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To: NothingMan

Please tell me what Orangeland means. I had the phrase "The Orange is on the Sun" come to me in I think '02. It has bothered me ever since because I do have a clue as to what it could mean butif I had greater understanding I might be able to pinpoint it.


4,466 posted on 05/28/2004 4:35:49 PM PDT by mindspy
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To: mindspy

Is Venus known as the Orange planet and when does it cross the sun?


4,471 posted on 05/28/2004 4:38:03 PM PDT by mindspy
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To: mindspy

In military exercises, you don't call the enemy you are practicing to fight by their real name. Not just "PC", but you don't want to start an international incident.

In the Cold War, we had all sorts of creative names for the USSR. I am not in the military, but I am sure vets would know.

We and the UK held the largest naval maneuvers since WWII back in 1996 and practiced "invading" VA and NC. I think the news this morning indicates something similar.

I think we called the hypothetical enemy "Orangeland", but not sure.

Iran is not PC at all. When they held their largest war games ever the folowing year, they called it "The Road to Jerusalem".


4,520 posted on 05/28/2004 5:35:56 PM PDT by NothingMan
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