Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:14:35 -0400, Henry T. Carmichael wrote: > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! > On 10/24/05 4:48 PM, L.D. Best wrote, (in part): >> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! >> Interesting note, that ... The female ass was keeping her own mouth >> shut, saying not a thing. It was only when forced by a male power >> broker that the ass spoke, most certainly against her will. > OTOH, > The female ass told the male prophet that he was on the wrong track, > indeed, according to St. Peter, that his course was madness. But, being > male, he ignored the warning, and went his way still, and lost his life > as a result. > Dumb ass indeed! Rather a stupid man who wouldn't listen to good advice. Actually, Balaam did heed the advice and blessed the tribes of Israel instead of cursing them. His subsequent death at the hands of the invaders was quite separate from any question of what he deserved. PML. GST+NPT=JOBS I.e., a Goods and Services Tax (or almost any other broad based production tax), with a Negative Payroll Tax, promotes employme t. See http://member.netlink.com.au/~peterl/publicns.html#AFRLET2 and the other items on that page for some reasons why. -- Arachne V1.77+/B~5 Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Web Browser/Suite for DOS and Linux --