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They would do quite well by themselves. Europeans are very smart people.
Remember, most Americans are of European decent. Yes, we are lucky to have all of the other imigrants from all parts of the word, and all of the diversity in brings, but it hardly makes us indispensible.
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Wow, the Bush administration is going from prosecuting criminals to helping  DonnieBoy | 09/26/06
How do YOU know that The EU is "law abiding"?  John Zern | 09/26/06
Please link to your hearsay  barstewards | 09/26/06
Then you are  zkiwi | 09/26/06
How could you tell  Boot_Agnostic | 09/27/06
U.S. 'lobbied' the EC over Microsoft fine  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
I still say you are on something =-)  Shelendrea | 09/26/06
I get that a lot silly  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
They had their chance  StevoCJ | 09/27/06
How about...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Already did  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
That clearly means  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Clearly I did  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
Maybe you should audition for  Shelendrea | 09/26/06
Facts are there  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
Well, Love  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Show us the facts then  zkiwi | 09/26/06
I did  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
No, you didn't  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Yes I did  Loverock Davidson | 09/26/06
Wheee  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Guessing at what is going on is not same as stating the facts  slim-01 | 09/29/06
Whoa....  NemesisNL | 09/26/06
boycott usa today nt  Quebec-french | 09/26/06
isn't the US all about freedom, ie. not interfering??? -nt  shryko | 09/27/06
huh?  Linux Geek | 09/26/06
How do you know the commision is "uncorruptible"?  John Zern | 09/26/06
And of course  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Well of course  perryroyce@... | 09/26/06
It takes time, so... they'll be corrupt by next election, or next year...  shryko | 09/27/06
I hope you're kidding...  misi999 | 09/28/06
U.S. stay out of it  Boot_Agnostic | 09/26/06
I wish that were possible...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
They would do quite well by themselves. Europeans are very smart people.  DonnieBoy | 09/26/06
Sorry DonnieBoy  Confused by religion | 09/26/06
don't believe thats true  DemonX | 09/26/06
OK lets correct that then...  Mad Dan | 09/26/06
Who needs to check their census figures?!  Linux User 147560 | 09/26/06
And we'd do quite well by ourselves  Boot_Agnostic | 09/26/06
Very smart people? Buwahahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
Well, for the Europeans reading sorry for the idiots that  DonnieBoy | 09/26/06
Hey DB: what abot the criminal EU companies?  John Zern | 09/26/06
Which ones are they then?  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Smarter than you...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
So smart they elected Hitler.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
So... smart that they  zkiwi | 09/26/06
The EC elected Hitler?  Tigertank | 09/26/06
But you have to admire his organizational skills.  osreinstall | 09/26/06
You are giving Americans a bad name.  B.O.F.H. | 09/26/06
Grow up wanker  mikeybrass | 09/27/06
Actually he was appointed by Paul Von Hindenburg  osreinstall | 09/27/06
Axe is a tool  Spikey_Mike | 09/26/06
Normandy  perryroyce@... | 09/26/06
Guess you forgot  Linux User 147560 | 09/26/06
Unfortunately, Microsoft has the US Government by the balls.  B.O.F.H. | 09/26/06
I agree  DemonX | 09/26/06
Do you suppose...  Spikey_Mike | 09/26/06
Talking "out of school" will came back against her.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
Unless you are the President of the US  Shelendrea | 09/26/06
True. LOL (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
If the Bush administration wants to help criminals, they sure would NOT  DonnieBoy | 09/26/06
Why?  zkiwi | 09/26/06
And they ALWAYS pay the price.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
Here's a word for you...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Puhlease  NemesisNL | 09/26/06
Wait and see...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
I rather think it would enhance her reputation  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Ssshhhhh  mikeybrass | 09/27/06
We shall see... At some point  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/06
We shall see....  truls_rohk | 09/27/06
You have a rich imagination!  B.O.F.H. | 09/26/06
And you were born without one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/06
They have lost every Antitrust case so far.  B.O.F.H. | 09/27/06
Sure do!  Linux User 147560 | 09/27/06
M$ was at it again  Linux Geek | 09/26/06
As we know MICROSUCKS has bought Capitol Hill...  BeGoneFool | 09/26/06
someone had to talk to the EU mafia  zzz1234567890 | 09/26/06
Really?  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Between MS and European Commission, the EC is the mafia? ... nt  Dr-T | 09/26/06
Predictable  #_z | 09/26/06
This move was innappropriate at all levels and can only back-fire for MS  Dr-T | 09/26/06
Yeah, THIS might  bmgoodman | 09/26/06
Death by 'Demo Mode'  whisperycat | 09/26/06
In short: well-fed 'pets' defend their boss (Bill Gates). (NT)  Vily Clay | 09/26/06
And idiots rant against him. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/06
Pet-idiots? Or EC must degrade to a pet-status too? (NT)  Vily Clay | 09/26/06
So, that's your excuse  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Well, I can see  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/06
Now we see the World in the eyes of the smartest MS pet - No_Ax .. where ..  Vily Clay | 09/27/06
You can think?  zkiwi | 09/29/06
US and EC demonstrate the cancer that is socialism [nt]  Omch'Ar | 09/26/06
savage capitalism is way worst  Quebec-french | 09/26/06
Chomsky is laughable  Omch'Ar | 09/26/06
well after a read (a really sad one )  Quebec-french | 09/26/06
