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   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   Noel Q. von Schneiffel wrote:   
      
   > It is true, of course. America is the new Babylon   
      
   Actually I was thinking of Numenor, but they seem to have a lot   
   in common:   
      
   "Babylon is laid to waste, Egypt's buried in her shame   
   Their mighty men are beaten down, their kings have fallen in the ways   
   Oh God, the pride of man, broken in the dust again!   
      
   Turn around, go back down, back the way you came   
   Shout a warning to the nations that the sword of God is raised   
   On Babylon that mighty city, rich in treasure, wide in fame   
   It shall cause thy tower to fall and make it be a pyre of flame   
   Oh God, the pride of man, broken in the dust again!"   
   --Hamilton Camp; also performed by Gordon Lightfoot   
      
   SQ   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)