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Re: Operation TIPS
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:11:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Ashcroft scares me. Really. Civil Liberty is just an inconvenience to him,
> apparently.
And did you hear of Bush scrapping the 5 billion (?) towards national
security? I hope the fearless at ground zero will long remember how Bush
shook their hands when the cameras surrounded him, but also how Bush stabbed
each and every one of them in the back shortly thereafter.
So let me get this right, we have:
1) war abroad
2) a national snitch program, admitted or not
3) already the most incarcerated population on earth
4) no real security at home
Hmmm, gee -- that gives us:
1) a reason to forget about the economy being wrecked while stirring
patriotic emotions
2) unprecedented information gathering
3) cheap labor for various industries via UNICOR
4) ongoing real fear of terrorism
A perfect plan if you had a lot of money sunk in oil and arms concerns. It
just goes to show how easy it is to paint a rosy economic forecast if you
have your money in the right industries.
The most powerful country on earth? How the mighty have fallen...
-- Hop-Frog
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 | | Operation TIPS
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| I am not a big fan of the Village Voice... or of Dick Armey either for that matter. But one has to secure allies where one can, I guess. This may be old news at this point but I did want to highlight it. (URL) (the link is a reprint of a Hentoff (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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