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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (132742)	10/10/2001 6:18:05 AM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164687

>> the moment you choose to do anything you surrender some sovereignty << nope. you can do all sorts of things without surrendering sovereignty. >> we agree to not nuke russia if they agree to not nuke us << well isn't that special. i hope they keep their end of the bargain! >> we just lost sovereignty. was it a bad thing? losing some sovereignty is a cost. however, decisions are made based on cost/BENEFIT analysis. you need both sides of the equation. << obviously something must be gained for someone or we wouldn't pursue policies that do surrender our sovereignty. i am saying that it's not worth it, and average americans aren't benefiting. perhaps politicians and the elites are benefiting, but not americans as a whole. >> we have the biggest guns. we can take it back if we want << ok, you keep on trusting the government. they will always do the right thing in the end and protect us. tell that to 6,000 families in NY! ask them how they were served for trusting their government to do the right thing and protect them. >> exactly why i'm not so concerned. congress can change on a dime and if they go too far out in left field then new elected officials will straighten us out. << ahh yes. more trust and faith in our elected officials. they served us so well on 9/11. are you sure you're not a politician yourself? >> when you have the biggest guns, you can do what you want. everyone KNOWS this, though we don't like to talk about it. << i suppose the roman, british, spanish, french, german, japanese, russian, etc empires all thought they could do whatever they wanted just before they crumbled. you know how you like to admonish people on this thread for being so complacent about the stock market? you have consistently told them danger was on the horizon and they were fools for not preparing themselves for the possibility of a disaster that couldn't be addressed by our government. you are exhibiting that exact same complacency, except this time the danger is to our way of life, not just our pocketbooks. it's a shame that you refuse to acknowledge that which stares you in the face, just as people refused to prepare for the possibility of the market falling.