > James A Baker III, George Soros and Fred Malek > > (George Bush Sr's campaign manager). An American > > paper ­ the Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel - > > says that former president George Bush Sr is > > reported to be seeking investments for the Carlyle > > Group from Asian markets. > > He is reportedly paid not inconsiderable sums of > > money to make "presentations" to potential > > government-clients. > > Ho hum. As the tired saying goes, it's all in the > > family. > > Then there's that other branch of traditional family > > business - oil. Remember, President George Bush (Jr) > > and Vice-President Dick Cheney both made their > > fortunes working in the US oil industry. > > Turkmenistan, which borders the north-west of > > Afghanistan, holds the world's third largest gas > > reserves and an estimated six billion barrels of oil > > reserves. Enough, experts say, to meet American > > energy needs for the next 30 years (or a developing > > country's energy requirements for a couple of > > centuries.) America has always viewed oil as a > > security consideration, and protected it by any > > means it deems necessary. Few of us doubt that its > > military presence in the Gulf has little to do with > > its concern for human rights and almost entirely to > > do with its strategic interest in oil. > > Oil and gas from the Caspian region currently moves > > northward to European markets. Geographically and > > politically, Iran and Russia are major impediments > > to American interests. In 1998, Dick Cheney - then > > CEO of Halliburton, a major player in the oil > > industry - said, "I can't think of a time when we've > > had a region emerge as suddenly to become as > > strategically significant as the Caspian. It's > > almost as if the opportunities have arisen > > overnight." True enough. > > For some years now, an American oil giant called > > Unocal has been negotiating with the Taliban for > > permission to construct an oil pipeline through > > Afghanistan to Pakistan and out to the Arabian sea. > > From here, Unocal hopes to access the lucrative > > "emerging markets" in south and south-east Asia. In > > December 1997, a delegation of Taliban mullahs > > travelled to America and even met US state > > department officials and Unocal executives in > > Houston. At that time the Taliban's taste for public > > executions and its treatment of Afghan women were > > not made out to be the crimes against humanity that > > they are now. > > Over the next six months, pressure from hundreds of > > outraged American feminist groups was brought to > > bear on the Clinton administration. > > Fortunately, they managed to scuttle the deal. And > > now comes the US oil industry's big chance. > > In America, the arms industry, the oil industry, the > > major media networks, and, indeed, US foreign > > policy, are all controlled by the same business > > combines. Therefore, it would be foolish to expect > > this talk of guns and oil and defence deals to get > > any real play in the media. In any case, to a > > distraught, confused people whose pride has just > > been wounded, whose loved ones have been tragically > > killed, whose anger is fresh and sharp, the > > inanities about the "clash of civilisations" and the > > "good v evil" discourse home in unerringly. They are > > cynically doled out by government spokesmen like a > > daily dose of vitamins or anti-depressants. Regular > > medication ensures that mainland America continues > > to remain the enigma it has always been - a > > curiously insular people, administered by a > > pathologically meddlesome, promiscuous government. > > And what of the rest of us, the numb recipients of > > this onslaught of what we know to be preposterous > > propaganda? The daily consumers of the lies and > > brutality smeared in peanut butter and strawberry > > jam being air-dropped into our minds just like those > > yellow food packets. Shall we look away and eat > > because we're hungry, or shall we stare unblinking > > at the grim theatre unfolding in Afghanistan until > > we retch collectively and say, in one voice, that we > > have had enough? > > As the first year of the new millennium rushes to a > > close, one wonders - have we forfeited our right to > > dream? Will we ever be able to re-imagine beauty? > > Will it be possible ever again to watch the slow, > > amazed blink of a newborn gecko in the sun, or > > whisper back to the marmot who has just whispered in > > your ear - without thinking of the World Trade > > Centre and Afghanistan? > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > >