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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No. I said what I meant to say, and its on record
and timestamped. How or if you read what I said is up to
you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brett Paatsch</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kerry_prez@yahoo.com href="mailto:kerry_prez@yahoo.com">Al Brooks</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] a futurist
prediction</DIV>
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<DIV>What you mean to say here, Bret, is you don't want to risk losing the
three dollar bill in a wager because you know Bush is a survivor and the
odds are strongly in favor of the president finishing his current
term and the Iraqi insurgency continuing into the term of Bush's successor.
Your answer means I wont be gaining a three dollar bill in 2009
:-{<BR><BR><B><I>>Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au></I></B>
wrote: <FONT face=Arial size=2>No thanks, Al. The bet you propose isn't
>well formed enough to interest me.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is
a non zero probability that George W Bush might >die, resign or
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>be impeached before 20 January
2009.</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
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