Internet connection problem

January 17, 2008

Re: Internet connection problem

I looked up the nuclear incident out of curiosity. Happened only a little

over 20 years ago, in the mid-80s. The NZ gov. went anti-nuclear and

effectively banned ALL US ships from landing in NZ (which made ANZUS treaty

a tenuous.) Since the US doesn't say which ships have nuclear weapons and

which don't, the nuclear ban had to be applied to all US ships.

Interesting... Oh, and the Sec. of State at that time was George Schulz.

Wonder what ol' Ronny thinks of his offspring (G.W.B.)

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

"Alan" <alan_raro@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks again to everyone. My connection speed is back to what it was

> and Broadband Report's tweak utility gives it the all-clear.

> Interesting what a few innocent-looking leftovers can do. I haven't

> had time to sort out the firewall re-install problem yet. I know there

> were issues with some versions of Zone Alarm, but I've got too much

> else to do right now, so for a few days I'll risk working without a

> firewall and hope Spyware Doctor gives me enough protection.

>

> We like Americans OK Eric - it's just your current administration

> we're not especially keen on. Then of course there was the nuclear

> ship spat of almost 30 years ago which America completely

> misunderstood - what we were objecting to (it was just after

> Chernobyl) was the risk of a nuclear-powered ship having a reactor

> accident while here and making our largest city uninhabitable for 50

> years just so a few of your servicemen could have some R&R. That's not

> how your Secretary of State (I forget his name) saw it - he decided we

> were about to sabotage America's entire Pacific defense strategy and

> kicked us out of ANZUS, which got us into strife with neighboring

> Australia over commitments to joint defense operations. I guess

> politicians are the same all over the world.

>

> Please feel welcome to visit us - lots of Americans do and we'd love

> to have you.

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