[SOC] Rant again...and yet again...

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In a message dated 3/20/2002 2:43:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
w2agn@pobox.com writes:

<< Good point. MA has had some VERY shady politicians.   >>

 Hi John, what most people forget is that they treat their politicians and 
the parties they support as if they were sports teams, a lot of rah rah rah 
and blind acceptance despite a losing record.
 Im with George Carlin on this...first over all else, i never believe 
anything my government tells me...period.  im not a conspiracy buff and i 
dont have a bomb shelter, im just calling it like i see it. if you ask old 
mort down the road who he voted for, he will wave the flag and proudly yell 
out the name, and more loudly yell out who he doesnt like (so-and-so's 
opponent in the elections), then ask him if he trusts lawyers...he will rant 
for an hour about how they are all bloodsucking animals....at that point, its 
prudent to remind old morty that most all politicians are lawyers, hang out 
with lawyers, golf with lawyers and are just politicians in general...with 
whom Mort will also 
profess to greatly dislike.
 Every state has these loafers sitting in nice leather chairs making 
decisions with or without our approval, but most certainly WITH our tax 
money. and most have some kind of skeletons in the closet. 
 So John, i have just accepted that every state, and most other countries 
have these airbags taking up a lot of space...just biding time until the next 
election. ever notice how compassionate and motivated they become in the 
months before election time??  just think about it, if your friends, wives or 
relatives treated us with the same "respect" that these politicians/lawyers 
treat us, we would ignore/divorce/disown the entire lot of them all!!
 I dont trust them, never have, never will...and i see nothing since 
september to indicate anything other than opportunistic, glory hounds are 
still in control...i dont have a problem with a central government if it 
works correctly, but i think we just have way too much government...and i 
dont like the way they meddle in citizens affairs the way they do.  oh well, 
they are firmly rooted and if any kind of uprising were to occur, they would 
just give us more politician-speak and the sedated society that we live in 
would be happy to just be told that everything is ok, to go back to shoving 
cheeseburgers down their collective throats and stay plugged into the 
tv...the uprising would be labeled "rioters"or "protesters", the news would 
paint an ugly picture of 
them, and the minivan militia would shrug their shoulders and continue the 
daily grind. we sure were in a hurry to do that after september...kind of 
reminds me of the blankee i used to carry around when i was 5, i hid 
underneath it and all the scary monsters went away (but i sure acted tough 
under that blankee!!).
  We have it too easy in many respects, the media, societal secularism and 
our beloved government...in all its glorious forms...have done well to keep 
us chasing the carrot. we are by far the most overweight nation on earth 
(minus a few pacific island nations, but they are heavy from GOOD eating), we 
are inundated with gadgets and gizmos born of laziness and convenience, we 
dont judge ourselves on deeds or intelligence...but rather on material 
possessions and social standing (clothes, the car you drive, pecs, abs, 
boobs, butt, bank account, etc...). just listen to the VP6DI pileup on ssb, 
you want to get heated??  listen to these lazy jerks being outright mean 
while sitting in a comfortable shack, with state of the art gear, a nice big 
chair, a 6 pack and a game on the telly...and dont forget A/C and a weekly 
exterminator, and meanwhile, they guy hes complaining about is sitting in a 
flimsy tent in a 50 mph gale storm, soaking wet or cold, probably resting his 
feet on a rock and his butt on a crate, hes exhausted, probably still queasy 
from the stormy seas he went through just to give CBer Dick a new one....just 
to be criticized on the air and on the web for not being more convenient to 
the warm, cozy op back home...who probably has a wife to give him a hug and 
cook him a steak.....the DXpedition ops wife??  shes nervous as hell because 
her hubby is following his calling in a most dangerous way. (some of you may 
recall a Spratly operation about 20 years ago by some DL ops, their boat was 
attacked and they were killed...im sure some lids were complaining about that 
too).
 Anyway, my point is that we have come full circle...we have lazy leaders who 
are opportunists, there are exceptions, but they are rare and often dont last 
in politics.  lazy leadership breeds lazy society....think about it this way, 
what kind of parent do you want your small child to see when they look at you?

  Sorry to go on like this, i DO love my country, its my home and i will die 
to protect it, but these are my everyday feelings, and since it was brought 
up i figured i would chime in....and , oh yeah, im the list administrator, im 
allowed to go "off topic" <eg>
  Carry on gentlemen, i enjoy being able to talk like this as friends without 
list cops acting like the lids on VP6DI...i look forward to your next post!

 p.s.  lets all stay friends, we have a ton of different views on this, and 
many may disagree, but as long as we all come out of this smiling, i will be 
too! :-)
     Thanks!

 p.s.s.  Thanks Claude for stepping up, running a website is a monster, its 
hard enough trying to figure out this new server were on...im having to 
approve posts from Diz and Rob!!!  ive NEVER had to approve ANYTHING they had 
to say on here, its always on the level...just more stuff on my already 
overcrowded plate :-)    so Hooray for Claude!!!  ::removes hat::

73...Adam, N7YA
SOC 143  FP#86
www.NDUS3.com
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