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Re: Finally--a use of public funding that I can really get behind!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:42:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Carl Nelson wrote:
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As for cowboy diplomacy, I fully support it, as long as it follows this
guideline: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we
shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
If we have to do it alone, we will.
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Too bad Bush added the line, “...Against any threat, real, imagined, or
constructed out of thin air.” :-)
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Actually, my beef is primarily with bureaucrats and government employees (who
tend to the liberal side; just look at the DC-area voting records) who think
they know so well what is good for us. Good example: seat belts. I wear one
because I know a bit about both physics and safety statistics. If I don’t
wish to wear one, why should the government give a rat’s patootie?
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The majority of voters in the DC area are black - whether or not they are
bureasucrats and government employees I couldn’t say, but since even those need
goods and services, I tend to doubt it.
I don’t have a problem with you not wearing a seat belt as long as you foreswear
any public assistance whatsoever if you get into an accident, your fault or not,
and the foreswearance of all those in the car with you (even if you aren’t
driving, you can hurtle into another passenger or be ejected from the car into
someone else). I should note that authorities may still not be satisfied,
figuring that you are still endangering others, regardless of financial
liablity.
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The world would be a better place today if Iran and Iraq had managed to
obliterate each other in their war. The US pursued a policy of supporting
the lesser of two evils; the only problem is that when you get rid of the
greater you’re still stuck with an evil.
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We created one monster by our arrogance and then had to create another to
counter the first when it went out of control (the second then promptyly went
out of control, also). Trying to build up flakes like the Shah or Hussein in
command was a mistake.
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No, I’m thanking my lucky stars that it’s Bush in office instead of Gore!
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Inasmuch as I doubt Gore would have dragged us into an extremely ill-considered
war with Iraq, let me politely note that lucky stars don’t seem to exist.
Should I mention Enron going out of control? :-)
-->Bruce<--
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