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Powerful stuff.
1 posted on 04/06/2006 4:33:26 AM PDT by Mr170IQ
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To: Mr170IQ

I already read it at Dan Simmons' site. This little tract scares me more than any Stephen King novel could ever manage.


2 posted on 04/06/2006 4:39:40 AM PDT by coydog (Cowardice does not make you safe. It makes you a safe target. - - Dale Amon)
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To: Mr170IQ

Very powerful....sends a chill through my spine...


3 posted on 04/06/2006 4:43:18 AM PDT by Kimmers
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To: Mr170IQ

long but interesting bump


4 posted on 04/06/2006 4:47:07 AM PDT by Drango (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: Jeff Head; wardaddy
“I give you an Asian world in chaos, a Pacific rim ruled by China after the vacuum of America’s withdrawal – this nation’s full resources devoted to fighting, and possibly losing, the Century War – a South America and Mexico lost to corruption and appeasement, a resurgent Russian Empire that has reclaimed its old dominated republics and more, and a Canada split into three hateful nations.”

Seems I have read this before and that pic above looks familiar too.....:o)

6 posted on 04/06/2006 4:55:29 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Flyer; Eaker; humblegunner; thackney; TheMom; Allegra; pax_et_bonum

Facinating...


7 posted on 04/06/2006 4:57:05 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans)
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To: Mr170IQ
He makes good points about the importance of knowing history, and about the "war on terrorism" being like a "war on aviation".

But our enemy is not all of Islam, but a small part of it.

That small part would like nothing better than to make this a war on all of Islam. So they agitate Muslims against us, and us against Muslims.

Fortunately, our current leaders are too smart to fall for that.

-Eric

8 posted on 04/06/2006 4:57:13 AM PDT by E Rocc
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To: Mr170IQ
He describes the future I think we must nuke Mecca to avoid. They must submit to us or we will be forced to submit to them. Have we enough confidence in the goodness of our civilizaton that we are willing to make the hard decisions necessary to continue it? Or shall we default our posterity to the hell-on-earth that will be life under the sword of the Global Caliphate?
9 posted on 04/06/2006 5:00:07 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Since all politicians understand is money, I donate ONLY to those who oppose illegal immigration)
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To: fanfan

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10 posted on 04/06/2006 5:07:19 AM PDT by fanfan ( We have become the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world.)
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To: Mr170IQ
FReepin Incredible! I have always been fascinated by the idea of traveling back in time and knowing what I know now. I'm not sure I would want to know the future.
11 posted on 04/06/2006 5:09:02 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Mr170IQ

Excellent. Thank you.


12 posted on 04/06/2006 5:09:18 AM PDT by neutrino (Globalization is the economic treason that dare not speak its name.(173))
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To: Mr170IQ

bookmark to disect later


13 posted on 04/06/2006 5:10:57 AM PDT by twin2
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To: Mr170IQ
The Ghost of Dhimmis yet to come?

Powerful indeed.

14 posted on 04/06/2006 5:12:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Mr170IQ

bttt


15 posted on 04/06/2006 5:14:30 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: Mr170IQ
“Your enemy is he who will give his life to kill you,”

Words to live by. Or not.

L

17 posted on 04/06/2006 5:17:32 AM PDT by Lurker (In God I trust. Everyone else shows me their hands.)
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To: Mr170IQ

OK, I give up. What are the three words?


18 posted on 04/06/2006 5:19:15 AM PDT by Clique (ERROR 404: This tagline is currently unavailable. Please resubmit your request.)
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To: Mr170IQ

Fascinating. Thanks for the post.


19 posted on 04/06/2006 5:20:59 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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To: KevinDavis

"sci-Fi" ping.


20 posted on 04/06/2006 5:23:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: jan in Colorado

Ping


22 posted on 04/06/2006 5:32:37 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Mr170IQ

BTTT.


24 posted on 04/06/2006 5:38:18 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: Mr170IQ
WOW. Un-effin-believable. This guy has encapsulated, with sobering detail and a great deal of historical reflection, upon the very fears I have harbored for a number of years.

Strictly from a literary point of view, the style reminds me of some of 1950s Isaac Asimov.

About "the last three words" .... has anyone figured them out? Should it be apparent from the story context what they are? Granted, I haven't had my caffeine yet today -- I'll definitely re-read this later.

26 posted on 04/06/2006 5:40:06 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Mr170IQ
I tried to read it but, it's so goofy.
27 posted on 04/06/2006 5:40:57 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (The MSM is a hate group and we are the object of their disdain.)
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To: Mr170IQ

Homer Simpson:

"Three simple words. I AM GAY."

LOL


31 posted on 04/06/2006 5:50:16 AM PDT by Diggler
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To: Mr170IQ

bumb


32 posted on 04/06/2006 5:50:25 AM PDT by peacebaby (living fast forward, now I need to rewind real slow)
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To: Mr170IQ
Powerful stuff.

Very powerful, and very chilling, and I thank you for posting it.

I have been psuedo-blogging, for years, a couple of the elements in WWIV ( III being the Cold War ), in which we find ourselves engaged.

The first element?

