Posted on 10/26/2001 4:29:08 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
Good Morning!!
Do not let them die in vain!!
There a lot of stuff to get everyone up to speed this morning, so I'm breaking the opening rant into sections.
ANTHRAX ATTACK
Another confirmed case of pneumonic anthrax - the postal worker in Sterling, VA, is diagnosed with the malady.
Anthrax has been found at the CIA, though termed "medically insignificant".
Anthrax has been found at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
Anthrax has been found in a mail sorting facility in Manhattan.
Another possibly tainted envelope was reported at the New York Post, though it is likely "collateral mail".
Several suburban mail facilities in Washington, DC, are undergoing tests for anthrax.
Over 10,000 mail workers are on antibiotics.
CDC has changed policy regarding treatment of anthrax: exposed people should get 60 days of antibiotics, not the current 10 they are receiving. Pneumonic victims to receive multiple antibiotics - Cipro and at least two others.
SOUTH ASIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS
US warplanes and Northern Alliance troops step up attacks around Mazer-e-Sharif, though it is uncertain when the city will be captured.
Northern Alliance would like the United States to step up its attacks. The United States bombs Kabul and Kandahar.
Two American fighter aircraft narrowly missed a SAM shot.
There is growing criticism the United States is conducting the war too slowly.
Uzbekistan agreed to open some of its river ports to allow relief supplies to go to Afgoneistan.
HOME FRONT
The last President was mailed salmonella.
The Senate overwhelmingly (98-1) approves anti-terrorism legislation. The President to sign it today.
Groups have appealed to Tom Ridge to fortify the Nation's nuclear reactors.
A $1.4 billion package for emergency preparedness has been introduced in the Senate.
The UNITED WE STAND postage stamp will be available November 1 in Post Offices in Washington, DC, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
OTHER ITEMS
I learned this morning that another worker in my building - someone whom I've known almost since the first day I worked here, 14 years ago now - had her mother pass yesterday. I would ask for your prayers for her.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
But I was napping before,,,and weird thing was my head was pounding WHILE i was sleeping,,,so I decided to scratch the nap and here I am.
Has Liddy Dole made any official announcement about running for Jesse's seat? The only thing I have heard is that she is changing her voter registration back to North Carolina. I was hoping Richard Burr would run for that seat, but believe he is going to make a run for governor in '04.
This new system has some advantages ..... but I'm having trouble getting used to parts of it .... *sigh*.
Liddy Dole was scheduled to make her official announcement on 9/11. She postponed it for a couple of weeks ..... don't remember the date ..... but her hat is officially in the ring. I hear that Erskine Bowles, who had said he would not run for the seat, is now re-considering since Jesse announced he would not seek re-election.
I still don't know what to think ...... I'll sure vote for Liddy if she gets the nomination but there are a lot of issues there I'm not real happy about.
My question number one for Ms.Dole would be: Was your husband really the tax collector for the welfare state and do plan to continue in that vein?
Technical quetions again. What are:Bumps,pings and FReepmail?
Whenever someone replies to a thread, it puts it on the top of the Latest Posts thread. Sometimes I don't want to comment on a thread but do want to get it back on the front page of the Forum so others can see it ...... then I can just type "bump" or "bttt" (bump to the top) and hit Post.
You see bump and ping used interchangeably a lot ... and both serve the same purpose.
But if I'm reading another thread and think it's something you would be interested in, I could type your name in the To box and then when you hit Self-Search, it will show up and you can go read the thread.
Most people use the term *ping* when talking about flagging (another term that means the same thing as ping) a specific person to a thread and use *bump* for the general activity of replying so that a thread will go back to the top of the Latest Posts page.
Does any of that make sense? Sometimes I try to say too much and make things sound more complicated than they are.
A good place to learn a lot about FR ..... including the history, some of the lore and terminology, etc. is here ....
NEWCOMERS: Welcome Center and Information Desk
I heartily recommend spending some time there .... excellent links at the top of the thread.
It's Deja Vu all over again.!!!!!!
ROTFLMAO SMK POLs
If I send you a FReepmail (and here you will see lots of comments about pizza deliveries, UPS trucks, etc. ...... that's us just kidding around saying that we have sent a FReepmail to someone), then when you go back to the Latest Posts page and refresh it, you will see a dark blue box at the top saying you have a message. Again, I find it helpful to right click and open in a new window. You can reply to the message if and when you desire.
You can also access FReepmail by clicking in the upper right hand corner of the Latest Posts page where it says Destinations in the little box ...... a drop down menu gives you several options.
Stuff in FReepmail does not show up on the forum. We use it for exchanging email addresses or phone numbers ..... stuff we don't want the whole world to see ..... or just for little private jokes and such.
I wrote two satire pieces after writing that one. One was about the Supreme Court justices coming down to Florida to whip some sense into the Florida Supremes. I think it was pretty funny, but mostly due to that short (seemed like eternity) time when we were all waiting for the Supreme Court to make a ruling on the SCOFLA decision. The other piece was about Al Gore, upon losing his case at the Supreme Court, making an appeal to British Law and possibly to Roman Law if he lost there. Go to my profile page to find them if you're interested, but there's nothing serious like the one you read.
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