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> When I was listening to the news this morning, I heard - or thought I heard -
> that Colorado had defeated a bill that would have taken away the property
> tax-exempt status for churches and religious organizations.

This is correct: Colorado Amendment 11 or "Murphy's Law" has been
overwhelmingly rejected by the Colorado electorate.  According to the
CBS News Election web page

            http://cbs-election96.cbsnews.com/election/

83% of voters voted against the amendment.

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Re: Pakistan and "suspicious timing"

Bro Brown had forwarded some news from soc.culture.pakistan.politics,
which quoted part of a BBS news report about Pakastani P.M. Bhutto's
ouster:

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| > Pakistan President Farooq Legari [sic] has dismissed Prime Minister
| > Benazir Bhutto's government from power. The sudden move was a
| > surprise not only for the rest of the world, but also for Prime
| > Minister Benazir Bhutto.
|
|This is the seedy part: why on the eve of US elections?

I'm not sure why it's considered a surprise: Bhutto and her husband are
in the midst of scandal allegations that make the Clintons look like
really honest people.  For example, Bhutto's husband Zardari is known
in Pakistan as "Mr 10 Percent" because of the kickbacks he allegedly
demands of potential business contracts.

President Leghari, who is (was?) a friend of Bhutto's, has been under
pressure for the past month or so to use his constitutional powers to
dismiss Bhutto.

There have been riots over the last month with demonstrators demanding
the resignation of Bhutto.  Bhutto has even been accused in the death
of her brother; he was murdered in September of this year.  Bhutto's
mother accused Bhutto's husband of murdering the brother.

While the fundamentalist Muslims shouting "Party of God" seem to be
getting most the attention, the ouster of Bhutto seems to have fairly
universal support among Pakistanis, especially the business community.

IMO, the fact that Leghari picked the eve of U.S. election day to fire
Bhutto is probably coincidence unrelated to the U.S., though he might
have chosen that date for some U.S.-related tactical reason (most
Americans would ignore non-election news, politicians in U.S. and
elsewhere preoccupied with other things, etc).  Recall this is the
second time Bhutto has been ousted on charges of fraud and
mismanagement.

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.usatoday.com/
http://xiber.com/dawn/
Just reading the newspaper and newsmagazines over the past five years.

I have to admit that Yeltin's heart surgery being put off until the
begining of November sounds a bit strange.  I suppose the fact that my
boss left town for Washington D.C. last night might fit into this
picture somehow too... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.  And Oracle will be announcing a
major new product  this Friday... double-Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...  :-)

Richard "no, I don't believe the trilateral commission exists" Masoner