! ! What you don't understand is if we Americans become so ! terrorized by a ! small group of extremist that we forfeit our rights under the ! Constitution and Bill of right, then the extremist have already won.
! The American way of life has a long heritage and I don't want to see ! that heritage destroyed. Again, if you believe that the hypothesis of the film to which you linked is plausible, there is no way you can believe it's a "small group of extremists". Such a plot would take so much logistical support to pull off, and it would all have to go so perfectly, that the magnitude of the cabal cooperating in the deceptions would have to be, well, the entire federal government (including the so-called 'opposition') and several other world governments to boot. I don't for instance see any way you can argue that the Clintons are anything more than puppets of the Bushes, if you believe all that stuff. Your average political extremist is full of opinions, spouts them off freely and openly (usually hoping vainly to persuade somebody of something), but has precisely zero influence on what happens in government, even down to what day of the week his trash is collected. Just look at me and Bill! ;-) It's the 'pragmatists' who get anything done, and they are usually ideologically neutral, focused solely on being in power, which usually just requires promising free beer (or some policy-wonk equivalent)---never the kind of thing the maker of that film portrays. Of course you can apply the "Who Benefits?" question recursively to the filmmaker---who benefits if this horrible truth becomes known? It's much easier to make a plausible "shocking" piece of political propaganda, a "politics of personal destruction" hit piece if there ever was one, than it is to pull of such a complex operation, particularly for a government that wasn't even on its feet yet and had so many enemies inside the ranks of the very agencies whose complete and hermetically sealed cooperation would be required. - Bob ! ! The American people are strong and have a history of raising to the ! occasion in defense of our way of life with provides free enterprise, ! freedoms of speech and expression, freedoms of religion, ! freedoms of the ! press, rights to due process to insure justice for all, and last, but ! not least, rights to privacy. I don't think the American ! people can be ! terrorized into giving up the American way of life. Rather American ! should stand up to fight extremism in all its forms, so as to protect ! our American heritage and way of life. ! ! Regards, ! ! LelandJ ! ! Michael Madigan wrote: ! ! >What you fail to realize is if people like you got the ! >NSA wiretapping and Patriot Act stopped, we would have ! >had another 911. ! > ! >Republicans: Keeping us safe. ! > ! >--- Leland Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ! > ! > ! > ! >>I am so glad that the recent terrorist plot was ! >>thwarted. If it had ! >>succeeded, Americans could have kissed their ! >>Constitution and Bill of ! >>Right goodbye, forfeiting freedoms, liberties, ! >>privacy, due process and ! >>rights to a God of their own understanding. We, as ! >>Americans, are so ! >>easy to terrorize. At the first hint of danger, we ! >>all run for cover, ! >>anxious to bargain away our Constitutional rights ! >>for protection form ! >>the evil that is lurking in every shadow. We, as ! >>Americans, need the ! >>backbone to stand up to terrorist, and the backbone ! >>to stand up for our ! >>Constitutional rights at the same time. ! >> ! >>Even though this recent plot was unsuccessful, I am ! >>watching closely to ! >>see if the Bush Administration follows it trend, and ! >>trys to make ! >>another grab for power thought legislation or other ! >>means because of ! >>this recent threat. It will be interesting to see ! >>how it plays out. ! >> ! >>Regards, ! >> ! >>LelandJ ! >> ! >> ! >>Bob Calco wrote: ! >> ! >> ! >> ! >>>Both that video and this one: ! >>> ! >>> ! >>> ! >>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8439228734279462200 ! >> ! >> ! >> ! >>>...provided me with great entertainment this ! >>> ! >>> ! >>evening, for which, ! >> ! >> ! >>>Leland, I am most grateful. :) ! >>> ! >>>I had no idea Bush deliberately murdered all the ! >>> ! >>> ! >>9/11 victims *and* ! >> ! >> ! >>>JFK too! ! >>> ! >>>ROTFLMAO! ! >>> ! >>>- Bob ! >>> ! >>>! -----Original Message----- ! >>>! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! >>>! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ! >>> ! >>> ! >>Leland Jackson ! >> ! >> ! >>>! Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:15 PM ! >>>! To: [email protected] ! >>>! Subject: [OT] Question abaout 9/11 ! >>>! ! >>>! I found this over on UT, which is interesting, so ! >>> ! >>> ! >>I share it here ! >> ! >> ! >>>for ! >>>! those who may not have yet seen it: ! >>>! ! >>>! ! >>> ! >>> ! >http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1519312457137943386 ! > ! > ! >>>! ! >>>! Regards, ! >>>! ! >>>! LelandJ ! >>>! ! >>>! ! >>> ! >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
