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Re: An armed society...
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Wed, 23 Jan 2002 04:02:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
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> > Most of the "major news stories" have been geared to distract the average
> > mindless American into thinking they need the federal Government.
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> In fact, they do need the Federal government, and so do you.
Well I will admit that my statement was a bit "boneheaded" :-) What I was
intending to convey was not what I typed. (Narf!) The US armed forces, the
treasury, EPA, CIA, and FBI are some of the major organizations that are vital
to the country. The problem is that most of the goverment bureaucracy is
useless.
I know a lot of people who have the mentallity that the Government can solve
all their problems, not realizing it is causing most of them.
> How secure
> would the commercial shipping infrastructure be if our borders were not • secure?
> How secure would US commerce be without the backing of the
> full-faith-and-credit of the US Federal Reserve? How well could we resist
> enemy incursions onto US soil without the Federal body known as the US Armed
> Forces? How much abuse would stock brokers inflict upon innocent investors
> without the oversight of the Securites Exchange Commission?
> I imagine you'll point to 9/11 as an example of the failure of the armed
> forces, but before you do, please recall that privately-owned jets were used • in
> the bombings.
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> > The Y2K farce was a good example of that.
The one where it was treated as an actual problem. Oh no the date is now '00.
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> Which farce, exactly? The finance industry was well-prepared before the
> beginning of 1999. The airline industry had run tests many months in advance,
> with no alarms. The rail industry had likewise conducted tests that showed no
> significant problems to be expected on 1/1/0. The only fuss I heard was from
> the so-called liberal news media, and even that was more like a lingering joke
> than some pernicious guvmint plot to sap and impurify all of our precious
> bodily fluids...
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> > -Mike Petrucelli (I wonder, when the second civil war comes will there be
> > enough patriots to defend our liberty?)
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> First I must require you to define "civil war," "enough," "patriots,"
> "defend," and "liberty." After you've done that, I'll see about giving you an
> answer.
Ah skip it just a silly hot-headed remark.
-Mike Petrucelli (who conceeds that Hop-Frog explains the original issue far
better than I do)
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| (...) In fact, they do need the Federal government, and so do you. How secure would the commercial shipping infrastructure be if our borders were not secure? How secure would US commerce be without the backing of the full-faith-and-credit of the US (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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