Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] America's shadow army in Iraq

[Rick <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

No, I think we should fire every single career politician in office and 
replace them actual civil servants. Probably a stupid idea, but we have 
to do something about lobbyists and the fact that our government "for 
the people" no longer represents us...we're starting to enter a flat 
spin from which I'm not sure we're going to escape from.

I think we should kill crazy people who would as soon set both you and I 
on fire as look at us whether that gets us cheap oil or not. Assuming 
that violence is not an acceptable solution is pacifist and defeatist in 
a world populated by people for whom violence is an everyday occurrence. 
 Do you also disagree that America's current inability to commit to 
anything due to internal strife is also, at least partially, responsible 
for the Soviet Union's upgraded cold war tactics of the last few years? 
i.e., thinly veiled negotiations trading weapons and support for oil 
with overtly terrorist countries using the SU's  security council veto 
as a bargaining chip against any possible British or US sanction attempts.

Regarding oil, I'd like to see our dependence on it ended. It's a finite 
resource, we know it's going to run out, so why aren't we devoting 
billions of dollars to building up a solar/nuclear/wind infrastructure 
to at least begin mitigating our need for it?

Rick

Mike Miller wrote:
> I think there are other reasons, like ego, like knowing that many 
> Republicans will lose votes if he stops the war, like other ways of 
> enriching wealthy supporters.  I'm sure there is a long list, but I 
> won't be putting "don't want to lose to the terrorists" on that list.
>
> So you think we should kill people and act crazy so that we can get 
> cheaper oil?  First, I have no reason to believe it works that way. 
> Second, I think that would be wrong.  Third, there are many negative 
> consequences of doing such a foolish thing and those might outweigh any 
> gains made in oil prices.
>
> Mike

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Let's have a traditional thanks giving this year...invite the neighbors 
over for dinner..then kill them and take their land!!
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