Not anymore! It's called the European Union now and perhaps with the exception of England, I don't believe you need a passport to travel among the various member countries. ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum 100 East Cedar Angleton, Texas 77515 (409) 864-1208 museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Elizabeth Mcdonald[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 1:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shape Patrick, True, but you need to remember the size of the country and the cost to travel outside. I don't need a passport to vist Canada or Mexico. If the states here were like countries in Europe, my passport would have a lot of stamps. Elizabeth Reno On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Boylan P wrote: > Robert: > > .... and at any one time less than 12% of the US population have a > passport, and about 48% of the current members of Congress have NEVER had > a passport! Doesn't stop you running a world that half your law-makers > and seven-eights of your citizens have never seen, except through > Hollywood and CNN. > > Makes you think....!! > > Patrick Boylan > > =============================== > > On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Robert T. Handy wrote: > > > You wrote: Isn't that why we still read different newspapers? > > > > Don't we wish! Twenty percent of the U.S. population reads a newspaper on > > a daily basis. That figure drops to fifteen percent in Texas. I ask just > > about everyone with I come in contact, if they read a newspaper every day. > > I am astonished at how many do not; even more so when I ask if they read a > > weekly news magazine. How on earth can people make informed decisions if > > they do not read? > > > > > > ------ > > Robert Handy > > Brazoria County Historical Museum > > 100 East Cedar > > Angleton, Texas 77515 > > (409) 864-1208 > > museum_bob > > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.bchm.org > > > > ---------- > > From: Olivia S. Anastasiadis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 1:29 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shape > > > > Interesting point. I would like to get cable just so that I can brush up > > on my Greek by watching Antenna straight out of Athens, but it comes with > > 20 other channels I could care less about, so I am still holding strong, > > no cable in my house. I do watch ABC News but I also switch to PBS to > > listen to the BBC to learn more about world events and to get a different > > slant on things. Switching from the visual media, Isn't that why we > > still read different newspapers? To get different viewpoints? That's > > why TV really hasn't been the greatest invention, you can still tune it > > out. > > > > O > > Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator > > Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace > > 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard > > Yorba Linda, CA 92886 > > (714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:18:39 -0400 Jane Sproull Thomson > > <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > >I find it kind of interesting that the major events you mention all > > >happened > > >in the US. One of the reasons I had our cable disconnected was that > > >my sons > > >seemed to be getting the impression, since most cable stations are US > > >based, > > >that all world events happen in the US, and if it didn't happen in the > > >US it > > >wasn't important. Now we only watch the CBC news, which gives us a > > >Canadian > > >slant on events worldwide and uses BBC as well as ABC news reports. > > >Many > > >Americans take this dominance for granted...many of you probably don't > > >know > > >that at this moment, the US and Canada are engaged in a trade dispute > > >over > > >Canada's most recent attempt to protect its cultural industries > > >internally, > > >and the US's insistence that we have no right to do this. > > >What role do museums have in resisting cultural imperialism? Should we > > >even try? > > > > > > > > >At 10:44 AM 03/02/99 -0600, you wrote: > > >>In my opinion the invention of the Television changed everything. No > > >>longer did people have to rely on print or word of mouth the learn of > > >>events throughout the country or world. We could watch Kennedy being > > >>assasinated unlike those who learned of Lincoln's death. We could > > >watch > > >>the horrors of the Vietnam war instead of listening to reports over > > >the > > >>radio. The television puts us at the delivery of septuplets and the > > >>doorstep of death penalty vigils. I believe that with the TV's > > >delivered > > >>to our home brought more immediate knowledge than had ever been > > >known, > > >>even those who are illiterate in this day and time can remain > > >>knowledgeable through the TV; but we also lost our cultural > > >innocence. > > >> How much good news is reported in comparison to the amount of bad. > > >How > > >>many comparisons to the violence on television to the rise in > > >violence > > >>involving our youth, i.e. school murders in Jonesboro, Arkansas, do > > >we > > >>hear. There are people today who do not have computers but how many > > >>homes do not have TV's? > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >>From: Roger Smith > > >>Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:08 AM > > >>To: [log in to unmask] > > >>Subject: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shaped th > > >> > > >>With Millennium 'madness' looming, I thought it might be rather fun > > >to > > >>invite LIST members and individuals to submit their pick of a single > > >>event > > >>or decision that, in their opinion, made the most impact upon this > > >>Century? > > >> > > >>The recommendations no doubt will be purely subjective ( perhaps a > > >trifle > > >>quirky) and should come with a short sentence of justification! > > >> > > >> > > >>The responses will be collated and published in the April edition of > > >>GLOBAL > > >>MUSEUM ( in the FORUM section). > > >>To save bandwidth, could I invite you to mail your contribution off > > >the > > >>list > > >>to: > > >>[log in to unmask] > > >> > > >>I am picking we will have a wide range of choices and l Iook forward > > >to > > >>receiving the nominations > > >> > > >>Roger > > >> > > >>http://www.globalmuseum.org > > >> > > >> > > >Jane Sproull Thomson > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >