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Message from a Time Traveler
Dan Simmons - Official Web Site ^ | April 1, 2006 | Dan Simmons

Posted on 04/06/2006 4:33:24 AM PDT by Mr170IQ

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To: ml/nj

PING


21 posted on 04/06/2006 5:29:23 AM PDT by upier (Stop Child abuse - Teach your children English!)
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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: Gondring

Another ping!


23 posted on 04/06/2006 5:35:06 AM PDT by coydog (Cowardice does not make you safe. It makes you a safe target. - - Dale Amon)
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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: E Rocc

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit, is it.


25 posted on 04/06/2006 5:38:46 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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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: NewJerseyJoe

C'mon folks! The 3 words are RIGHT IN THE STORY!!!!!


28 posted on 04/06/2006 5:42:42 AM PDT by RedRightReturn (Even a broken clock is right twice a day...)
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To: NewJerseyJoe

The three words IMO would be something akin to those Colonel Kurtz wrote in his apocolyptic vision in Cambodia during the war.


29 posted on 04/06/2006 5:46:24 AM PDT by Tracy V. (Hell is the impossibility of reason)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

History is not your strong suit is it.

Those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it.


30 posted on 04/06/2006 5:47:17 AM PDT by Dan(9698)
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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

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

Therein lies the tale... my guess?

"You are next."

34 posted on 04/06/2006 5:56:20 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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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: RedRightReturn
C'mon folks! The 3 words are RIGHT IN THE STORY!!!!!

Hmmm.... Angry....Hungry... LANGUAGE! ;-)

37 posted on 04/06/2006 6:00:02 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: NewJerseyJoe
About "the last three words" .... has anyone figured them out?

I'll take New York City in the Freeper Pool.

38 posted on 04/06/2006 6:00:19 AM PDT by bondjamesbond (RICE 2008)
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To: RedRightReturn

Fear, self-interest, honor.


39 posted on 04/06/2006 6:01:01 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: Gondring

Nah, caps for emphasis, not anger...


40 posted on 04/06/2006 6:03:00 AM PDT by RedRightReturn (Even a broken clock is right twice a day...)
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