OT: Some funny political stuff at last... was Moving from SCO to Linux

[Joe Acquisto]

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>>>> Bill Campbell<bill at celestial.com> 7/26/04 1:49:27 PM >>>
>On Mon, Jul 26, 2004, Joe Acquisto wrote:
>>>>>. . . 
>>>> >I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely on D-Day
>>>> and throughout
>>>> >World War II did so decades ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but
>>>> at least our
>>>> >troops didn't have to fight the folks(?) back home.
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>>Sorry, I must interject on this decidedly OT business.
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>>Apples and Oranges comparision.  Anyone who stops to think about this in a
>>non Rush Limbaugh fashion (and in his case "think" is a generous stretch of
>>the word), will quickly catch the differences between the situations.
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>Have to go into the ad-hominem remarks immediately eh?

Sure.  Fight fire with fire.

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>>Perhaps foremost, is that fear did not have to be "stoked" during the
>>Second World War, as this Administration appears inclined to do on an
>>almost daily basis, with it's non-specific "credible threats".  All the
>>while telling us we are "safer".
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>By the time the 2nd WW started the ``stoking'' had already been done.  Read
>Carroll Quigley's books, ``Tragedy and Hope'', and ``The Anglo-American
>Establishment'' for in depth analysis of the propaganda as well as
>England's efforts between WWI and WWII to build up Germany as a balance
>against France in Europe.  England had supported the 2nd strongest power in
>Europe throughout the 18th and 19th centuries to maintain an balance of
>power in Europe.

I have read Tragedy and Hope.  Well, mostly anyhoo.  Perhaps you should re-read them, since you
seem to have missed how the current effort fits the master plan.

>>What was that story about holding two contradictory positions at the same
>>time and fully believing them both?
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>Logic and Reason aren't generally part of the repertoire of political
>argument.
>>Further, Europe was an "occupied land", that was overrun by an external
>>force.  The French were, in that instance, more than welcoming of the US
>>troops (as had been the natives of Sicily and Italy, I might add).  Quite
>>the opposite is true in this case.
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>  ``The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
>  (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of
>  hobgoblins.'' -- H.L. Mencken, 1923

Exactly.  Which is why the current strangeness, is not so strange at all.

Well, not to worry.  With the 9/11 report out, and the various pundits beating the drum for implimentation of it's most Big Brother-ish aspects, we will all soon be safe in Mother Liberty's arms.   Hmm, guess that would be Big Sister, then, huh?

joea


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