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<DIV>Dennis Perrin fwd'd:</DIV>
<DIV>> Later, as Hitchens drives through the sterile Dallas suburb of Plano,
he</DIV>
<DIV>> muses about the 'manicured bliss' of the lawns and the 'white,
conservative,<BR>> Christian, clean' population. 'I feel I could be very
happy here,' he concludes</DIV>
<DIV>> mildly.</DIV>
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<DIV>He's antagonizing his former readership. A militant
atheist, former socialist can be "very happy" in a city
stridently Christian and highly Republican by Texas
standards?? Come on. His sincerity is as convincing as the
sterility (understatement of the day) of Plano is doubtful.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Shane</DIV>
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