Only socialism...  Omch'Ar | 09/26/06
Wealth is not a zero-sum game  Punchey | 09/27/06
hey after all this one is great  Quebec-french | 09/26/06
Rothbard and Buchanan did agree...  Omch'Ar | 09/26/06
Agree with most but...  osreinstall | 09/26/06
Hurray!!  Björn Lundahl | 09/27/06
Boy, if that wasn't troll bait  John Zern | 09/26/06
Wrong  techboy_z | 09/26/06
I'd laugh if bile wasn't welling up in my throat  Omch'Ar | 09/26/06
Gee souinds like  Linux User 147560 | 09/26/06
It has already been done  osreinstall | 09/26/06
I'm sorry, but IMO...  Omch'Ar | 09/26/06
Uh no that was  Linux User 147560 | 09/27/06
You are missing the point  osreinstall | 09/27/06
It is actually rather black and white.  Punchey | 09/27/06
Maybe in your twilight zone.  osreinstall | 09/27/06
See www.capitalism.org/faq  Punchey | 09/28/06
I read some of that Ayn Rand powerpoint.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Rebuttal  Punchey | 09/28/06
Why. You are flat out wrong.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Are you *absolutely* sure I'm wrong? wink  Punchey | 09/28/06
Yes I am.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Not much to say now but...  Punchey | 09/28/06
You said very little before.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Your hostility is juvinile and unnecessary (NT)  Punchey | 09/29/06
So is your business model and you.  osreinstall | 09/29/06
ZDNet misunderstanding of server code issue.  Anton Philidor | 09/26/06
Not server code  seosamh_z | 09/26/06
Erm...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Erm...Erm  seosamh_z | 09/26/06
last I heard  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Reading for content  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/26/06
What MS had  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/26/06
Why thankee sirrah  zkiwi | 09/26/06
so now stop talking unless you know what you are talking  code_Warrior | 09/26/06
Good comment!  Björn Lundahl | 09/27/06
Alan Greenspan did not like antitrust laws and their authorities!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
The EU hinders companies to compete!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Answer this...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Read the story and you will find the answer!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
I did  zkiwi | 09/26/06
I did  zkiwi | 09/26/06
If other companies would dump products for low prices in Sweden,  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
And if it put you out of work?  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Again and Again!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Answer the question  zkiwi | 09/26/06
The common man should be richer.  Björn Lundahl | 09/27/06
If free markets did not exist you wouldn?t, probably, live.  Björn Lundahl | 09/27/06
Volkswagens in Italy.  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
And hurt the Italian economy  zkiwi | 09/26/06
You do not seem to understand economics and anything that I wrote.  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
You do not  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Go and study those books, you ?might? learn something!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Considering you are  zkiwi | 09/26/06
They should have sold the cars then  voska | 09/26/06
And yet...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
I believe in letting the market take care of itself  voska | 09/27/06
They are not competing freely.  osreinstall | 09/27/06
Justice, Liberty and the Free Market.  Björn Lundahl | 09/27/06
Still blathering on about Rothbard.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Rules  Björn Lundahl | 09/28/06
Yep, you have to obey them.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Bleeding to death  Björn Lundahl | 09/28/06
Yes, The West is hemorrhaging.  osreinstall | 09/28/06
Volvo and profits  Björn Lundahl | 09/28/06
Not the car division.  osreinstall | 09/29/06
Not a big difference  Björn Lundahl | 09/29/06
I did read it elsewhere back then.  osreinstall | 09/29/06
The average working week in Sweden is 40 hours and not 35 hours  Björn Lundahl | 09/30/06
That figures. Auto workers always had it good.  osreinstall | 09/30/06
Ayn Rand  Björn Lundahl | 09/30/06
That is about right  osreinstall | 10/01/06
Cars sold in different countries are not all the same offers.  jsargent | 09/28/06
The Emperor's New Clothes  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Well...  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Well  code_Warrior | 09/26/06
Good Comment!  Björn Lundahl | 09/27/06
ZDNET - Filter Request  Spikey_Mike | 09/26/06
Yes, I agree with you! That would be nice!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Mother of All Corporations; The Mob  mighetto | 09/26/06
I am against those wars!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Department of Justice Makes the Common Man Poorer!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
When Government regulates the public loses!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
Political competition  John L. Ries | 09/26/06
Freedom to Cheat Diminishes Freedom for Everyone Else  mighetto | 09/26/06
Justice, Liberty and the Free Market.  Björn Lundahl | 09/28/06
Justice, Liberty and the Free Market.  Björn Lundahl | 09/28/06
Microsoft in Wonderland!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
If EU regulators were stopped, antivirus software could be free!  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
antivirus software is free if you look  barstewards | 09/26/06
Yes, I know.  Björn Lundahl | 09/26/06
EC deserves nothing but scorn  BFD | 09/26/06
back at you  zkiwi | 09/26/06
LIES  j.dupont | 09/26/06
You are correct  zkiwi | 09/26/06
Proves the MS owns the Bush Government  Plain Logic | 09/26/06
and now we hear from the rabid liberals  ttocsmij | 09/27/06
What  Linux User 147560 | 09/27/06
To set the record straight not all conservatives support MS  slim-01 | 09/29/06
You'll do it the EC way,  Boot_Agnostic | 09/27/06
Lobbied??  roboman1@... | 09/28/06
Did they ever lobby the US  Boot_Agnostic | 09/28/06

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