[TheForge] Patriotic rant....

Fri Jun 21 03:25:00 2002

They ARE spending my money on what THEY think is important... count
your tax burden...mine is a full 50 % by the time everyone gets done
stealing it...   As I understand it. Article 16 was NEVER ratified by
enough states to make it law... the government is breaking the law by
stealing your tax money.  Of course that "tax" is now the least of the
total burden.

   Jeff   ><>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rackers" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:11 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Patriotic rant....

> I suggest you should go build up a net worth at least equivalent to
Secretary
> Rumsfeld, then give it to the poor.
> If you don't, then you aren't doing your part to help the poor, and
you have
> little room to complain about it.
>
> Not that you've done this, but it reminds me of something I find
ironic (even
> humorous).
> Some people like to complain about the government being too deep in
everyone's
> business, then in the next sentence they start talking about what
others should
> be doing with their money.
>
> When it comes to those with plenty of money, if you can't beat 'em,
then join
> 'em.
> Then spend your money on what you find important, and leave others
to spend
> their money on what they find important.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
[email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Patriotic rant....
>
>
> In a message dated Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:20:50 AM Eastern Daylight
Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > They "deterred" japan effectively....
> >
> > A "deterrent" is not a deterrent unless those to be
> > deterred believe it
> > will be used.
>
> Shall we use nuclear weapons against terrorist cells within our own
borders?
>
> This country's government and its media are controlled by money and
those who
> have the money are increasingly a tight-knit and very greedy group
whose
> primary aim is to acquire more money/power/control.  The only
deterrent for
> terrorism is to remove the cause.  The widening gap between rich and
poor is
> the cause and that is certainly clear to terrorist leaders even as
they use
> religion to persuade more followers. The suicide bombers are doing
no more than
> someone's suggested response to airline hijackers...they are taking
the only
> effective action available from their perspective.
>
> We like the lifestyle available in our country, but most, I believe,
would be
> willing to moderate it in favor of a more equitable lifestyle
worldwide...do
> you think the Bush dynasty would do the same?  If we are not willing
to make
> concessions with the world resources (Coca-Cola bottlers in India
are depleting
> the local aquifers to ship their product throughout the country.
The locals
> are of lower castes, so who cares if their wells run dry?), then we
either
> accept what damage terrorists are able to inflict or we set out upon
the
> horrific path of genocide...we would have to be willing to
annihilate the Axis
> of Evil, and we have seen that as we chop off one tentacle from that
creature
> another grows in its place.  Our greed cannot long endure any more
than could
> King George's taxation without representation.
>
> Why is it so difficult for us to see that the war is between the
haves and
> have-nots?  Why don't we start by demanding that members of our
government
> share OUR interests rather than the interests of men like our
Secretary of
> Defense?  What portion of the World's resources are necessary to
sustain
> Secretary Rumsfeld's $200,000,000+ net worth?
>
> Philip (NOT PHLIP) Whitley
>
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