Islam, a Religion of Peace®? ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:

The other, somewhat interlocking element is this one:

"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:


33 posted on 04/06/2006 5:51:28 AM PDT by backhoe ("Keep Your Powder Dry!" [hattip:MinuteGal/Leni])
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To: Mr170IQ

Mark fo later


35 posted on 04/06/2006 5:57:48 AM PDT by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Mr170IQ

He says it correctly. It is a war on religion. It is not the governments of Arabia and Africa and Southeast Asia that urge conversion or destruction of non-believers.

It is Islam itself. Convert or die. That is the fundamental tenet of Islam.

We better wake up.


36 posted on 04/06/2006 5:58:31 AM PDT by djf (Bedtime story: Once upon a time, they snuck on the boat and threw the tea over. In a land far away..)
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To: Mr170IQ

bump


44 posted on 04/06/2006 6:04:22 AM PDT by jim_trent
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To: Mr170IQ

Bump


47 posted on 04/06/2006 6:11:27 AM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: Mr170IQ
A load od complete the sky is falling.

Sorry but you print a sky is falling thread as if its the truth and then starting posting replies we have no choice they are going to win we must nuke them.

Does any one on this site apart from a few ex military actually know what and how we are fighting. What Islamic groups there are how they are linked there weaknesses and strengths, apart from New York, Madrid and London how many real strikes have they made that has brought them any closer to the collapse of Western Civilization

All this erabai rubbish.

The Western European country with the biggest Muslim majority is France with a wopping 9%.

Britain with the Capitol city cheerfully labeled Londinstan has a Total population: 58.8 million and a Muslim population: 1.6 million (2.8%) .

The Arab nations are divided there leadership can only keep power by force of repression, look at Iraq where they fight each other. Look at Iran they spend as much on security repression as they do on there defense.

Someone pleases explain to me how they get to take over the world unless we eradicate the Islamic population.

48 posted on 04/06/2006 6:15:20 AM PDT by tonycavanagh (We got plenty of doomsayers where are the truth sayers)
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bookmark


49 posted on 04/06/2006 6:17:50 AM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT.)
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To: Mr170IQ

Just read this from a link on Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. Very well done.


51 posted on 04/06/2006 6:19:37 AM PDT by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Mr170IQ

Thanks for the post. Bookmarking this.


52 posted on 04/06/2006 6:20:03 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: Mr170IQ

Thanks for the post. Bookmarking this.


53 posted on 04/06/2006 6:20:04 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: Mr170IQ

Well deserved Bump.


54 posted on 04/06/2006 6:22:04 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (The Fourth-Estate is a Fifth-Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Mr170IQ

Excellent essay


58 posted on 04/06/2006 6:28:35 AM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: Mr170IQ

Thanks for the post. Bookmarking this.


59 posted on 04/06/2006 6:33:16 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: Mr170IQ
This is effective to illustrate the dangers in the future, but it does not address the argument that we are having today about how to address it.

The argument is that currently we are trying to usher them into the 21st century by way of Democracy and many think that to be a waste of time.

The counter argument is to kill them all.

I don't think it is anyone but the isolationist's and anti-globalist's, together with the pansy-asses, who advocate retreat and cover policy and nobody is taking them seriously anyway.

But I enjoyed the piece! It reflects the reality of a very sick religion that needs reform.

61 posted on 04/06/2006 6:34:10 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: Mr170IQ

Excellent. Thanks for sharing.


62 posted on 04/06/2006 6:34:23 AM PDT by Space Wrangler
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To: Mr170IQ

Wow.


63 posted on 04/06/2006 6:35:23 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan Any questions?)
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To: Mr170IQ
saving for wide awake reading .

I've been up all night and this requires wide awake reading.

64 posted on 04/06/2006 6:36:41 AM PDT by Cheapskate (America , -- -- -- -- Yeah!)
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To: Mr170IQ

If I knew back in high school what I know right now BUMP.


67 posted on 04/06/2006 6:39:07 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Mr170IQ

bumped


69 posted on 04/06/2006 6:42:20 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
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To: Mr170IQ
The Time Traveler laughed a final time. “All of your grandsons’ names were on lists. You wrote something . . . will soon write something . . . that will put your name, and all your descendents’ names, on their list. Including your only surviving grandson.”

This is another part of the essay about which I've been thinking. Is the author referring to this very "Message from a Time Traveler" as the piece which the author-in-the-story "will soon write"? In essence, saying, 'It's already too late'???

70 posted on 04/06/2006 6:42:25 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Mr170IQ

Bookmarked


75 posted on 04/06/2006 6:54:21 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Can you figure out the three words?
78 posted on 04/06/2006 6:56:30 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (All hail Xenu!)
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To: Mr170IQ

So who's going to win the Super Bowl and World Series this year. I have a few thousand dollars I'd like to invest.


82 posted on 04/06/2006 7:01:38 AM PDT by TruthWillWin
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To: Mr170IQ
Technically, the Time Traveller's last 3 words were:

"is coming soon"

83 posted on 04/06/2006 7:02:32 AM PDT by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Mr170IQ

Phobos, kerdos, and doxa BTTT . . .


87 posted on 04/06/2006 7:08:39 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: nw_arizona_granny; DAVEY CROCKETT; Calpernia; Cindy; SlowBoat407; JellyJam; null and void; ...

Chills and shivers ping.
Well written - a must read.


88 posted on 04/06/2006 7:09:21 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Mr170IQ

Very interesting.


92 posted on 04/06/2006 7:16:52 AM PDT by rattrap
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