"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin Gee, what a wicked smat guy......................... -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight Mattix Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] (way OT) Friday reflection: TN participants At 09:50 AM 4/15/2005, Clyde Sprowl wrote: >In a country made up of an amalgam of all the other countries in the >world, it makes sense to have a unifying language. Multiple languages >divide. Have you heard the term "E Pluribus Unum"? Preach man! In spite of the forces pushing for increased tribalism in the US we still lead the way at being E Pluribus Unum. Multi-ethnic, mono-cultural. United we stand. Divided we fall. Give large credit to the Scotch-Irish influence that still dominates US culture (dating to waves of Ulster Scot immigration from 1600's to mid-1700's). Unlike the English serfs to the south, the Scots were an inclusive, bottom-up, meritocracy where immigrants were welcome and leaders were chosen by acclamation not birthright. FREEDOM!!! dw --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------