From: "David Ross" <damiross@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 5:18 PM > This EU I'm beginning to think is the devil himself. First it wants to > meddle in the affairs of the United States (e.g. the UAL/USAir merger) now > it wants to regulate foreign airline fares. <snip> I think both UAL and USAir fly to a number of EU destinations. The U.S.A. has made very loud complaints about subsidies to EU Airlines and plane makers on occasion. <snip> > > Pardon me if I offend anybody but what the hell were the European countries > that make up the EU thinking of when they decided to basically merge all of > their counties into one? > Some of the thinking was similar to that which occurred between 1774 and 1787 among thirteen of the entities now part of the United States of America. Gerry K8EF http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley/ http://www.geocities.com/gerryf.geo/eclipseindex.html http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html